Monday, October 20, 2014

Indoor/outdoor cats

I met two house cats who share a home, but do not get along with each other at all.  As a result, their owners have to do serious cat herding, keeping them in different parts of the house, or one outside and one in, by turns.  Sophie stalked me, but would not allow me to approach closer than 8 feet.


Moose was perfectly fine with petting and photography from intimate distances.



Sophie's yawn does not denote boredom or indifference - when I moved a step closer, she slipped off to the side.


However, she allowed me to catch her in this moment of repose when I observed the precise limit of her comfort perimeter.


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  1. BarbOctober 20, 2014 at 10:35 PM

    Obviously they each trusted you to some degree -- and why wouldn't they?

    You should come meet my furry overlords sometime.

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    1. Jess Isaiah LevinOctober 21, 2014 at 8:34 AM

      A cat may gaze upon a king, and all that, huh?

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    2. AnonymousOctober 21, 2014 at 8:36 AM

      Well, cats also stare down mice...

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    3. Jess Isaiah LevinOctober 21, 2014 at 8:38 AM

      I haven't witnessed that, thought they just played with them after they caught them. Hmmm...

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    4. AnonymousOctober 21, 2014 at 11:24 AM

      Might you be thinking of scientists? (i.e., playing around with mice?)

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    5. Jess Isaiah LevinOctober 21, 2014 at 4:25 PM

      I hope that in most current research situations, scientists are pretty careful to treat lab mice humanely, and don't play around with them carelessly (which cats have been known to do), though I'm sure that's not universal, and many animals have been mistreated by the human variety. Now as for scientists staring down mice...maybe the CIA has done experiments to go with the goat staring...no, wait, that was a comedy film, folks, not real.

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  2. AnonymousOctober 21, 2014 at 7:34 AM

    Oh, they are both so cute!! You captured a variety of expressions so beautifully!!

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    1. Jess Isaiah LevinOctober 21, 2014 at 8:35 AM

      Thank you! Cats can be inscrutable or obvious, and either way they're beautiful.

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    2. UnknownOctober 21, 2014 at 8:37 AM

      Moose has quite the sexy snarl

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    3. Jess Isaiah LevinOctober 21, 2014 at 8:39 AM

      His lopsided face is fascinating. Cool little guy!

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