# 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:** 68
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2023, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-pictures/920105/1353 "2023-02-22T02:52:29Z")
I’m jealous. On Amazon Prime Day I bought three big fuzzy cat beds for Linden, Poe, and my best friend’s cat Shelby. Shelby _loves_ her bed. Linden and Poe will not step foot on theirs. However, I did make them this Maine Coon-sized 2 story playhouse that they adore. [![](https://i.imgur.com/2FKPc9D.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/2FKPc9D.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![JaneDoe42](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janedoe42/32/14104_2.png) [@JaneDoe42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JaneDoe42)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2023, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-pictures/920105/1354 "2023-02-22T03:37:25Z")
I wonder if I should tell GG that he is in a used dawg bed…nah! That is a fabulous playhouse, what did you use for construction materials? Cardboard wouldn’t last very long around here. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2023, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-pictures/920105/1355 "2023-02-22T04:18:39Z")
It’s been 7 weeks since it was completed, so far it’s holding up nicely. Materials: - 2 medium heavy duty moving boxes - each box has a door cut out, I didn’t cut into the bottom/top of the boxes like some directions suggest to, because I worried about stability - 2 20"x10" canvases for the roof, which I had left over from a different project - 4 nuts and bolts, I think 1.25" to bolt the boxes to each other - 8 1" washers - 2 or 3 1" L braces to fasten the canvases to each other - white and orange permanent vinyl - 2 9"x18" scratchers from Chewy for the bottom floor - 1 self-heating crate mat from [5 Below](https://www.fivebelow.com/products/self-warming-pet-crate-mat-16in-x-21in_2?features:enable=hide_user_registration&utm_source=shp&utm_medium=zadv_search&utm_campaign=%7b%7bcampaign.name%7d%7d&utm_content=%7b%7bad.id%7d%7d&ogmap=SEM%7cSHP%7cGOOG%7c%7c%7cMULTI%7c%7cSITEWIDE%7c%7c%7bcampaign_name%7d%7c%7badgroup%7d%7c%7c17627163014%7c139023234180&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIifCExKKo_QIV1NfICh1VewmfEAQYASABEgKz7fD_BwE) for the top floor - 1" hinges for the door - 5 to 6 ounces of peacock blue paint - a couple of hot glue sticks to glue down the roof - a repurposed fishy wand toy that’d been ripped off its wand by a vacuum is suspended in the middle of the canvases, looped around a L brace, to dangle down and be whacked at ---
**Author:** ![JaneDoe42](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janedoe42/32/14104_2.png) [@JaneDoe42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JaneDoe42)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2023, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-pictures/920105/1356 "2023-02-22T04:23:31Z")
GG wants to move to your house!!! I’m going to have to do something like that for our furry overlords. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2023, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-pictures/920105/1357 "2023-02-22T16:21:42Z")
I’m jealous back! We purchased a playhouse much like the one you made… but our kitties ignore it. ☹ Ha ha But that’s what makes cates great - they all have distinct personalities. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2023, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-pictures/920105/1358 "2023-02-23T19:54:19Z")
Five minutes after amazon delivery, Tikva immediately jumps into box. Fits perfectly! [![](https://i.imgur.com/xKL0vOV.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/xKL0vOV.jpg) **Two** minutes later, EC kicks her out and finds a _better_ way to occupy. She’s wearing her “Birds Be Safe” collar. Since I started putting those on her a couple of years ago, no more live (or dead) birds in the house. Yeah, the other cats in the neighborhood tell her “your mama dresses you funny,” but she kinda likes being different. Besides I can instantly distinguish her half a block away from the two other black cats in the neighborhood. [![](https://i.imgur.com/kR5267v.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/kR5267v.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![psychonaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psychonaut/32/4655_2.png) [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2023, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-pictures/920105/1359 "2023-02-25T22:43:13Z")
Xenia the Ukrainian Refugee Cat experiences snow for the first time: [![](https://files.nothingisreal.com/tmp/xenia2.jpg) ](https://files.nothingisreal.com/tmp/xenia2.jpg) More about Xenia and how we ended up with her here: > [@(How) has the war in Ukraine affected you personally?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-war-in-ukraine-affected-you-personally/980380): > > It’s been a year since the beginning of the latest and most open phase of the war in Ukraine. How has your life changed, if at all, by the war? Most people here don’t live in Ukraine or Russia, and so won’t have firsthand experience of the hostilities, but even if you’ve been affected in a minor or incidental way, feel free to share. This thread isn’t a contest to see who’s personally suffered most. I suppose I can start with a few reports of my own: I work in academia in Western Europe, a… ---
**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:** [February 25, 2023, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-pictures/920105/1360 "2023-02-25T22:51:03Z")
The contrast between those kitty pictures is hilarious! And you are a very admirable human. ---
**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:** [February 25, 2023, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-pictures/920105/1361 "2023-02-25T22:52:50Z")
Also, is that a leash? I put a leash on a cat once. Once. ---
**Author:** ![psychonaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psychonaut/32/4655_2.png) [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2023, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-pictures/920105/1362 "2023-02-25T22:55:43Z")
Yep! She tolerates it just fine. It took only about half an hour to get her to walk to the end of the street and back without hesitation. We stopped taking her for walks too often, though, since it makes her want to go out at times that are inconvenient to us, and she gets _very_ vocal about it. ---
**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:** [February 25, 2023, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-pictures/920105/1363 "2023-02-25T22:56:57Z")
> [@psychonaut](#): > > More about Xenia and how we ended up with her here: A beautiful kitty and you’re a beautiful person for adopting her! > [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Five minutes after amazon delivery, Tikva immediately jumps into box. Fits perfectly! I just want to say that I highly approve of Tikva’s tri-colour motif. There’s nothing classier than black, brown, and white (or so my mother always told me when I was just a pup)! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2023, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-pictures/920105/1364 "2023-02-25T23:06:45Z")
Mama knows best! ---
**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:** [February 25, 2023, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-pictures/920105/1365 "2023-02-25T23:35:03Z")
> [@psychonaut](#): > > Xenia the Ukrainian Refugee Cat experiences snow for the first time: How had she missed snow before, given where she used to live? ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2023, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-pictures/920105/1366 "2023-02-26T00:22:11Z")
Bob’s provocative art installation: [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52711166946_7a0d1925c5_b.jpg "FpyBdh5aAAEp3W5") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/183290460@N02/52711166946/) ---
**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:** [February 26, 2023, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-pictures/920105/1367 "2023-02-26T00:24:51Z")
Pretty good for someone without thumbs. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2023, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-pictures/920105/1368 "2023-02-26T01:31:45Z")
Tramp doing a classic pose [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52711596543_cae2a08bbf_b.jpg "Tramp doing a classic") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/zyada/52711596543/) ---
**Author:** ![psychonaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psychonaut/32/4655_2.png) [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2023, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-pictures/920105/1369 "2023-02-26T06:16:32Z")
> [@Seanette](#): > > How had she missed snow before, given where she used to live? She was born only last spring. (In any case, many regions of Ukraine are pretty warm—even subtropical—so it wouldn’t be unusual for a young Ukrainian cat never to have seen snow before.) ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2023, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-pictures/920105/1370 "2023-03-02T20:22:45Z")
[![](https://i.imgur.com/BLfsFgf.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/BLfsFgf.jpeg) Simi loves walking on the trail near us, and the weather is currently perfect for walking. ---
**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:** [March 2, 2023, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-pictures/920105/1371 "2023-03-02T20:47:18Z")
Beautiful kitty! ---
**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:** [March 2, 2023, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-pictures/920105/1372 "2023-03-02T20:48:50Z")
And what a good doggie! We’ve recently been walking our pups on leashes instead of just letting them go crazy in the yard. I think it’s been good for all of us, but hope we can keep it up as the bugs and weather get worse. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-pictures/920105.md?page=67) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-pictures/920105.md?page=69)