Saturday, July 4, 2009

Just What Do Cats Need Anyway

All right. It's been a long time since I've posted. I'd say "I'm sorry," but I'm a cat. We don't do that. Others do it to us.

Anyway, was walking some of the cyber streets and found several places where humans wrote what they believe cats need. Humans are such fools. They've got the basics down, sure. But they don't know how to live. So, here is a short pictorial walk and talk on what cats really need. I call it, Ten Things Cats Really Need.

Something to stare at. (And then destroy.)
Plenty of Rest
Plenty of Fluids
Something to Play With
Human Companionship (or something close)
A place to lay down.
A place to explore.
A way to get down.
A place to hide.
A place to snuggle.
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8 comments:

Rufus said...

Nice pictures, Firestar, and you've got some good ideas there.

But what about food? And cat's treats?

fairyhedgehog said...

I love those pictures. Firestar is gorgeous and so is that cat lying on its back.

Bevie said...

Firestar IS the cat laying on its back. He was less than a year old at the time. The only non-Firestar picture is the one of the cat in the chair.

fairyhedgehog said...

Wow! That's a gorgeous picture of him!

Bevie said...

He's a darling. Until he wants to play. Then he's a ruffian.

Lisa said...

Cute. Agree about the food. For my babies food would be the first item on the list and possibly repeated

Lisa said...

Are these all of Firestar? I love the one where he's laying on his back

Bevie said...

They're all him except the one in the chair - oh, and the monkey.

Eating isn't on the top of Firestar's list of things to do. Sleeping tops his list, followed by staring at things and biting.

Believe it or not, none of his pictures are posed. He does all of that stuff on his own. The one in the blankets was in winter.

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