All hail the graceless kitty

"Thousands of years ago, cats were worshipped as gods. Cats have never forgotten this"  ~ Anon.

Cats may not have forgotten, but those who interact with them on a daily basis may now and again (and again and again) get to see that mask of regal aloofness slip a bit.

For your entertainment a blooper reel, er, photo essay of some of our sanctuary friends' less graceful moments.

A big thanks to Ann for the idea.

Abby: upside down and doesn't care who knows it

Tootsie with food on her nose... as usual

Mary

photo by Phaedra

Lola

Jenna-fur

Fred

photo by Phaedra

Andy, posing for Playcat

photo by Phaedra

Diablo - "Eat. Play. Fall Over."

Gunther, seconds away from giving the paparazzi stink eye

Logan. Because he can

photo by Michele

Zoe, trying to sell us on the idea that this position is remotely comfortable

Charlie: "You're taking a picture of me? Neat! Can I watch?"

photo by Michele

Ricky and his "drool man chu"

Arnie: "Here's lookin' at you, kid."

Cruiser

This post started with a photo I snapped on Monday night:

Great-looking cat, wonderfully silly-looking pose. But who is it?
I contacted RAPS staff Lisa, Leslie and Debbie to discover the identity of this unknown (to me) kitty.

It turns out that his name is Cruiser. He was surrendered to RAPS when the couple who had owned him parted ways. They hoped to be able to take him back, but consensus over which person would take possession appeared to be lacking -- a call from one person to arrange a pick up for their cat was followed a day later by a call from the other who also wanted to come and get their cat.

Not wanting Cruiser to be the victim of a battle between the estranged partners, RAPS decided that neither would be allowed to take him until it could be determined just who was the lawful owner...

As you can see, Cruiser is still with us.

I asked Phaedra, who's a friend of his, to tell us a little about Cruiser. Here's what she had to say:

"Cruiser has trained us well: he gets what he wants, goes where he wants and still manages to be invisible. Mostly because he doesn't like a fuss or a crowd.

If he wants something, be it a cuddle or to be let in or out of the single, he will let you know. 

He's a very good kitty."

photo by Barbara