…..to amuse the bengals of the house. Package with LOTS of noisy brown paper became the best thing the other night.

Dexter and Cosmo would not come in the kitchen with all the noise…..and even Asia eventually moved off to the distance to watch Bayou be a nut all by himself.

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Oh, and the early on conversation between Bayou and I, pretty normal. He tends to answer just about anything I say.

Saw this story today and had to pass it on. Great results for the cat, but also curious to see what this brings for the future of prosthetics for pets and for people down the road. I do believe most animals do fine with a single amputation. But when you have a case of double amputation where movement becomes very limited or requires a cart apparatus, this would be a great alternative.

Here was the original news story. Apparently they figured out how to mimic the honeycombed effect of say a deer antler so that the bone and skin would graft to the titanium leg implants. Once grafted, they can attach any foot prosthetic they design. The cat has a ‘whats the big deal’ look all the time….gotta love animals.

Here were a coupe videos that will make you go ‘woohoo’!

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I like the second set of feet far better. You can also tell he has mastered their use more in the second video. He looks very natural on them even. Would be curious to see what his jumping activity looks like after he used them more.

Asia has a couple games, but this ranks up there as one of her favorites. She will sit up on her cat tree meowing at me to come ‘get her’. Of course I oblige, how could you not?

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I love how she slows down and hangs her bum over the side…..like she knows mom is a short uncoordinated goof so she needs to help me along in the game. And yes, I make silly noises and run with exaggerated movements when I play this game….its an affliction that comes over me when I play with the cats. Ahhh, who am I fooling, its just me.

Just a quick note….I promise we have not disappeared yet!

Be back in a day or two to our sorta scheduled program!

Pretty clear about Asia’s opinion of the situation here.

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Asia found this far too entertaining the other morning.

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Too bad it was not a giant toothbrush but instead a tool that lead to two days of scrubbing floors (and kitties locked up in bedrooms). BLEH
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Asia really does not eat much in the way of ‘people’ food. She found a bag of homemade deer jerky to be most interesting, but really, it had nothing to do with the food inside.

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Dexter of course is always in the wings to take whatever anyone else does not want…always.

Sometimes you just need to find an out of the way space to hide from exuberant bengals (especially a little spotted one who likes to rub and love on you…whether you like it or not).

Asia and Bayou getting their morning dose of exercise.

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We usually do some activity like this at least once a day, if not more…..prevents ‘trouble’. Plus, Asia sort of insists that we have play time, bringing me an assortment of toys until we do something. Bet you could never have imagined that.

Here was the wand of choice today. They actually did not care for this when I bought it before…..as you can see, things changed.

Asia is helping me out, showing how she could be a ‘wand model’ if anyone is hiring. Any takers?

Asia has found her calling in life.

Bug Exterminator

She is fairly serious about her job, I know I mentioned it before….but her abilities have definitely ratcheted up a notch. She wanders from window to window around the house, checking for critters on the inside or outside …….constantly.

Now, don’t get me wrong…all the cats in the house like to chase bugs….but NO ONE patrols the house all day to do so. They are more passive exterminators.

She has also conveniently put a couple larger holes in the window screens….so the ‘inside’ bugs are more frequent then usual. And here I thought she was just climbing…..

We have bird dogs, and their ‘intensity’ can be very high when they have a job to do. Asia seems to run at a similar level. She does check in and give me reports of her progress now and again, but otherwise, when she is on the job, she is not to be bothered.

There have been a couple bug flavors she has not enjoyed…..but Dexter is fine with them, so he just watches her, and when she knocks something down that she will not eat he is quick to move in for clean up. Dexter’s job has always been food clean up master.

Seriously, I did not know we had so many critters in the house. Ummm….thanks Asia for pointing that out taking care of that!!

Don’t forget when you click ‘play’ you can also select the HD video version.
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