Pet Talk

[kungfubellydancer]

Here's a link to pic of me holding a super adorable little lizard I found while in the semi-desert.

 

http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj27/ku...mmer2007649.jpg

 

Here's the link to a pic of a drop-dead cute snake I found outside the workplace. It was sitting beside the step and I was afraid it would get stepped on, so I helped it into the grass.

 

http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj27/ku...ngfubellyda.jpg

[xenxander]

Well here goes; mine:

 

I have two cats – two orange tabbies who are siblings. Only reason I got pets was because my roomie (also my childhood friend) help split the cost; he forked over the adoption money and the money for things like toys, scratchie posts, and nail clippers, I fork over the every day money for food and kitty litter. If not for that, I’d never have gotten pets because they are a financial burden.

 

Though these kitties are quite funny in some of the things they do. Jake, the male, is a ‘flopper’ and far more docile, while K.C. (the female), has a round belly and ‘leopard’ spots on her tummy. I’ve started to ration their food to keep them from getting too tubby as even though we may like fat cats, it’s not healthy for them (same as it isn’t for humans).

 

Now on to the comedy:

If we’re both in the den with the doors closed (because he doesn’t want the cats in there) they both sit / lay by the door and paw under it. Well see ‘cat paws’ reaching under the door crack, as if to say “hey you, yeah you! We’re out here”.

 

You open the door and they don’t dart in, they just look up at you as if to say, “pet me, dammit, what’s your problem!”

 

Also if you’re in the bathroom (door shut), they will paw under the door as well. This is quite funny (and if you’re laughing can delay what you came in there to do :P ) as you see an upturned, toe-splayed paw moving around as it asking for a “high five”.

 

Also if they want attention and your bedroom door is shut, they like to push bottle caps (those white ones you unscrew from plastic coke bottles) under the door. If you push them back to their side, they in turn push them back to your side and you can play with them for a good half hour like that.

 

Also from time to time we’ll see them (primarily Jake) running through the house with one of the bottle caps in his mouth. Quite funny, because when a cat holds things in its mouth it looks out of place, especially when they are trotting through the hosue.

 

K.C. grunts when she runs but will purr if you just look at her long enough (usually ten seconds or so) and she’s very loud when purring. Jake just ‘heavy breaths’ and we jokingly say she stole his purr box.

[kungfubellydancer]

Paws under the door...that's so cute! The mother of Snickers, Kitty, used to do that. But we got all our cats for free.

 

First, we found Kitty, a calico, and took her in. Then she ran away for 3 days in which she got a knocked up and gave birth to Snickers a short time later, the only surviving fetus. Then later we found an ad in the newspaper for free kittens, so we went and got Buddy, who was mixed blotches of white and orange (like toasted marshmellow!)

Kitty had to be put down for mental problems, and Buddy because of illness. Something about there being a fake protein in cat food scandal?

 

I forgot to mention that snickers likes to scratch the floor in front of the water bowl before drinking. She did that because her mom did, its so bizarre.

[ninja_lord666]

Binky used to be the "couch monster." He'd hide under the couch, and, if you were sitting on top and put your foot down, he'd attack it. He doesn't do that anymore since we got a new couch...

 

You wanna see a cat act strange? Two words: Cat Nip. It's like pot for cats! :P

[Abramul]

While I don't have any pets, my parents have two cats. One of their odder behaviors is to make a weird chattering noise when flying objects (birds, bugs, snow) are outside the window. They also used to prefer to drink from the bathroom sink or the tub faucet, but since my parents started keeping a glass bowl of water by the window, they've been willing to drink from that.

The fatter one likes to 'assist' people with paperwork, by lying on top if it.

 

Our former cat, a half-Siamese named Bree, liked to drag his pet raccoon puppet around at night while yowling. He was also able to run up a brick wall to get to a windowsill, and to perch on the (square) rail for a glass shower door.

My dad found that leather gardening gloves worked well when play-fighting with him...who ever said armour was obselete?

[ninja_lord666]

They also used to prefer to drink from the bathroom sink or the tub faucet...

I completely forgot! Spot likes to drink out of the tub, too. He does it so often, that it has become normal. That's probably why I forgot.

[xenxander]

Jake took a fancy to drink from the toilet like a dog... *sighs* so we remember to close the bowl and force him to drink out of his dish.

 

Though if you're taking a shower and the door isn't closed, he'll sit in the bathroom and look at you (K.C. too for that matter). Sometimes Jake will put his paws on the tub and peak around the shower curtain at you.. if you notice him, he'll dart away but won't run very far - just a few feet and sit down again.

 

Once you're done and pull back the shower curtain, they both just look up at you while you towel off and Jake likes to go into the tub (or shower if it's not a combo) and lap up the warm water... so I stopped giving them cool water and just room temp water in their bowl and they drink a lot more.

 

Also my parents have this -enormous!- black cat.. his fur is short, but god he looks like a mini-bear! he's solid black except for a tiny few hairs on his chest.

 

You pick him up and he must weigh 25 - 35lbs! but it's not fat! I repeat it's NOT FAT. he's all muscle. He looks evil too if he stares at you, but he's the FRIENDLIEST cat in the world. But when he rubs on your legs, you almost fall over due to his strength :P

His name is Chester, as per his tiny white chest hairs. he's got that 'mushball head' even though he's fixed. i hope he has longevity - despite being black (common) he's probably the most unique cat I've seen.

[freddycashmercury]

All right, here we go....

 

We have three cows, three horses, five dogs, thirteen pigs, and fourteen cats. I live on a farm, literally.

 

My dog, Kirby, is a cockapoo. A cocker spaniel-miniature poodle mix. He enjoys eating anything and everything he can find, including horse poop. Also, if he is on my lap and anyone tries to move him, he growls. Loudly. One of our dogs, Tank, weighs 120 pounds, and is terrified of the mailman. He runs behind the house whenever the mail comes.

 

My sister's horse, Chief, bites me whenever I come near him. He doesn't like me, for unknown reasons.

 

Our cats all live outside, but occasionally come into the house so they can use my head as a scratching post. While I'm sleeping.

 

 

Oh my. Aren't animals fun?

[Abramul]

That reminds me of one of my mom's farm stories. To sum it up:

Escaped horses+Christmas morning+little kids=comedy

[kungfubellydancer]

Strike: My cat Snickers is officially grounded from eating soft food (her preferred food). Why? Usually we give her a bowl of "special food" once a day, and if there isn't any she has a dry food dispenser for her use, filled 24/7. However lately she's been spoiled by the special food and gets mean when we don't give her some, plus its fattening her up too much (because the can says that there are at least 2 servings per can yet we give her the whole thing) and she bites when we refuse her. So we decided she will be grounded from the food until Wednesday, Mar 5. By then she will hopefully understand that she won't get what she wants when she bites, or even pleads. If she's hungry then she's got a whole dispenser available to her, of dry food.