Badger’s coat is thickening up as the summer heat fades.

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First time for the season Badger came in my room to get up on my bed after breakfast, in high summer he wanders off instead.

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First time for the season Badger came in my room to get up on my bed after breakfast, in high summer he wanders off instead.

First time for the season Badger came in my room to get up on my bed after breakfast, in high summer he wanders off instead.

Badger old enough to lose the subcutaneous baby fat I guess, skritching him just now I could much more closely feel muscle tone, which made me much better able to focus it to massage and loosen his whole chest up

Badger finally came to cuddle with and then meow me out of bed.

Oh, huh, muscles developed to the point it’s a lot easier to grab and move Badger one-handed.

Just saw Badger stutter-step in preparation for a big jump, in the first ever (me-observed) sign he’s getting old

Twice Badger came home last night and dropped off some bounty in front of me hoping for a reward and it was rotting bacon

Badger’s not as cuddly in the warm season but this year he’s become more complexly vocal, vocalizing to alert me when he’s in a dark room or in response to being directly addressed (as “Badger” or more often “cat!”), and he’s able to meow for food for like 10 seconds as mealtime approaches but if no positive response give up and try again 10 min later.

Badger’s started to do soft whines when I walk into a dark room he’s in to alert me he’s there

Having a pet really increases your day-to-day regularity but moment-to-moment irregularity.