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Guess who had successful surgery, doesn’t need the surgery on his other leg, and has been adopted?

Good News Open Thread

If you said Van Helsing, the first Athenspets to use our emergency fund, you would be wrong!  His name is now Donnie Darko.  Although after seeing this photo, I wonder if maybe that was a typo and his new name is Donnie Dorko?  :-)

He has 7 cat friends in his new home – I think you can see two of them in the photo – and he certainly seems to have come into his own.  I have it on good authority that the couple who brought him home are both completely devoted to their animals.

What a sweet boy.  Our first $500 from Walter’s Fund went toward his surgery.  I hear that Balloon Juice is seen as kind of a fairy godmother for some of these guys at Athenspets, and that we are helping with morale at the shelter.

Tell me that this guy doesn’t have the same expression as Donnie Dorko’s Darko’s friend in the top photo.

Open thread.

 

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  6. 6.

    Sure Lurkalot

    8 cats?!? That’s a lot of litter. But the heart is warmed by knowing Donnie Darko has been mended, has a boatload of companionship and loving adopters.

    As for the tree cat, my caption would be, “I still get to sleep with you in the big bed, right?”

  8. 8.

    Barronius

    Beautiful kitty I can see he’s already well into his assimilation process!

    Speaking of which, I am wondering how Max’s ever worked out.

  11. 11.

    Alison Rose

    @suzanne: My living room has windows filling one wall almost side to side, with a wide low sill. We’re on the third floor and there’s a big tree right outside the windows, which functions as a sort of playground for tons of birds and some rather adventurous squirrels. Plus everyone walks their dogs through the courtyard below. It’s like Cat IMAX. She spends tons of time keeping an eye on the neighbors, as it were :)

  20. 20.

    indycat32

    More good news – I captured kitten number four today. Two weeks until spay/neuter day. In the meantime they’re in the large dog crate in the garage.

  22. 22.

    TriassicSands

    Tell me that this guy doesn’t have the same expression as Donnie Dorko’s Darko’s friend in the top photo. — WaterGirl

    Okay, they’re different.

    In the bottom photo we have a obvious “perp” in search of an alibi. S/he knows the circumstantial evidence is compelling, but s/he will never break even under enhanced interrogation techniques. S/he also knows that humans can be easily misled and her/his brain is working overtime to figure out how to get someone else to take the fall.  There’s also a hint of worry, since every once in awhile humans get it right. Guilt with an accent of deviousness and concern (S/he knows s/he would fail a polygraph).

    In the top photo, an innocent fellow/gal is trying to figure out why Donnie is dressed up in such an undignified outfit and why the photographer isn’t paying more attention to her or him, instead of Donnie. Jealousy. And possibly thoughts of future revenge against the photographer for his/her failure to recognize true greatness. Mild jealousy coupled with possible plans to become a perp.

    Cats always follow the adage “Better to ask forgiveness than permission.”

    Of course, I could be wrong and my six decades of studying cat behavior have all come to nothing. And I couldn’t pass a polygraph either.

  27. 27.

    TriassicSands

    @indycat32:

    Is it a carrier or a kennel? If it’s a carrier, see if you can borrow one or two large kennels (spacious cages with lots of exposure to light and the outside world) from a local shelter.

  32. 32.

    indycat32

    @TriassicSands: It’s a large crate, approx. 48×36. Large enough for litter box, food, water,and a nice cushy bed big enough for 4. The fun part is when I have to transfer them back into  the traps, which the clinic requires all feral cats be in.

  33. 33.

    TriassicSands

    @WaterGirl: That comment made my day.

    I’m glad.

    I like dogs and they can be wonderful companions, but cats are so beautiful and simultaneously inscrutable.

    f you want a friend, get a dog. If you want to be constantly amazed and surprised, get a cat. They won’t fetch your slippers (though, like dogs they might rip them to pieces), but they can also be wonderful companions. Even if they will eat you if you die at home. (Not really.)

    Dogs want to please you. Cats want to give you the opportunity to please them. Both are rewarding for humans.

  34. 34.

    C Stars

    We had to clip our rabbit’s nails a few hours ago and now he is lying under the couch with just his face showing so he can give us the stink eye whenever we walk by.

  35. 35.

    TriassicSands

    @indycat32:  The fun part is when I have to transfer them back into  the traps, which the clinic requires all feral cats be in.

    That  is one of the most questionable uses of the word fun I’ve ever encountered. Trying to handle truly feral kittens and cats is fun…to watch if you hate the person doing the handling.

    Good luck to you. You’re doing a very, very good thing. I hope it all goes smoothly.

  36. 36.

    indycat32

    @geg6: thanks.  It does mean no new kittens, so one problem solved.  Doesn’t solve the problem of 10 cats using my back yard as a litter box.

  38. 38.

    LeftCoastYankee

    Seems more like a “new cat initiation” ritual.

    “Don’t worry new guy DD, it’s almost over, then we can wreck the tree when the two-legs go to sleep.”

  39. 39.

    raven

    @WaterGirl: The former mayor of Urbana and his former wife had a “catquarium” made from an aquarium and attached to their living room window. She was allergic but she loved cats.

  41. 41.

    David ⛄ 🎅The Establishment🎄 🦌 🕎 Koch

    Megyn Kelly is gonna lose her shit when she finds out about black cat Santa

  43. 43.

    David ⛄ 🎅The Establishment🎄 🦌 🕎 Koch

    @WaterGirl: ​

    During Fox News’ ‘The Kelly File’ on Wednesday evening host Megyn Kelly began a debate with guests regarding the race of Santa, emphasizing to kids that Jesus and Santa were white.

    Jon Stewart did the appropriate mocking of her looney racism and claim of victimization (link)​​​​

  45. 45.

    columbusqueen

    A good time for a clowder update.  Quentin, Archie, & Smoky have all adjusted nicely, & are romping around happily. Kermit is still mostly hiding, but he’s coming out occasionally to look Mike over when the human is downstairs.

    Teddy is struggling a bit with both being odd man out in the boys’ club & not being the baby anymore.  And Athena?  She loathes them all, since she just chased poor Archie into the kitchen snarling all the way. Such is life in the Queen’s cathouse.

  46. 46.

    Jackie

    @Roger Moore: We always put our tree in a corner and screw a coffee cup hanger in the wall on both sides of the tree, and use fishing line from both hooks to the tree trunk. Never have had a toppled tree 🤞🏻

    I also hang little bells through out aka kitty tattletellers. (Also good for grandkiddos)

  48. 48.

    Barronius

    @WaterGirl: Yes, thank you! I was wondering since Cole posted about it before Halloween and I was worried it had fallen through, with all the horrible traumatic events he has had to suffer.

  54. 54.

    Quiltingfool

    I was rudely awakened this morning by a chonky cat pouncing on me.  I looked at the clock and it seems I slept a little later than usual and Miss Sassypants was having none of it.

    Why, yes, I am retired.

    Miss Sassy had no regrets.

  56. 56.

    C Stars

    @trollhattan: Yup. The last time he gave us the stink eye like this was a few days ago, when he managed to nab one of the Christmas tree light cords and bit one of the wires clean through. We were able to repair it, and then arranged things so he definitely can’t get to the tree/cords again, and he was quite insulted by that. “Why would you put cords out if I’m not able to eat them??”

  58. 58.

    mrmoshpotato

    “Would you believe that?  The tree just fell over!  Just fell! over!  This is my surprised face.”

  60. 60.

    sdhays

    @WaterGirl: And then MSNBC stumbled over itself to give her millions of dollars to poach her from Fox, which was a predictable (although not to the wizard leadership of the snooze division at NBC) failure.

    It’s interesting that no one was fired, as far as I’m aware, for that debacle.

  61. 61.

    mrmoshpotato

    @sdhays:

    And then MSNBC stumbled over itself to give her millions of dollars to poach her from Fox, which was a predictable (although not to the wizard leadership of the snooze division at NBC) failure.

    It’s interesting that no one was fired, as far as I’m aware, for that debacle.

    Oh, NBC should’ve burnt itself to the ground in atonement for that stupid, Trump-trash decision to hire “Santa is white!” trash.

  67. 67.

    Josie

    @indycat32: That will be challenging. Maybe figure out some kind of funnel setup. Or, wear some really strong gloves. I don’t envy you. You are a true hero.

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