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The 'Lovely Cats for Mist' thread. [PICS] + cat discussion

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03:04 / 07.10.06

Looks tough as nails too!

These are our cats:

The one in the back is Spot, our oldest. I found him in a hedge one day. Just a teeny little face with a smutty nose peering out at me from the shrubbery. I knelt down and he ran right into my arms. He's been with us ever since. He's a solitary sort who gets petted when he's damn well ready. Used to be terrified of dogs, but he's warmed to our hound Rudy. Spot's the old man of the house and as lazy as they come. He's still not at all happy about the frisky young cat who jumps on his head at every opportunity. He exacts his revenge by using his bulk to block access to one food dish while he scarfs down the contents of the other.

Teeny is the feline in the front. We took her in right before the hurricane last year. She'd been hanging around the yard, killing birds and establishing territory. Once it was definite that the storm was headed toward us, there was no way we couldn't take her in. She's quite the sweetie but will turn on you in an instant. One second she's enjoying a skritch behind the ear, the next second she's got your hand between her paws with her claws engaged. She is also the Household Huntress and often leaves us lizard halves as tribute.

Barring all their Battles to the Death, this is as close as they've ever gotten to each other.

07:48 / 07.10.06

Spot is at least not blocking the food in this photo, as Teeny seems to have noticed. They both look really cute (being cats, that´s a given of course, although Spot seems to be covered in dog fur).

Do cats live in your area, or might your two´ve been abandoned? Around here, whenever I see a cat on the street, it´s really obvious, it´s only outside for a stroll.

Yesterday, btw, for the first time, I saw a note on a lamppost about a missing cat, where the author wrote, he had found a cat and was looking for the owner!

miss wonderstarr

08:19 / 07.10.06

I hope this is an OK thread for one of the best kitten films I have ever seen.

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09:29 / 07.10.06

Great video Miss! Now we know, how Tubular Bells III was composed.

18:25 / 08.10.06

A compilation of cats.

21:07 / 08.10.06

Oh, Princess, that´s quite a mixed bag of goods. I really don´t approve of the german shepherd photo, but this one (and the fab one) are my favourites:

21:46 / 08.10.06

Our dog does something similar, it comes from a place of love I think.
The cats hate him though.

21:57 / 08.10.06

22:39 / 09.10.06

08:13 / 10.10.06

Oh, movies, too? Ok, this one shows the friendliness, that is a cat´s nature.

If the video doesn´t show up, here´s the link.

21:53 / 10.10.06

I didn't know whether I should post this in this thread, gives me a happy, favorite youtube, or at all. But my kitten makes me happy, and like all kittens, he's ridiculously cute. All bow to the mighty Puddle.

02:50 / 11.10.06

I cannot stop laughing at the "I eated it" cat. I am strangely vulnerable to cat humor.

07:36 / 11.10.06

It´s one of those scroll-down-puns, thanks to the cat´s upright position!

07:38 / 13.10.06

As a way to make up for the evil baby in the YouTube thread, I present Just Like A Little Baby, a film about a cat.

07:58 / 13.10.06

Today´s friday 13th, and I just read an article about superstition. And the news mentioned something very sad:

That "a black cat crosses the road" is almost not possible these days anymore, because 100% black cats are almost extinct. Most black cats also have spots of white fur somewhere (nose, belly, tail, paws, etc). The reason is, that many superstitious people in the middle ages killed black cats, whenever they saw one. Having seen The Name of the Rose recently, I can believe that.

BTW: Today since 1520, it´s only the third time, a friday 13th´s date´s cross sum also is 13. The two last times were 13. January 2006 and 13. January 1520.

08:54 / 15.10.06

Some advice for cats I found on the ´nets:

Clothes are hair receptacles. If you feel a good shed coming on and there's a clean load of laundry anywhere that you haven't already crapped on, lie on it. If there isn't, jump up on your human's lap and rub all over their shirt. Don't forget the charming "butt hello". They love that.

If you can't pee on your human's bed because the bedroom door is closed, the second best choice is a load of clean laundry in the laundry room. Or take a crap in the dryer if the dryer door is left open.

pointless & uncalled for

10:46 / 16.10.06

What nonsense. Cats should always endeavour to pee on an off white lino or tile floor so that humans can only find it by stepping in it, in sock clad feet.

13:35 / 16.10.06

A colleague once told me this story:

He came home and saw his cat wiping her butt by sliding along the polished wooden floor, pulling herself along with her front paws. Apparently she couldn´t reach that part of her soiled fur and thus found a way to uphold cleanliness.

10:09 / 18.10.06

Cat in the Dairy

All Acting Regiment

10:51 / 23.10.06

16:17 / 01.11.06

"I Hate Everything"

16:39 / 11.11.06

08:44 / 12.11.06

Ahhh, I posted that old old picture of a kitty a long time ago, Head in the Box. Something about it being the earliest (or one of) known pictures of a Maine Coon- I just know she resembles my Odile so strongly when she was a baby:

This is our new kitten, Sumi. She looks fairly adult in this picture, but she's pretty darn small. She's been purring since the day we got her. Funnily, she can't meow when she's purring.

She kept me up all night the first night we had her luffing on my face and trying to nurse from my nose and earlobes.

Incidentally, does anyone know any tricks for getting an older cat to like a kitten? Odile is scared of Sumi.

09:34 / 12.11.06

She kept me up all night the first night we had her luffing on my face and trying to nurse from my nose and earlobes.

Ooh, that´s sweet. Either she wanted a nightcap or your nose was leaking. And she doesn´t look very adult to me, although she doesn´t seem to have any bodyfat. Purring must burn of a lot of calories.

Btw, what is up with this cat? Listen to those sounds, watch those dilated pupils. Is the cat tripping, did they dip the catnip in liquid acid? Looks as if she´s trying to eat those multicoloured mice, that are floating all around her.

Disco is My Class War

16:08 / 14.11.06

Schnapps is a great help with my thesis; he reads the books that I don't have time to. Currently, he's working his way through The Chicago Guide To Collaborative Ethnography (right). He says it's a great book, but that rodent ethnographic studies are much neglected in the field -- an error he intends to correct.

10:23 / 25.11.06

Cat encounters mouse casanova.

18:17 / 27.11.06

William Blake's cat (Fluffy)

18:46 / 27.11.06

Oh very nice! Any more Blakeian cats, Xoc? I tracked the address of that image back and hit the motherload.
motherload

Here´s some of what I found.

Many years ago, my calendar of the year was full of paintings in the style of Renoir, Gaugin and Van Gogh, but every face was of course replaced by a cat´s head. Many of those site´s images reminded me of this calendar.

13:37 / 01.12.06

The 'Daily Kitten', at 3:07 each day, apparently.

18:23 / 01.12.06

Aww, kittens that purr a lot just rock. I know a cat that never stops purring, to the extent that when she had to go to the vet's as a result of Illness they couldn't hear her heartbeat over the rumble. They had to stick something up her bum to give her a shock and make her stop. I still feel she's owed an apology for that, or at least an explanation, but sadly she won't stop purring for long enough to listen.

18:35 / 01.12.06

I know a cat that never stops purring, to the extent that when she had to go to the vet's as a result of Illness they couldn't hear her heartbeat over the rumble.

This will be the first sentence to my next novel.

Kali, Queen of Kitteh

19:14 / 01.12.06

Tomorrow I will post a pic of my Who-hating cat.

11:38 / 06.12.06

Mm-kay: cat discussion! I know another cat that I want to adopt, due to sad circumstances mentioned here. However, I have concerns, primarly this one: we live on the first floor so he would be house bound unless we specifically let him out, and we only have access to the front of the house by the road rather than the back of the house with the gardens and things to explore. More generally though, can cat-owners help me out with some clues about how much cats cost in terms of all their vaccinations and whatnot, and whether this is a very bad idea?

I am worried that he will not live long past Christmas if he goes to a cat shelter, because he's getting on a bit and he's not used to being handled, would not like children at all, and has probably never met a dog, all this making him harder to rehome.

Poor cat.

14:40 / 06.12.06

I live in a small flat on the first floor and have two cats - it's not ideal but they seem happy enough to go outside whenever I'm there to open all the doors for them. I also make sure that they have toys to play with, so that they can entertain themselves when I'm at work. Vet bills can be quite expensive though, one of my cats had his annual health check and vaccination today and I had to pay £42 - and it gets more expensive when they are ill.

But I'm sure if the cat could choose, it would rather move in with you and just go out occasionally then live in a cat shelter - they always look quite traumatizing to me.( But then I'm quite soppy when it comes to cats.)

07:28 / 12.12.06

Right then, the above cat is now officially ours! I must now talk about cats all day. He bears a striking resemblance to the cookie cat above, if you add about a stone in extra belly and fluff, and there will be photos just as soon as I can swipe the camera from work.

I've never had a cat before so I need help, people: what does he neeeeed?? he yowls a lot when he's not getting attention (especially overnight, when the people need to sleep), so should we ignore him so he learns not to, or play with him until he feels better in his new home, or something else entirely? Last night was his first with us and his wailing at the bedroom door fair broke my heart, so it did.

Also, he's fairly aged and not that playful by nature, but I have an uncontrollable urge to buy him lots of toys. As he's a house cat I think it'd be good for him to have things to play with when we're out, too. He's shown no interest in anything he's been offered so far though. Any recommendations for things he might like? How about a scratching pole thingy? Are they fun?

And also, is pet insurance worth it? Really?

More questions no doubt forthcoming...

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