Ace of Spades Pet Thread, October 7

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Good afternoon and welcome to the almost world famous Ace of Spades Pet Thread. Thanks for stopping by. Kick back and enjoy the world of animals.

Would you like a treat?

Let's relax a little with the animals and leave the world of politics and current events outside today.

Note: The latest war thread is being moved up just under this one during primetime, so we can keep this thread about our animal kingdom friends.

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Surrealist topiary:

An artist who lost his cat immortalizes its image in green plants.

In February 2016, artist Richard Saunder's cat Tolly, Russian blue breed, died. And soon Saunders created a bush resembling a sleeping cat. . .

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Question from Alan:

What's your dog's favorite toy? My GSD likes his big rope, Kong ball, and various chunks of wood.

So, how do you tell which toy is your dog's favorite?

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Meet The PetMorons

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Hi K.T., thanks for all you do on the pet thread. Long time lurker here. My two beautiful kittens have been featured on the thread before but we moved from Los Angeles to Las Vegas and I thought the horde might appreciate an update.
First up, here is my blue-eyed boy Frankie, aka Frankie Butterbean, aka Frank the Tank, aka Frank and Beans, aka Mr. Whiskers. He's the sweetest fella in the world.
Then see Frankie's sister, Her Royal Highness, First of her Name, Lady Jane Peekaboo Von Smudgecake. She's a smoldering chanteuse who does not suffer fools lightly. She goes by Peekaboo.

Great cats! Look like they belong together.

Sorry I missed Lady Jane's names at first. She certainly has a lot of names! So does her brother!

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Hello,
Thank you for hosting the world famous pet thread.
These 3 pups are the latest addition to my little zoo. They just turned 4 months old. Their main focus right now is puppy wrestling, with raiding the cat box a strong second.
In the front is Lalita, head of troublemaking, and the largest of the 3 by alot.
In the middle is Poncho, who looks exactly like his mother.
In the rear is Sadie, she hasn't caught up to her ear size yet.
They are great watchdogs who make up for their small size with exuberant barking!
I'm nicless and a longtime lurker out west in CommieFornia.

They really do look like friends -- 3 amigos!

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This is Koda, my one year old yellow lab doing some water retrieves. He is a handful but he will be a great hunting companion!
Koda looks like a great dog, being well-trained
JMM

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Thank you for sharing your pets with us today.

If you would like to send pet and/or animal stories, links, etc. for the Ace of Spades Pet Thread, the address is:

petmorons at protonmail dot com
Remember to include the nic or name by which you wish to be known when you comment at AoSHQ, or let us know if you want to remain a lurker.

Until next Saturday, have a great week!

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If you start feeling nostalgic, here a link to last week's Pet Thread, the Ace of Spades Pet Thread, Sept. 30 Some special PetMoron stories and photos there.

I closed the comments on this post so you wouldn't get banned for commenting on a week-old post, but don't try it anyway.

Posted by: K.T. at 03:29 PM

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1 Happy Caturday everyone

Posted by: Skip at October 07, 2023 03:33 PM (fwDg9)

2 Great, now I have to go fetch everyone

Posted by: Skip at October 07, 2023 03:33 PM (fwDg9)

3 Wow that is some nice kitteh shrubbery.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 07, 2023 03:33 PM (rlDan)

4 Koda pounding through the water is a great picture

Posted by: Skip at October 07, 2023 03:35 PM (2gh6a)

5 Grateful Pscittice Phlebotomist is happy destroying papers.
Seldom seen red hot fresh Fresno chilis are at the market.
Will parcel out sesame seed covered barbari bread, a shared favorite.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenko stuff in solidarity with the struggle to maintain Moron standards at October 07, 2023 03:36 PM (rxm2j)

6 Kitty shrubbery is touching

Posted by: Skip at October 07, 2023 03:36 PM (fwDg9)

7 hiya

Posted by: JT at October 07, 2023 03:37 PM (T4tVD)

8 My Cats' favorite toys:
A stuffed burlap ball (2nd time one was shredded to hell)--Cat#2
The worm on the fishing rod toy--all three cats
any string--horny puker
ping-pong balls--Cat #2
Catnip infused toys--all three

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 07, 2023 03:38 PM (ynpvh)

9 Beautiful

Posted by: That Northernlurker what lurkd at October 07, 2023 03:38 PM (VdGjU)

10 The first pic is hilarious !

Posted by: JT at October 07, 2023 03:38 PM (T4tVD)

11 Rowr

Posted by: Dr. Varno at October 07, 2023 03:39 PM (X+Ku8)

12 Lucy the Fink says hello to all the other Moron pets.

Meow!

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 07, 2023 03:39 PM (j2zRt)

13 Always happy to see Moron pets!

Jake hates me working the new job. He fusses when I'm on the computer. Am trying to spend more time off it on the weekend but get sucked into work.

Had a discussion with Mr Trouble today about the benefits of life indoors. Dropped close to freezing last night. Took Jake out at 3 and Troubles ran up to me but wouldn't come in. Went back to bed and fed him when I got up at 8. He spent a happy 20 minutes on my lap getting warm and petted. I need to set up some warmer places for him outside too.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 07, 2023 03:39 PM (Ds/Wi)

14 Before I take off.

A friend's son was killed at 8 years old in the February Earthquake in now-Turkey-Turkiye-etc. He was their only child and son and they are devastated. So I send, to his wife, the mother, ridiculous videos and photos of my cat and the other recently adopted cat and it's a huge help. She tells me she laughs and finds my awful cats the best therapy.

I will get around to sending photos of them.

Posted by: LenNeal at October 07, 2023 03:46 PM (43xH1)

15 I'm surprised how close Lalita, Poncho and Sadie get to each other.

Posted by: KT at October 07, 2023 03:48 PM (rrtZS)

16 Happy Caturday, Skip! Wish I was home, to snuggle with our kitteh crew.

Lovely cats and pups! <3

Posted by: barkingmad59, wandering lurkette at October 07, 2023 03:48 PM (R3yzU)

17 LenNeal at October 07, 2023 03:46 PM

So touching.

Posted by: KT at October 07, 2023 03:50 PM (rrtZS)

18 Bless the beasts and the children.

Thank you, Mis Hum. This helps.

Posted by: creeper at October 07, 2023 03:51 PM (cTCuP)

19 Had a discussion with Mr Trouble'

Wait Mr. Trouble?

https://tinyurl.com/336md69s

Is he a Trouble Man?

Posted by: LenNeal asks at October 07, 2023 03:51 PM (43xH1)

20 Ciampino's Rescue kitties

Still accepting donations towards the unkindest cut of all

There's another more extensive photo update #186 at the link.
Take a look if interested. Make sure to click on
"See Older Updates" as well if it's your first time.
https://is.gd/WQ5JcT

ALSO LIVE STREAMING!! - Now most nights as well

https://is.gd/qyDILz

Posted by: Ciampino - Dewar flasks at October 07, 2023 03:52 PM (qfLjt)

21 Jake's favorite is a big 2' long fake fur bone with a giant squeaker. I also got him a Kong bear, which has a rope inside the body. He's tearing it up but really seems to like it. There are dog toys everywhere right now.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 07, 2023 03:52 PM (Ds/Wi)

22 I adopted a rescue cat for my little black tom who was moping after the other tom died. They aren't besties yet, but they are tolerating each other.
My little tom is 14 and still punching along, but it is amazing how much energy a two year old cat has.

Poor thing had been "returned" twice to the humane society and I have no idea why.
I suspect he never was cut out to be an apartment cat. The first day I let him out unsupervised it was pouring down rain: he ran out delightedly into the yard and came back a half hour later, soaked and covered with burrs and complained.
That is how he spent the rest of the day, running out to get soaked, and coming back in to rest up for a half hour or so.
He was chubby too, and is now losing weight because he has something to do other than eat. He is still not a lean pantherine menace in the tall weeds, but he is happier.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 07, 2023 03:57 PM (xhaym)

23 He thinks he is the biggest, baddest outdoor cat in the neighborhood. Vet thinks he is a year old. Used to see him come in the yard and would say, " Here comes Trouble", which turned into Mr Trouble.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 07, 2023 03:57 PM (Ds/Wi)

24 Another nice pet thread! Glad Daisy Dog roused me from a nap in time. Again. Always so good to see, but especially appreciated today. Not to get into it, but as I was walking Daisy this morning at sunrise, besides all the other horror, the pets caught up in the war came to mind. I'll just leave it at that. 💔😿

Gotta go to town now, though, so I will miss the comment chat, but I'll catch up reading when we get back. May have to save our own pet report for next week.

Posted by: mindful webworker and a pair of fur-faces at October 07, 2023 03:59 PM (rn/DW)

25 I suspect he never was cut out to be an apartment cat. The first day I let him out unsupervised it was pouring down rain: he ran out delightedly into the yard and came back a half hour later, soaked and covered with burrs and complained.
That is how he spent the rest of the day, running out to get soaked, and coming back in to rest up for a half hour or so.
He was chubby too, and is now losing weight because he has something to do other than eat. He is still not a lean pantherine menace in the tall weeds, but he is happier.
Posted by: Kindltot'

He seems like a dick. When you get killed can I have him?

Posted by: LenNeal asks at October 07, 2023 04:01 PM (43xH1)

26 'We demand....a.....shrubbery!'

Posted by: Eromero at October 07, 2023 04:02 PM (NxC5+)

27 Just noticed that I missed identifying Lady Jane the Cat at first!

Posted by: KT at October 07, 2023 04:03 PM (rrtZS)

28 And since it has turned colder, Jake wants to sleep on the bed with me and Fanny, the cat sleeps on me. Fanny also discovered one of the Amazon boxes I put in the laundry room to break down is the perfect size to sleep in. Sleeps in the box by day or in what sun she can find by the back door. She does not want to go outside ever.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 07, 2023 04:03 PM (Ds/Wi)

29 Bless the animals and all the people who love and care for them.

Posted by: gp at October 07, 2023 04:05 PM (MvF+J)

30 Nice Pets Y’all!…

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at October 07, 2023 04:05 PM (R/m4+)

31 26 'We demand....a.....shrubbery!'

Posted by: Eromero at October 07, 2023 04:02 PM (NxC5+)

Okay.
https://tinyurl.com/yc52ekma

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 07, 2023 04:05 PM (ynpvh)

32 Howdy, everybody! Handsome beasts today. Stirling and Dagny's favorite toy is a small fabric mouse, just the size of the real thing, wrapped in green cord. It rattles as well. I throw it, and Dagny races after it, seizes it in her jaws, and trots back to drop it near me. Stirling savages it when she gives him a chance. It may once have had catnip in it too.

The trouble is, it slides easily under furniture and closet doors, and they lose it until I find it again. Right now it's lost. I've bought a new set of similar but not identical mice. We'll see if the cats like these.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 07, 2023 04:05 PM (omVj0)

33 We now have 3 outside cats that adopted us. First Mr Gray, who came here at least a couple of years ago and eventually allowed himself to be petted, etc. Then one day he appeared with a tailing grey female and she stayed here permanently. I think she's been fixed as she never got pregnant. Also friendly. She likes the rosebush so we named her Rose. Very lately a calico female arrived (with Mr Gray?) and she also stayed. Still skittish but getting used to my daughter, the one who feeds her. We think she's pregnant, bad timing with winter coming, but we do have a crawlspace that is a shelter and warmer than outside. Just have to worry about raccoons and possums. We'll see. I think all 3 have had their picture on Ciampino's Kitties.

Posted by: Ciampino - Dewar flasks at October 07, 2023 04:06 PM (qfLjt)

34 My cat’s favorite toy is a piece of dirty yellow cloth that used to be a cat nip filled banana 4 years ago.

Posted by: Drive By at October 07, 2023 04:09 PM (MNhXM)

35 He seems like a dick. When you get killed can I have him?
Posted by: LenNeal asks at October 07, 2023 04:01 PM (43xH1)

I hate putting cats down, the last one had a brain tumor as far as we could tell. It was like watching my dad die all over again.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 07, 2023 04:09 PM (xhaym)

36 Anybody have a recommendation for a larger litter box with a *lip* on it? I used to have a smaller one for a single cat, a plastic Walmart-type box with a snap-on rim that kept the particular feline from kicking litter onto the bathroom floor so easily. None of the ones I see at WM or Target, or at the big-box pet stores, have a lip. You can get ones with the covers that turn the box into a tiny house, but not the lip thing. Anybody know where I could find one? 'Net searches have failed me.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 07, 2023 04:10 PM (omVj0)

37 This actually, okay I read a bit earlier this week that really hit. My Man Card is the book Marine At War by Russell Davis. It is my manual of how to be a man. It did serve me well as a moral manual in actual warfare. Directed a lot of my behavior. As a young boy it told me not to commit atrocities.
And later, I did not.

I read another perspective on the exact same Peleliu Campaign that was unknown, only unearthed in 2004. Some handwritten notes. The narrator is talking to some other dude and the guy looks at his feet and asks, "What's your shoe size?"
Sizing him up, so he can have his boots.

Posted by: LenNeal asks at October 07, 2023 04:11 PM (43xH1)

38 Dagny slept with me this afternoon; Stirling took her space atop the back of the sofa. Usually it's the reverse.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 07, 2023 04:11 PM (omVj0)

39 Sorry LesNeal, the new black cat is a replacement for my last big black tom. I wanted him because they shelter thought he was a problem, but he tagged me on the shoulder when my back was to him. My wife can pick him up and cuddle him, and he adores the dried squid she eats.
I got lucky

Posted by: Kindltot at October 07, 2023 04:12 PM (xhaym)

40 Anybody have a recommendation for a larger litter box with a *lip* on it? I used to have a smaller one for a single cat, a plastic Walmart-type box with a snap-on rim that kept the particular feline from kicking litter onto the bathroom floor so easily. None of the ones I see at WM or Target, or at the big-box pet stores, have a lip. You can get ones with the covers that turn the box into a tiny house, but not the lip thing. Anybody know where I could find one? 'Net searches have failed me.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere'

Stellite containers from Walmart with a hole cut in them. It's what I use. USD$12-18.

Posted by: LenNeal asks at October 07, 2023 04:12 PM (43xH1)

41 Get a huge 'storage' container from WalMart they have Stellite and chop a hole in the side or one end.

Posted by: LenNeal asks at October 07, 2023 04:14 PM (43xH1)

42 39 Sorry LesNeal, the new black cat is a replacement for my last big black tom. I wanted him because they shelter thought he was a problem, but he tagged me on the shoulder when my back was to him. My wife can pick him up and cuddle him, and he adores the dried squid she eats.
I got lucky

Posted by: Kindltot at October 07, 2023 04:12 PM (xhaym)

Sounds like our horney-puker. We went to the Humane Society to pick up a kitten. While older child was sitting in a chair in the room with the cats, this black cat comes out of a cubby hole and sits on his lap, wanted to be pet. Staff there were surprised, said he'd been there a week, and other than eat and poop, he spent his time hiding. He picked my kid, not the other way around. Ended up with him and a kitten.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 07, 2023 04:14 PM (ynpvh)

43 I hate putting cats down, the last one had a brain tumor as far as we could tell. It was like watching my dad die all over again.
Posted by: Kindltot'

No no, I don't care about you, I want your cat when YOU die.

Posted by: LenNeal perhaps dididn't make that entirely clear at October 07, 2023 04:17 PM (43xH1)

44 the cats at the shelter all say, "thank God you are here, there has been a misunderstanding. I tried to explain but they aren't buying it. Do you have bail?"

Posted by: Kindltot at October 07, 2023 04:17 PM (xhaym)

45 No no, I don't care about you, I want your cat when YOU die.
Posted by: LenNeal perhaps dididn't make that entirely clear at October 07, 2023 04:17 PM (43xH1)

You get to fight my wife. She is short, but tenacious.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 07, 2023 04:17 PM (xhaym)

46 Tomorrow is Precious' 15th birthday, at least as far as the animal shelter could tell us. We're taking it as official. She doesn't care about chew toys or stuffed toys so she will get an extra walk as a B'day gift. She may be partly deaf (I suspect she only hears what she wants to) but she knows what the leash means: WALKIES!!!! Her tail wags, she makes little excited yips, and carefully positions herself so it can be attached quickly. She PRANCES more than walks.

It's pretty damn adorable. For a short time she is a puppy again.

Posted by: JTB at October 07, 2023 04:18 PM (7EjX1)

47 44 the cats at the shelter all say, "thank God you are here, there has been a misunderstanding. I tried to explain but they aren't buying it. Do you have bail?"

Posted by: Kindltot at October 07, 2023 04:17 PM (xhaym)
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That's funny.

Posted by: Ciampino - all the cats are brown .... at October 07, 2023 04:19 PM (qfLjt)

48 A long time ago, Arizona the big red tabby and Maine Coon lookalike seized on the then Mrs. Wolfus No. 2's little stuffed Pegasus she'd had since her girlhood. He didn't tear it apart, but would seize it in his jaws, carry it like a dead rat, and then wrestle with it and gnaw on it. Mrs. W. gave up on trying to keep it away from him. Throughout his life, AZ would still play with it -- though as he got more "grown up," if I caught him wrestling with it, he'd knock off and stalk away as if annoyed to be caught acting like a kitten.

AZ passed away in 1999, and no cat since has wanted anything to do with it. Yet I still have the darn thing atop a bookcase.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 07, 2023 04:20 PM (omVj0)

49 Note I make no offer to give anyone MY awful cat. My sister won't even take her.

Sissy: "No."

Posted by: LenNeal at October 07, 2023 04:21 PM (43xH1)

50 The photos this week are especially cute and very much appreciated. And those cat topiaries are astonishing. Thanks for the thread, KT.

Posted by: JTB at October 07, 2023 04:22 PM (7EjX1)

51 the cats at the shelter all say, "thank God you are here, there has been a misunderstanding. I tried to explain but they aren't buying it. Do you have bail?"
Posted by: Kindltot at October 07, 2023

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I saw one at Petco this morning in one of their display cells for adoptables. She acted just like that.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 07, 2023 04:22 PM (omVj0)

52
You get to fight my wife. She is short, but tenacious.
Posted by: Kindltot

Both? Sexy.

Posted by: LenNeal at October 07, 2023 04:23 PM (43xH1)

53 CBD, that top picture is great. Those must be WiFi chargers as I don't see any power cables.
My cats don't make any noise when someone comes to the door but they scatter in panic so we know. One of the 3 cats, that we brought back from Africa, would be first at the door. She was very friendly. Died at 16.

Posted by: Ciampino - all the cats are grey .... at October 07, 2023 04:25 PM (qfLjt)

54 Both? Sexy.
Posted by: LenNeal at October 07, 2023 04:23 PM (43xH1)

You better be able to put up with the dried squid snacks, too.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 07, 2023 04:28 PM (xhaym)

55 So who gets the kudos for this thread, CBD or KT?
I'm confused.

Posted by: Ciampino - all the cats are grey ... at October 07, 2023 04:28 PM (qfLjt)

56 "She PRANCES more than walks."

Ha! That is my girl Luna, totally, every day.

As for favorite toys, she varies from day to day but her all-time favorite is a plush wood duck that has no stuffing except for a couple of squeakers. She's on her third one and each time I have stitched up torn seams and replaced punctured squeakers until I just couldn't rehab it anymore.

Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at October 07, 2023 04:30 PM (fTtFy)

57 I work retail and a serious bonus for cats is an endless supply of display boxes that are like labyrinths. We just otherwise recycle them. So I just bring home those stand-up cardboard things you see at the supermarket.

Endless Cat Universe

Posted by: LenNeal at October 07, 2023 04:31 PM (43xH1)

58 Lucy is on her blanket snoring. And twitching. I wonder if cats dream?

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 07, 2023 04:31 PM (pcG5m)

59 AZ passed away in 1999, and no cat since has wanted anything to do with it. Yet I still have the darn thing atop a bookcase.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 07, 2023 04:20 PM (omVj0)
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Yeah but you loved that cat so you'll never throw away that reminder.

Posted by: Ciampino - pets can tear one's heart at October 07, 2023 04:33 PM (qfLjt)

60 Wolfus did ask so I reiterate, for a litter box, large storage containers and a hole in one side for the cats to get inside. I've done this for years. It's the best solution.
Big Box stores for the containers.

Posted by: LenNeal says been there done that at October 07, 2023 04:35 PM (43xH1)

61 Lucy is on her blanket snoring. And twitching. I wonder if cats dream?
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 07, 2023

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They seem to have rapid eye movement when they are in deep sleep, so I'd guess they dream something -- of chasing after prey, or getting milk from Mom, or playing with littermates, maybe.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 07, 2023 04:35 PM (omVj0)

62 AZ passed away in 1999, and no cat since has wanted anything to do with it. Yet I still have the darn thing atop a bookcase.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 07, 2023
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Yeah but you loved that cat so you'll never throw away that reminder.
Posted by: Ciampino - pets can tear one's heart at October 07, 2023

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Yeah, darn it. I connect it with him (16.5 years we were together, his whole life), not with the sociopath-in-training Mrs. W. No. 2.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 07, 2023 04:37 PM (omVj0)

63 I wonder if any pups ever see the shrubkitteh as a real sleeping green giant.

Shirley cat likes the foam mousies on a string on a wand.
But only if I flick it back and forth under a kitchen chair so she can reach thru the braces bars.

Posted by: DaveA at October 07, 2023 04:37 PM (FhXTo)

64 You better be able to put up with the dried squid snacks, too.
Posted by: Kindltot at October 07, 2023

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I used to buy those at the Asian market for Chekov the Siberian. To me the squid smelled rotten, but he loved 'em. His adopted brother Wolf, who'd eat almost anything, ignored them.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 07, 2023 04:38 PM (omVj0)

65 The worm on the fishing rod toy

Had to quit that. She'd pull the line past the steel leader and bite thru. Tougher catch than her weight in Northern Pike.

Posted by: DaveA at October 07, 2023 04:39 PM (FhXTo)

66 Lucy is on her blanket snoring. And twitching. I wonder if cats dream?
Posted by: nurse ratched'

Yes they do! All mammals dream and there is no established limit on how far down it goes. The cat The Kid insisted on adopting cried and screamed in her sleep for over a year. Twitched, yelled, shook, just horrible. I just let her do it. But she screamed in her sleep for over a year. Moaning and shouting, it was loud. We called it 'The Urking'. She would just groan, it was awful.
I have footage, so does The Kid. She had nightmares for over a year.

Posted by: LenNeal says been there done that at October 07, 2023 04:40 PM (43xH1)

67 In the adoption paper I knew SK (her) had been pregnant when brought into the shelter and they aborted her babies when they fixed her.

It's a cat, but...

Posted by: LenNeal at October 07, 2023 04:42 PM (43xH1)

68 Unbeknownst to me, my Aussie pup was exposed to parvo at the same time she had her 2nd round of shots. New monoclonal antibody had her up and running again in 48 hours. Miracle!

Posted by: Marybel Smiles at October 07, 2023 04:46 PM (b2Tnl)

69 The Kong balls are great for stuffing treats into, like a doggy biscuits. It takes a while to get the treat out and keep it keeps them busy.

Posted by: fd at October 07, 2023 04:47 PM (vFG9F)

70 67 In the adoption paper I knew SK (her) had been pregnant when brought into the shelter and they aborted her babies when they fixed her.

It's a cat, but...

Posted by: LenNeal at October 07, 2023 04:42 PM (43xH1)
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My vet will not fix a female cat (and probably dog too) if it's pregnant. In fact he does an ultrasound first thing. I assumed it was because it's probably not good on the mother but maybe I'm wrong and the vet has scruples?

Posted by: Ciampino - pets can tear one's heart apart at October 07, 2023 04:48 PM (qfLjt)

71 DD#1's female dog has a LambChop toy that she humps every night. It is the funniest thing to watch. She is a beast - she is on her 2nd or 3rd one at this point.

Shari Lewis would be appalled.....

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas - Ace of Spades Ladies Brigade, plucky comic relief at October 07, 2023 04:50 PM (SRRAx)

72 Wow, I like cats but that topiary bush, wow...
Combined pet and garden thread!
I love the cats up top, very unusual markings.
Also the dogs on their "chargers", LOL

Posted by: gourmand du jour at October 07, 2023 04:50 PM (MeG8a)

73 Also I like dried squid. The Old Cat does not, but fights to get bits of cheddar cheese of anything I am eating that involves cheddar cheese.

Posted by: LenNeal at October 07, 2023 04:50 PM (43xH1)

74 Petzzzz

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at October 07, 2023 04:51 PM (2lMZI)

75 I assumed it was because it's probably not good on the mother but maybe I'm wrong and the vet has scruples?'

There are so many issues around me I don't much care. Someone brought a cat in and there are flatly too many cats. SK is lucky to be alive. If she is sad, which she is, then she has found a good home.

Posted by: LenNeal at October 07, 2023 04:53 PM (43xH1)

76 DD#1's female dog has a LambChop toy that she humps every night. It is the funniest thing to watch. She is a beast - she is on her 2nd or 3rd one at this point.

Shari Lewis would be appalled.....
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas - Ace of Spades Ladies Brigade, plucky comic relief at October 07, 2023

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The company makes little Lamb Chop toys for cats too. "The Lamb! The Legend!"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 07, 2023 04:54 PM (omVj0)

77 Little Dagny has come out and is scratching on her rope post. This is a fairly tall unit I bought at one of the stores years and years ago, and have refurbished 3-4 times with rope and hammer-in staples from the hardware store. Once I've rewrapped the post, I rub my hands all over it, so it smells like me, and sprinkle catnip all over it.

It's getting to be time to do it over again.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 07, 2023 04:56 PM (omVj0)

78 SK needs to get over herself.
She's a good hunter, she kills stuff. That's what cats are for in my house. She's also gotten over her Big Trauma and is getting funny, which is a big part of why anyone has animals around don't lie.

Yes, she got cut up and hurt and traumatized. Well, this makes you special... HOW? Sleep on the bed.

Posted by: LenNeal tells the cat to accept it. at October 07, 2023 04:57 PM (43xH1)

79 I use Nature's Miracle litter boxes. They are made from recycled paper pulp and when they have a couple months of use I replace them.
If you have adult cats be sure to get the large ones.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at October 07, 2023 05:05 PM (MeG8a)

80 The three amigos are all the same age?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 07, 2023 05:08 PM (63Dwl)

81 I use Nature's Miracle litter boxes. They are made from recycled paper pulp and when they have a couple months of use I replace them.
If you have adult cats be sure to get the large ones.
Posted by: gourmand du jour at October 07, 2023

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I saw those at Petco. How much are they?

The big hard plastic one I have now works fine; it's just that the cats kick litter out onto the bathroom floor. Hard to imagine there are no units out there with a snap-on rim.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 07, 2023 05:08 PM (omVj0)

82 Wolfus, Chewy has a variety of models with litter-flinging guards.

Posted by: Emmie at October 07, 2023 05:10 PM (Sf2cq)

83 Mr Trouble goes under the house when it's hot or stormy. He has taken to walking around the yard like he owns the place. I first saw him across the street in February with snow and negative temps, fugured he was someone's cat. He won't need to dio that this winter.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 07, 2023 05:16 PM (Ds/Wi)

84 Wolfus, Chewy has a variety of models with litter-flinging guards.
Posted by: Emmie at October 07, 2023

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They seem to have two with "scatter shields," which look like those plastic Coof-shield things cashiers had everywhere two or three years ago. That might work.

(The CVS pharmacy where I pick up my BP meds, inside a Target, has finally removed the silly plastic shields in front of the register.)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 07, 2023 05:17 PM (omVj0)

85 I buy the disposable litter boxes in a 6 pack and they end up about $4 to $5 each.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at October 07, 2023 05:20 PM (MeG8a)

86 So what comes after the Pet Thread ?

Posted by: JT at October 07, 2023 05:24 PM (T4tVD)

87 Thanks, K.T.

Running between cleaning, laundry, the occasional war briefing on tv & knew it was past time to stop to enjoy the Pet Thread.

I'm loving the thread - the pictures and stories - on my cellphone & then realize my dog is sitting & glaring at me from beyond. She's old & dinner must be exactly 4:45 pm. She's been fed but is not forgiving this afternoon. To a back room & her cage she's retired awhile.

I'll entice her back later with her leather chew rabbit & a cookie.

Posted by: L Practice makes perfect. They know their enemies at October 07, 2023 05:27 PM (GshMh)

88 HOBBY THREAD IS UPSTAIRS

Posted by: Skip at October 07, 2023 05:32 PM (fwDg9)

89 Awww. Lovely moranimals.
My Reina, chubby orange tabby, has at last taken to sleeping by my feet. And our boy kitty has calmed down immensely, seemingly recovered from the extreme skittishness he exhibited after we acquired both cats when they were 10 months old.
Cheers to all!

Posted by: LadyS at October 07, 2023 06:18 PM (oq25h)

90 I've spent a lot of time in life detesting cats. . .for a host of verifiable reasons. . . . . but for some reason, when I come into the world of the Pet Thread they seem to find a way to pull on my heart (maybe even if only a little little bit). Or should I say put a hook in me . . . . . or should I say put a claw in me??

Posted by: Despise Marxist Rat Bastards and Squishy GOPe at October 07, 2023 10:03 PM (5uy7A)

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