Wednesday, November 29, 2006

Family String-along


The cats (and us) have rediscovered the string game. It’s about the best exercise that an indoor cat can get. Usually we start playing with one cat and as if they can hear silent string, they all want to join in. Well, actually, they probably hear the cat chasing the string around if it happens to be Cappuccino (seen here on the table.)

Percy (on the futon) is more sedentary and gets mostly an upper body work-out. But he’s ferocious, snorting and gnashing at the string.

If it’s Puffin (you can’t miss Puffin), he’ll bogart the string, clamping down on it with his saber claws and not let go. He grabs hold to the point where you’re dancing his arms like a puppet. We’ve taken to tying a string to the top of the wooden kitchen chair so that he can come out and play string when the mood hits him.