Ursa Minor gets wet food with extra water for breakfast and dinner. At lunch and bedtime he gets a few kibbles in a puzzle dish. We tried a puzzle ball, but it seemed annoy him given the force he used to smash it into walls.
He’s very food motivated, having been the runt of his litter. Anytime we’re having food, he wants food too. If we’re “late” we get adorable drama until we feed him.
“Khajiit has land if you have coin.”
Just told Ursa Minor it’s the last #Caturday of 2023. #CatsOfMastodon
Really he’s just fascinated by the smell of the #NervousSystemPuzzle @christi3k gave me for Christmas. It’s laser cut wood and does smell interesting-good.
The face of a catten forced to accept the second-best snuggle spot next to a working Mama. This after meowing loudly with his face up against my wife’s closed office door.
Ursa Minor wishes you a happy, bitey #Caturday!
Ursa has been spending more time hanging out in his cat-sized izakaya! We’ve only had it for two years!
#CatsOfMastondon #cat #UrsaMinorCat #EveryDayIsCaturday #CatHouse #izakaya
Last night I set our smallest laundry basket inside a larger one. This morning Ursa, who adores being in laundry baskets, figured out how to get in the nested baskets! He was very pleased and proud of his efforts.
Ursa Minor sneaking up to wish me a very bitey #Caturday. Earlier this year he started sneaking up or furiously diving at me to bite my lower legs. Most often it is fairly gentle, occasionally he gets too feisty and I have to pick him up and hold him like an ornery, sharp baby until his hunting instinct subsides.
My amygdala has primal, ancient hominid opinions about this game. He stalks my wife, but doesn’t attack her. I’m also the Mama he wants “fight cuddles” from, so hunting me must be in this range of behaviors he associates with me.
Good morning, here’s Ursa Minor preparing to pounce!
He likes to burrow like a wily badger.
I just realized I haven’t shared an Ursa Minor update since late August! To make up for the lack of cat content here’s a trio of pictures of Ursa in laundry baskets from IKEA. Bertie, our English bulldog, appears in one of the pictures.
More Ursa Minor in his favorite laundry basket.
Ursa Minor, Tree Inspector
Today I’ve been getting our Christmas tree put up. Ursa is so here for this seasonal treat. #Cat #CatsOfMastodon #UrsaMinorCat #ChristmasTree
Some peak goofiness from Ursa Minor this evening in the form of an awkward bath.
Some #caturday Ursa Minor lap-time! He was feeling pretty snuggly until Bertie started barking at him.
Why no, Ursa, we didn’t want to play a game.
When you’re hungry and sleepy all at once.
My wife went on her annual Roadtrip Recharge on Monday and I have had a few appointments, some X-rays, and the day of contractors. In between all of those I’ve mostly been working on my large tree, which stands over 30 inches tall and spans 40 inches when it’s upright, teaching classes, and hosting an online meetup yesterday.
Bertie has got to go along a few times, which means Ursa has been alone. Today Ursa has opinions about how I should spend the day.
Where’s Ursa?
My wife is nearby on a brief adventure as “shakedown test”. Bertie and I will join her for lunch.
Meanwhile Ursa Minor has several opinions about breakfast service starting a little later than usual. Either that or he’s preparing his audition for Oliver!
#CaturdayMorning #caturday #cat #UrsaMinorCat #CatsWithOpinions
There is no Ursa here.
#ThereIsNoCat #UrsaMinorCat #CaturdayEve #LetSleepingCatsLie #Cats #CatsOfMastodon #FediCats
Ursa is sure he knows how to add the lighting kit to the LEGO.
#Caturday #UrsaMinorCat #HelpfulKitties #PiebaldCat #TabbyCat #PolydactylCat #CatsOfMastodon #FediCats #LEGO #Briksmax
There is no cat here, only an artificial Christmas tree.
I forgot to post this earlier. He climbs the tree at least once. every year. The ornaments are well affixed and mostly non-breakable.
#Caturday #CatsOfMastodon #ThereIsNoCatInThisImage #ChristmasTreeCat
Ursa meets B2EMO
This amazingly detailed, 3D printed model of one of the best droids in the known galaxies was a last minute order from the Ukraine that @christi3k decided was worth it even if wouldn’t arrive until after the end of the year. Bee rolls on squeaky wheels, can turn and move their head, and they have a light (which made me gasp with delight).
Ursa does not like the squeaky wheels and is unconvinced that the light is good. Ursa is awaiting the annual refresh of his “good trash” box, when all those bows become his nest.
This afternoon the Goodwill Ambassador and I drove around “greater” PDX metro (we went up to Vancouver !) distributing gifts we didn’t manage to get out at the New Year. We kept our streak of getting in a walk every weekend by ending our junket with a stroll around Mt. Scott Park.
While we were out Ursa Minor engaged his Goblin Mode DLC and we arrived back to discover he’d knocked over (from the dining table) or carried multiple things onto the kitchen/dining room floor! He seemed well pleased with his efforts!
#UrsaMinorCat #caturday #GoblinMode #BertieBully #EnglishBulldog #CatsOfMastodon #DogsOfMastodon
Sass & Nonsense, or
An English Bulldog and His Kitten (now grown), or
How we live in a Warner Bros. cartoon. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Antony_and_Pussyfoot?wprov=sfti1#
I was about to get up to soak in some Epsom salts and hot water but Ursa suggested an alternate plan.
Today I’m receiving expert coaching on resting.
Ursa says, “No Switch! Only Sin Biscuits!!!”
I went across town and he’s been by his lonesome. Thankfully he didn’t purchase any games with his fuzzy backside!
I scored some new-to-me shelves from an artist friend last weekend. It provided the perfect opportunity to make a spot for Ursa to look out the window into the back yard. Adding a box seems to have been the trick to make it more appealing.
Someone has been basking in the window box until they overheated and needed to flop on the floor until they cooled off.
Me: I’m using my lap, I’m working!
Ursa: Lap Now!!
He only stayed for a moment, it was too awkward even for Ursa. He moved to the that chair in defeat.
#EvenIfIDontFitsISit #UrsaMinorCat #FediCats #CatsofFedi #AwkwardMoment
Me: Ahh, Saturday morning, time for tea and to read the book from the library.
Ursa: Time to make it awkward!
Me: *sighs in frustrated reader*
#Caturday #FediCats #CatsOfFedi #UrsaMinorCat #MakingItAwkward
Sherri Koehler (she/her)
