Lol, Anna!!!

By jimminy, Anna, you’re right.
Hell, I think you scooped *Aubrey* with that one.

It’s a shame it’s not a duCATi.

Ok, this reminds me of the ”Get Fuzzy’ where Rob wonders what Bucky dreams about and thinks it’s probably ”kitty stuff” or something like that. And the you see Bucky on this HUGE Harley, cruising around. Anyway, it’s hillarious (and I feel so geeky right now!).

And Laurie C, good point. Midnight crazies? MOtorcycle? Oh dear…

Out this direction, most cats are indoor cats, due to coyote and wild dog populations. It does, indeed, bother me that cats hunt native species that really don’t appreciate the added pressure…

I am singing Aubrey’s new words right now (Just in my head, though).

Groovy! That’s one cool cat man!

And as for head-butting… my old marmalade boy who still hunts a little is the best head-butter EVAR! He has knocked my glasses off countless times whilst happily smearing me with cat snot (ewww). When he wants “kitty nuzzles”, he gets ‘em, and watch out! A sweet lovable disreputable old fellow… and I can admit, now, that in his youth he was known to catch the occasional SQUIRREL! Usually alive, thankfully… but have you ever tried to get a frantic skwerl out of your house?

A Thinker and Kim H… thank you, honeys, for your measured responses.

I totally agree that hunting is natural to a cat – I don’t think “evil murderous kittehs!” – but it’s also true that cats are not natural to their environment, in the sense of not being a native predator. So while I don’t blame the cats themselves, I think the “nature” argument is a bit disingenuous. And obviously a cat can’t be expected to check prey against an endangered species list.

Anyway, I admire owners who do what they can to stop or reduce hunting and I am all for lazy sofa-based cats and gentle cats like the Rhodesian Ratback the other week.

Headbutting!
My lady cat walks down the stairs, hitting her head on eachstairrail as she goes,
Step-thud-step-thud-step-thud the whole way down.
Loud, like you would knock on the door.
It seems to please her.