Modern Vespa

tell me about it:


(I'm convinced you have my sons long lost brother)

Did you give yourself the crazy catman award?
I want one.
Check out this bandito

that's the paco taco award

FAQ: What are all the Forum Awards & How do I get them?

a small award and remembrance for our friend ashrat-

I asked if he had any void siblings and got this look. IDK what it means but I think he's nippin hard.

that's either: a) yes, and now I must kill you or b) I need to consult my attorney, in the mean time is there more crunch?

but darn near a dead ringer: black on black on black. if he's super vocal then a long lost brother for sure!

His voice is really high-pitched but he definitely chit-chats frequently. We have conversations all the time.

Any of you cat people get the cat to ride on the scooter with you?
I've seen dogs on scooters. I've seen cats on bicycles.
Pretty sure it's been done, but just wondering how they handle it.
I'm guessing most won't like it, but there's got to be some that do.....

Dad's dog used to ride on his old 50cc Honda (crime) Spree ages ago. Same scoot I learned to ride on as a not-quite-14-year-old at the time.

Sadly sir is much happier indoors than out....and ultimately that's for the best around here. Maybe this spring we'll see about bringing him outside to do a test sit, but he's not keen on being picked up and placed anywhere.

Nor is he a fan of the harness. Tried that already. He flopped.

My wife thought a harness/leash would keep our boy under control outside, particularly bird-wise. So she shows up with one, decides we're going to take him along to a walk on the boardwalk at the nearby marsh.

Yep, he flopped over on his side and refused to move, even when we tried walking off. I think she just gave up on the idea altogether

you guys just need harnesses that are dapper, that's all.

exhibit A


exhibit B

She leaned over to bid Sir goodnight....and his face is absolute perfection.

I should've posted this one the other say, but they're not always in the tree.

and, yes, this tree stays up year round just like the halloween decorations.

Best Christmas Tree Ever

Bruno's NYE. Zoom in and you'll see his tongue licking the top

The boys

Crazy cat man introducing:

Daisy keeping my jeep warm.

color ≠ nick 🤷

Here ya go! https://www.instagram.com/p/C1EGN1avV43/

Kewl cat. Good place for his helmet!!!!

Willie...

Larry...

Gracie and Graham...

Strictly based off these photos I'm sayin the Cornbread poacher is Willie. Although Larry is also a likely suspect. Gracie & Graham look innocent to me.

My daughter's little guy Noodles. Recently passed. Troublemaker but really sweet.

Willie and Larry didn't get into stuff very much.

Willie left us a few years ago at 18, and Larry followed him a month later at 16.5.

The 'Cornbread Culprit' was the blue-eyed Siamese-ish Graham.

The morning they figured out how to open kitchen cupboard doors, then walked around on everything in them.

D'oh! I guess the innocent-looking ones can get away with more.

This is Cricket. Found her at a thrift store back in 2008. Well, outside dying in the heat. We were going to take her to the humane society, but we turned left instead of right and she's been in our house ever since.

This is a not so rare picture of her venting her inner evil.

Meet Bella my son's and daughter in law's cat.
Humans are tolerated.

Here are Reika and Lito, brother and sister we picked up from a shelter when they were about 4 months old. Went for one, came home with two.

Not quite what you had in mind, but close...
In the eyes of cats, all things belong to cats.

Ernesto loves the blanket my sister made him.

Half siblings, same dad, different moms, real cozy...

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My wife and I currently have four cats at home.

Digby - a 9-year old (he'll be 10 in March) 8lb Nebelung
Gemma - a 9-year old (she'll be 10 on April 1) 7lb Dilute Tortoiseshell
Walter - an approximately 11/12-year old 20lb Maine Coon
Toby - a 3-year old (he'll be 4 this May) 9lb Orange Tabby

We adopted Digby & Gemma as kittens on the same day. They bonded to each other easily, although now Gemma seems to only tolerate Digby.

Gemma has no fear. She's the smallest of the four cats, but dominates all of them.

Digby has the softest fur I've ever felt. He also purr if you simply look in his general direction. He doesn't like to be held or picked up, but he'll sit next to us on the couch and let us pet him while he purrs.

We adopted Walter & Toby the same day almost two years ago. Walter quickly bonded to me. He spends as much time with me as he can, and seems to tolerate my wife. He also tolerates the other cats, but doesn't want to play. We had to have all of his teeth extracted last year, and he's been doing great without them.

Toby is our Special Needs cat. He had a fractured left front leg as a kitten, and has a steel rod in it. He also has some vision loss in his right eye. He runs, but not very fast. He won't jump or climb, but if we put him on the bed or couch with us, he's able to jump down to the floor with no problems. He's a voracious eater, and loves people. He wants to play with the other cats, but they don't view him as an equal. They can tell he's "special". Lately, though, Digby & Gemma will allow Toby to chase them. They'll run away from him, but slow enough that he can keep them in sight.

I am his person

For those that are curious about Toby's broken front leg, I've attached a pic of the pre-op and post-op x-rays.

As you can see, it was a really bad break. He had so many other issues, and with his age (approximately 14 weeks old), and the fact that it was the city animal shelter, I'm surprised they didn't simply euthanize him rather than go to the expense of multiple surgerys. We were given his medical file when we adopted him. It was 8 pages long. Reading through it, he had the broken leg, malnourished, and they said he was blind in both eyes and deaf (although they said that he regained partial sight in one eye). They neutered him and installed the steel rod in his leg at the same time. They had to put him under gain the next day because the rod had come loose. The only thing he had going for him was a voracious appetite - whenever they put food in front of him he ate it, even if he'd just eaten. He didn't spend much time with Dallas Animal Services,

By the time we adopted him almost 2 years later, he'd regained almost all of his vision, and his hearing is just fine. He still eats like a pig.

I did send an email to Dallas Animal Services last year thanking them for everything they did for him. I figured they deal with hundreds of animals a month, and would appreciate knowing that their efforts in at least one worked out well.

Good on you and shelter staff/volunteers. That cat's a fighter and was given a second chance at life. I have three cats, two of which are rescues that have enriched my families life. The bonus is that they also eliminated the rodent population around my place.

Gram...again...

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