My coon kitty, Henry, seeing himself in the mirror for the first time...

[Maine-ah]

"Perhaps it's time to lose some of those holiday pounds"

[UnrepentantLiberal]

1. That's a fluffy cat.

[Maine-ah]

4. lol

not only is he fluffy, he's very solid under all that fur.

[HopeHoops]

2. My big guy doesn't have holiday pounds - he just has pounds.

[Maine-ah]

6. I think Henry was just making excuses...

[HopeHoops]

7. "Does this ass make my fat look big?"

[siligut]

3. Henry isn't fooled by the cat in the mirror, he just knows he is a handsome boy.

I know you must have posted a pic of Henry before, I want to see him close-up face forward, he seems like such a sweetie. My girl used to stand in front of a reflective surface and watch me moving behind her. This seemed so smart and a comforting thing for her, so I just propped mirrors on the floor around the house.

[Maine-ah]

5. it's hard to get a good pic of him

he and his brother, Simon, moved in with us about a month ago as my Mom is very ill and no longer able to take care of them. Sweet boys, but Henry is still rather skittish.

Sounds like you had a very smart kitty!

[siligut]

8. Ah, I remember the pics now, good boys they are.

So glad you were able to take them in. Sorry about your mom. I took care of my mother for the last two weeks of her life, I wouldn't trade those two weeks for anything.

[Arugula Latte]

9. It's just the angle of the mirror

Oooh, I just want to squeeeeze that big hunk of a boy.

[applegrove]

10. Oh. He's actually looking in the mirror. My cat's eyes just glaze over when I hold him in front of

the mirror.