Girlba and torche. (Girlba has some eczema she keeps agitating, shes fine promise. Torche on the other hand is a MENACE and gets nicknamed Torture for a reason. We had foil on the monitor shelf itself because he kept trying to sleep ON it- and he’s too big for that. )
She was very expressive, but also smart enough to recognize technology and that she didn't like it, so she always clammed up around cameras and microphones.
My long boy Church, who was in perfect shrimp pose with bonus face paw, but spoiled it when I approached. So I'll enter him in the freestyle lounge category instead of for his crossed-paw-arm-prop.
Omg - this isn’t even my cat . We just trapped a feral cat on our property and THIS GUY with huge balls moves into the territory the next day and sleeps at our window .
Very much so. We have a creek and a messy garden . The raccoons and opossums love it too. My semi feral female - is less thrilled . (Look up and Wait for it )
He runs when I go out the door . At the very least he an intact Tom that fights (and fought with the previous tenant who fathered some of our kittens. )
I already have 3 ! We’ve saved 4 strays (no chips) and found them homes . We’ve also paid to spay /neuter neighbors cats. Our property is a cat super hwy.
Hazel hasn't been pretzeling (pretzelling? defying physics and the existence of bones?) as much lately but I did get a pretty good double snooze a few weeks ago
She started lying down like this *while I was in the middle of typing*, it was really impressive.
Sometimes she decides I've done enough doomscrolling and plonks herself right on my hand / phone. It's hard to describe but genuinely baffling. I still can't figure out how she does it.
She also detects bouts of long covid fatigue in both me and my spouse ahead of us even noticing and initiates AGGRESSIVELY LYING DOWN ON THE HUMAN AND BECOMING THE DENSEST OBJECT IN THE UNIVERSE protocol
the problem with taking dozens of photos of my cats each day is i have no idea how to find the exact particularly cute picture of tofu sleeping i vaguely recall from a year or two or three ago
Most improved contenders here: we were afraid they’d never get along (they reached a safe detente fairly quickly but then avoided each other for most of a year):
Oh oh can I please enter Tycho in the Cat Sleeping Olympics? He is unable to do anything normal with his paws so I’m thinking he’s in a freestyle category
I know you have already shared Kevin's drunken selfie, but now that I understand that it's the SLEEPING Olympics, I will share his pairs work with his brother/life partner/bff Maurice. (I adopted them as a bonded pair and do not pry into their relationship.) Their shipper name is Kev-Mo.
He's fabulous! I'd love to repost this but I'm trying not to repost photos without alt text! Let me know if you need a walkthrough of how to do alt text and what's important about it?
Oh, thats OK! I know how. this is just a personal account meant for people i already know ^^;; like i was going to delete it anyway if it got too much attention.. i should still have added it here since i put my post Out There, i didnt think to... thanks though ><; next time ill remember ^^;;
his absolute favorite way to sleep is in your arms in any position that prevents you from doing absolutely anything else, his life philosophy is pretty much "no [anything], only Butters"
I was having A Day on the internets and decided I was going to repost every alt-texted photo of cats I saw and like everything else in my life, it escalated quickly
I'd love to repost this but I'm trying not to repost photos without alt text! Let me know if you need a walkthrough of how to do alt text and what's important about it?
This photo is HILARIOUS, I love them! I'd love to repost this but I'm trying not to repost photos without alt text! Let me know if you need a walkthrough of how to do alt text and what's important about it?
Oh god, me tooo, the setting has saved my ass so many times -- settings, accessibility, require alt text before posting, it stops you from posting if there's no alt text and it is the only thing that keeps me from having to delete and repost a billion pictures!
I love the stealth tandem work here, very solid! I'd love to repost this but I'm trying not to repost photos without alt text -- let me know if you need a walkthrough of how to do alt text and what's important about it?
I have been trying super hard to get a great picture because my cat is a good contender for "transforms into a liquid when asleep" but unfortunately she also medals in hypervigilance due to a stint on the streets, so getting a camera near her while asleep results in pictures like the one below …
They have grown apart, alas, and don’t merge or stack like that anymore unless it is *very* cold and both prime human and spare human are rudely absent for several days running, at which point the cat sitter might catch a quick glimpse before they spring apart and pretend it didn’t happen.
Maybe if I confiscated the pet-safe heating pads they’d become each other’s blankets again by default, but they are quite happy & healthy as they are now and I can still remember the cute old days.
She’s our super shy kitty who flees from almost everyone, but she decided from about day 2 in our household that I was Her Person, and she’s so loving and affectionate with me. (Also to the people I live with, but I’m still her fav.)
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October will be 5 years gone. Still miss her.
I offer my submissions of Licorice and Marzipan:
(It seems like you have the good territory and when the other feral was gone he saw the opportunity)
Snuggling on me while I was reading, & playing “Welcoming committee” with their Dalmatian sibling.
Sometimes she decides I've done enough doomscrolling and plonks herself right on my hand / phone. It's hard to describe but genuinely baffling. I still can't figure out how she does it.
(Also the ever-popular Felines Who Exist In More Than Three Dimensions exhibition)
and then in the in memoriam, my fellow who was solid in sunbeam, ikea assembly fail, and blep
(yes he's asleep like that)
(he's only recently in the last few months started snuggling with humans mostly at all and he sprawled out across my lap and went to sleep)
(neither of them knew this was happening until they woke up, and then they were both annoyed)
I enjoyed the kitties, so thank you
(She fell off and woke herself up shortly after this picture was taken. She does NOT fit in the windowsill.)
Stretch or compressed.
Sometimes into a pretzel.
It is a bit creepy.
He will half roll his eyes (half back in his head) toward you and stare at you occasionally.
When our friend lived with us, it would disconcert him xD.
#ProofOfCat
Walt would like to go for the leg jam event