How long is a piece of string?

posted by Bunnery on Sat 14th Jun, 08 at 20:59:53

Hi Kitty Lovers :-)

This story involves a rather unpleasant subject - so anyone of a sensitive disposition (or tucking into their dinner right now) should maybe pop over to The Daily Kitten or something equally cute, for a little while.

The kitties have got into the habit of playing in the dining room - they seem to enjoy sitting on the windowsill to see if anyone is going by. They also like toying with the string that is attached to the curtains - the long bits that you use to loosen or tighten the tops. These ones have some rather long bits dangling down, which they loved to leap at to try to catch hold of.

The other day as I went to empty the litter tray - Buddy was just finishing off in there. They seem to feel the need to build a little sand castle over whatever they have produced and spend a long time doing it! When he'd eventually got out - I saw what looked like a huge long creature. OMG - I thought the worming tablets hadn't worked! Then on closer inspection - there was a very long piece of string in there, It looked very much like a once-white length of curtain string! I had a look in the dining room - and sure enough it was missing from one side! How on earth had such a little kitty managed to swallow all that down?? I think he needs to join some kind of freaky circus when he grows up :-)

But despite this odd mishap they are both thriving. They love going outside now - and I can let them out the back and potter around in the kitchen while they play. They haven't figured out a way past the defence systems yet - into the wider world. Buddy keeps popping back in - to make sure we are still here, but Kurt doesn't bother. He is still too busy trying to catch his first fly. It is easy to get Buddy to come inside - but when it is the end of playtime Kurt has to be either:

a) tricked into coming inside - by shaking the cat food box or his favourite jingly toy

or

b) physically grabbed and brought back in spitting and hissing and kicking and scratching

I prefer the first method myself!

Warning, gross content:

OK, so after reading the 'string incident' it reminded me of what my sister told me the other week.  She was out walking her dog, on her own in the middle of nowhere.  Mac kept squatting as though he needed to go but couldn't.  Sis started to become concerned, as it wasn't normal for him.  He apparently looked very unhappy.   Then as he did his final squat, my sis noticed that what was coming out looked rather...unusual.  He must have eaten lots and lots of very long grass, as it was rather plaited.  He was onviously having great difficulty in passing this big braid of grass (did you see what I did there, braid/blade?...nevermind) anyway, sis though she needed to, how shall I put this, 'assist'.  She couldn't find any sticks or such like, the only thing she had was her umberella....

Lets see Rhianna sing about that one! :-)