Andy Smith

A small ginger kitten stands over a very poorly, likely dead, mouse.

She's a killer.

Zero thoughts

a stuffed monkey wearing a green shirt and overalls is standing in front of a body of water . ALT: a stuffed monkey wearing a green shirt and overalls is standing in front of a body of water .

Central facility science papers tend to have longer author lists.
This is definitely not the reason I have a respectable number of citations. I'm a real scientist, honest...

Soft and floofy. Just like the cotton wool between her ears.

She has, however, just emitted the most noxious cloud of gas... 🤢

It's not even a trap.

Throwback Thursday #Tilly

Smug mode: Activate

Hi Nori.
How have I disappointed you today?

I'd come and say hello, but it's cold outside and there are cats here.

Ah. Sad news about Tilly. She was attacked in the summer by a dog and didn't survive.

She was quite a bit smaller when we got her in June...

She's called Flynn. She's just 6 months old.

A man sitting up in bed, with a small ginger cat perched in his upper chest and shoulder.

Taking a day off to help get over this stinking cold and upper respiratory tract infection.
Flynn feels that chest compressions might help...

Nap finished. Time for mayhem.

@envirosynch2.bsky.social
The two younger cats get on. Sort of... 😂

Flynn, a ginger kitten, lies on her back in my arms. Her eyes are mostly closed. She looks very smug.

She's a snuggly little bug.

Morning Honey!

Old phone screen died weirdly. Phone was on, but the screen totally blank. Not broken, because rebooting it gave the Google splash screen. Just completely blank in user mode.
Anyway, new pixel phone, new camera.
Enjoy Flynn and Honey in 50MP HD

Morning Flynn!

Helping with the dishwasher pre-rinse, getting mackerel pate off my knife.

Indeed. Don't really know any of the details, thankfully I feel. We received a call from a vet she was taken to saying they'd tried to help her but were unsuccessful.

Yeah, she got attacked by a dog. 😿

It's been a couple of months since Tilly died, and we haven't had a single bird, or mouse in the house since. I think we know who was doing all the hunting, and that Honey is a bit crap when it comes to murdering small creatures.

After only a week of new scary catflap*, both cats that have microchips seem to have mastered it. Much to the chagrin of Flynn, who isn't chipped yet.

Adult cats 1 - 0 Kitten

*Catflap makes noise when it recognises chip and unlocks. My cats have never dealt with this before.

Honey, a splotchy tortoiseshell cat, sits in a cardboard box with a worried expression on her face

Don't mind Honey. She's just sat in her box. Having an existential crisis.

Ginger kitten who has just been washed down with a wet towel, because she wasn't washing her face and neck properly. The fur in the back of her head is all stuck up.

Ginger kitten sat upright on Andy's shoulder

Ginger kitten laid on her back in Andy's arms. She's just a baby

A ginger kitten fighting a marauding hand. Her front paws are gripping the hand, and she is trying to bite it. One of her eyes is squished shut in the struggle.

Been a bit lax at cat posting here on BlueSky.
Here's a selection of Flynn recently.

A small orange kitten looking up at the camera, with a surprised expression.

Great to meet you too Andy!
Here's a recent photo of Flynn. She's getting bigger.

Cat coat genetics - Wikipedia

Cat coat genetics are really fascinating.

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat_coa...

The really rare combination is a calico or tortie male, as this requires them to have three chromosomes instead of two, and they're nearly always sterile.

Female gingers are more common than most people think. About 1 in 5.
I learned this over on Twitter, when we discovered Flynn was female.
You'd think they were like unicorns the way some folk responded.