catpants: Our 15 year old boy who passed away from cancer in 2003. One of the sweetest cats ever. He used to jump up and pretend to be a hat when my daughter was on the changing table. And he'd purr her to sleep. I still miss him.

reminds me much of my Queen Penelope. when it was cold, she would sleep under the blanket in my armpits or on my shoulder and always woke me up with cute kitty kisses. "Feed meow?" she'd softly ask. she too was 15 when she lost her battle. she was dealing with kidney issues, but cancer took her in the end as well.

perhaps they are playing together. she would find your guy quite handsome. >^..^<

lajimi:
WOW! I finally made a capshun that made it back to Caturday! Thx!

/doing my part to help get to 500
//even though i don't have as many pics as someone else
///*cough,cough* Lajimi *cough,cough*
////slashies!!!!!

L33t Squirrel: For things I do to my cats...: I'm on the Left Coast, too, and I just woke up. (Weeknds + sleeping in = awesome!) I'll be posting more pics of the boys once I've gotten a shower and something to eat, so don't worry, Caturday will go on a little bit longer.

yay! the Squirrel has arrived! your presence has been missed. :-)
isn't sleeping in teh best?! all these early morning Caturday'ers! well, one can hardly blame tehm tho... like a kid waking up for Saturday morning cartoons!

TrogdorForPresident: things I do to my cats...

Wookiecat's other owner/staff here - we just got a call from the vet a few minutes ago, thankfully we seem to have caught things in time....he's been cleared & drained without too much incident :)

If all goes well we should have him back at home Monday sometime once his bloodwork and such evens out, I can only imagine his reaction to waking up with a tube jammed in his privates :):P

indeed, "Dogs have owners, Cats have staff". youses guise should EIP me. i have things to suggest that may get rid of that pesky problem for the future.

hope teh best fer teh Wook-ster.

Well, I seem to have a different problem than the rest of you this Caturday. While most of your kitties' problems are spraying instead of using the litterbox, ours are TOO interested in it. The human litterbox.

If we forget to close the toilet lid, shortly afterwards they'll come into the bathroom, dip their paws in, and lick them off! D:

The water dish is always full with clean water (we get the Alhambra service, so even the cats & ferret get good water!), so it's not that, but for some reason they are FASCINATED by the toilet! The only thing we can think of is finding a way to use Bitter Apple or something to discourage behavior, but since there are no time-release tabs like there are bleach ones for the tank, we're not quite sure what we can do. I mean, yeah, keep the toilet lid closed, but we're looking for something a bit more permanent. Anyone ever had experience with this? We've had cats for a combined total of almost 40 years and we've never seen this before. Weird cats!

They also have a plastic bag fetish. They don't eat them, they just chew on them, like we do bubble gum. Doesn't mean we still don't find white pieces of "something" in the litter box now and then...

Oh well, less talking, more picturing. Sassy seems to be making it his mission to fuzz up every piece of clothing in the house, even if they're already in the laundry (making up for lost time?), and Sonny knocked my big, fuzzy squirrel off the top of my computer the other night to reign tall over the living room, before he jumped onto some other shelving to chase a spider on the ceiling. Silly boy!





Oh, and I love the tank-kitty pic. He looks just like Sassy! And I could see him doing that, too. :)

things I do to my cats...: linuxpyro: things I do to my cats...: linuxpyro: My own cats are now allowing me to post some pics of them:

and what LOVELY "fellows" the are!

signed, "has a soft spot for Russian Blues, Blacks, ... oh hell, for all of them",
-tIdtmcats...

Those are two of my current four (my brother actually has two of his own also). The black one is Zeus, and the Russian Blue is Gray. He (Gray) was actually just a scrawny stray last summer when my mom found him. Now he's our fattest cat. He's also very non-threatening; when we got Yuschi (our tabby, might post a pic later or next week), he kind of flipped out, and for a while we had to keep the two of them separated sometimes, as they'd fight and we'd find clumps of cat hair all over the upstairs hall (though you wouldn't notice any missing from either of them, of course). Gray doesn't have any problems, he's friendly toward both of them.

i have a Russian blue that i am in the process of semi-adopting that i have named Gary. :-)

this is kind of an odd pic of him and he is part Tabby. from different angles, he looks different. he reminds me of some of the other Blue's here especially the one with the two in the cooler. :-) he's in the yard here enjoying his favorite, a chicken leg.

Wow, he looks very cute. Gray's looks like he has some very faint tabby stripes, but for the most part he's a solid color.

/Psssstttt,Sherp...Dragon says hint,hint

My first 'failed foster', Juno's big decision

Awwww, thanks, TheShavingofOccam123, that's exactly what I was looking for! :) I'm showing that to the hubby when he wakes up.

You're welcome!

meer markt: Yea....have fun with that guys. I'm out.

Please don't go, these threads will be miserable without you!

/yeah, right...

L33t Squirrel: Well, I seem to have a different problem than the rest of you this Caturday. While most of your kitties' problems are spraying instead of using the litterbox, ours are TOO interested in it. The human litterbox.

Mine pee in a few rooms too. Normal squat-peeing. Trying to solve that too. Driving me mad.

If we forget to close the toilet lid, shortly afterwards they'll come into the bathroom, dip their paws in, and lick them off! D:

They may be entertained by the rippling water. Maybe try one of those pet fountains. But you should close the lid anyway, just to avoid the icky spray when you flush :)

Oh, I can't believe I didn't upload a couple of these sooner. I had forgotten all about Sassy taking over the hubby's pants. (Though in his defense, they both outgrew those kitty beds several months ago.) These cats are WEIRD. They LOVE our clothes. The moment we take something off they're right there, absorbing our precious leftover body heat, and usually go to sleep right there. That's not so bad, but when I'm trying to do laundry and they insist on lying on/playing with everything, well, laundry day takes twice as long to finish. But it's twice as fun!

And look at that happy pic of Sonny down there. He's our Buddha Kitty. As long as he's in the same room with us, he's purring, and he gets this great look of absolute contentment and happiness, as though everything is right with the world. Purrvana, he has it. :)

He also loves Beethoven, the white ferret in the last pic. They play so nice together.

L33t Squirrel: Well, I seem to have a different problem than the rest of you this Caturday. While most of your kitties' problems are spraying instead of using the litterbox, ours are TOO interested in it. The human litterbox.

If we forget to close the toilet lid, shortly afterwards they'll come into the bathroom, dip their paws in, and lick them off! D:

The water dish is always full with clean water (we get the Alhambra service, so even the cats & ferret get good water!), so it's not that, but for some reason they are FASCINATED by the toilet! The only thing we can think of is finding a way to use Bitter Apple or something to discourage behavior, but since there are no time-release tabs like there are bleach ones for the tank, we're not quite sure what we can do. I mean, yeah, keep the toilet lid closed, but we're looking for something a bit more permanent. Anyone ever had experience with this? We've had cats for a combined total of almost 40 years and we've never seen this before. Weird cats!

Our Faust thinks he is our littlest ooffie. The dog taught him how to drink out of the toilet. Cooper, on the other hand, just likes to watch the water :)

CooperDaKat: picture of kitteh and broken vase

This made me think of a poem from Poetry for Cats by Henry Beard:

To A Vase
by Elizabeth Barrett Browning's Cat

How do I break thee? Let me count the ways.
I break thee if thou art at any height
My paw can reach, when, smarting from some slight,
I sulk, or have one of my crazy days.
I break thee with an accidental graze
Or twitch of tail, if I should take a fright.
I break thee out of pure and simple spite
The way I broke the jar of mayonnaise.
I break thee if I'm in a playful mood,
And then I wrestle with the shiny bits.
I break thee if I do not like my food.
And if someone thy shards together fits,
I'll break thee once again when thou art glued.

Mr Thumbs aka Ghost

Lucy and Juno's attitude towards Mrs Howl entering the family

things I do to my cats...: yay! the Squirrel has arrived! your presence has been missed. :-)
isn't sleeping in teh best?! all these early morning Caturday'ers! well, one can hardly blame tehm tho... like a kid waking up for Saturday morning cartoons!

:)

Sleep is goooood. So is tea, as well as is Caturday. My day is awesome so far!


nb.t t3.wy 'nkh.ti rnp.ti dj.t nhh: Mine pee in a few rooms too. Normal squat-peeing. Trying to solve that too. Driving me mad.

That's the thing, though, they only pee in the litterbox, and they're very good about it. Heck, if it gets too dirty, they'll throw little kitty fits and pout and refuse to be petted until it's cleaned. Funny boys!

They may be entertained by the rippling water. Maybe try one of those pet fountains. But you should close the lid anyway, just to avoid the icky spray when you flush :)

Hunh, that's an idea. Stockton water is GROSS (hence the Alhambra delivery), and toilet water much more so since we're in olllld apartments. We have one of the "water cooler" water bowls for them (since we're gone during the day so much and it gives them a several-day backup), and it works okay, but they don't seem to be as keen on it as they do the plain, shiny-metal water bowl. Will have to try the flowing-fountain one once we get a bit more spare cash, as those are supposed to be good for digestive health anyway.

And am I a bad person? I keep seeing your username and wanting to reply "gesundheit" or something. :P


CooperDaKat: Our Faust thinks he is our littlest ooffie. The dog taught him how to drink out of the toilet. Cooper, on the other hand, just likes to watch the water :)

Ewww, gross! :D Pretty cat, though. Lookit those whiskers!

Hey...a fuzzy...a fert...a carpet shark...a ferret! Here's one of Faust with Munk.



/thanks to breathessunshine for the caption!
//Sooo appropriate!

Thanks Bessy for the images

First off, I want to thank all you wonderful farkers who suggested some really great names for our kitty. She has been going by Lil Bit all week, and that will shortly be out of date, given how much she EATS.

PachelbelsCannon and I read through all of Caturday, talked about it, thought about it, and considered (very seriously)

Easy: We really liked this name. Unfortunately Louise our 7 yr old cat is often called Weezie. Since we already have a confused house with a dog named Mandy and a son named Andy, we couldn't do that to the little cat too.

Domino This was also a fantastic choice for a name, but we are lazy. We couldn't see walking around the house yelling "Dom-in-ooooo" over and over. It didn't shorten to anything simple so, with regret, we had to go to our third choice.

Har le Quin: Our little kitty is named Harlequin. It shortens to "Harley" which suits her loud grumbly purr and gravelly meow. She has the catitude of an Easy Rider. (sorry sherpa18). She also has Harlequin markings, as a quick GIS showed. White cat with some other colour spotched on.

To those who thought of Phantom of the Opera, you were right on the money. To the 420 contingent, thanks!

An honourable mention to missionpants who obviously went to some trouble to post ALL those names in a pic.

And thanks to anybody else we missed. There were a LOT of you, and that makes us really grateful.

So, TF to our winner, Booboopriss for Har le Quin and to missionpants, who worked so hard for us.

LittleOne likes to lounge and stretch out... he spends moar tiem on his back than... oh, wait. this is a "family thread". ;-) he's also getting PHAT! he gained two pounds in less than six months! it's probably all that raw bird and mouse he eats. (he isn't as fat as these pics make him look, btw.)









and him actually awake and moving about. :-)



in case anyone is interested, not a company endorsement, but this is where he gets his food. http://RodentPro.com (^)

domari: Mr Thumbs aka Ghost

So...fuzzy!! I could hug that all day like a giant, purring plushie.


CooperDaKat: Hey...a fuzzy...a fert...a carpet shark...a ferret! Here's one of Faust with Munk.

There are few things more hilarious than watching cats & ferrets play. FFS, do NOT leave anything fragile out, it WILL get broken!


Evil Canadian: So, TF to our winner, Booboopriss for Har le Quin and to missionpants, who worked so hard for us.

You DO realize that your next kitty will have to be named "Joker" to complete the set, right? :)

sherpa18: OK, here are the caption contest pics:

/ I know, not very original, but the little shiat moves every time I take a picture!

That looks exactly like my cat. Hey, does he have an eating disorder like mine does?

CooperDaKat: /Psssstttt,Sherp...Dragon says hint,hint

Yeah, that would be him. Actually, he had tuna for breakfast, a slice of (my) smoked honey turkey for lunch, and his favorite gooshy food for dinner. Right now, he is passed out in a catnip coma and I have some new toys for him when he gets up.

yes, it seems I am pussy whipped :-)


/btw, where is baka-san and Pogo?

Hi L33t Squirrel! Long time no see :)

You DO realize that your next kitty will have to be named "Joker" to complete the set, right? :)

Heh, you should be flattered that our second cat is named 413374 (our 17 yo gamer son helped with that name).

/still like Holst's #2 the best

//thanks to everyone who helped name Harley for us, esp. Booboopriss, congrats!

some previous cheezburgers from lovely farkers. :-)

what can i say? Penelope was young, and teh money wuz good. and my hair wuz crazy short! ack!


LittleOne scares that leaf into shaking off the tree


Penelope keeps from floating away...


Penelope making ready for that terrible survival situation!


Aaaannnnd Penelope as bartendress... or not.

CooperDaKat

posted a while ago, but I still can't look at that pic without this popping into my small mind:

Sister Hand Grenade of Quiet Reflection: cretinbob: I haz a late

But I also haz a cute, so all iz fergibben, rite?

Whar is ur cute?

BTW a LOL i made of one of your pics is up for voting on ICHC, check it out!

Dr Tinycat enjoys karaoke in his spare time. (pops)

/we can has votey there, y'all?
//kthxbai

domari and i voted for you, i think.
and domari added me as a friend on cheezburger. :-)
i'm things_I_do_to_my_cats... (^) on cheezburger, btw.

AND it appears that there is some sort of sneaky conspiracy on cheezburger by cretinbob and someone mysteriously named "sisterHG"... hmmm...

Happy Birthday Dragon!

domari

my caption on that very same pic from a few months ago:

oh man..

how do i contact sister hand grenade? my girlfriend has a cat rescue, and the website looks ok and all.. but the picture that sister hand grenade took of the three kittens with the three phones on page two of this thread would make the page look so much better

one moar of the new girl

ToeKnee666: sherpa18: OK, here are the caption contest pics:

/ I know, not very original, but the little shiat moves every time I take a picture!

That looks exactly like my cat. Hey, does he have an eating disorder like mine does?

Well, if you define "eating disorder" as wanting to eat everything he can get his paws on, then yes...

And for the contest...

tyr888: oh man..

how do i contact sister hand grenade? my girlfriend has a cat rescue, and the website looks ok and all.. but the picture that sister hand grenade took of the three kittens with the three phones on page two of this thread would make the page look so much better

Look in her profile for her email addy.

L33t Squirrel: ... but they don't seem to be as keen on it as they do the plain, shiny-metal water bowl.

Yep. Shiny. Lotsa reflections and pretty sparkly things to watch. I bet they love it when/if sunlight reflects in there. Sounds like a fountain is in order, when you can swing it.

And am I a bad person? I keep seeing your username and wanting to reply "gesundheit" or something. :P

That's a perfectly normal reaction. No need to see a doctor, you're just fine :)

sherpa18: tyr888: oh man..

how do i contact sister hand grenade? my girlfriend has a cat rescue, and the website looks ok and all.. but the picture that sister hand grenade took of the three kittens with the three phones on page two of this thread would make the page look so much better

Look in her profile for her email addy.

i did. i used that email address, @ultrafark.com - yahoo said it's a bad address.

linuxpyro: Wow, he looks very cute. Gray's looks like he has some very faint tabby stripes, but for the most part he's a solid color.

unfortunately, both of these pics make Gary look different than he normally does in person. when he comes walking up to the door on the walkway, he looks very svelte, trim, groomed, and almost solid blue gray. but, here he is again at any rate. :-)

he's an odd one. he, like all of my other guys, just showed up one day. but unlike others, he doesn't really want to "stay". he "comes over", has some food pretty much every day, usually twice. he'll visit, he'll eat, he'll lounge, he'll have some 'nip. but then he "has to go". i have tried to make sure that he isn't someone else's and am pretty certain that he is not. i moved recently, just two blocks away, and he had to have me help to find the new place. he was hanging out where i had moved from. i walked around, sure enough, found him over there, and showed him the new place, and he has resumed his normal rounds. i am sure he is eating other places too, but i even went to far as to tie some notes on a collar on him asking someone, anyone, to call me, remove the notes, put their own note on, et cetera, but nothing. he's very sweet and gets along with LittleOne (who actually is a slut and gets along with any-cat-one). and he LOVES teh 'Nip. rolls around, eats it, gets all stoned, you name it.

things I do to my cats...: Sister Hand Grenade of Quiet Reflection: cretinbob: I haz a late

But I also haz a cute, so all iz fergibben, rite?

Whar is ur cute?

BTW a LOL i made of one of your pics is up for voting on ICHC, check it out!

Dr Tinycat enjoys karaoke in his spare time. (pops)

/we can has votey there, y'all?
//kthxbai

domari and i voted for you, i think.
and domari added me as a friend on cheezburger. :-)
i'm things_I_do_to_my_cats... (^) on cheezburger, btw.

AND it appears that there is some sort of sneaky conspiracy on cheezburger by cretinbob and someone mysteriously named "sisterHG"... hmmm...

Conspiracy??? Oh no, not a conspiracy!

Sister Hand Grenade of Quiet Reflection: To A Vase