Checkoutmyblogaboutmydog (Pet thread: TNG)

[milesofsparks]

thanks--my architecture degree is good for something!  and if Dr. Bob were around, he'd no doubt be pleased that the turret-like one is a hexagon. 

Scout & Mojo say hi to you all, too--come visit anytime.

[jm]

your cats sometimes make me think of Statler & Waldorf, mixed cats.

That's what it is!

Also, Mojo and Scout are lookin proper, mos.

[milesofsparks]

and I should say--this cat-fort building technique is easy as pie.  just cut your pieces out of old boxes, punch holes (make sure you have a good, sharp hole-punch so it will cut through the cardboard) near the corners and in the middle of longer pieces, and attach with zip ties.  super simple.  you could trim the zip ties if you want it to look nicer, or leave 'em if your cats like batting & chewing as much as mine do.

[elpollodiablo]

This photo:

[elpollodiablo]

No, Mr. Bond. I expect you to purr

[mixed cats]

Bill's band now has a music video featuring our cats. And a sasquatch.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-alVsJ8U92s&feature=player_embedded

[reebty]

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=16699210&l=6e67158332&id=532380622
Wilson swimming

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=17800319&l=453f08df3d&id=532380622
Wilson swimming (Spiderland version)

[fishjim]

Bill's band now has a music video featuring our cats. And a sasquatch.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-alVsJ8U92s&feature=player_embedded

A metal video starring Sasquatch. AT LAST.

[kyle]

Here. Is there still a cute animal thread? Don't want to search.

Pug related material.

[dumbfish]

The waterfall's behind you, dummy.
eta: Snake damage, 48 hours post-bite. Thought it best to leave that photo behind a link, since it doesn't fit with the thread's mood.

[peacocks]

I want to go to there

[Ignatius]

Man you guys got fancy trails in the south with the banisters and the steps and such.

[milesofsparks]

OK, I think I've made all the cat forts I can make.  time for a cat hammock?



from this great article about sailor cats:
http://www.usni.org/news-and-features/cats-and-the-sea-services

[peacocks]

AW! My favorite is the 15 year old war vet cat. My cat would love living on a boat.

[mixed cats]

Ferrets love hammocks more than anything. I have a freestanding one made for cats from some crap catalog (Lillian Vernon or whatever) that mine sleeps in. Linus likes to knead the blanket on it, and he always does it when she's trying to sleep - she's sticking her head out of her blanket like "WHAT IS HAPPENING TO ME" and he's totally oblivious to her.

I like sailor cats!

[jess]

I don't feel like unearthing the cute thread for this, but the sailor cat reminded me that just in case anyone here didn't see the dolphin/cat video that's been taking over the internet, you really should, because it's insanely cute (and involves an actual dolphin and an actual cat):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rynvewVe21Y

[kyle]

Video is set to private? Weird.

[jess]

Weird, it wasn't as of when I posted it. Checked the link, and it's correct, but apparently they changed the setting. Too bad, because it was awesome—this cat was on the edge of a boat and a dolphin came up and gently bopped it a couple of times with its nose and then when it popped up the next time the cat reached out and pawed it and then nuzzled it and that repeated a whole bunch of times and the cat gave it all sort of pats and nuzzles, and the dolphin kept coming back for them. So yes, ridiculously cute.

[Thermofusion]

from this great article about sailor cats:
http://www.usni.org/news-and-features/cats-and-the-sea-services

This is awesome

[mixed cats]

One of our hamsters isn't doing well. Linus will be so sad if something happens.

[jebreject]

Crimbo is currently in the kitty hospital after having very likely ingested highly toxic lily pollen. If the blood tests do show toxicity, there's nothing they can do, and he will have to be put down.

Please keep him in your thoughts.

[elpollodiablo]

Jeb, that's so awful. I'm sorry. How did that happen? He got into a lily outside?

[jebreject]

That's the thing I'm going to be beating myself up over. We just didn't know that lilies were poisonous to cats, and we had some flowers we'd brought home from Trader Joe's, in a vase on the kitchen table. He pulled down one of the lilies (it was snapped and facing downward) and must have rubbed his face in it, because he had this brown-orange dust all over his face. We washed his face, so the hope is that he didn't actually ingest any, either by inhaling it or when cleaning himself. Luckily he didn't actually eat the flower or anything, but I think the pollen is actually the most toxic part? Anyway, we looked up whether lilies were okay for cats and the internet was all OH SHIT DUDE YOU'RE FUCKED. I called the vet and they said to bring him in right away. He was asymptomatic this morning, and there's the chance that it only got on his fur and not in his bloodstream, but we won't know anything until they run all kinds of panels and urinalysis and shit. I'm a nervous wreck right now.

[elpollodiablo]

Oh my god I can't imagine. Jesus. You'd think there should be some kind of signage in the store or something, yeah?

[mixed cats]

Don't beat yourself up. There's so many things that can happen, and you can't prepare for everything. I am sending you all the kitty well-wishes in the entire world.