cats

Meet Jack Gepetto: The Cat with the Tongue that Won’t Quit

This is Jack. At 6 weeks old his owners learned that he had a fused jaw, meaning he would have a lot of trouble eating and his chances of survival were limited. But Jack’s a fighter.

After a few months of trial and error, syringe feeding and a handful of operations to remove most of his teeth, Jack figured out how to nom on regular cat food. Now he lives a happy and normal life – albeit with a tongue that refuses to stay inside his mouth.

But that just adds to Jack’s charm. He’s a star and proof that cat’s really do have nine lives!

Be sure to follow Jack on Instagram and Twitter, and check out his website.

PHOTO OP: Nom Nom Nom

Via ProtoJMan.

Kitten Completes Record Number of Chin-Ups

Last Thanksgiving, Duchess the cat was made the butt of family jokes when she was unable to complete even one chin-up. This year, she’s been training hard to make sure that doesn’t happen again.

The kitten has been doing Crossfit four days per week since June in an attempt to build up strength. Yesterday, she completed a personal best seven chin-ups.

“We’re really proud of her,” said trainer Tamara Cole. “When she first joined the gym she was this little bit of a thing who could barely even pull herself up onto the bar. Now she’s hard as a rock.”

Via namale.

Area Cat Gives Up on Ikea Furniture Assembly

When Simon the cat purchased the Eindgertål kitty tower from IKEA, he assumed assembly would be a snap. Unfortunately, when he tore into the box, he found that he was missing four of five screws necessary to finish putting it together.

“Allegedly. Allegedly they were missing,” said Kaley Akewu, Simon’s roommate. “I’m not sure I buy that story.”

According to Akewu, the cat insists that the box was just short a few of the screws and pegs needed to snap together the tower.

“But have you seen those things?” she said. “They’re like a kitty wet dream. I’m pretty sure Simon just couldn’t resist the urge to bat them around the house and lost a few of them under the couch.”

Regardless of wether Simon lost the parts due to uncontrollable feline instinct, or he was stiffed by IKEA, he’s reportedly given up on the project.

Via GigiAndFarre.

Cat Unsure How to Use Webcam

A viral video a cat named Augustus using – or trying to use – Skype has been making the rounds on YouTube this week. The kitty’s escapades as he tries in vain to position the webcam and can’t seem to figure our how to turn down the volume on his computer’s mic has already racked up 3 million views.

“ROFL… I just spit soda all over my keyboard… XD,” read one comment.

“First,” read another.

Via autosgatt0.