Mal is a dirty boy

[dancerjodi]

For whatever reason, Mal really likes hanging out in the basement. Thankfully he usually only goes down there to use the litterbox (if he's on the first floor, rather than the one we have on the 2nd floor) or if we're down there with him. He's a pretty social cat and he seems to prefer to be with us, whatever we're doing.

I went downstairs to bring up the laundry last night and as expected, Mal followed me down. What he likes to do when he's down there is really interesting. He rolls around on the ground or climbs up onto the pipes that are near the ceiling, crawling around all over the place and making a mess of himself. It figures that its the mostly white cat that likes getting dirty in the basement (rather than the mostly black cat).

Last night was his dirtiest trip ever! I snapped some quick (albeit fuzzy) pictures because I just couldn't believe he got so dirty in the time it took me to pull clothes out of the dryer and bring two laundry baskets up to the kitchen:
http://www.marmontianderson.com/photos/thumbnails.php?album=2

He's such a nut! I couldn't stop from laughing for about five minutes, and then I called Brian to warn him that we may need to give our cat a bath. In the interim I was able to hold him down myself and wipe him off with a wet hand towel. He doesn't seem to mind the water as much as the holding down part. I also tried to coax him into a running bathtub, but he was having none of it (he'll normally jump into a running sink to drink from it). I got enough off with the cloth that we decided to forgo the bath. Stupid cat! Sometimes he's very smart and I'm kind of shocked by the things he does or picks up on. Other times, I wonder if his outside birth may have been to blame for his wacked out behavior sometimes (he was born under someone's porch and when old enough to leave Mom was pulled for the shelter).

Comments

[dionysia.livejournal.com]

Stinky does this too. Crazy kittens!

[christmasjedi.livejournal.com]

Well, maybe by the time he's done, you'll have a clean basement! :-)

[celiskywalker.livejournal.com]

Luke does this too. Especially with that big bushy tail, he used to bring up tons of cob webs. The worst was actually when he jumped on one of the cabinets in the kitchen right when we moved in. His feet were covered in grease! It took a while to clean him off.

[aviator-vader.livejournal.com]

When I had my cat, heaven help if somebody accidentally left the crawlspace open ... she'd jump right in, head as far back as possible, and roll around! First, it would be next to impossible to get her out. Second, when she did come out, she looked just like Mal did in those pics!