Thursday, July 17, 2008

Kittens kittens kittens kittens

UPDATE: 2 more pics! I put them up top. Also two more nursing pics.

Yes! Kittens! These are Noodles' kittens. My sister-in-law took these while she and my brother were fostering them. Their names are Michail and Petrov (which is what happens when shelters name cats. It's not their fault, they get so many they run out of names. Please adopt a cat). I don't know which is which, but the dark one was my favorite. I almost stole him, he was so sweet and mellow. I have requested more pictures, because... KITTENS!!!1!!

Was that... play?

Why yes it was! It's the first friendly contact between Bob and Noodles. Noodles was under a chair and Bob jumped up on top of it. She got all pissed off. Then Bob reached down and just bopped her on the head. About five minutes of tail grabbing and boxing ensued. No claws, no hissing, ears forward. Of course, it couldn't last. When Bob went to walk past her through the kitchen entrance she hissed... but it's a good start!

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Catnip!

Heh. Always entertaining. I went to a farmers market today and there were some homemade catnip pillow thingies so I got one for each of the babies. They certainly enjoyed them.Kaje made Noodles go all circus cat. Bob just rubbed it against his head.Noodles of course, went completely nuts and maimed hers. Bob rolled around and insisted on receiving love. As though he never gets it.Then, of course, the inevitable crash.

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Meet Noodles

We just recently adopted Noodles, we have only had her for two and a half weeks. She is an adorable little pain in the butt. Unlike Bob she jumps up on counters, the fridge, pretty much anything she can get to. She is still settling in, she isn't sure how she feels about Bob, but she loves us. Not that it is us specificly, it's people in general. She is a little tramp. We keep her seperated from Bob right now when we aren't around, to reduce conflict, and whenever we open the door to the living room she jumps up and runs over to us purring like a kitten and demanding love. Sometimes she and Bob get along ok.. Right after this picture was taken Bob reached out ever so slowly and gently and put his paw on top of hers. And she freaked out. Not surprising. But often they will just sit near each other, pretending the other doesn't exist. Which is fine. We like that much more than hissing and swatting. Which is of course all her, Bob just looks confused. She likes to rest her head on things, get under the bed and sit in boxes. So, that's all there is about the little girlie right now. Further updates as events warrant.

Meet Bob

Just so there is no confusion, Bob is not my real name. It is the name of my cat which I have taken as a nom de blog. My real name is not important. This is the real Bob. He is the sweetest, mellowest cat I have ever known. He likes to sit in my lap, especially when I am at the computer. He sometimes sits in my girlfriends lap, but since he is enormous he doesn't fit well. The vets say he isn't unhealthily (is that a real word?) fat, most of his size is normal. He is just big. And fluffy, very very fluffy. He also likes having his armpits rubbed. Who knows, he is pretty weird. He spends most of his time chilling often in the storage cubes I keep my clothes in. I have wound up leaving one empty so he can have it. He is also the wimpiest cat I have ever met. I have seen him be chased around the kitchen by an ant. Seriously. I wish I had a pic of that. He has taken to sleeping in a corner of the apartment under the kitchen table since Noodles arrived. They are still hashing out their relationship. He also likes to sleep on the bed, at least when it's not too hot. That's pretty much all there is to know, he is a big, healthy, kinda dim, very wussy, not even vaguely graceful, sweet guy. Here are some more pictures.