Breaking Cat News by Georgia Dunn for August 06, 2018

This made me LOL so hard I think I woke somebody. Our Siamese, Takashi (aka Squid) absolutely LOVES Cheerios. Insists on his own dish, as well as the rights to the remains of the hoomuns dishes whenever he sees the box leave the cupboard.

Catty remarks!

Calm down, boys. No need to throw a hissy fit.

Cat fight, cat fight!

This is hilarious. Larry and Bagheera both loved the kitty brush, but I think it’s just a boy thing; Blossom seems to find it offensive! I suspect she just thinks she’s already pretty and doesn’t need any help grooming, LOL.

But in her defense, she’s at least never gotten Cheerios in her fur!

And I just realized: in that third panel, is Lupin making a jab at being blamed for Elvis’s hairball? :D

THIS JUST IN! Trouble on the set of BCN, where it appears anchor Elvis and Senior correspondent Lupin are on the verge of coming to blows! Video shows station groomer and stylist Georgia “I’m not outta here, but I am” Dunn restraining the two network stars….

Lupin making trouble again.

Now now Boys, let’s try to get along! And Lupin, how can you not know Elvis’ life?? You live together! (gasp) The Secret Life of Elvis :D

This has been my two all evening since my parents left (they were over for a bbq as it’s a civic holiday tomorrow, Dean was asleep the whole time and Sam doesn’t like any visitors) – growling, squalling, and scrapping. After something went thump loudly, I closed the back door so they couldn’t go on the back deck anymore (most fights start out there, usually over bugs or viewing spots). Now they are pouting in the open window – it’s a fairly regular occurrence :)

Elvis has cracked the code! It’s the Toddler’s fault. Now the Boys can blame everything on him. ☺Okay maybe not hairballs but most everything else!

There are certain news channels these two would be very much at home on.

It’s the Jerry Springer Show. Pretty soon they’ll be hurling food bowls at each other.

What’s going on with Elvis in panel 2? Is he thumping his hind feet?

Ooh, such passive-aggressiveness!

I, like the Woman, have tried to verbally break up cat hissy fits. For me it usually doesn’t work and ends up involving scoops after the boops start.

Love Elvis’s paw lick in panel 3!

Oh dear. Lupin and Elvis’s fight is going to upset Puck.

Ah yes, a simple grooming session goes bad.

I don’t especially remember Yang being prone to Cheerios in his fur. But maybe it’s some Siamese/static electricity thing at work.

Ha! This reminds of the trio, I am dealing with now! I’m kitty sitting my brother’s cat, an orange male taby, named Tiger. When ever I try to give Tiger some attention, my two tabby and whites, Cassidy, a male and Tigger, a female, get so upset! So far their fights have been nothing but air swiping and loud hissing, signifying nothing!

My two will be doing their mutual grooming of the other, when it starts getting too robust. I’m grooming you. No. I’m grooming YOU! It quickly escalates into a full on wrestling session. He gets the upper hand, or so he thinks. She settles it by going for the “goalposts.” Disagreement over.

Very timely for our house – Sunday is always brushy day. Most of them like the Furminator and when I sit on the sofa and yell “Brushy!” they come running. Even the ones who don’t really like it will put up with a few passes, and when it’s over I usually have a softball sized wad of fur to throw out. One cat who has very thick, short fur, will usually get in line two or three times and I suspect there are some who, like Lupin, just want to see another cat get brushed against their will.

Thats right! Someone stopped grooming Elvis!

Oddly enough, Maverick will usually groom me. If I try for the other way around (with a brush, etc.) he’ll take off.

Fascinating how Lupin doffs the chapeau when it’s fightin’ time.

Gosh, that’s 3 angry faces in the last frame!

Annnnd now everyone is crying!

Kitties have certain hind limb activation buttons. Hahahahhaha.

Btw how would a cat ever allow a cheerio to be lodged in its fur? Must have been between the ears

Poll: How many times have your cats fought in the last month? :D

There are always fights when I pull out the brush or comb. The fights are over, I’m next, no I’m next, no you’re not I am. Then I have to try to brush 4 cats at once, tis very hard to do.

Kitties are so sweet.

There has been an incident on my living room throw rug … questions are being asked, paws are being pointed, and the rug is being washed. Despite the looks of innocence I’m fairly certain who the culprit is – Mr. “don’t you touch me with that brush or I’ll chomp your arm off” Sammy. I suppose I should be glad the hairball was left on the easily cleaned rug and not somewhere I could step in it while half awake :)

The Queen is dead. Long live the Queen. My sis’s 17-yo longhaired house panther Zoe crossed the Rainbow Bridge this morning. :-( I’m changing my avatar to her sweet furry face as soon as I can find the pic…

Good afternoon, orbsters and orbabies, we are home from our weekend at the cabin. Yum Yum crawled into Paul’s lap as soon as we sat down. She has been purring there ever since.

IT HAS BEGUN!

Mom and 2 kitten ferals on the back deck. 12 weeks? Not sure. Feeding now for a couple weeks. Mom has now only been showing up maybe once a day or not at all, but the kittens hang out quite a bit. Looks like they are weaned since we see no more nursing going on.

This AM we trapped one of the kittens and are waiting patiently for number two. The first is in isolation in the downstairs bathroom getting some quite time. Will add his/her sibling as soon as we snag the critter.

Kittens will become part of the family. We hope to also trap mom so we can spay and release. I doubt she would be keen on becoming an indoor humanized cat. We have a kitty condo on the deck, elevated, heated in the winter, heated water bowl. So, she may decide to be a sort of kept puss. We shall see.

Status updates as needed will be posted.

Kitty katz, Shaunn asked me to check up on you since I was on the board. She is a bit concerned that we have not heard from you for a few days. Hope everything is going well, and you are hard at work on a new ditty!

Funny and enjoyable strip today, as always.

It is time for another edition of: There Should Be…

*There should be Breaking Cat News specials on TV.*There should be plushy Elvis, Lupin and Pucky available.*There should be an adult in the White House.*There should be more Breaking Cat News Books – perhaps we could find a kitten to shamelessly plug the merchandise in a book store (hmmm, foreshadowing?)*There should be an award for Georgia Dunn for making so many people smile every day.

Lupin knows how to press Elvis’ buttons, and is prepared to defend their wrestling title at the same time. Although it does look more like handbags at dawn rather than wrestling is about to occur.

AND….SUCCESS!

Both kittens are now in the bathroom settling in. We’ll give them a couple days to acclimate and to work with getting them comfortable with the giant humans, then off to the vet for check ups, worming, sexing, etc.

This strip reminds me of the time I visited a friend with a half(?) grown kitty who was very aggressive. I was sitting on the sofa when he attacked my side. I turned an HISSED loudly at him while lifting my “paw”. Kitty backed up, turned his head to the side and slitted his eyes and didn’t attack me again. They are not that difficult to reason with when you find the right words.

Well, Smokie’s _________ at me. 92 degrees, she’s been begging out on the porch and I’ve been telling her no. Someone came in and she proceeded to run out on the porch even as we both tried to stop her. I went after her and she hauled it then looked back like "ha ha, you can’t get me. So I went around the other side of the porch and grabbed her. She’s been sulky and trying to block me from doing what I need to since. Too bad, but it’s too hot out there for me and I don’t have a fur coat.

The handbags are out but will the fur fly?

WARNING to cat owners in Washington State…I just saw an article on the WashingtonPost website about a serial cat killer in the Thurston County area..Also mentioned Olympia and Tacoma. Seven cats killed and mutilated. Lots of warnings on social media and in print. Keep your cats indoors! Pass the word to all our commenters who live in the area. There are some real sick people out there. One brave cat fought back and authorities hope to get dna samples from her claws.Heart is heavy for the grieving cat owners there.

Dignified! A call-back to the HAIRBALL