Saturday, July 23, 2011

Maestro and Tweeter

While on my roadtrip to Vancouver I stayed for a few days at a friend's home, and 'lo and behold they had two brand new kittens to play with and be scratching posts for.

Maestro (the black one) and Tweeter (Tabby) are both littermates, and Tweeter is apparently the runt of the litter, as she is considerably smaller than Maestro. She doesn't let that slow her down, though, and she's learned to push Maestro away when he tries to horn in on her food bowl. Good for her!

In these photos Maestro looks very calm, cool, and collected. Very appropriate for his name. I assure you it is all an act. 90% of the time he was running all over the place trying to climb or attack anything that he possibly could. In short, very typical kitten behaviour, and loads of fun.
Tweeter, of course, is exactly the same. Just smaller, and harder to catch. She has a tendency to gnaw on fingers in a way that implies she hasn't quite figured out the difference yet between playing and fighting, but she's getting better. When she doesn't get carried away, there is little else in the world as cute as a kitten playfully nibbling on you.
 Could you tell, by the way, that my friend is a musician? Tweeter was named in preparation for getting a dog named "Woofer".

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