I’m fostering a #rescuecat from the Japan Cat Network for a couple of weeks while her usual fosterer is on holiday. I prepared a cosy cage until everyone is settled in, but the water has been compromised by #NorahNeko 😂 #CatsOfMastodon

Next week, I’m giving the annual public lecture at Tokyo’s Earth-Life Science Institute (ELSI), speaking on JAXA’s Hayabusa2 mission to asteroid Ryugu. As you can see from the rapt attention of #NorahNeko, it’s going to be a kick-ass talk 😂 https://www.elsi.jp/en/news_events/event-announcements/2022/annual_public_lecture_2023/ #CatsOfMastodon

May you all be granted an entertaining whirligig this New Year! Also my cat may be ambidextrous 🤔 #CatsOfMastodon #NorahNeko

Shared part of the New Year Eve’s haul with #NorahNeko! Oddly, most pieces of fish were happily accepted but this one? DEEPLY SUSPICIOUS. If it does turn out to be poisonous, I’ll report back from the loo in an hour or so. #CatsOfMastodon

First day of the winter break 😀😺🫶 #NorahNeko

Get ‘em! #NorahNeko

Merry Christmas from Santa Claws #NorahNeko! It probably should be noted that the Santa hat has now vanished forever behind the desk. And that the posh cat food I bought was rejected with demands for the “usual”. Fancy food was given to the #CatsOfTheBalcony outdoor kitties and scoffed by #CasperCat.

I woke up to the best face this morning 😂 #NorahNeko #CatsOfMastodon

I woke up to the best face this morning 😂 #NorahNeko #CatsOfMastodon

It’s not just under beds that are plagued with monsters… #CatsOfMastodon #MonstersOfMastodon #NorahNeko

It’s not just under beds that are plagued with monsters… #CatsOfMastodon #MonstersOfMastodon #NorahNeko

Morning bed head 😹 #NorahNeko

@elizabethtasker Funny is also the contrast of your face expressions – you look so calm and relaxed and #NorahNeko looks a little bit frightened, though she should be used to cameras as a cat of the Internet

Who dat?! #NorahNeko

A pillow thief on this Monday morning! #NorahNeko

Make. The. Rain. Stop. #NorahNeko

Walk like an Egyptian 🎶 #NorahNeko

If you #TNR, do you “R”ehome or do you “R”eturn? Rehome the ones that are friendly (#NorahNeko!) or the ones that are too sick to survive back outside (Masaki!).

If you rehome, always charge a fee to the new owner. The most dangerous price for cat is free: attracts bad owners.

Lee Atkins is up at @nntokyo@twitter.com speaking about the Japan Cat Network, who were the team that rescued #CassieCat from Fukushima and also cared for #NorahNeko while I visited the UK this month!

JCN website: https://www.japancatnetwork.org/

Another exhausting day for #NorahNeko, the cat I #TNR ‘d but refused to be R’d and instead decided that she would be moving in! Norah was named for “nora-neko” which means “stray cat” in Japanese. The story of how she made a complete mockery of this is here: http://girlandkat.com/blog/2021/11/13/hi-i-am-your-cat #catsofmastodon #rescuecat