From commentor Nikolita: I’ve enclosed a few pictures of my cats, Cat (black and white) and Tac (white and grey). Cat (female) is 8 years old, and Tac (male) is almost 3. __ Cat is quite the prissy diva. She’s the first cat I’ve ever owned, so she’s my baby and I love her to …
Cat Blogging
Dear Companions, Gone Ahead
This has not been the happiest holiday weekend for some Balloon Juice correspondents… From commentor Bklyn Sarah: Our brave and beautiful Max died on Christmas day. He’d been failing for a while, but took a sharp turn for the worse last week. My SO stayed with him and I went to my dad’s for the …
Early Morning Open Thread: Holiday Helpers
Commentor Notwendy shares: When you don’t get the meal on the table in a timely fashion: Squirrel II looks on as Boris (solid blue) “discusses” seating arrangements with Dr. Girlfriend. The War on Christmas…Although to be fair the tree was hogging all the sunlight and was just asking for a smack down from Boris. Under …
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What is it with cats…
For most of the last 16 years I have spent my life with dogs. Specifically two rescued coonhounds who grew old with our family. Both passed away within the last year. The plan was (and is) to adopt another dog when we felt ready. Not in our plans–or at least mine–was a cat. And yet, …
Open Thread: Xmas Babies
Warm fuzzies, and pet humiliation, for your viewing pleasure: __ From commentor Richard R: If by “babies” you mean cats and dogs, here’s Ingo. From commentor Abo Gato: A photo of the JRTs and their new pet, our “accidental” grandson. From commentor Yelli: In case you meant human babies instead of the typical Balloon Juice …
Open Thread: Xmas Xcats
__ From commentor Mr. Whipple: not a rescue, per se’, just a stray we adopted. this is spatz/ mr. zell. he didn’t like his antlers, but maybe bj’ers would. __ Kitteh should count his blessings, compared to these guys: __ __ __
Going Galt- What Is It, Exactly?
I braved unspeakable horrors and woke the master up so you all could have a recent picture: Click to embiggen. He is not amused.