Spying on Sunday

Audrey here with my 009 badge on (figuratively speaking of course).     My humans brought some of my old toys back from my first Mom's house when they visited and here I am spying on my ball.     I am hiding behind the cord for the computer so the ball can't see me sneaking up on it.   I am real good at spying on it because the ball didn't move or roll away at all.

Photo Hunt - Fluffy

MOL, Spitty the Kitty asked if we had been eating since Wednesday so hadn't had time to post!!    Actually, the Mom is to blame (isn't that always the case) - in the winter with things being so much darker in the house, she doesn't take so many pictures of us, so she has been uninspired.    But you can imagine that when we realized today's PhotoHunt theme was FLUFFY, we had to come up with something!

These pictures are from last October, in fact, when Mom was following us around and trying to get some good "tocks" shots.      But the first picture really helps to show how very fluffy my tail and back leg pantaloons are:

I am doing my incredibly annoying stroll across the laptop, but I do have to show Mom who is in charge!
And we don't want to leave Audrey out, so for comparison, here are her "not so fluffy" tail and back legs!

The Royal Canin Picky Cat Food Taste Test

In December when I was the winner of a drawing held by Cathy Keisha to get a sample of Picky Cat food by Royal Canin, Mom was very glad, because I really am a Picky cat as far as my food is concerned, and Mom had actually almost bought a box of the food samples to try.     First of all, it was really exciting that the food came by Fedex one day and was addressed to me!!!

Inside the FedEx package was a box of Picky Cat food, as well as a coupon to get a bag of my favorite food of the three possibilites.  The idea behind Picky Cat is that some cats choose their food based on how it smells and tastes (Selective Aromatic),  some based on how the food feels in their mouth (Selective Savor ) and some based on how they feel after they eat the food (Selective Protein).     

The instructions said to put out three bowls with equal amounts of the different foods in each bowl and to feed me only that for a whole day.    So Mom did that and I went straight to the Protein food and ate it up.   I would not touch the others.     It was so obvious I only liked the one, that Mom fed me my regular food the rest of the day.      About a week later, she tried again - the first time, she put my food in the bathroom where I usually eat to keep my food away from Miss Vacuum Sweeper, but the second time she closed Audrey in the kitchen and presented me with the three bowls in a straight line in the front hallway (see photo below).   Once again the only food I would even TRY was the Protein variety.  She switched the positions of the bowls, and again I went for the Protein.     So it seems like a no brainer.

What surprises Mom about this is that she is pretty sure, because I would not even try the others, that the only one I liked the smell of was the Protein.  Yet that food is not supposed to be preferred by cats based on Aroma at all.   And I couldn't have known it would make my tummy feel best later when I ate that one, because I knew from the beginning it was the only one I wanted.

So you can guess which of the three foods the humans will use the coupon for!!

Now how about Audrey?   Well, Audrey likes everything that can remotely be called food.  Mom and Dad have never seen her not eat anything she was given.    Never.     Never.!     So they have not tried her with a taste test, because they are pretty sure that, even if she had a favorite, she would eat up everything in all three bowls right away, and then probably barf it back up due to an overly full tummy!

Disclaimer:   We received thre Picky Cat sampler pack free of charge from Royal Canin, as well as the coupon, but that has not influenced our opinion of the food, or Mom's reporting of the experiment.

Few Words Wednesday

Doing the Royal Canin Picky Cat Food taste test.

Yawny Monday

The Tabby Cats are posting about yawning and lying around over on the Tabby Cat Club Blog today.      Here's an extra Yawn picture for here:

It is a bit dark, but, yes, that shadow is all the inside of my mouf!!!

Snowy Saturday

It is unconscionable that our Mom has not posted anything for us since Wednesday!!    Her excuse is that she had put the hard drive with the Photo Library on it away when they went on their trip.   Not Good Enough.

So today we have snow - our first real snow of the season, not counting that ridiculous storm in October that ruined so many trees.    About 2-3 inches.  It has been a good day to stay inside for the humans, and for us to catch up on eating and napping.

This is an interesting shot of how the snow looks on the deck - it has formed a pattern where some fell or melted through the spaces between the diagonal boards.

The snow always seems to attract more birds to the bird feeder, especially the male cardinals:

Audrey demonstrates the good passed out napping technique - also quite appropriate for today's PhotoHunt theme of Bliss.

Wordless Wednesday with Simba

Humans are Home

Hi, kitties.    The humans got home on Sunday afternoon.   Fortunately that gave us time for Simba to get over his hangover and for both of us to clean away the evidence of the party before they arrived.    We were acting very nonchalant when they came in through the door.

They showed us some pictures of Audrey's first Mom and her husband and OMC, Audrey's first Mom has a fat round tummy.    They accuse AUDREY of eating too much, but that tummy is out of control!     And they told us it is going to keep growing until MAY!   I don't understand why they don't get her an automatic feeder and restrict her portions like they do with Audrey.  

Simba has been Partying Too Much

Audrey here, still going strong with the party.   I have energy for hours and hours more of nip sniffing and house trashing with my friends.   But Simba has had his fill and is showing the effects of  his nipover: