Deborah Lipp

In which I amuse you with cat stories

Mingo likes to suck his thumb.

Or would, had he a thumb. (I have no thumb and I must suck.)

Instead, he sucks his paw. He sucks his whole. gorram. paw. slurp…slurp…slurp.

He does this when he’s content. So if you pet him, and you’re all nice and cuddly and yum the cat he warmeth the lap, all of a sudden…slurp…slurp…slurp. Fuckin ew.

I’ve tried to stop him. I’ve put my hand between paw and slurpyface. He persists. He will either prevail, or depart the lap, or (heaven forbid!) suck something else. I fear this last. ‘tother night he started sucking a pearl on my beaded sweater. Suck the paw, fertheluvagawd!

He is, I should tell you, transfixed. Rapt. His eyes get squinty, and I’ve noticed that there’s a pause. A paw pause. He holds the paw up in front of him, and he squints, and slooooowly he approaches the paw, and then slurp…slurp…slurp. Leading me to believe there’s a profound sensuality to the experience, one so deep that he teases and prolongs it. Which is, y’know, a little gross.

slurp…slurp…slurp.

Mingo helps me pack

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(HT to Barb for the title)

It appears someone has been peeing inappropriately. AGAIN.

Prime suspect

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I don’t even know why I went into Arthur’s bathroom. I was suspicious of some manner of feline behavior. I was butt nekkid, being about to step into the shower, when I just peeked in there to see what the Gang of Two was up to, and I discovered (the horror)…

that some unnamed member of the Gang had peed all over the bathroom rug.

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Mingo is home from his fixation. Fanty is spending the night at the vet’s and will be home tomorrow.

Mingo poses with his new, streamlined crotch

(I couldn’t have planned this photo!)
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Before we get to the bench, this one is very cute. I saw them in this amazing position, and got the camera. Me moving around caused Mingo to pick his head up and crane around to watch me. Then he put his head back on his sister. Total awww.

Cuddling
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The Gang of Two are now six months old, and experiencing the last two weeks of functioning reproductive organs. Should I cease kittenblogging and become a catblogger? I await your verdict.

Two-headed kitten

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Cat on the ceiling, shoo fly, shoo

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At the head of my bed is a window. Outside the window is a tree. In the tree are birds. » Read more..

Fanty is very cute. Very, very cute. But she’s jumpy. She’s our Fraidy Fanty. So if she’s doing something cute, and I go get the camera, it startles her and she runs away. Thereby making her damned hard to photograph.

Both cats love the shower. The drain is our friend.

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