Our Little Cat Family

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We have brought two little female kittens into our household, partly to keep Nero company and partly because Nero's a bit boring...

Their names are Elsa and Tess. So far, we've worked out that Tess is extremely greedy (despite being by far the smaller), whereas big sister Elsa likes her food but doesn't nag for it. Elsa is also much more confident around us; Tess is quite skittish.

Tess almost catches a pigeon

29 Mar 2022

Our young little cat Tess almost managed to down a pigeon! From indoors I saw her looking ready to pounce on something in the garden, so I ...

Exploring the back garden

30 Oct 2021

This is Tess and Elsa's first time outside. Tess is happy to explore (a bit), but Elsa really isn't sure about it.

Collars on!

22 Oct 2021

Elsa and Tess had "the op" yesterday, and are struggling to cope with their collars. If they're not trying to get them off, they're just moping ...

Hanging out in the lounge

20 Oct 2021

Here are Tess and Elsa, having a bit of fun in the lounge!

Elsa with a mouse

11 Oct 2021

We gave Elsa a dead mouse today (from an electrocuter mouse trap) and she absolutely loved playing with it! She would grab it, toss it around ...

A couple of new kittens

23 Sep 2021

New arrivals Say hello to our two new female kittens! They are 13 weeks old, and are utterly adorable. We expect our old boy Nero (now nine ...

Little cat bossing the big cat!

03 Jan 2019

Nero got cross with his big brother Claudius, for no apparent reason, and backed him into a dark corner!

Sticking his tongue out

10 Apr 2018

Nero sat like this, on our kitchen window-sill, for several minutes! It's like he just hadn't realised that his tongue was sticking out.. ...

Cat-a-comb violence

21 May 2017

Kubrick does a pretty good job of grooming himself, but the recent warm weather has made him start moulting and getting a bit untidy. We decided ...

Nero likes frogs!

31 Oct 2015

I disturbed a lot of frogs when moving our garden pond, and Nero hung around so that he could practice his stalking skills on them. Here he ...

Even grumpy cats like to have fun sometimes!

10 Sep 2015

Kubrick is usually extremely quiet and grumpy, disliking attention and generally doing very little. This afternoon, though, he had a sudden ...

Pecking order at feeding time

30 Jan 2015

One time that the cats don't fight is when they're being fed - although they do have a strict pecking order. Claudius has first go, followed ...

It's official: cats can melt in the heat

13 Jul 2013

Kubrick, our grumpy middle-aged bachelor cat, appeared to have actually melted in the heat of the afternoon sun today! He usually scarpers ...

New resident: Kubrick

25 Nov 2012

Kubrick is a cat who was looking for a new home, after his current provider started plotting a pan-European adventure in a motor home. We ...

Best Food for Cats

29 Jul 2012

From Julii

What's wrong with regular cat food? I should preface by saying that I don't think it matters as much as some people make ...