The other day, I posted photos of Andy playing in a tight, flat box. Yeah, I wanted to toss it. No, Andy had other plans! Since I spoil my boys totally, I saved the ugly box.
All clear! No Dougy in sight! (Andy in the flat box the other day….)
Having saved the ugly box, I was delighted that Andy didn’t show any more interest in it.
Then, yesterday, I heard a rustle behind me while I worked on my blog. I turned around and saw this:
Definitely a cat tail! And the cat in the box was playing that game Andy and Dougy play with that wand toy, the game with strange rules I can’t discern.
It seemed like Andy was challenging Dougy to a game of “whatever-the-hell-that-game-is-that-starts-with-a-cat-in-a-box-guarding-the-wand-toy-with-multi-colors-that-has-strange-rules-and-that-ends-in-a-chase”. This was choice! I leaned down to get a better photo of Andy:
When I looked at the photo on my camera, the shaky image still showed me something I didn’t expect.
So I took another photo, hoping to have better clarity.
Trust me! Though I never got a shot that you can see the cat in the box as clearly as I could, it turned out to be Dougy! Yes, the bigger of the two brothers managed to squeeze into a spot his smaller brother Andy barely fit the other day!
This is how the boys get to keep their boxes. I think they use telepathic powers to pick up my intentions to toss a nasty-looking box I haven’t seen they playing on, then one or the other cat plays on it long enough to save it from the trash. I don’t put anything beyond my kitties!
The boys had their game of “what’s-it”, then took a nap. Of course!
Dougy in a more typical pose on his favorite ottoman….
(“I ain’t fat. I’m fluffy.” It’s true! 🙂 )
And I swear they have a sense of which box you are ready to throw out too!
You aren’t just kidding!
I am continually surprised at the tiny places cats can squeeze into.
You and me, too! The smaller the space, the more exciting they find it!
MOL! Apair of KATS after my own heart!
They came as a pair because the woman who has their mother noticed Andy and Dougy played well together when they were babies. She knew I wanted Andy and that I was planning on finding a companion for him at the local shelter. Since Andy already had a playmate he liked in his brother, she offered Dougy to me, too, and it was a no-brainer. (“What were you thinking? You can’t handle one kitten, let alone, two!” I told myself over and over…. 😉 I made big use of the Google search and KITTENS FOR DUMMIES to get through their kittenhood.)
MOL!! That’s the way it works! We KATS are expert at stealing hearts- glad you took them both!
Me, too! They were really cute kittens!
The eyes peeking out of the box were hysterical! Good one! 🙂
Yeah, he was in deadly earnest, eh!? Definitely in lion mode, so it was lucky the gazelle walked around the other way instead of in front of the box!
Haha 🙂
I had to laugh, too! He was in dead earnest, though, and he pounced on the BirBug toy and ripped its throat out — or would have if it had been a poor little bird…! I suspect My boys would bring home dead birds if i let them out. Their hunting instincts are pretty developed.
So are Oliver’s. So glad he is indoor only LOL
Exactly! I know they’d hang out close to home if they were outdoor cats simply because there are lots of birds around and grasshoppers in summer. I just don’t approve of letting them hunt birds, even if it’s natural and normal for cats. Let them kill the BirBug instead! (And they do. And how!! 😉 )
Yeah Oli does that with his tombo toy. A japanese dragon fly! Unfortunately those are not so durable so all but destroyed lol XD
The boys are working that BirBug over, and it already lost one of its feathers. It’s only a matter of time (since they want to play with it daily) before it looks as ratty as all their other toys. 😉
XD yes those might be stronger but eventually… But it’s good you can replace the toy itself rather than throwing away yet another rod! 🙂
That’s for sure! There are a couple of the NEKO critters the boys especially like (the centipede and the bumblebee), and we’re headed toward the second replacement on both.
Oh wow XD you have two killers!!! :0
So much for “…and Persian cats have sweet dispositions,” eh!? 🙁
I think the one before the last photo, Dougy looks like twisting his and looking up at you. 🙂 Oh they are spoiled by you. 😀
We all are suckers when it comes to these cats.
I think he was preparing to pounce on Andy, but I screwed up his surprise…!
A new cardboard box provides hours of entertainment here too! It usually ends when Marcus cat gnaws holes in it, and it looks like it has been attacked by rodents…. 🙂
Andy gnaws a little on his boxes, but not so much that I have an excuse to toss them…! LOL!
Ha! Ha! They will rule the world!
And how! =(^+^)=
Oh yeah. Cats really do seem telepathic. 🙂
Uncanny! I do imagine they spend so much time with us that they get good at anticipating what our moves will be.
Belonging to a cat is an honor. Dogs are hard-wired to love people. Cats choose of their own desire.
How true! The rewards are worth the effort, though.