Cats!

Indeed, that would be most troublesome!

My pussy is in heat. I feel so embarassed on her behalf. She's really suffering.

I have a purring cat on my desk in front of me because I'm working on my essay rather than upstairs on the couch for our regular afternoon lapping.

@The Handle Oh that's awkward, I have a neutered male, so I don't have to worry about that.

Speaking of him, mom is away, and unfortunately are dog just died (he was 15 which is quite old for a dog, especially a big one like him) who he liked to groom and occasionally harass (he would get let out/sprayed with water a lot because of that, would try to look innocent if caught). So I'm the sole person he has to cuddle with/play with/annoy (my brother apparently doesn't count for some reason). He is in general a tiny handful too.

We have an orange male cat named Schrödinger, and a big fat white female named Lisa Meitner, because we needed another physicist.

Lisa likes to beg at the table for scraps. She'll sit in the chairs and stare at you. As soon as she notices you come in, she instantly rolls on her back with her paws up, demanding attention.

Schrödinger has no teeth. He likes to lick thin pieces of plastic and eat fish food. He insists on me being the one petting him because when I rub his tummy I also give him a foot-rest. He doesn't usually leave, and he even if he looks half asleep, if I try to leave he looks at me like, "get back here."

We have one cat who is just under a year old, he is white with blue eyes and tan rings on his tail and on his face, he likes causing trouble, climbing on furniture, nomming and tearing on any books or magazines we accidentally leave to close to him, chasing and pouncing on things (hands and feet included) and cuddling. His name is Seven.

I keep making threats to Dusty that I am going to bring home another kitten for her to play with.

If I ever get another cat, I'm gonna call it Psy. Why, you ask? Psy, short for Psy-cattica, which is a mangled form of sciatica, which is described as "the symptoms of leg pain—and possibly tingling, numbness or weakness—that originate in the lower back and travel through the buttock and down the large sciatic nerve in the back of the leg."

So, basically, it's a very roundabout way of calling a cat a pain in the butt. I think I may have a stupid pun addiction.

My current cat is Eddie, short for Eddie-puss, if you were wondering.

People will naturally confuse it for the South Korean guy responsible for Gangnam Style.

That is a danger, yes. Though my cat is not that old yet, so hopefully by the time I get another cat, that trend will have faded enough that confusion won't occur.

I am having a lot of trouble trying to think of a name for my cat, she has grown quite large and it is well past the time I should have bestowed a name upon her.

Cats are adorable.

Let us all have a moment of respect for nine days ago: Station Master Tama passed away of heart failure. She was 16.

Found a tiny little kitten stuck in a space between landings of an outdoor staircase today. At least i thought it was stuck, just approaching the guy convinced him to get out of there and run like hell into a parking lot. Maybe he just thought he was stuck? He was really meowing.

I hope he's okay.

That kit was either scared, hungry, tired, or a combination of all three.

On that note, has anybody here given food to a stray cat?

Many times. Typically they become attached to you after that. It's how I acquired no less than 3 cats over the years.

I gave part of my dinner to a stray cat that came up to me while I was having dinner in Athens one night back in 2006.

So, question. What do you think we should do with all the feral cats out there? As some have pointed out, they can really do damage to local wildlife.

This is the best option I have seen proposed although the whole issue makes me very upset so I have not read much. I will say though that I would gladly put my sword through anyone who murders animals just because they have no home were duels and such still permitted.

edited 29th Jul '15 3:59:02 PM by Laithelryn

Laith, I didn't know you were such an Internet Tough Guy.

I just hate animals being killed and those responsible getting away with it.
I find it utterly abhorrent.

I did not mean what I said as a threat, only an expression of my greatest displeasure and indication of the lengths I would go to stop such atrocities.
I am sorry if you found what I said to be off-putting although what you have said has very deeply hurt me.
I am very sad now. <_>

edited 30th Jul '15 4:06:40 AM by Laithelryn

Nah, it's okay, I was just joking.

And I'm sorry about what I said.

That said, sometimes one will have no choice but to put down feral cats and other animals if they get too out of hand. Heck, this gives a good rebuttal to those who let feral cats and the like run free.

The problem with that article is that the author goes after cat owners (and their attitudes - I compliment the cat when he catches/kills a mouse, does that make me look like I'm bragging?) and domestic cats as well.

something something cat is doing things according to the cat's nature something something...

(I have a big beef with humans stopping animals from doing their hunting and killing instincts against other animals, btw - sounds too much like interfering with nature to me)