# I did a bad thing (cat related) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 29, 2011, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-did-a-bad-thing-cat-related/601180 "2011-10-29T13:40:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2011, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-did-a-bad-thing-cat-related/601180/1 "2011-10-29T13:40:39Z")
I adopted a kitteh and neglected to inform the Dope! 😃 Here he is: [Mosby](http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m81/fwhited/Cats/IMG_1033.jpg). He is a shelter rescue. I did a lot of kitteh-shopping before Mosby decided he was our cat. He is quite the lap kitty! He joins [Julian](http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m81/fwhited/Cats/widebody2.jpg), who was not thrilled with the interloper when he joined the household in August, but they get along pretty well now. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2011, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-did-a-bad-thing-cat-related/601180/2 "2011-10-29T15:17:03Z")
Mosby? After the Grey Ghost? I like it. In fact, I had a rescue kitty named Mosby a few years ago. It was a dark and stormy night. (really). I’d come back from a job interview out of town, and as I climbed the stairs to my apartment, I heard much hissing, spitting, and other sounds of impending feline combat. At the top of the stairs, I saw a large tom had corned this little ball of grey fluff, and was obviously about to kill it. The kitten was bowed up, snarling defiance, determined to die fighting if this was his time. I booted the tom down the stairs, rescued the kitten, and to reward his courage bestowed upon him the honored name. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2011, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-did-a-bad-thing-cat-related/601180/3 "2011-10-29T16:03:32Z")
They’re both gorgeous, **freckafree**. May they have long, happy, healthy lives. **Oakminster** , that’s a marvelous story, but you forgot the picture! ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2011, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-did-a-bad-thing-cat-related/601180/4 "2011-10-29T16:31:35Z")
What a pretty cat! I love those dark mottled colors. ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2011, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-did-a-bad-thing-cat-related/601180/5 "2011-10-29T16:54:52Z")
Huh, just tried an interesting experiment. My cat is on my lap (and laptop) so I popped up the picture of Julian and moved it around. No interest at all. But if she sees a motionless cat on the far side of the patio door, it’s Condition Red. So…cats can’t perceive images on LCD screens? Or their vision is good enough so they can see the pixels and think “Heh, pull the other one, it’s got bells on it.”? ---
**Author:** ![lisacurl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/41988e/32.png) [@lisacurl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisacurl)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2011, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-did-a-bad-thing-cat-related/601180/6 "2011-10-29T17:41:20Z")
Julian looks like he could eat Mosby if he gets out of line. GIT IN MAH BELLEH. They are very cute and thanks for adopting an adult kitteh! ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2011, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-did-a-bad-thing-cat-related/601180/7 "2011-10-29T20:57:56Z")
Aw! What a sweetie pie. ---
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2011, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-did-a-bad-thing-cat-related/601180/8 "2011-10-29T22:49:28Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > Mosby? After the Grey Ghost? Exactly! Great story about your gray kitty, too. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2011, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-did-a-bad-thing-cat-related/601180/9 "2011-10-30T01:08:36Z")
Brown cat! Very handsome. Skatch him some for me. ---
**Author:** ![MagicEyes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@MagicEyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MagicEyes)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2011, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-did-a-bad-thing-cat-related/601180/10 "2011-10-30T22:13:19Z")
Hey, my rabbit is named Mosby! 🆒 Mosby-the-rabbit says hi to Mosby-the-cat. Mosby is a gorgeous kitty! ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2011, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-did-a-bad-thing-cat-related/601180/11 "2011-10-30T22:42:41Z")
Is his first name Ted? Does he tell you reallllllllllllllly long stories? 🙂 (Very cute kittie!) ---
**Author:** ![MLS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/919ad9/32.png) [@MLS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MLS)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2011, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-did-a-bad-thing-cat-related/601180/12 "2011-10-30T22:58:14Z")
Is it just the lighting, or does Mosby have both orange and black/gray fur? If so, that’s quite unusual for a male cat, or so I’m told. ---
**Author:** ![Scubaqueen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@Scubaqueen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scubaqueen)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2011, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-did-a-bad-thing-cat-related/601180/13 "2011-10-31T16:54:15Z")
Beautiful new feline overload. You have chosen well… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2011, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-did-a-bad-thing-cat-related/601180/14 "2011-10-31T18:04:53Z")
**MLS and Beware of Doug** , Mosby is solid gray with a little white patch on his chest. I blame the appearance of brown or mottled fur on my crappy photography skills, or the fact that his awesomnosity is too much for a mere camera to capture.