When we make dinner, Thorin politely assumes his post right next to the fridge, plotting how he's going to get on the counter to steal food and get away in time.

FooBarrington , 8 months ago

How successful is he usually?

spicytuna62 OP , 8 months ago

Once in a blue moon, he actually gets up there. He usually won’t do it if you’re looking. He’ll reach up and scratch on the cabinets, at worst. Almost as if to show you how restrained he’s being. He gets especially excited about tuna, though. To the point that we have to put him up if we’re making tuna salad. He will fight you over a can of tuna fish.

We have one of those can openers that cuts the seam so there’s no sharp edges. Because tuna is his favorite thing on earth, I’ll let him clean out the can before I recycle it.

FooBarrington , 8 months ago

Hah, that’s adorable! My parents cats are the same - usually pretty chill, might beg a little, but they. will. get. some tuna!

whereBeWaldo , 8 months ago

He can’t keep getting away with it!

Mossmouse , 8 months ago

I have never met any other cat named Thorin! My kitty is also named Thorin. My 8 yr old named him when we rescued him because we had just finished reading The Hobbit. Your Thorin is adorable!

some_guy , 8 months ago

Is your cat named after the Tolkien character or the shit-talking counterstrike guy?

spicytuna62 OP , 8 months ago

LotR character.

He is my wife’s cat from before we met. She got him in the summer of 2013 when he was about six months old. He had shorter than normal legs at the time so that’s how he got his name. Then his legs grew to normal size lol