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Mystery Item

Newton: What is THIS?

orange tabby cat looks at humane trap

Newton: The head peep was pretty excited to get this for her birthday. Then she said it was for cats, but I don’t see what we would do with it.

Pierre: I think it’s for catching cats.

Newton: She grabs me all the time. Why does she need this?

orange tabby cat looks at humane trap

Newton: Is this what she means when she says dinner is late because she got caught with paperwork?

orange tabby cat looks at humane trap

Here in Florida where it is kitten season all year round, someone is always sending out a plea on social media for a trap, and it has been happening more often in our neighborhood. Now we’ll be able to help.

ID on humane trap

This humane trap is also insurance in case Ashton gets out while we have upcoming work done on the house. If she does, a humane trap will be the only way to catch her again. Just knowing that it’s on hand helps us rest easier about that.

Pierre’s Red Dot

Every evening after dinner, Pierre gets up on the coffee table to look in the shell bowl that holds the TV control. He knows there is something else that lives in the bowl.

Pierre: Is it red dot time now? I’m asking nicely!

gray tabby cat on table

Pierre: I see you, red dot!

gray tabby cat and the red dot

Pierre: It’s so close!

gray tabby cat and the red dot

Pierre: How did it get out from under my paw? The red dot is so sneaky.

gray tabby cat and the red dot

Does the red dot visit your house, too?

Outtakes from Secret Paws Day

The day we opened our secret paws gifts was kind of chaotic around here, in no small part because somekitty whose name starts with P kept finding bows no matter where the humans hid them. Though the holiday season is behind us and we’re headed into 2017, we wanted to share some behind-the-scenes from that day as outtakes.

Ashton: I hear you chewing up there. Do you have something to eat that you aren’t sharing with us? No fair holding out!

Gray tabby cat plays with bow while orange and brown tabby cats look on

Pierre: This isn’t food, Ashton. It’s better than food.

Gray tabby cat plays with bow while orange and brown tabby cats look on

Ashton: Well, if it’s not food, I’m outta here. There must be something to eat around here somewhere. I haven’t had anything since breakfast and that was at least an hour ago.

Gray tabby cat plays with bow while orange and brown tabby cats look on

Newton: So now that she’s gone, it’s just us guys. You’re going to share with me, right?

Pierre: * CHOMP * Nope. I had to dig this bow out from under the pillow and it’s all mine. Go find your own bow!

gray tabby cat with bow watched by orange tabby cat

Pierre: Oops!

gray tabby cat drops bow while orange tabby cat looks on

Newton: * SNIFF * It smells like Pierre spit.

orange tabby cat examines bow

Newton: I don’t get it. What’s the big deal with the bows?

Pierre: You aren’t a gourmet like I am, so you’ll never understand, Newt.

orange tabby cat looks up at gray tabby cat

Safety Note

Ribbon can be dangerous for your cat if ingested, and bows are really just ribbon in disguise. So avoid potential big vet bills don’t let your cat chew on bows unattended. When we finished taking these photos, these bows were placed in a plastic food container to keep Pierre safe from them. It was the only place in the house Pierre couldn’t get to them.

Outsmarting the Humans

Ashton: It’s important to outsmart your humans to get what you want. I outsmarted mine recently.

one-eyed brown tabby cat on shelf

Ashton: It all started when my chicken emporium got a surprise package from our friend at Tails from the Foster Kittens. It included a chicken quilt. That quilt is eventually going to go inside my chicken emporium when Target builds me chicken emporium building for National Chicken Day. Until then, the head peep thought the quilt belonged on the indent I have created on the back of the sofa. She called it my chicken throne.

chicken quilt

Ashton: You can imagine how happy she was when the manpeep said, “Come quick and see Ashton on the chicken quilt!” She ran out into the sunroom to see.

one-eyed brown tabby cat on chicken quilt

Ashton: It took her a minute to realize that I was not sitting on this unexpected thing. Not really. But I was still in my spot the best I could and still sit in my usual location.

one-eyed brown tabby cat not sitting on chicken quilt

Ashton: This went on for days. I didn’t sit in my spot as often because of this intruder. Then Pierre started sitting in my spot when I wasn’t looking!

Pierre: I don’t see what the big deal is, Ash. This is kind of comfy.

gray tabby cat on chicken quilt