Ace of Spades Pet Thread, July 26

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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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Meet The PetMorons

Greetings to all those lovers of nature and pets. It's always great to see all the pictures submitted and always look forward to seeing what everyone submits. Just a couple of pics of life out in the country of both pets, visitors, and guests (some uninvited).
(Note: Non-mammals are in the PetMoron Adjacent Animals)
-"Baby" testing his tree climbing
-"Bo", a Manx mix enjoying one of the few cool evenings we've had
-"Taco", our newest edition who was dumped at our local church. Not sure what breed she is but she immediately staked her territory and is fitting right in with the rest
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"Sua Sponte"

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A great crew of cats!

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PetMoron Adjacent Animals
Encountered by Members of The Horde

Hi!
I commented in a Cafe that I had a marmot, and somebody asked if I'd send in a pic. Then the marmot disappeared for a month, and today I discovered I have two (at least.) This photo is from about 25 yards away, so not very sharp.
I didn't know whether to send it to Pet Thread or Gardening Thread. Hope I guessed right
Thanks So Much!
gp

Not everyone has a marmot. Or TWO marmots!

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Greetings to all those lovers of nature and pets. It's always great to see all the pictures submitted and always look forward to seeing what everyone submits. Just a couple of pics of life out in the country of both pets, visitors, and guests (some uninvited).
(Note: Non-mammals are in the PetMoron Adjacent Animals)
-Rainbow Scarab
-Black Snakes, of course, one caught with the goods and a bigun measuring 6' 5"
-Bee who was worn out from collecting pollen taking a power nap
-Stick Bug
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"Sua Sponte"

Interesting assortment of insects!

I'm not wild about seeing those sneks around the kittehs.

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Thank you for sharing your pets and other animals with us.

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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 19

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 03:28 PM

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1 Yay!

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 26, 2025 03:30 PM (wTDxT)

2 Happy Caturday everyone

Posted by: Skip at July 26, 2025 03:33 PM (XxF3T)

3 Snakes are less pets than cats.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 26, 2025 03:35 PM (zZu0s)

4 Meow!

Posted by: nurse ratched at July 26, 2025 03:36 PM (mT+6a)

5 I’ve not been chased by a rooster, but I have been chased by a Canada goose. They a mean and aggressive bastards. And they’re big!

Posted by: nurse ratched at July 26, 2025 03:37 PM (mT+6a)

6 Thank you for the pets, KT.

Our fur friends are proof God loves us and wants us to be happy.

Posted by: nurse ratched at July 26, 2025 03:38 PM (mT+6a)

7 Woof!!! Baby, Bo and Taco are some good looking cats. Best they're a lot of fun. Not a fan of snakes, at all.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at July 26, 2025 03:38 PM (Z0x8+)

8 Afternoon, Pet Folken! The book up top was written in part by every cat I've ever known.

Sua Sponte, Baby and Bo have coat patterns much like my late Chekov D. Siberian. People call them "tuxedo cats," but I think that's not right. A man wearing a tuxedo is clad overwhelmingly in black with only a little white, his shirt front and cuffs; whereas cats like yours and Chekov are half black at the most. "White and black" cats, "panda" cats, or "cow" cats would be better terms.

Taco is dark gray tabby with white, and all trouble, I'm sure.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 26, 2025 03:41 PM (omVj0)

9 Penguin cats would be better terms.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 26, 2025 03:43 PM (PqYMA)

10 That top photo made me laugh thinking about our miniature dachshund family pet growing up. Any time the doorbell rang she charged the door, all seven pounds of her, barking, prepared to drive away the invading army. Once they were routed, she trotted back expecting a reward (anything edible) for her valor.

Much of the rest of the time she was on her back on the sofa awaiting tummy rubs.

Posted by: JTB at July 26, 2025 03:45 PM (yTvNw)

11 Hi all!

I've never been chased by a Rooster, but I have had a chicken go toilet on my arm.

All the kitties are adorable of course. I don't like snakes and the scarab is very pretty!

We have groundhogs in our neighborhood. We often see one or two eating in our backyard. I enjoy seeing them.

I have done an update on our cats.

[Link to cat fund: https://t.co/iS8XTjbmSR]

Also, this isn't pet related, but I just wanted to thank everyone on this site for their donations to Dad's cremation fund. Today we reached the end goa and will be able to pay the funeral home off in full. So thank you all.

Posted by: Joyenz at July 26, 2025 03:48 PM (sPQoU)

12 Speaking of "cow" cats: Some years ago a free-range white-and-black shorthair cat lived on the front half of the campus of my former employer. He was not feral; he was pleased to interact with people -- but he did not seem to want to be adopted and was quite happy hunting bugs and squirrels out in the open. Students and faculty left him food and water at a feeding station under the steps of one of the buildings. Someone dubbed him "Cow Cat," but the name stuck.

Sadly, one January morning after about two years of his tenure, he was found dead, possibly killed by a dog or coyote. The news was announced in a campus-wide email. Students put together a memorial plaque with "Cow Cat" and the dates "? -- 2022," fastened it to a tree near where he used to hang out, and draped Mardi Gras beads and cat toys around it.

Even a cat who did not belong to anyone -- "I Am the Cat Who Walks By Himself, and All Places Are Alike to Me" -- and yet was social and friendly can evoke a strong response in people.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 26, 2025 03:49 PM (omVj0)

13 Baby, Bo, and Taco are adorable.

The snake, less so.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 26, 2025 03:50 PM (kpS4V)

14 Big fan of the walking stick tho. That's a classy insect.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 26, 2025 03:51 PM (kpS4V)

15 Did, it's time for mom to change your diaper.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 26, 2025 03:53 PM (kpS4V)

16 I recognized the scarab beetle and the walking stick, but what insect is that inside the flower? That's a bee?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 26, 2025 03:54 PM (omVj0)

17 Are marmots a cousin of the groundhog?

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 26, 2025 03:55 PM (kpS4V)

18 I just spotted a a retarded skunk .

Posted by: polynikes at July 26, 2025 03:55 PM (VofaG)

19 Joyenz, we are glad to have you here and glad you like hanging out with us.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 26, 2025 03:55 PM (omVj0)

20 So we have two guests going home today and two arriving tomorrow. The joys of summer is that people make travel plans, their dogs need somewhere to stay, and my wife has a lot of regular customers.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 26, 2025 03:56 PM (7xrfc)

21 The dog reading the book made me wonder. If my old boy Buckley had a list of favorites it might go like this:

Book: Hound of the Baskervilles
Movie: Dog Day Afternoon
Singer: Bowser (from Sha Na Na)
Song: How Much Is That (Doggie in the Window)
Art: Dogs Playing Poker
TV show: Bones
Dog Food Company: Allen Brothers (don't ask)

Posted by: muldoon at July 26, 2025 03:57 PM (poXs5)

22 Are marmots a cousin of the groundhog?
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 26, 2025 03:55 PM (kpS4V)

Marmot is like saying dog. Groundhogs are a certain type of marmot, like saying husky breed.

Posted by: Joyenz at July 26, 2025 03:57 PM (sPQoU)

23 Since my move my brother kitteh finally decided he would venture out and enjoy our walks like we did at the former abode. Sister kitteh still wants no part of outside just yet. The closest she comes is enjoying me opening the back door and sitting on the threshold.

Posted by: polynikes at July 26, 2025 03:57 PM (VofaG)

24 Critters!

Posted by: Duke Lowell at July 26, 2025 04:00 PM (2UnvF)

25 I just spotted a a retarded skunk .
Posted by: polynikes

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There's got to be a story that goes with that comment.

(P.S. Don't be silly, they come that way..)

Posted by: muldoon at July 26, 2025 04:00 PM (poXs5)

26 It's easy to forget just how much our lives revolve around our pet's needs. It's been a couple of weeks since Precious crossed the rainbow bridge but we still reach for the gate blocking the stairs so she doesn't take a tumble. I reach for a cheese slice, her idea of haute cuisine, several times a day. And we catch ourselves getting up to take her for a walk at the established times. (She knew when it was time and stood by the top of the stairs to remind us. And she wasn't subtle about it.)

This could make us sad but doesn't. It just reminds us of what a loving presence she was in our lives.

Posted by: JTB at July 26, 2025 04:05 PM (yTvNw)

27 Snek bears strong resemblance to the Southern Black Racer that lives in the brick lattice of my porch. 6 feet+. I know this because he has gifted me with shed skin, which I measured. I am currently contemplating making laminated bookmarks of it.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 26, 2025 04:06 PM (XeU6L)

28 Are marmots a cousin of the groundhog?
Posted by: All Hail Eris
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They certainly look like Jasper, who lives in our West 40.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 26, 2025 04:08 PM (XeU6L)

29 Rufus T. Firefly at July 26, 2025 03:38 PM (Z0x8+)

They really are good cats, even though I'm not a cat person, still like animals and they're alright. Baby will bug the crap out of you when he's ready to take his afternoon nap and will harass you until you set down in the recliner. Bo spends most of his time outside and is the most gentle I've ever been around. Taco, we scooped her up and she was well underfed for quite some time so now anytime you're up and walking around she wants food even though her bowl is full. I think she's afraid she'll run out or won't get anymore or something. Not a fan of snakes either, but, they do keep the rodents away. But when they get into the coop, time to go. And have to take them a good mile or two away, their average range and release them so they don't come back.

Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 26, 2025 03:41 PM (omVj0)

Well thank you very much for that insight. We thought Bo may be a mix due to his stubby short tail and his fur on the underside is super curly. I like the "cow cats" label and is fitting for the farm.

Posted by: Sua Sponte at July 26, 2025 04:08 PM (GTw+O)

30 No sneks. My dad told me when I was very young, and prone to believe his BS, that St. Patrick had chased all the sneks out of Alaska. I'm grateful that he did.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 26, 2025 04:08 PM (1Gsou)

31 My marmot likes to lay on that slab in the late afternoon and soak the heat out of it. I'm tempted to pick him up and hug and squeeze him like a 12-pack of Charmin, but I don't because I've grown accustomed to my face.

They don't say much but they are exemplary listeners.

For the next two months he'll get comically fat preparing for hibernation. He runs funny when he gets that fat, kind of heaving his belly ahead of him, and then the rest of him catches up to it.

He's been around for years, but the other one showed up only this summer, and only twice. If I end up with a litter, I guess I'll have to trap and relocate them. I'm sure Illinois has a law against that, so I hope it doesn't come to that.

Posted by: gp at July 26, 2025 04:10 PM (hNDvI)

32 Snek bears strong resemblance to the Southern Black Racer that lives in the brick lattice of my porch. 6 feet+. I know this because he has gifted me with shed skin, which I measured. I am currently contemplating making laminated bookmarks of it. Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.
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Yep, same family. We've come across about six different types out here from jet black to gray to black with yellow stripes. The one shown was 6' 5" and some change.

Posted by: Sua Sponte at July 26, 2025 04:11 PM (GTw+O)

33 Marmot is like saying dog. Groundhogs are a certain type of marmot, like saying husky breed.
Posted by: Joyenz at July 26, 2025 03:57 PM (sPQoU)

We had hoary marmots all over the Kenai when I was a kid. They would get into the outhouse and chew anything made of wood. I was at girls camp when very young, and one of the campers came rushing into the cabin claiming she saw a "horny varmint" in the outhouse. I don't think I have ever laughed that hard.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 26, 2025 04:11 PM (1Gsou)

34 Firefighters comfort dogs after their owner was in an accident on Florida turnpike:

https://tinyurl.com/mr4apst5

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 26, 2025 04:12 PM (2GCMq)

35 30: Posted by: Sua Sponte at July 26, 2025 04:08 PM (GTw+O)
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I never knew snakes had a range that big. Thanks for the info and the pics of your beautiful cats.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at July 26, 2025 04:12 PM (Z0x8+)

36 If you guys like bug pictures, I'll dig out a few. I used to shoot a lot of insect closeups.

Posted by: gp at July 26, 2025 04:13 PM (hNDvI)

37 Thank, Joyenz.

There's a portly woodchonk living out back. It fascinates Lily and the feral kitties. If they did bother to stalk it, it would be like taking down a gazelle. There's a lot of meat on that jasper. (Lenten feast?)

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 26, 2025 04:13 PM (kpS4V)

38 Marmots!!! Is this a first here? They look like they might be little trouble makers.

Posted by: Sua Sponte at July 26, 2025 04:13 PM (GTw+O)

39 I don't think I have ever laughed that hard.
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 26, 2025 04:11 PM (1Gsou)

Haha! Thanks for the laugh.

Posted by: Joyenz at July 26, 2025 04:14 PM (sPQoU)

40 The marmots up here aren't that fat, and they do hang out in groups. They whistle when they get scared, to signal the rest of the bunch. They dig a lot of burrows and generally cause a nuisance on a farm, but in the wild they are not particularly obnoxious.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 26, 2025 04:15 PM (1Gsou)

41 Hence, whistlepig?

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 26, 2025 04:15 PM (kpS4V)

42 Irish Setters are the pretty girls that get away with everything.

Until.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 26, 2025 04:16 PM (ZmEVT)

43 My sister was once goosed by a rooster. Really.

Posted by: fd at July 26, 2025 04:16 PM (vFG9F)

44 According to Wikipedia, other names for groundhog include chuck, wood-chuck, groundpig, whistle-pig, whistler, thickwood badger, Canada marmot, monax, moonack, weenusk, red monk, and land beaver.

Posted by: gp at July 26, 2025 04:17 PM (hNDvI)

45 I never knew snakes had a range that big. Thanks for the info and the pics of your beautiful cats. Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at July 26, 2025
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Neither did I! I called UNC a couple of years ago and they informed me to take them at least two miles out for release. I only fully realized it when I put some non-toxic paint on one, released it about 1/4 mile away and he showed up two weeks later.

Posted by: Sua Sponte at July 26, 2025 04:18 PM (GTw+O)

46 That scarab beetle is certainly striking. It's amazing what you can see if you pay attention. I saw this type of , a blue dasher dragonfly , the other day when near a stream:

https://tinyurl.com/43b7vmvv

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 26, 2025 04:18 PM (2GCMq)

47 "Our fur friends are proof God loves us and wants us to be happy."

No. Beer is proof that God loves us...

There is nothing natural about dogs.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 26, 2025 04:19 PM (ZmEVT)

48 There used to be hundreds of groundhogs in my industrial brownfield neighborhood, but they destroyed the concrete walls of a big drainage culvert, so they got exterminated a couple decades ago. These in my pic I assume are resettlers.

Posted by: gp at July 26, 2025 04:19 PM (hNDvI)

49 Possum gave birth under my woodshed. I had no idea they walk around with the dozen or so spawn riding on the back. A very disconcerting sight. Gives me the willies.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 26, 2025 04:19 PM (XvL8K)

50 It just reminds us of what a loving presence she was in our lives.
Posted by: JTB

The tough part is when you see them out of the corner of your eye. And for just a moment, you forget that they are gone.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 26, 2025 04:20 PM (7xrfc)

51 My young son was chased by a turkey at the AK State Fair when he was about 5. He was very nervous, but not scared. He thought it was at least as much fun as the roller coaster. That turkey was bigger than he was. Wish I'd gotten it on my phone but it happened kinda fast.

Entertained a few folks, I'd say.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 26, 2025 04:21 PM (1Gsou)

52 " I had no idea they walk around with the dozen or so spawn riding on the back. A very disconcerting sight. Gives me the willies.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba"

*contemplates telling possum babies story*

*decides against telling possum babies story"

Posted by: fd at July 26, 2025 04:21 PM (vFG9F)

53 Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 26, 2025 04:18 PM (2GCMq)

Oooh, pretty. Many years ago, Mom and I were going out and there were a couple of dragonflies hanging around her car antenna. They followed the antenna while we drove down the road. I have no idea why they were so attracted to it.

Posted by: Joyenz at July 26, 2025 04:22 PM (sPQoU)

54 The tough part is when you see them out of the corner of your eye. And for just a moment, you forget that they are gone.
Posted by: NR Pax at July 26, 2025 04:20 PM (7xrfc)

I dream my late dogs. I expect I will see them in heaven, because if they aren't in heaven, then it really wouldn't be heaven.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 26, 2025 04:22 PM (1Gsou)

55 It just reminds us of what a loving presence she was in our lives.
Posted by: JTB

The tough part is when you see them out of the corner of your eye. And for just a moment, you forget that they are gone.
Posted by: NR Pax at July 26, 2025

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Not that long after Arizona the big part-Coon red tabby passed on at sixteen, I dreamed about him, and woke positive that he was still on the bed with me. From his kitten days he'd slept with me for part of every night, often on my pillow, frequently at one corner or another of the bed. I felt empty to realize he was not really on the bed.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 26, 2025 04:23 PM (omVj0)

56 My cousin raises geese, and they enjoy attacking visitors. The best way to get a goose to attack you is to sit on the ground with your back to him. Try it!

Posted by: gp at July 26, 2025 04:23 PM (hNDvI)

57 I dream my late dogs. I expect I will see them in heaven, because if they aren't in heaven, then it really wouldn't be heaven.
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 26, 2025

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I imagine that when I get to that Rainbow Bridge, my many cats will be there, and there will be jurisdictional issues. "Back off, black cat! He's *my* human!" "Stick a fish in it, Fat Boy, he's *mine*!"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 26, 2025 04:26 PM (omVj0)

58 " The best way to get a goose to attack you is to sit on the ground with your back to him. Try it!"

And carry a pistol. Blow that asshole into kingdom come.

That will teach them.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 26, 2025 04:27 PM (ZmEVT)

59 I need to snap some good pics of the feral bunnies that live in our neighborhood. I say feral, because they are clearly from domestic breeds, not cottontails. they range from albino white to dark chocolate brown. A lot of them are white with caramel colored spots. Almost tame, but I haven't been able to get too close. Last night I heard one shrieking. I think an owl got it.

Ah, nature.

Posted by: Mike,Shedding the Pug Mahon Nic at July 26, 2025 04:27 PM (0aYVJ)

60 I’ve been chased by a random sheep and a random horse when I was a kid. The horse was pissed I ran out of sugar cubes. I thought I was going to die with the horse. He was just probably running behind me because he thought I still had some cubes. He could have taken me any time he wanted . I had a good 30 yards to make it to the fence.

Posted by: polynikes at July 26, 2025 04:29 PM (VofaG)

61 I have a possum visitor. He's very polite, doesn't eat much and appreciates the water

Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 26, 2025 04:29 PM (TEi+a)

62 Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 26, 2025 04:27 PM (ZmEVT

What are you ,Haitian?

Posted by: polynikes at July 26, 2025 04:30 PM (VofaG)

63 Big black Stirling is on my lap.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 26, 2025 04:32 PM (omVj0)

64 Big black Stirling is on my lap.
>>>>>Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 26, 2025 04:32 PM (omVj0)

Keep your sex life to yourself.

Posted by: Test Pattern at July 26, 2025 04:35 PM (p8xZB)

65 Getting chased by a rooster is a badge of honor. Getting chased by a flock of Wild Turkeys entitles you to a medal with "V" device.

Between an ill tempered goose and a wild turkey, it's hard to determine which is more mean, until you consider that a goose usually has a reason. Wild Turkeys are just insane, ill tempered lunatic who will spend 30 minutes pecking at the tires of a car that has the audacity to invade their space.

Posted by: Orson at July 26, 2025 04:38 PM (dIske)

66 I have a possum visitor. He's very polite, doesn't eat much and appreciates the water
Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 26, 2025

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Years ago, when big black Wolf cat was still with his previous home and was an indoor-outdoor cat, Miss Linda witnessed his encounter with an opossum. Wolf studied the primitive-looking creature, the creature looked calmly back at him, and then they turned and each went their separate ways. I imagine the opossum thinking, "Cats are okay, they don't eat us," and Wolf thinking, "Nope, not gonna touch that thing, unh-unh, no way."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 26, 2025 04:39 PM (omVj0)

67 Snake tales

When we were tearing down the rotted bathroom on the old house, first we found a long snake skin hanging from the AC vent, then we found the snakes, a pair of six-foot black snakes living in the wall. I pulled them out and carried them off to the high grass.

A while later, we had tents set up, nice big dome tents (shelter-systems.com), one for daughter and her cousin. One day, they come running up to me, yelling there's a rattler under the plastic floor of the tent. I peeled the floor back, and there was one of the black snakes, coiled up. Thwacking its tail against the plastic floor really did sound like a rattler.

I pulled it out and walked it over to the high grass. However, shortly thereafter I had to repeat the process as it had come back. The third time, I figured it out. I pulled the floor back further to expose its mate. I took them both out to the high grass. They didn't come back. Obviously got the message that was not a good place to set up house.

Posted by: mindful webworker - pair bonding slitherers at July 26, 2025 04:40 PM (f+yIF)

68 A rooster chased me when I was a wee lad. Grandpa loved telling that story. I don't remember, but apparently the damn thing was almost as big as me.

Posted by: Mike,Shedding the Pug Mahon Nic at July 26, 2025 04:42 PM (0aYVJ)

69 I generally kill 2-3 blacksnakes a year.
None this year yet.

3 years ago, I killed a just under 5 foot copperhead.

Posted by: jsg at July 26, 2025 04:42 PM (1l+t9)

70 Yesterday, my wife did something that she was NEVER going to do: she acquired a Chihuahua/Yorkie mix puppy. The pup hasn't been introduced to our tortie mama cat yet - and may never be - though the cat is twice the size of the dog. Kitty had a litter before she was spayed; two of them are barn cats in Alabama (and totally loved by their people!), one was adopted to a dad with a 5-year-old (at the time) who sent a picture of his daughter sleeping on the floor with the kitten, and we lost the fourth two years ago. Not sure whether Mommy kitty will go hostile or maternal with the little one. If I can figure out how to do it, may be a picture of the pup next weekend.

Posted by: Nazdar at July 26, 2025 04:44 PM (NcvvS)

71 We saw what was most likely a mating pair of copperheads while on our morning constitutional today.

Very good looking snakes. They would've made an excellent matching belt and hat band!

Buuut, we let them continue on their way to hopefully eat vermin.

Forgot to take a picture though.

Posted by: naturalfake at July 26, 2025 04:47 PM (iJfKG)

72 Meow....

Posted by: Puddleglum, chillin' in Amish Country at July 26, 2025 04:48 PM (uGaBv)

73 I just looked at the pic of it and it looks like it was roughly a 4-footer. Fat little bastard

Posted by: jsg at July 26, 2025 04:48 PM (1l+t9)

74 Danger noodles are rare around here. I’ll see the occasional garden snek. It’s a bit too cool for their liking.

Posted by: nurse ratched at July 26, 2025 04:50 PM (mT+6a)

75 >>I imagine that when I get to that Rainbow Bridge, my many cats will be there, and there will be jurisdictional issues. "Back off, black cat! He's *my* human!" "Stick a fish in it, Fat Boy, he's *mine*!"

Wolfus, the cat my wife had got just before we started going out and the dog she got because I 'alienated Miss Kitty's affections!' might be duking it out; although the dog was thoroughly her's, the cat was offended by the interloper. She outlived the dog by a year.

Posted by: Nazdar at July 26, 2025 04:51 PM (NcvvS)

76 Our late neighbor Bob was a big, tough cowboy. My brother once called him "the strongest man I ever knew." A fine gentleman and much missed.

When I yanked out two six-foot black snakes (see previous comment) when tearing down a room, Bob was unnerved, as I'd never have imagined him. He'd encountered (and shot) many a rattler, cottonmouth, and other nasty sidewinder in his years of ranching, but it was the one and only time I could handle something he couldn't.

And feline follow-up tail

Bob's widow just this month moved to an elders home. We miss our long-term neighbors. The day Bob died, a pale yellow cat showed up at their house, living under the front porch. Their kids had been feeding it, but since she moved out, we've been walking down to their house to feed it every evening. Pretty, full-grown, spayed, and mostly friendly, although skittish about me.

There's also another stripey cat that I haven't seen, living behind the house under a bush. MiladyJo has been feeding it, too.

I'm glad to have some outdoor cats again for varmint control - it's been a long time. (Our one remaining old cat, Ony, is a contented indoor cat.) But we worry what will become of them come winter.

Posted by: mindful webworker - pair bonding slitherers at July 26, 2025 04:56 PM (f+yIF)

77 Joyenz: "…there were a couple of dragonflies hanging around her car antenna.…"

"What's a car antenna?" —young folk nowadays

Posted by: mindful webworker - pair bonding slitherers at July 26, 2025 05:00 PM (f+yIF)

78 I had a rainbow boa as a pet as a kid. Beautiful reptile. Grew to over 6 feet. Sadly after a number of years the electric ‘hot rock’ in her cage took a shit and we didn’t notice until the poor thing got pneumonia.

There were no vets in the area that had any idea about snakes (they were very rare pets back then). But the local zoo had an extensive reptile collection including pythons and boas. We took the sick snake there. The guy at the zoo was like ‘umm, lady, we aren’t a vet.’ My mom begged them to try to save the snake. They did.

They diagnosed the pneumonia and didn’t give the poor thing much chance of survival. But they did give her antibodies and other meds. We hoped for the best. Sadly, she crossed over the rainbow bridge that night, to join all our other pets already there. Many more joined over the years.

Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at July 26, 2025 05:00 PM (aeiyZ)

79 I just realized that today is Her Grace's birthday.

Happy Birthday, AtC.

Posted by: toby928 at July 26, 2025 05:00 PM (jc0TO)

80 Mention of barn cats reminds me that Linda likes to say that Stirling is a Vicksburg barn cat, or at least his mother was. I insist that he was born to be a house cat.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 26, 2025 05:03 PM (omVj0)

81 "What's a car antenna?" —young folk nowadays
Posted by: mindful webworker - pair bonding slitherers at July 26, 2025 05:00 PM (f+yIF)

The tall silver thingy on the back of a car that you use for radio signal. Yeah, yeah I know, radio is so passé.

Posted by: Joyenz at July 26, 2025 05:04 PM (sPQoU)

82 A reminder that BluebirdOfBitterness.com has as usual a couple of Caturday posts. Top one today is a nice collection of old-timey pix of cats. Other than the pix being black-and-white, and the old-timey fashions on the people, they could be today's WWWeb fodder.

Posted by: mindful webworker - cameras were made for felines at July 26, 2025 05:12 PM (f+yIF)

83 Petzzzz
Doggeh got a bath on the deck today
Zoomies after

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 26, 2025 05:15 PM (eZ5tL)

84
Funny and appropriate:

https://tinyurl.com/2haz646w

Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at July 26, 2025 05:16 PM (aeiyZ)

85 I don’t have a dog but the community I moved into in January promoted a dog park and they have yet to build it . I wonder how long it’s going to take for the other promised amenities. I’m guessing the indoor pool is way down the list.

Posted by: polynikes at July 26, 2025 05:17 PM (VofaG)

86 A reminder that BluebirdOfBitterness.com has as usual a couple of Caturday posts. Top one today is a nice collection of old-timey pix of cats. Other than the pix being black-and-white, and the old-timey fashions on the people, they could be today's WWWeb fodder.
Posted by: mindful webworker - cameras were made for felines at July 26, 2025

***
Those are neat.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 26, 2025 05:21 PM (omVj0)

87 I think we had this on ASHQ some time ago. Man does voice overs with animals. This one has a dog wanting bacon. It's cute:

https://tinyurl.com/63ssb7vn

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 26, 2025 05:26 PM (2GCMq)

88 Almost time for me to slop the feline hogs.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 26, 2025 05:28 PM (omVj0)

89 Cats are ten times faster than snakes. Even dumb cats.

Posted by: Smileygg at July 26, 2025 05:28 PM (lfYXe)

90 Thanks, MindfulWebworker. I liked all the pictures and particularly enjoyed the boy in a cap and boy in a hat with cats; So sweet!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 26, 2025 05:31 PM (2GCMq)

91 Next up. Don't make me have the first fourteen comments again on the hobby thread.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 26, 2025 05:31 PM (0eaVi)

92 Next up. Don't make me have the first fourteen comments again on the hobby thread.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 26, 2025 05:31 PM (0eaVi)

Still traumatized from that I see lol

Posted by: Joyenz at July 26, 2025 05:35 PM (sPQoU)

93 NOOD

Hobbies (random)

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 26, 2025 05:43 PM (ULPxl)

94 No rooster, but, I have had a Sandhill Crane try to stab my ass...

Posted by: Dandor the Realanator at July 26, 2025 07:21 PM (S1WAF)

95 While I have favorite animals, dogs, horses, and wild ducks, there ate animals I do not line. Ticks. I hate ticks.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 26, 2025 10:32 PM (punzO)

96 My mother used to recount how she would get chased by their rooster, an ornery bird named Murder. She said he would peck at your legs, and run after you, and when he got tired of running he would fly. My mother would run away screaming "Ma! Murder's after me!" as she ran for the safety of the kitchen.

Posted by: Nancy@7000ft at July 27, 2025 12:18 AM (qFnnL)

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