Mancat (In Training) Monday: Defending My Territory

Today, I report on my final lesson as a Mancat in Training. Next Monday is my graduation and I will finally make my dream come true! So today I will tell you of my most important lesson...the importance of defending your territory. Some will try to attack you and take away what is yours, but you must defend it!

See, I was innocently sitting inside my cubes when suddenly this feather toy appeared. It was trying to invade...

So I gave the toy a little bite to show it who is in charge around these parts.

It went away briefly, as if stunned that I put up a fight. I knew that I must stay alert. It could return at any moment.
Sure enough, the toy again tried to conquer my cubes. I whapped it and showed off my fierce talons, but it still did not learn.
Then, I was forced to use Tuck's jaws of fury. Recognizing defeat, the feather wand retreated. But I know it will return one day...and I will be ready. I have had many long months of training and am ready for my mancat responsibilities. I will defend my cube castle. Perhaps I will request that the humans refer to me as Sir Tuck from now on...

Mancat (In Training) Monday: The Countdown Begins

For many months I have been training for the day when I begin a real mancat. I have learned my lessons, both good and bad and have been given invaluable advice from many of you mancats out there. And now, I have only six more weeks to train before my dream becomes a reality! I'm feral, so we don't know my exact birthday, but Jen is sure that I was born sometime in August. So we have decided to celebrate my purrthday on August 31st. On that day I will become a mancat. I am so excited! I hope these next six weeks go by quickly!

Mancat (in Training) Monday: Conquering the Closet

I recently found a way to climb up to the closet shelves. This is another one of those places that I'm not supposed to be. As usual, that doesn't stop me!

I love getting all the way to the top because nobody can reach me!

I was thinking about walking across the trim here. Then decided to just jump instead.

My favorite thing to do in the closet is to balance myself on the bar where the clothes hang and bat around the light string. Jen says that my claws are out in this picture way too much to be around clothes. So now the closet door is being kept shut unless someone is in it. The humans don't want me to have any fun!



By the way, a special thanks to Maggy, Zoey and Ann over at Zoolatry for my new banner! Thanks ladies I LOVE it!!

A Confession

I have a confession to make. I talk a lot about what a fierce mancat in training I am, but what I don't talk about is how much I love to cuddle. I even like to be held like a baby. Everyone says to me, "But Tuck, you were feral, how could you be such a lap cat?" I guess I'm just smart. When the humans trapped me and my brothers and sisters to take us to the V-E-T, I noticed that it was warm inside, there was plenty of food and that the humans wanted to pet us. My brothers and sisters hated it, but I thought it was kinda nice. So there you have it, despite all the running, jumping and playing I do, and all my tough talk, I'm really a mush. I hope I haven't ruined my reputation around the CB now...