The Pets Thread

I wondered where those voices from the litter box were coming from.

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The video was taken this afternoon, a little after three p.m.

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Beautiful cats.

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Arenā€™t they though? And their personalities are so distinct. There were three other kittens, but Fluffy divided them between my house and the house with the barking dog next door. The female half of the couple that owns the dog told me she had some friends who might take them the other three kittens, but we donā€™t talk to each other very often, so I dunno.

And I canā€™t have grandchildren so Iā€™ve got to focus the love I have to give on some living creature/s!

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My wife thinks sheā€™s a bad mother for just plopping the boys down in front of the video while sheā€™s working.

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Pawprint On Stove
mixed media by Allspice

:scream:

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Update:

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When does the GFM fundraiser end, or does it?

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I donā€™t know - I havenā€™t asked my son. So it could be a month, meaning Dec. 9 would be the end date; or it could be when the goal is reached. Iā€™ll make sure to ask him.

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The GFM is still open.

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Sorry about your loss.

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Thank you ā€“ at least now we have Nickel and Allspice to keep our spirits up.

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Hereā€™s Nickel having fun in new way

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Genius! Heā€™ll be at it for hours and then sleep the rest of the day.

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BTW, my wife crocheted the blue ball with a jingle ball inside. Our first cat loved them (and we recently found one from that era, maybe 35 years old?). The six cats were ā€œmeh.ā€ But Nickel loves 'em.

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the one in the dishwasher door? i was trying to catch a good look at it, because our cat Nora has a fuzzy blue ball almost exactly like it, and itā€™s her most favorite toy in the whole house. She secretly carries it around at night, and often leaves it by my desk chair for me to find and coo over in the morning. I donā€™t know what it is about that ball that she loves, but weā€™ve found no other ball that she takes to like that one.

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Yep, thatā€™s it. Thereā€™s probably a couple of dozen more of them around on the floor, in drawers, under furniture . . . .

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One of the local favorite cat toys is a grey mouse that you can stuff with catnip. Actually, the current crew isnā€™t that interested, but itā€™s historically been popular.

The problem is that it looks altogether too much like an actual dead mouse, and that can be jarring out of the corner of oneā€™s eye.

The crochet toys donā€™t seem to get much play, unless itā€™s the thing Iā€™m actually crocheting at that moment. Then itā€™s all fun and games until I flee to a room with a door.

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The current guys arenā€™t that much into catnip so far, and we have some catnip toys around that are newish so theyā€™re probably still fresh.

My wife once used the yardstick to clean out all the toys under the bureau. Out came a toy that looked just like a dead mouse. Because it was.

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