We had a cat that loved to leave dead things on the side steps for us. Once there was a squirrel head, standing up straight, left there.
Oh, the memories.

dj_bigbird: The Friskie's link looks broken, will check later...

Google cache worked, the PDF link seems to work too:
http://74.125.95.132/search?q=cache:JD42J1P2bWoJ:www.friskies.com/Blog/Post/Def a ult.aspx%3Fpost%3D2989+http://www.friskies.com/scratchingtonpost&cd=1&hl=en&ct=c lnk&gl=us&client=firefox-a

Mine spends a good portion of her time begging for her meals. She'll sleep if things are quiet, but if I'm running around, she often follows and 'helps'. But she also sleeps very deeply through the night.

Is this the caturday thread?

FloydA: Which is sad for me because I can't do anything with this, video-wise. I can't find a theme song for this article.

hmmmm It's a tough one. I can think of at least one off the top of my head, though, so maybe if I have a bit of time later, I can do something q&d.

AND I still have the video I was working on last week that I finally had a few minutes to finish, so while it might not quite jive with the article, here y'all go:

You don't mess around with the LOLs (new window).

You might recognize a certain lone ranger.

FloydA: maybe I should actually do my job instead

Blasphemy!

/I'm sure you'll be missed.

While you're away:

ecmoRandomNumbers: illbedam: While you're away:

Exactly. That's their job. This is the only reason to have cats anywhere near your house.

That's why we're so proud!!! He gave up on hunting for a while and has now started "knocking" on the window so he can bring his kill inside to his food dish and eat like a little gentleman.

pumpkin is awesome and would like captions

I'll post this here for anyone who is interested... I posted it as a thank you in TFD on Monday and got sniped at. Grr...

My Brother in Law finally came through late last night and authorized the vet clinic to charge him to see Max.

The vet did some x-rays and while there was just a beginning trace pneumonia, he believed that the labor he has to exert to breathe may mean he has Pulmonary Fibrosis. I'm gonna have to google that one. I believe this is why his mom kicked him out of the litter before his eyes had even opened [he was found outside a gas station, the poor buddy!]

So he got fluids, some meds for his tummy [he hadn't been holding down anything - they guessed because of all the air in his tummy since he couldn't eat and breathe at the same time] ammox. for the pneumonia, and the knowledge that he's likely going to have to go on oxygen since breathing is so difficult for him.

But he looks so much better now. He even turned on the charm with the vet techs, giving out head bumps and sitting in the people chairs while waiting to be seen. Such a little ham :)

In other news, the vet clinic is staffed by overly money-hungry bastards. The kept my 2 year old daughter and 3 year step daughter and I past midnight until they could reach my BIL because he'd only authorized $200 and the bill came to $231. They couldn't wait until morning for the other $31.

Thanks to all who were F5 happy last night, and sent along well wishes and prayers. I know they helped.

tl;dr - Max isn't "well" but he's a lot better and now we at least have an idea of what's wrong with him.

Here's a pic of Max looking wise beyond his young years:

one of our strays "Twitch" looking for a handout:

toddalmighty: illbedam: While you're away:

Great pic. Hope you don't get a bannin'

Thanks! Mr. illbedam and I duscussed this possibility before I posted the pic. We don't CARE!! He's a cat!!!! He eats MICE!!!

/hides in fear of the naysayers
//hee hee

FloydA: Probably. But I'm sure they'll just reload and fire again.

You always make me laugh.

Stop it.

sherpa18: Will not load after about 29 seconds

Hmmm. Is anyone else having that problem? I signed out and it still seems to work for me.

dragonflysoul: I posted it as a thank you in TFD on Monday and got sniped at.

That can be par for the course. TFD is a different animal... ;-)

jekxrb:
sherpa18: Will not load after about 29 seconds

Hmmm. Is anyone else having that problem? I signed out and it still seems to work for me.

I got it okay - it was a little laggy but I think that's my crummy processor/lack of RAM/Firefox being a resource hog.

illbedam: toddalmighty: illbedam: While you're away:

Great pic. Hope you don't get a bannin'

Thanks! Mr. illbedam and I duscussed this possibility before I posted the pic. We don't CARE!! He's a cat!!!! He eats MICE!!!

/hides in fear of the naysayers
//hee hee

That was "dIscussed"

Here's Max on his way to the doctor:


And getting welcome home kisses from Gus:


... and from Minerva


And so I'm not so much of a downer, here's Minerva being psycho in a shopping bag:


Has anyone heard from tIdtmc? Any updates on Gary?

jekxrb: FloydA: Which is sad for me because I can't do anything with this, video-wise. I can't find a theme song for this article.

hmmmm It's a tough one. I can think of at least one off the top of my head, though, so maybe if I have a bit of time later, I can do something q&d.

AND I still have the video I was working on last week that I finally had a few minutes to finish, so while it might not quite jive with the article, here y'all go:

You don't mess around with the LOLs (new window).

You might recognize a certain lone ranger.

FloydA: maybe I should actually do my job instead

Blasphemy!

/I'm sure you'll be missed.

Awesome again! Thank you for the lols, jekxrb.

/seriously, that was good!

spinach gunk: Some naked alien cat blanks:

They are almost cute

dragonflysoul: Here's Max on his way to the doctor:


And getting welcome home kisses from Gus:


... and from Minerva


And so I'm not so much of a downer, here's Minerva being psycho in a shopping bag:


Has anyone heard from tIdtmc? Any updates on Gary?

Glad Max survived. He looks like a tough little guy.