Meets the challenge nicely and one of the better animal shots in this challenge. Only technical shortcoming I see is the eyes being slightly soft with the nose appearing to have been the lens focal point (it's the sharpest bit). Well shot otherwise.
I would of focussed on the eyes and not the nose.. The eyes are the standout point on this image, such a shame they are very slightly out of focus.. I would say you have probably lost a few marks for that.. such a shame.
I normally don't like pet portraits, especially cats (i'm a dog lover) but this is really great! It totally caught my eye and not many photos do. I would not change a thing about it. 10