Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
seanan_mcguire
  • Mood: ditzy
  • Music: Glen Hansard, "Alone Apart."

Update to yesterday's winners, a note about Maine Coons.

Item the first:

lilysea was one of our winners in the random book drawing, but had forgotten that she had already ordered a copy of Late Eclipses. So, because she is a glorious and generous soul, she has allowed me to draw a new winner! calico_reaction, you have won a copy of Late Eclipses of your very own. Please email me with your contact information, so that I can get your book into the mail. As always, you have twenty-four hours (although I may not pick again if you don't claim your prize, as I want to do my mailing this week).

Item the second:

All my cats share the same favorite toy, a fuzzy red squid on a stick from the Animal Planet line of cat toys. They made cat toys for like, six weeks, and then discontinued them, which is terrible, because their toys were AWESOME. The squid is the last survivor of the original batch, and is put carefully away when not in use, since otherwise the fur squad would turn it into so much cotton calimari.

Last night, Thomas and I had a good squid-swing, and I put the squid away, not noticing as I did that he was watching, intently, to see where it went. On a shelf. Six feet above the ground. Fifteen minutes later, I heard a loud clatter, and got up to see what was going on. Nothing appeared to have been knocked over; I shrugged and went back to watching Glee.

Clatter clatter clatter. Clatter. The hell? I got up again, and discovered that the clattering noise was the stick, banging against things, as Thomas proudly toted the squid around the house. I took it away. I put it away. Ten minutes later...

CLATTER.

Sigh.

So yeah. Maine Coons are a) capable of logic, and b) big enough that they can jump really bloody high when they want something. You have been warned.
Tags: cats, giving stuff away, late eclipses, thomas
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brownkitty

February 23 2011, 20:20:12 UTC 6 years ago

Yes, very true. Cedric, suspected Maine Coon, would get into cabinets and close the door after him. This sometimes made getting a glass more of an accompanied activity than one would expect.

phoenixsansfyr

February 25 2011, 12:44:13 UTC 6 years ago

Bella, my dumb as a box of rocks Maine Coon, will hide in the cabinets under the sink if the vacuum is out. She always then comes out when the vacuum stops. If the vacuum isn't out, she loses the ability to figure out how to actually escape the cabinets, and sits there and cries until either myself or the spouse wonder where the hell the big dumb one went, and why she isn't asking for more food.

Ilsa, the Siamese, likes to open cabinets so that Bella can get in, then shut them (and leave her stuck in them). This has led to a rather interesting set of rubber band decorations around the house, whereby we rubber band the cabinets closed if Ilsa shows any interest in opening and closing them. My other two Maine Coons (yay for being a breeder, my life is full of huge galumphing animals) are far, far smarter. Bella takes after her daddy, who is a beautiful retired show cat... And beyond retarded.