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The Scamperbeasts @scamperbeasts.bsky.social · 5d

Spice wishes to inform you that she has chosen this yarn octopus as her new favorite toy. Please alert the media.

Spice, looking very serious, with a black and orange octopus cat toy in her fluffy little paws.

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The Scamperbeasts @scamperbeasts.bsky.social · 8d

Saja discovers that the wide-angle lens is not the best one for portraits

Saja's nose is especially large and elongated thanks to how the lens bends light

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The Scamperbeasts @scamperbeasts.bsky.social · 11d

Saja contemplates birds, Smudge contemplates murder

Smudge, looking annoyed in the cat trees, while Saja on the window sill looks out to see flying animals

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The Scamperbeasts @scamperbeasts.bsky.social · 12d

"Oh, the human is back, let me yawn in an aggressively unconcerned manner to show my lack of interest."

Sugar, yawning to show how much she does not care.

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The Scamperbeasts @scamperbeasts.bsky.social · 29d

Mere seconds before what is now known as The Great Kitten Smackenation

(The kitten is fine)

(Sugar is annoyed but also fine)

Sugar the cat, looking extremely displeased at the presence of a black kitten on the bed

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The Scamperbeasts @scamperbeasts.bsky.social · Sep 9

Is Spice judging you? Yes.

Did you do something for which you deserve to be judged? Oh, probably.

Spice is being very very patient with you right now. You know that, yes?

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The Scamperbeasts @scamperbeasts.bsky.social · Sep 2

Shenanigans?

Shenanigans!

Saja the kitten is climbing up the cat tree looking to do battle with Smudge and Smudge is having exactly NONE of it.

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The Scamperbeasts @scamperbeasts.bsky.social · Sep 2

Update: The newest Scamperbeast has an official name. Meet Saja!

whatever.scalzi.com/2025/09/02/s...

Saja the kitten, looking rather leonine while his name floats above him in bold letters

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The Scamperbeasts @scamperbeasts.bsky.social · Sep 1

There's important and exciting news today: There's a new official Scamperbeast in the world!

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Kitten Update: All Hail the Fuzz Butt

So, we kept the black kitten. I want to stress this was not the plan all along. I did in fact have a new home scheduled for this kitten, but then, more or less at the last minute, the people at the…

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The Scamperbeasts @scamperbeasts.bsky.social · Aug 27

Step One of Smudge's master plan to eat all the treats was accomplished: He had infiltrated the pantry. However, Step Two - grow opposable thumbs - was taking longer than anticipated.

Smudge in the pantry, surrounded by treats he is unable to open

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The Scamperbeasts @scamperbeasts.bsky.social · Aug 25

The foster kittens know how to pose.

The calico, black and tortie kitten all in a line, looking at the camera.

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The Scamperbeasts @scamperbeasts.bsky.social · Aug 24

THIS JUST IN: The calico foster kitten says hello

Super adorable little calico cat being curious and friendly and also climbing up the human with her little claws extended, ouch

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The Scamperbeasts @scamperbeasts.bsky.social · Aug 22

The humans are fostering a trio of kittens, which makes them Temporary Scamperbeasts. Here they are. More details about them (and also how you could adopt one!) here:

whatever.scalzi.com/2025/08/21/p...

Three kittens, one calico, one black and one a dilute tortie. They're ridiculously cute.

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The Scamperbeasts @scamperbeasts.bsky.social · Aug 17

Smudge has questions.

Smudge, looking quite quizzical, indeed.

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The Scamperbeasts @scamperbeasts.bsky.social · Aug 3

Spice acknowledges the return of the human after a trip without feeling the need to be impressed by the fact.

Spice the cat, looking deeply unimpressed.

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The Scamperbeasts @scamperbeasts.bsky.social · Jul 30

"Whatever happened, we were here the entire time, both of us, you can't prove otherwise, so there."

Smudge and Spice in the cat tree, looking entirely innocent of whatever it was.

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The Scamperbeasts @scamperbeasts.bsky.social · Jul 28

Smudge, plotting the Great Fish Stick Heist of 2025

Smudge sits on a chair at a table, eye narrowed, totally focused on the three fish sticks on the plate in front of him.

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The Scamperbeasts @scamperbeasts.bsky.social · Jul 21

Smudge caught in the middle of a head shake

One ear is vibrating and the other ear is folded in half and he's looking at the camera with a bored expression

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The Scamperbeasts @scamperbeasts.bsky.social · Jul 17

Sugar and Spice don't normally deign to sit on the same bed at the same time, but they're both waiting for Charlie the dog to enter the room to commence... shenanigans.

Spice is looking up at the ceiling fan; Sugar has her eye on Charlie, out of frame to the right.

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The Scamperbeasts @scamperbeasts.bsky.social · Jul 12

The Scamperbeasts just reached 30k followers on Bluesky. To celebrate, here's a picture of Smudge seven years ago, when he showed up in the yard demanding to be taken in. Also, the Scamperbeasts have donated to the Miami County Animal Shelter. Thanks for following!

www.co.miami.oh.us/799/Donations

Smudge as a kitten, with ridiculously big ears and eyes. He's as cute as a button, and an adorable chaos demon even then.

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The Scamperbeasts @scamperbeasts.bsky.social · Jul 12

"Did I give you permission to make the bed? No. Did you look to see if I was on the bed before you made it? Also no. Will my wrath concerning this error be biblical in its proportions? Oh, my, yes."

Sugar the cat underneath the bedsheet, looking like she's about to attack.

(In real life she loves climbing up onto the bed as it's being made and being covered up with the sheet, it's literally one of her favorite things)

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The Scamperbeasts @scamperbeasts.bsky.social · Jul 10

"No harm shall come to your ankles when you reach the top of the stairs, I swear it."

Smudge, lurking with Internet at the top of the stairs

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The Scamperbeasts @scamperbeasts.bsky.social · Jul 7

Not so much a "blep" as a "bleh"

Spice the cat is sticking out her tongue and the expression on her face is the one you have when you are OVER IT, whatever it is.

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The Scamperbeasts @scamperbeasts.bsky.social · Jun 29

This absolutely adorable ScamperPal is named Hamish and he was at the Big Ohio Book Con today, promoting literacy and fuzziness in equal measures

Hamish is gray and white tabby kitten with huge green eyes. He was extremely well-behaved.

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The Scamperbeasts @scamperbeasts.bsky.social · Jun 27

Sugar doesn't understand why any human would ever want to do anything but be her squishy mattress

Sugar the cat, lying on the human while he is in bed, trapping him for an indeterminate period of time

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