The Cat Thread

[on3m@n@rmy]

Yes, that is Kitty in her tri-colour glory.

Susan

Interesting that her = tri-color
Not kidding... we took our kitty, she's 2-1/2 yo now, into the vet. The vet comes in and says "Oh, what a pretty girl" without even examining her. I asked how he knew it was a girl. He said girls can have 3 colors, but male cats can't have 3 colors. I assume the vets knows.

 

[kelvedon wonder]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tortoiseshell_cat
Complicated stuff, all those alleles. I've a female tortoiseshell/tabby who looks like someone took a bag of leftover cat colours, threw them in a bag and gave them a good shake. Apparently you can get male tortoishells, but they can be infertile. By the same token, ginger cats are usually male.

 

[Susan Westemeyer]

I had never had a tri-colour cat before, but when we got Kitty (or Mimi, as we also call her), I learned that they are virtually all females.

Here such a cat is called a Glückskatze, although I am not sure whether it is the cat herself who is lucky or whether she brings luck.

Certainly we are very lucky to have her, and she is lucky that we took her from the animal shelter.

Susan

 

[BroDeal]

I had never had a tri-colour cat before, but when we got Kitty (or Mimi, as we also call her), I learned that they are virtually all females.

Interesting. I did not know that.

 

[Race Radio]

I had never had a tri-colour cat before, but when we got Kitty (or Mimi, as we also call her), I learned that they are virtually all females.

Here such a cat is called a Glückskatze, although I am not sure whether it is the cat herself who is lucky or whether she brings luck.

Certainly we are very lucky to have her, and she is lucky that we took her from the animal shelter.

Susan

Here we call them Calico cats....they make excellent divers

 

[on3m@n@rmy]

Here we call them Calico cats....they make excellent divers

I would not have thought you could get a cat to do that. That pic ranks right up there with bobcat badazz on previous page.

 

[BroDeal]

That pool needs some fish in it.

 

[Susan Westemeyer]

I ws writing the brief report for Qatar again today, so I was closely watching the livestream and taking notes. With 5 km to go, Kitty threw up all over the staircase......

You never saw such a quick clean-up action!

Susan

 

[on3m@n@rmy]

cats rarely have good timing when it comes to hairball upchucks.

 

[on3m@n@rmy]

That pool needs some fish in it.

yeah, the cat looks a little bored, or needs some distraction from his current predicament.

 

[Susan Westemeyer]

Thursday midday I was sitting on the sofa watching Qatar on my laptop. I got up and went in the kitchen. When I came back, Kitty was sitting in my place. She gave me the "Don't even think about it" look and started licking herself somewhere unmentionable.

So I picked up the laptop, lay down on the other couch and put the laptop on my stomach to watch. 10 seconds later I see nothing but fur. Kitty had to join me. I shoved her out of the way and she finally settled down on my arm.

To top it all off, I had accepted a package for a neighbor and she rang the doorbell with about 100 metres to go in the race......

Susan

 

[kelvedon wonder]

I had an uncomfortable moment this week - sharing a pack of discounted prawns with the cat. 20 minutes later they reappeared under the dining room table. I spent the next couple of hours wondering whether I was about to embark on a major food-poisoning sesh.

 

[Hugh Januss]

I had an uncomfortable moment this week - sharing a pack of discounted prawns with the cat. 20 minutes later they reappeared under the dining room table. I spent the next couple of hours wondering whether I was about to embark on a major food-poisoning sesh.

So uhm, how did everything come out?

 

[craig1985]

Here we call them Calico cats....they make excellent divers

How did you get your cat in a scuba suit and to go underwater? I'm sure Hugh Januss has some answers for this.

 

[Hugh Januss]

How did you get your cat in a scuba suit and to go underwater? I'm sure Hugh Januss has some answers for this.

Kitty tranqs.

 

[Susan Westemeyer]

Kitty tranqs.

That would never work for us. It is literally impossible for us to give Kitty any kind of medication. If we would try we would probably end up in the Emergency Room.

Susan

 

[mewmewmew13]

Here we call them Calico cats....they make excellent divers

I have never seen anything like that! I know you all are cat lovers here...so what was the subsequent story behind this kitteh's experience?
Did he actually enjoy (tolerate) this?

 

[krebs303]

I have never seen anything like that! I know you all are cat lovers here...so what was the subsequent story behind this kitteh's experience?
Did he actually enjoy (tolerate) this?

Here's a video.
Scuba Cat

 

[mewmewmew13]

Thanks Krebs! Cutest thing I have seen for a long time...it's obvious the cat (& dog) love that. Amazing.

 

[runninboy]

That would never work for us. It is literally impossible for us to give Kitty any kind of medication. If we would try we would probably end up in the Emergency Room.

Susan

I agree, My situation, i have adopted a couple of feral cats, set up a nice little carpet covered condo outside near my trainer. Sometimes they sleep while i ride, sometimes they watch totally bored. today as i was doing a light spin while reading the morning paper i noticed one watching me intently. I have seen that look many times before, she started to readjust her wait and knew she was ready to attack and rip this deadly paper to shreds and probably my hand s would be an additional casualty. Quickly i realized this was a feral cat and chances of trapping it and testing for various diseases would be impossible. I made a hasty exit
current score CAT+1 My morning ritual =nil

Came to this thread a little late, loved the bobcat, pic. I live in the foothills and when i used to run i would go down this one trail and somedays this mother bobcat would go on the trail so i would be sure to see her and lead me away from the den. From then on i would glance in the general area as i ran and a few weeks later i caught a glimpse of the mother the den & her brood. Periodically she would appear on the trail but most of the time she trusted me enough to just stay by the den(50 feet up a slope hidden by rocks at the base of a tree) Sometimes when i would run by i would just say "hello" as i ran by. Now i don't know the longevity of bobcats but that den was used from the early 70's until my last sighting in about 2002 when there was some contruction equipment that used the trail daily to get to a project a half mile away. Kind of sad as this home had survived many wildfires and the encroachment of man, but the big equipment was just too close. ALthough whenever i run i still look up in case someone comes home for a visit.

 

[runninboy]

reading the stories reminds me of so many cats i have enjoyed over the years.

I had a girlfriend in Sweden who had this great cat, a Norwegian Forest cat. Anyway my GF loved to sleep with the window open in winter. In the morning sometimes a squirrel would appear on the tree that hung over the balcony at the open window. ALthough i was warned this might happen it was still a great shock. I was half asleep as i heard a squirrel outside, then the unmistakable sound of a large cat bounding across the floor jumping onto the bed and using my prone body as spring board to launch for the squirrel. Quite a thing to wake up to . Luckily she missed, but i was informed that many times she didn't once she even brought the squirrel inside as a prize. Of course a semi mortally wounded squirrel is not something you want inside your flat and my GF had to knock on quite a few doors to find someone who was able to corner the thing and put it out of its misery.
the cats reaction
"this is what you do with my present? fine get your own squirrel"

 

[mewmewmew13]

I agree, My situation, i have adopted a couple of feral cats, set up a nice little carpet covered condo outside near my trainer. Sometimes they sleep while i ride, sometimes they watch totally bored. today as i was doing a light spin while reading the morning paper i noticed one watching me intently. I have seen that look many times before, she started to readjust her wait and knew she was ready to attack and rip this deadly paper to shreds and probably my hand s would be an additional casualty. Quickly i realized this was a feral cat and chances of trapping it and testing for various diseases would be impossible. I made a hasty exit
current score CAT+1 My morning ritual =nil

Came to this thread a little late, loved the bobcat, pic. I live in the foothills and when i used to run i would go down this one trail and somedays this mother bobcat would go on the trail so i would be sure to see her and lead me away from the den. From then on i would glance in the general area as i ran and a few weeks later i caught a glimpse of the mother the den & her brood. Periodically she would appear on the trail but most of the time she trusted me enough to just stay by the den(50 feet up a slope hidden by rocks at the base of a tree) Sometimes when i would run by i would just say "hello" as i ran by. Now i don't know the longevity of bobcats but that den was used from the early 70's until my last sighting in about 2002 when there was some contruction equipment that used the trail daily to get to a project a half mile away. Kind of sad as this home had survived many wildfires and the encroachment of man, but the big equipment was just too close. ALthough whenever i run i still look up in case someone comes home for a visit.

Great story, runninboy. That is sad that the cats were uprooted....you will have to post if they ever come back.
I, too, came to this thread late, but was pleased to find it and all the interesting posts.

I spend a lot of time running on trails near where I live, too, and there is nothing better than running into creatures and enjoying their world...
one of my fave runs takes me by a large stand of trees that are bare in the winter, and there is usually one, sometimes two eagles sitting in one looking for prey.....there are mt lions cruising here too, but as yet I haven't been lucky enough to see one, just some large paw prints. meow

 

[usedtobefast]

Great story, runninboy. That is sad that the cats were uprooted....you will have to post if they ever come back.
I, too, came to this thread late, but was pleased to find it and all the interesting posts.

I spend a lot of time running on trails near where I live, too, and there is nothing better than running into creatures and enjoying their world...
one of my fave runs takes me by a large stand of trees that are bare in the winter, and there is usually one, sometimes two eagles sitting in one looking for prey.....there are mt lions cruising here too, but as yet I haven't been lucky enough to see one, just some large paw prints. meow

careful with those Mountain Lions. they don't mess around, and we have fatalities from time to time, even here in suburbia.

 

[oldborn]

I am having a Ragdoll cat blue point mitted (i think it is original name)
Anyway, this is first time i ever (my wife) bought a cat, we ussualy had a domestic ones. She is a really nice, and having habits like dog sometimes. Kids loves her, and she has a patient as priest.
She is huge, i think little smaller than Norwegian cat.

It cost me a lot almost 500 euros, but i will never regret. So here this breed is almost impossible to find, and people really do not know much about it.
It is American breed wright? So i it popular over there? Do people let them out, i think to bring her on ours country house, but i am little bit afraid.

 

[redtreviso]

I am having a Ragdoll cat blue point mitted (i think it is original name)
Anyway, this is first time i ever (my wife) bought a cat, we ussualy had a domestic ones. She is a really nice, and having habits like dog sometimes. Kids loves her, and she has a patient as priest.
She is huge, i think little smaller than Norwegian cat.

It cost me a lot almost 500 euros, but i will never regret. So here this breed is almost impossible to find, and people really do not know much about it.
It is American breed wright? So i it popular over there? Do people let them out, i think to bring her on ours country house, but i am little bit afraid.

I found one in a park..Gave it first to my mom..But he bit her.. (he was declawed) Then gave him to a friend of mine and now he is cool..He still bites though. He got up to 24lbs..Monster cat..short legs.. I think they call the white footed ragdolls.. Snowshoe Ragdolls