I keep a glass for water in the bathroom and I usually keep it filled because the cats like to drink from it. Normally I empty and refill it before I use it but sometimes I lazy or just need a small sip so I drink after the cats.
The Other finds this disgusting. I told him it gives me power, and if he truly wanted to be part of the family he would drink from it too. Drink from the cup of life and become one of us! one of us! one of us!
So the Burmeses was changed to Burmeseys to Meseys and now they are just “The Measels”. Their antics are something of legend and every day I am amazed at what they get into together.
I can’t believe I have at least 18 more years of this!!!!
Both kept going on the counter so they got put in their “shame outfits”. I found them upstairs, sharing this heated mat, and pouting.
Here they are both passed out after running around the house like crazy chasing this catnip “joint” (canvas stuffed with catnip to look like a joint). And to think they were so close to victory!
And of course this post wouldn’t be complete without a picture of The Measels in front of a fire.
You might be thinking “these pictures are so cute, they are so well behaved” Well feast your eyes on this:
Yes Brutus is trying to chew the keys off the keyboard. Then gets frustrated and attacks Luna when he can’t. /sigh
Brutus comes down into the basement with me while I ship orders. He is the only cat allowed down there because although he explores he pretty much stays close to me, follows me around, and comes when called.
Which is why last week when I called for him and he didn’t appear it was a bit worrying. Now logically I knew he was probably just hiding but our basement is pretty open and I can see a lot. I started to get a little frantic. I would call and call and not hear any movement or crys or anything!
After getting more worried and realizing I would have to call in The Other (who would tease me about my kitty-craziness) I heard a faint cry.
Brutus?
(softly) meow.
Brutus?!
(softer) meow.
Brutus!!
(barely audible) meow.
At this point he sounds like he is in the wall and although I know logically its impossible, part of me is trying to figure out how a cat got into a solid concrete wall! I’m looking all over trying to see where he is, and just as I was heading upstairs to call down The Other I see Brutus’ eyes.
I look up just as he looks at me, I have pinpointed his location! (you can barely see him here but he is the dark mass on the top box, if I didn’t see his eyes I wouldn’t have found him)
I move the box out to get him down and he heads back into the racks. Now I can’t reach him.
I eventually climb up the racks, grab ahold, and pull him out. He’s purring as if this as been the most wonderful and fun day of his life.
Luna loves Brutus – she follows him around, tries to nuzzle him, always wants to know what he is doing. She loves him.
Brutus loves Luna, but more in a best friend “lets play chase but don’t eat my treats” kinda way. They play, yes, but he sometimes bullies her or chases her away from what he considers “his”. He is always around her but most of the time when she tries to snuggle him he activates “THE CLAMP” which is Brutus just grabbing hold of her neck and chomping down. (really hard! His jaw strength is amazing!)
But the other day, Luna made progress in her pursuit of Brutus’ affection! They both come in the bathroom with me when I shower (as I’m sure your cats do) and Brutus sits in the chair and usually falls asleep. Luna sits on the rug. After my shower I dried off and sat on the floor next to Brutus’ chair and started to pet him. Luna became very interested and starting pacing around the chair so I picked her up and put her on the chair. She sat as far away from Brutus as possible, almost leaning against me. He opened his eyes to look at her but I kept petting him and eventually he went back to sleep.
After some time, Luna crept closer. Eventually she put her paws over his paws. Again he opened his eyes but I kept petting and he went back to sleep. Luna sat like that for a while, looking very pleased with herself.
After a few minutes, Luna began to inch closer again. She started to sniff him and even licked his paws abit. I was taking pictures at this time but every time Brutus would wake up she would go still and wait for him to close his eye again then would continue inching closer.
Then she got close enough that their tails touched!
Closer still…
And finally, she flopped on him! Snuggling as close as she could (basically on top of him) she just pretended to sleep as he woke up and looked at this kitty now laying on him
It’s usually at this point that Brutus will bite or chase Luna away, but this time he started to clean her!!! She remained perfectly still the whole time and eventually (after looking at me to see why I was being a weirdo taping their snuggle session) Brutus went back to sleep! They were finally cuddling!
But then Luna’s ear started to inch and although she didn’t want to (it started with a twitch) she had to shake her head. It was at that point Brutus woke up, deployed THE CLAMP and I had to rescue a screaming Luna from the chair.
She didn’t go far though and I told her it was good work for one day. Little by little she will teach Brutus to cuddle and then he will love her as much as she loves him.
I’ve never had a cat who like watching TV as much as Luna does.
It’s so bad that if I am using my tablet she will come up on the couch and paw at it until I turn on some kitty tv for her!
The Burmeseys have been a bit rambunctious since we returned from Arkansas. They have been on the counter, fighting, teaming up on the other cats (!) and just general destruction.
My Aunt recently posted this image to Facebook, and although most people think of cats as quiet creatures the Burmesey are not. So when they are quite, you know something is up
also if you have a Burmese kitten…
Case in point, we heard Brutus quietly playing with something near the computers and the first thought was “That’s nice that he is playing with a toy instead of harassing the other cats” Then our next thought was to get up and see what he was playing with since he was too interested in it for it to be something wholesome.
We were right – here you can see our USB memory stick that Brutus CHEWED apart.
You can clearly see on this chart that Brutus has the highest bite force of any creature alive, dead or imagined.
The next incident was due to Luna, who is even worse than Brutus in counter-surfing. We heard a noise in the kitchen during a commercial break and turned around to find our water on and running. I think this one solved itself though since Luna is notorious for eating scraps from the sink but I bet she’ll think twice after being soaked.
I’m slightly pleased by this one because it occured shortly after we had to throw out a stick of butter after finding Luna munching on it after we made some popcorn.
So far Pothole is not having a good Christmas! Peapod was supposed to deliver her favorite wet food – Fancy Feast Appetizers Steamed Tilapia in Broth.
It’s super stinky but being a old kitty it entices her to eat – so much so that she even begs for it.
So when 5 Chi-Chi’s Salsa Medium arrived instead of Pothole’s dinner, she was a bit disappointed to say the least.
I offered to let her eat it, but she said salsa doesn’t compare to delicious fish.
I can hear you now – “But that’s every cat!” and I will tell you you’re wrong. Never in all my years of owning a cat have I had cats that disrespect me as much as these two.
In my house, cats are not allowed on the counter. This is a rule I tell guests, this is an actual rule and my older cats follow it great! They have a stool by the counter and upon which they can sit an observe, which they do. However there are no paws on the counter and if given a treat the older cats will take it to the ground to eat it.
The Burmese on the other hand – today as I was working at the table I heard some growling and fighting behind me and turned around to see both Burmese on the counter fighting. I can’t even begin to tell you how wrong this is. When I yelled at them to stop, they looked at me, then slowly stretched their way off the counter onto the stools.
Here I was making Iced Tea and Luna decided to help. What cat will jump in the refrigerator? Every time you open the door you need to make sure she is not in there.
Here is Brutus, I guess he assumes that because he is not on the counter, this is technically allowed. Spoiler Alert: It’s not
This is above and beyond any amount of kittenness I have experienced, ever. As you saw from my previous posts they are becoming better and better friends and I fear the day when they finally start working as a team.
Day by day the Burmeseys are becoming better friends. In full disclosure I put Luna here but she kept trying to go up and was a little frightened. This was the first time Brutus didn’t bite her to chase her away from his “territory”. They are still figuring things out between them but this picture gives me hope that my life won’t be filled with hissy/growly/screaming for the next 18 years…
In other news, Luna has discovered the best way to get around the house is the hood of my sweatshirt. I full expected to claw her way out but she settled in for the long haul. It started to get a bit chokey though so I took her out, which of course is when she used her claws!
And finally my little man, Brutus, enjoying his Christmas present a bit early since we will be out of town. It is a gift box filled with all sorts of super cat goodies. The company is KitNipBox and they even offer a monthly subscription! Brutus was more excited about the box and the package which stunk of catnip over the actual toys and treats but you know how cats are! KitNipBox knows – the shipping box even turns into a little cat house!
And he would prefer it if you referred to him by his proper name.
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