Thursday, March 15, 2012

Exotic Shorthair Chester: The week of the Kong Kickeroo

Getting back to Chester's first week. On Thursday morning, the boy was meowing like crazy to get out of his safe rooms. Typically, Exotics follow their owners from room to room and Chester was no exception. He needed to be with us or just watch us from afar. 

Here he is in our master bedroom:








 
His favorite toy during that first week was his Kong Kickeroo:









This is also the last picture of the peace lily and Chester. He was ignoring it prior to this picture but then he acknowledged its existence so it was so long peace lily (no one in our building and none of our friends wanted it).

I took a video of Chester and the toy. I added a YouTube hardcore punk song in place of the news story on the nation's debt that was on in the background when this was filmed:

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6 comments:

  1. The Lee County ClowderMarch 15, 2012 at 8:04 PM

    Chester has some serious lazer eyes on a couple of those photos. Love Chester getting into that toy.

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    1. UnknownMarch 16, 2012 at 9:33 AM

      A month after getting Chester, I asked the breeder about adopting another of her retired breeder cats. She advised against it, saying Chester used to "beat the crap" out of the other cats at the cattery (ugh!). I'm not a cat behaviorist but Chester seems to need a lot of attention and play, so it was nice to be able to find a toy that he could be aggressive with. Yeah - those eyes! I don't know how to fix that (the red-eye correct doesn't do the trick) so I'm trying to learn more about the camera so I can prevent that. I also take pictures with my iPad and it doesn't have a flash but uses monitor brightness for lighting which I'm sure Chester appreciates!

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  2. The Lee County ClowderMarch 17, 2012 at 7:56 PM

    Don't worry about the lazer eyes. Kitties get them, and no one minds. Sometimes, they are what make the photo interesting.

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  3. CatMarch 27, 2012 at 9:59 AM

    The kickaroo kong is a favourite at our house too!!!

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    1. UnknownMarch 27, 2012 at 12:30 PM

      I hadn't known about it until seeing a YouTube cat playing with something similar. And it beats getting an arm bunny-kicked!

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