We (The Mews and I) love questions in comments on both blogs and by email. They let us know what we aren't explaining, didn't know of, or didn't think of. They let us know what you are thinking. Even better, it gives us something to post about other than showing The Mews napping every day, LOL/MOL!
* Jackie of Memories of Eric and Flynn asked about Lori's size relative to Laz. It's tricky and mostly a camera-angle thing. Laz arrived here at 8.8 lbs at 3.5 years old. He has dropped to 8.4 over 2+ years. Mostly because 1) he can run around outside here, 2) he has Lori to run around with inside here, and 3) he is kind of a fussy eater.
Regarding the last, he wants kibbles. I think Stinky Goodness is better for him, but sometimes he won't eat any unless I sprinkle some kibbles or freeze-dried chicken on top (and he has taught Lori that bad habit). Sometimes I tell him "eat or don't". He usually wins. I don't know why (because I'm not the hungry one). But his weight has settled on 8.4 lbs.
Lori arrived at about 4 lbs, 15 months ago. But she is a regular vacuum-cleaner of an eater. Well, she was a healthy growing girlcat. She weighed 8.2 last week. So she and Laz are about the same weight now. But weight can be deceiving. Laz is a lean cat. He is 1/2 Siamese, and I've never met a fat Siamese. Lori is a Tonkinese. And while Tonkies are basically Siamese and Burmese, they are "dense". No, not stupid; "muscular". So her weight doesn't quite relate to size like it does with Laz.
With Laz, weight is size. With Lori, you can get fooled a bit. Trying to hold her is like trying to wrassle a boa constrictor. As much as she loves me, she doesn't like to be picked up. She and Marley are both "paws on the floor" types. So with both, imagine a soccer ball of muscle...
But she looks smaller than Laz. It fools me too sometimes. I think she curls up tighter than Laz does. That's my best guess, and I'll stay with it.
* Megan mentioned "Lori doesn't need any toys, Marley - she's got Laz!" True. They run around, wrassle, and run more. They are playmates to the highest degree and the most active pair of cats I've ever had the joy to share space with. But there is a difference in toys. The only toy Laz likes is a wand type and the only thing he wants of that is to chew on the string. OK, he sometimes chews on soft toys like bananas.
Lori will chase any toy. Like Iza, she loves rattley-mice. And she will leap at anything I toss over her (she is very bird-reactive). But springs are her favorites. They bounce and roll (mousies?). I usually keep a few in my pockets. You should see the laser-focussed-eyes when I start to wave one around! She especially loves it when I toss one down the stairs. Iza was like that, too. Both charged wildly down the stairs after them. Maybe it's a Tonkie thing.
But Megan has the Laz/Lori thing right. They are each others' toys in a way. Each will stalk and ambush the other in a way they don't relate to simple toys. Hallway "stampede of elephants" hardly describes it. Often, in bed, I will cover my face with a hand because they would be fully-willing to run right across my eyes. I sometimes wonder how much they understand that each other is "another cat" and not prey or some amazing toy.
But each post should have a picture...
Laz and Lori settling down after a good house-chase... And, yeah, he sure looks bigger!