Ace of Spaces Pet Thread, December 6

Courtesy Jack Jackson

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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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Courtesy Hadrian the Seventh (who didn't put his nic in his email)

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Meet The PetMorons

16 year old Spot
from the desk of "THE LORD PROTECTOR" the BIG "T"

Spot looks like a lovely, healthy kitty! And still a hunter?

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This is Tillie my 14 yr old Dachshund/Mix that went to heaven on Nov 24th. I had rescued her back in 2011 after losing my beloved Chou/Mix Sierra quite unexpectedly. Sierra had been my angel and her sudden loss had left a huge hole in my heart. Tillie was only 10 months old when I adopted her and she quickly healed my heart. She was just a few months shy of her 15th birthday when she passed. Over the years she was quite a handful sometimes but I'd do it all over again just to have her back.
She was around 1-2 yrs old in the first two photos and about 2-3 yrs old in the third photo. The second photo is her waiting for the squirrels to come down the trees (she loved chasing squirrels).
Wish to remain a lurker. Thank you and keep up the great work.

Tillie looks like a wonderful dog. So sorry that you have lost her, and also Sierra. The "waiting for squirrels" photo is endearing. Stay in touch.

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You asked about pet shelters. This is a small shed in the backyard I transformed into a stray cat shelter. I looked up instructions and followed them. Raised up off the ground. An ingress large enough for entry, but small enough to keep out the elements. Insulated with straw bales. It is shown with Sakura, who is the current stray yard khet. She isn't sold on it. And my hope is by feeding her near it, she will come to see it as a place to get out of the cold.
Victor Tango Kilo

Sakura may be a stray, but she's a pet. A lovely one.

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PetMoron Adjacent Animals
Encountered by Members of The Horde

Parakeets taking a bath this morning on Broadway in Garland Texas!
Eromero

Were they noisy?

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An American raccoon has been in the news recently. And By-Tor has raccoon visitors again.

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Thank you for sharing your pets and animal photos and stories 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, November 29

I closed the comments on that 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 03:31 PM

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1 Amazing Horde Pets as always. I love them all.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 06, 2025 03:34 PM (ESVrU)

2 Petz!

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at December 06, 2025 03:36 PM (Kt19C)

3 Afternoon, Pet Folken. Sakura looks like a longhaired beauty -- and regular food and keeping out of the weather will enhance her health.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 06, 2025 03:37 PM (wzUl9)

4 Happy Caturday everyone

Posted by: Skip at December 06, 2025 03:42 PM (Ia/+0)

5 Paisley and I are settling into our new bachelor suite. It has a big window looking out onto the street. Paisley likes to sit on the bed, look out the window and bark at random shit.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at December 06, 2025 03:43 PM (8CIFn)

6 Lassie introduced the concept of "series reboots" to TV. Think about it. First there was Jeff Miller (Tommy Rettig), his mother (played in the first season by Cloris Leachman), and Gramps on their small farm. Then came Timmy Martin and his parents, his mother played by June Lockhart. Then came forest Ranger Corey Bray, a bachelor. There may have been another before the show was canceled in the late Sixties or early Seventies. Each time, Lassie continued, but her environment changed.

It's possible -- I don't remember -- but Timmy may have been shown actually passing Lassie on to ranger Bray when that reboot happened.

And I've read that Timmy was never caught in a well in any episode. Jeff might have been, but somebody else will have to answer that.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 06, 2025 03:44 PM (wzUl9)

7 Big black Stirling is sleeping atop the back of the couch, on a blanket folded there for humans to use. Little gray Dagny is curled on my bed between the pillows, where she napped with me just now.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 06, 2025 03:45 PM (wzUl9)

8 Too bad I can't figure out a way to share the short video I got of the visiting possum. It's large!

Posted by: Notsothoreau at December 06, 2025 03:45 PM (+mUZM)

9 Love the pets. Lurker, condolences on the loss of Tillie and Sierra.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at December 06, 2025 03:47 PM (6p0Jv)

10 Hi guys,

I have updated our cat blog

https://tinyurl.com/4k65zjkx

I'm sorry to the lurker who lost Tillie.

Sakura is quite a beautiful cat. I hope she stays safe.

Spot is cute and I hope he keeps going for a lot more years. I do feel for that poor squirrel though.

Posted by: Joyenz at December 06, 2025 03:48 PM (2F0/Y)

11 Petzzzzz

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at December 06, 2025 03:49 PM (6U1c2)

12 Afternoon, everyone. Just waiting for some ground beef to defrost so I can make meatloaf. My two pups are napping right now, but they'll be happy and awake once they smell the cooking.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at December 06, 2025 03:49 PM (ufSfZ)

13 Doggeh has such a sensitive tummy
Today is a bad poo day

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at December 06, 2025 03:49 PM (6U1c2)

14 I will stick to pure breed dogs from now on. At least I know what I'm getting into. I also need to stick to under 30-25 lbs.

Posted by: lin-duh at December 06, 2025 03:51 PM (VCgbV)

15 Tommy Rettig was later a software guy if memory serves. I dimly recall using a book of his when I was first learning dBASE.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at December 06, 2025 03:52 PM (q3u5l)

16 I got up from my desk to go check on Penny because I thought she was napping in my bedroom.

Turns out she's been sitting next to me at my desk this entire time.

She's laying on a black towel, so she sort of blends into the background (she's a black kitty).

I need to get my eyes checked again.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 06, 2025 03:54 PM (ESVrU)

17 Meow!

Some sad news. My co-workers cat had to be put down last night. Poor kittuh had a stroke and was blind and couldn't walk. Also, it had diabetes. An older cat. Still, very sad. I can't recall the kittuh's name but kittuh's staff member's name is Geoff. He's pretty shook up, even though he new this was coming at some point.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 06, 2025 03:55 PM (sAmhv)

18 Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 06, 2025 03:55 PM (sAmhv)

Poor kitty. Give our condolences to Geoff.

Posted by: Joyenz at December 06, 2025 03:57 PM (2F0/Y)

19 Condolences to coworker Geoff. Always tough to lose a pet.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at December 06, 2025 03:58 PM (6p0Jv)

20 Poor cat. At least it's not in pain anymore.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at December 06, 2025 04:00 PM (ufSfZ)

21 Riddles hubby sent (answers are all breeds of dogs) and I need help with these 3:

1 - would sound like a musical instrument if you changed the first vowel sound from long E to long U?

2 - contains somewhere within it the consecutive letters -CHSH-?

3 - is an anagram of SOMEDAY?

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at December 06, 2025 04:01 PM (GhIJO)

22 The parakeets (Mrs.E says they’re Monks) were on a rest stop headed south. Bucky’s is a lot louder.

Posted by: Eromero at December 06, 2025 04:03 PM (pS4Fh)

23 And thanks, KT!

Posted by: Eromero at December 06, 2025 04:03 PM (pS4Fh)

24 Too bad about the squirrel. Is it playing possum?

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at December 06, 2025 04:04 PM (w6S0H)

25 21 Riddles hubby sent

Samoyed

Posted by: NR Pax at December 06, 2025 04:06 PM (7xrfc)

26 Number 3 is Samoyed

Posted by: Ben Had at December 06, 2025 04:07 PM (sDNVV)

27 (That was for #3.)
#2: Dachshund

Posted by: NR Pax at December 06, 2025 04:07 PM (7xrfc)

28 Heck, the cat PUSHED Timmy into the well.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 06, 2025 04:08 PM (kpS4V)

29 Dachshund

Posted by: Ben Had at December 06, 2025 04:09 PM (sDNVV)

30 Greetings one and all. So over here, my boy Kroger is on restriction. He got a strain that was so bad, he can't walk very well. At least the vet told us that this was not osteo so we took some relief from that. But he's a bit annoyed that he's not allowed to jump around like he wants to.

Posted by: NR Pax at December 06, 2025 04:09 PM (7xrfc)

31 #1: Beagle

Posted by: NR Pax at December 06, 2025 04:11 PM (7xrfc)

32 Lily is mrrping and trilling for me to deploy the feather toy. I'm basically here to feed and entertain my feline overlord(-lady).

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 06, 2025 04:11 PM (kpS4V)

33 Victor Tango Kilo, you are so thoughtful to provide shelter for stray kitties.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 06, 2025 04:12 PM (kpS4V)

34 Jan Clayton was Tommy Rettig's mother. Cloris Leachman was Timmy's first adoptive mother to be replaced by June Lockhart after one season.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 06, 2025 04:19 PM (pkeXY)

35 Tommy Rettig was later a software guy if memory serves. I dimly recall using a book of his when I was first learning dBASE.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at December 06, 2025

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That's right -- when the acting gigs dried up, as they so often do for child actors, he reinvented himself.

I understand he was very much attached to the Lassie he worked with on the show. I'd like to think he adopted a collie of his own later.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 06, 2025 04:20 PM (wzUl9)

36 Jan Clayton was Tommy Rettig's mother. Cloris Leachman was Timmy's first adoptive mother to be replaced by June Lockhart after one season.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 06, 2025

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Oh, so Cloris came later? I was confused.

Whitman's series of "TV adventures for young readers" had at least two Jeff & Lassie novels, and two Timmy & Lassie ones. I had and read them all.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 06, 2025 04:22 PM (wzUl9)

37 Heck, the cat PUSHED Timmy into the well.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 06, 2025

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Just to see him splash!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 06, 2025 04:23 PM (wzUl9)

38 >>>One minute I'm telling my dog, "no, you can't have my bacon." Then he makes this face and I'm making him an omelette to go with it.

Ha ha!

I had to leave my cat (The World's Most Beautiful Cat) with an uncatted relative once, and as I was explaining cat things face-to-face, and the cat was purring happily on my lap, the relative said, "Ew. Do you let it sit on you?" And my heart sank, and yet we continued, and my cat was rapidly winning over the relative, and within hours the relative said, "Do you think [cat's name] would like some warm milk?"

Posted by: m at December 06, 2025 04:23 PM (RuTUS)

39 >>>waiting for the squirrels to come down the trees

Catching a glimpse of St. Francis at the base of the tree!

Posted by: m at December 06, 2025 04:27 PM (RuTUS)

40 Puddleglum, I'm sorry to hear about your co-worker's feline friend. That's the tragedy, that we know their time will be shorter than ours, and they don't -- and we do our best to make that time a happy one.

If I were there, I'd tell your co-worker (though maybe not right away) to remember his buddy as he was, to honor him. Any whitewashing of his memory ("He was *always* a good cat! He never did anything wrong!") would be a disservice to him.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 06, 2025 04:27 PM (wzUl9)

41 I had to leave my cat (The World's Most Beautiful Cat) with an uncatted relative once, and as I was explaining cat things face-to-face, and the cat was purring happily on my lap, the relative said, "Ew. Do you let it sit on you?" And my heart sank, and yet we continued, and my cat was rapidly winning over the relative, and within hours the relative said, "Do you think [cat's name] would like some warm milk?"
Posted by: m at December 06, 2025

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I'v always said that Marie-Antoinette the smart black cat would have converted a cat hater. Big Arizona or Wolf? Probably not. Little Dagny might manage it.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 06, 2025 04:30 PM (wzUl9)

42 >>>Parakeets taking a bath

Looks like more than a pair-a-keets. More than a dozen!

Posted by: m at December 06, 2025 04:33 PM (RuTUS)

43 Our tortie cat charmed a family member who claims to not enjoy animals. Cat just jumped up in the lap of person and dared them to protest. Family member was actually pleased and giggling.. In a contest of strong-willed females, the cat wins.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at December 06, 2025 04:35 PM (6p0Jv)

44 Thanks so much for the many threads, K.T.!

Posted by: m at December 06, 2025 04:35 PM (RuTUS)

45 43 Our tortie cat charmed a family member who claims to not enjoy animals. Cat just jumped up in the lap of person and dared them to protest. Family member was actually pleased and giggling.. In a contest of strong-willed females, the cat wins.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at December 06, 2025 04:35 PM (6p0Jv)

In my case, they were both females of their species, too!

Posted by: m at December 06, 2025 04:41 PM (RuTUS)

46 Was the young Cloris Leachman a cutie?

The immortal words of June Lockhart are "Who do I have to fuck to get off this show?"

Posted by: no one at December 06, 2025 04:44 PM (W7XSX)

47 46 The immortal words of June Lockhart are "Who do I have to fuck to get off this show?"
Posted by: no one at December 06, 2025 04:44 PM (W7XSX)

!!!

Posted by: m at December 06, 2025 04:47 PM (RuTUS)

48 Lost in Space. Irwin Allen had a scene where June and the others were violently tossed is boat on body of water on a strange planet. It was so violent that June was battered and bruised.

Hence, the comment.

Posted by: no one at December 06, 2025 04:49 PM (W7XSX)

49 The immortal words of June Lockhart are "Who do I have to fuck to get off this show?"

Posted by: no one

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And I thought it was spicy when Barbara Billingsley spoke jive in Airplane! Those TV moms had potty mouths.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at December 06, 2025 04:51 PM (6p0Jv)

50 Julie Andrews cursed like a sailor.

Posted by: no one at December 06, 2025 04:53 PM (W7XSX)

51 Your read a script. It off-camera things are completely different.

Posted by: no one at December 06, 2025 04:54 PM (W7XSX)

52 young raccoons are so stinking cute. But then they grow up and become destructive trash pandas.

Posted by: PaleRider at December 06, 2025 05:00 PM (hhkIi)

53 A few times a week, my lawn gets a visit by a flock of white ibises like the one's pictured here:

http://tiny.cc/hn3w001

Posted by: Joe Kidd at December 06, 2025 05:03 PM (nbLIj)

54 We have a communal nest of 4 monk parakeets near our house in Queens. They chose a transformer box. The city seems to leave them alone as the nest has been there for years.
Feral monk parakeets are common.

Posted by: Accomack at December 06, 2025 05:04 PM (8jVAy)

55 My old bloodhound-ish doggeh loved/hated young raccoons. Or old. He did not discriminate. We have memories of him front paws on tree and baying that bay.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at December 06, 2025 05:06 PM (6p0Jv)

56 CME headed our way? 20:39 UTC? Only a couple of places reporting it. Fake?

Posted by: Don in SoCo at December 06, 2025 05:09 PM (vd6bO)

57 We have a communal nest of 4 monk parakeets near our house in Queens. They chose a transformer box. The city seems to leave them alone as the nest has been there for years.
Feral monk parakeets are common.
Posted by: Accomack at December 06, 2025 05:04 PM (8jVAy)

Kentucky Fried Chicken > Queens Fried Parakeet..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at December 06, 2025 05:09 PM (nbLIj)

58 I've heard of those parakeet colonies in TX. They seem to be a city/suburb thing. Have never seen or heard one out in the sticks.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at December 06, 2025 05:12 PM (6p0Jv)

59 My husband never had pets as a child. Our first pet was a male bouvier--120 pounds of dog. My mother-in-law couldn't understand why we bothered.

But she went from that to saying, "Water? That's all you give him?" to sneaking him pieces of her world-famous pizza when she thought we weren't looking.

Posted by: Wenda at December 06, 2025 05:12 PM (PkCdJ)

60 Julie Andrews cursed like a sailor.
Posted by: no one at December 06, 2025 04:53 PM (W7XSX)
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Now I'm picturing the von Trapp family singing bawdy sea shanties.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 06, 2025 05:16 PM (ESVrU)

61 Clearly he was a coonhound Mary. Which brings back memories of listening to Jerry Clower tapes.

Posted by: PaleRider at December 06, 2025 05:16 PM (hhkIi)

62 Clearly he was a coonhound Mary. Which brings back memories of listening to Jerry Clower tapes.

Posted by: PaleRider

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Yep! A Bloodhound/Treeing Walker coonhound mix. I need to send pics for this thread. I haven't had the heart to yet.

LOL on the Jerry Clower. Dad listened to him a lot. He was funny.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at December 06, 2025 05:20 PM (6p0Jv)

63 Parakeets are considered a major ag crop pest and are generally hunted down.
City folk really want to live in a diorama.

Posted by: Accomack at December 06, 2025 05:22 PM (8jVAy)

64 I had no idea parakeets could survive in the wild, let alone do well enough to become a crop pest.

Posted by: PaleRider at December 06, 2025 05:24 PM (hhkIi)

65
I had no idea parakeets could survive in the wild, let alone do well enough to become a crop pest.
Posted by: PaleRider

I've never seen one outside of a cage.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 06, 2025 05:36 PM (pkeXY)

66 59 My husband never had pets as a child. Our first pet was a male bouvier--120 pounds of dog. My mother-in-law couldn't understand why we bothered.

But she went from that to saying, "Water? That's all you give him?" to sneaking him pieces of her world-famous pizza when she thought we weren't looking.
Posted by: Wenda at December 06, 2025 05:12 PM (PkCdJ)

; )

Posted by: m at December 06, 2025 05:44 PM (RuTUS)

67 Thank you, smart Morons!

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at December 06, 2025 05:44 PM (gDlxJ)

68 Like most invasive pests, parakeets probably have no natural predators.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 06, 2025 05:48 PM (zZu0s)

69 67 They're fun, vmom!

Thank you, smart Morons!
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at December 06, 2025 05:44 PM (gDlxJ)

21 Riddles hubby sent (answers are all breeds of dogs) and I need help with these 3:

1 - would sound like a musical instrument if you changed the first vowel sound from long E to long U?

2 - contains somewhere within it the consecutive letters -CHSH-?

3 - is an anagram of SOMEDAY?
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at December 06, 2025 04:01 PM (GhIJO)

Posted by: m at December 06, 2025 05:48 PM (RuTUS)

70
Hobby Thread - December 6, 2025 [TRex]
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Posted by: m at December 06, 2025 05:54 PM (RuTUS)

71 Tillie was quite a beautiful animal. I’m glad you had so many good years with her. I love the picture of Tillie in your backyard! Such a charming oasis I hope you still live there. Wherever you are, the Lord goes with you.

Posted by: BarcelonaCarmen at December 06, 2025 06:46 PM (S3aD9)

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