Scary Saturday

For those of you who don't know me, I live on a small, relatively safe island at the bottom of England. I heard rumours of rumours of a threat called Vishus Deer. I saw other cat's pictures and I smiled, nonchalantly. Those pictures didn't really bother me because I thought that no such thing existed near where I live.

I have since been proved wrong:



CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT HUMAN'S KEEP THINGS LIKE THIS IN THEIR GARDENS? DOES THIS MEAN THERE MAY BE REAL VISHUS DEER ON MY ISLAND? AM I SAFE? ARE ANY OF US CATS SAFE? IS THIS A WARNING???

I understand there are measures in place to combat this threat. Forewarned is forearmed and I for one will be learning all I can about this very real threat to felines. How on earth could a vishus deer make it onto the island? Did they swim?

My head hurts.


HRH Yao-Lin xxx

Friday Destructive Fun

Today the weather was gorgeous so the humans went out to the beach. Mao and I decided to have some fun of our own. Unfortunately, the humans came back before we did any real damage but you can see here that we managed to knock down all of the male slave's CD's. It is fun to trash the place when the human's are out. I wonder what we can break next? Of course, I blamed the entire misdemeanour on Baby Mao. One of the few benefits of having a smaller sibling!

Thursday Thirteen

To carry on with the current theme and to try and make Mao feel a bit better, I have decided to make this week's Thursday Thirteen all about the benefits of neutering and spaying. I shudder to hear those words but I know that it is a necessary evil. Much like me!

Thirteen facts about spaying/neutering your pet.

1 Surgical altering is the only foolproof and permanent method of birth control for cats.

2 Some people believe that neutering changes a pet's personality. While it may decrease aggressiveness, the pet's genetic makeup and the attention and training it receives are the factors that shape its personality.

3 Although neutering a female after the first litter decreases the future number of unwanted animals, pet overpopulation can be increased when "just one litter" is allowed to be born.

4 Just one litter can result in hundreds to thousands of unwanted pets:

The Prolific Cat

1st year 3 litters = 12 offspring
2nd year 144 offspring
3rd year 1728 offspring
4th year 10, 736 offspring
7th year 370,192

5 Your pet will live longer, cost you less in veterinary bills, and be healthier if it is spayed/neutered.

6 The Cats Protection League estimate there are between 8 and 10 million strays in the UK- outnumbering the 7.7 million cats being cared for as pets. The charity gives £3 million, in vouchers, to cat owners to neuter up to 85,000 animals.

7 Neutering can literally save a cat’s life. Feline Immunodeficiency Virus (FIV) and Feline leukemia Virus (FeLV) are life-threatening diseases for cats. These diseases are transmitted through the cat’s saliva, which makes fighting cats more at risk. Neutered cats are less likely to get into fights with other cats and are therefore less likely to get bitten and be infected with these diseases.

8 Modern anaesthesia means that the cats are dealt with as "day patients" and that they can go home on the same day as the procedure.

9 Cats Protection neuters 100,000 cats each year, but despite this the cat population has risen over 22% in a decade, and around 800,000 kittens are being born each year

10 Both male and female cats can be neutered from the age of 4 months (be advised by your vet).

11 Every year, millions of animals are euthanized in animal shelters, and millions more are abandoned to die on the streets. Spaying and neutering prevents at least some of these from occurring.

12. In her lifetime, a single female cat and her offspring can be responsible for around 50 million kittens.

13. In the Uk in 2003, the feline population was approx. 9.2 million. This is twice the number it was 30 years ago.

So you see, Baby Mao, it really was for the best!

Incidentally, Mao is gloating over the outpouring of support and sympathy from fellow cats. I have had to bite him a little to stop him gloating. Mwa ha ha

Wordless Wednesday

Tuesday Tribute to Mao's little Testies ;-)

I admit it. I feel ever so slightly sorry for Baby Mao. Today, he has had the worst day of his short life.

It started much like any other - him bouncing around like his usual annoying self, me retaliating with gusto.

Then came the big day out.

Mao was taken to the vet at 8.30 this morning and didn't get home until 5.00!.

Tired, hungry and a little bit sore, he skulked out of the cat box and onto his favourite cushion. That's right, Mao had gone under the knife and had his boy bits removed.

He is still skulking in the corner right now with the human fussing and fawning all over him. She would do better to ignore him and lavish all of her affection on me.

Anyway, Mao has insisted, in between sulking, that I include a tribute to his boy bits. He isn't happy about having had them removed and he wants a record of them so that he can reminisce in times to come. Excuse the graphic picture but Mao can be very insistent! The lyrics are quite nice - Mao took them from Basil the Great Mouse Detective - one of his favourite Disney Films. Ahem.

A TRIBUTE TO MAO'S BOY BITS





You followed me
I followed you
We were like each other's shadows for a while...
Now as you see
This game is through
So although it hurts
I'll try to smile
As I say...


Goodbye, so soon
And isn't this a crime?
We know by now that time knows how to fly
So here's goodbye, so soon
You'll find your separate way
With time so short
I'll say so long
And go...
So soon...
Goodbye!

Baby Mao: *sniff*

Meezer Munday

In this picture, am I thinking : a) What are you looking at? b)Why oh why is stinky Mao sat next to me? c) Oh look, there's the camera - I had better pose, fast! or d) all of the above?.

You will notice the strange wooden boat I am sat next to. This odd ornament allegedly represents the HMS Victory. Apparently, my female slave knows nothing about famous boats because otherwise, she would never have bought it. The real HMS Victory looks like this:




See? Not even remotely similar. My slaves really are stupid. *sigh*

Right, I must go - something is afoot - the slaves have just taken away all of the food? WHY WOULD THEY DO THAT????

A Little Prince

Here is a picture of me as the tiniest of royal princes. Even though I was so deliciously small, I could still understand the importance of the contents of the fish tank. The humans spent a lot of time taking pictures of me when I was a kitten. They still do, I assume because I have been blessed with natural good looks that get better with age and am therefore exceptionally photogenic. Just a hunch, mind you!