Boss & Bo
Location: Swannanoa, North Carolina, USA
Boss (on the left) gets his name naturally while Bo is short for Bovine (’cause he looks like a cow lumbering about). They were about five weeks old in this pic. When they were three months old their mother went outside one morning and never returned - but at least they have each other, and their adopted Aunts, Spoof and Poof.
first?
They are absolutely adorable!!
its so cute
I get one and HM can have the other
Can I snorgle one first? Then you two can have them.
What’s up with Bo’s tail?
pudgy baby has a pudgy tail?
I’m thinking it’s just the camera angle. What a pair of darlings!! (snuggle snuggle, kiss kiss)
It looks poofed up from here…kind of like when my abby/tabby Sid’s tail gets poofed when he’s mad or extremely playful. When Sid’s tail poofs like that, I call it the angry cheez doodle.
Angry cheez doodle–that hilarious! thanks! Everything is breaking at work today. I needed the laugh
Aww MeezerMama….
Headbuts and purrs going your way…
thanks Pipa’s mom
Angry cheez doodle? hee hee hee..I call Hermes’ tail the Bottlebrush
Headbutts to MeezerMama, & hopefully things have stopped breaking by now. Glad to bring smiles & laughter!
Well apparently the billing is fixed, but since an IT guy came snooping around my desk during my lunch break, I’m assuming something else is on fire. I’m salvaging the last few minutes of my lunch before finding out what it is.
Good luck. I am having “one of those days” too as evidenced by the fact that I am junt now able to log on and check out todays beautiful kittens. OK back to work. Here are some chocolate chip cookies for afternoon snack
Mmm thanks ppearson.
this pudgy baby’s daddy or momy is either a bobtail or manx.
no fare!
You know what we say about fair Pipa’s mum
At least I’m not the ONLY one you pick on!
did I miss-spell?
Ok now I am both catless and clueless
Fair is a place you go to ride on ride, eat cotton candy and step in animal poo
It usually comes around once a year
We still like you. I guess I can give you mine for a while
In Spain (Sevilla) fair is where you wear beautiful dresses, drink fruity white wine and dance till you feet fall off…
But I still like you and accept to cuddle cat…
Your fairs sounds like a lot more fun Pipa’s mum!!
Specially ‘cos there is no poo involved
What is a carnival in Spain? Carnival’s and fair’s tend to be similar here. There are amusement park types rides, all kinds of food vendors, and various forms of entertainment. Fairs go a step further having talent exhibits, food competitions and animal judging contests.
Well it is sort of the same here… we are divided by the different cultures we have here…
In the north (Galicia/Asturias/Pais Vasco) it is colder and the festivities are a bit celtic… Fairs are all about food, food and more food… with some rides etc…
In the South (Sevilla/Granada/Marbella) the weather is milder and festivities are more colorful and is usually accompanied by dancing…
Ahem!!! What about sharing? And where is that whack stick when you need one?
Remember to share the snuggles. These two look adorable together.
What pretty babies!! I love the orange stripey kitties! Soft cuddles and wam beds for them!
kt
awwwww
One of them got more orange than the other!
I wanna snuggle them!
Pink kitty noses and pink kitty toes(es) … gotta kiss ‘em !!
Oh my, two little love bugs!! Will scoop them up and hold them until somebody finds me!
Looks like they enjoy play-fighting together. So nice and clean they look!
I thought they were hugging my chubba bubba boy Domino (tux) and Taffy looked like the one on the left more carmel/taffy colored anyway I got off track would hug like that and fall asleep.
They are soooooooooooo cute.
And there in lies a tale or (a tail and a half) You let us in on Boss and Bo’s nomenclature derivation. What of Spoof and Poof?
Sounds like a magic act.
Like Penn and Teller?
There you go!
Ohhhh…. I need to take one home and just snuggle.
pink feet! so cute!!
Oh my goodness! What cute fuzzy brothers.
I have a question. Does anyone else’s cat absolutely love the dryer sheets when they come out of the dryer? Do you know if there is anything wrong with letting them roll on them? It certainly makes them smell nice and helps with shedding.
And prevents snap crackle pop!
exactly! I’m just hoping that it won’t hurt them.
When I used to show my cats, I would use a dryer sheet at the (often) dry and hot show rooms to control static in their fur. They are safe to use and safe for them to play with as long as they don’t try to eat them, I guess.
Well Ferrule tried, but I wouldn’t let him.
Thanks! they really love them.
Thierry collects them. He drags them under the bed and either plays with them or nests on them. The last time I cleaned under the bed I pulled out more than two dozen. He wasn’t happy that I stole his collection. Don’t worry. Always more where those came from
Ha ha! I suppose there are worse things for him to collect.
Hope your day gets better too
No, but I think that’s funny…as long as it doesn’t hurt them. I’d ask a vet to be sure.
I rub my cats with dryer sheets all the time in the winter. It cuts down on the static a LOT.
I didn’t know that.
Thanks ..
Cutie patootie kittens!!
I run my comb and brush with a dryer sheet in the winter to cut down on static.
–I read somewhere in a cat magazine to spray a comb or brush w/anti-static spray & then use on them. It said it wouldn’t hurt them. I use that trick on myself from time to time since I have long hair that’s prone to static on windy days.
Hi Susie! I used to do that trick as well, when my hair was long (I’m doing the short hair thing this year, much to the dismay of my boyfriend). My hair would get so static-y, especially with the santana winds, and as it got grayer and thus thinner, it would get very fly away! Hope all is well with you and the kitties. Best wishes to you up North (anything farther north than Bakersfield is Up North to me).
Kathy
It’s shutting them in the dryer I have to watch out for. My daughter’s Belle as a kitten, once spent the whole day in the dryer (not running, luckily) when she snuck in while I took something out. Daughter said she was “Fluffy” when she was let out.
The very next day Belle again jumped in the dryer. With a black cat in the dark dryer I became paranoid that I would actually start the dryer with her in it.
I still check the dryer before I turn it on — afraid of a cat finding a place to snooze.
I check too. Ferrule is quite infatuated with each stage of the laundry.
Mine used to lay on top of the dirty laundry pile while I was sorting it.
Ferrule sits in the dirty laundry that is waiting to go in the washer. Then he will sit on my shoulder when i put it in the washer. He will sit on the door to the dryer while I rotate the laundry. I then have to remove him from the dryer before starting it. He will then proceed to roll in all the freshly laundered clothing while I am trying to fold it. It would be annoying if it wasn’t so darn cute
My milo and my megan both love to get in my clean laundry when I am tring to fold it too. When I have emptied the basket, they stay in it so I just take the basket, kitty and all back to where it belongs. They just love to take that ride.
Wish mine liked the dirty laundry. Mine like to lay on the clean clothes. Especially if they are just out of the dryer. So if I do not iron the laundry for a few days, have to decide whether to de-fur the clothes before ironing or toss them back into the dirty pile. lol
–Bryan–
*defurring the clothes or rewash. I know what you mean.
–kitties4deb–
The very thought of that scares me. A moron of a neighbor here in our park closed their orange tabby in the dryer & killed it when they turned it on. They say it was an accident. I say their demon son did it on purpose. He was that kind of kid. Ironically, they’re the same people that abandoned the siamese cat that keeps having litters in our backyard. They’ve been here 10 yrs. & had 5 cats they let go. They now own yet another. They should be in jail!
**Sorry for the awful vision,but ,sad truth of what people are like.
Back to beautiful Boss & Bo
I had a friend a very long while ago, who’s daughter put the kitten in the dryer, thank goodness the dryer was stopped quickly, and when my friend asked her daughter who was 4 at the time what she was thinking by putting the kitten in the dryer, she innocently answered “I wanted him to get him more fluffy”!!
People like that - Ugh !! I say kidnap the cat and have it spayed for the help to all - we have a local spay/neuter clinic which will charge $20 for a “stray spay” - will give back at end of day with disolving stiches - cat goes away in AM returns in PM - no fuss no muss no more unwanted kittens.
–Alice–
We plan to do just that. The problem is,she still has 2 kittens left from her last litter(we trapped 3 already & found homes for them). And one girl from her last litter has a litter of her own out there we habven’t been able to find yet. Our train of thought is on finding the new litter first,then trapping the girl & then the siamese kitten mill goes to get fixed next.
**What a slow process it can be tho!
Have your called animal cruelty on them? You could tell them you don’t want your name mentioned.
Good idea!
–I informed the manager about their habit several times. She’s telling the manager they aren’t theirs. All the neighbors in private agree w/me on who they belong to. I told the manager flat out that she was lying to her. Around here,noone will band together to get management to do something. So myself & one other gal in the park are TNRing thru vouchers. No surprise tho that none of the neighbors are thanking us. Very ungrateful colony of people arounds us here.
**sorry for the long post
Your comments about them getting more cats reminded me of a saying in the Dick E. Bird News. Newspaper about birding and the enviroment and the editor/wwriter had a great sense of humor and little offbeat. He always JOKED that if you had problems with the neighbor’s cat hanging around your birdfeeder, kill the neighbor, not the cat. If you killed the cat, they would just get another cat. Best part of the paper was Harry Houdini’s column. He was a squrriel who wrote about all the problems he had with people getting upset about him trying to get some free food from their bird feeders. His column was always very funny.
Sorry you have such bad neighbors. It must be hard watching it and not possible to give all the kitties homes. People like that should be banned from having pets. An old girlfriend had to have here neighbors cat fixed. They lived on a busy road, almost all the litter were road kill except for the ones she was able to place in homes.
Around this place,there are a few kids reaching the age where that want to impress someone thru shock. I just call them demon kids. They get their kicks out of tormenting the cats. I’ve known a couple to even torment their own family’s animals when the parents weren’t around. Some have even shot them w/bebes or pellets. If I ever catch them shooting at any animals,I’ll turn the gun on them & they won’t be sitting for a couple of weeks. Vicious behavior,isn’t it(I mean on their part)?
My 3 love dryer sheets, period. The dig at the box until it turns over, and pick them out and play with them. Whenever I come into the laundry room, I collect the sheets and put them back. If it’s bad for them, they’ve been doing it for years, so whatever it causes will be a surprise.
I hate to rain on the parade but Dryer Sheets are a No-No!
http://www.geocities.com/Petsburgh/4114/catsafety.html
Lots of good info and a depressingly long list of toxic items.
Also to Bogman’s Mom
I know you are still reeling from the recent loss of the two babes. I hope this can help. I don’t know if any of the answers here apply but maybe there can be some comfort found.
http://www.geocities.com/Petsburgh/4114/therunt.html
I have to take them away from Baesty Boy, he’ll sit and lick it for hours if I don’t. I’m afraid it will make him sick.
What absolute cuteness this morning! Hey everyone!! Hate to hear the momma never came back though…..
Kittyman started his new meds last night, we went from banana flavored to cherry flavored!! Geeeez!! He gave me that “look”, like “how ’bout tuna flavored mom??!!”
Thank you again for all your kind words yesterday, hoping these new meds will do the trick for him, I will keep you posted..
Brought warm cinnamon buns for everyone….dig in!
Fingers crossed for him!
seriously, what are they thinking with these flavors?
Best of luck to Kittyman. Hope he gets better soon
OK Ihave to tell you why the flavoring is in the animal meds!
I am a certified veterinary assistant, The meds are made for human children Not animals our fur friends are taking meds intended for Children, and on that note they are our hairy children!
Neither banana nor cherry sound like something that would appeal to a cat. Maybe the meds are formulated for human children. No wonder Kittyman isn’t crazy about them.
I hope he gets better soon. It’s awful to see kitties feeling miserable.
my babygirl loves to chew on banana peels. not eat, just chew.
That’s interesting because Anna, my cat who eats just about anything, absolutely cannot abide bananas. I found that out because whenever I would eat something she’d start dancing around until I gave her a taste of whatever it was. Since bananas seemed harmless enough, I put the banana near her and she screwed up her face in a look of utter revulsion…or what passes for revulsion in cats, I suppose.
Those babies are so darling. Too bad about their mom, though.
Kittyman is such a trooper. You are lucky to have such a brave baby.
LeeAnne, I hope these new meds do the trick so Kittyman feels better and you can put aside the worry.
If they can make banana flavor and cherry flavor, I wonder why they can’t come up with cat nip flavor. Any inventors out there would make a bundle and contribute to the comfort and health of cats and their staff. Stress levels around the globe would drop and since happy people don’t make war, peace will reign supreme.
Brilliant idea Elene
Poor kittyman taking banana and cherry flavored medicine. I hope he gets better real soon. We have a pharmacy here that can make pet meds taste like tuna or salmon or other “yummy” flavors. I’m not sure if Walgreens is in on this yet.
The liquids that the medicines are mixed with are made for human consumption, that’s why the flavors…
–To some, it might sound alittle icky,but what about ‘Bird-flavored’?
Cats are so obsessed w/them,they might come running to take their meds.
*just kidding all.
Just cheese flavored would do the trick at my house!!! Can’t say the “C” word too loud at my house, if you do, ya better have some ready to hand out!!!
hee,hee