Ace of Spades Pet Thread, July 5

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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.

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Up late last night with neighbor's fireworks?

pic.twitter.com/5hDnDckvNP
— Beauty Of Nature 🌳 (@ShouldHaveAnima) July 2, 2025

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How dogs tell time

You leave your house for five minutes.

You come back in and your dogs greets you like you've just returned home from outer space.

Dogs obviously can't tell time, right?

No, they totally can.

Just in a different way than humans.

Read on! pic.twitter.com/a0e9mNRw2P
— Bunsen, BEAKER, and Bernoulli🇨🇦 (@bunsenbernerbmd) July 3, 2025

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Happy Independence Day Weekend

This man sets free a majestic eagle after rehabilitation, & this magical moment makes the world beautiful for a moment. Happy Fourth of July! pic.twitter.com/GpUyBVQE3O
— Hakan Kapucu (@1hakankapucu) July 4, 2025

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Sir? You can't park there... pic.twitter.com/b92t39CB9T
— Why you should have a cat (@ShouldHaveCat) July 4, 2025

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Meet The PetMorons

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Baby Conures Update:
Good day fellow Pet Morons.
Since my last post there are 2 more hatchings. All four eggs have now hatched.
Chick A and B are doing well and putting on weight. Chicks C and D are still in the red zone but are active and eating well. They have been moved to the brooding box. More on the red, yellow and green zones next week.
I'll talk about feeding today. From Day 0 to Day 2, the biggest threat to avian neonates is dehydration, not starvation. They still have residual yolk in their systems for nutrition. With that said, the water to food (Exact baby parrot formula) ratio is 6:1. After Day 2 you gradually increase the food content. Therefore, you don't see significant weight gain at first but quickly in the days that follow. See below, these are weights and days old as of 7/1.
Chick A - Day 9 19 grams
Chick B - Day 7 15 g
Chick C - Day 3 4 g
Chick D - Day 0 3 g
We are transitioning the 2 older chicks off of the baby spoon to a dental irrigation syringe. They now can hold their heads up and get quite noisy when its feeding time. We're still on a 3-4 hour feeding schedule (around the clock) for all of them as of now.
We may be able to get a video of an actual hatching from a previous brood. Here are pictures of Chicks A and B being fed and squabbling.
All is well here.
Regards,
David

That's a lot of great information. What a lot of work! Thanks for the update.

Anybody feeling inspired to raise some baby birds of their own? Great mentor here.

Chicks A and B are lookiing stronger.

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Hi KT,
Here is the new puppy, my very own Doge, Saijo. He is settling in well, being pretty good with the kitties. Like most Shiba Inus, he is very smart and now that he realizes he has an actual home, he is letting his personality shine through. I think he will be glad to get the donut off soon, even if he is using it as a pillow.
Piper

Saijo looks like a great dog!

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The first picture was taken by the guy who delivered the dog food for my Golden Retriever, Whiskey. Thought it was cute that he got both "dogs" in the shot. Ordinarily Whiskey would be on the porch to greet the mailman and delivery people, but this was a stormy day, hence the sad puppy face.
The next picture is a friend of Whiskey's who is a Treeing Tennessee Brindle dog. Actually hails from Tennessee but currently lives in the land that maps forgot. Quite the dapper little chick magnet in his sportscar, no?!
Best Regards,
IrishEi

Love the information with these photos, and the great personalities reflected in them.

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Meet my son and daughter-in-law’s Potcake mutt Arthur. Year and a half old and is pretty good dog…aww, all dogs are pretty good, right?
“Are you allowed on the couch??”
“Who, me?”
Thanks for the Pet Parade every weekend!
Buzzy K

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We have one story left for next week. Thank you for sharing your pets with us.

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Until next Saturday, have a great week!

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Posted by: K.T. at 03:28 PM

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1 Meow...

Posted by: Puddleglum, drive by meow at July 05, 2025 03:33 PM (sAmhv)

2 Happy Caturday everyone

Posted by: Skip at July 05, 2025 03:33 PM (+qU29)

3 Today I learnt that caracals make bad housepets.
youtu.be/86RUCivmxiI
You might be better off owning a cheetah. At least there you know they're not housepets.

Posted by: gKWVE at July 05, 2025 03:33 PM (gKWVE)

4 I bought a brand new dining table and 4 chairs for my new place.

The kittehs have beat me down and defeated me in preventing them from using the chairs as scratching posts. They have a designated chair in my bedroom for that purpose but the new chairs were just too much of a temptation. I sprayed the chairs with alleged anti-scratch solution . Don't waste your money .

They're lucky like them so much.

Posted by: polynikes at July 05, 2025 03:38 PM (VofaG)

5 I hope everyone’s critters did ok with the craziness of last night’s fireworks. Lucy the Fink was nowhere to be found until sunrise.

We had big booms until 330 am.

I’m tired.

Posted by: nurse ratched at July 05, 2025 03:39 PM (mT+6a)

6 Piper Saijo is gorgeous

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at July 05, 2025 03:42 PM (kTd/k)

7 Howdy, Pet People!

The model train vs. cat video was amazing. The cat was a handsome devil, but the model and detail work, including "rocks" on the track bed, were astonishing. You'd almost believe that a gigantic cat was sprawled on a commuter railway!

What kind of sports car is that in the pic w/ Whiskey's friend? Something British, I suspect from the wood paneling (if it's real) on the instrument panel.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 05, 2025 03:43 PM (omVj0)

8 Had a pair of society finches. Saw the egg laid. Later saw him pip out. Would spoon him out of nest to handfeed lorikeet nectar.
He would fly around the apartment and land on my finger when called.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 05, 2025 03:43 PM (l91rK)

9 My furry thugs are doing well. Big black Stirling was upset, as usual, by the fireworks sounds last night and slid under the bed to hide, despite the "calming chews" (melatonin) treats we gave him. He's back to normal now and was sleeping with me during my afternoon nap.

Little Dagny La Siberienne has been playing enthusiastically with her wire Cat Dancer and the small green foil ball that used to be a Christmas decoration (or so I think). When I look back at her first pictures from Sept. of '22, I realize just how much she has filled out in body and coat. Stirling was pretty much what he is now, simply smaller -- and he had to grow into his big feet and ears -- but she has changed quite a bit.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 05, 2025 03:47 PM (omVj0)

10 I hope everyone’s critters did ok with the craziness of last night’s fireworks. Lucy the Fink was nowhere to be found until sunrise.

We had big booms until 330 am.

I’m tired.
Posted by: nurse ratched at July 05, 2025

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The noise here began about 7:30 pm, dusk, and were up to sharp bangs and cracks when I was heading off to sleep about 10:00.

The odd thing is that, on his first Fourth at age four months, Stirling was not disturbed by the noise at all. It was not until his first New Year's Eve later that year that he turned nervous. It's possible it was because of the noise Dagny made that same evening within the crinkle tunnel toy I'd bought them. She loved it; he avoided it.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 05, 2025 03:52 PM (omVj0)

11 Jordan Peterson's twelfth rule in effect today: I sat on a street curb and waited for a stray cat come over and say hello; mutual trust and shared affection made real.

Posted by: Walter Freeman at July 05, 2025 03:52 PM (8BiK7)

12 It was Gaza around here last night. Poor critters.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 05, 2025 03:55 PM (l91rK)

13 Wolfus,
Are you plan ing to take the thugs on your road trip
This fall?

Posted by: nurse ratched at July 05, 2025 03:57 PM (mT+6a)

14 Gary Seven had a cat.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 05, 2025 03:58 PM (63Dwl)

15 We actually had a quieter night than I expected. I think we might get a few fire crackers lit off tonight and I hope that's it. Both the strays are still showing up for food as is the possum. I learned that one stray is also eating at a house the next block over.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 05, 2025 03:59 PM (AcTAo)

16 No Tribble at all

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 05, 2025 04:00 PM (C/v00)

17 That was no cat, ask Roberta Lincoln.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 05, 2025 04:01 PM (C/v00)

18 I hope everyone’s critters did ok with the craziness of last night’s fireworks. Lucy the Fink was nowhere to be found until sunrise.

We had big booms until 330 am.

I’m tired.
Posted by: nurse ratched at July 05, 2025 03:39 PM (mT+6a)
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My kitties are surprisingly chill about fireworks. Sadly, I can't say the same about a dog that belongs to one of my coworkers. She *hates* loud noises and has to be partially sedated to get through thunderstorms and fireworks.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 05, 2025 04:02 PM (IBQGV)

19 Wolfus,
Are you plan ing to take the thugs on your road trip
This fall?
Posted by: nurse ratched at July 05, 2025

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Nurse, not very likely. Not only would it be stressful for everybody concerned, it would limit the places I'd be able to stay. If Linda wants to come along, I'll have to see about a pet sitter -- I have a good recommendation from a former co-worker. If not, she can play with and feed them.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 05, 2025 04:02 PM (omVj0)

20 Mr Senegal didn't even blink at all the commotion.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 05, 2025 04:02 PM (l91rK)

21 Soup is beautiful.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 05, 2025 04:03 PM (C/v00)

22 Thanks for including Elvis. We had a very nice walk in the woods today and now he's ZZZZed out.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 05, 2025 04:03 PM (viF8m)

23 The kittehs have beat me down and defeated me in preventing them from using the chairs as scratching posts. They have a designated chair in my bedroom for that purpose but the new chairs were just too much of a temptation. I sprayed the chairs with alleged anti-scratch solution . Don't waste your money .

They're lucky like them so much.
Posted by: polynikes at July 05, 2025 03:38 PM (VofaG)
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Did you put a scratching post near the table/chairs? My understanding is that to prevent unwanted behavior, it's best to give them an acceptable alternative nearby. It's worked fairly well for my couch, though I sometimes catch Hexie trying to scratch it. *sigh*

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 05, 2025 04:04 PM (IBQGV)

24 That would be one good thing about having a dog; you could bring him along on errands or even a long trip. The dog would even enjoy some elements of it. A cat, not so much.

Like Nurse, though, I have never been comfortable around most dogs and can't imagine having one.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 05, 2025 04:04 PM (omVj0)

25 Woof!!! Hope all pet buddies are well and accounted for.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at July 05, 2025 04:08 PM (Ys0sg)

26 >>That would be one good thing about having a dog; you could bring him along on errands or even a long trip. The dog would even enjoy some elements of it. A cat, not so much.

Elvis has been on many road trips with me. He loves it and he's good company.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 05, 2025 04:09 PM (viF8m)

27 Did you put a scratching post near the table/chairs? My understanding is that to prevent unwanted behavior, it's best to give them an acceptable alternative nearby. It's worked fairly well for my couch, though I sometimes catch Hexie trying to scratch it. *sigh*
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 05, 2025

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I have two things, a sisal welcome mat and a rope-wrapped post. Dagny uses both all the time. Stirling? Rarely; he'd rather test his claws on the carpeting. I don't know why I care, since I consider my damage deposit long gone after twenty-some years living in this place, and have kept it in remarkably good condition despite having had seven cats, all but one fully clawed, in that time.

(Lest you wonder, the clawless one, Marie-Antoinette, had been docked of her paw weapons before Linda ever adopted her. We were not to blame for that.)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 05, 2025 04:09 PM (omVj0)

28 Loved the eagle video. I was thrilled when I travelled between two rural churches in Northwest NJ-and saw bald eagles by the roadside. Or flying away.

I liked all the doggy photos. Thanks for the update on the baby birds, David. That is so interesting.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 05, 2025 04:09 PM (2GCMq)

29 Irish Ei--

Loved the picture of the pup in the convertible. That's one of my Luna's favorite treats. We live in a quiet subdivision in the country with no through roads so every few days we have a cruise around the neighborhood in my convertible at about 15-20 mph. Her nose is twitching 60 mph the whole time.

Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at July 05, 2025 04:13 PM (FEVMW)

30 My Paisley girl had an upset tummy yesterday. When I got home my niece and her house cleaner were concerned about her and said she wouldn't eat. But as soon as said hello she ate.
I've done nothing to deserve her attachment to me. It honestly humbles me.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at July 05, 2025 04:13 PM (kTd/k)

31 Not sure about dogs, but wife said cats are not good or bad their just cats

Posted by: Skip at July 05, 2025 04:16 PM (+qU29)

32 I met a couple of Labs on my walk today. There are few things nicer than meeting Labs.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 05, 2025 04:16 PM (CHHv1)

33 >>Irish Ei--

>>Loved the picture of the pup in the convertible

That's actually my pup Elvis that IrishEI sent in.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 05, 2025 04:17 PM (viF8m)

34 A couple of years ago, I saw a bald eagle flying around over head. Some gulls (or some birds smaller than the eagle) were flying around it.

I thought they were trying to chase they eagle away from their nest. I took some pictures. Later, when I zoomed in on one of the pics...it turns out that the eagle was holding a fish, and the gulls were trying to steal it.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 05, 2025 04:21 PM (CHHv1)

35 Elvis has been on many road trips with me. He loves it and he's good company.

Saw a guy at a motorcycle campout near Yosemite. He and his cat rode a BMW Kbike from Canada! Cat nested under the windshield. Would stick close to the tent. Even wore a kitty size helmet, if nothing else it kept wind noise off his ears.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 05, 2025 04:22 PM (zW2w3)

36 Northernlurker,

You saved Paisley's life and gave her a home and love. That's all dogs want.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 05, 2025 04:25 PM (AcTAo)

37 Am I only the one, seeing the cat laying on the train tracks video, thinks: Poor Poor Pitiful Me.

(In case I'm beyond even being too old, the reference is to the Warren Zevon song (covered decently by Linda Ronstadt, for those of you more inclined to pop music).)

Posted by: Schroedinger's Cat Wears the Emperor's New Clothes at July 05, 2025 04:26 PM (bWR5k)

38 The dogs (Mine and the guests) were not thrilled with the celebration last night. Amusingly enough, my girl Winnie reacted s she does with thunder. She barked at it to make it go away.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 05, 2025 04:26 PM (7xrfc)

39 Thanks for the baby conure update.

At those growth rates, your birds will weigh over 2,000 lbs some time during 2026!

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at July 05, 2025 04:30 PM (HlyYF)

40 Spock himself was not immune to the hypnotizing charms of cats.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 05, 2025 04:33 PM (kpS4V)

41 Am I only the one, seeing the cat laying on the train tracks video, thinks: Poor Poor Pitiful Me.

(In case I'm beyond even being too old, the reference is to the Warren Zevon song (covered decently by Linda Ronstadt, for those of you more inclined to pop music).)
Posted by: Schroedinger's Cat Wears the Emperor's New Clothes at July 05, 2025

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I remember the LR version -- late Seventies, I think.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 05, 2025 04:33 PM (omVj0)

42 Elvis!

Posted by: KT at July 05, 2025 04:34 PM (xekrU)

43 Amusingly enough, my girl Winnie reacted s she does with thunder. She barked at it to make it go away.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 05, 2025 04:26 PM

And hasn't the mean thunder eventually gone away EVERY time?

I am sure Winnie is thinking, "True genius is never appreciated in its own time!"

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at July 05, 2025 04:35 PM (HlyYF)

44 Am building a cat pen off the back of the house. The recent boom in "affordable housing" has chased coyotes and racoons into the neighborhoods. My cat got attacked and has been inside since he returned. He's a very compressed kitty over this. Depressed, compressed and stressed. I had to do something for him.
I took a two story scaffold and set it up off the back bathroom window and caged it in with garden fence. Soon he'll be able to come and go as he pleases.
About 90% done but it's just too hot outside to work.

Posted by: Reforger at July 05, 2025 04:35 PM (SJnNf)

45 Ah, know the feeding baby bird thing well.. Business partner got into raising parrots along with the horses. Blue Pionus, Conures, Cockatoo parrots. Indian rigneck parakeets and lovebirds.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 05, 2025 04:36 PM (HFcKg)

46 Nice high rise catio, Reforger! That's nice of you to give the kitty a perch from which to look down on all and sundry.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 05, 2025 04:40 PM (kpS4V)

47 Dogs barking at fireworks is like the ancients banging pots and gongs until the dragon stops swallowing the sun. Works every time!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 05, 2025 04:42 PM (kpS4V)

48 You were warned!

Posted by: IrishEi at July 05, 2025 04:43 PM (3ImbR)

49 Indeed I was.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 05, 2025 04:45 PM (viF8m)

50 CRS hasn't set in. I remember that picture of Elvis.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 05, 2025 04:48 PM (HFcKg)

51 The feral cats, usually ever present, are nowhere to be seen today.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 05, 2025 04:48 PM (tsszd)

52 Elvis is a cutie!

Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at July 05, 2025 04:51 PM (FEVMW)

53 >>CRS hasn't set in. I remember that picture of Elvis.

That was the day after I brought him home. He was very shy and skidish around people at first. He had suffered some abuse and he a real trust issue.

But as soon as he got in the Triumph he started smiling and pretty much hasn't stopped.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 05, 2025 04:52 PM (viF8m)

54 Nice to be here in time for the Pet Thread--I'm usually too late.

Art Rondelet of Malmsey: Yes, that is JackStraw's pup, Elvis, in the convertible. I thought it was a great picture too when I saw it and told JS to send it in. He didn't, so I did. Now he probably has a contract out on me.

It's been nice knowing you all.

Posted by: IrishEi at July 05, 2025 05:01 PM (3ImbR)

55 I am now a homeowner.

I need to send in pictures of Mom's dog, legally mine but never left her side, and the cat that's been here for 3 weeks.

In the pictures, you'll notice a really nice cat tree. That's not my cat but Snowflake needs somewhere to sleep.

Oh, by the way. I raised my happiness level to 90....for my 10% level. The backyard is really beautiful. A lot to tame. The trees keep growing. There's a cat that's not mine that's been here for three weeks.

Damn it. Nature may be winning.

For the gardening thread I'm sending in pics of my backyard. For the pet thread, the pictures of the cat that's not mine on her cat tree looking out at the backuard.

That would make me laugh.

Posted by: Stateless BUT NOT HOMELESS! 90%- mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at July 05, 2025 05:01 PM (jvJvP)

56 Wait, I thought JackStraw sent that picture into a pet thread a long time back.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 05, 2025 05:02 PM (HFcKg)

57 Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 05, 2025 04:04 PM (IBQGV)

The designated scratching chair is close by in the bedroom. They just like something new I guess.

But again don’t waste your money on the stop scratching spray. I think it’s just water.

Posted by: polynikes at July 05, 2025 05:05 PM (VofaG)

58 46 Nice high rise catio, Reforger! That's nice of you to give the kitty a perch from which to look down on all and sundry.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 05, 2025 04:40 PM (kpS4V)

Poor guy sits at the other window and meows at me while I'm working. He knows something is up. Can't wait to get it done and see how he reacts.

Posted by: Reforger at July 05, 2025 05:05 PM (SJnNf)

59 Stateless, I have been following your saga and I'm thrilled at how far you've come. I cant wait to see your home's backyard and your dog and the cat that's not yours.

Posted by: Megthered at July 05, 2025 05:07 PM (GOJbT)

60 Wait, I thought JackStraw sent that picture into a pet thread a long time back.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 05, 2025 05:02 PM (HFcKg)
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Altogether possible, Ben. I guess I'm the one with CRS!

Posted by: IrishEi at July 05, 2025 05:08 PM (3ImbR)

61 Deny as you want, Snowflake has claimed you.

And congratulations, stateless, you’ve come a long way. Now. There isn’t a person on earth who is so powerful they can take your happiness away.

Remember that.

Posted by: nurse ratched at July 05, 2025 05:12 PM (mT+6a)

62 My 5 month old beagle boy is driving my 2 y/o weimaraner crazy. It must be a male thing, the weim is not neutered yet because of his autoimmune problem, but he is making himself crazy following the beagle around in case he pees. He has to cover it immediately but he has peed on the beagle trying to do it before another dog can know the puppy is here. The pup is house trained but the weim is following him just in case. They play constantly and between that and following him around, they are exhausted, which is good.

Posted by: Megthered at July 05, 2025 05:14 PM (GOJbT)

63 Oh yay, KT! You found the pictures way back in your email. Saijo is out of his donut now, but he is still very silly.

Posted by: Piper at July 05, 2025 05:19 PM (QzINz)

64 That's some good lookin' pups. Aren't we lucky to have dogs?

I made our cat's scratching post from a 3' - 4x4 (actually 2 - 3' 2x4's screwed together) a 24" square piece of plywood covered in carpet for the base, and then wrapped the post in a piece of scrap carpet. The wood column is still exposed at the top and they like to claw that too.

Posted by: fd at July 05, 2025 05:20 PM (vFG9F)

65 21 Soup is beautiful.
Posted by: Anna Puma at

Awww, thank you. I swear I laugh every time you call him Soup.

Posted by: Piper at July 05, 2025 05:22 PM (QzINz)

66 Kirk always was a sucker for space pussy.

Posted by: fd at July 05, 2025 05:22 PM (vFG9F)

67 I make cat trees out of real trees.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 05, 2025 05:22 PM (HFcKg)

68 I love seeing everyone’s pets. We have good looking animals.

Posted by: Piper at July 05, 2025 05:23 PM (QzINz)

69 I made our cat's scratching post from a 3' - 4x4 (actually 2 - 3' 2x4's screwed together) a 24" square piece of plywood covered in carpet for the base, and then wrapped the post in a piece of scrap carpet. The wood column is still exposed at the top and they like to claw that too.
Posted by: fd at July 05, 2025

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Years ago I bought a post at Petco. When the cats had shredded the rope winding, I priced a replacement, said "No way," bought some rope and the little tacks shaped like staples, and rewound the post myself. The post is on its third or fourth refurbishment.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 05, 2025 05:24 PM (omVj0)

70 6 Piper Saijo is gorgeous
Posted by: Northernlurker

Thank you. I love that little crazy thing.

Posted by: Piper at July 05, 2025 05:24 PM (QzINz)

71 Congrats on Saijo.

I have a four-year old Shiba that's the younger sister of my son's.

My vet cousin jokes that shibas aren't dogs, and like dingoes should be in their own category.

We're #1! I recently tripped over this:
Graph showing that Shibas have the most "wolf-like" DNA of well known domestic dog breeds
https://tinyurl.com/3fwuvy5u

They look like foxes but act like little wolves. They're a 7,000 year-old breed that are independent hunters of small game. It explains their wild fun personalities. They're true pack animals.

My son's shiba is only 18 pounds but she's Alpha. She takes no shit from no one.
Mines 33 pounds but comparatively mellow. She's a cuddle meister.

Posted by: Ignoramus at July 05, 2025 05:26 PM (dtajH)

72 IrishEi - Is your TN Brindle riding in a Triumph TR6, perchance? My dad drove one (actually several) from '71-'83, and I still perk up when a straight-six is downshifted within earshot...

Posted by: Cowboyneal - the Other Jewish Carpenter at July 05, 2025 05:28 PM (/jWPx)

73 But again don’t waste your money on the stop scratching spray. I think it’s just water.
Posted by: polynikes at July 05, 2025 05:05 PM (VofaG)
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Yeah, I bought a bottle of that stuff, but it doesn't work nearly as well as advertised.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 05, 2025 05:28 PM (IBQGV)

74 Congratulations, Stateless. There are new responsibilities -- but the place is yours, and if you want to repaint a room or even just one wall, you can do that without getting anybody's permission.

Unless you live in a historic home in a historic district with a restrictive committee. The people who have bought properties in the French Quarter, for instance, are permitted to repaint only in colors that are accurate for the homes original time period. A good idea to follow that principle -- but I hate somebody telling me I *must* do that.

(I hope to join the club of homeowners this year. No HOAs if I can help it!)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 05, 2025 05:28 PM (omVj0)

75 Time to feed the giant kittens!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 05, 2025 05:30 PM (omVj0)

76 HOBBY NOOD IS UPSTAIRS

Posted by: Skip at July 05, 2025 05:31 PM (+qU29)

77 >> IrishEi - Is your TN Brindle riding in a Triumph TR6, perchance? My dad drove one (actually several) from '71-'83, and I still perk up when a straight-six is downshifted within earshot..

That was mine. Good eye. 1977 that was a bit modified. It was a great car for the roads around here.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 05, 2025 05:31 PM (viF8m)

78 23 The kittehs have beat me down and defeated me in preventing them from using the chairs as scratching posts. They have a designated chair in my bedroom for that purpose but the new chairs were just too much of a temptation. I sprayed the chairs with alleged anti-scratch solution . Don't waste your money .

They're lucky like them so much.
Posted by: polynikes at July 05, 2025 03:38 PM (VofaG)
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Did you put a scratching post near the table/chairs? My understanding is that to prevent unwanted behavior, it's best to give them an acceptable alternative nearby. It's worked fairly well for my couch, though I sometimes catch Hexie trying to scratch it. *sigh*

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 05, 2025 04:04 PM (IBQGV

Snowflake is a beautiful cat.

But she's not mine and would be out of here if she started destroying crap.

There's a rubber mat on the dining room table. I surrendered that.Girl took out a lot of that but for 3 weeks, not too bad, And she took out plastic plants. I don't care.

Posted by: Stateless BUT NOT HOMELESS! 90%- mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at July 05, 2025 05:32 PM (jvJvP)

79 Noodus hobbyana

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 05, 2025 05:33 PM (omVj0)

80 Yay Pet Thread! Thanks, KT.

Too hot to take pup out on the 'toon today. She's full of P&V now that we're back home. Got my welder's glove on and giving her some aggressive lovin'.

Posted by: olddog in mo at July 05, 2025 05:37 PM (VpKXM)

81 Cowboyneal - the Other Jewish Carpenter:

Both the car and the pup belong to JackStraw. I have never seen either in meatspace, just thought it was a great picture for the PT.

Posted by: IrishEi at July 05, 2025 05:39 PM (3ImbR)

82 My son's shiba is only 18 pounds but she's Alpha. She takes no shit from no one.
Mines 33 pounds but comparatively mellow. She's a cuddle meister.
Posted by: Ignoramus at

Saijo is 24 pounds, I am thinking he will top out at 26ish. He cuddles, but he also has the Shiba bounce and his obedience training has been interesting. He gets it, he knows it, it just takes him a little longer to be consistent in it.

Speaking of, we are going to the nature preserve now to get the zoomies out. 😂

Posted by: Piper at July 05, 2025 05:44 PM (QzINz)

83 59 Stateless, I have been following your saga and I'm thrilled at how far you've come. I cant wait to see your home's backyard and your dog and the cat that's not yours.

Posted by: Megthered at July 05, 2025 05:07 P

Thank you so much.

I never want any morons to go through horrible family crap like that but, sweet, if any of them go through that, i can be there.

BY THE WAY, THE CAT LET ME SLEEP IN TODAY!

Snowflake has been here 3 weeks. About 7am, she climbs into bed and reminds me about food.

I had a tough week.

Even the cat let me sleep for 4 more hours.
That's hilarious.

Posted by: Stateless BUT NOT HOMELESS! 90%- mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at July 05, 2025 05:44 PM (jvJvP)

84 "He gets it, he knows it, it just takes him a little longer to be consistent in it."

They're actors. They need "motivation."

Posted by: Ignoramus at July 05, 2025 05:47 PM (dtajH)

85 I have four kittens around me right now that I rescued outside (mother is basement, kittens are weaned. I'm really stressing because next week they are going to the shelter to be put up for adoption. I'm worried they won't be, or fail some tests and are killed, or go to unworthy irresponsible people ETC. Never done this before. We have too many cats ourselves now so can't manage any more and of course I love these babies. (one watching me type right now)

Posted by: SamIam at July 05, 2025 06:17 PM (oasF3)

86 Jackstraw, your good taste in ragtop roadsters is only rivalled by your obvious great taste in music. My nic was bestowed on me by an old buddy after an 18-hour drive from NW Ohio to Saratoga Springs NY (in a blinding snowstorm the entire way) in my bright yellow '66 International Harvester Travelall (which he'd named Bertha, for obvious reasons). Brothers of Jerry, unite!

Posted by: Cowboyneal - the Other Jewish Carpenter at July 05, 2025 06:22 PM (/jWPx)

87 1200 quatloos on the kat.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 05, 2025 07:23 PM (X0T4f)

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