Ace of Spades Pet Thread, October 8

Courtesy Misanthropic Humanitarian

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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 just enjoy the animals and leave the world of politics outside today. We may need to keep our wits about us just to keep up with some of these critters.

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Panda express...🐶🐾🐼💨😅 pic.twitter.com/CtvvCMyBeI
— 𝕐o̴g̴ (@Yoda4ever) October 5, 2022

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There's always one in every family.. .🐈🐾😅 pic.twitter.com/2oL8cj3RFc
— 𝕐o̴g̴ (@Yoda4ever) September 25, 2022

Meet The PetMorons

This is Maeve. The woman I got her from told me that she was the queen of her house, so in keeping with my Irish roots, I decided to name her Maeve, after a very famous Queen of Connacht.
She is very sweet (until she isn't), but looking at the pic can't you almost hear her saying "We are NOT amused!"?
RobertM

Yes.

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The attached are not my pets but do hang out in my yard.
A couple of these are from last winter but still amusing.
Use them if you think they're good enough.
Winston

Shot #1 is a cat crawling along my fence trying to not touch the snow.
Shot #2 is a yellow headed blackbird
Shot #3 is a neighbor's big gray kittie. Skittish so I have to sneak up on him.
Shot #4 is one of many quail that come for the birdseed.

Oh, so now we know your secret: birdseed. I love the little quail with the little topknot on its little head.

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These are the two newest additions to Shep's. Henk is 9 years old and had to go to the shelter when his owner passed. Hollie is around 10 we think. She has a bad skin condition but we're working on getting her back to normal. She was a stray. Both are super sweet doggies!

Thanks for your great work, Jewells. Both pups look very appreciative.

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I have driven by this farm for several years.....we called it old McDonald's farm as the collection of peacocks, pigs, ducks, geese, dogs cats, etc., made for fun viewing.
A year ago I began to notice that no one was living there....finally found out that the owner had cancer and was being taken care of in a facility.
After a few days I decided to start feeding the cats....at that time there was about 30.
But over this past year the population would come and go.
I stop in several times a week to feed and water.....all are feral, except one that made his way into my van and has become my shop cat.
They are always out to greet me in the mornings I come by.....as seen in this photo.
Tom from Michigan
p.s. They ignore me if I am in a vehicle other than my white van.

Sorry to learn why the cats needed your help. Glad you were there.

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From IP

I'm an S&W and Ruger guy. Imagine my surprise when
my buddy Grayson likes CBD's new P365! ???

Cats can be fickle that way. Heh.

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What great pets and animal stories today. Thank you each and everyone for sharing. We have some season-specific items in the queue, but we are ready for more pet stories.

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 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, October 1. 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 03:20 PM

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1 First?

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenko Solutions at October 08, 2022 03:21 PM (hUvnA)

2 Always great to see the Pet Morons!

I brought Allie into the house last night because of a frost warning. I didn't want her to get too cold in the sunroom. So I fixed up my library a bit and let her stay in there. She had warmth, food, water, and a litter box. And all the reading material she'll need for a lifetime!

Best of all the night passed uneventfully and no one (Penny, Jasmine, or Kaylee) tried to claw their way into the library...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 08, 2022 03:24 PM (K5n5d)

3 As always the pets are gorgeous.

Posted by: That NLurker guy at October 08, 2022 03:26 PM (VdGjU)

4 Purrlock Holmes is cracking me up
Happy Caturday everyone

Posted by: Skip's phone at October 08, 2022 03:26 PM (xhxe8)

5 Yay for Hank and Mollie (and continued prayers for jewells.) I love the name Maeve. The plus-sized grey neighbor cat makes my Reina look svelte but, alas, my ginger girl must stay on her kitteh ‘reducing plan.’

Posted by: LadyS at October 08, 2022 03:27 PM (CS6xB)

6 Hollie, not Mollie. Back to lurking. I mess something up almost every time I comment.

Posted by: LadyS at October 08, 2022 03:28 PM (CS6xB)

7 Neighbor cat whisperer asked me if I had seen the black feral, concerned he has crawled someone to die in private. Rallying a little last week vet sent him home, having run out of tricks. Cat let me pet him for the first time in years, maybe as if to say "goodbye". Sigh. He looked *terrible*.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenko Solutions at October 08, 2022 03:28 PM (hUvnA)

8 My two kittehs are sleeping right now but at about 4:00 or 5:00 the sister kitteh will wake up and yell at me to take her and her brother for a walk. If I ignore her she will just yell louder. I've yet to outlast her.

Posted by: polynikes at October 08, 2022 03:31 PM (/+BsJ)

9 The Kid's rescue cat, Spatula Kitty (100 points for Weird Al reference) has finally figured out Wet Food.
For the longest time she was like, 'What's this? This isn't like what I always got!" Then study it while The Old Cat bolted over and ate it all right in front of her.
So now she's learned to copy the Old One and run when she hears the spoon clank in the can.

Posted by: LenNeal at October 08, 2022 03:33 PM (43xH1)

10 I never noticed it, but it seems this house is full of places for my cat to sleep in the sun. I think it's due to the double hung windows. And, as a bonus, the back door has a glass window, so Fanny can sit and look out at the back yard. It has taken awhile, but the cat is finally settling in.

Jake, the springer, catches crickets, so he's cool with the new place.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 08, 2022 03:33 PM (uz3Px)

11 You would not believe the email I get from cats who read the Gun Thread!

Posted by: Weasel at October 08, 2022 03:34 PM (0IeYL)

12 I said two mornings ago that I was going to keep my spirits up in the face of depressing daily news, by adopting another kitten. Went to the shelter that day and brought home Julius, a nine-week-old black kitten. He is precious, as kittens usually are. Been a long time since I had such a tiny boy.

He will be a good companion to my yuge orange tabby Rufus who is eighteen months. This morning they touched noses and neither of them hissed!

Posted by: skywch at October 08, 2022 03:35 PM (uqhmb)

13 I'd liked to put collars on my cats like Maeve but they wouldn't stand for it. Should have started when they were kittens. I'd love to put a spike collar on the 20lb brother kitteh.

Posted by: polynikes at October 08, 2022 03:36 PM (/+BsJ)

14 Posted by: skywch at October 08, 2022 03:35 PM (uqhmb)

You got the Halloween combo color kittehs.

Posted by: polynikes at October 08, 2022 03:37 PM (/+BsJ)

15 Critters!

Posted by: Duke Lowell at October 08, 2022 03:38 PM (u73oe)

16 Lol, Polynikes, yep. Wish I could catch a pic of them both on my decorated hearth

Posted by: skywch at October 08, 2022 03:39 PM (uqhmb)

17 I routinely miss the gun and book thread because I work almost every weekend. Supermarkets. It's so unusual I have a morning off on Saturday or Sunday it just feels strange.

Posted by: LenNeal at October 08, 2022 03:39 PM (43xH1)

18 You would not believe the email I get from cats who read the Gun Thread!
Posted by: Weasel at October 08, 2022 03:34 PM (0IeYL)

I bet they ask why night vision sights are needed.

Posted by: polynikes at October 08, 2022 03:40 PM (/+BsJ)

19 Kudos to Tom in Michigan for caring for all those kitties! Love all the pics today.

Posted by: skywch at October 08, 2022 03:40 PM (uqhmb)

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I bet they ask why night vision sights are needed.
Posted by: polynikes at October 08, 2022 03:40 PM (/+BsJ)
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And they keep asking about laser sights!

Posted by: Weasel at October 08, 2022 03:41 PM (0IeYL)

21 At the supermarket we once had a hugely fat woman riding around on an electric cart with a teacup Chihuahua stuck in her cleavage, only it's head sticking out. I thought it was a necklace until it yapped! One lady on the shift, animal lover/people hater, was horrified.
"Oh my God, that poor thing will suffocate in that!"

Posted by: LenNeal at October 08, 2022 03:44 PM (43xH1)

22 Some cats don't mind collars. Mine does. If I put a collar on him he will not rest until it's off. Same thing with a leash harness, which he hates, but he can't get it off so he just lays there on the floor looking miserable until I remove it. Forget walking him in it.
It's a drag (rim shot)....

Posted by: gourmand du jour, partly cloudy, clearing in the afternoon at October 08, 2022 03:45 PM (jTmQV)

23 That is a big cat

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 08, 2022 03:47 PM (7NKxb)

24 Well, we got yet another dog so we are at full capacity with 11 now! This one is a chihuahua and wait til you see this sweet boy!!

Only 2 more shifts for me and everything will be on hold. Hopefully for not too long.

Posted by: jewells45 at October 08, 2022 03:50 PM (nxdel)

25 Dash The Russian Blue, the most excellent cat, loved collars and was always very proud of them; except his sister littermate Dot hated collars and would chew them off and chew his off too!

Posted by: LenNeal at October 08, 2022 03:54 PM (43xH1)

26 The Ex was quite the seamstress and once made Dash a little blue Superkitty cape which he LOVED! Until the day he jumped onto the toilet tank, slipped, and fell into the bowl where I couldn't help but pee all over him and his Superkitty cape.
After that he would wear a collar, but not a cape...

Posted by: LenNeal at October 08, 2022 03:57 PM (43xH1)

27 Great looking group of moronimals. Never seen a yellow headed blackbird before.

Posted by: olddog in mo at October 08, 2022 04:04 PM (EThAs)

28 There's always one in every family...

Heh. Good one, KT.

Posted by: olddog in mo at October 08, 2022 04:07 PM (EThAs)

29 Weasel @ 11, our gato negro loves the gun thread.

Posted by: Eromero at October 08, 2022 04:08 PM (/RDPd)

30 The yellow headed blackbird is around here in early spring to early summer. They're quite colorful and I get a few of them. The quail are year round and much smarter than I imagined. They'll post lookouts to warn the ones feeding on the ground about cats and hawks.

The cats belong to neighbors. The snow was 19" deep when he crawled along the fence. It was funny to watch him.

Posted by: Winston, GOPe, not one dime, not one vote at October 08, 2022 04:11 PM (t0O2k)

31 I did have a horrific rescue black cat named Loki, who I inherited from a chick who brought his awful ass with her, then left. He loved money and guns.
If I laid currency out he'd run in and Roll in it like Scrooge McDuck, and if I brought a gun to his party he'd rub his face all over the barrel and action, purring and yowling.
I think, personally, he was some reincarnated drug dealer trapped in a cat body and he wanted vengeance on his enemies.
That cat LOVED guns. Loved them. Cash, too.

Posted by: LenNeal at October 08, 2022 04:12 PM (43xH1)

32 My neighborhood has almost completely turned over. Its gone from only 3 kids under 12 to over a dozen.
They all know Joe. And when we take our noontime walk, he becomes very excited when he sees each one. and very upset when someone doesn't show up. It's like he knows them all.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 08, 2022 04:12 PM (anj39)

33 Maeve does look like she's in charge.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at October 08, 2022 04:12 PM (KFhLj)

34 You would not believe the email I get from cats who read the Gun Thread!
Posted by: Weasel at October 08, 2022 03:34 PM (0IeYL)

The cool cats.
When we're not at the range, we are in the coffee shops snapping our fingers, playing bongos, and wearing cool black berets.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 08, 2022 04:16 PM (anj39)

35 They're all so wonderful. Great pics.

Posted by: m at October 08, 2022 04:18 PM (euHgA)

36 1 First?
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenko Solutions at October 08, 2022 03:21 PM (hUvnA)

It would seem so!

Posted by: m at October 08, 2022 04:19 PM (euHgA)

37 Hollie, not Mollie. Back to lurking. I mess something up almost every time I comment.
Posted by: LadyS

Golly !

Posted by: JT at October 08, 2022 04:20 PM (T4tVD)

38 hiya

Posted by: JT at October 08, 2022 04:21 PM (T4tVD)

39 Diogenes

LOL.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at October 08, 2022 04:26 PM (u82oZ)

40 34 Diogenes

So basically modern misunderstood US Army soldiers.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at October 08, 2022 04:28 PM (u82oZ)

41 12 This morning they touched noses and neither of them hissed!
Posted by: skywch at October 08, 2022 03:35 PM (uqhmb)

; )

Posted by: m at October 08, 2022 04:29 PM (euHgA)

42 Good golly Miss mollie!

Posted by: Eromero at October 08, 2022 04:29 PM (/RDPd)

43 Nice Pets Y'all!...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at October 08, 2022 04:30 PM (R/m4+)

44 Alls I got for pets are the local turkey vultures getting ready to depart for points south, prairie voles, crows, turkeys, and the coyotes that leave scat in the driveway.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at October 08, 2022 04:30 PM (u82oZ)

45 Those are some good dogs, Jewells.

Posted by: m at October 08, 2022 04:33 PM (euHgA)

46 I'm sitting at the pub. I need to head home and tell The Paise I love her.

Posted by: That NLurker guy at October 08, 2022 04:34 PM (VdGjU)

47 I love all the pets! But then I am a much bigger fan of animals than I am people. Maybe I will send in some new pictures of the sort of famous AOS Savannah Cat boys for next week. They are currently watching football and wondering what the heck, UGA!

Posted by: Piper at October 08, 2022 04:34 PM (0GTCG)

48 Saw three different large formations of sandhill cranes flying south for the winter. they were way up there, but I could hear their calls. Very cool.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trailer Trash Adjacent at October 08, 2022 04:35 PM (x8Wzq)

49 >>>She is very sweet (until she isn't)

And she's very beautiful.

Posted by: m at October 08, 2022 04:35 PM (euHgA)

50 That NLurker guy

Can you share what happed with that highly attractive woman you met there recently? I need to update the Excel spreadsheet. It's getting to be a big file, ya stud.

And give Paisley some love from south of you.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at October 08, 2022 04:37 PM (u82oZ)

51 Saw white pelicans and geese heading south last week. No frost -- yet. But getting closer.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at October 08, 2022 04:39 PM (u82oZ)

52 So basically modern misunderstood US Army soldiers.
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at October 08, 2022 04:28 PM (u82oZ)

Pretty much.
Pronouns intact. And don't forget the black turtleneck shirts. Very tactical!
And stand back when the poetry starts to flow.
Imagine Muldoon as a young trooper.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 08, 2022 04:40 PM (anj39)

53 Diogenes

They may not scare an enemy, but that mental picture is scaring me.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at October 08, 2022 04:42 PM (u82oZ)

54 Afternoon, pet people! I napped a little later than I expected, and then spent time lazing there while Stirling the big black kitten curled up next to me and nuzzled and kneading my arm. Presently Dagny the tiny Siberian sprang onto the bed and commenced to groom.

They are okay with each other, I guess. Not wildly happy, not grooming each other or anything. Stirling is the big news: Since his snip he has calmed enormously, so much that I miss the rambunctious kitten he used to be and that I complained about so often! He has gone from 6-month-old hellraiser to 1950s suburban dad in the space of 3 weeks. I've never seen a transformation like it before . . . and, you know, it makes me kind of sad.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, dreaming of Elsewhere at October 08, 2022 04:47 PM (c6xtn)

55 Tom from Michigan

Thank you for helping out. Do you have a logo of free cat food on the side of your white van, or do they recognize your scent?

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at October 08, 2022 04:52 PM (u82oZ)

56 Wolfus, that does sound like a bigger than usual personality switch for Stirling. I've never noticed it much in cats I've had snipped. They had already done little Julius at the shelter, which seemed awfully young.

But it's amazing how quick they do grow up. Rufus was a kitten for a few weeks and then...wasn't. I'm determined to enjoy every minute of Julius. He kneads my arm and tries to suckle, like you said Stirling did.

Posted by: skywch at October 08, 2022 04:53 PM (uqhmb)

57 {{{Jewells45}}}

Prayers continue for you. You have some good news. Keep it up.

And thank you for the update on Shep's. This is so much more heartwarming than a feeder organization for Chinese food. Way to go to you and the other team members.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at October 08, 2022 04:54 PM (u82oZ)

58 OT there are so many overweight Soviets here I could be in Sochi. Golly they love the hot springs.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 08, 2022 04:56 PM (7NKxb)

59 We looked outside the other day and a Mexican vulture (different from the usual variety) was in the street in front of our house. Apparently one of the squirrels had lost a contest with a car, and the bird was cleaning up the remains.

Kinda unusual to see a buzzard in a neighborhood, but these guys don't seem to mind the traffic.

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas at October 08, 2022 04:56 PM (SRRAx)

60 Way to go to you and the other team members.

They are amazing bunch.

Posted by: jewells45 at October 08, 2022 04:57 PM (nxdel)

61 Wolfus, that does sound like a bigger than usual personality switch for Stirling. I've never noticed it much in cats I've had snipped. They had already done little Julius at the shelter, which seemed awfully young.

But it's amazing how quick they do grow up. Rufus was a kitten for a few weeks and then...wasn't. I'm determined to enjoy every minute of Julius. He kneads my arm and tries to suckle, like you said Stirling did.
Posted by: skywch at October 08, 2022

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Stirling's claws pricking my arm feels like that pinch or mild sting you get when they draw blood from you. Fortunately he has not done that.

Should I worry about him and the relatively quick change? He eats and uses the box, but he seems less inclined to play with me. He and Dagny were chasing each other for a while. I certainly am giving him no less attention than I do the little girl. But maybe he feels neglected? I may send her over to Miss Linda's tonight and see if he perks up.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, dreaming of Elsewhere at October 08, 2022 04:57 PM (c6xtn)

62 He has gone from 6-month-old hellraiser to 1950s suburban dad in the space of 3 weeks. I've never seen a transformation like it before . . . and, you know, it makes me kind of sad.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, dreaming of Elsewhere at October 08, 2022 04:47 PM (c6xtn)
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You said he was "evil" literally every day for months!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 08, 2022 04:58 PM (7NKxb)

63 SanFranpsycho I'm headed to The Balkans in 2 weeks, we can compare Russians

Posted by: LenNeal at October 08, 2022 04:59 PM (b5ENh)

64 He has gone from 6-month-old hellraiser to 1950s suburban dad in the space of 3 weeks. I've never seen a transformation like it before . . . and, you know, it makes me kind of sad.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, dreaming of Elsewhere at October 08, 2022
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You said he was "evil" literally every day for months!
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 08, 2022

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I know. I freely admit it! It makes no sense, but there it is.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, dreaming of Elsewhere at October 08, 2022 04:59 PM (c6xtn)

65 Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas

Every once in a while you see a flattened turkey vulture on a nearby main road with a 65 mph limit. I have not seen the birds drag even a light road kill to the side for uninterrupted eating. Which is a good thing.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at October 08, 2022 05:00 PM (u82oZ)

66 Great looking moronanimals!
The pet thread makes me smile.

Posted by: redridinghood at October 08, 2022 05:01 PM (NpAcC)

67 Re: Stirling, could be the combo of the snip and Dagny. He's just gone through a life change, like kids turn into teenagers. Rufus seems a lot older to me than he did two days ago before I got Julius, so I understand the sadness!

As long as you give him consistent attention, nothing to worry about, IMHO.

Posted by: skywch at October 08, 2022 05:02 PM (uqhmb)

68 HOBBY NOOD

Posted by: Skip nood advisor at October 08, 2022 05:02 PM (xhxe8)

69 Re: Stirling, could be the combo of the snip and Dagny. He's just gone through a life change, like kids turn into teenagers. Rufus seems a lot older to me than he did two days ago before I got Julius, so I understand the sadness!

As long as you give him consistent attention, nothing to worry about, IMHO.
Posted by: skywch at October 08, 2022

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I still call him into the bed, sit up, and let him nuzzle and knead me. He does it less, but he hasn't stopped completely.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, dreaming of Elsewhere at October 08, 2022 05:04 PM (c6xtn)

70 Hollie, not Mollie. Back to lurking. I mess something up almost every time I comment.
Posted by: LadyS at October 08, 2022 03:28 PM

*waves to LadyS*

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 08, 2022 05:04 PM (V3Jhv)

71 San Franpsycho

Reminds me of eyeball liberty with the 30 power Big Eyes in Napoli. Scoping out the upper class Soviet women on Soviet cruise liners. Not that appealing, even with a month or two at sea.

Compare and contrast with the Italian women in Milano. La Bella Figura.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at October 08, 2022 05:04 PM (u82oZ)

72 Wolfus Aurelius @ 54-
YOU are sad?!? What about Stirling? He's the one got snipped.

Posted by: Eromero at October 08, 2022 05:06 PM (/RDPd)

73 Can you share what happed with that highly attractive woman you met there recently? I need to update the Excel spreadsheet. It's getting to be a big file, ya stud.

And give Paisley some love from south of you.
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at October 08, 2022 04:37 PM (u82oZ)

Well there was a very hot 35 year old divorcee.

Posted by: That NLurker guy at October 08, 2022 05:07 PM (VdGjU)

74 Wolfus Aurelius @ 54-
YOU are sad?!? What about Stirling? He's the one got snipped.
Posted by: Eromero at October 08, 2022

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True. Of course he never got a chance to use his wedding tackle, so he doesn't know what he missed. (Though he must have had some idea of what to do; he was trying to mount Dagny for the first week or so after his operation.) I wish I hadn't had to do it, and if I hadn't adopted a female, I'd have let him go a little longer.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, dreaming of Elsewhere at October 08, 2022 05:08 PM (c6xtn)

75 Wolfus Aurelius, lets just call Stirling one of the Unsullied. Is he named after the silver or the Canadian truck line? We know where Dagny got her name.

Posted by: Eromero at October 08, 2022 05:12 PM (/RDPd)

76 We have only black vultures out here and occasionally one or two perch on our chimney cap. Our Luna HATES them and will bark continuously at them until they fly away--or until I come out and manage to chase them away.

Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at October 08, 2022 05:16 PM (fTtFy)

77 Wolfus Aurelius, lets just call Stirling one of the Unsullied. Is he named after the silver or the Canadian truck line? We know where Dagny got her name.
Posted by: Eromero at October 08, 2022

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Actually, neither. HIs name came from Stirling Moss, the famous British race car driver of the 1950s, and from a Scottish brand of pipe tobacco which I've never tried!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, dreaming of Elsewhere at October 08, 2022 05:24 PM (c6xtn)

78
Damn, my allergies have just blown up this afternoon. Nose is running like a tap.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 08, 2022 06:39 PM (1Nxff)

79 I had two young kittens. Neutered the male when he began spraying, the female, a Siamese, when she went into heat, nonstop wailing.

Posted by: perverseincentives at October 08, 2022 07:31 PM (2zl4P)

80 71. Waves back to you, RMBS! I hope your flight has been good and that youngreatly enjoy the vacation!

Posted by: LadyS at October 08, 2022 07:53 PM (CS6xB)

81 See, I messed that up too (80).
Wolfus, if you’re still reading this- I’m sorry if this offends, as I know you’re a cat lover who does a good job with kitties. Stirling has become a “suburban dad” because you had him neutered very, very young (as you were advised to do) and because he’s strictly an indoor cat. I understand your circumstances. Not criticizing your decision. But these 2 factors change behavior. There’s no use longing for behavior/characteristics that have been closed off for Stirling. Vets…advise things for certain reasons, and you have certain constraints. None of this is unusual. I hope he and Dagny, and you, will be as happy as can be.

Posted by: LadyS at October 08, 2022 08:05 PM (CS6xB)

82 Wonderful pet thread today. Love the pictures and stories!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 08, 2022 08:35 PM (RHkDp)

83 Hollie, not Mollie. Back to lurking. I mess something up almost every time I comment.
Posted by: LadyS
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Only one thing? I generally aim for several. Keep posting!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 08, 2022 08:38 PM (RHkDp)

84 83. Thanks, Huck! You know how it is. Perfectionism is a vice but forgiving typos/haste is a necessity on sites with no edit function. We will never forgive autocorrect, though, amiright?!

Posted by: LadyS at October 08, 2022 09:37 PM (CS6xB)

85 Oh, Wolfus, I'm sorry for your sorrow. I've been disturbed since reading about Stirling. Sad. I adopted my current cat when he was an adult. Good-natured, phlegmatic. I thought that was just his temperament. Now I'm wondering if he was neutered too young.

Words fail me.

Posted by: perverseincentives at October 10, 2022 08:43 PM (2zl4P)

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