Nomar is the newest addition to my mom's household, having been adopted in April 2000. He's about the same age as Mr. Softie but much more outgoing; he likes to be cuddled and petted, but he also loves to run around and play! His favorite toys are the twisty plastic pieces that you remove from a jug of milk when you open it. He can never get enough of those toys! He hides some of them under the sofa for safekeeping, and the rest he likes to store in his food dish. He also enjoys chasing the red dot of the laser pointer, as you can see in one of the pictures below. Nomar's paws are much larger than normal. He has extra toes on all four of his paws (this is called "polydactyl"). He had one toe removed due to infection, but it hasn't slowed him down at all!

Pictures of Mister Softie
I don't have thumbnails of the following pictures yet:

• Posing for the camera
  
• Playing, er I mean attacking the evil bathrobe sash
  
• On his favorite perch, atop a kitchen chair
  
• Ready for his closeup
  
• Checking out the bathtub faucet
• Here's Mister Softie doing his milk glass trick. First he sticks his paw into the glass. Then he licks the milk off his paw. Then he repeats the whole process until he gets chased away!

       

Pictures of Nomar
Being all black, Nomar's pretty hard to photograph. But here's a nice silhouette. And here are some more shots, with thumbnails. Again, click the little picture to see the bigger version.

			Stalking the wild laser-pointer dot

Pictures of Both
Only one so far...

The kitties both hear something off in the distance! What could it be?