Archive for the ‘Funny and Amazing Cats’ Category
A Cat Who Loves To Play In the Tub!
This little kitty is actually having fun playing in the bathtub!
Cats, Puppies, And Roombas
One of my favorite blogs is puppy on a roomba featuring Ty, the Pembroke Welsh Corgi.
Having no idea what a ROOMBA is, I just guessed that it was some sort of play-thing for dogs or puppies. Yes, it’s OK to laugh, I have been living in a cave for the last 20 years or so. Had no idea what was going on in the world until I got this computer.
Recently, they posted the cutest video of a cat on a roomba, here it is:
Now my curiosity has gotten the best of me and I just had to find out what a Roomba really is, and thank goodness for the internet I found out that it is a VACUUM CLEANER! Honestly I would never have guessed!
Here is a picture 
Anyway, the video caught my eye because I just know Taco would have the time of his life with one of these things, since he was a kitten the kids have pulled him around on a boogie board (at least I know what THAT is) or even on pieces of cardboard. Imagine that, you can entertain the cat and get the floors vacuumed at the same time. What will they think of next?
Taco’s Friday Night Adventure
Apparently the folks next door have cat-eating dogs, pit bulls to be exact. Loud, barking, see-a-cat-go-for-its-throat kind of dogs. This makes me a bit nervous.
This information came about because I had the honor of meeting my next door neighbor at 9:30 Friday night and he politely divulged this tidbit of trivia. He also made mention of the fact that Mango came quite close to being dogfood. Fortunately Mango catches on quickly, especially when his life is at stake. Back to the Taco story…
Why was I knocking on my neighbor’s door at such a late hour? Well of course to unlock his barn…the barn from which a loudly-meowing Taco was frantically trying to make his presence known. We had been calling for him for hours and I knew there was a problem because he ALWAYS comes running to his beloved Mommy when he is called. Sometimes he takes his time, but he comes.
He’d found a safe place to hide, up on the second floor of this big old barn that was so jam-packed we couldn’t even step inside. There was Taco’s head popping through a hole in the ceiling (the floor for him) and we had no way to get to him. So I said, “Taco, just come down the same way you got up there.”
Now I swear I am not making this up, but as soon as I said that he made his way across the second floor to the other side and appeared on the bottom floor and made his way to us. He followed my directions. That’s one smart kitty!
A Scuba Diving Cat? You Have To See It To Believe It
I’m not sure I like this at all, my first thought was that it is cruel, but the guy seems to love his cat and the cat seems relaxed and happy. What do you think?
Tiger Cubs Or Pork Chops?
UPDATE on Feb 3, go to SNOPES to read the real story, yeah they’re piglets being raised by a tigress, but only for “entertainment”, not because she was “depressed”…well the pictures ARE cute. Here’s the original (but not quite true) story:
In a zoo in California, a mother tiger gave birth to a rare set of triplet tiger cubs. Unfortunately, due to complications in the pregnancy, the cubs were born prematurely. Because of their small size, they died shortly after birth.
The mother tiger, after recovering from the delivery, suddenly started to decline in health, although physically she was fine. The veterinarians felt that the loss of her litter had caused the tigress to become depressed. The doctors decided that if the tigress could surrogate another mother’s cubs, perhaps she would improve.
After checking with many other zoos across the country, the depressing news was that there were no tiger cubs of the right age to introduce to the mourning mother.
The veterinarians decided to try something that had never been done in a zoo environment before. Sometimes the mother of one species will take care of another species. The only orphans that could be found quickly were a litter of weanling piglets. The zoo keepers and vets wrapped the piglets in tiger skin and placed the babies around the mother tiger.
Would they become cubs or pork chops? Take a look!
The Cat Who Predicts Death
Oscar the cat resides on the third floor of Steere House Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Providence, Rhode Island.
On a plaque mounted on the wall is an engraved commendation from a local hospice agency: “For his compassionate hospice care, this plaque is awarded to Oscar the Cat.” 
Oscar seems to have a knack for predicting when nursing home patients are going to die, by curling up next to them during their final hours. Oscar’s accuracy, observed in 25 cases, has led the staff to call family members once he has chosen someone. It usually means they have less than four hours to live.
For the full story CLICK HERE
Taco After A Hard Day At The Office
Did you think Taco was copying Pete and just dressing up for Halloween? Of course not! This is a very tired Taco after a long, hard day. He has many important jobs to do at Moogleanian Corporation such as Calculating International Sardine Stock Rates, Napping, Supervising Catnip Quality Control, Resting, Updating Corporation Members of important events such as Restocking of Kookamunga Treats, Sleeping, Cracking Crime Rings of Illegal Catnip Trading, and of course the all-important: Snoozing.
No wonder he’s exhausted! Wouldn’t you be?
Stumble it!
Sumari On The Roof
Yep, that there is the third floor of the house, she loves it up there! Wild and crazy micro-kitty, fearless adventurer, rooftop dancer…
A Tribute To Oreo, by Meghan
This video, made by my friend Maryanne’s daughter Meghan, is of their sweet kitty Oreo.
Last February, Oreo was hit by a speeding car and killed right in front of their house. The driver never stopped.
Rest In Peace sweet Oreo, beautiful kitty.
As with everything you do, GREAT job Meghan!!
His Royal Highness King Taco Reclining While Feasting
This is our cat Taco eating his top-of-the-line, raw, organic fit-for-a-cat-king kitty food. He’s four years old and for as long as I can remember he’s always eaten lying down. If I pull the dish away, he scoots over without actually getting up, and pulls it toward him. He does the same thing with the water bowl.
Was it the ancient Greeks who ate lying down? Or maybe the Romans…either way it’s obviously a trait reserved for royalty…
Catnip Tea, Anyone?
Awhile back I bought a whole pound of catnip from San Francisco Herb Company for $4! Their prices are amazing! Well you do have to buy in bulk, usually one pound or 8 ozs. Since I have enough catnip for about 100 cats and I only have three, I decided to make a pot of catnip tea. Catnip is well known for it’s medicinal properties and is used for colds and fever as well as digestive upsets.
About halfway through the brewing process, Taco woke from his evening nap. He was quite perky and getting a little goofy and then began demanding that I reveal the location of the ‘nip. After pouring a nice warm cup of tea I offered some to Taco who then became utterly confused when confronted with a liquid that had the enticing odor of his favorite herb. Here is a picture of poor confused Taco searching in vain for the more familiar form of lovely leafy ‘nip.
