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Old September 4th 08, 10:35 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
Tish
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Default Giving kittens the finger

Ahh ... you've discovered the true reason for vegemite - cat treats!
I think it must be the vitamin B in vegemite, but cats ADORE it!

Your kittens sound absolutely wonderful. Am so enjoying your posts!

Tish

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My LOLkitnz are remarkably straightforward to feed. I haven't yet
found any flavours or types of catfood - wet or dry - that they turn
their nose up at. However, they're quite omnivorous when it comes to
hoomin food too.

This morning I was at breakfast, feasting on 7-grain bread toast,
salted butter, and a generous slathering of Vegemite. I'm not
Australian, but I do have a taste for the 'mite and I prefer it to its
saltier English cousin Marmite. While I was thus engrossed, Naughty
(WT) materialised at my elbow.

(I should mention at this point that, after a week's good behaviour,
the teleporting has started. Yesterday while I was shaving, Kiki came
into the bathroom, hopped into the tub and paddled a little in the
puddles from my shower. My toilet complete and the excess foam
delicately dabbed off, I swept aside the shower curtain and, lo, there
were *both* kittens. Naughty (WT) was supposed to be the other side of
a closed door. But of course, closed doors are minor impediments to
teleporting cats, unless it is necessary to bother a human to open
said door for purposes of suddenly becoming indecisive about whether
to cross the threshold.)

Anyway, Naughty (WT) sniffed at my toast. I considered the likelihood
that kittens would enjoy Vegemite and decided an experiment would be
in order. I do so enjoy experimenting on animals. I offered the young
lady a finger-dollop of Vegemite, which she tasted cautiously. Her
eyes flashed with joy at this wonderful new flavour. So overwhelmed
was she that rather than simply licking off the rest of the yeasty
paste, she bit down on my finger and actually attempted to remove the
entire digit! Gripping my poor pointer in her teeth, she braced her
front paws on the table and pulled, tugged and jerked, but (irritant
that I am) I refused to jettison it and she was thwarted in her goal
to obtain a lifetime's supply of Vegemite.

I should probably be worried: one of my cats believes that I can be
disassembled. If I mysteriously stop posting, you'll know what's
happened.