Treasured animals can be treasured whether a dog or a cat.
Dogs are not the best to everyone. This is about cats. Show your cats. Show how awesome they are. The fact that you can leave them at home to go on a trip is a big advantage. They don't rip stuff up as much, either. We take ours on walks and car rides. Show how cool your cats are.
This guy is 23 years old. He is a bit of an A-hole and always has been so I attribute his longevity to that. He was tough as nails in his prime but is winding down now of course.
Quote from: kawahonda on May 30, 2019, 10:21:56 PM
Treasured animals can be treasured whether a dog or a cat.
Dogs are not the best to everyone. This is about cats. Show your cats. Show how awesome they are. The fact that you can leave them at home to go on a trip is a big advantage. They don't rip stuff up as much, either. We take ours on walks and car rides. Show how cool your cats are.
Those pictures made me giggle, thanks for that! LOL
I love cats also but our one son is allergic to them but not dogs for some strange reason. I always wanted one of those hairless cats they crack me right up.
This is Miss M..... can u figure out what the M stands for.... yes she is a RESCUE. She was a few months old in these pic's, she's much bigger now. But it's all I got on the office computer. And does terrorize my dog
My first cat taught me that I can love animals. I had not had a pet for over 20 years and Morrison adopted us.
He came to the back porch as a kitten when I was out hunting. My wife called and said the kitten was freezing. I said don't feed it anything. When I returned home from hunting we had a new cat.
He was great. Mean as could be but the nicest cat ever. He liked my cars and would hang out in the garage with me. Loved my 64 lincoln. Had a paper fetish. Always like to get under newspaper and sleep. He was with me for almost 3 years. Funny thing is he showed up just after I had taken my first mountain lion and drank it's blood. Since then I have cats everywhere it seems.
My neighbor killed him.
Always cats here as well. All for noted above. Independence.
Have had several thru the years.
By far my favorite was an orange tabby. He owned our house. Every rooms door always had to be open for his access. Even bathroom. If he heard one close he would investigate. When encountering the closed door. He would just barrel role onto it incessantly. Scratching and thumping continously. Open the door he then casually walks in looks around and just left. Died young at 9 from diabetes complication.
Pic is of current one and... well... :looney:
I can't count how many cats we had growing up, at least 15. Got married and six months later wife started to talk about having kids. Got her a kitten and that worked for about four months and so got another one. That kept us out of kids for eight years. Had those two seventeen and eighteen years respectively. Really hard when we had to put them down.
No pets for about two years until we went on vacation in Florida and Batman showed up on the carport and adopted us. Wife and kids beat on me all week. Long story with tears when owner was located and took him back but then abandoned him at end of week. Finally I caved and we drove 24 hours back to Wisconsin with him and a litter box in the truck. He is a really special animal. Likes people, neighborhood kids love him, he gets along with the dogs and they snuffle each other's butts, etc. My wife was struggling a bit, and I think the Lord sent him for her. He has his own chair at the dinner table and most of the time minds his manners and he will take care of any vermin problem that comes up. He will take a walk on a leash and doesn't mind too bad when the kids dress him up. Just a really cool cat, and we are blessed.
Skinny dude at the vet when he found us. He's bulked up a bit.
Chill-axing back in WI. Has even gotten use to a real winter but that first one was hard.
First Holloween.
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I had a cat for 19.5 years. He was more like a dog. He knew his name 2 weeks after adopting him. I could take him anywhere, and he wasn't afraid of strangers. He was so well behaved, I called him my little angel.
Honestly I'm more of a dog person but I did catch a litter of feral kittens, got them to trust people & found homes for all but one.. He disappeared from my shop & a few months later I found the remains.... I like cats, just always preferred big dogs.. I think having my hands shredded by a buddies cat may be part of my preference for dogs... He'd been sitting on my lap for fifteen minute purring & acting happy then suddenly freaked out & clawed me pretty badly, to the point I had to be stitched up.... After that I may have trust issues... :haha: I've been bitten by a few dogs, but I've always understood my part it the event... With the cat there was no warning..
And yeah Cuda Hunter, I'd have revenge... Thats complete crap...
I've always had cats too. I just have one right now ( Tigger ) and the white cat ( Casper ) died in December. He was about 13 years old.
Both cats were farm cats and showed up from who knows where. Tigger plays very aggressively and has bitten me a few times very hard, but I survived.
He gets very upset if I sneeze. Also cries when I gargle my mouth wash. Not sure what's going through his head.
Cats out number dogs over 2 to 1 per household with Pets.
Why? Because they're fairly easy to manage and adapt well.
I love both animals big or small, Dogs or Cats; but as I get older, Cats are being more easy to deal with.
Leila & Zyzzy on Catnip
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Cats are the better pet, hands down. You can leave them outside if you get an "outdoor" cat. Guess what, they live long lives that way just fine. You can have indoor cats. Just make sure you have hardwood flooring. I'm tired of a$$hole dog owners who think a dog is an outdoor pet and leave them outside before they go to work. Bark. Bark. Bark. Bark. I've never called to file complaints on a cat, ever. I've never been bitten by an outraged cat, ever. But I've called to file noise complaints on a dog before, and I'm not a person that likes to confront authority...Sorry, but I don't like to be waken up at 7:00am for no reason.
Dogs are work. I brought up a pure breed Boxer, and was my best friend for 12 years, but there's just some things that flip a switch in dog's head that is absolutely untrainable. A new person in the house? Impossible to train. They go crazy, and you better hope you have insurance with a dog...a dog can bite HARD...a cat bite is rarely ever an issue. A cat bite that needs stitches? I call that a rare event. A dog bite that needs stitches? Common. In-fact, very common.
1 Wild R/T, I do not buy any "cat attack" fear story, ever. It's completely false 99.9% of the time. I believe you, don't get me wrong, but I would say you had a very rare event that is completely not of the norm. :)
Some cats are assholes, and you know it right away. Where did they get the cat and how was it raised?
I will debate cats vs dogs all night long, but in the end, cats are easier to manage, lower on costs, more independent, damage less, and they still will snuggle with you every single night. Sorry to say, but after owning both a few times for many years, cats are smarter. More independent = smarter. And my cats love hanging out in the garage and chilling next to the Challenger. They go on car rides and they go on walks with a leash, like other cats in this thread. They don't mar up your baseboard trim, nor do they scratch your hardware flooring. The only problem I've ever had with my cats, and it's only one of them, is she feels that some areas of the carpet = litter box. Since then, it's forced me to replace all the carpet in the house with hardware flooring. No issues since. Win for me, Win for the cat. My boss just remodeled his house....a $100,000 remodel, and his dogs are wrecking it up. In-fact, I just got back from his place, and I'm covered in dog hair, because I love animals PERIOD...I gave his elder dog with hip problems a leg message because I'm just that cool. But for me, an animal that continues to wreck hard work is an animal not worth keeping. But that's not for me to say.....
Back to my Mark Twain quote. :)
Cats = win.
Dogs = win.
Cats = winner.
Oh, it's ON NOW! :)
Quote from: gzig5 on May 31, 2019, 10:44:38 AM
I can't count how many cats we had growing up, at least 15. Got married and six months later wife started to talk about having kids. Got her a kitten and that worked for about four months and so got another one. That kept us out of kids for eight years. Had those two seventeen and eighteen years respectively. Really hard when we had to put them down.
No pets for about two years until we went on vacation in Florida and Batman showed up on the carport and adopted us. Wife and kids beat on me all week. Long story with tears when owner was located and took him back but then abandoned him at end of week. Finally I caved and we drove 24 hours back to Wisconsin with him and a litter box in the truck. He is a really special animal. Likes people, neighborhood kids love him, he gets along with the dogs and they snuffle each other's butts, etc. My wife was struggling a bit, and I think the Lord sent him for her. He has his own chair at the dinner table and most of the time minds his manners and he will take care of any vermin problem that comes up. He will take a walk on a leash and doesn't mind too bad when the kids dress him up. Just a really cool cat, and we are blessed.
Skinny dude at the vet when he found us. He's bulked up a bit.
Chill-axing back in WI. Has even gotten use to a real winter but that first one was hard.
First Holloween.
OMG It's Batmans brother.
We nickname Zyzzy Batman.
Quote from: RUNCHARGER on May 30, 2019, 11:36:20 PM
This guy is 23 years old. He is a bit of an A-hole and always has been so I attribute his longevity to that. He was tough as nails in his prime but is winding down now of course.
This may be the oldest cat I've ever seen. Please tell us more....more pics?
Quote from: cuda hunter on May 31, 2019, 07:25:31 AM
My first cat taught me that I can love animals. I had not had a pet for over 20 years and Morrison adopted us.
He came to the back porch as a kitten when I was out hunting. My wife called and said the kitten was freezing. I said don't feed it anything. When I returned home from hunting we had a new cat.
He was great. Mean as could be but the nicest cat ever. He liked my cars and would hang out in the garage with me. Loved my 64 lincoln. Had a paper fetish. Always like to get under newspaper and sleep. He was with me for almost 3 years. Funny thing is he showed up just after I had taken my first mountain lion and drank it's blood. Since then I have cats everywhere it seems.
My neighbor killed him.
Let's help terrorize your neighbor. What a f$(#ing asshole.
Quote from: YellowThumper on May 31, 2019, 09:58:28 AM
Always cats here as well. All for noted above. Independence.
Have had several thru the years.
By far my favorite was an orange tabby. He owned our house. Every rooms door always had to be open for his access. Even bathroom. If he heard one close he would investigate. When encountering the closed door. He would just barrel role onto it incessantly. Scratching and thumping continously. Open the door he then casually walks in looks around and just left. Died young at 9 from diabetes complication.
Pic is of current one and... well... :looney:
I bet he's a lovebug. Be very happy you have such warm love that would snuggle with you every night. When it's gone...there's no replacement....
Quote from: gzig5 on May 31, 2019, 10:44:38 AM
I can't count how many cats we had growing up, at least 15. Got married and six months later wife started to talk about having kids. Got her a kitten and that worked for about four months and so got another one. That kept us out of kids for eight years. Had those two seventeen and eighteen years respectively. Really hard when we had to put them down.
No pets for about two years until we went on vacation in Florida and Batman showed up on the carport and adopted us. Wife and kids beat on me all week. Long story with tears when owner was located and took him back but then abandoned him at end of week. Finally I caved and we drove 24 hours back to Wisconsin with him and a litter box in the truck. He is a really special animal. Likes people, neighborhood kids love him, he gets along with the dogs and they snuffle each other's butts, etc. My wife was struggling a bit, and I think the Lord sent him for her. He has his own chair at the dinner table and most of the time minds his manners and he will take care of any vermin problem that comes up. He will take a walk on a leash and doesn't mind too bad when the kids dress him up. Just a really cool cat, and we are blessed.
Skinny dude at the vet when he found us. He's bulked up a bit.
Chill-axing back in WI. Has even gotten use to a real winter but that first one was hard.
First Holloween.
I'd be blessed with that cat too, and I'm not religious at all. You sir, have a cool cat. We'll never have kids ourselves....partly because I cannot stand kids.....cats fill the void. Thanks for the great story....
Quote from: MEK-Dangerous on May 31, 2019, 01:35:21 PM
I had a cat for 19.5 years. He was more like a dog. He knew his name 2 weeks after adopting him. I could take him anywhere, and he wasn't afraid of strangers. He was so well behaved, I called him my little angel.
Something about all-white cats = all love. There's something supernatural about how they act.....they are humans in cat form. All-white cats are master hunters, but they are master humans too....I wonder if there's some connection...
Quote from: BIGSHCLUNK on May 31, 2019, 07:23:57 AM
This is Miss M..... can u figure out what the M stands for.... yes she is a RESCUE. She was a few months old in these pic's, she's much bigger now. But it's all I got on the office computer. And does terrorize my dog
lol
My last Tabby; Oscar had a "Cowboy up" on his head. Only can see from above.
Quote from: Topcat on May 31, 2019, 10:15:47 PM
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Drugs are fun to humans too. Some humans, just like some cats, are complete drug free, and that's cool too. One of our cats totally doesn't give a shit about catnip. We've tried fresh, and concentrated.
Our calico though? She will roll, and roll, and roll in it.....
Cats that like drugs are my kind of cats. LOL. The calico just so happens to sleep against me vs mom most nights....we must have a calling...
Ha, ha: Here's a few more of Pikachu (nicknamed Pickafight). Pets are an absolute part of our families for sure. First one is of my son Sean when they were both fairly young, then you can see Sean is now a grown man (buying his Cobra a few years ago). The one on the table is about a month ago when the smell of my lunch was too strong for him and he climbed on the table in spite of knowing he was going to get a beat down (I was laughing inside hard though).
Reading some of the posts on here I guess Pika actually is pretty well behaved, he comes when I whistle, stays in his spots and generally isn't a bother, (he also enjoys riding in the Viper for some reason). 23 years is a long time and it will be tough when he leaves and I know it is coming of course.
I love dogs but they are more work and the thought of picking up their crap when going for a walk stops me from having another one. I like a dog because they are they best friend you could ever hope to have. I like a Cat because I identify with them, they don't do anything they don't want to do and if you don't like it that is just fine with them.
This, our second cat. Sister of crazy one shown previously. She has deformed paws but was still the first one to come up to us when we came over. Shelter cats.
They are family.
Fat cats crack me up! Oh the attitude.....
Always had both cats and dogs as family pets growing up
In my single days, and living alone; I used to name my cats after cars.
When I was a young teacher, one of my students brought in a baby kitten hiding in his leather jacket into my classroom looking for a home for a litter his cat had.
Of course I took him home and named him Bentley, who was a quiet male cat.
The next cat I had (again named after a car) was Bear, a big, muscular black Maine Coon Cat with a real independent "tude" who I got from a shelter.
One time a friend of mine came over who was not a cat fan at all. He would come over and say to the cat every time "come here Bear, let me step on your head" I think cats are very intuitive and Bear knew my friend did not like him. On one visit, my friend came over and was sitting on my couch; I'll be dammed, Bear went over and sunk his big teeth into my friends ankle then ran off. I had to laugh at the time. Had Bear for many years, even into my family man years, and finally had to sadly put him to sleep when he lost the use of his rear legs.
Today our family cat, Rita (we kept the animal shelter name for her) is probably the sweetest cat we have ever owned. Always looking for a lap, gets along with our dog (also from a shelter) and looks to cuddle up with us at night when my wife and I go to sleep. She is a Temptations Cat Treat addict comes upstairs in the evening to always get her treat.
Cats (and dogs) add so much to family life, especially with the kids)
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maine coon's are a really cool breed of cat. I've known a few.
I had a Louisiana wild cat. I believe it was one of the bob tail breeds. Big Black Cat no tail. Biggest cat I've ever seen. Nice as could be but acted like a dog and was very protective of our family. As with most cats, we moved from Louisiana to Colorado and "lightning" didn't last long. He disappeared. Great cat.
Quote from: Chryco Psycho on June 08, 2019, 11:32:12 PM
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So true. My late build 74 had 2 different lower control arms. 1 with sway bar bracket and one without.
It's a classic but still cracks me up! Thought maybe someone hasn't seen it yet? Almost as good as the dog one with bacon
Quote from: Brads70 on June 12, 2019, 11:44:48 AM
It's a classic but still cracks me up! Thought maybe someone hasn't seen it yet? Almost as good as the dog one with bacon
They do try.
Cats never meow to each other unless it's a confrontation. Just body language.
Only to Humans is the most frequent type of communication they attempt.
One of my cats went into the other's favorite tree house spot. She saw it and looked at her and set out a couple meows. Pretty rare!
My cat Rita even keeps me company when I am surfing e-bodies.org
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amen
Watch your dog around this cat!
I think my cat really loved my halloween mask from last year....
Brought her home a year ago today. she's 12 lbs + now
;)
One for Josh! :D
:Thud:
So true....
Poor cougar looks a little emaciated
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Made me giggle.....
Here is one of our feral cats named Calissie
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Here are our 2 once feral now house cats--Goldie and Jon Snow
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3 more of our Feral cats-Sansa ( Black/white) and Theon and ( Gray / White) and Ayra ( all Black)all from the Same liter.
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great pics!
How cute can she get?
so many Batman...Tuxedo Cats.
Start a Tuxedo e body forum.
This thread has been a little slow lately? :D
This was our late cat Phat Kitty. He was a rescue who we got from a local shelter. No one wanted him because he was FIV positive and a former feral "catch, neuter and release" alpha male. The greatest cat ever. He lived to be 14 with FIV and eventually passed from liver cancer.
He was truly massive. His favorite game was "belly rub roulette". He would roll over on his back and entice you to scratch his stomach. The number of scratches he would permit before turning into a bear trap ranged from 1 to 128 (the record). He loved playing that game.
This photo shows his majestic overlordfullship, as he reigned over our poor dog.
And in case the photo looks familiar, here's what you were thinking of...
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I'll add a few pics.
These two cars are my current indoor cats.
Black one is Jedi. He got his name because he was the only kitten to escape his litter. The owners dog killed all the kittens and he got out of the home some how. Should have still been milk feeding when he got out.
Took me two weeks to catch him in my back yard.
The tabby is a female named Lagartha. She came from somewhere as a kitten to my back yard also. I believe her mother died by car. She showed up just after I found the cat in the street and moved her to the side of my yard so whoever the owner was could find her. Lagertha was being beat up by the neighborhood cats and my wife finally coaxed her out of her hiding places. Now she's a great cat!
Hanging with the deer's in my front yard.
Jedi with my other cat that doesn't move, thank goodness.
Josh, did you see this one?
That's quite the video. All due to the cubs in my opinion.
I've actually walked up on a mother and 4 cubs. I was about 20 feet away from a deer she had just killed.
Cubs ran left and she stepped right. We specifically followed her to the right so as to calm her that we weren't after her cubs.
She stopped and turned and stared at us at about 20 yards. My buddy, who's been hunting longer than I have been alive, asked me what we should do. I drew my bow and told him to do the same. We walked after her and she repeated her walking, stopping and turning to make sure we were following her. After about 200 yards she disappeared and we went about our elk hunting.
I've had three other encounters with females and cubs. None as intense as that one.
Females get to about 125 pounds tops. There is a great video out there of a full grown female killing a cow elk, About 450 to 500 pounds. She drug the animal 1 mile up a mountain and pulled it into a low lying tree.
Cougars are absolutely the king of the jungle. But as the video suggests, lions really don't want anything to do with humans. After she was sure he was far enough away she went back to get her kids.
Every time any of you have walked in the mountains, plains and most woods, you have been looked at by a lion. They simply don't want you to look at them.
Incredible animals. I am in awe of the species. Really, cats in general.
Thanks for posting the video
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I have seen a mountain lion jump 25 foot straight up into the air.
Also seen the same lion jump 30 yards in a single leap multiple times in different directions.
This cat could have been on that guy if she wanted to. One jump and she was close enough to be on him.
But they are so cute.
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Ok guys, family cats. My wife and I own 5 cats, they were not rescued from the shelter. They sort of wandered into the yard and our life at different times as kittens and decided to stay. We immediately took each one to our Vet for spaying or neutering and shots and chipping. I guess that means they're ours from this point forward. We've had cats before so we were pretty much prepared for their keep.
First in line is a Calico female who we've named "Bella" she is now 13 years old. Next there is a gray tabby male "Winston" he's almost 2 1/2 years old. Then there is "Figaro" a large bushy Maine Coon, male, about 2 years old. Our newest is the golden child an orange/yellow male tabby about 1 year old who my wife named "Kipper". One more last in line is a female Siamese named "Aeriale" I believe her to be a 1 1/2 years old, she will not come in but stays in the garage, she's very happy out there, she has her box and food and water dishes. They are all inside cats except "Aeriale". "Winston" was an outside cat for awhile until one night crossing our street he was unfortunately hit by a car, he survived but damaged his hip. So after a trip to the Vets and almost $3,000.00 to rebuild his hip he is fine, no problem with mobility. The pics show "Winston" outside under a tree. "Figaro" sleeping in a chair. Then "Bella" and "Kipper" on the bed. Thanks, Al. Sorry no pic of "Aeriale" at this time.
They showed up and stayed.
We got a calico named Bella, too!
Let me know what you think of your Calico after some time. I wake up to this cat on my face every single night. I feel like I make more contact with her than my Fiance because she will always scrunch herself up into any space in bed...typically against my face. She just wants warmth and love. Does not care about treats or food. She just wants to chill with her companions.
So far, the Calico is the perfect cat vs our Tortoiseshell. THAT cat could give a crap less about getting close, but she's cool in different ways. I consider the Tortie as the "boy" cat. Our tortie will play fetch in the yard. Reminding much like my dog.
The calico however is my "sweetheart"
Our Bella is not exactly lovey. She's got that crazy/beautiful ratio theory going strong. I heard it's a calico thing. The black section of fur on her face is a perfect profile of a human skull from the side. I think it's a warning of her evilness. I'll have to locate a photo. It's rather eerie.
This is our Bella, just a year old...active as hell, gets into everything....makes my work shop her own personal jungle gym climbing all over everything...she's a lot of fun. Likes to play fetch even with those little foam balls... :clapping:
It only took me a half hour to get her to show me her right side. Here's the black skull that is the image on the right side of her face.
BTW, since we have so many Bellas here, her full name is Bella Fitzgerald. She was a feral cat found near the Jersey side of the George Washington Bridge by a cat rescue organization. They said she was such a cuddly, nice kitty who loved sitting on your lap...yeah, right! But seriously, it's fun to have a cat with a Joysey attitude. She takes no crap from the other two cats and three dogs, or her owners for that matter.
:D
We have a new to us cat. Its a stray we adopted. It was setting off alarms during the night were my son worked ( Canadian Tire) so he put up posters all around the neighborhood and online but no luck . So we now have a cat. He sure loves being in the garage with me for some strange reason? Very curious! He has been with us all summer now, declawed and neutered but no way can we keep him inside. He demands to be free! I can respect that! Good mouser too!
That's great to have a new good cat!!
I'd be hanging around the bridgeport also if I were livin in that garage!
I have two cats who are experts in carburetor rebuilds and they are just waiting for me to mess up !
Update on Post #7
Batman seems to have acclimated to Wisconsin winters. Likes to spend time up high looking for villains, just like his namesake.
This one has deformed feet and claws. Walks and movements are normal. But she always lays in overly odd positions.
This one is just batshit crazy and twisted in more ways than this pic.
My latest two cats.
Wallace the one eyed wonder and little Willow.
Wallace had his face smashed, a woman I know spent some 4500 in surgery expense.
Long story short, they couldn't keep the cat so I adopted him as he was in a bad situation.
Great cat, smart as can be. Just missing a tooth, part of his lower jaw and an eye. Sneeze's a little bit here and there as his sinus cavity was collapsed.
Little Willow has already brought me a mouse. Can't ask for more than that.
Last picture Wallace has a battle wound on his nose. This is just as he was getting to know his new neighborhood. Gotta figure out which pussies are good pussies and which ones scratch.
Alongside the batshit crazy one posted earlier this is her sister. Deformities on her paws. Takes side cutters from garage to cut her nails.
Quote from: YellowThumper on July 26, 2022, 07:16:11 PM
Alongside the batshit crazy one posted earlier this is her sister. Deformities on her paws. Takes side cutters from garage to cut her nails.
They are known as "SureGrip" Cats with optional 4 wheeling capabilities.
I pet sit my son's dog and cat when they're away. Here's Booger wanting a belly rub
Hope Zyzzy can smell when the element is hot..... :o
I keep an eye on him when the burners are on.
Did anyone see it's 4:40 time? Unplanned when I took that picture..