Snooze at night, miss a lot! Credit to predle for multilingual Good Meowning.
Also tnx CrankyAndi for tongue pix, esp the first ECU. Isn't it oddmind who started a/the tongue site?
I need to look that up, have it in one of my now 23 Lynx (links,
also wild half-Siamese who used to let us live with her in the Ago) files.

Only solo pic there appears to be of her. She does appear in at least 4 composite pix
with Cheeky the Brit cat & Fred the tuxie, all now Up Yonder.

OlderGuy: Greetings All.. Home from the brewery.. we had a July 4th celebration day at work.. also to celebrate the new law that allows us to serve pints for consumption on premises.. ( SB604).. we were hoping for at least 2000 folks to show up.. actual number was 5000+.. we had rented the field across the street so folks could view the fireworks at the Diamond ( baseball field).. we almost emptied the walk-in box.. (20' X 24' X 16' tall).. everybody had fun.. we had food trucks outside, a band, picnic tables everywhere.. 17 hour day for most of us.. came in on Thursday for the clean up and went back home to sleep....
I haven't had a chance to get kitten pics out.. 9 days old and they are definitely growing.. mommacat is doing her job well.. very attentive.. tried about 6 different kinds of catfood so far.. nada.. won't touch any of it.. at this point I am giving her whatever she will eat, so the kittens will stay nourished.. she doesn't growl at the door anymore, I think she's getting accustomed to the scent of the crew.. I wasn't home for the local fireworks, but I did find three of the crew hiding behind the couch when I did get home... and time to feed everyone..BBL...

Keeping Mama and kittens fed is definitely a priority. Raw food diet is 60% meat, 20% grain, 20% veggie. Not saying give raw meat, just percentages to aim for when giving Mama people food.

One thing you might try is mixing small amounts of canned kitten food in with people food.

Awwww! ¡Que bendíto!

i look exactly as Bub does when getting my back scratched! Tongue out and ever't'ing!
Pleasant Caturday to all!

/It's so hot.

Tziva: I love goofy dwarf kitty!

My non-dwarf super whale kitty, Waffles:
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And Scurvy, demanding belly rubbin'
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they aren't as adorable, but they're mine.

Waffles!

That's a great picture of him :-)

Jack and Gremie guarding the backdoor. They took a vote and decided its to hot for me to go out today.

sherpa18: flamingboar: Hey fellow caturday people! May I ask for advice for good cat toys? My cat is bored of the cat nip mice and laser toy. Are there any other types of toys I should try?
I feel bad because he just lays around and sleeps all day, or is up and constantly grooming.

IMHE, cats get bored with the same toys, try rotating them from time to time, or add a bit of catnip to make them more interesting. As others have said, what you may consider a piece of trash could be an awesome toy. A milk jug ring or a bottle cap can provide hours of fun. Dragon recommends that if you have a dollar store near you, look in the craft section for the 12" long colored pipe cleaners - take one and twirl it around your finger to make a sort of spiral spring - endless fun, and once it's squashed, all you have to do is twirl it again to make it good as new!

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/ if your cat refuses to play at all, it might be time for a vet visit

When I was a kid, my cat Angel (who was anything but) "taught" me how to play fetch with her with a milk jug ring. We were downstairs in the basement eating pizza after a Redskins game and she walks over and deposits this purple plastic ring on my paper plate. I was still eating, so I flicked it away. She ran after it, brought it back and dropped it on the plate again. Rinse and repeat.

It was her favorite game for years. She also had a fetish for clean hair and Flexall 454. i'd come into the living room after a shower and she'd jump up on the couch behind me and start purring and rubbing up against my head. Then she would get so overstimulated that she'd flop down onto her side and latch onto my head with all four sets of claws. YEOWCH!

The smell of Flexall 454 got the same reaction + copious amounts of kitty drool.

Loki

Alice

I have a cat questions for you cat experts. I have one cat. He had FHV as a kitten so based on what I understand he still have FHV. So can I never get another cat? Are there FHV positive cats I could adopt? I am going to ask my vet, but I thought I'd ask you guys too. I understand that all cats are vaccinated for FHV but it sounds like the vaccine does not prevent the disease- it just makes it less severe.

Cat in question:


Backstory:
My boyfriend's mom bought Freckles 15 years ago from some kind of breeder. She got a discount because he had FHV (as a young kitten, but he survived). As the boyfriend's parents got older they got tired of Freckles Bengal tendencies like loud meowing, playing in water, and generally being a playful social cat. So Freckles lives with us now. He is a great cat for us because he is fearless, loves dogs, loves playing, and gets a lot of attention which keeps the extremely loud meowing to a minimum. Freckles FHV doesn't seem to flare up although he occassionally will sneeze but he is never really sick or loses weight and he always eats (I feed him canned food for breakfast and dinner and he eats dry food in between).

My parents live out in the country and they see a lot of stray or completely feral cats running around. There was a shy cat that started coming around their house and was extremely friendly and a few weeks later it became obvious that she was pregnant. They started feeding her and took her into their home (they have another cat, pregnant cat was put in a quarantined spare bedroom) and now she has had 6 kittens. They are going to have the 'barnyard special' spay/neuter when the kittens are old enough and are trying hard to find them homes. Kittens in question:

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Hey, Farkers, meet my dog, Tanga.

Hello Tanga!

You're so very handsome :-)

Yes this is dog: spinach gunk: Yes this is dog: Hey, Farkers, meet my dog, Tanga.

Hey Tanga! That's a nice orange ball you got there.

She loves that stupid thing. We don't play fetch, we play 'watch me carry a ball around.'

I bet she's an excellent 'watch me carry a ball around' player.

Suzy's favorite game is 'running around like a maniac squeaking a ball' and sometimes she plays fetch.

Dear Zoomoron...

-10/10. One of the worst I've seen. Need to spend more time in the politics tab to hone your skills.

/ Enjoy your timeout.

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Hey, Farkers, meet my dog, Tanga.

GSD? Meet my GSD, Dax:


The only way we can convince him to go outside in the extreme heat we are getting is to fill up his pool with nice cold water. Sucks to be a black dog in the summer... luckily we have lots of shady trails to walk on or he would be going insane stuck in the house all the time.

fzumrk: I'm currently fostering Sandpaper, a very friendly little stray cat that was brought into the clinic my ex works at. She has some kind of severe skin condition, but she is on a whole slew of treatments to hopefully cure her.
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Wish her luck in her recovery!

I wish her luck, gooshy fuds, skritches and a loving family of her own.

Good on you for taking care of little Sandpaper.

Let the caturday fun begin.

Bathia_Mapes: Bonus Caturday video thread

ROFL! Thank you! That was so cute!

exvaxman: The pictures of the store cat reminded me of a pet store that had a resident cat years ago. I went in for some catnip, and out of the thirty or so brands they stocked, only one container had teeth marks on it. I automatically assumed that was the best brand.

I LOL'd

I was watching the local weather forceast. I've never heard the weatherman use the term "deadly heat" before.

SusQRiverRat: Hey FARK Caturday regulars!

Thanks for the advice y'all gave me last week about my issues with integrating outside momcat and her new brood with our indoor cats.

Mom and her young'uns are living in our bedroom. There is still no love from her for indoor cats, so that's where she's gonna stay. It's funny, really, because although she sees the other cats as a threat.and would seemingly take great pleasure in shredding them into bite-sized chunks, she absolutely loves our dog Janey. She rubs up against her and loves on her every time Janey comes into the room. At bedtime, Janey sleeps at the foot of our bed and Mom cuddles up to her between kitty feedings. Janey, however, finds this a bit disconcerting at times, but she tolerates it well.

Sadly, one of the kittens died last Saturday evening, It was the runt, and really didn't look good from the start, but we were hopeful.

So, because Caturday is fueled by kittypics, here is the gang of 7:

At a day and a half old:

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Taken yesterday at one week:

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Mom nomming on kitten chow:

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And Dad. He came inside for a visit and decided to take a nap on the cat tree.

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Thanks again, more pics to come as the wee ones progress.

Dawwwwwwww.

Tumunga: That's just what I need on a Saturday. Somebody telling me what is supposed to be cute. As you can clearly see from the videos, the cat is suffering, and the owner should do the responsible thing for that cat, and put it out of its misery.

well, we had a couple of good, troll free weeks
but it seems our trolls have returned.
so I'll break out the spray again.
please feel free to grab and shoot as needed!

spidermilk: Yes this is dog: [i.imgur.com image 461x615]

Hey, Farkers, meet my dog, Tanga.

GSD? Meet my GSD, Dax:
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The only way we can convince him to go outside in the extreme heat we are getting is to fill up his pool with nice cold water. Sucks to be a black dog in the summer... luckily we have lots of shady trails to walk on or he would be going insane stuck in the house all the time.

Hi Dax.

Gorgeous doggie.

yobbery: I was watching the local weather forceast. I've never heard the weatherman use the term "deadly heat" before.
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Are you guys going to get a break soon?

Or do I have to set up bunk beds in my living room and have all y'all come over here? It's getting into the high 80s but cooling off to the mid 50s overnight.

El Brujo: Leonard is settling into post-shelter life like he's been here all along:

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Yay Leonard!

kokomo61: Here's a hand drawing of our cat, Tobe - My 13-year old daughter made a pretty good representation of the dumb, but lovable cat that he is.....

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Wow!

Your daughter is very talented.

RadicalEd: This is my friend's cat, Officer Ted. Named for the officer who saved him. Poor little boy has a bladder stone and is scheduled for surgery this morning at the emergency vet.

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Any advice for feeding after the surgery to keep the stones away?

Poor little baby. I didn't know kittens could get stones.