:-)) Sunday Cat! #965 April 12, 2026 ((-:

Welcome all to the Sunday Cat!, a weekly online community gathering on a subject of mutual interest, our feline friends. The Sunday Cat! has appeared each Sunday, except for a brief interruption in September, 2016, since Anton AK started the thread at DPReview on 23 September 2007. Successive thread managers have been John King, Warriormouse, Robert J, Coldamus, Robert J again (with an assist by StanTsui) and since September 2016, former lurker, me. When DPReview was threatened with closure in March 2023, the last regular Sunday Cat! there was hosted on 2 April 2023. After taking a leap of faith, the Sunday Cat! found refuge here on 9 April 2023.

Wrapped Up Kitty of the Week!

Jack, taking his battle with the paper wrapping lying down! ;)

~~*Image by @StanDisbrow *

As said by Warriormouse, "Photos can be more than just art, they can be memories, so come share your pictures and stories of your feline companions with us."

"Official" posting time is every Sunday at 0000 UTC. Because this is Saturday afternoon for me, posting time may vary to accommodate my schedule. I'll try to post a message if I know I will be very late. Anyone anxious to start the new week is free to do so. But if you do, please PM me so I don't accidentally double post.

Come one, come all! All cats, all cameras, all cat fanciers welcome! Digital cats or silver halide cats, cats of metal, or cats of the wilderness. Big cats, small cats, kittens and their toys. Cats of pen and ink, cats of brush and canvas, from any time, any place. Tales of their lives or adventures. Let the Sunday Cat! be a refuge to enjoy and marvel at the magic of cats, where positive comments abound and constructive criticism is given if requested.

The Sunday Cat! is now open for mischief. :D

Last week's purrs, #964 / DPRv #156 / Sunday Cats! #56

Thread Manager's Corner:
Unintentionally late today. I started doing my taxes several hours ago...it was a dismal experience. I kept on trying to find some way to make it something other than an ouch! So in distracting myself, it got later than I realized. The kitties of course are unaware of this. They expect their meals to be on time, their napping places ready for them when they want to snooze, and their favorite toys handy when they're in the mood, like Jack. After all, we are their servants. ;)

~~~ Kim

Though small in size, the imprint they make on our lives is huge.

Last week there was a lot of discussion and pictures (!) of the trackball that StanDisbrow's kitties enjoy. It hit me that there is another toy that might be of interest as well. It's the one Mr. Me was playing with last week. It's called the "Kitty Tease." The one I have was purchased at a cat show from the inventor back around 1983 or '84. It's no longer made, John Galkiewicz having passed away some years ago, but it has an interesting story behind it. Like the trackball toy, it is also an expired patent.

Now archived, click here to look for the original advertising image on the left, then click on it and scroll down to find a bit on how the Kitty Tease came to be. Further down there is a link to "Kitty Tease Cats in Action" and above that is the "Owner's Guide" which is also a bit of an interesting read. And if you want to know more about the inventor, back at the starting page you can dip into his autobiography in the section called "Vietnam Moments."

While the Galkie Kitty Tease is gone, except for those of us who have kept ours, if you're interested there is a replica version being made, as described here. The original was definitely an approved toy by all my kitties. :)

Santa Monica cat show, 1980. I think it was at this show a few years later where I got my Kitty Tease.

Our cats have always liked these teaser toys. Micio was good at catching the feather, and we have gone trough several.

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