Cat thread

[Minvaren]

According to the Boingboing link and the USPTO, it appears that the "inventor" let the patent expire back in 2007, so hopefully we're all safe.

[CmdrSlack]

Ah, good. I just found the design drawings to be so hilarious that I forgot to actually read the Boing Boing link.

[apocrypha]

WB Signe!

Zebedee is starting to find it hard to groom herself properly because she's getting old and creaky. Vet's suggested we start giving her fish oils in her diet... we'll see if that's hippy nonsense or not I suppose!

[Signe]

A pic of the cattoo I got before I left because I couldn't take my kitties with me right away.  Soon though.

[JWIV]

Cat introduction is fun!

The older female kitty is a bit underwhelmed with her two new playmates.  The first couple days she basically ran away and tried to hide while the kittens in turn tried to stalk her.  Now we've moved on to a bit of mutual hissing and growling at each other (though no violence).

On the upside, the kittens are at least occupying themselves with stalking each other as well.

[Engels]

Cats are stupid territorial, but I've never heard of an adult cat seriously harming a kitten. Hopefully they will eventually get used to each other, and then one morning for no apparent reason whatsoever, you'll find them grooming each other. You'll be wtf and they'll be ya so.

[Signe]

This is the little kitty that my nephew found abandoned.  He has some issues as you'll see.  He can't walk properly and can't see too well.  My sister does wildlife rescue and we both only adopt rescued animals.  Linda can't keep him because my brother in law is allergic and they're already caring for my two cats until I move and can take them back.  My poor sneezey brother in law is quickly falling in love with this little guy.  His condition won't get worse, but it also won't get better.  He'll live a normal cat sized life.  If you look at the quicktimes I posted, you'll see the condition from which he suffers.  I also posted this on my fb page and there is a video of another cat who suffers from this problem who has it much worse, but still manages to have a full and happy life.  I'll post a pic of him for those who don't want to click on the videos.  

This is Sir Carl. He needs a home.

He was dumped near my son's house. He's outrageously affectionate, but he was "wobbly." We were concerned that he might be suffering from distemper or worse, so we caught him and took him to a vet. Yes, he's wobbly, but he's not sick. He has something called cerebullar hypoplasia, which is a birth defect that affects some cats if their mother was suffering from distemper during pregnancy. It causes partial paralysis of the hind quarters (we're very pleased that this does not interfere with his use of a litter box), and can cause blindness (he has a cataract on his left eye). Apparently cats with this syndrome are also known to be super-affectionate. Kept indoors, they are expected to have a normal, happy lifespan. We were relieved that he didn't have a terrible disease. We got him his shots, and brought him home.

Sir Carl is 8 months old.

We can't keep him. Cat allergies suck. So he needs a home.

We had him in isolation for 10 days. Now we can let him out a little bit, so I was able to get some videos (sorry about their crappiness):

http://www.kappamaki.com/~brni/Sir_Carl/sir-carl-1-sm.MOV

http://www.kappamaki.com/~brni/Sir_Carl/sir-carl-2-sm.MOV

http://www.kappamaki.com/~brni/Sir_Carl/sir-carl-3-sm.MOV

http://www.kappamaki.com/~brni/Sir_Carl/sir-carl-4-sm.MOV

We're in the western burbs of Philly. Please drop me an email at brni (at) kappamaki.com if you can help Sir Carl out, or know someone who can. And feel free to share this. Thanks.

Just in case someone is looking for an adorable, wobbly indoor kitten.




PS  They're having him neutered this month, too. 

[cmlancas]

Whereabouts in the US, Sig?  If it's not cross country, I'd be interested.

WITH A NAME LIKE SIR CARL HOW COULD YOU NOT WUV HIM.

Sorry, my kitty growing up looked just like him.   

[Lantyssa]

My parents adopted a kitty like that.  He's like a cross between a tiny black bear and a rabbit.  (He has a bob-tail.)  It's utterly adorable when he runs about their house.

[Signe]

He's lovely.  Linda keeps putting up pics on FB and every time I peek in there, I get all misty eyed.  Rescue cats are kind of my soft spot.  That and chainsaws.  He's at my sister's house, err... that would be the Linda I just mentioned... outside of Philly. 

After looking at this and some of my other posts, I kind of want to apologise if they don't seem very clearly written.  I tend to lose focus quite a bit.  Sorry about that.     My nephew named him.  He's also lovely and willing to be adopted by beautiful women.

[Lantyssa]

After looking at this and some of my other posts, I kind of want to apologise if they don't seem very clearly written.  I tend to lose focus quite a bit.  Sorry about that.   

You may have been gone a while, but we're kind of used to that.

[cmlancas]

He's lovely.  Linda keeps putting up pics on FB and every time I peek in there, I get all misty eyed.  Rescue cats are kind of my soft spot.  That and chainsaws.  He's at my sister's house, err... that would be the Linda I just mentioned... outside of Philly. 

After looking at this and some of my other posts, I kind of want to apologise if they don't seem very clearly written.  I tend to lose focus quite a bit.  Sorry about that.     My nephew named him.  He's also lovely and willing to be adopted by beautiful women.

Isn't there some way to ship pets or something cross-country?  I can't fly to philly from central FL. :(

[Signe]

There are companies that ship pets, but they're expensive.  I don't know about domestic, but shipping two cats from the US to the UK is around $4K.  My sister looked it up once.  I  I'm sure it's not that expensive but also not cheap.  I wish I could have him, too, but I can't afford another cat right now.  Cats with this affliction are known for being very affectionate, too.   

[cmlancas]

There are companies that ship pets, but they're expensive.  I don't know about domestic, but shipping two cats from the US to the UK is around $4K.  My sister looked it up once.  I  I'm sure it's not that expensive but also not cheap.  I wish I could have him, too, but I can't afford another cat right now.  Cats with this affliction are known for being very affectionate, too.   

Exactly why I want him.  I'll do a little bit of research.  Can you give me a zipcode so I can ballpark prices?

[Signe]

He's in Berwyn, PA, and the zip is 19312. 

[cmlancas]

Okay, so I'm not usually one to get caught up in cute advertising, but look abou 2/3 of the way down, here:

http://www.petairways.com/content/why-fly-pet-airways

Pawsengers!

[tgr]

[Signe]

I did Spoiler!!!   

[taolurker]

tgr your image didn't show, so I re-hosted it for sharing.

[Signe]

OMG, tgr!  How much fun is THAT??  I loves it.  I  want that cat.  And the shoe. 

[taolurker]

That was why I rehosted it, it was pretty funny/cute. The look on the cat's face is also awesome.

[DevilsAdvocate25]

My nephew named him.  He's also lovely and willing to be adopted by beautiful women.

Your nephew or the kitty? 

I'm also willing to be adopted by beautiful women. Many, many beautiful women ...

[Signe]

Yes, my nephew.  He seems to like beautiful women, too.  I don't get the attraction.

[Evildrider]

He just hasn't run into the downside of the whole women thing.   

[Merusk]

We just got a 3rd cat, a Kitten who's about 11 weeks old now.    He nearly drowned yesterday because he fell in the toilet and got his head trapped in the drain.  My daughter saw and pulled him out -as she put it - "as the bubbles were getting slower.  Then he went *GASP*"

Yes, that would have been a fun one to deal with.

[Sky]

Both lids down in my house for precisely that reason. Bart is fascinated with things that will kill him.

He's black, maybe he's a goth cat.

[Merusk]

It must be a black cat thing.  Cosmic Creepers is an all-black as well.  (Son named him)

[Signe]

My adorable black pussy, Magenta, jumps up and watches the water go round and round and round.  She also makes backward waterfalls in the water bowl.  My great orange pussy, Lister, can't be arsed to jump on anything unless there's food on it.

[Samwise]

I used to leave the lid up and seat down for my childhood cat so he could pee.  I didn't train him to do this; at some point he just figured out on his own that toilets are for peeing in, and from then on he'd use the people toilet in preference to the cat toilet whenever possible.  I remember the first time I walked into the bathroom to take a leak and he was already in there doing his business.  Such a look he gave me.  Surprise, indignation, and smugness all combined in one glare.

[01101010]

Growing up in a house with a single parent mother.. you put the seat down, always. There was no debate on that. However, when I got my kittens, I religiously started putting the lid down and have been doing so ever since.

[Sjofn]

We started putting the lid down when we noticed Jack kept putting his feet in the bowl and staring at the water. This had the pleasant side effect of Ingmar always putting the seat down. 

[Ingmar]

Training the cat to not climb into the toilet = easier than training Sjofn to look before she sits down. 

[apocrypha]

Sputnik fell in the toilet when she was ~6 weeks old. My then wife heard a funny noise, went to investigate and found Zebedee (Sputnik's mother) and the other 2 kittens around the loo frantically meowing. She'd fallen in and the lid had fallen closed too.

If she hadn't heard the noise then Sputnik would probably have drowned. I've put the lid down after using the loo ever since, and still sometimes have nightmares about it :(

[Sjofn]

Training the cat to not climb into the toilet = easier than training Sjofn to look before she sits down. 

Hey, I almost always looked. It's not my fault I grew up in a civilized house where the dudes put the seat down like grown ups.


Seriously, the seat up just looks grosser, if nothing else.

[Signe]

Training the cat to not climb into the toilet = easier than training Sjofn to look before she sits down. 

Hey, I almost always looked. It's not my fault I grew up in a civilized house where the dudes put the seat down like grown ups.


Seriously, the seat up just looks grosser, if nothing else.

I tried to "Like" your post.  Dammit.  Anyway, this.  Even my father wouldn't dare incur the wrath of my mom with a seat left up.  Of course, he was the only man in our house.