# 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:** 131
**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:** [November 4, 2025, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-pictures/920105/2613 "2025-11-04T23:45:39Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > Someone is enjoying the last autumn sunshine Someone wants either a belly pat or a game. Or, of course, both. ---
**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:** [November 5, 2025, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-pictures/920105/2614 "2025-11-05T15:14:14Z")
> [@thorny\_locust](#): > > > [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > > > Someone is enjoying the last autumn sunshine > > Someone wants either a belly pat Don’t! It’s a trap! ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2025, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-pictures/920105/2615 "2025-11-05T16:50:58Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > Don’t! It’s a trap! It is with many cats, but not this one. I can blow raspberries into his tummy and he won’t even move. ---
**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:** [November 5, 2025, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-pictures/920105/2616 "2025-11-05T17:34:36Z")
# To Change a Mattress: An Epic Tale My wife and I replaced our mattress a couple of days ago. The first step was to strip the bed and remove the old mattress. Except… [![](https://i.imgur.com/gEoc7GE.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/gEoc7GE.jpeg) So I had to be mean and give everyone the boot. A short while later, the mattress was removed, and OMG WHAT IS HAPPENING [![](https://i.imgur.com/kaNaqZd.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/kaNaqZd.jpeg) But not long after, all was once again right with the world. [![](https://i.imgur.com/EN6jWlP.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/EN6jWlP.jpeg) ---
**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:** [November 6, 2025, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-pictures/920105/2617 "2025-11-06T01:01:30Z")
They just wanted to help you. ---
**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:** [November 6, 2025, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-pictures/920105/2618 "2025-11-06T03:48:01Z")
This is semi-cheating, but I was on vacation visiting a Texas friend on the Halloween weekend, and snapped a few pics of his recently adopted kitten (a rescue he got roughly 8 weeks ago). [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/JaCXMmU.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/JaCXMmU) [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/jzo5Tf4.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/jzo5Tf4) [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/ptHtKM9.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/ptHtKM9) ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2025, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-pictures/920105/2619 "2025-11-09T08:49:29Z")
First off, turns out the little orange one is a girl, as I found out when doing a more detailed inspection of the back end than I’d managed previously. Apparently, about 80% of orange cats are male, so she’s already decided to be a bit unusual (smile). Hadn’t seen her for a few days, so I’d concluded she’d either been adopted or scooped up into shelter/foster care, but when I opened the door to check on an odd (non-feline) sound from the parking lot, she came running and pretty much dove into the food dishes. She’s still her usual feisty little self with the older cats (never mind that Buddy’s about 3x her size and could easily use her as a hockey puck if he felt like it), and getting more affectionate with me. We even had a period of voluntary lap occupancy. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2025, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-pictures/920105/2620 "2025-11-18T22:29:01Z")
My kneecap is apparently quite the comfy pillow (that’s my folded leg under Monkey) [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/WLtIrZv.jpeg "My kneecap is comfy?") ](https://imgur.com/gallery/kneecap-is-comfy-rmr3kbI#WLtIrZv) ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2025, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-pictures/920105/2621 "2025-11-18T22:30:44Z")
That’s not dust or a weird filter effect .. he really does have random white hairs sprinkled in amongst his otherwise jet-black fur. Makes him look like a starry night sky. 🤩 ---
**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:** [November 18, 2025, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-pictures/920105/2622 "2025-11-18T22:51:32Z")
My jet-black Freddie Mercury (“Merc”) also has random white hairs sprinkled in his coat, most toward the front. He also has a dusting of pale gray on his chin and at the base of his whiskers. Not a real white marking, more like salt and pepper. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2025, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-pictures/920105/2623 "2025-11-18T23:57:44Z")
From a few moments ago, wearing his glow-in-the-dark “jacket” (dog harness, but don’t tell him that!) in a moment of inside-home-warming before yeeting himself back outside again: [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/sEQnDwo.jpeg "Monkey!") ](https://imgur.com/gallery/monkey-164fJmB#sEQnDwo) ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2025, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-pictures/920105/2624 "2025-11-18T23:58:32Z")
I’m wondering if that’s bright enough to be uncomfortable for his eyes. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2025, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-pictures/920105/2625 "2025-11-19T00:00:32Z")
He doesn’t seem to mind it (trust me, he’d fuss if something was not to his liking) and it’s behind his head so he really can’t see it. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2025, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-pictures/920105/2626 "2025-11-19T00:03:06Z")
…. aaand now he’s in the same spot, except hi-viz: [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/I0u88jq.jpeg "Chillin") ](https://imgur.com/gallery/chillin-glowin-aahbpuT#I0u88jq) ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2025, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-pictures/920105/2627 "2025-11-19T00:05:49Z")
Dude seems to really like clutching my thigh like it’s the last driftwood in the “Titanic” movie. That is, again, my folded leg, and him very - somehow - comfortably using my knee as a pillow. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2025, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-pictures/920105/2628 "2025-11-19T21:19:14Z")
[![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/49Stuak.jpeg "He always holds his feetsies") ](https://imgur.com/gallery/he-always-holds-his-feetsies-WK3Uiqa#49Stuak) For @JaneDoe42 he always sleeps like this. ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2025, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-pictures/920105/2629 "2025-11-20T18:28:55Z")
For those who haven’t seen my posts in other threads, Allie passed on Tuesday. After 14 years, we will very much miss her. OTOH, the little one now gets to stay and we’re working on figuring out her name. I was leaning toward something vaguely spice-related, since she’s a feisty one, while DH thinks something to do with fire would also work. We have ruled out Ginger as just too cliche for an orange cat. I find myself leaning toward something that could also be a human name, since that seems to fit our general naming preferences for pets. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2025, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-pictures/920105/2630 "2025-11-20T19:06:19Z")
Pepper? ---
**Author:** ![motu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/motu/32/259_2.png) [@motu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/motu)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2025, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-pictures/920105/2631 "2025-11-21T00:14:39Z")
[Orpiment](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orpiment) Or [Quinacridone](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quinacridone) Or maybe William I of Orange. Not very good for a girl cat. Or maybe Saffron (you could call her Ronnie) or Tumerica (Erica) or Annatto (Annie) Or maybe Ayo (Agent Orange=A.O.=Ayo) Of course, there is Carrot, Pumpkin, Apricot and Sweet Potato Or Gigi, Golden Gate (Bridge), which is painted Orange I will stop now. (I love giving animals names) ---
**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:** [November 21, 2025, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-pictures/920105/2632 "2025-11-21T00:14:59Z")
> [@Seanette](#): > > For those who haven’t seen my posts in other threads, Allie passed on Tuesday. After 14 years, we will very much miss her. I’m very sorry for your loss. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-pictures/920105.md?page=130) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-pictures/920105.md?page=132)