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  1. 1.

    ruemara

    Mine were trained to know that treats come from sitting quietly. We do tend to find the right beasts for the person, I believe.

  4. 4.

    spudgun

    Aww…my furry girl Trixie does that too. It’s cute — or annoying, depending on my mood.

  5. 5.

    lukeallen1

    Today I learned that a cat meowing because they smell tuna means they have a personality. Who’d a thunk.

  10. 10.

    Villago Delenda Est

    Ok, my Maine Coon is a bit rusty, but I think that translates as “GIVE ME SOME TUNA OR THERE WILL BE CLAWS ALL OVER YOUR PASTY WHITE HAIRLESS APE BODY, BUSTER.”

  11. 11.

    Comrade Mary

    Boy, if that’s how a starter cat treats a human, I’d hate to see what an advanced cat would do to you.

    Anyway, totally adorable all over, both humans and critters.

  13. 13.

    John (MCCARTHY) Cole

    @dance around in your bones: I worked in radio, and actually got my FCC license in 1984, and did radio up until going into the Army. Got a big bell shaped head- if I was a cowboy I would wear a twelve gallon hat.

    My voice just resonates and I whisper like a chainsaw. If I could find a way to monetize my voice I would do it in a minute.

  16. 16.

    JoyceH

    @Anne Laurie:

    @Origuy: That is hilarious!

    Poor momcat, trying to keep those silly kittens safe where she put them…

    You know that’s on a loop, right? It appears to be Mom returning one kitten and the other one slides down, but then it repeats several times. But she’s not having to do as much kitten fetching as you would think.

  17. 17.

    Anne Laurie

    @Comrade Mary:

    Boy, if that’s how a starter cat treats a human, I’d hate to see what an advanced cat would do to you.

    Hey, Steve is asking. I’ve lived with cats (mostly of the “oriental” type) who would’ve have yelled TUNAAA! and promptly swiped at that bare human leg until tribute was exacted. Or, even more exciting, swarmed straight up the leg, leaving a trail of claw punctures, and onto the counter to help themselves.

    Heck, our last “Maine Coon type” (she was a perfect specimen of the breed, but never weighed more than 7 pounds) could smell tuna from several rooms away, and would wake from a sound sleep to scurry into the kitchen and “float” up to the counter for her proper tribute. Yes, we did explain many times that we preferred not to have cat paws on the food prep surfaces, but like the honey badger Kishkan did not care how many times she got unceremoniously dumped. She was a pirate, like all MCs — if our paths had crossed ten years later, we might’ve changed her name to Angeline or Penelope, after Jack Sparrow’s frenemy!

  18. 18.

    dance around in your bones

    @John (MCCARTHY) Cole: You whisper like a chainsaw? I’d like to hear that. Can you do a whisper video? or just audio?

    Really, you have a wonderful voice. That kind of deep rumbly voice that I used to love when I laid my head on my husband’s chest. (Don’t worry, I’m old enough to be your mother).

  19. 19.

    zippity17

    @eemom: That was my takeaway, too. Lily needs her treat. She’s being nice and polite. I have a boy cat that needs a special food. I felt so bad only him canned food, that I had to start giving some of the others small amounts as well. The 17 year old is the only one who won’t try it.

  21. 21.

    Howard Beale IV

    True fact: cats have a wider range of vocalization than dogs. Meows (outside of when they be kittehs calling for mama) are pretty much reserved for communicating with us hairless apes.

  23. 23.

    NotMax

    Looking through the holiday flyer from Costco, and saw this abomination.

    No chick peas? Keep your damn soybeans out of my hummus.

  24. 24.

    BillinGlendaleCA

    @NotMax: Calm down, I’m sure they have the old fashioned hummus. I’m positive that my Costco does, considering the ethnic make up of the area.

  26. 26.

    Diana

    You should enjoy it. I adopted an adult cat from a shelter 15 years ago and he doesn’t do that anymore. This is probably his last summer. He’s still a great pet but his appetite comes and goes. I miss his energetic meowing.

  27. 27.

    BillinGlendaleCA

    @NotMax: It looks like it’s for more of an Asian consumer base, not quite adventurous enough for the chick pea.

  29. 29.

    Talentless Hack

    @Anne Laurie: Got two pirate cats myself, and a ninja (mostly black shorthair with white whiskers and paws). Tried to get the ninja into the pet carrier, she ran under the bed. Looked under there to see where she was, and poof! She vanished, not to be found in the house. She knows where all the hiding places are, and she can come and go undetected, just like a ninja.

    So do pirates and ninjas get along? Uh, sorta.

  30. 30.

    SteveinSC

    This is way, way off topic but I caught Friday (recorded) Bill Maher last night with a flaming asshole named Andy Dean. An AIPAC spear carrier who is using his “stage name” to avoid getting nailed as one of Bibi’s spear carriers. Real name is Andrew Dean Litinsky. Some divine funny-bone of justice, has however, reached in and hacked the Google response to Andy Dean talk radio.

    Last night up popped:

    ” Andy Dean – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Dean
    Wikipedia
    Andrew Dean Schitinsky (born June 11, 1981), better known as Andy Dean, is a nationally syndicated radio talk show host and political commentator. His show ..”.

    It was fixed today, though.

  31. 31.

    Tokyokie

    Marvin would have been yelling just as much, but he would have been up on the counter.

  32. 32.

    donnah

    John, you sound like John Goodman.

    My husband has a deep, resonant voice, too. He used to do voiceovers in commercials and educational video narration where he works. Both my mom and his mom are widows, and they preferred to have a male voice on their phone answering machines, so he recorded messages for them. It’s always weird when I call them and get his voice answering their phones.

  34. 34.

    Joy in FL

    That video was great. My cat Tig came over to see where the cat was hiding in the laptop so I showed him Steve.

    I want more Lily video, and Rosie, please.

  35. 35.

    Olivia

    Completely freaked out my cat. Several minutes after listening to it he is still on guard, ears up and jumpy.

  36. 36.

    Enrique

    Steve has the most majestic poofiness of any cat that’s ever poofed. I don’t envy you the shedding but that tail is awesome.

  38. 38.

    WaterGirl

    What about Lily?!?!!

    I know it was 7 or 8 hours ago, but I want you to wake Lily up give her some tuna right now. Didn’t you hear me? I said, right now!

  39. 39.

    Roger Moore

    @NotMax:
    You should be glad to hear that Sabra is lobbying the FDA to come up with a legal definition of hummus that specifies minimum chickpea and tahini content. See, government is good for something.

  40. 40.

    Frances

    Our beloved 10yo cat is in his final days/months of life with us due to squamous cell cancer in his mouth. The lab results from the biopsy named several potential causes for this type cancer in cats: exposure to cigarette smoke; flea collars; and canned tuna fish.

    We only gave our kitty babies the water from tuna cans and maybe only once a month or so. We wonder if over his lifetime this exposure could have caused this cancer.

    You should consult your vet about giving your precious buddy canned tuna fish.

  46. 46.

    Lydia L. Pineault

    @donnah: @Frances: @Frances: Very interesting information Frances about mouth cancer in cats! — Not sure if you put flea collars on your cat or not? The small amount of water that your cat licked off a tuna cover once a month is so little that wouldn’t do it! And was he exposed to smoke from a person smoking in the house or someone else’s house? — I know humans are different, however my husband had tongue cancer, Squamous Cell and (Human Papillomavirus) HPV Cells in his biopsy. I’m sure they will find out in the future a mouth cancer in a cat is also cause by a virus. Probably But then again maybe not, but I would ask the Vets about viral mouth cancer. I’m so sorry you little boy is going to pass from it, take care! Hope all is well in the future! — Cat Virus, lots of them! :( — http://www.cat-health-guide.org/feline-viruses.html

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