# Pet pictures! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 8, 2020, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-pictures/920105 "2020-09-08T15:32:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 121
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2025, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-pictures/920105/2413 "2025-05-18T20:52:11Z")
Cygnus will make that pose, too: [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/QHrl7mY.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/QHrl7mY) As inviting as it looks, belly scritches aren’t really recommended. At least if you like to keep your blood inside of you. ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2025, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-pictures/920105/2414 "2025-05-19T02:39:34Z")
He looks very contemplative. ---
**Author:** ![GESancMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gesancman/32/2923_2.png) [@GESancMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GESancMan)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2025, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-pictures/920105/2415 "2025-05-19T03:37:32Z")
> [@Dr.Strangelove](#): > > As inviting as it looks, belly scritches aren’t really recommended. At least if you like to keep your blood inside of you. My black cat Irving does this. It seems like an invitation, but… [![](https://i0.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/000/157/itsatrap.jpg) ](https://i0.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/000/157/itsatrap.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2025, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-pictures/920105/2416 "2025-05-22T21:07:17Z")
I’ve been snarking on my cats today, but for some reason, Cat Secundus (who is normally a mommy’s kitty) has decided that I am worthy of sitting upon! [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/YgyE2sM.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/YgyE2sM) ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2025, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-pictures/920105/2417 "2025-05-22T21:14:37Z")
Sorry if a video is not appropriate in this thread, but a photo doesn’t really convey it. Four goofball rats all deciding they need a drink at the same time. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/ZAJsErzshY8/maxresdefault.jpg "Four rats drinking") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAJsErzshY8&t=20s) ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2025, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-pictures/920105/2418 "2025-05-22T22:22:24Z")
That’s a sweet sound! 😍 ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2025, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-pictures/920105/2419 "2025-05-22T23:52:49Z")
I like lil white-blaze dude asking to speak to the manager. Meanwhile, GrayLeft and WhiteRight are just determinedly getting on with their sippy business. 🤣 ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2025, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-pictures/920105/2420 "2025-05-23T00:52:24Z")
Reminds me of newborn kittens fighting over who gets latched on the best nipple. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2025, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-pictures/920105/2421 "2025-05-23T01:38:41Z")
> [@Kimstu](#): > > I like lil white-blaze dude asking to speak to the manager. 🤣 ---
**Author:** ![Precambrianmollusc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/precambrianmollusc/32/63_2.png) [@Precambrianmollusc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Precambrianmollusc)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2025, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-pictures/920105/2422 "2025-05-23T03:56:55Z")
From the look on Sucundus face, I would say you were currently ‘acceptable’ to sit on, but you need to up your game significantly to rise to ‘worthy’ and avoid murder mitten motivation . ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2025, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-pictures/920105/2423 "2025-05-23T05:01:52Z")
Oh, indeed, he finds me a barely acceptable substitution for his mother. He doesn’t actively wish me dead (I _think_) but every day I’m there and his mother is stuck late at work he’s thinking “Why are YOU here and not MOMMY?”. He’s good at making do. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2025, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-pictures/920105/2424 "2025-05-23T13:54:18Z")
He does look rather like he’s thinking “I must have a lap to sit on and this seems to be the only one available.” ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2025, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-pictures/920105/2425 "2025-05-31T00:48:08Z")
Hey, let’s not let this thread die! I can’t remeber whether I’ve shared this one way back a ways, but it popped up as a Facebook memory today, so here goes – my late Thoroughbred, Ben, scratching the itch of a pesky fly bite. [![](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_fullsize/plain/did:plc:gme3wshdrukjfhbnrj4ittzf/bafkreicxibdjuunc4573vjteg64eltlqnapqrvglgded2wh3s3zjdmnbae@jpeg) ](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_fullsize/plain/did:plc:gme3wshdrukjfhbnrj4ittzf/bafkreicxibdjuunc4573vjteg64eltlqnapqrvglgded2wh3s3zjdmnbae@jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2025, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-pictures/920105/2426 "2025-06-01T18:41:59Z")
Lazing on a Sunday afternoon. [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54561110485_141fd89593_b.jpg "20250601\_134043") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/190534151@N04/54561110485/) ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2025, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-pictures/920105/2427 "2025-06-01T23:31:37Z")
Rub that belly! ---
**Author:** ![dwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwyr/32/363_2.png) [@dwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwyr)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2025, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-pictures/920105/2428 "2025-06-02T22:47:04Z")
Unexpected prairie dog [![Google Photos](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/AP1GczMMrVmnq8HkFSUHVhTTZDOyuwCfbZ-HmTjLiGovyDMPlrJtmYtQCRoUQoR4Zm9XGWduUlFxiQaTixmyIzQ7_dzKNvjmHD_rXPFd-Axej5UGqVk-Mc8=w600-h315-p-k "New photo · Thursday, May 15 📸") ](https://photos.app.goo.gl/mLDKJSe2cCjFPMLt5) Click for full size ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2025, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-pictures/920105/2429 "2025-06-02T23:07:27Z")
So cute! ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2025, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-pictures/920105/2430 "2025-06-04T00:28:07Z")
Blast from the past: Peanut, with the giant belly, snuggled into Squash. Yes, belly rubs welcome, and no, it’s not a trap. [![](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_fullsize/plain/did:plc:gme3wshdrukjfhbnrj4ittzf/bafkreiefdarplj7vpnw5l6cfzmbyalturzqemsmbd4lcztajl24lgbrvyy@jpeg) ](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_fullsize/plain/did:plc:gme3wshdrukjfhbnrj4ittzf/bafkreiefdarplj7vpnw5l6cfzmbyalturzqemsmbd4lcztajl24lgbrvyy@jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2025, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-pictures/920105/2431 "2025-06-04T00:37:20Z")
Very cute, but in my capacity as a canine advocate, I have this to say. You know how there’s a broad category of dog breeds called “working dogs”, because historically they do useful work? As a Bernese Mountain Dog, I am proud to be of that heritage. We are herders. We are pullers of carts. We are rescuers of stranded mountaineers. But has anyone ever heard of a “working cat”? Behold the evidence! ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2025, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-pictures/920105/2432 "2025-06-04T00:38:38Z")
Ahem: [Bodega cat - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodega_cat) Also farm cats, ship’s cats, not to mention [Larry the Cat.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_(cat)) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-pictures/920105.md?page=120) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-pictures/920105.md?page=122)