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Golden-i posted:holy gently caress I don't even know how to feel about this this is the way the world ends not with a bang but an adorable little squeak on three legs good catdrugs, good cattes.
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TOO SCSI FOR MY CAT posted:That's how we adopted Alex the wild cat. That's a lovely story. I'm sorry for the loss of your cat-sis; she sounded special.
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xarph posted:morning neighborcatte status holly come home!! quote:? Pollyanna fucked around with this message at 23:52 on Jan 30, 2013 |
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TOO SCSI FOR MY CAT posted:That's how we adopted Alex the wild cat. I think that the issue is that your cat was too SCSI for you, not the other way around... more alex stories please, I really liked that one refurb is getting good at tokyo drifting around the house
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# ? Jan 30, 2013 23:58 |
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i gotta get a laser pen
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# ? Jan 31, 2013 00:05 |
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# ? Jan 31, 2013 00:10 |
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One more gif - time to trim refub's nails, when she gets traction she runs like a silent hill monster e - god drat the ccd noise on this camera is loving atrocious
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# ? Jan 31, 2013 00:17 |
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Story 2: the bird incident Like most cats, Alex loved hunting small animals and bringing them into the house. Our house had a big backyard with lots of plants, so she had plenty of prey to choose from. The first things she brought in were june bugs. For those who don't live in California, june bugs are these big-rear end armored flying beetles: They were so big that she couldn't get a good grip on them in her mouth, so once she carried one in it would escape and fly all over the house making an awful buzzing noise and flying into people. This was kind of gross, but we learned how to avoid them, and then the bugs became hours of cat-amusement as she stalked it through the house. Eventually the bug would tire out and either she'd eat it, or we'd throw it in the trash. When she got older, she discovered mice. The first few times she brought in a mouse we didn't mind so much, because she hadn't fully figured out the cat-mouse relationship. She'd haul one in, let it go, it would run around in a panic, and we'd shoo it back out. This got pretty annoying, so we put a small bell on her collar to give any mice a heads-up. Then she started hunting birds, which was pretty distressing because birds are much more fragile than mice. You'd just be walking through the living room and see a decapitated sparrow behind a chair. I got real good at cleaning blood out of a carpet. After the second or third dead bird, Alex was given a much larger and noisier bell. With the new bell, Alex made a cute jingling noise when she walked, and couldn't sneak up on anything. For a couple months, we had peace. She ignored mice and bugs because birds were more fun, and she couldn't catch birds because the bell was so loud. Then, one day, I came home from school to discover chaos. The rugs were all topsy-turvey. poo poo was knocked off of counters. The dog was hiding in a corner. And laying amidst the mess was a dusting of feathers. Then I hear something. In context, it was one of the worst sounds imaginable. There was a LIVE pigeon cooing somewhere nearby. Tracking this unwelcome noise I discover Alex in my parent's bedroom, crouched and obviously terrified. Backed into a corner, her fur was puffed out to maximum and her ears were all the way back. Her eyes were wide open, like a little kid who had just been strapped into a roller coaster. In front of her was a pigeon that was at least as big as the cat, if not bigger. It was the biggest loving pigeon I've ever seen. I have no idea how she even fit it through the pet door, much less caught it. And it was seriously pissed off. Artist's impression: In a panic, I grab a towel from the bathroom and throw it over the pigeon. It flips out. Then ALEX flips out. She's hissing and trying to jump on the heaving towel and feathers are flying everywhere and I'm wondering how I'm going to explain to mom that our cat was killed by a giant pigeon. Eventually I manage to corral Alex into a closet and close the door. The pigeon-towel is carried to a door and flung onto the lawn, where it releases its fearsome captive. Alex went back to hunting bugs, and never brought in another bird.
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# ? Jan 31, 2013 00:17 |
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this is what I woke up to this morning
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# ? Jan 31, 2013 00:57 |
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TOO SCSI FOR MY CAT posted:Story 2: the bird incident hahahah this is fantastic
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# ? Jan 31, 2013 01:05 |
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hahaha how the gently caress did she manage to get something like that inside without getting killed
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Golden-i posted:hahaha how the gently caress did she manage to get something like that inside without getting killed
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Golden-i posted:hahaha how the gently caress did she manage to get something like that inside without getting killed
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# ? Jan 31, 2013 01:38 |
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quote:and I'm wondering how I'm going to explain to mom that our cat was killed by a giant pigeon. Lol
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# ? Jan 31, 2013 01:48 |
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TOO SCSI FOR MY CAT posted:wild cat Clearly Alex was called away to Valhalla by the Norse Gods.
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# ? Jan 31, 2013 01:48 |
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TOO SCSI FOR MY CAT posted:Story 2: the bird incident aaaaahahahahhahaha godspeed alex
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# ? Jan 31, 2013 02:01 |
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Aww, these Alex stories are adorable. Our wildish cat brought a live pigeon in once. Only a baby one though. He loved bringing birds home. Sometimes alive, sometimes in pieces.
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# ? Jan 31, 2013 02:25 |
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I'm afraid to let refurb be an outside cat on the off chance that she brings home a new leg
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# ? Jan 31, 2013 02:32 |
yeah same
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# ? Jan 31, 2013 02:35 |
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We adopted two four-month-old kittens. They are menaces
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# ? Jan 31, 2013 02:53 |
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you need to upgrade your food
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# ? Jan 31, 2013 02:54 |
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woobie
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# ? Jan 31, 2013 02:57 |
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this post was going to be story 3 but I just threw out a bag full of old cat toys so story time isn't going to happen tonight. I'm keeping this one. it was one of the first toys we got her, and easily her favorite. it's a catnip mouse that's been chewed on, disemboweled, re-emboweled and sewed together, and chewed on some more. sometimes she would carry it to you, meow, and drop it at your feet, asking to play fetch. even da bird was second place behind her mouse.
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# ? Jan 31, 2013 03:00 |
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Wow, I am glad I suggested the story thing. Alex sounds like she was a really special cat. Thank you for sharing her with us
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# ? Jan 31, 2013 03:10 |
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A Curvy Goonette posted:you need to upgrade your food srs you can frame it
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# ? Jan 31, 2013 03:10 |
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A Curvy Goonette posted:you need to upgrade your food The food is not my fault
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# ? Jan 31, 2013 03:15 |
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lunate posted:The food is not my fault look. you use the best mouse ever made in the time of humans. fix the situation
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# ? Jan 31, 2013 03:16 |
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graph posted:look. you use the best mouse ever made in the time of humans. fix the situation that's odd I don't see a Trackman Wheel on that desk
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# ? Jan 31, 2013 03:21 |
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ChickenOfTomorrow posted:that's odd I don't see a Trackman Wheel on that desk thats because thats a piece of dog poo poo garbage
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# ? Jan 31, 2013 03:24 |
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graph posted:look. you use the best mouse ever made in the time of humans. fix the situation i had the black one, it broke
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# ? Jan 31, 2013 03:29 |
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Alex stories super-own, thanks for sharing them
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# ? Jan 31, 2013 03:35 |
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Lots of good snuggle time tonight.
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# ? Jan 31, 2013 03:39 |
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Ada stattus: On laundry. Not sick anymore.
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# ? Jan 31, 2013 03:59 |
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lunate posted:We adopted two four-month-old kittens. They are menaces These are some fine cattes . now we need the names _____ I got an urge to build a fireplace in my home, go buy a big fluffly blanket, print out the Alex stories and read them by the fire while sipping hot spiced wine and thinking how this thread is a good place to be when your catte has gone to heaven
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# ? Jan 31, 2013 04:15 |
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(click to have a lot of feelings. warm fuzzy good catte owner feelings)
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# ? Jan 31, 2013 04:36 |
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Pollyanna posted:she likes food i guess?? good cat. she looks a lot like my long haired tortie torties are the best
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# ? Jan 31, 2013 04:43 |
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Eggplant Wizard posted:
fascinating story. I felt like a kid reading this imgur picture book and the feeling at the end
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