Mysteries

OK so some alert readers, and one phone spy, reported to me that the blog looks messed up. Something about stuff on the left sidebar invading the space reserved for my postings.

I have no idea what this means. You see, it looks fine on my laptop computer. And also looks fine on the emergency backup desktop computer. Maybe it is my video settings? The "wide screen" display on the laptop? Who knows. By the way, I tried loading the page with both Firefox and Internet Explorer. I like Firefox better.

Now this means I need more spy reports. I think I removed the offending thing that is causing the overlap. But this is just a guess. So what I need is MORE SPY REPORTS! This means you. Does everything look right? Yes? No? Can't tell? With enough spy reports, I can solve this mystery.

And now for the second part of the mystery. The mystery of Skipper The Cat. Skipper, as you may remember, is the newest cat. He is a gray kitten. I found Skipper across the street from the house, on the sidewalk. He was just barely weaned, and very little. He weighed less than 2 pounds. Kittens that little just do not wonder off. I do not think he was able to climb over the fences, and where he was the nearest house door was pretty far. So I suspect he was dumped.

But why would someone dump him? He seemed to be taken care of. He was free of fleas and ear mites, had no worms, was not at all afraid of people. He was just on the sidewalk meowing. When I walked up to him he started purring and rubbing against my leg. I was able to pick him up and he did not freak out. Clearly, this was the kitten of a well taken care of house cat. And he was still little and cute and a kitten and stuff. Usually if someone dumps a kitten that little they dump the mama cat and all the brothers and sisters too. But in this case it was only Skipper.

I figured the mystery would just go unsolved. But then I saw a cat on the cover of some cat magazine. It looked almost exactly like Skipper.

This is a Korat. I had never heard of this breed before. But it looks like Skipper. Same fur color, same eye color, same gray nose, and everything. I had found a Korat kitten photo that showed a litter that all had the same color eyes as fur. Skipper had the same color eyes when I found him, but they have since turned green.

He even has the silver sheen that is a characteristic of the breed. Like you can see in this photo. The fur is almost shiny in natural light. The roots are a deep gray color, but they are tipped with a silver tinge. This is that gives the cat its color.

By the way, the cat experts cay this breed is "blue" as opposed to "gray". But I think they are on crack. I have never seen a "blue" cat. I think the "cat experts" are all smoking too much cat nip.

And so now, I think I have all the evidence I need to solve the mystery of Skipper. Here is what happened.

Some asshole out there thinks they are a Korat breeder. They got a few pedigree cats and figured they could make some easy money selling cats, even if the shelters are full of free cats that are really just as good as any other cat. Backyard breeders.

But Skipper posed a problem for them. See, Skipper has WHITE PATCHES! This means that their "pedigree" cats are of poor quality. Korats are supposed to be solid "blue". Some slight white coloring on the very tips of the paws are OK - but only a little bit.

Skipper has too much white on his paws, a white splotch on his chest, and another white splotch on his belly. No good to be a pedigree Korat. So the breeder simply dumped him somewhere so nobody would see him and question the "quality" of the litter. All his litter mates were probably all "blue".

This would explain why he was in good health, not afraid of humans, and free of parasites. His white coloring may not have been there when he was first born. Usually when a newborn "pedigree" animal does not look right it is killed right off the bat. No evidence! Or maybe the people knew he was up to specs but just could not kill him right away. So they let him get weaned then dumped him before any buyers could see him and his ugly white splotches.

That would explain how such a little guy ended up where he did. With no mama cat looking for him. And no "lost kitten" signs. And why he was not wild.

Skipper does not want his picture taken, because he is upset about his white splotches and keeps attacking the camera. Or I might have made that up, and I am just too lazy to get up and get the camera. One or the other.

THIS JUST IN! I got motivated to get the camera. I had to get up to take a leak and get a beer anyway. So I might as well get the camera too. And find Skipper. This is never hard to do. So here is my almost perfect Korat, discarded like so much garbage because he is not perfect due to his white blotches - clearly visible in these photos




Oh by the way, I have room for only 2 more songs in the Iguana Music list. I have to replace one of the Def Leppard songs because it is a COVER and not the real band.