Category Archives: Our Cats
Mythos and Rini’s Birthday Party
This post combined both Rini’s birthday party on Jan 10, 2012 (4 year old) and Mythos’s party in Dec, 2011 (3 year old). They got a new scratching post as birthday gift and as well as special treats! As for the cup cakes and French patisserie are for human consumption. Sigh… those pets bakeries in Toronto only make cakes for dogs, there is none for cats.
New Year British Short Hair
New Year wish for 2012… play, eat and sleep.
Meowy Christmas 2011
This year was in a rush taking photo of Mythos and Rini in the basement, so that quality wasn’t as good but thanks to Photoshop for post-processing. Mythos and Rini were moving around so much and it was so difficult to capture a good shot, as you can see their poses were a little bit odd. I didn’t have time to do another session, so here we go – Meowy Christmas and Happy New Year!
Mythos and Rini in 2011
In Year 2011, we haven’t posted any photos of Mythos and Rini on this blog – that’s pretty horrible! Now, it’s almost the end of 2011, so we decided to post all the photos taken during the year. In about a month, Mythos is going to be 3 years old and Rini is going to be 4 years old soon. What’s up recently? Not much, just enjoying life – sleep and play as usual.
Mythos and Rini on boxing day
Nothing really special on sale at Pet Stores, so Mythos and Rini were resting at home on boxing day under the sun, relaxing…
Mythos and Rini are on “Animal Lovers Forum”
About 2 months ago, the owner of AnimalLoversForum.com sent us a message asking for permission to use one of Mythos/Rini photos for their new forum site. Here we go, it’s online now!!
- New Photo: Animal Lovers Forum
- Original Photo: Mythos and Rini support Team Canada
Mythos and Rini’s vacation at Boreal
Mom and Dad was away to Quebec for a few days, as usual Mythos and Rini were having their cats vacation, staying at Boreal. In order not to offend other cats, Mythos and Rini had to stay in the cage temporary as you see in the photos. On the other hand, we spotted a very cute creamy cat, not sure if Mythos and Rini made friend with her. (All photos were taken using iPhone)
New Photos of Mythos
Mythos is getting bigger and bigger everyday, and we haven’t taken any new photos of him for a while. On a lazy afternoon he felt like being a model, so here we go…
Photos were taken using Panasonic GF1
DIY: Always-On + AA Battery Laser Pointer Mod for Cats
Mythos and Rini are very demanding when playing with laser pointer, we play with them almost every other night. For some odd reasons, we can’t find any “Always-On” laser pointer from pets or stationery stores. To conclude, we have the following issues with our existing laser pointer:
- AG13/LR44/357 watch batteries are way too expensive
- Watch battery does not last long enough
- Momentary switch makes my fingers become very tired and painful
Here is the mod. This is extremely simple, anyone can do it in several hours. All you have to do is to carefully open the laser pointer by cutting on the right place with a hacksaw. Then, get rid of the momentary switch and replace it with a regular one. You can use a “project box” (like the one I am using) which is ideal for this application. Instead of using watch battery, use 3 x 1.5v AA battery with the battery holder. Solder and hot glue everything together, done! It is bigger in size, but most importantly it solves the problems.
Mine is a low tech solution, but it works. If you have money and wanna go for high tech, you can consider buying an iPad and turn into a cat toy. Well, I think that’s one of the most expensive cat toy I have ever seen. Watch this video: iggy investigates an ipad on YouTube. One draw back though, the benefits of cardio exercises on chasing and running cannot be done on iPad. Love that video, the cat is so cute… wondering if I can do the same with my iPhone.
(All photos were taken using iPhone)