These are Oliver's front paws. Oliver is our other cat, and a cat less like Giles you could not imagine. Aside from his colour, which is a magnificent ginger, with a white muzzle, he is confident, cocky, assertive and pushy. He is the very definition of top cat.
We adopted him in Dubai, after the vet assistant said to me: you look like you could use another cat. In other words, she knew one when she saw one. Oliver was still a young-un then, about six months, skinny and scrawny, but he thrust himself up against the bars of the cage and insisted on all my attention. He had a rough kittenhood, I think this was the third time he'd been returned to the vet's, and on one occasion he had been shaken by a dog, leading to the one thing he's actually scared of: dogs.
He has a lot of names, Oliver, Tipsy McStagger (he's got some hip and back issues because of the dog), Captain Stripeypants, Mr Pyjamas, and most often, Thruddle. Martin coined that last, it's a portmanteau of 'thrust' and 'cuddle' and describes exactly what it's like when he runs up to you and leans his whole body against you, purring madly.
We adopted him in Dubai, after the vet assistant said to me: you look like you could use another cat. In other words, she knew one when she saw one. Oliver was still a young-un then, about six months, skinny and scrawny, but he thrust himself up against the bars of the cage and insisted on all my attention. He had a rough kittenhood, I think this was the third time he'd been returned to the vet's, and on one occasion he had been shaken by a dog, leading to the one thing he's actually scared of: dogs.
He has a lot of names, Oliver, Tipsy McStagger (he's got some hip and back issues because of the dog), Captain Stripeypants, Mr Pyjamas, and most often, Thruddle. Martin coined that last, it's a portmanteau of 'thrust' and 'cuddle' and describes exactly what it's like when he runs up to you and leans his whole body against you, purring madly.
Nice photo! And I love "Thruddle."
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