Breaking Cat News by Georgia Dunn for September 17, 2023

Elvis certainly knows whereof he speaks!

Alas poor milk carton, we hardly knew ye. You bore the weight of that sweet nectar of the cow, but you were doomed, and how. Falling victim to Ora Zella’s flying death paw. Seeing Iggy line up his things. ahhhhhh.

Aw, but I want to see Ora Zella take on the milk carton! Better than a paper shredder!

I want to see more of Iggy in future stories. He’s such a sweetheart, and I want to get to know his hidden depths.

Awww!, absolutely adorable!

Wadded up duct tape makes for an interesting toy.

An Elvis chart! It is a rare treat.

Mags would be so proud of the children for finding treasures in the trash.

Bread tags. Haven’t seen those for decades. Iggy is a sweetheart.

Sunday Funday

Pucky toe beans in multiple panels!

I’m glad the camera pulled away before that milk cartoon was eviscerated. This is a family cartoon.

This is so wholesome. It touches my heart and funnybone.

I hate to have to say this, but I don’t think that milk carton will survive for much longer.

I don’t mean to be mean, but for an experiment, I would consider putting OraZ inside the milk carton … you know, just to test the explosive properties of a smol tortie. Am picturing the carton exploding in a cloud of shredded cardboard … Hoo boy!

A working cat — Leo the cat at a NJ Home Depot: https://abc7chicago.Com/leo-the-home-depot-cat-tiktok-new-jersey/13722114/

There’s also the little locking ring that breaks off of the cap on plastic milk and juice jugs/bottles

It’s true about the love for things they’re not supposed to have. That’s why, whenever I’ve brought something into the house that I want to encourage the cats to sit in or on, I casually drop it onto the floor like it’s trash and then hold the cats’ gaze while saying very clearly: THIS IS NOT FOR KITTIES. (60% of the time, it works every time.)♥

Ora is the tiniest, mightiest hunter!

I love Iggy and all his collections. Such a sweet peaceful little guy. With his own adorable quirks!

I learned to be very careful about throwing away small lengths of string, yarn, or dental floss. Tinsel and rubber bands were also problems.

Playing with trash milk carton? Not be udderly ridiculous kids.

Go milks some puns instead.

And speaking of milking puns, here some hot cross puns to goes with em.

Hot cross puns!

Hot cross puns!

One a punny, two a punny.

Hot cross puns!

If you has no daughters,

Tells em to your sons!

One a punny, two a punny.

Hot cross puns!

Oh, that poor poor, milk carton! Look away from the horror! Sob!

I’ll admit I haven’t exactly been following the mole opossum owl story lately, so Sundays are always a breath of familiarity

Thankfully, my children already know what’s in the trash can is icky. :P

I think the girl has an empty toilet paper roll in panel one. That’s another favorite of my cats. Buy a tube shaped cat toy, no interest. Roll an empty piece of flimsy cardboard at them, nirvana!

We had to say goodbye to my avatar, my big blue-point cougar Saxon, on Thursday. He’s been declining for a while with cancer and kidney problems and we kept him comfortable until he wasn’t. I’ll miss my big handsome boy.

So the Children are cats with opposable thumbs.

Ah, FINALLY. Back to BCN instead of that tedious story arc! Thank you thank you.

My cat had a lot of fun the other day with a string bean.

Young Bartholomew adores tin foil balls. Most other toys are dross compared to the magnificence of a tin foil ball. He loves to chase one, then pick it up, and place it in a precise spot, chosen by reasons known only to him, and wait for you to toss it so the cycle can begin again.

Cats can find enjoyment in almost anything.

Milk caps for throwin’ and bread tags for kittens

Bright crumpled foil balls for swattin’ in kitchens

Peanut butter lids perfect for flings

These are a few of their trashiest things

Crumpled up place mats well-used and covered in doodles

Old mac ‘n’ cheese slime ripe with leftover noodles

Wild veggies fly ’cross the floor in soggiest spins

These are a few of their most wanted things

Burnt out wicks and spent candle ashes

Old candy wrappers from Halloween stashes

Opened cardboard roll tubes that bounce just like springs

These are a few of their favorite things

When their toys bore

When static clings

When they like to be bad

They simply get into some forbidden things

And then what great fun they had

- Oscar Hammerstein II / Richard Rodgers – My Favorite Things

I’m very surprised (and disappointed) that we didn’t get a guest comment from Sophie, the queen of recycling old trash and forbidden objects…

I have discovered that Hagrid and Thor love cantaloupe.

Get the bread tags away, before little bits break off and the following vet visit

OT:

Someone told me that she lines up small, empty water or soda bottles and her cats love knocking them over and rolling them around.

It seems like this autumn has been especially hard on our fur-babies. Like the leaves, their time with us is past and they’re moving on to ‘greener pastures.’ To all who have lost or in fear of losing their companion, we love you and grieve with you because we’re all suffered the same lose and know what you’re going through. Sweet memories to comfort you.

What is Elvis using for a pointer? Could it be a chopstick? Is there such a thing as a smaller chopstick for children?

Iggy got them lined up in no time at all.

Yesterday we gave like 101 replies to someone who may or may not have been trolling. I personally can vouch for how difficult it is to keep from trying to persuade the naysayers of the goodness of what they are complaining about. But let’s all remind ourselves to just ignore those kinds of comments. I know it’s easier to say than to do. Maybe first one there should remind the rest of us?

I think that milk carton is about to get CREAMED! Using the slang definition of “To damage severely; destroy.”

I think OZ is channeling IDAK from Lost in Space – “CRUSH! KILL! DESTROY!”

You know if you cared about you cats you wouldn’t by milk in a carton, but in a plastic bottle. That little safety ring left on the bottle after you open it makes a marvelous cat toy as does the lid once the milk is gone. And by cutting off the bottom of the bottle you have a wonderful funnel with a handle.

I see Ora is milking it for all it’s worth. You go, girl!

As usual Cat Rules apply. Does it look like it might be prey? It’s a cat toy. Especially if it smells like food.

Meanwhile, Back on the Nile

At the Royal Office

Elvis-Anum: I’m really glad you’re here to help with all these archives, Professor. I actually am pleased that the Kingdom of Away is interested in history.

Prof. Selena Cantrip: You can call me Selly, Elvis. Here there’s a scroll from a scribe from the Back in the Day Era.

Elvis: What do they say?

Selly: Apparently, he had an apprentice who was a tortoise shell cat. He writes:

Young Zelda is a quick and capable scribe when she does not shred the papyrus. Hopefully she will grow out of that eventually.

Elvis: The more things change…

Selly: The more they stay the same.

Selly: Oh, here’s another scroll. It comes from a few years later:

Quill Penn has retired from scribing and passed the pen on to me. I must take care to store the papyri safely and not eat them. This I, Zelda, pledge to do.

Elvis: I wonder if there are any scrolls that she did eat.

Selly: I guess we’ll never know.

Bread tags? Is that what People call them? Cats know them for what they are: Floor-hockey pucks.

Love to see the children and the cats working together, even if the adults in the house don’t.

Another “Sunshine Family” episode! I love it!

[If curious look up Sunshine Family dolls.]

Bread tags are dangerous for cats. They’re small enough to be swallowed, and that means a panicky trip to the kitty ER to have it removed. And with sharp points that most of them have, they can do some damage on the way down.

And on the subject of things-to-not-give-your-cat, don’t give your cats the plastic ring off milk (or water) jugs. As a whole piece, they’re not likely to be swallowed. But they are easily chewed into smaller pieces which, again, can do damage if they’re swallowed.

I’d hope most of us are aware of our individual pets’ behavior enough to identify whether various objects are potentially problematic. That said, some pets are excellent at coming up with new and creative ways to wreak havoc; so while I find the phrase “never give your pet item X” a bit excessive, I do appreciate people sharing the potential hazards of objects not ordinarily thought of as dangerous – especially from personal experience.

This is more like it.

My grandma’s dog ate one of those plastic bread-wrapper clips, and it had to be removed surgically.

I haven’t heard of a cat doing that, but I’m wary of the things.

Ptolemy (pictured) was my avatar and as all kitties eventually do…He went away to a place where I couldn’t go …yet! I called him Tommie. My husband Gary recently left to see how he was faring. Wait for me, guys! I’m coming! I have a couple of loose ends to tie up first…We will have a big celebration! We’ll all be together again!(sniff)

I love seeing Lupin’s joyous excitement.

The cats are having a lovely time, lol

Bread tags huhn? I had no idea the things that aren’t twist ties had a name. BCN is eclectically educational.

Don’t forget how much cats love BOXES!!!

So creative!