Even though I've been a Meowmy for a long time, 28 of my 41 years, during
nearly all that amount of time I've only had three cats. In the past 12
days since I brought my current pair of kitties home, I'm seeing a couple
of new things that I haven't encountered before. I have some questions
that I'd like to post on here so I can draw on the much wider experience
of the group's posters.

For example: Captain and Stanley both have pretty little PINK noses. Ditto
for some or all of their paw pads, depending on which cat you're referring
to. My previous felines were either grey (blue) or black; they all had
much darker noses and paw pads than the boys I've got now. So what I've
observed about the boys' noses and paws isn't something that was visible
on my previous felines. To wit: is it normal for a kitty's pink nose to
get flushed and look even MORE pink after he's been playing "chase the
fishing-pole-toy" for a while? How about their paw pads after they've been
chasing said toy around on the carpeted living room floor? Do their pink
paw pads get "flushed" looking, too?

Also Captain is displaying a behavior that I've never seen in a cat
before. When he gets hold of said fishing-pole-toy item, he'll play tug of
war with me and growl. I've seen a lot of D-pets play like that, but
seeing a CAT do this is new to me. It has crossed my mind to wonder if he
might have had a canine playmate in his early days. Of course, Captain
DOES combine this behavior with trying to carry the toy away, with body
language that looks like a leopard trying to abscond up a tree with its
prey. So even if Captain learned the tug-of-war game from D-pets somewhere
along the line, he hasn't forgotten his feline roots entirely. ;o) But I'm
wondering if anyone else has seen a cat play in this way.

These are just a couple of things I've noticed in the days since Captain
and Stanley joined the family. I'm sure that plenty of people here can let
me know if they've seen other cats do these things, too. :o)

Donna, Captain and Stanley