Breaking Cat News by Georgia Dunn for November 27, 2023

That’s a lot of talking for Iggy. I guess because OZ isn’t there.

I’ve heard of having a green thumb, but this is ridiculous! Iggy just wants his own “plant bed” and I say let him have it! His sleep number is Purple Hyacinths? Or are those Purple Black Knights? I’M INVINCIBLE!

How can you say no to that FACE, Woman? The little fangs! Have mercy! He’s not doing any harm!

Between the control of personal gravity (or perhaps just mass) and the pointy bits at the end of each limb, removal process can, indeed, be complicated.

Aww, Iggy, you need to choose your plants better. The Woman might let you sleep on a big pot of catgrass, but squashing her Christmas cactus — right when it;s blooming, no less! — is going to get you removed posthaste.

Today, my pair of voids go to the vet for a routine checkup. I’ve already asked a friend to come help me herd them into their carriers. (The only room in the house with no hiding places or escape routes is the guest bathroom.) The panthers’ vet practice is feline only.

Iggy yes

I can’t stand Iggy’s sad little face!!!! I remember when he wanted to sleep in the Christmas tree all the time too. Botonist??

Need more cactuses.

Aww, Iggy is a love. The polar opposite of his ‘sister’.

One would hope there is room for compromise. Iggy should have cat grass or catnip.

Eh leaf it alone cat. There planty of other things to does around here.

Kitty like to plant himself in pot eh.

Lupin and Puck have delivered a good, informative news story for the station!

Honestly before i started reading i thought iggy turned into spidercat or something

My cat was worse before. He urinates on the plants.

Related: https://www.dailypaws.Com/pet-news-entertainment/pet-news/cat-stuck-in-potato-masher-tiktok

Is that a poor unfortunate Christmas cactus? Our cats will totally sleep on ours.

This is why I don’t have plants where Shorty can reach them. I put the new tree up, it’s actually nice! And where do I find Shorty? Underneath it because it’s just tall enough, she can sit under it and so she does, which irritates the dog because he can’t quite reach her. I’m waiting to find it on the floor… https://photos DOT app DOT goo DOT gl/UVQc69vHLnKWq1pJ7

Surely The Woman knows by now that all her plants are doomed.

Iggy, now is the time to demonstrate to the Woman how claws can grip plants.

♪"Hang on, Iggy

Iggy, hang on."♫

Let him sleep in the plants!

I guess Georgia knew that I wanted more Iggy.

Rodgers and Hammerstein: We Kiss in a Shadow

We sleep in the cactus

We snooze in the night

The Woman tells us it isn’t alright.

…….

It smells like the morning

It feels like sun shine

I’ll stay here for now

It’s perfectly fine!

…….

It’s really no secret

Where I want to be

I’ll just take the plant along with me!

…….

I’ll sleep in the cactus

And say to them all

“Behold and believe what you see!”

“This sleeping cactus belongs to me!”

My house came with a clump of daylilies that were literally visible from outer space – you could see it on the Google earth satellite shot. I think my female cat was miffed when I finally got rid of it, because it was her favourite place to curl up for an afternoon nap outdoors.

Iggy looks so sweet and happy in the Christmas cactus. It’s a shame to have to dislodge him.

Meanwhile, Back on the Nile

Adobe Style: Trevor-Hotep developed a new cotton plant. It really makes a soft and strong textile.

Maat-Tilda: I think it could make some great wearable art.

Sophititi: I could also use some cotton balls in my sculpture.

Arachna Spider: I wouldn’t mind spinning some of the fibers. It would give my spinnerets a rest.

Enter Kat-Mandu

Kat-Mandu: I have a package for The Artisans!

Sophititi: Welcome! It’s always good to see the Papyrus Cat!

Kat: I have a box full of cotton bolls from the Cosmo Nurser

Tillie: Let me give you a hand with the package. It’s heavier than I would have thought.

Kat: That’s because it’s not just cotton.

Soph: What else is there?

Kat: A very tired kitten.

(Dobes opens the box)

Adobe Style: I wondered where Iggy was.

Iggy: ZZZzzzzzz…..

This just in: Local little cat does not like hearing “No”

Looking for a conservation campaign to support? NPR has an article on efforts to save the axolotls in Mexico by virtually adopting one. It’s on their webpage under the heading Animals. I gave up on trying to include the exact link but they are a dot org.

My girl cat firmly believes that all dirt does not belong in a pot. All my plants are now out of her reach.

I have a picture of my ginger girl (a kitten at the time) sitting just as proud as you please in a planter on our porch. Like she’d conquered Everest!

Cati stay, in the plants?

Oh come on more plants? This Is worse than the oven rack

He does no harm

Relaxed and warm

In his little hideaway

Beneath the leaves

Resting his head

On a plant bed

Oh, he likes to be

Napping comfily

In the Woman’s potted garden

That she made

Without a doubt

The smells throughout

Soothe his soul and tiny snout

As he lies beneath the sprouts

(Lies beneath the sprouts)

Oh what joy

For a little Iggy boy

Knowing he’s cozy

And he’s safe

(Cozy and he’s safe)

We would be so happy

You and me

If no one takes away

His spot lush and twiggy

We’d also like to be

Sleepily comfy

In an indoor plant garden

Hugging smol Iggy ❤️

- Ringo – Octopus Garden

Oh Woman! How can you deny a little cat his smells of morning and sunshine? Now is not the time to cat wrestle! Now is the time to get even more plants and arrange a little bed amongst them… Think of it as an early Christmas present for a Very Good Boy.

OMC This could prove a problem – maybe the answer is Iggy having a plant bed of his own

My parents have long had this big fern like plant in a big pot they keep in front of the living room’s big front window, and plenty of cats they’ve had over the years has taken to curling up within the pot for naps. It got to the point my mother often fits a kind of mat around the plant’s base and the rim of the pot so the cats can snooze in there without tracking dirt everywhere.

Squirt bottle. Or a tin can full of marbles shaken swiftly.Or get plastic plants…After decades of cat roommates I’ve also discovered a great love of cactus…Watching my cat trying repeatedly to get his teeth near enough to one to nibble a bite convinced me that if you got cats you NEED cactus.

We had a calico that would crawl into the potted petunias and snooze, hence her name, “Petunia”. She was a sweet kitty.

By the way. Gocomics has placed a certain cat breed name from Maine on their banned words list. I am not amused.

I love his little fangs.

It has dipped below freezing overnight here, so I brought my rosemary in to overwinter. So far Bartholomew has left it alone, even though it’s on the table that he uses for bird watching. Fingers crossed…

Reading BCN every day is also like morning and sunshine.

It’s a THANKSGIVING cactus, guys. They bloom red during Thanksgiving.

Should make a space in the plants for him to sleep in. Love the fangs!!!

Next, Iggy Pop sez, " Veeeee-ry Interesting ! – But SCHTUPID !! " …:)

Well, it is his plant. And his living room. And his house.

He is a cat, you know.

Christmas cactus?

Christmas cactus?

At least he didn’t push it off the table.

On FB (and probably IG as) Georgia posted a photo and a short video of Iggy sleeping near the Christmas lights. Very cute!

That reminds me, I need to start a fresh pot of cat grass. It never seems to live very long, probably doesn’t get enough light.

OT: Interesting Fact

This must be a Thanksgiving cactus.