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(I know there's a lot of us here).
I am obsessed with a documentary about cats that is currently on Netflix. It's called "The Lion in your Living Room."
Watch it >^..^<
matt819
(10,749 posts)Spot on.
Phoenix61
(17,013 posts)I like "My Cat from Hell" but haven't seen the one you listed. I will definitely check it out.
Warpy
(111,327 posts)Cats can sort of get along without us, but their lives are pretty short. They're not the only domesticated animal that will survive the Zombie Apocalypse. Chickens are also well adapted to survival, believe it or not. Pigs will also do well. Maybe cows. Sheep, not so much. We've kind of ruined them.
RobinA
(9,894 posts)They are a resourceful bunch. I love them.
Warpy
(111,327 posts)to eat cabbage loopers and other pests and deposit fertilizer. Once in a blue moon, they'd also leave an egg.
Snarkoleptic
(5,998 posts)Adopted a kitteh in February, she was all skin and bones, but super cute.
The adoption fee was $150 and we wrote the check for that, plus an extra $25 donation.
She was anemic and had a parasitic blood infection (spread by fleas, the vet thinks), we're all in at around $400 so far.
We had to give her oral liquid antibiotics every day for nearly 6-weeks and an oral Prednisone tab daily for 4-weeks.
At adoption, she was a bit under 8.25 pounds, but she's looking much better and has gained around 1.5 pounds.
It's been a rough ride, we had to figure out how she eats as she struggled to eat canned, let alone dry food.
We found tips online about making a soupy mixture by adding water to the pasty-type canned food.
She's now eating 3 small cans of this per day and also eating some dry food.
csziggy
(34,137 posts)Snarkoleptic
(5,998 posts)She was brought up to Chicago from a downstate kill shelter and when we adopted her, it opened up a spot for another cat to move into the no-kill shelter.
NJCher
(35,712 posts)You've done an amazing job. Congratulations on your little friend. A lifetime of love is what you'll get out of this.
Cher
Snarkoleptic
(5,998 posts)She's sweet, sooo much personality and has energized our older cat as well.
crazycatlady
(4,492 posts)I was owned by a gray tabby for almost 18 years, so I'm partial to them.
Is she vocal and yowly?
https://www.amazon.com/photos/share/ROSH35a6o0u6PozVjgI6yhysyVbk1yjMiIxCii5qS2x
(his 17th and final birthday)
https://www.amazon.com/photos/share/FcaOzKaG9quuerp5pjpTJlIRgcABZQCZPfTdQha4G0P
(much younger, probably 1-2 there. Current phone wallpaper)
Snarkoleptic
(5,998 posts)Ours is chatty with lots of short vocalizations and 'chirps'.
She and our 10yo cat are having some boundary issues, but nothing serious so far.
crazycatlady
(4,492 posts)I still miss him every day. What I wouldn't give to hear his yowly meow just one more time (and record it for a ringtone).
WHen I stop traveling for work so much I'll get more felines in my life.
Snarkoleptic
(5,998 posts)We had wonderful grey cat that would follow our son all around the house throughout his high school years. In the latter part of his senior year, she threw a clot that paralyzed her back legs in 2014.
I was at the store picking up groceries and canned food for her, when Mrs. Snark called to say Ms. Chloe would.not be coming home from the vet. I am a big beefy guy and was crying while setting the cat food off the self checkout line.
Pet friends add so much to out lives that it truly hurts when they move over the Rainbow bridge.
Sorry for your loss.
Tess49
(1,580 posts)Rhiannon12866
(205,839 posts)Looks like you've done a wonderful job! She was so very fortunate to have found you!
My cat also had a rough start in life. I found him as a tiny kitten two years ago in a grocery store parking lot. I was lucky that he was pretty healthy, don't think he had been there long, but he was a pretty prickly little guy when I first brought him home. He has come a long way, though, and looks for affection now. And I think he's grown up to be a beautiful cat, as well...
Felix
Alice11111
(5,730 posts)people, like you, are bringing joy to the world.
yagotme
(2,919 posts)Got mine as a kitten almost 18 years ago. She still gets playful, just not for very long. Likes sleeping and getting petted/cuddled. More like "I'll lay here, and you entertain me."
Kimchijeon
(1,606 posts)Problem solved! Thanks!
hibbing
(10,107 posts)I have not started it yet though.
Peace
progressoid
(49,995 posts)Woodstock66
(8 posts)Hi everyone,
Newbie here! Someone said cats so I came running!
I have 5 cats. Well, two are mine, one is my daughter's rescue cat, and my mother brought her two with her when she moved in with us in November. So, we have my mother's smokey gray (Daisy) who is so old no one knows how old she is, a huge 17 lb. male ginger (Poochy), my daughter's white and black female piebald (Sorin), my little tortie (Magic) and my big fat calico (IttyBittyKitty).
crazycatlady
(4,492 posts)The first rule is that when you post about cats, pictures are a requirement.
Rhiannon12866
(205,839 posts)DU loves animals and cats are extraordinarily popular! We even have a special LOL Cats thread every Sunday right here in The Lounge. And, yes, we also love photos! It sounds like you have a lovely feline family! We're so glad to have you with us!
We also have a Pet Forum here on DU, which you also might like:
Pets (Group)
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=forum&id=1161
Fla Dem
(23,727 posts)Thanks everyone! The Sunday cats is right up my alley so I'll be sure to check it out.
Sorry it took so long to respond but I've been crazy busy at work.
RandiFan1290
(6,239 posts)Darn thread title gave me an ear worm
lastlib
(23,268 posts)She said she wouldn't play in the little leagues for anybody--or any amount of tuna.
JesterCS
(1,827 posts)Learned some things I didn't know. Funny part when the one guy says cats domesticated us and not vice-versa, lol
MrPotter
(2 posts)Hi ketteh lovers. I found 'Kitten Academy' on YT, 24 hours of cats playing, suckling, eating and sleeping. They're so cute.
oldcynic
(385 posts)Last edited Thu Apr 6, 2017, 04:35 PM - Edit history (1)
Had a tortoise cat named Roadmeat (Roaddie for short) who tried to kill me every day. Vet, while donning heavy elk skin elbow length gloves to treat her, said torties were notorious as being violent cats. She (cat not vet) would lie on my chest for petting and purring until over-stimulated at which point she would sink her teeth in my throat. One learns to watch carefully for signals and throw her off beforehand. Once, when she was in pain from eating popcorn that fell on the floor, she stalked me around the house growling her intent to slay. I never knew cats could growl. Figured that popcorn cost me $40 a kernel (decade ago) and got me accused by the stranger emergency vet of kicking Roaddie. She was an adventure for twelve years until her bad gut did her in. Still miss her. But then, I still miss them all.
Sorry...forgot the obligatory pic.
Skittles
(153,174 posts)now I know how my cat escaped out of a window open two inches - he has a floating clavicle (shoulders) and a compressible rib cage!
ailsagirl
(22,898 posts)Part of their appeal, no?
right when I was reading your reply, my Riff Raff stood up and tapped me on the shoulder
he wants OUT!
yes, their mystery is certainly part of their appeal
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,810 posts)their states of matter; they can become liquid at will and pour themselves through small apertures. They are also able to find portals into other universes, which is why they can completely disappear within your house, and then suddenly reappear at your feet when you open a cat food can. Cat physics is different from regular Newtonian physics.
Skittles
(153,174 posts)I swear, my cat is a freaking Houdini
I had to cancel a vet appt for him Thursday because he refused to come in.....he had escaped promptly upon seeing the cat carrier, the hairy DEVIL
I did get him in Friday, abeit in rush hour traffic
RobinA
(9,894 posts)my cat change to water to get through a kiddie gate. It was cool.
crazycatlady
(4,492 posts)I have something saved on my Pinterest of kittehs taking many shapes, proving they're liquid.
Mme. Defarge
(8,039 posts)I loved this film!
https://www.kedifilm.com
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,810 posts)Fla Dem
(23,727 posts)Absolutely was blown away with the cat habitats they showed. I'm assuming they were in Canada as that's where the film was made. But wondering if there are any like that in the US.
They were spot on about the vocalization. I know when my girl wants a brush, wants her Tuna (a treat we have a couple of times a month) and even when she has to pee or poo. For some reason she has a need to let me know that, LOL. She has a different voice for each.
Yavin4
(35,445 posts)Don't want them getting any big ideas.