new cat behavior

I got in trouble this weekend.

I came home without my collar and tag.  It would be ok if this was the first time this happened, but this was the second time in 2 weeks.  Mom had just bought me a super cool brand new pirate collar.    It's gone.  Poof.

I'm not saying what happened to it.

Mom won't let me go out without a collar and a tag.  She says it's a phone call home for a kitty without an iPhone.  Even though I'm micro chipped she says that's not enough.  A collar and a tag advertise to the world that you are loved.

So while mom orders me a new super cool collar and "Figaro" tag...I've got to wear Ellie's collar and her tag.  She never goes outside, mom just has one for her just in case...so I'm going undercover.

Incognito.

I hope my mancat furriends don't figure it out. 

We were invited by Romeo The Cat to participate in a fun event to celebrate National Hairball Awareness Day.

I immediately said yes...well...because I'm a furry furry guy and we  have 9 kitties here and we're all rather furry in very different ways.  We already had a Furminator that we love, but for participating we received a new Furminator which is special for long haired BIG cats!  I'm a big boy with long long furs.  I weigh in at 15+ pounds...and counting (that's what my mom says).  So to  have a special Furminator especially for me was awesome.  My  brother Nigel could also use it too.

Yeah...admire my furry belly.  Everyone does.

Mom went to work "furminating" us.  It took her hardly anytime at all to get this pile of furs.  We all contributed.  Mom spent about 2-3 minutes on each of us.  Can you imagine if that pile of furs ended up in our bellies?  The Furminator  protects us so we don't have get this in our belly and get constipated or gack up huge hairballs all over the house.

So now the fun part.  Out of this pile of fur, my mom was asked to create a fun fur creature.  She initially thought she'd make a panda bear out of my black and white furs, but then changed her mind.

She was staring at the big pile and asked my dad the first thing that popped into his mind when he saw the fur pile.

Let's see if you can guess...

Yup...ZZ "fur" Top!!!

Sing along with me...."She's got furs...she knows how to use it...."

So the even better part is that there are 25 of us kitties participating and Romeo The Cat will be doing a drawing on April 30th to determine whose rescue organization will win a $500 FURminator donation and whose rescue organization gets to be Romeo's May FURPOWER recipient.  That is MAJOR cool! We are joining paws and purring that we get selected because we'd love to see United Paws of Tillamook get some much needed support.  They saved Ellie and Cory's lives and we are forever grateful.  They continue to do amazing work helping kitties and some woofies too.

You can see the other fur creatures at the PeoplePets website.

It's been super soggy here.  This past weekend it rained and rained and rained.  Hard.  I was looking forward to a little bit of lap time with mom and dad, even a bit of peace and quiet by the fire.

But NO!

That pipsqueak kitten in cats clothing Figaro had to spoil all my fun. 

He will tell you that he did NOT divebomb me.  It is simply not true.

I get no respect.