Checkoutmyblogaboutmydog (Pet thread: TNG)

[Ashley]

soooooooooo cute
i want that kitty.

the rats I've been fostering have been adopted. 

[ausdemfenster]

Digby, splayed on the couch like he's allowed to take up the space meant for two humans:

[elpollodiablo]

[Ashley]

ohhhh

[Greg Nog]

still not enough Maine Coons on this page

[mixed cats]

FURRY BELLIES

[mixed cats]

Bill is Linus's favorite thing in the whole world, but I think I'm creeping up. I got a fuzzy robe last month and he can't stop himself from kneading it. I bought a body pillow to help me with side sleeping, and he discovered that he can cram himself in the little valley between it and me when I'm lying down, so he gets in it every night. And every morning, in an effort stop me from getting out of bed.

[peacocks]

Awwwww

[Ashley]

my rats have been gone for a week and the impact petlessness has had on my life is tragic.

on the bright side i'm looking for a cat friendly place to move into in may.  come on lola!

[Anne the Man]

Man, Kitten is the most underfoot cat ever; when I walk down the path by the side of the house she stops me every step of the way by curling around my legs/feet. She'll trip me up one day. I always worry about her not getting enough attention.

[jm]

Cats are capricious motherfuckers, and they want attention on their terms.

"I don't remember telling you it was OK to stop bouncing that thing on the string."

[jess]

Downton Tabby (where the tv thread meets this one):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=clJK3KBqdlE

[silentsigh89]

In 8th grade, I bought a kitten. I was told not to name it because I wasn't allowed to keep it. (I kept her anyway)

Then we lost our house and I had to give her away. (I talked my sister into taking her for a few years)

THEN. I got her back.

Ten years later, Kitten is pretty much my favorite thing ever.

[Greg Nog]

Yay to you dropping in, and YAYYYY to the cat!

[edison]

Yes! She looks just like ours! (her body, anyway)

(also, I concur, nice to see you here)

[Anne the Man]

Sup Beth! That cat has my cat's colouring, which is also the same as Grace's right-on and sadly late cat Hoshi. Maybe black and white cats are genetically determined to be totally awesome.

[G.C.R]

This is my neighbour. He kept that position for about five minutes while I rubbed his tummy. What this picture doesn't quite capture is that he is fucking enormous, like one of the biggest cats I have ever seen. He comes and leans against my legs when I hang out the washing and then bites the back of my shins gently in a playful manner. His name's Gizmo and we are buddies.

[alex]

Gizmo seems like an excellent neighbour!

I hope I'll be able to befriend some neighbourhood cats as well. S told me yesterday that he saw a cat that looked heavily pregnant in our garden while I was under the shower, so if I'm very lucky, I might even be able to befriend some neighbourhood kittens in a couple of months.

[clare]

Oh man, leg-biting cats! I have two of them. I thought it was just an idiosyncracy of Kovu's, until Jimmy came along. He's a real pain in the arse for that, he even does it to the dog, though I've realised when he does it to me, he just wants a snuggle...

I saw my first ever Maine Coon yesterday. Excellent. Erik was particularly impressed with the tail.

[elpollodiablo]

I woke up to our Maine Coon perched on the edge of the bassinet, peering in. I had to swat him and yell at him and chase him out of the room. And now I feel bad.

[Anne the Man]

You watch out, he'll run away with some sexy street cat and eat lasagne in a restaurant.

[Thermofusion]

Speaking of street cats, in my new neighborhood there are a lot of feral cats, probably aided by the fact that all but a couple of the houses on the block are vacant. Is there something I can/should do about this? Even though they run in terror as soon as I so much as come into view, I'm a little concerned about all these furry little disease vectors running around.

[Greg Nog]

If there's a Trap Neuter Release certification program nearby, you could always get TNR-certified, and make sure they're all sterile!

I'm at the vet's with Caliban Party Ghost right now. He is not happy to be in the carrier!

[fishjim]

Heads up, dogwalkers!

While out walking my dog (in Clayton), a man stops in his car and asks, "do you speak English?" then proceeded to tell me an eagle could easily pick up my dog, so I should watch for them as I walk... -_-

[mixed cats]

Hey anyone else, do your cats make up games? With rules? Hugo is all about inventing games with us that seem to have simple rules, like, we're going to play with THIS toy, and you're going to hold it THIS way, and I'm gonna hide under the bed and then attack it. Every few weeks it's a new toy and a different way of playing.

Linus doesn't play like that, and can't learn the rules that Hugo has invented for us and him. But when it's just the cats playing (aka running around at top speed beating the shit out of each other) they definitely have a shared rule about base. Like when you play tag and the person who's it can't get you when you're touching base. They chase each other into the living room, and the second the chasee puts his paws on base (the scratching post), the chaser stops, and that race is over. After a few seconds it starts again in the other direction.

Anyway I think their tag game is funny.