Ace of Spades Pet Thread, March 30

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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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A bird that enjoys golf courses for a particular reason:

This bird has just discovered that golf balls bounce on concrete and he's absolutely loving it 😂 pic.twitter.com/8mqYGJR1jL
— Nature is Amazing ☘️ (@AMAZlNGNATURE) March 26, 2024

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If you had a problem with parrots swearing at guests visiting your wildlife park, should you put them in with other parrots to "dilute" the swearing?

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Meet The PetMorons

From Jewells:

This is Roxy and Sox a bonded pair but not siblings. They've been together for 10 years. Hoping to adopt them out as a pair.

They look like siblings, and great dogs.

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Several years ago you helped heal my loss of Beavis, who had to me put down at a very young age due to degenerative spinal issues.
However, I'm still surrounded by critters, and a new wife who brings her own critter to the fold.
First photo is of Colorful Wife (you can't see her multitude of beautiful tattoos) being photobombed by Zim. He has multiple personalities. Here, he's cute. At other times he's a real terror to the other pets
Grrrrr, Zim's petite and quiet sister on her favorite napping spot.
Monster: Wife and I suspect he may be a Norwegian Forest Cat or similar due to his attitude and build. He was abandoned in a campground I lived at and adopted from there.
And finally, Princess. Not being a spazz at the moment. Instant pet, she's the Wife's "familiar".
And closing the loop, some of the local wild horses/mustangs of Northern Nevada in the neighborhood.
As always, thanks for posting
Thanks much for supporting the Pet Morons.
Daily reader/lurker Wandering Neurons

An amazing PetMoron family! Full of different personalities. Congratulations on the New Wife and new pets. Nice to see the horses, too!

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Hello, KT,
Attached are two recent pics of Stirling, once known as the Evil Black Kitten of War and Pestilence, emerging from his carrier at his most recent vet visit (and looking like "Somebody's gonna PAY for this!"). Which was not how he reacted at all; he was adaptable and easygoing even with the vet and her technician. The second shot is of him relaxing on my couch, in fact in my seat on the couch, at home.
The other two are of Dagny Sophia, La Siberienne (aka The Forest Feral), on her second birthday, March 26. This kitten has really filled out and become more impressive in the year and half since I adopted her! It's hard to get a good shot of her, Miss Linda says, because if you say her name to get her to look at you, she often gets up and comes over within petting range. Thus spoiling the shot. She may grow and fill out a bit more; conventional wisdom says Siberians don't reach their full growth until they are five.
Keep up the great work with the Pet Thread!
Wolfus Aurelius

What great cats!

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Our beloved outdoor cat Oreo has crossed the rainbow bridge. An inflamed severe bladder obstruction that was too painful and dangerous for him and too costly for us to fix.
A work colleague rescued him in 2013 when she heard a little meow from behind a plant. She picked him and brought him to work. I told her my next door neighbor had recently lost her beloved cat Beebers and that he was perfect for her. Unfortunately, Oreo turned out to be a little too rambunctious for the indoors. He was quickly named "El Diablo" by her. He was neutered and then led him out into my neighbors yard. He lived there and with us in our yard. With the exception of two excursions away from us where he returned with big wounds turned into abscesses from obvious fights, he never left our yards. She fed him outside everyday and every evening, and I gave him treats every day. He was a very loyal cat.
We had 11 great years with him! We miss you buddy!
George, Terry, and Karen

So sorry that you have lost sweet Oreo. He looks like a great cat.

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Thank you for sharing your pets with us.

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

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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, March 23

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 03:42 PM

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1 Happy Caturday everyone

Posted by: Skip at March 30, 2024 03:44 PM (fwDg9)

2 Out on the patio with kitty, who is sitting in a box and watching the birds.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at March 30, 2024 03:47 PM (llON8)

3 another gorgeous crew of 4-ledded Morons!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying to us for decades at March 30, 2024 03:48 PM (PFYt9)

4 hiya

Posted by: JT at March 30, 2024 03:48 PM (T4tVD)

5 umm, 4-legged ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying to us for decades at March 30, 2024 03:48 PM (PFYt9)

6 I got a question for you "pet people". Why do cats love to drink from puddles after a rainstorm? Mine does this while seldom touching water I put out for him. Puddle to puddle, like for an hour. I've seen other cats do this too.

Posted by: From about That Time at March 30, 2024 03:49 PM (4780s)

7 Why didn't we "dilute" covid the same way?

Model-Rival behavior will guarantee more cursing parrots.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle to maintain Moron standards at March 30, 2024 03:49 PM (LSgdX)

8 Taking a break from yard work. I can throw a peanut anywhere in this room and Bruno will find it in seconds.

Posted by: fd at March 30, 2024 03:50 PM (vFG9F)

9 "I got a question for you "pet people". Why do cats love to drink from puddles after a rainstorm?"

Dogs too. I figure it tastes better.

Posted by: fd at March 30, 2024 03:51 PM (vFG9F)

10 Right now is "nap time" for most of the kitties.

Turns out it's a good time for me to do chores, as they are less inclined to ~~interfere~~ "help".

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 30, 2024 03:52 PM (BpYfr)

11 Meow

Posted by: Puddleglum, drive by meow at March 30, 2024 03:53 PM (sAmhv)

12 Another great AoSPT! Thanks so much for all the work that goes into these Saturday afternoon treats.

Posted by: Eternity Matters at March 30, 2024 03:53 PM (MTm8X)

13 So, Red legged seriema story... in my youth I worked at Walt Disney world, I was on the opening crew of the Animal Kingdom.
In dinoland they had a seriama and decided they'd set up a hot dog cart just outside the enclosure.
Well the big deal with the animal kingdom at the time was the enclosures were designed to not look like cages... supposed to use natural looking barriers, yadda yadda... well, not all of them worked. And red legged seriemas are meat eaters.
I saw the old girl snatch a hotdog right away from a guest, and slam it down on a rock before eating it.
I still laugh about that... and the colobus monkeys ransacking a restaurant kitchen...

Posted by: Inogame at March 30, 2024 03:54 PM (KCCqb)

14 'Readers add context' post following the bird golfing was a killjoy.

Nerds.

Posted by: Puddleglum, drive by meow at March 30, 2024 03:55 PM (sAmhv)

15 I think I read about a zoo in the UK took in a couple of cursing parrots and shortly thereafter had a whole cage full of cursing parrots.
I think it drove up attendance.

Posted by: From about That Time at March 30, 2024 03:56 PM (4780s)

16 Afternoon, folk,

I'm pleased Stirling and Dagny made the Thread! Most of you were in the audience, so to speak, when I adopted each of them and during their Crazy Kitten phases, so I thought it might be nice for you to see how they are coming along.

Both were sleeping with me just now. Stirling I usually find on the bed every morning when I wake up. Dagny not so much . . . but this afternoon as I lay down with the black one, I called Dagny, expecting nothing, and was astonished when she trotted in, leaped up, and settled against me.

Darnedest thing how they can surprise you.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 30, 2024 03:56 PM (omVj0)

17 Nice Pets Y'all!...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at March 30, 2024 03:56 PM (R/m4+)

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Model-Rival behavior will guarantee more cursing parrots.
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty

That's my bet as well!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 30, 2024 03:56 PM (DAb3/)

19 It's been another week of life with Mr Trouble. I've had a lot of cats but he is so different. He knows the weather of course, so he comes in when it gets stormy. And like most cats, he is not happy when he wants out and there is snow on the ground. So he grumbles. The odd part is that he goes back and eats, maybe gets some pets and will try again. Sometimes he'll try the front door in case the weather is better there. No change, so back to eat. He usually does this three times. Then, he asks to go out and exits, grumbling the whole time. If it's cold, he might come back inside in a couple of hours.

With nicer weather, he comes in about 4:30 and sleeps till I get up at 7. The other morning, it really warmed up and was 50 when he went out. He was so shocked he didn't even look back. He is entertaining if nothing else.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at March 30, 2024 03:56 PM (yeEu9)

20 I need to buy new poodle clippers - these have been dropped 2 many times and the blade won't clip on properly. Plus it's7years old.
Anyone got a favorite kind?

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at March 30, 2024 03:57 PM (TirNb)

21 Oh -- I didn't see the adult pics of Oreo the outdoor lover!
He was a handsome beast. Amazing that, living outdoors, he had such a long life.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 30, 2024 03:59 PM (omVj0)

22 Having wild horses roaming your neighborhood is fine and everything. There is the mess to consider though. That's a lot of horse poop to clean up.

Posted by: Puddleglum, drive by meow at March 30, 2024 03:59 PM (sAmhv)

23 >>> 22 Having wild horses roaming your neighborhood is fine and everything. There is the mess to consider though. That's a lot of horse poop to clean up.
Posted by: Puddleglum, drive by meow at March 30, 2024 03:59 PM (sAmhv)

Free fertilizer!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at March 30, 2024 04:00 PM (llON8)

24 Pretty kittuh's, Wolfus.

Posted by: Puddleglum, drive by meow at March 30, 2024 04:01 PM (sAmhv)

25 I think they like the taste of rainwater. No chemicals in it.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at March 30, 2024 04:01 PM (yeEu9)

26 I'm staying with a guy who has two dogs--a lapponian herder and a cross-eyed husky. It's a learning experience for Paisley.

Posted by: Northernlurker at March 30, 2024 04:02 PM (72W6e)

27 Wolfus, I had some formatting problems earlier. I added the adult photos of Oreo late. Charming kitten, lovely cat.

Posted by: KT at March 30, 2024 04:02 PM (rrtZS)

28 Why do cats love to drink from puddles after a rainstorm? Mine does this while seldom touching water I put out for him. Puddle to puddle, like for an hour. I've seen other cats do this too.
Posted by: From about That Time at March 30, 2024

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There is probably some instinct left over from their wild ancestor, the Libyan wildcat, that tells them, "Drink while you can. This puddle will be gone in an hour." Ditto for running streams.

My two, the previous pair, and others of my cats have always loved drinking from the tap when they could. These two now make a point of leaping up onto the bathroom counter by the sink when I first get up, waiting for me to turn it on, and Stirling chirps and paws lightly at my shoulder to remind me. They have their own pet fountain in the kitchen, and they use it; but they love the tap stream just as much.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 30, 2024 04:04 PM (omVj0)

29 Wonder how long it takes a Red-Legged Seriema to soften up a golf ball?

Posted by: KT at March 30, 2024 04:04 PM (rrtZS)

30 Yayy pet thread. All the glorious critters!

Daisy the exuberant Malinois seems smarter all the time. Been trying to get her to not go out in the pasture and "herd" the cattle. Hard instincts to fight.

A few days ago, she went out, no leash, no training collar. Stood on the front porch a minute, surveying the yard, then bolted toward the pasture. Oh no, I thought.

But, she ran up to the wall that separates the pasture from the living area and began running back and forth, barking, but stayed on the right side of the wall! She'd jump up and look over and bark, run a ways, repeat. Some of the cattle played along, going back and forth with her.

She soon ran back to me. That I deemed to be a very good doggie.

Posted by: mindful webworker - click me at March 30, 2024 04:05 PM (YdVca)

31 Good afternoon, horde! Dog food is done, and these lucky boys eat for another week.

Re: rainwater, cats and dogs like fresh water, and it's even better if it's moving water. It's why they like fountains and toilets.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at March 30, 2024 04:05 PM (OX9vb)

32 My brother and sister kittehs turn 6 years old on April 4th. I really glad I decided to adopt these guys from one of my worker’s stray cats she fed.

Posted by: polynikes at March 30, 2024 04:06 PM (MNhXM)

33 Wolfus Stirling and Dagny are teh kewt

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 30, 2024 04:06 PM (RIvkX)

34 It's been another week of life with Mr Trouble. I've had a lot of cats but he is so different. He knows the weather of course, so he comes in when it gets stormy. And like most cats, he is not happy when he wants out and there is snow on the ground. So he grumbles. The odd part is that he goes back and eats, maybe gets some pets and will try again. Sometimes he'll try the front door in case the weather is better there. No change, so back to eat. He usually does this three times. Then, he asks to go out and exits, grumbling the whole time. If it's cold, he might come back inside in a couple of hours.

With nicer weather, he comes in about 4:30 and sleeps till I get up at 7. The other morning, it really warmed up and was 50 when he went out. He was so shocked he didn't even look back. He is entertaining if nothing else.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at March 30, 2024

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A cat after my own heart!

Posted by: Pete the Cat in Heinlein's Door into Summer at March 30, 2024 04:06 PM (omVj0)

35 Roxy and Sox are cute. Glad they have each other, I'm sure it makes shelter and foster life much easier. Hope they get adopted together.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at March 30, 2024 04:07 PM (OX9vb)

36 Thanks for the Pet Thread, KT.

Great looking group of Moronimals.

Posted by: olddog in mo at March 30, 2024 04:12 PM (ju2Fy)

37 Wandering Neurons, you have quite the remuda of cats as well as of horses there.

I've always thought the buckskin (?) in the foreground was one of the handsomest color combos for horses. Palominos are beautiful, but kind of theatrical; you expect to see them in a parade or in a Wild West show. A buckskin, with pale hide and black mane and tail, is dramatic too and handsome, but more of a working horse. This idea of mine may come from early TV Westerns. I think Paladin rode one, and I believe Dale Evans's horse, Buttermilk, was a buckskin.

Posted by: Pete the Cat in Heinlein's Door into Summer at March 30, 2024 04:14 PM (omVj0)

38 Wolfus Stirling and Dagny are teh kewt
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 30, 2024

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Never more so than when they lie side by side and groom each other. I saw them doing that just now -- Stirling had moved over after I got up and was licking Dagny's neck, and she was grooming one of his forelegs.

Posted by: Pete the Cat in Heinlein's Door into Summer at March 30, 2024 04:16 PM (omVj0)

39 Della was at the vet for a sanitary shave. As always, she provided a stool sample en route.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at March 30, 2024 04:18 PM (w6EFb)

40 Having wild horses roaming your neighborhood is fine and everything. There is the mess to consider though. That's a lot of horse poop to clean up.
Posted by: Puddleglum, drive by meow at March 30, 2024
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Free fertilizer!
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at March 30, 2024

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HH, you are clearly an eternal optimist.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 30, 2024 04:18 PM (omVj0)

41 I suspect he was raised inside at one point and maybe dumped. He's too affectionate to be feral. And he is so happy to get to just come inside or claim the yard as his. Of course, Fanny is not on board with any claims to inside so I keep them apart. They agree to just ignore each other.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at March 30, 2024 04:19 PM (yeEu9)

42 Windy out thar.

I was gonna sit out there and read, but I fear the wind will blow the print off the pages.

Posted by: JT at March 30, 2024 04:20 PM (T4tVD)

43 I got a question for you "pet people". Why do cats love to drink from puddles after a rainstorm? Mine does this while seldom touching water I put out for him. Puddle to puddle, like for an hour. I've seen other cats do this too.

Posted by: From about That Time at March 30, 2024 03:49 PM (4780s)

WILD WATER IS THE BEST WATER!!

Posted by: the cats at March 30, 2024 04:21 PM (w6EFb)

44 Love Wandering Neurons' descriptions of those cats, dogs and horses.

Posted by: KT at March 30, 2024 04:21 PM (rrtZS)

45 they love the tap stream just as much.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 30, 2024 04:04
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Huck, our first cat loved the tap stream. Of the 2 now, Bella loves it and Betty won't have anything to do with it.

Posted by: olddog in mo at March 30, 2024 04:21 PM (ju2Fy)

46 I was gonna sit out there and read, but I fear the wind will blow the print off the pages.
Posted by: JT at March 30, 2024 04:20 PM (T4tVD)
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That would make for an awkward Book Thread...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 30, 2024 04:22 PM (BpYfr)

47 I don't think I've ever lived with a pair of cats who were bonded to each other, at least not to the point that one would miss the other when he was gone. My mother did tell me that, after I left home, when our red tabby Rusty passed on, L'il Bit the dilute calico -- age four, who had lived with R. almost her whole life -- spent most of the first day trotting around the apartment and calling. Not something she normally did, either.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 30, 2024 04:22 PM (omVj0)

48 Roxy and Sox are good boys!

Posted by: m at March 30, 2024 04:23 PM (o3SCB)

49 My cats have a couple of those drinking fountains, which they do like. Well, some of them do (Kaylee, Jasmine, and Allie). Penny and Hexie are pretty indifferent, though Penny does like to watch me when I brush my teeth and let the water run. She seems to like the odor of mint toothpaste.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 30, 2024 04:23 PM (BpYfr)

50 Although out of the 3, Betty is only one that loves her daily bowl of half and half.

Posted by: olddog in mo at March 30, 2024 04:24 PM (ju2Fy)

51 Huck, our first cat loved the tap stream. Of the 2 now, Bella loves it and Betty won't have anything to do with it.
Posted by: olddog in mo at March 30, 2024

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I bought the pet fountain for Chekov and Wolf some years ago. Chekov took right to it. Big black longhair Wolf was disturbed, I suspect, by the odd noise it made, and wouldn't drink from it. I still provided him his fresh water in a bowl twice a day. And he drank from the tap when he could.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 30, 2024 04:24 PM (omVj0)

52 OT, but not controversial: If any of you plan to shop at Aldi this weekend, if you have one, be advised it's closed tomorrow for Easter Sunday.

Okay, go on with what you were doing.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 30, 2024 04:26 PM (omVj0)

53 She soon ran back to me. That I deemed to be a very good doggie.

Posted by: mindful webworker - click me at March 30, 2024 04:05 PM (YdVca)

I think she'll be happiest if she can stay out there with the cattle. You can't fight what's been bred into her.

Posted by: the cats at March 30, 2024 04:26 PM (w6EFb)

54 ooops. off with cat sock!

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at March 30, 2024 04:27 PM (w6EFb)

55 That dog in the laundry photo is just precious.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at March 30, 2024 04:27 PM (w6EFb)

56 Such sweet fur friends today. All of them.

Wolfus, thank you for sending updated pics of Dagney and Sterling. They are beautiful creatures.

Lucy the Fink continues to alternate between being a Fink, singing the song of her people at 3am and being a sweet snuggle princess. She is not yet shedding her thick winter coat, so despite the slightly warmer temps into the upper 50s, I don't think it will get consistently into the lower 60s for a few more weeks.

She is now in her window hammock observing the birds and folks walking by with their dogs to the beach.

Posted by: nurse ratched at March 30, 2024 04:28 PM (LiD+O)

57 Roxy and Sox are good boys!
Posted by: m at March 30, 2024 04:23
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Look mischievous.

Posted by: olddog in mo at March 30, 2024 04:29 PM (ju2Fy)

58 Lucy the Fink continues to alternate between being a Fink, singing the song of her people at 3am and being a sweet snuggle princess. She is not yet shedding her thick winter coat, so despite the slightly warmer temps into the upper 50s, I don't think it will get consistently into the lower 60s for a few more weeks.

She is now in her window hammock observing the birds and folks walking by with their dogs to the beach.
Posted by: nurse ratched at March 30, 2024

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Nurse, I know you've described what Lucy looks like, and you sent a pic of her in her hammock to an earlier Pet Thread. Somehow, though, my mind persists in picturing her as pure white like Miss Linda's late Annabelle.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 30, 2024 04:30 PM (omVj0)

59 Critters!

Posted by: Duke Lowell at March 30, 2024 04:32 PM (u73oe)

60 Our cats dig the water fountain I got for them. Purry licks the "bubbler" in the center, but Jake always drinks from the right hand corner. I have no idea why.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at March 30, 2024 04:32 PM (w6EFb)

61 Had a dream last night my Manx boy Ra Ra came back a bit wounded and he immediately started tag teaming with new boy Pip a squirrel.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 30, 2024 04:33 PM (x2qcd)

62 25 I think they like the taste of rainwater. No chemicals in it.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at March 30, 2024 04:01 PM (yeEu9)
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I know what you mean.
Technically incorrect as that water will have leached out lots of chemical compounds from the soil. Maybe they like the flavor imparted by humus and the absence of chlorine, detergent, etc.

Posted by: Ciampino - love all the kitties today at March 30, 2024 04:33 PM (qfLjt)

63 47 I don't think I've ever lived with a pair of cats who were bonded to each other, at least not to the point that one would miss the other when he was gone. My mother did tell me that, after I left home, when our red tabby Rusty passed on, L'il Bit the dilute calico -- age four, who had lived with R. almost her whole life -- spent most of the first day trotting around the apartment and calling. Not something she normally did, either.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

My sisters male kittuh, Casper, died suddenly a few years ago. He was 16 or so. She had another kittuh, Laura, was his sister. Same litter so they grew up together. The day he died, she freaked out (cats can have heart attacks apparently). She sniffed Casper first, then ran upstairs and hid under the bed. Stayed under it for a day or so. Very traumatized kittuh. Wouldn't leave my sisters side for a week+. Laura got over, eventually. It was sad though and interesting behavior.

Posted by: Puddleglum, drive by meow at March 30, 2024 04:34 PM (sAmhv)

64 Wolfus,
My very first kitty was pure white, save a little grey teardrop on her forehead. I had her for 4 years or so when she suddenly disappeared during a rather violent thunderstorm.

Never saw her again. Her name was Kilona. She was a very sweet cat and would lay on my very pregnant belly and purr to the baby. After he was born, she loved curling next to him while he napped with me.

Posted by: nurse ratched at March 30, 2024 04:37 PM (LiD+O)

65 I took (Publius') Mama p to the house this week. She hadn't been there since Feb 20, when she fell and hit her head. I promised her that she could visit anytime. There's plenty for me to do, what with getting clothes together for Goodwill, while she naps in her rocker.

I suggested that she play the piano for a bit, and she wondered if she could remember how. She did, of course, but didn't get to play for long. Jake, who demanded to be let in because HE hadn't been there since Feb 20 either, had planted himself on the couch in the living room. He will not tolerate computer video or piano playing. He jumped onto the piano bench next to her and placed his head on the keys by her right hand.

This shows you how much she's recovered from her stroke.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at March 30, 2024 04:39 PM (w6EFb)

66 I had a water fountain for my kittehs but I got tired of cleaning it. Now I have 4 plastic containers spread around the house. The one in the master bathroom must be emptied and filled with clean water every morning by order of the brother kitteh.

Posted by: polynikes at March 30, 2024 04:44 PM (MNhXM)

67 Love that top photo and the petmorons. Hope Jewells' bonded pair can be adopted together, especially if they have been together all their lives. Our three toy poodles were siblings, never apart, and as the Reaper started to take them, at 14, 16 and 18 years, the survivors had a period of looking and loss for the one gone.

Posted by: JTB at March 30, 2024 04:44 PM (zudum)

68 We have 2 of those gravity replenishing water bowls for the cats. They love it after we change the water and watch the bubbles in the "tank" as the bowl fills up.

Looks like this: https://is.gd/pZ8vYN

Posted by: olddog in mo at March 30, 2024 04:49 PM (ju2Fy)

69 Our 2 cats were sisters so they came together. They had 2 episodes they had to be separated, actually one Sugar somehow became deathly afraid her sister was out to hurt her. But they use to cuddle up most of their lives and watched out for each other. Like if one accidentally got locked in a room or something.

Posted by: Skip at March 30, 2024 04:49 PM (fwDg9)

70 Dawgs!

I vicariously live through other pet owners. One of my favorite things on YouTube are various videos of basset hounds. Hunting machines, and massive goofballs.

My oldest sister had one. One thing I remember well was going to a gumball machine she had in her home and buying a gumball. The hound folowed me there, wagging her tail 100 mph. I told her to go away, she couldn't have gumballs. My sis said "She can have a gumball." I'm thinking "A dog? A gumball?" But I went ahead and bought one for her, and she took it, and she sucked on it until it was fully dissolved. For sometime afterwards, she ran around with a blue tongue, happy as can be. (Oh yeah, and I have seldom run into more fierce tug of war opponents than that one hound.)

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at March 30, 2024 04:52 PM (8sMut)

71 Precious the rescue Bichon gave us a surprise this week. She has never taken food or treats from our hands, we have to put it on the floor or in her food bowl. We assume her first owner caused this behavior. On a whim, Mrs. JTB offered her a piece of Kraft Singles cheese. One sniff and she took it right from her fingers. We were intrigued and a full slice later we were convinced. I tried it the next day and she repeated with enthusiasm. But she hasn't extended this to anything else so far. With pets you never know.

Posted by: JTB at March 30, 2024 04:53 PM (zudum)

72 Sadly I have learned that Joe, my little 15 year old terrier mix has cancer. Won't get the final results until next week but the vet was prepping me for the bad news.
Not sure what that means from here on.
Any Horde advice?

Posted by: Diogenes at March 30, 2024 04:53 PM (W/lyH)

73 But they use to cuddle up most of their lives and watched out for each other. Like if one accidentally got locked in a room or something.
Posted by: Skip at March 30, 2024

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My two do this. Both love to dash into a closet when I open the door, and sometimes when I'm in a hurry I neglect to check for them being there. After a while I become aware that one of them is lying outside the closet door, or pawing at the crack at the bottom. Almost invariably, when I open the door, out bounces the other cat.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 30, 2024 04:55 PM (omVj0)

74 Diogenes,
Joe will let you know when life is no longer worth living. Please don't have him suffer through painful interventions.

Give him all the treats and all the love and walkies he wants. And ear rubs.

And don't forget the belly.

Posted by: nurse ratched at March 30, 2024 04:56 PM (C9oTe)

75 Greetings pet lovers! A wonderful assortment of pets, as per usual. Locally, I got a chuckle out of this honest to gosh headline "Wildlife authorities investigate reports of a mountain lion in South San Francisco" (not far from me).
A security cam picked up what residents reported was a cougar walking along a fence. Further investigation revealed that the fence slats were 4 inches wide and the animal encompassed 3 of them, making it a one foot long ordinary house cat.

Posted by: gourmand du jour put on a happy face! at March 30, 2024 04:57 PM (MeG8a)

76 You can try prednisone to keep inflammation down. You can try Esiac tea or maybe ivermectin. It depends on how agressive the cancer is. The one Gary had was a 10% survival rate. With an older dog, you don't want to do surgery.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at March 30, 2024 04:59 PM (yeEu9)

77 Nurse,
Yeah, he loves the belly rubs and is always convinced that they end too soon. Doing bucket list stuff for him but of course he just thinks its another fun day.
And no, no lingering interventions.

Posted by: Diogenes at March 30, 2024 04:59 PM (W/lyH)

78 Diogenes,
Joe will let you know when life is no longer worth living. Please don't have him suffer through painful interventions.

Give him all the treats and all the love and walkies he wants. And ear rubs.

And don't forget the belly.
Posted by: nurse ratched at March 30, 2024 04:56 PM (C9oTe)

Exactly what I was going to say. So ditto.

Posted by: polynikes at March 30, 2024 04:59 PM (MNhXM)

79 Sorry to hear that, Diogenes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at March 30, 2024 05:02 PM (ju2Fy)

80 The babies are at least double their birth size, chubby little things. They are walking around now and keeping Mom more busy fetching them.

Ciampino's Rescue Kitties

Still accepting donations towards the unkindest cut of all

There are photos at #243 at the link.
Take a look if interested. Make sure to click on
"See Older Updates" as well if it's your first time.

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ALSO LIVE STREAMING!! - Now most nights as well

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Posted by: Ciampino - love all the kitties today! at March 30, 2024 05:03 PM (qfLjt)

81 Our Lily is a 4 year old Corgi, and for two days straight played with our adolescent grandkids at the swimming pool in our screened lanai. Nonstop running and stopping, reversing, back and forth, wearing out her little foot pads on the concrete pavers.

Last night after the kids left for home up north, she could hardly walk. Poor little feet scrubbed raw.

She is quietly recovering and we hope she gets back to her perky self soon.

Posted by: Mr Gaga at March 30, 2024 05:06 PM (KiBMU)

82 Of course we do have actual wildlife that poses threats to pets, like coyotes who will easily eat an adult house cat, we also have red tail hawks who have been known to take pups and small cats. There is a feral cat in my neighborhood, all black, I have named him Midnight Mambo. Tried to approach him but he runs away. He will come in my yard and pee in certain places much to the consternation of my indoor cat Dexter who goes out every now and then.

Posted by: gourmand du jour put on a happy face! at March 30, 2024 05:09 PM (MeG8a)

83 It has begun to rain here.

Posted by: JT at March 30, 2024 05:10 PM (T4tVD)

84 OT
SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Eutelsat 36D - LC-39A - Kennedy Space Center
The launch is scheduled for Saturday, March 30, at 5:52 p.m. EDT
https://tinyurl.com/42pv55mt

Posted by: Ciampino - apologies for the intrusion at March 30, 2024 05:14 PM (qfLjt)

85 It's very warm here in S. Illinois, 82°F

Posted by: Ciampino - outside pets will revel in the warmth at March 30, 2024 05:16 PM (qfLjt)

86 Not a pet, but we did have a skunk mosey into our backyard and hide out under a low deck seating area next to our pool. I hope it was looking for food and not a place to drop babies.

Internet said to put a radio out there and put it on talk radio. Guess skunks are left-tards?

Posted by: olddog in mo at March 30, 2024 05:16 PM (ju2Fy)

87 Ciampino send that here please

Posted by: Skip at March 30, 2024 05:18 PM (fwDg9)

88 20 ... "I need to buy new poodle clippers - these have been dropped 2 many times and the blade won't clip on properly. Plus it's7years old.
Anyone got a favorite kind?"

Hi vmom, I don't recall the specific model but the clippers we used for the poodles were made by Oster. They lasted over 10 years.

Posted by: JTB at March 30, 2024 05:19 PM (zudum)

89 Caturday, on the blog, I think it was the end of March.

Posted by: Eromero at March 30, 2024 05:29 PM (o2ZRX)

90 HOBBY NOOD

Posted by: Skip at March 30, 2024 05:30 PM (fwDg9)

91 T - 19 minutes

Posted by: Ciampino - outside pets will revel in the warmth at March 30, 2024 05:33 PM (qfLjt)

92 91 T - 19 minutes
Posted by: Ciampino - outside pets will revel in the warmth at March 30, 2024 05:33 PM (qfLjt)

T + 10 minutes

1) We need a drone ship called THE SPICE MUST FLOW.
2) SpaceX, when we go to McDonald's, we order a quarter pounder with cheese, not a Royal with Cheese.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at March 30, 2024 06:02 PM (8sMut)

93 Thanks JTB
My current ones are wahl. Was deciding between wahl & andis. Will look at oster

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at March 30, 2024 06:30 PM (TirNb)

94 Hey, Piper!

Were's Owlbert?

Posted by: mnw at March 30, 2024 06:50 PM (NLIak)

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