The Smartest Moth In The World

Kitties!

Felix here.

Mommy brought a fun toy in for me to devour play with--a big juicy moth.

But I'll be damn'd if I can find him.

Any ideas?

Happy Thursday!

XX  Frustrated Felix  XX

A New Species

Kitties!

The Baby here.

I'm devouring a tasty tuna treat...finally.

It took hours of begging and nagging and saying "meh" to get it...Mommy says I resemble a shark circling for chum, relentless, and with laser focus.

A Great White Kitchen Shark!

I like that.

**cue Jaws theme song**

Happy Wednesday!

XX  Mighty Whitey  XX

Tuesday Trifecta

Kitties!

Johnny here.

Me and Mommy did some science.

Here are the results:

Between grilled chicken, Gerber's turkey, and tuna...I prefer tuna!

What do you like best for a snack?

Happy Tuesday!

XX  Johnson  XX

Crunchy Culprit

Kitties!

Sweet Pea here.

Yes, 'twas I who chewed one or two thousand holes in the plastic bag containing the delicious chikkun jerky that was on top of the refrigerator!

Oh, and freely consumed the contents, too.

It was so much work, though... 

...room service is much more convenient!

Now, if you'll excuse me, I gotta get crunching.

Happy Tuesday!

XX  Unrepentant Pea  XX

Sneaky Snackery

Kitties!

The Mystery Muncher here.

Mommy made fresh chikkun jerky last week and filled the treat jar.  She put the rest in a plastic bag which she stowed on top of the refrigerator--thinking it would be safe.

WRONG!!!!

Yesterday, when Mommy went to replenish the jar she discovered that not only had the bag been opened, it had been brutally savaged in the process--with chickkun bits strewn all over the top of the fridge, as well!

I ask you:  Whodunnit?

Leave your guess in the comments...tomorrow I shall confess!

Happy Toofsday!

XX  M. M.  XX

Deli Deliciousness

Kitties!

Check this out:

Daddy bought himself us some sliced turkey at the store.

He recklessly made a sandwich...

...so we immediately intervened to taste test the turkey for him.

We told Daddy "One can never be too sure of freshness!"

And "Better let us sample some more to be absolutely sure!"

It's all about safety, kitties...and making a sacrifice for the sake of your peeps.

(That, and plaintive meows combined with big sad eyes--ed)

Don't let your humans eat untested meats!

Happy Caturday!

xx  Felix, May Ling, The Baby, and Rupert  XX

Meaty Monday

Kitties!

The Baby here.

*nom nom nom*

Mommy gives me minced chicken breast every day for my elevenses.  It's delicious.

She grills 'em up for me every couple of days so they're always fresh...she was poaching them, but I far prefer the taste of grilled chicken.

I can be sound asleep but as soon as I hear the chopping block hit the counter I'm wide awake, waiting.  Waiting, because I get snack service in my heated cubby! 

Mommy says I'm spoiled, but honestly?  I just don't see it.

Happy Monday!

XX  Gobbling Grizz  XX

POPCORNS!

Kitties!

The Baby here.

Look what *I* got:

I admit it, popcorns are tasty, but Teh Melted Butters on them is the main attraction.

And yes, Mommy eats 'em with a spoon.

Crazypants.

Happy Wednesday!

XX  The Baby  XX

Live Snax

DISCLAIMER:

The following movie is rated MA for Minorly Awful.  

Some scenes may not be appropriate for younger or more sensitive viewers kittehs.

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Kitties!

Rupert, the Mighty Lizard Hunter here.

After endless hours of watching and stalking, I caught me a George...and attracted an entourage, which was well behaved--for once.

Well, except for Mommy and her running commentary:

or click HERE

As if eating a lizard is gross--it's not--they are delicious!  So good, in fact, it stayed down.  Now that's a mark of a most truly excellent snack, no?

Happy Monday!

XX  Rapacious Rupert  XX

Crunchy Caturday

Kitties! 

 Maui here.

In my quest to regrow the healthiest, most luxuriant winter coat possible I've decided to eat as healthily as a Housecat can--and we all know that eating a Raw Diet is the best--so I caught a nice fat George (lizard) and ate him.

Mommy spotted me enjoying my catch only after I had eaten the tastiest and loudest bits (BRANES, mmmmm) but she managed to get me chowing down on the last half of the lizard.

Turn up the sound and you'll hear me munchin' and crunchin'!

!!WARNING!!

The following footage contains scenes of carnage and bone-crunching.

***May not be suitable for Squeamish Humans***

or click HERE

Kitties, these things are delicious.  I could eat six or nine or elebenty every day, if I could catch 'em.  Mommy doesn't mind too much either; they agree with me and almost always stay down, an important consideration when trying to achieve optimal nutrition.

Hope your peeps weren't too grossed out, I'm just doing what cats naturally do.

Happy Caturday!

XX  Munching Maui  XX

The Lazy Snack

Kitties!

Daddy saw this tasty snack Jorge hanging out on the wall late this afternoon.

A few hours later he was still there!

Why, oh WHY are we not allowed outside?  

Our predatory instincts are going to shrivel to nothing!

Life is so unfair.

Happy Caturday!

XX  The Frustrated Lounge Kats  XX

Lizard Prison!

Kitties!

As you know, we have two collared lizards who live in our entryway.*

One of which we hadn't seen doing their morning push ups (and poop!) for a while.

Well, Daddy found him!

The bigger lizard, Jorge, somehow got himself stuck in this yard waste bin** and couldn't leap out.  Fortunately--for him--Daddy didn't dump him out with the trash.

We hear you all asking, did Daddy bring Jorge in for US?

NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

That traitor set him free to scamper up to the office window and tease us with his scaly goodness.

*sigh*

Oh well, there's always tomorrow.

Happy Monday!

XX  The Lizardless Lounge Kats  XX

*and a toad, but that's another story

**i.e., old litter box

Interview with Jorge

Kitties!

Jorge, our local collared lizard, granted us an exclusive tell-all interview:

Jorge:  Hello. 

 And thank you for not eating me.

Life out here in the front yard is dangerous enough as it is without the perils of feline consumption.  I hear at least one of you swallows my compatriots whole!  

Head first...

*shudders*

As you can see, I've had my share of close calls in the past; I'm missing two toes on my back left foot...

...and I had to jettison part of my tail at one point to escape being a meal.  It should be much longer.  I'm working on it as quickly as I can.

Provided, that is, that I survive this conversation...GOTTA GO!

*scampers up the house*

Happy Tuesday!

XX  The Reporter Kats and Jorge  XX

Teh Buttrz

Thilent Thlurrping Thursday:

Happy Thlurrpday!

XX  Bibby Wibberton  XX

Mommy's New Toy

Kitties!

Mommy killed yet another inexpensive dehydrator a couple of weeks ago, so she decided it was time to open her stingy wallet pull out the big guns and buy a real one.  After all, she does chikkun treats for us weekly, as well as jerky for her and Daddy, and banana chips, nuts, tomatoes...and all the lemons off our tree.  Around here a dehydrator gets quite the work-out.

The Chikkun Inspector worked diligently on the maiden run.

And here it is, all loaded up and ready to go!

Mommy gets a little queasy with the smell of dehydrating chikkun (she is crazypants) so Daddy set up a spot in the garage with a fan to waft the stink delicious aroma outside.

...six hours later... 

Et voila! 

Crunchy, chewy, toofy-cleaning chikkun snax.

8-10 pounds of titz makes about a gallon and a half of treats, enough to last us about ten days, more or less, depending on whether or not we can get the lid off the ceramic treat jar!

Which would never happen, right Maui?

Happy Caturday!

XX  The Katnip Lounge  XX

pee ess:  Mommy bought an EXCALIBUR dehydrator.

Sly the Fisherman

Kitties!

Sylvester here.

Did you know there are crackers shaped like fish?

It's true!

And they are delicious.

Happy Wednesday!

XX  Sylvester  XX

(sorry about the photo quality--Daddy had to get 'em quick with his phone)

Hello, Jorge!

Kitties!

We have a new lizard at Casa del Gatos:

Meet Jorge!

(pronounced HORE-hay...and roll the "r"!)

He (or she?) is a Sceloporus Magister, or a Desert Spiny Lizard.  if you embiggen the photo you can see that there are POINTS on the end of his scales!

Obviously, this sort of lizard needs to be eaten head-first.

Jorge (or Jorgina) is living in the front entryway, and we like to observe him out the windows by the door, contemplating his tasty demise.  Or not...Daddy says this guy would be far too quick for even The Baby!  We have the numbers though, and if Jorge ever strays into the back yard...well, we'll be calling him dinner.  In any language.

Hmmmm. We wonder if Jorge is muy caliente?

Happy Caturday!

XX  The Hungry Lounge Kats  XX

Mancat Monday, or: Gorging on George

Kitties!

Maui here, and Victory Is Mine.

Do you see the delicious, slithery tail betwixt mine and CC's heads?  By my whiskers?

It's a George!

My Most Excellent sisser The Baby rustled him up out of the rock pile and chased him onto the Catio.*

Where I got** him! 

My mighty manly growling kept the rest of my furblings at bay...

...so I was able to dine in peace.

At first I wasn't too sure about the flavor, but that only lasted a moment, and then George was:

Down The Hatch!

(Where, to my amazement, he stayed--ed.)

Happy Monday!

XX  Munching Maui  XX

*The Baby does NOT eat lizards, the thrill for her is in the hunt.

**polite euphemism for disemboweled

FLEDGLING Friday!

Kitties!

The snax with toothpicks baby hummingbirds have gotten their feathers!

Look at how much larger they are after just one week...it's amazing.

Pretty soon they'll be just the right size for an amuse bouche...

...OK, OK,  we're kidding...these birdies ain't for eatin'.

*sigh*

Besides, who wants to consume something that poops, All.  The.  Time.

!!!

Happy Friday!

XX  The Katz  XX

Bug Hunting in the Garden with The Baby

Kitties!

The Baby here.  Mommy and I are taking a little evening constitutional, looking for extraneous tasty snax.

Come along with us!

Hurry up Mommy.  You are such a slow coach when we're bug hunting.

There's one now!

Rats...he escaped thataway.

Off in hot pursuit.

Which way did he go?

I hear him, buzzing enticingly...

...back here!

::a Mighty Battle ensues::

Double Rats. 

He flew away.

And I'm still feeling peckish.

Gratuitous Artsy Photo

C'mon Mommy, lets go back by the bench.

You may carry me in now, I'm too weak to move another paw.

I need my dinner.

Hunting snax wears me out!

Happy Thursday!

XX  The Baby  XX