I'm happy to see you're legal.

Now that he's legal does that mean he's old enough to buy catnip on his own?

I wonder how Dickens and his old bag of an owner are going to react to this news...

They'll both have to put up with it only as long as it takes Scott to get his household moved. Remember, he's about to join the ranks of homeowners.

I would be more interested to know what Scott's new neighbors (depending on how close they are -- if the new place has acreage) are going to think.

Keep the peace(es).

I don't think Scott's going to let me go near the apartment any more.  Maybe Dickens will come out to the new house for lunch one day, though.  ;)

I can't wait to see my new digs!

There are some stipulations to the whole legality thing.  You'll see a few of them as we move forward with the storyline.  One of the main ones is that the cougar must be kept in a "government approved enclosure".

Despite what some Bengal Tiger owners in New York City might lead you to believe, approved enclosures don't include the bathroom of an apartment in Harlem.

Then again, for some reason, a 300 square foot concrete and chain link cage is an approved enclosure.  :/

Hey now...the bengal tiger was in the bedroom in that apartment. The bathroom was occupied by an alligator.

1100 square foot apartments don't qualify for bobcats either? Man, I'm in trouble.

I thought you had a "hybrid" bobcat.  ;)  And, anyway, if 300 square feet is enough for a cougar, I'm sure 1100 square feet is plenty for a bobcat.  I'm sure the concrete slab of your building will prevent Simba from digging himself a tunnel out beneath the walls.


As for the tiger living in the bedroom, rather than the bathroom, my apologies.  As long as there's a TV in there, I'm sure he'd be just fine.  ;)  

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Hyperactive hybrid.
And yeah, he hasn't taken up "Digging" yet. that's a big... yet.

And maybe I should try the "TV" trick. It just may work!

Saber, maybe you should turn on the TV and set the mode to "DVD" so that the bouncing "DVD" ball is bouncing all over the screen (you know what I mean?  I can't explain it well.)  Watching that has kept one of my cats occupied for a while.  He watches a few minutes, gets bored, goes away, it catches his attention again, he's back, watches,... repeat cycle.

Hmmm, maybe that will get him to stop chasing the mouse arrow on the computer screen! Flat Panel monitors do not like claws.

Well you see, the bathroom can't be approved because you can't tell if the tiger actually needs to use the bathroom or if the tiger just is resting, and you wouldn't want to walk in on a tiger doing a #2  

Nbowa speaks from experience?

I wouldn't mind tigers doing a #2 so much if they didn't do it IN THEIR BATHTUBS.

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I wouldn't mind tigers doing a #2 so much if they didn't do it IN THEIR BATHTUBS.

Plastic kiddie pools seem to work well for cougars.

I saw a tiger once put his back legs and some of his rear end into his very large water bowl.  He looked very happy.  I'm guessing that after he was done with it, he knocked it over (again) so that they'd refill it.

Exactly, the ones near us have a natural waterfall-type thing with a pool and lots of perches to jump on. But they are fat. Really fat.

Waterfalls and pools are all neat except when you have to think about cleaning it up.

"Aww man, how in the world did he get it up THERE?"

And when you ask the cat, all you get is an innocent 'grin' and a chuff.  "Good luck, servant.  And don't miss the prize stuck in the filter either"  LOL

Woo, legality! That is awesome, you won't get deported...
Wait, I got the legalties mixed up.