Showing posts with label catnip. Show all posts
Showing posts with label catnip. Show all posts

Saturday, October 25, 2008

Stygian Saturdays

Hi everyone! My name is Stygia, and I am a House Panther. Welcome to the weekend. Well, most humans seem to care intently about weekends, so ... (whispers) we House Panthers know how to be discreet. We won't mention that every day is a weekend day for us.

Ahem. (shows fangs)

This weekend I have been fortunate enough to get some time to play with my favorite toys without my sister Abby noticing! If you have any idea how playful she is, or have a crazy and playful sister or brother yourself, you will understand what a feat of nature this was.

Here I am playing with the feather-butted mouse toy:

Here is an even crazier picture. You see, there is a big pile of nip on the floor which I am consuming at a leisurely pace, and in spite of the fact that she is only a couple of feet away, she doesn't even come out to check out what I am doing! I really can't enjoy my nip properly if she is too close to me. She always tries to bite me when I just want to roll around.

We hope everyone has a great weekend! Hee hee.

Saturday, September 20, 2008

Stygian Saturdays

Hi! Stygia here. I must apologise to everyone for missing the past two Stygian Saturdays. However, I am back, and today I thought we could talk about some proper ways for a House Panther to utilize a sun-spot. I bet you can come up with a lot more, but here are a few of my favorites:

The sun is a great place to have your portrait taken. Sometimes, I really like hiding my body in my cat condo and letting my face and paws get all warm in the friendly beams. It makes me feel so relaxed and allows my humans to get a very nice "natural" and happy pose:


The sun is a great paw-warming place, of course, but it can also highlight to your humans that you really need to have your claws clipped. This is both a blessing and a curse. I mean, who likes being captured and held against their will while they squeeze paws and then snap at them with metal devices? But those thoughts will not keep my paws out of the sun.

Last, but certainly not least, the sun is a terrific place to enjoy your NIP! The greatest advantage that I find is that the warmth of the sun allows for a quicker release of that lovely scent. If you are a human, then perhaps I could describe it to you as the difference between potpourri sitting in a cold dish versus potpourri sitting in a bowl of water with a candle burning beneath it. It's much better warm! Be sure to get all the catnip through your fur, too.

I hope everyone is having a great weekend! If you'd like to see more of me and my sister too, visit us over at T'Abby Normal.