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Message 1784091 - Posted: 1 May 2016, 21:15:42 UTC - in response to Message 1784082.  

At last! A cat collar that translates meows into human speech
Technically Incorrect: The Catterbox sounds wonderful. You might ask, however, how the collar knows what the cat is saying.

No........no..............no.....................no.
I wonder how long they had to train those cats in the clips not to be totally driven bonkers by that squawking box hung under their chins.

I think when my kitties meow at me I know by now well enough what they want.

Meow.

Grace would just pull the collar off of Her neck, and yeah I know what She wants, so it's a waste of money to Me too.
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Message 1784908 - Posted: 5 May 2016, 7:54:19 UTC

Maybe Mark can teach his cats how to use the computer(s) and become famous...

What has four paws, a pair of Rottweilers in tow, attention deficit disorder and 150,000 followers on Instagram? Manny, of course. Manny the cat.

Manny the cat is a selfie extraordinaire
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Message 1785127 - Posted: 6 May 2016, 6:16:51 UTC

Manny is very cute.
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Message 1785135 - Posted: 6 May 2016, 6:26:24 UTC

I get lots of compliments on My cat Grace, both online and offline.
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Message 1785737 - Posted: 8 May 2016, 3:26:29 UTC

Thanks to a kind and creative man in South Korea, you can watch stray cats eating and sleeping on a live stream. (Here in the states we have to watch the videos on YouTube, though) It's almost like the smartphone game, Neko Atsume, but in real life. The cats eat fish and everything!
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Message 1785741 - Posted: 8 May 2016, 3:37:14 UTC

Cats are sooooooooooooooc cool.
Look at you one minute with love, and then wanna bite your toes off the next......LOL.
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Message 1785752 - Posted: 8 May 2016, 4:26:30 UTC

Watch lions play with one of the world's largest cat toys
Catnip mice and little cardboard scratchers don't cut it when your cats weigh 350 pounds. The Oregon Zoo invented a more robust toy for its big kitties.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8X2G58OP5w

The Leaping Lion Toy is crafted from knotted butcher paper long enough to keep a safe distance between the keeper and the playful lions in their enclosure. Sometimes extra cardboard cutouts are attached at the end to give the lions something to catch and carry back down. The toy inspires some impressive acrobatics, highlighted in slow-motion video sequences released by the zoo earlier this week.

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Message 1785755 - Posted: 8 May 2016, 4:31:45 UTC - in response to Message 1785752.  

Playful, omg, that's a lot of playful.
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Message 1785756 - Posted: 8 May 2016, 4:36:53 UTC - in response to Message 1785752.  

Watch lions play with one of the world's largest cat toys
Catnip mice and little cardboard scratchers don't cut it when your cats weigh 350 pounds. The Oregon Zoo invented a more robust toy for its big kitties.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8X2G58OP5w

The Leaping Lion Toy is crafted from knotted butcher paper long enough to keep a safe distance between the keeper and the playful lions in their enclosure. Sometimes extra cardboard cutouts are attached at the end to give the lions something to catch and carry back down. The toy inspires some impressive acrobatics, highlighted in slow-motion video sequences released by the zoo earlier this week.

OMG...Tigger II would jump like that if a toy was dangled for her.
That is so amazing seeing them in slow motion. The muscles of a cat are so sleek and strong.
Cats in motion are a wonderful thing.

Meowsmooth.
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Message 1786277 - Posted: 9 May 2016, 21:30:46 UTC

One of my cats has gone missing. Three of my neighbors have been trapping
cats (we have a large feral population), but they say they haven't trapped
Gus. My neighborhood is not heavily traveled, so I doubt he was hit by a
car. Also, I probably would have been one of the first to find his body, but
there is a small possibility someone else might have and disposed of it.
Animal control doesn't have him. I have no idea what might have happened.

Please keep your thoughts positive and, if you're a praying person, please
pray for Gus - that he's safe and will return home.

He is a neutered male and has never roamed far from home.
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Message 1786331 - Posted: 10 May 2016, 2:28:46 UTC

God bless, Suzie. I hope he returns home soon.
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Message 1786334 - Posted: 10 May 2016, 2:42:19 UTC - in response to Message 1786331.  

God bless, Suzie. I hope he returns home soon.

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Message 1786339 - Posted: 10 May 2016, 4:07:49 UTC - in response to Message 1786331.  

God bless, Suzie. I hope he returns home soon.


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Message 1786440 - Posted: 10 May 2016, 14:39:51 UTC

Oh, I hate to hear about kitties gone missing.
Sending prayers and kind thoughts to help Gus find his way back home.
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Message 1786477 - Posted: 10 May 2016, 22:06:55 UTC - in response to Message 1786339.  

God bless, Suzie. I hope he returns home soon.


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Message 1786482 - Posted: 10 May 2016, 22:22:12 UTC
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Not trying to garner sympathy by any means, but now I've noticed a second
cat has gone missing. This one is in tact (i.e. not neutered) and a little
sickly. Perhaps he has gone off somewhere to die. I hate that they do that.
I realize it's thousands of years of instinct, but it's painful to us
humans when a cat disappears never to return and we have no idea what has
happened to it.

I know it's my own fault for letting them go outside, but when you have so
many cats (too many cats - yes, I can admit that), it's hard to keep them
inside. Not impossible. I just don't try hard enough, I guess.

Most of my dilemma stems from trying to "rescue" feral kittens. I'm using
that good thing to justify my actions to myself, and maybe to you, too.
Good intentions.

Some good news to end with - one of my more difficult cats, Teenie, was trapped
by one of my neighbors and handed over to Animal Control. I've been wanting to
get him neutered forever. He's not very friendly in spite of having been with
me since he was a kitten. He has been in several fights and I'm relatively
sure that he has killed a couple of his opponents. Whenever I've tried to
get him into a carrier he has reacted violently resulting in my being
scratched and bitten.

I have a good relationship with the Animal Control people, so they contacted
me when they picked Teenie up from my neighbor. I told them he was mine but
that he was neither neutered nor vaccinated, so we arranged to get him to the
vet to be neutered as a "feral" at a reduced fee, which I would pay. So Teenie
is now neutered and vaccinated! Yay.

Thank you all for your kindness re. Gus. You are, and it is, appreciated.
~Sue~

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Message 1786706 - Posted: 11 May 2016, 14:17:33 UTC - in response to Message 1786482.  

Not trying to garner sympathy by any means, but now I've noticed a second
cat has gone missing. ...

Oh, not good news,

True, animals do like to "go hiding" when ill.

Could it possibly be that your neighbor is trapping any "stray" cat and turning them over to animal control without notifying you (or hopefully not doing anything worse to them)?
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Message 1786708 - Posted: 11 May 2016, 14:19:54 UTC

World's Oldest Cat Lives in Texas, Has Seen Most of the US

Gail Floyd's well-traveled, 30-year-old cat enjoys snacking on chicken.

A Siamese cat born during President Ronald Reagan's administration has been named by Guinness World Records as the world's oldest cat.

Guinness said Scooter celebrated his 30th birthday on March 26. He lives in Mansfield, Texas.

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Message 1786724 - Posted: 11 May 2016, 14:58:23 UTC

Sorry to hear about Suzie's kitty woes.
But, bound to happen trying to shepherd a flock of outdoor kitties.
At least you are trying to help them, Suzie.

Meow.
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Message 1786864 - Posted: 12 May 2016, 0:17:39 UTC - in response to Message 1786706.  

Not trying to garner sympathy by any means, but now I've noticed a second
cat has gone missing. ...

Oh, not good news,

True, animals do like to "go hiding" when ill.

Could it possibly be that your neighbor is trapping any "stray" cat and turning them over to animal control without notifying you (or hopefully not doing anything worse to them)?


I have a great relationship with Animal Control. They always contact me whenever
they've picked up a cat in the area.

Maybe we have a budding, young serial killer in the neighborhood. Yes, I've
thought about that. :-(

I've noticed a couple of my intact males are gone, too. Perhaps there is a
female in heat not too far away and they've all gone to visit her. But
that wouldn't account for Gus. He's been neutered. Do some neutered cats
still react to females in heat?
~Sue~

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