Cats, Dogs, & Other Pets

[Wires]

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On the subject of cat people vs dog people...

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You can be both. Meet my beasts...

[kidcolin]

Claunchy,

You must have a bajillion pics of your dog wearing sunglasses. If you don't, it's a crime. The goatee calls for it. Awesome dog!

"octopi: I'm pretty sure your pet would scare the [censored] out of me IRL."

That, and it being completely void of interaction, love, and affection would just make it sorta boring for me. To each his (her) own, I guess.

King,

I like that dog a lot. Fat dogs always seem so loving and content.

[cbloom]

Octopi, rad Tarantulas. A friend of mine had a black widow which was cool but more dangerous. It's really fun to feed them and watch them eat.

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On the subject of cat people vs dog people, I used to think I was a cat person. However, having the cats has made me like dogs a lot more now. It has just made me pro-pet in general.

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Yeah, this happened to me too. I used to not want dogs (too smelly, too dirty), but after having cats I realize the filth and maintenance is totally worth it, and if I can ever buy a house I'm getting a dog for sure.

[keikiwai]

my dog upon her arrival to oahu - long way from the so cal pounds

[Earl Sleek]

Tip: No matter how good an idea it seems at the time, don't try to give your cat a haircut.

[Cumulonimbus]

joker,

I think if you get another cat then your current cat will definitely stop the loud meowing. Your cat sounds pretty social and it might be just trying to get ahold of other cats.

Here's my ballin' key key:







Since then he's moved outside and his long soft hair has gotten way longer. He's a big friendly tiger now.

[tuq]

PJ,

How old is your cat and how long have you had him?

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I'm wondering if anyone else's cat has this: a perfectly timed body clock so they know your routine instantly. For example, my alarm goes off every morning at 9 and I work from 10-7. After the first week she lived with me, my cat started to anticipate the 9am alarm clock.

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Hmmmm, I haven't seen this yet. They often bail out of bed a bit before I get up anyway. I could see it being both endearing and annoying. I have a friend with two cats, one of them will wake up him and his wife by reaching her paw underneath their door and violently shaking it until they let her in. The other one will climb all over them while they're sleeping and if they are dumb enough to open their eyes he sees it and starts howling.

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Another quirk she has is she will just meow at the top of her lungs for a long time at weird intervals for no reason. Her litter box is clean, she has plenty of food and water, yet she still sounds like she wants something. Then she stops as if nothing was ever wrong. Maybe my cat is insane.

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Heh, the younger kitten I have used to be a stray cat and does this. Just about once a day he just starts meowing for no reason and then stops. And he is completely, utterly silent the other 23.95 hours. As a consequence his meows suck - they come out as "mow" as in rhymes with "wow". I'm guessing maybe his three months on the streets taught him to be as stealth as possible and he hasn't gotten his voice yet - I can't think of any true stray cats I've seen that ever made any sound.

These pictures have been posted here before, as the 2+2 community was actually very helpful in me picking out my first kitten:



...and then helpful again when I felt badly about leaving him alone all day, so picked up the ex-stray:


They seem mostly indifferent to each other, but I've gotten pics of them playfighting and hanging out on my fresh laundry:

[tuq]

Also, to anyone who has adopted a true ex-stray cat, I wonder if you've noticed how keen their senses are. I like to pick the cats up and mess with them once in awhile, in general I don't think they like this or like it for very long. Whereas the first cat (dropped off at the pound by someone fresh from the litter) doesn't ever see this coming, the stray seems to be really good at sensing when I'm walking by and when I'm going for the scoop move - even when he's not looking at me - and gets the hell out of there if he can. His instincts are razor sharp in general.

[private joker]

Tuq -- Chiba is 10, and we got her when she was just a month old in late 1996. She lived with my parents until December '06, when I moved into my first apartment that allowed pets, at which point I took her with me.

[SomethingClever]

As posted in OOT the other day, this is Ash:



He's a lab/beagle mix, 3 years old and fully grown @ 45 pounds.