Ace of Spades Pet Thread, June 13

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.

Hi KT:

FYI I sometimes comment on Ace of Spades as Geoff Shotts.

Anyway, here is Dini, enjoying the shade.

She just turned 11 and is a Lab/Basset mix. Super sweet, loves kids. She's not as spry as she used to be, but still loves walks and trips to the local creek.

Thank you

Awww, love Dini. She looks like a wonderful dog.

We have heard rumors of a couple of new pets for which we have not received photos. In the meantime, here's another photo of Saijo:

Saijo got a new ducky! pic.twitter.com/JhDFz4FSNI

— Piper (@piper_moves) June 8, 2026

Saijo is loved.

Hey Katy,

Just thought the horde would appreciate my garden friend this morning. It is a screech owl, we get a pair that nests here every year. I have a lot of water about, bird baths and a fountain and a fish pond. I think they appreciate the water. I got pretty close to him before I even noticed him. He was right where I turn on the water. Made my day.

Weekreekfarmgirl

That's a bold owl - out so near to you during daylight hours! Such a great surprise to find him looking at you!

Greetings lovers of all things pets and pet adjacent,

Just a few pics from over the last few weeks or so showcasing why I absolutely love living in the country.  Featured are the deer who have slowly started trusting us enough to come within 25 yards of the house.  Of course it probably helps putting out some snacks for them now and again.  Our two Peacocks, the male is the one with the bright turquoise neck, a few wild turkey's and a little frog who has decided to make his home under our evening coffee table.

Love seeing all the contributions to The Pet Thread and look forward to it every week.

v/r
Sua Sponte

Wonderful! Love the frog.

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

If you start feeling nostalgic, here a link to last week's Pet Thread, the Ace of Spades Pet Thread, June 6

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 03:37 PM

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1 All the feral cats here at monoxide manor say hi.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 13, 2026 03:40 PM (Kt19C)

2 Afternoon, animule people!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 13, 2026 03:41 PM (wzUl9)

3 Gray and bold. Sounds like a new form of mission statement.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 13, 2026 03:42 PM (wzUl9)

4 Petzzzzz

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 13, 2026 03:43 PM (F7olS)

5 Happy Caterday everyone
Nice and sunny here

Posted by: Skip at June 13, 2026 03:44 PM (Ia/+0)

6 Today is Minnifer the cat's third birfday. Please wish her a meow.

Posted by: Eromero at June 13, 2026 03:45 PM (LHPAg)

7 Those deer are asking for it.

Venison chili.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 13, 2026 03:46 PM (u82oZ)

8 At the church working at in City, co-worker found a stray cat on lot. It's a fenced in area and large. Anyway was told the female cat was quite malnourished when found. So some guys been feeding and making sure has water. She is quite friendly

Posted by: Skip at June 13, 2026 03:47 PM (Ia/+0)

9 Dini looks like a very good dog.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 13, 2026 03:47 PM (u82oZ)

10 Hey guys,

I love the deer pictures.

We have owls in our trees. No idea what kind as we only hear them, never see them. I have only seen an owl once and that was back around 2006-2009.

I have done a small update on our cats. Some cute pictures included.

https://tinyurl.com/dg65258

Posted by: Joyenz at June 13, 2026 03:47 PM (2F0/Y)

11 In any case! The furry thugs here at Casa Wolfus are well. Big black Stirling was sleeping with me just now. He passed his fourth anniversary of living with me on Thursday. He got some kitty treats, the semi-liquid "squeeze out of a tube" brand -- tuna and anchovy, I think -- and a new paper bag to play with.

Little gray Dagny sits most days in her personal sauna, the bedroom window, which gets sun from about 1 to 6 pm every day right now. She's still somewhat aloof with me, but climbs up to the sofa arm next to Miss Linda every so often now for petting -- and, we suspect, for combing. She seems to like the sensation of having the teeth pull up from the roots of her thick fur.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 13, 2026 03:47 PM (wzUl9)

12 Reef was odd today. Just insane when we first got up, frantic (more than normal zoomies) was insane outside. Whining constantly. Then like a flipped switch, he went completely silent and was calm and restrained. Very loving all of a sudden.

I sometimes wonder if the dog is just insane or can see dead people.

Ill allow it and then some. This is the end of three weeks straight without a day off and it will at least be one more.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 13, 2026 03:47 PM (zZu0s)

13 That frog is a great picture. You've got a good eye.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 13, 2026 03:48 PM (zZu0s)

14 Today is Minnifer the cat's third birfday. Please wish her a meow.
Posted by: Eromero at June 13, 2026 03:45 PM (LHPAg)

Awww, lots of birthday kisses blown for Minnifer.

Posted by: Joyenz at June 13, 2026 03:48 PM (2F0/Y)

15 All the clouds are gray ...

Posted by: Mamas and Papas at June 13, 2026 03:51 PM (0GWtO)

16 Dini is my kind of pup, just relaxing in the shade. Love the owl!!! Haven't been able to snap any pics of the ones out here, but I sure do hear 'em at night.

Posted by: Sua Sponte at June 13, 2026 03:52 PM (GTw+O)

17 Not the disclosure you're looking for.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at June 13, 2026 03:54 PM (YlWIZ)

18 Would you like a treat?
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Kaylee the Calico Kitty Cat (the cutest little cat of them) all always responds when I ask her that question.

If I ask her if she wants food or breakfast or dinner, she just looks at me.

If I ask her if she wants a treat, she emphatically meows, "Yes." (and then I give her some, of course)

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 13, 2026 03:55 PM (gnNyN)

19 That frog is a great picture. You've got a good eye.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 13, 2026

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I can never spot the little devils in their habitats at Petco. I'm expecting them to move like hamsters or rats, but they sit there utterly still like tiny rocks. Suddenly they shift a fraction, and I see the movement. "There they are!"

Speaking of hamsters, I saw a golden brown one for sale at Petco this week. It was almost the same toasted brown color as the "golden Syrian" hamsters I had as a boy, with white undersides and dark gray ears.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 13, 2026 03:59 PM (wzUl9)

20 If I ask Minnifer if she remembers when she was a kitten, she says 'damn right I do. You made me wear those checkerboard overalls!'

Posted by: Eromero at June 13, 2026 04:00 PM (LHPAg)

21 People don't believe me (though I'm sure some of you recall) when I say that Woolworth's downtown used to sell pets in the early '60s: hamsters, white mice, turtles, mynah birds and parakeets, and -- for a time -- baby alligators. I was never tempted by them, thank goodness. And there used to be a pet store in the Quarter on Dauphine St., on a corner so that people could peer into the windows on two sides. They sold kittens and puppies as well as small pets. The place was clean and well kept.

There was another shop nearby on Burgundy which had a parrot -- maybe as the shopkeeper's pet, maybe for sale. He made me a little nervous when I was young, with the way he fixed me with that reptilian eye and moved back and forth along his perch.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 13, 2026 04:02 PM (wzUl9)

22 We live in the country and enjoy the deer as well but they do require some accommodations. We are in the middle of fawn season and we have to be mindful when we let our dog out of the fenced part of the yard. We've got two enormous live oaks on either side of our front yard. Each one has a landscape island around it where the deer love to park their fawns while feeding nearby. They fawns are invisible and you (or your dog) can almost step on them without seeing them.

If humans or dogs get too close to the hidden fawn the mom deer will suddenly pop up out of nowhere and can be very threatening. They can do a lot of damage with their hooves. We have had to make a hasty retreat with the dog a couple of times this year.

Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at June 13, 2026 04:04 PM (TrISa)

23 Kaylee the Calico Kitty Cat (the cutest little cat of them) all always responds when I ask her that question.

If I ask her if she wants food or breakfast or dinner, she just looks at me.

If I ask her if she wants a treat, she emphatically meows, "Yes." (and then I give her some, of course)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 13, 2026

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Dagny is practically mute unless you disturb her seriously. She just follows me into the kitchen and looks up at me with that beseeching stare. About the only time Stirling chirps is for water; he jumps up on the bathroom or the kitchen counter and gives little piteous cries. You'd think he just crossed the desert on a horse with no name. They have their fountain, and I see Dagny use it, but Stirling rarely does.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 13, 2026 04:06 PM (wzUl9)

24 I liked the "To err is human" etc animal poem.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 13, 2026 04:07 PM (looXz)

25 That owl looks baked. I think someone left some gummies out for him next door.

Or he's just squinting because it's daytime and he's an owl.

Posted by: mikeski at June 13, 2026 04:08 PM (VHUov)

26 And I liked seeing all the pictures. Owls are lovely.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 13, 2026 04:09 PM (looXz)

27 About the only wildlife I see here are opossums, not often, and now and then a wading bird, a small storklike species, that must wander in from the grass-lined canal a couple of blocks away. There used to be a pair that stalked around the main street of the complex, and then one day there was only one. A male who'd lost his mate, perhaps.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 13, 2026 04:09 PM (wzUl9)

28 Look at that b**** deer....just standing there, eating crackers.....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at June 13, 2026 04:11 PM (QGaXH)

29 Wolfus, I put a bowl of water out that has a pinch of salt in it. The cats don't much like the plain tap water but they do drink a lot of the water with salt.

Posted by: Kindltot at June 13, 2026 04:13 PM (rbvCR)

30 That owl looks baked. I think someone left some gummies out for him next door.

Or he's just squinting because it's daytime and he's an owl.
Posted by: mikeski at June 13, 2026

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What was that OTC medicine that used to have an animated owl as its spokesbird? Oh, yes: "Be wise, all, take Xyzal!" I imagine an advertising copywriter wrestling with an ad campaign to make a weirdly-named allergy medicine memorable, tossing and turning . . . until one night, possibly baked himself, he came up with the rhyme "wise all/Xyzal."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 13, 2026 04:14 PM (wzUl9)

31 Chicago may be losing the Bears and stuck with the Obama Library, but on the bright side they still have Big Mike !!!!

And that Ain't bad !!!!

Posted by: Jackson K. at June 13, 2026 04:16 PM (Bnw/D)

32 Wolfus, I put a bowl of water out that has a pinch of salt in it. The cats don't much like the plain tap water but they do drink a lot of the water with salt.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 13, 2026

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For all I know our lousy tap water has salt, and maybe other salts I don't want to know about. I think it's the running water that attracts my two. Dagny likes her morning session with the tap, too, as I brush my teeth.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 13, 2026 04:16 PM (wzUl9)

33 Meow...

🐈‍⬛

Posted by: Puddleglum, Back in Babylon DC at June 13, 2026 04:17 PM (sAmhv)

34 I think it's the running water that attracts my two.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

Leftover wild instincts. Cats don't have a scavenger's constitution like dogs do, so they don't like to drink standing/stagnant water.

Posted by: mikeski at June 13, 2026 04:19 PM (VHUov)

35 31 Chicago may be losing the Bears and stuck with the Obama Library, but on the bright side they still have Big Mike !!!!

And that Ain't bad !!!!
Posted by: Jackson K. at June 13, 2026 04:16 PM (Bnw/D)
Will da Bears go to an out-of-control city?

Posted by: Eromero at June 13, 2026 04:20 PM (LHPAg)

36 My cats are getting jaded by paper bags. This morning I brought some stuff from Whole Foods (Linda had a coupon), and left the bag out on the floor. Stirling romped on it for a while, but he's lost interest now.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 13, 2026 04:20 PM (wzUl9)

37 I think it's the running water that attracts my two.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
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Leftover wild instincts. Cats don't have a scavenger's constitution like dogs do, so they don't like to drink standing/stagnant water.
Posted by: mikeski at June 13, 2026

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The late big black Wolf would not go near the fountain; his brother Chekov drank from it, but he preferred his bowl (refreshed twice a day at their meals), and the tap water, of course. My previous cats were fine with their fresh water arriving in bowls.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 13, 2026 04:23 PM (wzUl9)

38
Deckard, "Is the owl real?"
Rachael, "Of course it is."

Posted by: 13times at June 13, 2026 04:25 PM (+Pxm2)

39 The late big black Wolf would not go near the fountain; his brother Chekov drank from it, but he preferred his bowl (refreshed twice a day at their meals), and the tap water, of course. My previous cats were fine with their fresh water arriving in bowls.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 13, 2026 04:23 PM (wzUl9)\
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Allie and Penny each have a fountain.

Kaylee and Hexie *could* drink from the fountains, but they seem to prefer to drink from their water bowls (changed daily, of course)

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 13, 2026 04:26 PM (gnNyN)

40 Those deer are doing something at night.

Very suss.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 13, 2026 04:26 PM (RIvkX)

41 I was hoping we'd get a chance to see the crows that are taking care of Ace - or is it the other way around - this week.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 13, 2026 04:30 PM (qx7Zg)

42 Weekreekfarmgirl, did you color wash the exterior walls or is it natural sun and weathered fade? Because I love the sandy-stucco Tuscan-terracotta finish.

Posted by: 13times at June 13, 2026 04:32 PM (+Pxm2)

43 My roly-poly cat Scout and I have developed a routine in the past week or so that I hope she enjoys as much as I do. She can't quite make the leap to my lap when I'm at the computer. Last week as she sat with accusing eyes, I said, "Do you want to get up? Give me the bat signal."

Not sure why she decided that meant pushing her head against my leg, but I took it as so and picked her up for a cuddle.

It was an instant routine. She sits. I ask her for the bat signal. She thinks it over and pushes her head against me. I pick her up. Yum.

One of us is well-trained.

Posted by: Wenda at June 13, 2026 04:34 PM (UIfeN)

44 Whatever became of Owlbert?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 13, 2026 04:34 PM (Cqx++)

45 I saw a video of a caracal making their squeeky little sound, and realized my own cat makes that noise often.

I'm about to watch Cherry 2000, what am I in for?

Posted by: BourbonChicken at June 13, 2026 04:35 PM (lhenN)

46 And as if to prove me wrong, Stirling has gone back to sit on the new bag.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 13, 2026 04:37 PM (wzUl9)

47 Came home from the family reunion and brushed Bruno. And brushed. And brushed. And there's still more but we were both tired of it. We go thru this every year. I don't know why he waits until June when it's 95 degrees out there though.

Posted by: fd at June 13, 2026 04:37 PM (vFG9F)

48 One of us is well-trained.
Posted by: Wenda at June 13, 2026 04:34 PM (UIfeN)
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If you are wondering who, I have some bad news for you.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 13, 2026 04:38 PM (RIvkX)

49 Today is Minnifer the cat's third birfday. Please wish her a meow.
Posted by: Eromero at June 13, 2026 03:45 PM (LHPAg)
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Happy third b-day, Minnie! Have your staff give you extra cheek skritches and belly rubz.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 13, 2026 04:40 PM (kpS4V)

50 I never see Lily drink out of either her water bowl or her fountain, but she seems extravagantly healthy and fluffacious, so she must lap in private.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 13, 2026 04:43 PM (kpS4V)

51 I never see Lily drink out of either her water bowl or her fountain, but she seems extravagantly healthy and fluffacious, so she must lap in private.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 13, 2026

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Cats are secret drinkers.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 13, 2026 04:45 PM (wzUl9)

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