Post a picture of a cat!

[xrunner]

I hadn’t looked at this thread in ages, so a very belated condolences for your loss.

My childhood cat was a Russian blue named Max! (And the last cat I had was a Siamese.) May your Maxim create as many great memories as your Siamese did during her time with you.

Thank you Tooki. 

Maxim is having a lot of fun and doing great. He likes to play fetch with rabbit fur toy mice. I also feed the birds and other animals like possums and he enjoys sneaking up on them as far as he can at the screen window/door. As a Russian blue he should tolerate very cold temps. However lately he's been making his own "sleeping bag" out of a blanket. Come on boy it's not that cold!

 

[Ed.Kloonk]

Come on boy it's not that cold!

 

It mightn't be the cold he's on about. Sleeeeep. I just wanna sleeeeeeeeeep.

[Cubdriver]

My late Snowshoe cat.

I had this cat for 12 years when I lived at the beach until he died from old age.  I don't know how old he really was because he was an full grown adult when I got him.  He had been abandoned and was skin and bones, so I fed him and he decided to stick around.

He was a great cat, intelligent, very talkative, and mostly well behaved.   He was not a hunter, he knew food came in a can.  He would sometimes make the rounds and visit my neighbors, most of whom knew me as his "owner."   He liked to sit by my front door and talk to beach goers as they walked by so they would pet him.

They always leave us far too soon.  Mine, Faraday, joined the family a year ago September 30th - he (along with Nixie) were rescues that came over from Egypt.  Faraday was dropped off at the rescuer's doorstep, and Nixie was found as a tiny waif in the street.  The Siamese influence in him is strong - he's a chatterbox, too, and is inclined to follow me around like a dog - I can picture your companion 'working the crowds' headed for the beach to get attention.

Faraday:


Nixie:


-Pat

Edit to add - Amaro was a very handsome fellow, too - sorry to hear of his loss as well.   

[Cubdriver]

I lost my great buddy Stan last Feb from an aggressive cancer.  I rescued him from a highway rest area 10 years ago.

On the brighter side, I adopted these 3 brothers in September.  I couldn't break up a family but they're more than a handful (hint: never get more kittens at one time than you have hands).  They look like they'll be 7 Kg, more or less.

Those three look like a whole lot of concentrated mischief!  Have fun serving them!   

-Pat

[Cerebus]

A Seasonal Reminder

Having just been given an Amaryllis plant for Christmas by a well meaning friend it's probably a good time to remind people that some common decorative houseplants are highly poisonous to cats, dogs and other domestic animals.

If you want to check before giving something for Christmas (or discreetly deciding whether to bin a given present) you can here: https://www.aspca.org/pet-care/animal-poison-control/toxic-and-non-toxic-plants .

[Bud]

Got my Christmas Amazon order delivered !

[MarkL]

Is that Amazon box size "1A5"?  Perfect size for cat shipping and storage.

[xrunner]

Got my Christmas Amazon order delivered !

How would you rate this recent purchase? 

[Cubdriver]

Got my Christmas Amazon order delivered !

How would you rate this recent purchase? 

Mischievous, rambunctious, and destructive.   

-Pat

[Ed.Kloonk]

Got my Christmas Amazon order delivered !

How would you rate this recent purchase? 

Mischievous, rambunctious, and destructive.   

-Pat

4 and a half hisses.

[Cubdriver]

Cat resistant (note that I didn't say proof) Christmas Tree:


-Pat

[tooki]

Cat resistant (note that I didn't say proof) Christmas Tree:


-Pat

Yyyyeah, my last cat could jump high enough that he could have swatted me on the nose if he wanted*. That tree would have been no match for Franklin!




*admittedly I’m not the tallest guy in the world, but still…

[Cerebus]

So, I'm having my annual pre-Christmas tidy of the living room and find an empty box for a PCI USB card that for some reason known only to the gods I'd decided to hang on to. By this point I'm in a "Sod it!" mood and just hurl it aside intending to put it in the bin later.

At this point the cat comes in, puts her front two paws in the box and sits down looking self satisfied. SWMBO says to the cat "What's the matter? Bum too big to fit in the box and you can only get your front paws in?". Cat walks off in a huff, I kick the box closer to the bin.

Later the cat comes back:



I think that look sums up exactly what Madam wanted to say to SWMBO about her earlier remarks.

[Cubdriver]

Cat resistant (note that I didn't say proof) Christmas Tree:


-Pat

Yyyyeah, my last cat could jump high enough that he could have swatted me on the nose if he wanted*. That tree would have been no match for Franklin!




*admittedly I’m not the tallest guy in the world, but still…

Yeah, that guy looks very much like my Gilmore, who would easily jump up and grab that tree, too.


-Pat

[Cerebus]

Self-wrapping Xmas Cat:



There were about 7 seconds between the present being unwrapped and the cat climbing in, 3 if you count the time from the wrapping hit the floor.

[Ed.Kloonk]

Visited family for xmas. They have that grey/purple-y coloured Russian breed of cat. No problem with that but he comes over for a pat for a few minutes and then suddenly whack! He bites your hand.

What a prick.

[nctnico]

Visited family for xmas. They have that grey/purple-y coloured Russian breed of cat. No problem with that but he comes over for a pat for a few minutes and then suddenly whack! He bites your hand.

Cats do that (some say if they like you) and they don't push their teeth into your skin. But it can catch you off-guard if it never happened to you before.

[Ed.Kloonk]

Visited family for xmas. They have that grey/purple-y coloured Russian breed of cat. No problem with that but he comes over for a pat for a few minutes and then suddenly whack! He bites your hand.

Cats do that (some say if they like you) and they don't push their teeth into your skin. But it can catch you off-guard if it never happened to you before.

Nar. This little turd does indeed bite hard. And has done it for years. Every year, yes, I get off-guard and think he's stopped being a jerk. But no.

[xrunner]

It's a "love bite" Ed! 

[Ed.Kloonk]

It's a "love bite" Ed! 

If that's his way of being friendly, he can F off.

[nctnico]

Visited family for xmas. They have that grey/purple-y coloured Russian breed of cat. No problem with that but he comes over for a pat for a few minutes and then suddenly whack! He bites your hand.

Cats do that (some say if they like you) and they don't push their teeth into your skin. But it can catch you off-guard if it never happened to you before.

Nar. This little turd does indeed bite hard. And has done it for years. Every year, yes, I get off-guard and think he's stopped being a jerk. But no.

Maybe wash your hands after eating a burger 

[SL4P]

Here’s one you don’t see every day - self taught !

[Ed.Kloonk]

Appears to have achieved levitation.

[Carel]

Visited family for xmas. They have that grey/purple-y coloured Russian breed of cat. No problem with that but he comes over for a pat for a few minutes and then suddenly whack! He bites your hand.

What a prick.

Just for statistics: how many family members did he bite this time? They tend to be a bit selective.

[Bud]

If he really disliked you he would piss in your shoes .So no worries, he was just overwhelmed  by your patting and scratching  .