Ace of Spades Pet Thread, January 17

Courtesy Michael Johnson

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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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Courtesy Terry Glenn

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A little thief:

He saw an orange cat steal his pillow and decided to follow it. He discovered that it lived on the street and was a mother.
Then he rescued and adopted the whole family. ❤️❤️

I wish him a heavenly life on earth. 🙏 pic.twitter.com/I0OV0ip2g9
— The Figen (@TheFigen_) November 30, 2025

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Learning how to have fun:

A fox enjoying the snow. pic.twitter.com/OJylJEhydl
— The Figen (@TheFigen_) January 6, 2026

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Meet The PetMorons

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I am a long time lurker on your site, Patriot in Charlston, S.C. Never get tired of reading your snarky clips. Here is a kitty. We are fostering who is named after Schrodinger‘s cat Irvin! I never thought I could like a black cat but this little guy is so affectionate and fun. It’s going to be hard to give him up.

A charmer! Such a great kitty to foster!

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Lily Beagle 2015-2026
She was a good dog with lots of quirks. She always wore a basket muzzle outside since she ate whatever came near her mouth. New Year's Day 2025 was a trip to the emergence vet since she ate a wad of thin wire. Not much of a cuddler until her last few days when she became very sick. Not much of a barker or howler even thought she was a blue tick beagle and our last beagle buddy Daisy howled at the drop of a hat. She will be sorely missed and the house is too damned quiet. I'm attaching her puppy picture and one from two weeks ago before her health got really bad.
neverenoughcaffeine

A wonderful tribute to Lily. Thanks for sharing her with us. What a darling pup!

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Hi there! Mostly a lurker! Sometimes I leave a comment on threads as tb24601. Anywho!
Here’s a Petmoron if there ever was one, my cat, Freddie. I’ve caught him drinking from the water feeder like this a few times. He’s a pistol!

Freddie is an acrobat! Thanks for sending in this great photo!

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Reprise:

Just to give you a quick chuckle. She was on her favorite hot rock with her head out. When my wife turned on the he sunlamps, she immediately backpedaled until she was fully covered. She’ll be asleep for the next week or two, since it’s still winter
Coelacanth

Nayro sleeps!

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Thank you for sharing your pets and animal photos and stories with us today.

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, January 10

I closed the comments on that 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 03:03 PM

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1 Happy Caturday everyone

Posted by: Skip at January 17, 2026 03:14 PM (Ia/+0)

2 Hello!
I have 2 dogs, George and Gracie, and George just had a growth removed.
I'm curious if anyone here has experience with mushroom powder for inflammation or can recommend a great food for allergic dogs as that it a potential cause of this.

Posted by: night lifted at January 17, 2026 03:20 PM (kJmLc)

3 Uncle Jed voice: well doggies!

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at January 17, 2026 03:20 PM (Kt19C)

4 Lily beagle looks like a Good Girl

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 17, 2026 03:23 PM (RIvkX)

5 Got to pet a Great Dane that could tow my car at the grocery store today. I'd say it's been a great day!

Posted by: Cray Cray at January 17, 2026 03:24 PM (EES2L)

6 I have two inside cats... Bubs and Sis.

I got them a pet stroller for Christmas and we started Stroller Training today.

Baby Steps (Paws).

Posted by: Bad Andrew at January 17, 2026 03:24 PM (qIH9H)

7 >>> she immediately backpedaled until she was fully covered

"fully"

; )

Posted by: m at January 17, 2026 03:28 PM (SSiCQ)

8 With the new schedule, Robert the Cat has decided that lying down on my chest for petting is a good thing.

Before, he would stand on my chest. Having 15 pounds concentrated into four small points is something the Inquisition should have invented.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at January 17, 2026 03:28 PM (CHHv1)

9 Coelacanth, I don't see anything in that picture that's alive.

Posted by: Eromero at January 17, 2026 03:29 PM (LHPAg)

10 I liked the video of mama cat dragging the pillow and with the kittens. I'm glad someone adopted them. Very nice picture of black cat who is lovely.,
And of the cat hanging upside down to drink the water. Sorry about Lily Beagle, nev She was very cute, and I like the tail of the lizard hanging out from under the blanket,

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 17, 2026 03:29 PM (Nx5jP)

11 Lots of amusing animal antics in the photos and video clips.
Thanks, K.T.!

Posted by: m at January 17, 2026 03:31 PM (SSiCQ)

12 8 With the new schedule, Robert the Cat has decided that lying down on my chest for petting is a good thing.

Before, he would stand on my chest. Having 15 pounds concentrated into four small points is something the Inquisition should have invented.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at January 17, 2026 03:28 PM (CHHv1)
Minnifer the cat weighs about 12 pounds and for some reason she stands on my no-no place.

Posted by: Eromero at January 17, 2026 03:32 PM (LHPAg)

13 Unusual.

Orange tabbies, considered (correctly) by many to be the best cats, are odd in that due to where the genes are located, the overwhelming majority of them are male.

That is not only a female orange tabby, the entire litter looks like orange tabbies (maybe one spotted cat, not sure). That cat family has *all* the recessives.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 17, 2026 03:38 PM (GyQIQ)

14 9 Coelacanth, I don't see anything in that picture that's alive.
Posted by: Eromero at January 17, 2026 03:29 PM (LHPAg)
Think long lizardy tail

Posted by: night lifted at January 17, 2026 03:38 PM (kJmLc)

15 Took Ruby and Piper into the field behind our house. The snow is about 2 feet deep. They enjoyed it very much, and were fully covered in snow when they returned home.

Yesterday Ruby went critter hunting and found a mouse or a vole in the raspberry bushes. Flung it up in the air as she does, which attracted Piper to the hunt.

They are certainly winter dogs, those two.

Posted by: tcn in AK at January 17, 2026 03:38 PM (6Bc88)

16 Here’s a Petmoron if there ever was one, my cat, Freddie. I’ve caught him drinking from the water feeder like this a few times. He’s a pistol!
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Finding entertainment anywhere it's on offer!

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 17, 2026 03:39 PM (GyQIQ)

17 The cold snap hit last night. Down to 12 degrees with 20+mph winds. I had the new cat in the crate last night. She took it pretty well, although not happy. She's been inside, loose in the house most of the day. I will try and get her in to be spayed next week. No name for her yet.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 17, 2026 03:39 PM (+mUZM)

18 Very sorry to hear that neverenoughcaffiene. My condolences.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 17, 2026 03:40 PM (zZu0s)

19 That is not only a female orange tabby, the entire litter looks like orange tabbies (maybe one spotted cat, not sure). That cat family has *all* the recessives.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 17, 2026 03:38 PM (GyQIQ)

Mimi was an orange tabby. But then, so was Hobbes. I expect there are plenty of female orange tabbies, and I likewise expect they don't care what their genes tell them they should be. Lol.

Posted by: tcn in AK at January 17, 2026 03:41 PM (6Bc88)

20 Mimi was an orange tabby. But then, so was Hobbes. I expect there are plenty of female orange tabbies, and I likewise expect they don't care what their genes tell them they should be. Lol.
Posted by: tcn in AK at January 17, 2026 03:41 PM (6Bc8

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Not impossible by any means, just unusual. If you see any orange tabby and bet on it being male, you're going to win much, much more often than not.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 17, 2026 03:43 PM (GyQIQ)

21 Which tastes better? Rabbit soup or turtle soup?

Posted by: no one at January 17, 2026 03:43 PM (qFwJc)

22 .....

Meow

.....

Posted by: Puddleglum, drive by meow at January 17, 2026 03:43 PM (sAmhv)

23 Thanks for the pet thread, KT. It always lifts my spirits to see the beloved pets.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 17, 2026 03:44 PM (ix8EF)

24 Petzzz

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at January 17, 2026 03:44 PM (tcsrY)

25 Which tastes better? Rabbit soup or turtle soup?
Posted by: no one at January 17, 2026 03:43 PM (qFwJc)
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This is the HQ. Power of "and" rules.

Rabbit soup with lump turtle!

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 17, 2026 03:44 PM (GyQIQ)

26 Thank God that He created Moms to love their children.

If your Mom did not love you, how can you know that God loves you?

Posted by: no one at January 17, 2026 03:47 PM (qFwJc)

27 Hey guys,

Great pet thread.

I love the way Freddie drinks.

Lily was a beautiful dog. Sorry for your loss neverenoughcaffeine.

Posted by: Joyenz at January 17, 2026 03:47 PM (2F0/Y)

28 The litter that my two kittehs came from had 3 pure white kittens and two grey tabbies.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 17, 2026 03:50 PM (KDPiq)

29 My former neighbor has a jack Russell terrier. For his first 5 years of life, every breath was a bark. Nonstop.

There were a couple of times I'd let the gate open so he could roam and shut the fuck. Nice little friendly doggie. Nobody played with him that I ever saw. Sad.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 17, 2026 03:53 PM (BSdIE)

30 Penny was a Pit bitch. I met her at my brother's house. They took in foster dogs. After 3 days (it was a week of golf) Penny just loved me so much. I said that I had to consult my wife about adopting her.

Wife was very happy with the idea. My brother actually delivered her, even though it was a 500 mile drive.

Penny was so wonderful. Very protective of the family. My daughter, who Penny already knew was part of the pack, came to the home and Penny was barking and menacing, and when my daughter came in, she was ecstatic with happiness and kisses.

Posted by: no one at January 17, 2026 03:55 PM (qFwJc)

31 My favorite thing about turtles is the videos of this one pet turtle where they gave it a miniature skateboard and it turned out to be hypersocial, following the cat everywhere. You just couldn't tell before, because it was so slow.

Posted by: SciVo at January 17, 2026 03:55 PM (Sy6m/)

32 Anyway, I don't plan on Pet Strolling the cats around the neighborhood. It's mainly to get them from the house to their enclosure.

Posted by: Bad Andrew at January 17, 2026 03:58 PM (qIH9H)

33 I used to take my kittehs for walks during the day where I let them explore within my eyesight . Since I moved out of the city to a place with a few eagles and a lot of hawks I can't take the sister kitteh out . I know she looks just like a juicy white rabbit from up above. The brother kitteh is a 23lb grey tabby so I'm not worried about him.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 17, 2026 04:00 PM (KDPiq)

34 Hi KT, an update on Zeke, who you posted about on November 1 of last year. Turns out Zeke is quite a deer dog. My son-in-law shot a deer last weekend which took off after being shot. I went out with Zeke, and when we found blood where the deer had been hit, he pulled me about 50 yards through the pine forest straight to that deer.

Posted by: Dino58 at January 17, 2026 04:01 PM (TfVp7)

35 The picture of Lily Beagle warmed up the room! What a lovely dog! So sorry for your loss.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 17, 2026 04:03 PM (U/Eoe)

36 The picture of Lily is the one I have on a shelf in our living room. Mr. nec is sharing Cheerios with her and it's the last pic I took before her health cratered. She loved her Cheerios.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at January 17, 2026 04:04 PM (2NHgQ)

37 Busy, busy, spensive cat month. 1/10 took Zero (Babymonster) to the Human Society for spaying and shots. She's recovering in the basement. I am hoping one of my friends can adopt here. 1/13 - Bravo and Charlie to the vet for annual check up and shots. 1/24 - Sakura going to the vet for an exam and shots to see if she can be welcomed into the household.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at January 17, 2026 04:04 PM (f0sNM)

38 Posted by: no one at January 17, 2026 03:47 PM (qFwJc)

I know this is a pet thread, but I'll just answer briefly. Because God is not a human mother or father. The Bible does talk about God as a mother hen in Matthew 24:37 and references that in Psalm 91:4. I haven't really researched it but there is an article on "How to overcome a distorted view of God as father" by Rachel Britton. . I am guessing the same sort of thinking can be applied to one's mother. I am very sorry your mother was lacking but God loves you.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 17, 2026 04:09 PM (ix8EF)

39 >>> she immediately backpedaled until she was fully covered

"fully"
; )
Posted by: m

"Fully" means something else if you have body parts that serve as chaff. Is that one of the species of lizard that can drop its tail?

Posted by: mikeski at January 17, 2026 04:10 PM (VHUov)

40 Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at January 17, 2026 04:04 PM (2NHgQ)

I like how you name your beagles after flowers. It's very pretty. How did that come about?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 17, 2026 04:10 PM (ix8EF)

41 Thanks everyone. We're still missing her, it's been exactly one week since we had to put her down. She's at rest and playing in dog heaven with Daisy, Rose, Bess, Heidi; all the good girls that owned me through the years.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at January 17, 2026 04:10 PM (2NHgQ)

42 Fen. I acquired Rose as a runaway when I was on vacation at Rose Lake. It just seemed to fit her at the time. After a few months I should have picked Devil, she was a little devil. We've kept the naming after flowers for our dogs ever since.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at January 17, 2026 04:12 PM (2NHgQ)

43 Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at January 17, 2026 04:12 PM (2NHgQ)

Thanks. It's very nice.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 17, 2026 04:13 PM (ix8EF)

44

Great Danes, one of my favorite breed of dogs. We have had 5.

The last two we had were half sisters and we had them along with two Teacup Chihuahuas who were sisters.

The four of them were awesome together. Never a minutes trouble with them living together.

Posted by: four seasons at January 17, 2026 04:17 PM (3ek7K)

45 Thanks for the Pet thread, KT. Always a pleasure.

Posted by: olddog in mo at January 17, 2026 04:18 PM (bQ4nt)

46 K.T. expect to receive several photos of my beloved pets.

Posted by: no one at January 17, 2026 04:19 PM (qFwJc)

47 Fen, You are mistaken. The Holy Spirit is the father of Jesus and the Spouse of Mary.

Posted by: no one at January 17, 2026 04:21 PM (qFwJc)

48 LOL Fen. My mother was not lacking. I was understanding the problems of others.

Posted by: no one at January 17, 2026 04:22 PM (qFwJc)

49 Posted by: no one at January 17, 2026 04:21 PM (qFwJc)

I'm not sure what that had to do with my comment about not feeling God loves us if we had a mother.
Who was lacking. But I'm not intending to get into an argument about it. God bless you

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 17, 2026 04:28 PM (ix8EF)

50 Woof!!! Condolences to NEC, Lily looked like a wonderful companion. Thanks for the thread K.T.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at January 17, 2026 04:29 PM (PGm4S)

51 I am going off to NFL divisional playoffs land. I did not watch much during the season, but these are the best of the best, no?

As we pray for the civil authorities to administer justice, I pray for the referees to do the same.

Just love you all.

Posted by: no one at January 17, 2026 04:31 PM (qFwJc)

52 Fen, it was not a response to anything you posted.

Posted by: no one at January 17, 2026 04:49 PM (qFwJc)

53 Orange tabbies, considered (correctly) by many to be the best cats, are odd in that due to where the genes are located, the overwhelming majority of them are male.

That is not only a female orange tabby, the entire litter looks like orange tabbies (maybe one spotted cat, not sure). That cat family has *all* the recessives.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 17, 2026[/o]

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Afternoon, pet folken! A female orange tabby? Mrs. Wolfus No. 1's cat Mitzi was one. Looked very much like the one in the video. She was sweet, good-natured (though she once wanted to go out and fight a raccoon!), and average in smarts. Though she did have one trick. She knew how to stand on her hind legs, grasp a doorknob, and turn it enough to release the catch and let her go through the now-open door.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 17, 2026 04:56 PM (wzUl9)

54 The litter that my two kittehs came from had 3 pure white kittens and two grey tabbies.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 17, 2026

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Stirling's litter was all black -- four long-haired females and his own medium-coated self. They were all on the Vicksburg shelter's site. (The girls all got adopted, leaving him for me.) I suppose that means both his sire and dam were all black?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 17, 2026 04:59 PM (wzUl9)

55 Brian Regan used to do a great comedic bit that coincides with the doggy above sporting all the medals. Dog barking.:

Here's a link of the bit. It's clean. Brian always worked clean:

https://tinyurl.com/a4rkbuf3

Posted by: Orson at January 17, 2026 05:01 PM (dIske)

56 Patriot in Charlston, S.C.: "Never get tired of reading your snarky clips. Here is a kitty. We are fostering who is named after Schrodinger‘s cat Irvin! I never thought I could like a black cat but this little guy is so affectionate and fun. It’s going to be hard to give him up."

A: He looks like a sleeker, shorter-haired version of my Stirling.

B: Black cats in my experience are usually the most easygoing and adaptable. "Adaptable" meaning in part, they usually get up to all kinds of hijinks and fun.

C: Why give him up?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 17, 2026 05:04 PM (wzUl9)

57 Both Stirling and Dagny La Siberienne were sleeping with me just now, as they often do. They followed me out to the living room and are hanging about as I sip my tea, no doubt waiting for dinner.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 17, 2026 05:06 PM (wzUl9)

58 Noodus hobbyana

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 17, 2026 05:30 PM (wzUl9)

59 HOBBY NOOD

Posted by: Skip at January 17, 2026 05:30 PM (Ia/+0)

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