Ace of Spades Pet Thread August 2

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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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The most happiest dog..🐕🐾😊❤️ pic.twitter.com/NSNLGQcuZd
— 𝕐o̴g̴ (@Yoda4ever) August 2, 2025

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The right way to hold your cat

Important if your cat looks like this:

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Dog finds owner from a long distance only guided by his whistle pic.twitter.com/rnsZvLJSws
— Nature is Amazing ☘️ (@AMAZlNGNATURE) August 2, 2025

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baby donkeys are so underrated pic.twitter.com/v0KUUXJF5B
— Nature is Amazing ☘️ (@AMAZlNGNATURE) July 30, 2025

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Great jeans!

THIS 😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/s0e8TJ5rgg
— HarrysGreySuit (@hrrysgreysuit) July 30, 2025

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Hello K.T. and fellow Pet Morons. After taking last week off, I have a few interesting updates.
First, Chick A's problem with Splay Legs has been resolved. Dr. S. removed the bindings after 12 days and was satisfied with the results. One eagle-eyed commentator in the comments sections asked a question about his toes, noticing that one foot had 2 toes forward and 2 back, while the other foot had 3 forward and 1 back. Normal is 2 forward and 2 back. I asked Dr. S. about this and he wasn't too concerned. He feels like this should self-correct once they get in a proper cage and start perching.
Chicks A and B have left the T-Rex phase and actually look like little birds. They have started wing flapping and should be ready to make their first flight soon. This will be a major milestone in their development. Notice that Chick B's colors are starting to come in nicely on his breast. The other picture shows how much Chick A's wing and tail feathers have come in.
Chicks C and D are doing well too. As you can see, they have really grown, but are still in the fuzzy state
Regards,
David

So glad to hear about Chick A's legs improving!

Chicks A and B are starting to develop some personality!

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PetMoron Adjacent Animals
Encountered by Members of The Horde

From gp:

Some bugs that members of The Horde could perhaps identify: Friendly, not friendly? Could the chicks above eat any of them?

I took Ava (age eight) and Nana for a visit to an Illinoisgravel hill prairie in 2017. I brought my sweep net, and my Canon PowerShot SX150 IS, which I found at a garage sale for $2.
Nana brought her Nikon CoolPix L22. I set the camera on macro, handed it to Ava, and I caught and posed the bugs for them to shoot. Here are five pics. I'll send more next week.

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Ava (first two photos) and Nana (last three) took some professional level photos there. Now it's time for critter identification!

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Thank you for sharing your pets and interesting animals and animal stories 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 26

Marmots, Sneks, wild insects, A rooster named "Murder"?

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 03:23 PM

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1 Currently rubbing cat bellah. I'm lucky to have a kitty with zero no-petting zones.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 02, 2025 03:30 PM (kpS4V)

2 That Shiba inu is the Eddie Haskell of the dog world.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 02, 2025 03:30 PM (zZu0s)

3 Happy Caturday everyone

Posted by: Skip at August 02, 2025 03:30 PM (cC5Hl)

4 Woof

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 02, 2025 03:32 PM (GZPuW)

5 The guy singing to the baby donkey made me think of the way I sing to our dog. I am NOT a good singer, but she loves it when I sing to her for some reason.

I'll take a song we just heard and randomly substitute "dog" for a one-syllable word and her name, Luna, for a two-syllable word. Absolutely silly but she seems to enjoy it.

Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at August 02, 2025 03:35 PM (FEVMW)

6 Howdy, Pet Folken!

The last of the excellent bug pics shows a creature of eight legs, so not an insect.

"Hey, man. Nice arachnid."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 02, 2025 03:36 PM (omVj0)

7 Is that fat cat for real or is it trick photography?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 02, 2025 03:38 PM (63Dwl)

8 Thank you David for the update, they're looking so good!

Posted by: CaliGirl at August 02, 2025 03:42 PM (CueAq)

9 Is that fat cat for real or is it trick photography?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 02, 2025

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Miss Linda said she read a 'Net story about a cat who was adopted, and immediately had to go on a strict diet and exercise regimen. He weighed forty pounds. Which I find hard to believe. I can imagine Maine Coons, healthy ones, weighing in at twenty, because they have big frames. Maybe a truly obese cat (who should be twelve, say) could be twenty-five. But *forty*??? The animal wouldn't be able to breathe, let alone move.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 02, 2025 03:42 PM (omVj0)

10 SS sounds stoned af in that ad.

In terms of the ugly mewling dripdicks whining about the ad — and the similar ad by Golden Chad — I can’t tell if they’re mad butthurt about ‘genetics’ because (i) they think genetics is fake and a nazi meme or (ii) they believe in genetics but hate it because they know their offspring will also be ugly mewling dripdicks.

Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at August 02, 2025 03:43 PM (aeiyZ)

11 Mwaaahhh

(meow in Persian Kittuh)

Posted by: Puddleglum, drive by Meow at August 02, 2025 03:44 PM (sAmhv)

12 David, your work in raising those chicks is simply amazing. Appreciate your sharing that with us. Great pic's of all the pets and thanks for the thread K.T.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at August 02, 2025 03:45 PM (qliBS)

13 Isn't having a dripping dick really a matter of behavior and not genetics?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 02, 2025 03:46 PM (zZu0s)

14 Heh, watermelon cat!

Posted by: gp at August 02, 2025 03:48 PM (2XN3U)

15 13 Isn't having a dripping dick really a matter of behavior and not genetics?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 02, 2025 03:46 PM (zZu0s)
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Bro, they’re ’born that way’

Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at August 02, 2025 03:48 PM (aeiyZ)

16 You really see the link between modern birds and dinosaurs when the birds are babies and don’t have feathers. But then again, there are those who theorize that dinosaurs had feathers.

Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at August 02, 2025 03:50 PM (aeiyZ)

17 Bro, they’re ’born that way’
Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at August 02, 2025 03:48 PM (aeiyZ)

Oh, I was going in more of an STD direction.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 02, 2025 03:50 PM (zZu0s)

18 Bro, they’re ’born that way’
Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at August 02, 2025 03:48 PM (aeiyZ)

Oh, I was going in more of an STD direction.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 02, 2025 03:50 PM (zZu0s)
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That too

Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at August 02, 2025 03:50 PM (aeiyZ)

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2 That Shiba inu is the Eddie Haskell of the dog world.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 02, 2025 03:30 PM (zZu0s)

Ha! That is a chunky Shiba. But they do have their little animated gait when happy. We call it a dressage trot. They are also so hoppy! Like bucking bronco hops when they are excited. At least mine does.

Posted by: Piper at August 02, 2025 03:51 PM (pZEOD)

20 17 Oh, I was going in more of an STD direction.

stp > std

Posted by: anachronda at August 02, 2025 03:52 PM (edU/H)

21 . But *forty*??? The animal wouldn't be able to breathe, let alone move.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 02, 2025 03:42 PM (omVj0)

My big Savannah weighs about 20, and the smaller one is 15. They are not tiny cats. I cannot imagine 40 pounds on a normal cat sized frame!

Posted by: Piper at August 02, 2025 03:54 PM (pZEOD)

22 Even the healthiest-eating cats I've known, generally the largest ones -- Arizona the part-Coon, big black Wolf, and nearly-as-big black Stirling -- did not eat more than they should at any meal. Yes, Arizona did once blimp up to sixteen pounds from his usual fourteen; he was getting middle-aged at ca. nine years old, and maybe was not playing as often as he once did. But that two pounds is analogous to me gaining twenty. Concerning, something to get to work on, but not obesity.

Yes, I put AZ on the vet-recommended diet. It was tough, and he hated it. But I got him back down to his burly fourteen, and he lived another seven and a half years.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 02, 2025 03:54 PM (omVj0)

23 I heard that weight loss in fat cats has to be carefully managed, due to the risk of 'fatty liver disease.' I've never had one get really fat. I've met a few cats that were very dense, amazingly heavy for their size, like they're made of neutronium.

Posted by: gp at August 02, 2025 03:57 PM (2XN3U)

24 Speaking of vets, Stirling the Feline Duke of Vicksburg is going in for his rabies shot and flea treatment on Monday. No doubt I'll have to listen to a lecture about his weight. He's at about fourteen pounds on a long and muscular frame, so I'm not too worried. If I did try to put him on a diet, since Dagny eats at the same time, he'd just go and gobble her food (which I suspect he often does anyway). If he really needed a diet, I'd have to feed her separately, in the bathroom or something.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 02, 2025 03:59 PM (omVj0)

25 really see the link between modern birds and dinosaurs

One of Mr Senegal's names is Dinosaur Face.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 02, 2025 04:00 PM (WE5Gl)

26 Ha! The pet thread features "squish the cat" guy! Lol!

Posted by: Emmie at August 02, 2025 04:00 PM (FMtrg)

27 Are there two sets of antennae on that second insect photo?

Posted by: KT at August 02, 2025 04:02 PM (7vIsy)

28
Her Majesty is engaged today in committee work. The breed standard was written in 1905 and revised over the years. In the last revision in 1972, a single word, an important descriptive adjective, in describing the hock disappeared.

Now the breed club wants to reinsert that word. But any change in the breed standard is a long and bloody process involving the AKC and the members of the club. A committee, on which Her Majesty is a member, was set up and over a period of a couple of years has worked to determine how this word disappeared in the 1972 revision. It appears to have been completely inadvertent.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 02, 2025 04:03 PM (HZi96)

29 27 One set on the katydid.

Posted by: gp at August 02, 2025 04:03 PM (2XN3U)

30 I heard that weight loss in fat cats has to be carefully managed, due to the risk of 'fatty liver disease.' I've never had one get really fat. I've met a few cats that were very dense, amazingly heavy for their size, like they're made of neutronium.
Posted by: gp at August 02, 2025

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Arizona and Wolf were like that. When AZ was about fourteen, I left him with Linda while I moved to Denver. She swears to this day that he pined away and didn't eat properly, and developed the fatty liver disease. I had to feed him through a stomach tube all that first summer in CO -- which turned out to be much easier than I thought it would be.

I'm not sure about the "pining" thing. Maybe it was just his age and it would have happened anyway.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 02, 2025 04:03 PM (omVj0)

31 My sister had a YUGE Manx cat. He was a big boi to begin with, and was a bit of a chow hound , especially after he had his daily pot leaf. I think he was over 20 pounds. He made hard thumping noises going up and down the stairs.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 02, 2025 04:05 PM (kpS4V)

32 Update on the giant kitteh box off the back of the house. The cat still hates it. Won't even go near the open window despite having had to become an indoor kitteh 4 weeks ago due to coyotes in da hood. Which I have yet to see and have enough time to react to with .22 pellet gun fire.
A friend of my wife's got attacked by one while walking her little yappy dogs last week. She fought it off only to have a deer a block later try to stomp them. Which she also fought off. I think it may have smelled the coyotes.
This deer and yote's in the hood is sort of new. I've said for the last few years that nothing will be done until the mayor's kid gets stomped or bit. Of course she is a childless karen type.
I plan on eating the deer when the bad times hit.

Posted by: Reforger at August 02, 2025 04:05 PM (ZEu5J)

33 As for little Dagny La Siberienne, she is still aloof, but affectionate in her own fashion. She likes to join me on the bathroom counter while I brush my teeth in the mornings. And if she's spread out on the floor, and you sit down and pet her, she will roll over to have her belly rubbed. This, I maintain, is "accepting affection," not "giving affection." But it shows she is very trusting.

She has really developed nicely with me. A month from now will mark three years since I adopted her, and she is much better filled out in fur and body. Takes a few years, they say, for Siberians to mature.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 02, 2025 04:08 PM (omVj0)

34 Back in the 1990s, I shot thousands of 35mm closeups of flowers and bugs in nature preserves in NY, ME, IN, IL, WI, MO. Some of them are good enough that I'd like to share. They're on prints and negatives in a big tub that I haven't opened in a couple decades. I just have to gather the gumption to sort through them and scan the best ones.

Posted by: gp at August 02, 2025 04:10 PM (2XN3U)

35 One eagle-eyed commentator in the comments sections asked a question about his toes, noticing that one foot had 2 toes forward and 2 back, while the other foot had 3 forward and 1 back. Normal is 2 forward and 2 back. I asked Dr. S. about this and he wasn't too concerned. He feels like this should self-correct once they get in a proper cage and start perching.

I don't know that I'm eagle-eyed..... I'm definitely bat-eyed without my glasses.

Good to know it's something that can correct itself. I'd be sad if all his friends called him "odd toes" in grade school.

Posted by: mikeski at August 02, 2025 04:12 PM (DgGvY)

36 Pics: inchworm, katydid, beetle on flowering spurge, weevil, grass spider on the other white meat.

Posted by: gp at August 02, 2025 04:13 PM (2XN3U)

37 Wait until you all see Snowflakes before and after and after again pictures. She wasn't as big as that cat but she did put on 50% bodyweight her first time here.

Her and Ralphy get tuna tonight after my next hour of cleaning.

Starting in 5,4...ugh...

Posted by: Stateless - HAPPY NOT HOMELESS! - New Life Creation 17.0 % at August 02, 2025 04:13 PM (jvJvP)

38 Wolfus,
I’m surprised you’re still getting rabies shots for your kitties. Lucy doesn’t go outside. She doesn’t get shots. She got some when I adopted her and got tested for feline leukemia, but after that, she goes to the vet for her bloodwork for her hyperthyroid and that’s about it. The vet isn’t insistent on her getting shots.

I don’t trust immunizations. Not since Covid. Nope. Not for me or my kitty.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 02, 2025 04:17 PM (XgKq6)

39 Currently rubbing cat bellah. I'm lucky to have a kitty with zero no-petting zones.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 02, 2025 03:30 PM (kpS4V)

I’m betting it’s a male kitteh?

Posted by: polynikes at August 02, 2025 04:21 PM (VofaG)

40
Will be sending a picture of big Varus for next week's Pet Thread.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 02, 2025 04:23 PM (HZi96)

41 Posted by: nurse ratched at August 02, 2025 04:17 PM (XgKq6)

I’m skipping rabies vaccines this year after skipping the other vaccines the previous year. My kittehs only venture outside with me and won’t have any contact with other animals.

Posted by: polynikes at August 02, 2025 04:23 PM (VofaG)

42 {i]I’m surprised you’re still getting rabies shots for your kitties. Lucy doesn’t go outside. She doesn’t get shots. She got some when I adopted her and got tested for feline leukemia, but after that, she goes to the vet for her bloodwork for her hyperthyroid and that’s about it. The vet isn’t insistent on her getting shots.

I don’t trust immunizations. Not since Covid. Nope. Not for me or my kitty.
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 02, 2025

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The vets here remind you strenuously, as I think it's a legal requirement. For outdoor animals, I suspect -- but neither of my cats goes out. Dagny loves to sit and look out through the screen when I open the main door, and Stirling acts like he'd love to dash out, but he hesitates and dithers and never does go out.

The rabies shots don't seem to affect them any. Like you, I decline any others. The topical flea treatment, though, really worked for Dagny back in May; she's due for it again.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 02, 2025 04:25 PM (omVj0)

43 My brother kitteh is 20lbs while his sister is only 10lbs.

Posted by: polynikes at August 02, 2025 04:26 PM (VofaG)

44 So now we are even discussing "chicks with great legs" in the Pet Thread?

Apparently, the AOS "Moron lifestyle" can be included into every single known topic under the sun!

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 02, 2025 04:28 PM (HlyYF)

45 So great to see the progress of the chicks, David. It's wonderful that you ( and your wife as well, I think) give them so much time and attention.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 02, 2025 04:29 PM (2GCMq)

46 I’m betting it’s a male kitteh?
Posted by: polynikes at August 02, 2025 04:21 PM (VofaG)
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No, female. She's a real love spunge.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 02, 2025 04:29 PM (kpS4V)

47 I've delayed my cats' vaccinations mainly because vet visits are getting very pricey. Seems like I never leave their office without a minimum $200 bill. We get the rabies shots because we've had bats in this house; I used to have a bunch of bats, but not so many since the masonry was repaired. The county could fine me for not getting rabies vax on schedule, but I guess they don't enforce it unless they have a hardon for you.

Posted by: gp at August 02, 2025 04:30 PM (2XN3U)

48 I’m fortunate to live in a space I don’t have to worry about fleas. Lucy had them once, when we moved to a place where another cat had lived with the prior tenants. We bombed the place and treated her and never had a problem afterwards. It was a free standing house, so we didn’t share walls with anyone else.

When we moved down to the beach, the place was newly redone, no carpets to worry about. So she’s not had an issue at all.

I did get her a new brush from Chewy which helps shed her undercoat. She was pulling out tufts of it and barfing up fur slugs for weeks. Now? Nothing. And she seems very happy to get brushed.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 02, 2025 04:30 PM (mT+6a)

49 Wow. I almost missed the pet thread, the highlight of Saturday afternoons!

Hi.

Well, sad to report, Daisy the high-velocity Malinois finally caught another squirrel yesterday. Don't know that she meant to kill it. She plays too rough. She did drop it on command, but possibly only because a game of fetch was in the offing. I know they're just tree-rats, but squirrels are so cuuuuute. Poor critter.

Meanwhile, we're still feeding the cats down at the now-empty neighbor's house. The pale yellow adult male (neutered) I call Buttercup has allowed me to pet him, but still is a bit wary. The smaller, dark mottled one I call Rascal will come out from under the bushes to eat, but keeps its distance from us. Annnnd, now we've seen a kitten, which flees when we approach and stays hidden under the front porch. One, at least.

Been a while since we've had farm cats. Glad for the vermin control. Would appreciate their being around our house, but the loudly barking dog means they probably won't move on up. Worry about them being vulnerable to predators, of course; and wonder what will happen come winter, but that's a few days away.

Buttercup is really a nice cat.

Posted by: mindful webworker - leashed at August 02, 2025 04:30 PM (+fWH5)

50 Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 02, 2025 04:28 PM (HlyYF)

LOL. Wait till they discuss raising boobies and tits. The birds, I mean😉

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 02, 2025 04:31 PM (2GCMq)

51 I am grateful for the pet thread, every week!

Top bug pic is an inchworm. The other bug pics are pictures of bugs.

Where's my cat? Or should I get a guinea pig instead?

Posted by: Persnickety at August 02, 2025 04:32 PM (jJdyX)

52 Yeah, the updated and reimagined dinosaurs have psychedelic hides covered in feathers and fuzzy coats. They look like club kids.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 02, 2025 04:32 PM (kpS4V)

53 At her vet visit in May, Dagny was at 9.5 pounds, I think. For such a tiny kitten in '22, she really has developed: Her body, as per Siberian breed standard, is shaped like a little whiskey barrel, and her legs are small tree trunks. Then there is her shaggy soft fur, like combed cotton, making her look like a puffball.

Stirling's medium-hair black coat is more like silk, and was so even in his kittenhood.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 02, 2025 04:33 PM (omVj0)

54 48 Ugh, fleas are the worst. They are a PITA to get rid of, and embarrassing as hell when people see them hopping off you in public. My cats stay strictly inside, for a dozen good reasons, of which fleas are high on the list.

Posted by: gp at August 02, 2025 04:35 PM (2XN3U)

55 I did get her a new brush from Chewy which helps shed her undercoat. She was pulling out tufts of it and barfing up fur slugs for weeks. Now? Nothing. And she seems very happy to get brushed.
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 02, 2025 04:30 PM (mT+6a)
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Can I ask what kind of brush? I use both a regular hair brush type and a metal-toothed brush (she loves both) but Lily's undercoat is so dense.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 02, 2025 04:35 PM (kpS4V)

56 Ha! Best Sweeny Jeans meme yet.

Posted by: mindful webworker - denimented at August 02, 2025 04:36 PM (+fWH5)

57 *sigh* no OT on the pet thread

Reef is doing well.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 02, 2025 04:37 PM (zZu0s)

58 Also, can anyone recommend a vacuum to deal with hair? I sweep before vacuuming but it still gets wrapped around the axle, as it were.

Two long-haired cats in this house.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 02, 2025 04:38 PM (kpS4V)

59 . . . Meanwhile, we're still feeding the cats down at the now-empty neighbor's house. The pale yellow adult male (neutered) I call Buttercup has allowed me to pet him, but still is a bit wary. The smaller, dark mottled one I call Rascal will come out from under the bushes to eat, but keeps its distance from us. Annnnd, now we've seen a kitten, which flees when we approach and stays hidden under the front porch. One, at least. . . .

Posted by: mindful webworker - leashed at August 02, 2025

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Haven't seen the tortoiseshell feral in a few days. She approaches my door from time to time for handouts. If I see her, I'll put some dry food in a bowl and retreat -- she won't come near unless I have the screen door between me and her. The food is always gone in the morning. I guess she eats it, though it could be an opossum or raccoon eating it, or any of a number of other ferals.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 02, 2025 04:38 PM (omVj0)

60 My son woke up Thursday morning to find his 3 y.o. male rescue cat dead. He thinks just a heart attack, since everything else at his house was completely normal.

Called his boss to see if he could came in late, boss said to just take the day off.

He and his fiancee went to the farm and buried their cat right beside a large thicket of sand plums.

That end of the rainbow bridge is absolutely gorgeous in April every year. I hope the other end is even better.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 02, 2025 04:38 PM (HlyYF)

61 Eris,
It’s a wire brush that has a button on the back to push the plastic platform below to release all the fur for easy disposal.

Similar to this:

https://tinyurl.com/44jp8y53

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 02, 2025 04:40 PM (NOlOe)

62 Also, can anyone recommend a vacuum to deal with hair? I sweep before vacuuming but it still gets wrapped around the axle, as it were.

Two long-haired cats in this house.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 02, 2025

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Bissell advertises units to deal with that. I have an older Bissell, not specifically marketed for pet hair, and it does fine with longhaired cats. I can recommend Bissell's service too. I ordered some filters from their website, they got stuck in a shipper warehouse somewhere, and when I called about the delay, they rushed me a new set and had the originals returned to them.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 02, 2025 04:41 PM (omVj0)

63 58 Also, can anyone recommend a vacuum to deal with hair? I sweep before vacuuming but it still gets wrapped around the axle, as it were.

Two long-haired cats in this house.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 02, 2025 04:38 PM

Do you have a cheap shop vac?

That will get the long hair, AND it is handy to own one for when the basement has a little leak, or the seal goes bad on your dishwasher, etc.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 02, 2025 04:42 PM (HlyYF)

64 Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 02, 2025 04:38 PM (HlyYF)

Sorry about your son's cat. That must have been a big shock. It's good, though, that his boss was understanding and that the cat could be buried at the farm.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 02, 2025 04:42 PM (2GCMq)

65 My pet cat Mittens, a neutered male and 12 years old, died Thursday morning July 24, 2025 around dawn. I had hoped he would live a few more years, but it was his time to die. At least now my late wife can have him with her in Heaven. He was a handsome tuxedo cat, quite stubborn, and sweet natured. He was a good cat.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 02, 2025 04:42 PM (FwJ+V)

66 My little Chihuahua is a Godsend. She is always there for me with her little tail wagging.

I regret the day I lose her.....

Posted by: Jackson at August 02, 2025 04:43 PM (BltCC)

67 I have a Maine Coon, and fortunately I also have a Bissell Powerforce Bagless Turbo. I don't know how old it is, but it's a well-engineered durable design that's easy to service and cleans great. It sweeps up a coffee can volume of hair per week in here.

Posted by: gp at August 02, 2025 04:44 PM (2XN3U)

68 Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 02, 2025 04:42 PM (FwJ+V

I'm sorry!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 02, 2025 04:45 PM (2GCMq)

69 Two long-haired cats in this house.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 02, 2025 04:38 PM (kpS4V)

Ajax was murder on vacuum cleaners. Just insane amount of hair shed constantly. I got one of the Bissell pet vacuums. It worked well enough although I did have to replace the belt once already.

Thankfully, Reefs hair is much shorter and no where near as dense.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 02, 2025 04:46 PM (zZu0s)

70 Sorry to hear that Nemo.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 02, 2025 04:47 PM (zZu0s)

71 Thank you, Fen!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 02, 2025 04:47 PM (FwJ+V)

72 The lead Meme was a hoot. Tech support... LOL

Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at August 02, 2025 04:47 PM (w3u3d)

73 Hey guys,

I did an update to the cat blog.

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

Posted by: Joyenz at August 02, 2025 04:47 PM (sPQoU)

74 Maybe I should just laminate the cat.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 02, 2025 04:47 PM (kpS4V)

75 Thanks, Aetius!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 02, 2025 04:48 PM (FwJ+V)

76 Kitty is king of all he surveys:

https://x.com/i/status/1951254617980825791

Posted by: NR Pax at August 02, 2025 04:50 PM (7xrfc)

77 Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 02, 2025 04:42 PM (FwJ+V)

So sorry you lost your Mittens. May he enjoy the vast fields of catnip.

Posted by: Joyenz at August 02, 2025 04:50 PM (sPQoU)

78 "My son woke up Thursday morning to find his 3 y.o. male rescue cat dead. He thinks just a heart attack, since everything else at his house was completely normal."

My Marble passed away at age 3 from heart failure. I saw the symptoms two days beforehand, and took her to the vet, who gave the terminal prognosis. The sign is in the cat's posture when in the sphinx position; it rests on the chest with the front legs spread a bit, instead of with the feet together, chest off the floor.

Posted by: gp at August 02, 2025 04:50 PM (2XN3U)

79 Similar to this:

https://tinyurl.com/44jp8y53
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 02, 2025 04:40 PM (NOlOe)
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Thanks, I'll try it.

Love the cat's expression: "How *dare* you touch the Royal haunches!"

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 02, 2025 04:53 PM (kpS4V)

80 Thanks, Joyenz!

I think I am going offline for a while, so thank you in advance to all who offer condolences. I miss that cat!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 02, 2025 04:53 PM (FwJ+V)

81 Sorry, Nemo.

My son's (perfectly healthy) cat died the same way exactly one week later.

There isn't some strange new cat virus going around, is there?

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 02, 2025 04:54 PM (HlyYF)

82 My Marble passed away at age 3 from heart failure. I saw the symptoms two days beforehand, and took her to the vet, who gave the terminal prognosis. The sign is in the cat's posture when in the sphinx position; it rests on the chest with the front legs spread a bit, instead of with the feet together, chest off the floor.

My last Chihuahua had heart failure at age 15 and lived for another year with a prescription of Sildenafil.

Posted by: Jackson at August 02, 2025 04:55 PM (BltCC)

83 81 Thanks, Joyenz!

I think I am going offline for a while, so thank you in advance to all who offer condolences. I miss that cat!

I was told that the best cure for losing a pet is to get a new pet ASAP to help relive the grieving process. I followed that advice and got another Chihuahua puppy and it worked....

Posted by: Jackson at August 02, 2025 04:57 PM (BltCC)

84 75 Maybe I should just laminate the cat.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 02, 2025 04:47 PM

If you can make that work, the market capitalization of your company will easily dwarf that of Nvidia!

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 02, 2025 04:57 PM (HlyYF)

85 Marble's sister Mitten is still with us, deaf and a bit arthritic, but with a real zest for living at 19. She's as active as she's ever been.

Posted by: gp at August 02, 2025 04:58 PM (2XN3U)

86 It’s not the hair that gets me it’s tracking the litter everywhere. My routine in the morning is to empty the 3 litter boxes ( I only have 2 cats and empty them twice a day if disturbed) and sweep the entire house . It’s like they scoop it up in their paws and and spread it around like they’re feeding chickens.

Posted by: polynikes at August 02, 2025 04:59 PM (VofaG)

87 Blue Angels airshow going on. They sometimes run over my peninsula and make quite the racket. Lucy is non plussed.

Tomorrow I will go to my sons house to watch in full as he has a view of the lake and the planes buzz his house. They are so close we can see the pilots in their seats. Makes the windows rattle.

Love them!

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 02, 2025 04:59 PM (NOlOe)

88 "It’s like they scoop it up in their paws and and spread it around like they’re feeding chickens."

Ha, same here!

Posted by: gp at August 02, 2025 05:01 PM (2XN3U)

89 'Nother Daisy dog tail today

I've been sleeping late lately (I blame the ONT), meaning to get up but lazy. This morning, Daisy insistently roused me out of bed. Went to the bathroom, opened the outside door to the fenced back yard, and Daisy walked out, looked around, did nothing, and came back in.

Rather than just go back to bed, I got dressed, and dared to lay down on the bed for a minute. Daisy wasn't having it. She licked my elbow and nuzzled my toes and even put front paws up on the bed. So I found myself on a leash out walking with Daisy. I wasn't getting away with lounging around this morning!!

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A reminder that 🐦‍⬛ BluebirdOfBitterness.com has Caturday posts. One today is a collection of cat cartoons. 😸

Posted by: mindful webworker - denimented at August 02, 2025 05:07 PM (+fWH5)

90 Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit

I am so sorry. Losing our pets just hits hard.

Posted by: Piper at August 02, 2025 05:08 PM (p4NUW)

91 …Haven't seen the tortoiseshell feral in a few days.…
Posted by: Wolfus

Tortoiseshell. I guess that's what Rascal's coloration is.

Posted by: mindful webworker - kitty kitty kitty at August 02, 2025 05:10 PM (+fWH5)

92 Posted by: Mary Cloggistein

Mary, since you have nothing on-topic to add, maybe you should just go hang out with your cats.

Posted by: mindful webworker - presumptuously at August 02, 2025 05:12 PM (+fWH5)

93

Bat flies into woman's mouth while she was vacationing in Arizona

https://t.ly/-8w3Z

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 02, 2025 05:13 PM (63Dwl)

94 I had to changing feeding the strays. The two cats coming into eat both have collars. The little black one tried to pick a fight with Mr Trouble. Trouble likes to sleep under a wheelbarrow that is turned over. Black cat was swinging for all it was worth but couldn't reach Troubles. No cat food oit during the day and I've gone to cheap kibbles outside.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 02, 2025 05:14 PM (kUxzU)

95 Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 02, 2025 04:38 PM (HlyYF)

That's so sad. Waking up and finding your furry buddy gone. Sounds lovely where they buried kitty and so nice of his boss to give him the day off.

Posted by: Joyenz at August 02, 2025 05:15 PM (sPQoU)

96 Correct link to cat blog:

https://tinyurl.com/4k65zjkx

Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 02, 2025 05:17 PM (kUxzU)

97 Bat flies into woman's mouth

Was probably chasing a fly.

That would freak me out pretty badly.

Posted by: mindful webworker - I ain't no Ozzy. at August 02, 2025 05:20 PM (+fWH5)

98 The bat did not FLY into her mouth.

She opened her mouth to scream and the bat crawled in.

Pro tip: When there is something crawling on your face, close your pie hole!

Further, you don't get rabies by licking a bat. Did the bat bite her? Should have been easy enough for the doctor to confirm there were no skin breaks.

I am truly amazed at how many times bad things happen to stupid people compared to smart, calm people. It seems quite unfair that random events of "bad luck" are distributed so unequally!

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 02, 2025 05:21 PM (HlyYF)

99 Correct link to cat blog:

https://tinyurl.com/4k65zjkx
Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 02, 2025 05:17 PM (kUxzU)

Was my link not working?

Posted by: Joyenz at August 02, 2025 05:23 PM (sPQoU)

100 Wow, those are some ugly chickens.
You sure they aren't penguins?k

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 02, 2025 05:24 PM (/lPRQ)

101 It looked like it went to Twitter and no tweet found. It goes to
https://t.co/iS8XTjbmSR%5D

Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 02, 2025 05:25 PM (kUxzU)

102 Bat flies into woman's mouth

Was probably chasing a fly.

That would freak me out pretty badly.
Posted by: mindful webworker - I ain't no Ozzy. at August 02, 2025 05:20 PM (+fWH5)
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Wait a minute. I thought the old lady who swallowed a fly then swallowed a spider that wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her.

Bats were never mentioned.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 02, 2025 05:25 PM (IBQGV)

103 Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 02, 2025 05:25 PM (kUxzU)

So weird. Worked for me. Thanks for letting me know.

Posted by: Joyenz at August 02, 2025 05:28 PM (sPQoU)

104 Figured a second link couldn't hurt.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 02, 2025 05:29 PM (kUxzU)

105 HOBBY NOOD

Posted by: Skip at August 02, 2025 05:31 PM (JnW4x)

106 Thanks for the Pet Thread, KT.

Posted by: mindful webworker - whimper at August 02, 2025 05:43 PM (+fWH5)

107 What's up everyone, it's my first pay a quick visit at this website, and post is really
fruitful designed for me, keep up posting such content.

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