What can I do to amuse my cat today? I know! Bring in a shovelful of snow and dump it on the floor so he can play with it. This is probably something a husband and wife should agree on before they try it.
Tag: sanity medicine
Cats Who Don’t Eat the Ducklings
Isn’t domestication wonderful? A wild cat would eat the ducklings. Wild ducks don’t want anything to do with cats. Yet here they are together. Wouldn’t it be nice if humans could be domesticated, too?
This Cat’s a Chick Magnet
While the hen practices standing on one leg, the cat cuddles the chicks. A little eccentricity is a nice thing in an animal. Don’t worry–no one gets pecked and no one gets eaten. A glimpse into the Peaceable Kingdom.
Cats & Cukes
Some cats positively freak out when they see a cucumber. Why is that? What does a cucumber look like, to a cat? Can’t they recognize it as an inanimate object? Information, please! Inquiring minds want to know.
Find the Human
Our family dog, Rags, never played hide-and-seek until he was old and had lost much of his hearing. Suddenly he became a hide-and-seek fanatic, wanted to play it every day. Well, why not? Humans have to be good for something; any dog will tell you that.
‘Come Back Here, You Coward!’
“Cole and Marmalade” chase down a moth, thrills a-plenty–
Our cat Buster chased moths, but he also sat and challenged them to come down from the ceiling… as if any moth in his right mind would agree to that. It never worked, but he never stopped trying.
A Fox in the House
The fox in this video is a wild fox, not a pet. But he doesn’t live in the wilds. Like many other foxes, he lives in an environment shaped and dominated by and for human beings. Look how well he’s adapted to it.
Now I miss the deer who used to saunter into our yard while I was writing.
P.S.–We knew someone who’d made friends with an egret. But don’t let the egret into your house. (Take a wild guess why not.)
And Chicks–Don’t Forget the Chicks
Yes, I know the critter video is late. I plum forgot to post it.
We’ve seen this cat before, first with a rooster and a hen, then with a bunch of ducklings. He seems to have an unusual calling in life.
Let the Dogs Slide
Actually we’re speaking literally here: dogs love to slide down slippery surfaces. (All dogs? You sure about that?) Well, all right–all the dogs in this video. They’re having a blast. Wish I could join them.
Snow Cats
I don’t think I’ll ever lose the sense of delight that burst on me whenever there was enough snow to close school for the day. Some of these cats act like they feel like that all the time. I rather think they do.