Cat's Businesses

We have a few cats. Neutering is not common here, it is costly and our place is far from the veterinarian in the city who does that. Our cat brood easily increase, so we have several generations. Sometimes other people ask for some kittens, and some die of either disease or maybe snake bites. There are times also when a stray male cat just entere our house and killed whatever kitten he found there. It happened 3 times, and it seemed to know very well when there are newly born kittens. We got so mad of the ambush, but we cannot catch that murderer. It is so dexterous in hiding and escaping. It doesn't eat the newborns though, just kill them. I haven't studied cat culture and psychology, so i am still ignorant.

Our oldest cat, Pusa, already died last month. She is the most responsible mother cat we've known. She was with us for more than 9 years. I don't know if that is a long life for a cat or not, but we surely loved it. She not only fed her own but sometimes also fed her grandkits, whenever her own kit is irresponsible. She has maybe 2 or 3 own kits which are irresponsible mothers. We wished that these irresponsible mothers are the ones who died first. Probably, Pusa raised cat brats! 

Pusa had many kits.  (Older post with Pusa) Denise is the sister of Roxan and Bhong, the last was a male who was lost in kitfancy. The 2 kitsters are both with us. Denise's has a daughter named Nonim (from no name). And Denise is already a grandcat for Baby Nonim, making Pusa the GRAND grand cat. Don't laugh yet for our name creativity. They ran out of names. I will show you some latest hunting finds for the mother-daughter tandem. 

 Can you imagine our disgust in seeing this? We are scared of gecko, but Nonim is not.

 We don't want to get near it, we just watched! 

 Look at that gecko, it is big! 

 After sometime she left, maybe the gecko is already dead. We wondered where she is heading.

Apparently, it went to the other door to show her catch to her kitty, Baby Nonim. Sorry, i wasn't able to take their photo. 

 Baby Nonim is very curious too. If i will allow it, she will run off with my fish.

 She got lessons from her mother, to hunt around and inside the bushes.

She must climb or jump if need be!

Be discreet, hide and jump for the aim! And she is learning fast. 

Look at that stance, ready to pounce. 

Just looking at their play and antics already use up my limited time. I try to ignore them, but they have the habit of always being near you. Baby Nonim is still at playfulness stage, as in making circles playing with its own tail. If this happens, i can't ignore it. I watch it full time.  Now, i must go and tend to my hoyas. 

Outdoor Wednesday

Our World Tuesday

Come in Pairs!

 Look i have some birds too! I have always been fascinated by bird's photos in blogs, but i cannot show many of them. I get a bit disappointed when it comes to birds because we have a lot of them too in our property. My niece and nephew can even identify the birds with just their sounds. And they can even distinguish one from the other even if they are so almost similar, at least to me. Nobody seems to remember that it was I who introduced birds to their awareness when they were still babies.

Back to the disappointment of not having bird shots, the reason is the lack of good camera lens. But when they get nearer, my 150mm can sometimes get them too. And of course, they have to be alighted on something, or else i cannot do justice to them when in flight.

 This is the common 'maya' or Philippine trogon, Harpactes ardens. It is endemic to the Philippines and sometimes pose a problem to rice farmers. The above photo is in our backyard in the province, but there are also a lot of them in the cities. The one at the right seems to have just bathed and drying up, while the other talks to it incessantly. I don't know their genders, so i guess at the left is the female! What do you think?

Our mother and son cats. I remember when One (blogger from Malaysia) still has a blog, she is in awe how i was able to get animal photos which have almost the same position to the camera. I guess when you know how animals behave, you know how to coach them pose for you! Look at their eyes, different colors eh!

 Crossandra infundibuliformis and Petunia hybrida.

I remember when my nephew was 6 years old i taught him to memorize the scientific names of porter weed and Crossandra. I don't know its common name so i always call it crossandra. By the way, porter weeds scientific name is Stachetarpheta jamaicensis. Can you visualize my nephew's mother's big eyes when her son showed her crossandra and porterweed flowers by their scientific names!

This is the flower of the common vegetable, upland kangkong/Chinese kangkong or Ipomoea aquatica. This is also my first time to see its flowers, as we always just see the top shoots and stems for sale. If i didn't let it grow old i would not be privileged to see the purely white flowers!