African Cats DVD Great Feline Entertainment

We bought African Cats DVD set to watch as a family. Lucius has figured out movie time. In fact, he asks for it. Sometimes he and CatDad go up there a little earlier, and he looks at CatDad, then the TV, then at CatDad, and back to the TV. He is saying, "Well, CatDad, are you going to start a movie?" There's been a time or two he has taken an interest in animals on screen. We picked up the African Cats for a movie time with the cats.

The movie did not go exactly as planned. We watched the movie in our room. I was getting the bed set up to hold multiple cats, but only one stayed. Lulu decided to stay for the movie. This used to be Martius' favorite thing. I decided to remove any blockages to Lulu's line of vision to the TV. I took off 1 layer of blanket from the bed. We were just starting the documentary about a lion family and a cheetah.

Lucius was initially interested in watching the Lion King cartoon starter. Then, I was fluffing pillows. I removed the blanket. What was under there? His mouse. I had no idea he had started taking his mouse toy under the blanket. It must be his new favorite thing to do. Lucius spends a lot of time self-entertaining, making up games, and so on. So, as we started the movie, Lucius played like crazy on the bed flinging his mouse about. One time it hit me in the chest. I just stopped him from launching into me to get it. I threw it back into play.

Now, Martius came by, and then Lucius went for a tumble with him. He was absent for a bit. He came back 10-15 minutes later and laid down in the centre. It was now and then for moments after he became very interested in the screen. In the show, there is a scene where the mother cheetah interacts with her babies. Lucius liked this. Then, the cheetah kittens play. Lucius decided he wanted to join them in play. He jumped across the furniture to the TV and tried to enter the TV screen. He seemed very disappointed. He really liked those kittens and that cheetah catmom.

I was happy he could not cross the screen. Just as he was interested in this, three cheetah males came along and harassed the mother cheetah. She had to protect her babies. Now, we brought Lucius back to his viewing spot. Lucius knows I cheer one or the other on in their cat sparring. Lucius was watching me cheer the mother cat on in the fight. He watched, looking at her, then me, and thinking, "Mom cares what is happening in this fight."

The Cheetah mom was successful in saving her kittens. Lucius, very interested, moved to the front of the bed where he has the best viewing and stretched out to watch the film. Right as it was time to go to bed, Lucius was really into the movie watching. There's lots left to watch on the DVD, so we have another evening to go.

In the documentary, near the beginning, just after introducing a lionness Layla and her girl child Mara, as the pride were hunting, Layla was kicked by the hind feet of a wildebeast. She was severely hurt. She was extremely slow getting home.

If I was the photographer in the movie, I would not have been able to help myself to not try and treat Layla. I would have had to set her paw. She was left behind with a broken paw. She had just barely caught up for the sake of her daughter Mara, and she had to defend her mate Fang and the rest from two invading lions who tried to effect a coup d'état on Fang. At least on this round, she was able to send them packing. Acquiring a second injury, she then could no longer withstand the complications.

I was extremely sad when she left the pride to let her spirit go. She was a hero in the movie so far.

I loved how affectionate these cats were. They are not unlike my own. Three of my cats give me kisses on my forehead, with and without encouragement. If I need love or lifting up, I can ask, "Give Mom a kiss." My three without hesitation will kiss me lovingly and with tenderness.

My goal next time is to get Martius to stay for the movie. I am going to bring up his movie chair. He always used to watch movies in his special chair. We'll see.