In which The Four-Year-Old invents a new feline punishment
One of the few problems with having cats is that it makes doing yoga at home a hazardous occupation. Mulberry in particular takes fiendish delight in…
Kittens! Knitting! Dinosaurs! Oh My!
The New York Times provides extensive scientific coverage of cats, Knitting Behind Bars, and our favorite dinosaur news of the week.
“Can cats do gymnastics?”
Yes, and I’ve got the YouTube to prove it (our cats, who are too old and arthritic to demonstrate themselves, requested that I outsource this one).…
It’s a busy day here at Caterpickles…
…what with parent-teacher conferences, playdates, and doctor’s visits, so forgive me for being late to the punch with today’s post. But I couldn’t let any more…
Snot Otters! and Other News of the Week
NPR was a font of interesting biological information this week. First up: Snot otters More specifically: How the Saint Louis Zoo plans to use its new…
In which The Four-Year-Old uses Siri to send her first text
For those of you who have not yet met Siri, it’s a voice recognition application that you can use to operate the latest generation of iPhones.…
In Which The Four-Year-Old Plans the Cat’s Thanksgiving
After watching me work through one Thanksgiving prep list after another this week, The Four-Year-Old decided to write a Thanksgiving prep list of her own.
“Did Elvis have a cat?”
The Four-Year-Old adores dinosaurs, cats, and Elvis. So naturally she wants to know all the combinations in which these revered beings might have co-existed. Dinosaurs as the Four-Year-Old thinks of them having died out years before Elvis was born, he clearly wouldn’t have had them as pets at Graceland. But did Elvis ever have a cat?
Book Review: Three More Stories You Can Read to Your Cat
As Sara Swan Miller explains in her introduction to Three More Stories You Can Read to Your Cat, cats sleep a lot because they get bored a lot. Since you and I know that reading books is one of the best ways to counter an attack of boredom, she explains, one of the nicest things you can do for your feline friend when boredom has flattened him on the couch is to entice your cat onto your lap and with a soft voice and gentle petting read him a story. After all, “Cats always like to hear stories about themselves.”
“What’s that red stuff coming out of the cat’s eye?”
I know what you’re thinking. I can hear you from here. “For heaven’s sake, woman! Get that cat to a vet! Don’t sit around blogging about it!” And while in general I would agree with you, in this particular case, the red stuff in question was due to a previously diagnosed condition and not the result of an unfortunate Preschooler-Cat interaction. So, what is the red stuff coming out of my cat’s eye?
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