Ace of Spades Pet Thread, July 20

Courtesy Gina O'Neail

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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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Dogs visit Town

Thank you for the uplifting pet thread. Always enjoy the content and comments.
Friend sent me the attached picture with the following commentary: At a saloon in Spring Hill.
"I'll have what they're having but half as much."
Enjoy your weekend

Courtesy scampydog

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Meet The PetMorons

Mr. Trouble
He's adorning my trailer, which he thinks is the best thing I've gotten him.
notsothoreau

Mr. Trouble looks like a boss. Lovely cat.

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Greetings Pet and Animal Enthusiasts,
Just a few photos I hope you enjoy.
First up is Rocky, a Banded Rock who we raised literally from an egg. His father was Cogburn (some may get that). He's a great rooster and keeps everyone in line around the property.
Next up is Chickadee who I found wandering the parking lot of where I work. Same place I found our cat Bo. She grew up to be a pretty hen.
The ducks. Crested, Indian Runner (they always stand like that), and the Yard Runner ducks. I think the Crested and Indian Runners are conspiring something, but they always stop talking when I walk up. And we have a hen that now identifies as a Duck.
Next is our newest edition to the farm from just a few weeks ago. We just happened to see him in and around the chicken coop and scooped him up. He was really tiny and the vet told us he couldn't have been more than five weeks old. We looked around for possibly more but found no others. He is fitting in well and has become quite accomplished at aggravating the other cats. We have recently named him Zippy as he ziiiiiippppppps all over the house on a regular basis.
And finally, what would living out in the country be without a few slithery types. The one on the left, Black Snake, was pulled from the chicken coop partaking in a free egg. I don't mind them so much as they keep the rodent population under control. The second, not so nice to have around. A Timber Rattler one of the cats came across and held at bay until we could make sure he wouldn't be an issue any longer.
That's all for now, hope you enjoy. I always look forward to all the great photos in the Pet Thread each week.
Sua Sponte
Semi-Professional Lurker

Great assortment of birds! Great stories to go with them. Love the hen who identifies as a duck.

And Zippy!!!!

I don't mind the black snake so much, but the rattler does not qualify as a "pet" for me.

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Hi Guys,
Long time Lurker and reader for I can't imagine how long from across the pond here. Wanted to share these two photos with you. The luminescently beautiful Calico is Muse, a Romanian rescue who will attempt to eat anything up to and including the tongue of my walking boots, which I wouldn't mind too much except that she has a tendency to do so whilst I'm still wearing them. She had terrible dental and stomach problems when she came to us two years ago, and we have spent a small fortune on getting her medical issues straight and to the point where checkups draw comments like 'How is the same cat I saw last year?'. And I really mean it about the small fortune. As my mother says, you never meet a poor veterinarian. She still suffers from a lot of food insecurity, which makes life difficult when her counterpart is a finicky madam who views more than half a dozen pieces of kibble at a time as a heavy meal. They have to be watched like hawks, which is sadly something my beloved wife is far better at than myself, which means Muse often gets extras.
Our other beloved feline is Mittens, who usually photographs magnificently, but does also have a resting face which is very similar to the French cartoon version of Tom. The attached photo cracks me up every time I look at it, and hopefully will have the same effect on you. She is a very fraidy cat indeed, and we have strong suspicions that she was a bit of a rescue herself without us knowing it at the time. Five years and she has still only got up on our laps a handful of times, but does love to snuggle into bed between us and purr like a Harley Davidson without ever actually touching anything but the duvet.
Keep up the good work guys. Morons and Lurkers forever.
Best,
Carl

Gorgeous cats, wonderful photos and introductions. Thanks for sending them to us!

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Hi!
From the scene of the now famous critter in the vent, here is what started it - Sabi (brown) and Kovu (black) looking intently at whatever was scratching around in there. Sabi and Kovu have been featured before, they are both F2 Savannah Cats and a bundle of crazy!
Piper

So the movie got crazier from there . . . . Great photo of great cats!

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What a wonderful collection of pet photos and stories today. 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:

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, July 13. Some special PetMoron stories and photos there.

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

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

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1 Fist

Posted by: Catwoman at July 20, 2024 03:30 PM (jjobd)

2 Fight

Posted by: Catwoman at July 20, 2024 03:31 PM (jjobd)

3 2025

Posted by: Catwoman at July 20, 2024 03:31 PM (jjobd)

4 Love the Pets!

Posted by: Frasier Crane at July 20, 2024 03:32 PM (CWMF2)

5 But not Hornets and wasps

Posted by: Ciampino - Sat Update #36 at July 20, 2024 03:35 PM (qfLjt)

6
A good week so far.

Diana: Two majors to finish, then two grand champion majors when moved up.

Ruth: Two majors to finish.

Phoenix: Shown only on Friday. In his show debut, Best of Winners for a major despite being handled by three different people. Also Best in Sweepstakes.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 20, 2024 03:36 PM (Ibc5M)

7 Fist fight - keep it tight - but no clinching and no bite.

Those be fighting words?

Posted by: Ciampino - Sat Update #37 at July 20, 2024 03:37 PM (qfLjt)

8 Is 'the now famous critter in the vent' from Piper?

Posted by: Nazdar at July 20, 2024 03:39 PM (9XWKq)

9 Better than getting run over I guess. Neighbor let two dogs into the property walled yard. Beautiful young Huskies. Somehow both knew my face needed licking. They just showed up. Too clean to be fireworks runaways on fourth. Neighbor took them to city shelter. If I had more $, more room and a car, I would have fallen under their spell.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at July 20, 2024 03:43 PM (RaAaD)

10 PETZZZZ

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at July 20, 2024 03:43 PM (Ka3bZ)

11 What wonderful photos today! Except (and this must be my mothers Irish forebears influence) for the snake. Not a fan.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 20, 2024 03:43 PM (C8wQA)

12 Hadrian the Seventh at July 20, 2024 03:36 PM

Congratulations!

Posted by: KT at July 20, 2024 03:43 PM (rrtZS)

13 I am proud to announce the official video of the Mary Clogginstein Fart Tube.....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ut_b-ts8iyM

Posted by: Freeda Gongton at July 20, 2024 03:44 PM (BSF0H)

14 We are visiting KTY next weekend and gonna meet her new kitten!

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at July 20, 2024 03:44 PM (Ka3bZ)

15 not Hornets and wasps

Wouldn't mind a Hudson or a Vespa.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at July 20, 2024 03:45 PM (RaAaD)

16 Husky meets a new kitten:

https://tinyurl.com/2jvn5pnc

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 20, 2024 03:46 PM (dTTBf)

17 Looks like in about five weeks we will be going back to being Staff for a new Tuxedo kitten. And his name is 'Frog''

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 20, 2024 03:46 PM (a1415)

18 There is nothing more satisfying then coming home to the Little Tail Wagger..... They don't care if you come home late or early, that little tail still wags....

Posted by: Ferd Berfall at July 20, 2024 03:46 PM (/1UO6)

19 The cat, Eva, went to the vet this morning for a possible lingering UTI. She passed a bit of blood yesterday. I don't know the exact diagnosis as Daughter was the one involved but Eva was given Veraflox = Pradofloxacin, an antibiotic similar to Cipro? One a day for a while. She is very good at the vet, explores the room, happily sits in the ultrasound enclosure, etc. Not phased at all. Others will be terrified. Our best cat was Gizmo who passed not so long ago. We could do anything to him, even wipe and medicate his eyes and he never flinched. Absolute trust. Beautiful big boy.
I'll post this while the dust dettles.

Posted by: Ciampino - Sat Update #38 at July 20, 2024 03:47 PM (qfLjt)

20 Love the photos (Thanks, everyone!) and I actually like snake as long as they're not inside and not poisonous.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 20, 2024 03:48 PM (dTTBf)

21 Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 20, 2024 03:46 PM (a1415)

That's great!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 20, 2024 03:48 PM (dTTBf)

22 Is 'the now famous critter in the vent' from Piper?

Yes. Updated. Thanks.

Posted by: KT at July 20, 2024 03:49 PM (rrtZS)

23 19
It got so dusty that I typed dettles instead of settles, silly of me.

Posted by: Ciampino - Sat Update #39 at July 20, 2024 03:49 PM (qfLjt)

24 Thanks, KT!

Posted by: Nazdar at July 20, 2024 03:50 PM (9XWKq)

25 15 not Hornets and wasps

Wouldn't mind a Hudson or a Vespa.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at July 20, 2024 03:45 PM (RaAaD)
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Would you settle for a Lambretta?

Posted by: Ciampino - Sat Update #40 at July 20, 2024 03:51 PM (qfLjt)

26 They don't care if you come home late or early, that little tail still wags....

Lorikeet knew his name, Honey.
I learned his name for me was Nectar.
He knew Love. He knew Home

Coming home late once, he announced:
"Honey love Nectar home"

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at July 20, 2024 03:52 PM (iLJ0z)

27 Is an old Lambretta a Muttonetta?

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at July 20, 2024 03:54 PM (iLJ0z)

28 What kind of dog likes taking a bath every day?

A shampoo-dle.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 20, 2024 03:54 PM (dTTBf)

29 Ciampino's Rescue Kitties

Still accepting donations towards the unkindest cut of all

There's another a new photo update #262 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 mostly 24/7

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Posted by: Ciampino - Crazy Casa of Cats at July 20, 2024 03:54 PM (qfLjt)

30 Meow!

Posted by: Puddleglum, drive by meow at July 20, 2024 03:56 PM (sAmhv)

31 Posted by: Ciampino - Sat Update #38 at July 20, 2024 03:47 PM (qfLjt)

Poor Eva.Thanks for letting us know. I will send up a prayer for intercession to St Kieran. He was the Irish version of St Francis and loved animals.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 20, 2024 03:56 PM (dTTBf)

32 27 Is an old Lambretta a Muttonetta?

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at July 20, 2024 03:54 PM (iLJ0z)
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Yes but obly in France where it's a Moutonetta.

Posted by: Ciampino - Crazy Casa of Cats 2 at July 20, 2024 03:56 PM (qfLjt)

33 Does the rattlesnake I found curled up under the hose faucet yesterday morning count as a pet?

Posted by: BetaCuck4Lyfe at July 20, 2024 03:57 PM (9aVck)

34 My sisters late kittuhs act a bit differently when I was late. The boy kittuh would look sadly at me and question if I truly loved him. The girl kittuh would scowl at me and demand why I was 5 minutes and 15 seconds late. My excuse of delays on the subway were ignored.

Posted by: Puddleglum, drive by meow at July 20, 2024 03:59 PM (sAmhv)

35 St Kieran and the fox:

Stories & Legends of St. Kieran
Kieran & A Fortunate Fox
One day as Kieran was watching the cattle some distance from the home of deacon Justus, Kieran realized he was able to hear his tutor’s instruction as closely as if he were in Justus’ house. On another occasion, while Kieran was out in the cattle pasture, a fox emerged from the forest and approached him. He treated the animal gently, so that it returned quite often. Kieran asked the fox to do him the favor of carrying his text of the Psalms back and forth between him and Justus. One day, however, the fox was overcome by hunger, and began to eat the leather straps that covered the book. While the fox was eating, a hunting party with a pack of hounds attacked him. The dogs were relentless in their pursuit, and the fox could not find shelter in any place except the cowl of Kieran’s robe. God was thus glorified twice – by the book being saved from the fox, and by the fox being saved from the hounds.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 20, 2024 04:01 PM (dTTBf)

36 Snek not pet.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at July 20, 2024 04:05 PM (iLJ0z)

37 Hooray for Moron pets, and the thread to feature them.

Except rattlers.

How fun, and funny, to have read Piper's tale of the rattling vent, and then see the illustration here today!

Posted by: mindful webworker - arf arf meow at July 20, 2024 04:05 PM (mcv3z)

38 Son's family was in the British Isles for the last week-and-a-half and happily managed to get home yesterday in spite of the Crowdstrike debacle.

While they were gone we fed, watered, etc. their two cats. The older cat is 21 and, although he's very healthy for his age, I was worried that he'd expire while they were gone. (I even got instructions "just in case.")

Well, all went well and the old guy actually was waiting for us when we arrived each time and was rubbing on us and purring when we came over. What at sweet boy!

Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at July 20, 2024 04:06 PM (FEVMW)

39 Critters!

Posted by: Duke Lowell at July 20, 2024 04:06 PM (2UnvF)

40 Muse is gorgeous, and Mittens is a hoot! 🤣🤣🤣

Wonderful pets, as always 😊♥️

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas - Ace of Spades Ladies' Brigade plucky comic relief at July 20, 2024 04:08 PM (SRRAx)

41 I love all the pictures (thanks, all) and was particularly struck todays by Piper's cats investigating the noises (They look like Spinx bookends) and by the sweet kitten, Zippy. and Mr, Trouble adorning to the hubcaps. Thanks, KT, for your work on all the threads and on the pet thread which is a welcome relief from political news.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 20, 2024 04:08 PM (dTTBf)

42 I've seen a number of videos by a guy who keeps venomous snakes. They're actually beautiful, the terrifying part aside? But nope, nope, nosiree.
Is there a difference between poisonous and venomous?

Posted by: Northernlurker , wondering where his phone is at July 20, 2024 04:13 PM (JLq/1)

43 Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at July 20, 2024 04:06 PM (FEVMW)

Aww! That's nice!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 20, 2024 04:15 PM (dTTBf)

44 16
That was beautiful - that dog tried so hard!

Posted by: Ciampino - Crazy Casa of Cats #3 at July 20, 2024 04:15 PM (qfLjt)

45 Find you a woman who wiggles her butt when you come in the door, even better

Posted by: The Doctor at July 20, 2024 04:15 PM (qNzP3)

46 Is there a difference between poisonous and venomous?

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Poisonous would be something that would kill if eaten - a toadstool for example (Amanita muscaria).
Venomous means the bite or sting is bad for you - rattler, stone fish, scorpion.

Posted by: Ciampino - Crazy Casa of Cats #04 at July 20, 2024 04:18 PM (qfLjt)

47 I wonder what progress Mittens is making in terraforming Mars.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 20, 2024 04:19 PM (CHHv1)

48 Afternoon, pet folken,

Muse adn Mittens are lovely specimens of cattus longhairius. It's the subspecies of feline i most prefer, ever since living with the great red tabby-with-white part-Coon Arizona way back when Reagan was president. To me, somehow, they just look more *filled out*.

Zippy looks something like a short-haired version of my late Chekov D. Siberian.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 20, 2024 04:20 PM (omVj0)

49 Loved the lorikeet story! Always amazed that talking birds really know what they're saying.

Posted by: skywch at July 20, 2024 04:21 PM (uqhmb)

50 As for the cats on guard against the critter in the vent: My current big black, Stirling, proved his value several times in his first summer when wasps began to show up inside my place. I'd see him stiffen and "point" up toward something I didn't know was there. Twice I turned to see a wasp crawling around the light under the stove hood; and later, one crawling on a picture frame only a foot or so from my head. I dispatched them, gave Stirling treats, and proceeded to seal up the space around the vent pipe that they apparently used to get in.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 20, 2024 04:21 PM (omVj0)

51 46 Is there a difference between poisonous and venomous?

I want to rephrase that:
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Poisonous would be something that would kill if eaten - a toadstool for example (Amanita muscaria) or Australia.
Venomous means the bite or sting is bad for you - rattler, stone fish, scorpion, or Australia.

That's better.

Posted by: Ciampino - Crazy Casa of Cats #05 at July 20, 2024 04:21 PM (qfLjt)

52 Mittens looks a lot like Sylvester. A bad ol' putty tat.

Posted by: look whats not at July 20, 2024 04:25 PM (nakGR)

53 Considering that every living thing in Oz tries to kill you, I think that's why God made it into an island and pushed it all the way down there.
What about New Zealand you say? There the weather will kill you.

Posted by: Ciampino - Crazy Casa of Cats #06 at July 20, 2024 04:26 PM (qfLjt)

54 My two -- the Killer Kittenz From Outer Space, as JQ spells it -- are doing well. Dagny, La Siberienne, has actually consented to sit next to me on the couch this week and to sprawl on the bathroom counter while I'm brushing my teeth. Stirling still sleeps with me, and likes to curl in my lap when I'm on the couch as well -- sometimes 3-4 times a day on a weekend.

Dagny is still small compared to Stirling. The other day, looking at her, I realized that while she may fill out some more in the next couple of years, she is no longer a kitten and is done with her major growth. She's all in proportion now, paws and ears, just as he is.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 20, 2024 04:26 PM (omVj0)

55 All the cats are purrfect!

Posted by: m at July 20, 2024 04:28 PM (64Zez)

56 Considering that every living thing in Oz tries to kill you, I think that's why God made it into an island and pushed it all the way down there.
What about New Zealand you say? There the weather will kill you.
Posted by: Ciampino - Crazy Casa of Cats #06 at July 20, 2024

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Puts me in mind of Harry Harrison's Deathworld stories.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 20, 2024 04:31 PM (omVj0)

57 Always amazed that talking birds really know what they're saying.

Look up Dr pepperberg and Alex the Grey. Before he passed away too soon she had figured out he could *READ* !
Lots of video on yewtoob.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at July 20, 2024 04:32 PM (RaAaD)

58 https://mymodernmet.com/alex-the-african-gray-parrot/

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at July 20, 2024 04:37 PM (RaAaD)

59 Awww! Lots of pet morons today. Wow are there some handsome and gorgeous kitties in our lives! Even a baby one! We are so lucky. And chickens and ducks, and creepy crawlies. Plus very happy dogs. Could it get better?

Posted by: Piper at July 20, 2024 04:39 PM (/sySz)

60 People, I loved all the pet stories today, funny, sad, and informative. In spite of 40 years of Africa I never learnt about snakes and I just assume they are all venomous and scary. Fortunately most of them are even more scared of us and will quietly slink away without being noticed. Except puff adders - sluggish, so you step on them and then of course they bite! It's a viper. Dangerous. Very venomous. Very common.

Posted by: Ciampino - Crazy Casa of Cats #07 at July 20, 2024 04:40 PM (qfLjt)

61 nightly goodbyes exchanged with Dr. Pepperberg. After she put him in his cage, he said, “You be good, see you tomorrow. I love you.”

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at July 20, 2024 04:40 PM (RaAaD)

62 Sorry to miss the Garden thread, but I have crossover information. I regularly look on my property for plants that are toxic to pets (and humans too) and those plants get destroyed as fast as I can identify them. This year I got a bumper crop of hemlock and another plant called nightshade (sometimes called Deadly nightshade).
Now Dexter can enjoy himself and wallow where ever he wants.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at July 20, 2024 04:42 PM (MeG8a)

63 The dogs in the bar are a hoot. See what happens with too much beer? That's the message right? Too drunk to squabble.

Posted by: Ciampino - Crazy Casa of Cats #08 at July 20, 2024 04:42 PM (qfLjt)

64 33 Does the rattlesnake I found curled up under the hose faucet yesterday morning count as a pet?
Posted by: BetaCuck4Lyfe at July 20, 2024

Did you name it and feed it?

Posted by: Piper at July 20, 2024 04:46 PM (/sySz)

65 psittacine phlebotomist learned a fart means bedtime (thanks to an ex). So for the last 25 or so years at bedtime, he makes a fart noise to let you know he is cozy.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at July 20, 2024 04:53 PM (vUcPr)

66 Deadly nightshade, Atropa belladonna from which we get Atropine, an alkaloid useful to dilate pupils and also an antidote to some insecticides and nerve poisons (war gases). The plant belongs to the family Solanaceae, same as tomatoes, potatoes, tobacco, eggplant, Jimson weed, and many others as it is a very large family.
Why yes, I am quite fond of this family. What gave it away?

Posted by: Ciampino - Crazy Casa of Cats #09 at July 20, 2024 04:55 PM (qfLjt)

67 Alex and the other parrots have also proved effective outside of the animal kingdom, especially for teaching children with learning disabilities.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at July 20, 2024 04:57 PM (vUcPr)

68 The Kid texted me she had a dream that Hissy Fit, recently 'departed' and buried in the back yard, during which process a snake was killed to be buried with her in what a kind of Egyptian Rite, appeared in her dream and harassed her. General consensus is Hissy Fit is bored with the snake and demands more sacrifices.

Posted by: LenNeal at July 20, 2024 05:04 PM (bFId9)

69 I just pulled a length of what appeared to be undigested rope out of Paisley's butt hole. Gross. There goes my appetite.

Posted by: Northernlurker , wondering where his phone is at July 20, 2024 05:04 PM (JLq/1)

70 Wonderful pictures of pets. The hens and ducks are enchanting, and the trailer and Mr. Trouble look very good together.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 20, 2024 05:05 PM (u82oZ)

71 I just pulled a length of what appeared to be undigested rope out of Paisley's butt hole. Gross. There goes my appetite.
Posted by: Northernlurker , wondering where his phone is at July 20, 2024

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You win the Gross Award for today. I only have to clean a litterbox.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 20, 2024 05:07 PM (omVj0)

72 Just got in from the lake. Both cats are in a mood. Bella is pissed I won't let her hang out in the garage. Betty's running around like a chicken with her head cut off. Then comes between my legs for ear scritchens and takes off again. Cats are weird.

Posted by: olddog in mo at July 20, 2024 05:08 PM (LyNt9)

73 69

You know perfectly well there is a fetish site in Germany.

Posted by: LenNeal at July 20, 2024 05:09 PM (bFId9)

74 I just pulled a length of what appeared to be undigested rope out of Paisley's butt hole. Gross. There goes my appetite.

Posted by: Northernlurker , wondering where his phone is at July 20, 2024 05:04 PM

We had to do that with black dog three when she was a puppy. Took her to the vet and she said it is very common. We quit giving any of our dogs string toys after that.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 20, 2024 05:12 PM (QNSds)

75 72 Just got in from the lake. Both cats are in a mood. Bella is pissed I won't let her hang out in the garage. Betty's running around like a chicken with her head cut off. Then comes between my legs for ear scritchens and takes off again. Cats are weird.
Posted by: olddog

Full moon.

Posted by: nurse ratched at July 20, 2024 05:13 PM (nbj5N)

76 Why is everyone so afraid of stinging insects? They are quite distinct. A hornet is not a yellow jacket, a wasp is not a bee. Their behaviors are as different from each other as they are towards us, I don't GROK (!) why people can't tell them apart.
The hornet popped me did it likely out of surprise, he didn't clamp on and dig in for multiple hits.

Still a little shit but I think it was just an unexpected encounter. Yellow jackets are bad business, but the rest? Largely innocuous.

Posted by: LenNeal at July 20, 2024 05:15 PM (bFId9)

77 Full moon.
Posted by: nurse ratched
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Shouldn't that be nighttime to take effect?

Posted by: olddog in mo at July 20, 2024 05:15 PM (LyNt9)

78 When I first saw that stringish thing I thought there was a spider crawling out.

Posted by: Northernlurker , wondering where his phone is at July 20, 2024 05:16 PM (JLq/1)

79 Vance is up.

Posted by: Braenyard at July 20, 2024 05:16 PM (+F/VA)

80 Commissar, sounds great, I will check out Alex the Grey!

Posted by: skywch at July 20, 2024 05:17 PM (uqhmb)

81 My dog story: Blue The Cattledog was an incorrigible thief. He'd race in when groceries were brought in, get his treat, then SEEMINGLY retreat. He was watching. He disappeared once, into the basement, and I thought nothing of it until the jar of crunchy peanut butter was missing.

Posted by: LenNeal at July 20, 2024 05:19 PM (bFId9)

82 Trump's up.

Posted by: Braenyard at July 20, 2024 05:20 PM (+F/VA)

83 Last night went to sleep with Shadow, my 20lb tabby (a bit of Maine coon in there). Woke up at 5am with Shadow on my chest. But I love him. He could lick any of the other cats just by sitting on them but he's a pacifist so he gets pushed around. One of Astrid's two babies now an adult, Houdini, loves him and follows him around, rubs against him, etc. so he does have admirers.

Posted by: Ciampino - Crazy Casa of Cats #10 at July 20, 2024 05:20 PM (qfLjt)

84 just pulled a length of what appeared to be undigested rope out of Paisley's butt hole.

Used to date her.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at July 20, 2024 05:21 PM (vUcPr)

85 It was a big plastic jar and he bit the top off and licked that thing utterly clean then tried to pretend it wasn't him, with peanut butter all over his face.

Posted by: LenNeal at July 20, 2024 05:21 PM (bFId9)

86 84
Did you extract it with a French Horn while smoking reefer?

Posted by: LenNeal at July 20, 2024 05:23 PM (bFId9)

87 Why is everyone so afraid of stinging insects? They are quite distinct. A hornet is not a yellow jacket, a wasp is not a bee. Their behaviors are as different from each other as they are towards us, I don't GROK (!) why people can't tell them apart.
The hornet popped me did it likely out of surprise, he didn't clamp on and dig in for multiple hits.

Still a little shit but I think it was just an unexpected encounter. Yellow jackets are bad business, but the rest? Largely innocuous.

Posted by: LenNeal at July 20, 2024 05:15 PM

Unless you are allergic like me. Fire ants put me in in the hospital when we were stationed in Cuba. A bee sting to me has the potential to be a life changing event. Liquid benadryl is my friend.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 20, 2024 05:23 PM (QNSds)

88 Trump's up.
Posted by: Braenyard at July 20, 2024

***
He's taking naps since last Saturday?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 20, 2024 05:23 PM (omVj0)

89 No Trump or Vance!!

Posted by: Ciampino - Crazy Casa of Cats #11 at July 20, 2024 05:24 PM (qfLjt)

90 Slow day today, but that's just fine. After the madness of recent days, being able to enjoy our pets (or someone else's) is a blessing.

Current pet at hand: Mocha, aka Spicygirl or Peppercorn Queen. Mini panther who may or may not munch on my fingers.

Posted by: Barkingmad59, wandering lurkette at July 20, 2024 05:26 PM (hBG3V)

91 Smaller bandage on his ear now.

Posted by: JROD at July 20, 2024 05:27 PM (IlL6s)

92 87

How many people, percentage wise, are actually allergic to stings, and a fire ant isn't a hornet. Honestly it's like the Asberger Syndrome. Everyone's allergic to stings. I worked outside construction for decades not one single guy was phased by a sting. It hurt yeah but seriously.
I'M ALLERGIC I'LL DIE

Posted by: LenNeal at July 20, 2024 05:28 PM (bFId9)

93
Rumble: https://shorturl.at/elEI8
CSPAN: https://www.c-span.org/

Posted by: Braenyard at July 20, 2024 05:29 PM (+F/VA)

94 Maybe everyone needed to be stung on a playground as a kid so I wouldn't hear OH I'M ALLERGIC I'LL DIE from everyone.

Posted by: LenNeal at July 20, 2024 05:30 PM (bFId9)

95 just pulled a length of what appeared to be undigested rope out of Paisley's butt hole.

Used to date her.
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at July 20, 2024 05:21 PM (vUcPr
Chief Gunners Mate drinking buddy who pulled a pair of pantyhose out his girlfriend’s lab’s butt. Dog was running by and the buddy saw he was dragging something from his stern, he promptly set his foot down on it, dog kept running. Girlfriend asked what the dog yelped about, and why are you laughing.

Posted by: Eromero at July 20, 2024 05:30 PM (o2ZRX)

96 olddog,
I think kitties get amped up for a couple days before the full moon. Kinda like the crazy people. Have you ever been in an ER during a full moon? Bah humbug to people who say there's no correlation between lunatics and the lunar cycle.

Duh.

Posted by: nurse ratched at July 20, 2024 05:30 PM (8Xlir)

97 How many people, percentage wise, are actually allergic to stings, and a fire ant isn't a hornet. Honestly it's like the Asberger Syndrome. Everyone's allergic to stings. I worked outside construction for decades not one single guy was phased by a sting. It hurt yeah but seriously.
I'M ALLERGIC I'LL DIE

Posted by: LenNeal at July 20, 2024 05:28 PM

So just because you have never encountered a person who is allergic to venomous insects means they don't exist?

I guess you think people with nut or shellfish allergies are also being overly dramatic?

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 20, 2024 05:32 PM (QNSds)

98 "She still suffers from a lot of food insecurity,"

LOL. My cat Buffy gets upset when the plate gets "low" Her low a quarter of a dinner plate. But I don't care about it. I like to keep her happy.

Posted by: No one of any consequence at July 20, 2024 05:33 PM (+H2BX)

99 And Lucy the Fink is napping.

All week she's been waking me up at 3am caterwauling. She sits in the doorway with her back to me and HOWLS out into the hallway.

Perhaps I need to sage this place again.

Posted by: nurse ratched at July 20, 2024 05:35 PM (ozryO)

100 Nood

Posted by: kactus at July 20, 2024 05:36 PM (twS2i)

101 Hobby thread redux

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 20, 2024 05:36 PM (omVj0)

102 nurse, how is the area around the lymphoma doing?

Posted by: Ben Had at July 20, 2024 05:37 PM (5MvGY)

103 >>> 85 It was a big plastic jar and he bit the top off and licked that thing utterly clean then tried to pretend it wasn't him, with peanut butter all over his face.
Posted by: LenNeal at July 20, 2024 05:21 PM (bFId9)

It wasn't me. It was the Russians!

Posted by: Blue the Cattledog at July 20, 2024 05:37 PM (VavZF)

104 97
I think you are a minority and I'm tired of hearing about your Benadryl and hysteria.

Posted by: LenNeal at July 20, 2024 05:40 PM (bFId9)

105 Hi Ben Had!

It's a lipoma and it's about the size of a large marble. The skin is quite taut and dry. I've been trying to moisturize with olive oil, but that makes her want to lick lick lick it off.

It's not harmful and seems to bother me more that her. But the skin gets crusty.

Posted by: nurse ratched at July 20, 2024 05:41 PM (1ztRL)

106 Love the pics of all the kittahs! That saloon looks like a great place to drop in on.

Posted by: Sua Sponte at July 20, 2024 05:45 PM (ppKip)

107 I have two rescue dogs I inherited from my mother. I call the smaller dog "wee one" or Skipper. She's a rat terrier, resembles a Jack Russell but less athletic and not a total spaz.

I think she has a history of abuse. She trembles sometimes and she tends to startle when you touch her, however good your intentions may be.

I took her on a road trip, and she got stressed-out and sick. She licked her feet too much and had no pep. Her eye looked swollen, so I took her to the vet.

It turned out she had some kind of ulcer on the top of her head. They drained it and I had to administer a round of big antibiotic pills. The first time I tried it she bit me half to death.

She ended up making a solid recovery and I achieved a good physical rapport with her. Her paws are better and she jumps around like a happy dog now.

Posted by: Tom Perry at July 20, 2024 05:56 PM (MX0bI)

108 104 97
I think you are a minority and I'm tired of hearing about your Benadryl and hysteria.
Posted by: LenNeal at July 20, 2024 05

What the heck? I am allergic to bees. I have to epipen or my throat closes up, which is not bueno. People are allergic to things.

Posted by: Piper at July 20, 2024 06:13 PM (aT5K/)

109 Piper, are Savanah cats hard to care for? Do they need a ton of play time each day?

Posted by: AlaBAMA at July 20, 2024 10:26 PM (Ud7de)

110 That's a Yellow Rat Snake to the left. Not a Black Snake.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBn_ZA6ggSo

Posted by: The Guy at July 21, 2024 03:53 PM (4cEdi)

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