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I did not watch that Tiger King show. Did any of you? I can’t imagine owning a Tiger!

Remember Elsa? Born Free movie. I saw that as a kid.

All of the big cats are beautiful, tigers, lions, leopards, cheetahs, panthers, etc.
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Dosmo,

They respond to the can opener or the crinkling of the cat food bag! They are smart!

Plus, my cat responded to “Here kitty, kitty, kitty.”

I love the name Shadow.

Was she a cat or a kitten when you got her?

Does she play with toys? My cat loved balls of yarn that I made for her. I bought a couple of toys for her too.

She was super playful until shortly before she died at age 16.
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Oh, Gershun. They sound so pretty!
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Solid white and solid black NHWM. They were beautiful.
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I came home and my cat was in front of the TV watching Animal Planet. Yes, really! Guess he just stepped on the remote. Relieved at least he wasn't watching "kitty" porn!
Love the bird called "Puppy" and the cat named "Birdie". Do you call, "Here, Birdie, Birdie" for the cat? Wonder what the neighbors think!
Dogs know their names. Don't know if cats ever do...or they just ignore you (unless you have food). Mine always respond just to "kitty".
Shell- I have a Maine Coon also named Shadow! Got her from the Humane Society. They did surgery for her dislocated hip (cause unknown), but her mostly amputated tail can't be fixed.I named her Shadow because of her color and fact that she follows me everywhere. No snow here (S. Texas), but she seems to like water and has the paddle-like paws!
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Gershun,

Solid black and solid white?

Those are cute names.

My neighbor had a cat that had four black paws and she called him Boots. She had another one with all white paws that she called Socks.

It really is fun hearing the names.

Kids names now are very interesting! Can’t tell if they are boys or girls these days. They go either way. I know girls named, Taylor, Jordan and Tyler, which are also boy names.
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I had a black cat named Cleo. At the time I also had a white cat named Hobbes. They were such a contrast to each other but so beautiful.

I remember the caretaker of my bldg. at the time would come over and call them Black and White. Then he'd say "like the whiskey" and he would laugh. He was an alcoholic. :P
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Pam and Shell,

My friend named her chihuahua, Chiquita. That’s cute too!
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Pam and Shell,

Funny!
Oh, yes. Teletubbies was weird! 😂

I love The Raven. Read it every Halloween! I like Poe.

Pam,

The 40’s were different.
He would be arrested and it would be on YouTube and Facebook now!
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Pam, that's funny. When I was a kid we had a cat named Spooky and he was black. The funny thing is my aunt named him and she was black too!


NHWM, it is fun to hear all the different names people call their pets. I had a cat name 'Poe' after Edgar Allen Poe. She hated when I called her by her full name--in short we called her ' Poe Poe.' I hated the fact that people thought she got her name from the 'Telly Tubbies.' Ugh!!!
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NHWM,, my parents always told the story of when Dad was in the navy, they had a cocker spaniel named spook, and he was black. He loved to chase the black mailman down the street. dad had to go after him one day and yelled "spook you black bastard get back here" The mailman was running for his life! Now Dad would probably get arrested! ( I am not after getting dissed here, it;s how it was in the 40s ) My hubs wanted to name one of our black cats Sambo,, and my DD wanted to name her chihuahua Taco.. I cut that off quickly! My family is racially mixed, so they just were not thinking.. So we have Bellas and Chloes and Butterbeans and Merlins.. and a bunch just named Garage stinkys and porch family.. LOL
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Shell,

Another friend that has two cats named them, Buttons and Bows. I think that is cute too.

I love hearing names.

One time my daddy was calling for our dog when he got out.

It was really early in the morning. The newspaper guy was delivering his papers.

My daddy said, “Henry!” My dog was hard headed and wouldn’t come when called. So daddy screamed loudly, “Henry, get your a** back here!”

The paperboy walked near to our porch and told my dad, “That is a horrible way to speak to your paperboy.”

My daddy told him, “I wasn’t speaking to you. I was yelling for my d*mn dog!” LOL.

We laughed about the paperboy’s name being Henry.
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NHWM
'Extra' for a name of a cat- that is funny! I read a book once were the character (a woman) had two cats name 'had I', 'but known' & it took me a few pages to realize that was their names. It was a very good book, but can't remember the title.


Send,
Yes, I named my cat Birdie because she sounds more like a bird than a cat. 🐦😸
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Dosmo,

I am allergic to cats so that’s why I didn’t get another one.

Mine lived to be 16. We do miss them terribly. Don’t we?

Your cat sounds like my cat was. She would catch lizards too! Yes, she would bring them over to show me her catch!
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Shell,

My friend named a cat, ‘Extra’ because she had a cat and this new cat showed up that she ended up keeping.

I cracked up when I heard what she named the new kitty.

Have you ever had a cat visit you on a daily basis? I did.

I rented a duplex with my friend. This beautiful cat would visit me everyday, he would sit on top of my chest of drawers, then meow to be let outside and would go back home, wherever that was.

He definitely wasn’t a stray. He had a collar on and looked very healthy.

He had the prettiest eyes, a Siamese cat. He didn’t fight with my cat.

I loved that he visited me but I didn’t feed him because I saw he had a collar on and belonged to someone.
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Cute pic, Send. Pretty colors!
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GA,
I think my bird ordered some millet online. If you can enlarge my avatar, (quick before I change it) you will see him on the computer.

He is a bird, not a cat, but I do affectionately call him "puppy" sometimes.

Do you have any pets GA?

Dosmos, touching story about your cat!

So Shell, your cat is named "Birdie!" Lol!
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Oh the Cat tales! I still miss my 18 y/o yellow tabby who lived to that ripe old age despite being diabetic much of his life and getting daily insulin shots. He was about 8 when he was diagnosed. I was afraid when I heard I was going to have to give him insulin injections (though I was an RN, I was not used to injecting a cat who might respond with needle-like claws of his own!) Not to worry. He never even flinched! He lived a full life, indoors and out..., chasing bottle caps, unseen prey, climbing trees, sharing his trophies with me...1/2 small lizard left on my bed...thanks, Nacho! (Is lizard meat on a diabetic diet?) Then, just an indoor life because I moved to a more high traffic area.

I could tell the end was near because of his many trips to the litter box and not doing much else. The vet charged $1000.00 to keep him for a week, but it didn't help much. At home I picked him up...he was purring, I thought, But, alas, it was not a purr but the rattle of his fluid-filling lungs. There was one more trip to the vet to say goodbye and thanks for being such a loving friend. It's been awhile, but he still walks across my bed at night (I imagine) and when I'm half asleep I hear him ( I think) meowing for his breakfast. I know he's no longer here, but I still miss him more than I would ever have believed.
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Golden, I know what you mean...my cat will sit at the sliding door like he wants in but when I open the door he just looks at me than walk away. It drives me nuts!!

When I was younger, we had a cat name Tigger. Who use to do these same things. However, if Tigger wanted in through the front door he would knock. How? Our front door has a mail slot that he could open with his paw then let it go and it really does sound like he knock; however, if he wanted in through the side door he would scratch at the screen, so my mother tied a big bell on it and tried to teach him to hit the bell...it never did work. Tigger could knock at the front door, but refuse to hit the bell on the side door. I guess, he wasn't interested in learning a new trick! Cats are funny little creatures...aren't they!?😸

P.S. Glad that you and your kitties are doing good!💖


Gershun...I'm like you...I love all animals...big or small...with feathers or without...with fur or no fur...I just love them.

I have 3 cats. Moses is a indoor & outdoor cat because I rescue him & he lived outdoors for 2 yrs. His family moved and left him behind. It took me 2 yrs to earn his trust and a really bad snow storm. Birdie and Shadow are indoor cats only. Birdie is also a rescue cat and unfortunately she is not very smart. She was born from a stray cat and I knew she wouldn't make it on her own, so I started to let her and her brother Toby in and out of my house so I could save them. Unfortunately Toby didn't make it. I still think of him. Birdie is a sweetheart. My not so sweet Shadow was off to the pound. She wasn't even 6 weeks old. I thank God she was slow moving at that age because it was love at first sight. I grabbed her and told the people she was going home with me. Turned out, Shadow is a Main-coon. She is big, black, and beautiful. Main-coons are snow kitties, but Shadow doesn't like the snow! LOL!!

Now that I think about it, all the cats I ever had were rescue kitties...I guess that is my lot in life!! Rescues kitties! 😸

P.S. I would run back into the house to if I heard a train and not knowing what the sound was. Poor kitties...I bet the horn of a train is loud to them.💗
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Send, better watch out for those computer literate cats.  You never know what's really on their minds.   You might find an order of mice in a package on your doorstep one day.
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I just love kitties! and birdies too. All the animals out there. My cats are indoor only but they love to go out on the balcony (supervised of course). But the train runs by my place and when they lean on their horn the cats dash to the door wanting back in.
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send - sometimes one of the kitties will mess with my keyboard. Aaaargh!

shell - that's what I tell my kitties - I can't change the weather. They also will come to the front door when they are out and look like they want to come in - then when I open the door they look at me, and smell the dpor step and stay there or walk away. They are just checking to see if I am still their servant. lol Pumpkin gets up on her hind legs and scratches on the glass by the front door to get my attention to be let in. Yesterday she was up on the bathroom counter and started scratching her image in the large mirror!!! I told her "No" but that probably won't stop her. She has no boundaries, Rocky has good boundaries. What next??? 😼😼
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Golden,

It sure is nice to know that my cat is not the only one who has to go to the front door and looks out but won't go out and than we go to the side door where I open the door and he looks at me & mewo, so off we go to the back sliding door and he will either go out or just sit there making his little noises than just to walk away to find a place to curl up and go to sleep. I think he thinks I should be able to change the weather. The darn cat doesn't know if I could change the weather--I would!

Kitties, you just can't help but love them. 😸
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Tweety closed his eyes for a nap while on the computer.

Uh oh, now he is ordering from Instacart!
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God Bless all creatures great and small.
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Our cold weather morning routine the last few days - kitties and I go to the front door - they look out but neither one goes out. We go to the back door where there is lots of sunshine but also snow. Rocky goes out, Then Pumpkin gets very vocal so we go to the side door which opens into the attached garage and I make sure the back door of the garage is open so they can go in and out of the garage. So Pumpkin goes out into the garage, but lingers by the side door sill sniffing it hoping I will leave the door to the house open. Not a chance in this weather (well below freezing)!!! Some time later one or the other or both appear at the front door to be let in. That's another story.

Shell - you asked once if the kitties had tufts between their toes - yes they do. Rocky's neck ruff is so thick now in the winter it is matting a little behind her ears so I have to keep an eye on it and keep her groomed. She loves it when I run my fingers through her hair and pull out on any small matts. I had to cut out a large one when I first noticed. Now I am checking her regularly.
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My one cat likes to eat plastic too. The little bugger. I woke up to a pile of vomit today. I think sometimes they eat too fast cause the plastic eating kitty sometimes vomits right in his food bowl just after he eats. Gross! Especially considering my other cat will sometimes go and finish what Mr. plastic eater doesn't eat. I sure hope he hasn't been dining on vomit. Did I mention that it's GROSS!
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ali - so glad your cat is better. They are family and we worry about them Mine don't throw many furballs - inside anyway but I got them some furball treats and Rocky obediently chucked up furballs on the basement bathroom rug. So I washed it, and, yes, you guessed, Rocky threw up another furball on the freshly washed rug. Why the rug? Most of that area is lino or laminate. Kitties!!!!

ff - mine chew on my laptop charger cord. I am not impressed. I blame myself for letting them watch cat videos showing a moving piece of string. Then I got them some fake leather cords/string to play with and they love it. How can they know the charger cord is not their toy?
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AliBoBali, what a relief, for you and for him. Good heavens, makes you wonder what he ate or if it was a hairball that he couldn't bring up.

In the past, if one of my cats appear a bit sluggish, I will put out a tiny amount of butter. For them it seemed to help pass whatever is clogging.

My current feline, he doesn't care for butter, so I am trying to grow a pot of grass [the backyard kind] that he munches on like he is enjoying a salad.

Also got a plastic chewer, too, but he prefer hard plastics. Like tabs on vegetables, loafs of bread, etc. My cat is a Ginger/white. Forty years ago I had my first Ginger, and he would crew on the plastic ends of shoelaces.
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Ali,

Awwww...

I am hoping that is all it was and that your cat is doing well. We love our fur babies. They are family. I miss mine so much. Now isn’t the time to get another one.

I just can’t bring myself to accept losing another animal. It hurts too much but this is the first time that I haven’t had a pet. It’s a big adjustment!
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