Thanks, Jeff.
As usual with these assignments, what I tried to capture and what I ended up with were worlds apart :-)
I had tried, multiple times, hiding little pieces of cat food under the toy mouse in hopes Kitty would paw at the thing in an interesting way. After a couple of tries, she got REALLY grumpy and refused to play along, and that was the best shot :-)
The lighting was simple, some strobes turned sideways and propped up on the floor so they would aim up at Kitty.