Murchyk the Cat is Hunting for Outdoor Insects

Beautiful weather, nice and quite evening, and our Maine Coon the cat (his name is Murchyk) is up to some hunting for outdoor insects. I don't know who had more fun that night - our cat hunting or I am filming him :) Enjoy the video!

New cat video is getting viral – kitty sits on hedgehog!

Pussycat is trying his buddy hedgehog out – nope, not really comfy to sit on him! Actually, not comfy at all! 

“Who said this is your pillow? This is my pillow!”

Hands up, cats’ human friends, whose cats don’t sleep with you!

Our Murchyk the cat is does, oh, he does all right! :) Our bedroom is one of his favorite spots to sleep in entire house (he has many of that spots :)

He can sleep on a little carpet by the bed; he can sleep under the bed; but his favorite place of course is on a bed, in our feet area:

 Or behind Ron’s or my back. Or just like that, on a pillow:

Well, he realizes (sometimes!) that someone else has to sleep on this pillow, too, like me, his human friend :) But very, very often all his look is saying, “I don’t think this is your pillow! This is my pillow!” Or something like that :)

Never mind, kitty! There is lots of room for two of us :) ! Or I can go to sleep on your rug :) Can I?

Murchyk the Cat: Obsessed with Boxes, Just Like Famous Maru the Cat

Like a famous Maru the cat from Japan, our Murchyk the cat just loooove to play with boxes! A size of a shape of a box doesn't matter for him. It can be a long and narrow box like this one:

Or a big box like on the video below:

Or his latest obsession – playing with a soda box and going right through it:

Is your cat in love with boxes that much like ours? Feel free to post your comments, pictures or links at Murchyks Facebook page! 

So Proud To Be a Cat!

I like to find in my archive pictures like this one. So, this is our Murchyk the cat and all his look is saying, "I am so, so proud to be a cat!". Something like that :)

Babies and Cats

Babies and cats: so cute and funny and full of love!

Murchyk the Cat: Internet Addicted

“Maria!!! Your Internet is down again! I cannot check my Facebook page! Please do something about it!” - this is our Murchyk cat's morning :)

Murchyk the Cat: Definitely Garfield's Brother!

Our Murchyk cat sits (and sleeps) just like Garfield from the famous cartoon. Those two guys are separated by birth, I think...

Cat Perfectionist

New funny cat’s video! This sweet kitty likes to cross his arms (paws) when sitting down; more than that - he is quite self-conscious about it. What a cute little perfectionist!

Sitting Up Cats: Garfield's Brothers (Sisters)?

I have posted already a video review about Standing up Cats, so now is Sitting up Cats turn. I would say, Garfield related :)

The subject – cat is sitting like a human – is very familiar to me, because our Murchyk cat is sitting like this regularly. We have plenty of pictures of him sitting upright, since he was a kitten. Here is one of those pics:

Our Murchyk can sleep, sitting upright – here is a video of his comfy nap:

Or he can wash himself, listening what other cats on YouTube are talking about, at the same time:

Also, I have found lots of videos on YouTube where cats are sitting upright. Some of them are soooo cute! Please enjoy watching:

Kitten Massage Therapy – One of the Funniest Cat Videos on YouTube

Those two kittens made me laugh today. What about you?

Also, I love the comment which one of the YouTube users made to this video. I think, the comment is equally funny as video itself. Thanks stargazerly20 !

And here is the comment:

WHITE CAT: Oh yeah baby feels sooooooooo good. Keep going!

GOLD STRIPE: You feel good?

WHITE CAT: Oh yeah.....

GOLD STRIPE: Eh....are we being recorded???

WHITE CAT: Eh, why did you stop??! It was feeling so good!

GOLD STRIPE: Oh sorry...is this good..?

WHITE CAT: Ahhhh yes...and I don't even care if the dog is looking at us!

No, nay, never! No, nay, never, no more!

When I look at these two pictures above, one popular folk song is starting to spin in my head. Remember this? “I've been a wild rover for many's the year, and I spent all me money on whiskey and beer.” And finally a guy from the song decided to quit his previous wild life, and he is singing in the chorus, “No, nay, never! No, nay, never, no more!”
Well, the lyrics of this “The Wild Rover” song is not quite the reflections of these pictures. Everything is opposite: our Murchyk cat (he is on the picture with a shot glass) is not a drunkard at all – he doesn’t like even a smell of alcohol. He just likes to sit on a couch with us, just like a little human :), when my husband and I are watching TV –  or like Garfield the cat from the popular cartoon. To put a shot glass in Murchyk’s paw was my husband’s idea – just for fun, to get a cute picture. So, we got one – “A kitty-cat relaxing in front of TV with a drink after a long working day chasing mice.” On other picture, two my “wild rovers” – a husband and a cat – are relaxing in front of TV after a long working day.
So, as you can see, the real life in my picture has very little to do with actual lyrics of this “Wild Rover” song. But… why does this song keep spinning in my head, when I am looking at those two pics? Oh, I know, why! Because of the SPIRIT of the song! The spirit is so bright and merry and optimistic! And a beautiful tune! I like it!
P.S. Okay, one more picture of our party guy :)

And that’s it about drinking – no, nay, never, no more!
P.P.S. I like how Flickr user Nearthetime commented on the Murchyk's picture, the one with a shot glass - "Do they sell catnip in a liquid form?" Thanks Nearthetime! I would be glad to use your comment as a headline to the one of my uploads.

Nanny Cat is Putting Baby to Sleep - Video

Wow! What a cat! He is helping to a family to put a new baby to sleep! What a sweetie this kitty! As one of YouTube users commented, Stewie (the name of the cat) is a healing cat!

Please enjoy this new YouTube hit:

P.S. Big thanks to my friend Ira from Ukraine for sending a link of this video!

Merry Catsmess!

Meet Vasey. He is a lovely cat of Jasmine (Jasmine is a niece of my sister-in-law). This picture was taken last year, when Jasmine's family was setting up a Christmas tree. Kitty-cat immediately went to discover what is it and how it works and whether he can play with it. It was Vasey's first Christmas! Yay!

Last year was our Murchyk’s first Christmas too. But my husband Ron and I decided to avoid any complications having Christmas tree in the same house with cat – we knew we would have permanent worries whether our Christmas tree, ornaments and garlands are survived, or whether our kitten is okay. Sometimes I think how people can ever manage having a Christmas tree, a baby and a cat (cats) – everything at the same time :)
Anyway. We COULD have a Christmas tree, but we decided to avoid any worries about our cat and tree relationships, so that’s how we decorated our house for Christmas last year – we just hung a kissing ball to the wall. We have ordered a plain fir tree ball in a local garden store and I decorated it with our ornaments:

I can tell you - this is a good Christmas tree solution for cat persons like us!
This year we stuck to the same decoration idea: two kissing balls under the ceiling

(oh yeah, cat-related ornament is a must!)
and a swag on a wall:

Knowing our Christmas decorations decision, our friends from the States Olya and Jim sent us a sweet Christmas card which we love so much! Here, what they wrote, “Since you didn’t put up a tree because of your Murchyk might make a mess, we found a card to show you it would make great pictures! Merry Catsmess!” 
And here is the card:

Thanks Olya and Jim! Thanks Jasmine for the kitty’s picture! Merry Christmas to all of you, guys! And to all the cats in the world!

Cats and Dogs: Buddy-Buddy, Kissy-Kissy…

Sometimes cat and dog can be amazingly friendly to each other, especially when they live under the same roof, like these two on a video below. So, meet Romeo cat and Chico dog. They both from Alberta and they live with our friend’s family for many years:



Here are some more videos about cat and dog’s friendship/love. As you can see, it’s possible :)

Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!

It is nice to start something new for Christmas! So, here we are, another two cat persons, which are joining a huge army of cat bloggers worldwide. I am Maria, an author of this blog, and my husband’s name is Ron. We are happy Ukrainian-Canadian family and we live in Canada. We got a cat, his name is Murchyk - please take a look above for the blog description, what does Murchyk mean. In this blog we will talk not about our cat only, but about everything what is connected to cats: pictures, videos, tips how to take a better care about your furry purring sweetie (sweeties) etc. So, as we started before the Christmas, we want to share with you something Christmassy about cat’s world. In this case – about our Murchyk’s world. Our cat is indoor-outdoor cat and he is absolutely okay with winter. He is very curious about snowy weather and about everything which is connected to a snow, like shoveling snow:

And our Murchyk is having quite a fun in a snowfall:

Well, it is not that much fun, when he is coming in with all those snowballs stuck to his furry belly and leaving wet marks all over the place. In this case I normally take him to the bathroom and let those snowballs to melt, because it is impossible to remove them from his fur right away, especially if it was a humid weather outside and snow got wet.

But, anyway, it is fun – as I am a cat person, everything what is connected to my beloved kitty is fun. And every time, looking at his winter pictures, I am getting into a Christmas spirit. I hope, you too!

Your comments and messages are welcome.
P.S. I completely forgot - I have a video of our Murchyk which I took on the same snowy day! Here it is, hope you enjoy it like our furry sweetie was enjoying a snow and snowflakes: