To all the SDMB cat people...

[anyrose]

@KayElCee

Not only are all four kitties informed that they are kitties on a daily basis, but I am also likely to announce to the two golden retrievers that they are large dogs.

The “large” is important. You never know when one might mistake herself for a Chihuahua and try to hitch a ride in my purse.

this made me laugh loud enough to startle Smokey

[Flander]

Bunny song. Her name is Blue (although she is white).

It is da Bluuuueee, she is the chuutttest*, she gives me cuddles, and chews all my computer cords and guitar cables so I have to buy new ones, but I forgive her, because she has feets, and gives me kisses.
*“chute” is an adaptation of the word “cute”.
Again, just wanted to remind everyone how manly I am.

[Wheeljack]

I command ours to give me his balls. In fact I’ve taken to chasing him around the house calling for “Mister Balls” or “Mister Balls with his balls” if I’m not into the whole brevity thing. He loves it.

Little does he know that he has no balls to give.

Then we got a female cat, for whom a demand of balls would be unreasonable, so I require ovaries from her. My wife pointed out that she has also been fixed and has taken to calling them “novaries.”

This is all much less strange than it sounds.

[pravnik]

@Wheeljack

I command ours to give me his balls. In fact I’ve taken to chasing him around the house calling for “Mister Balls” or “Mister Balls with his balls” if I’m not into the whole brevity thing. He loves it.

Little does he know that he has no balls to give.

Then we got a female cat, for whom a demand of balls would be unreasonable, so I require ovaries from her. My wife pointed out that she has also been fixed and has taken to calling them “novaries.”

This is all much less strange than it sounds.

It would pretty much have to be.

[Beware_of_Doug]

The essential nature of the cat is wondrous, because it is ultimately beyond our understanding, and so many-faceted that it is a source of great delight. To those who love cats, probably the most amazing thing about them is simply that they are cats. No wonder we celebrate it, intone it, sing it.

[Creaky]

@Beware of Doug

The essential nature of the cat is wondrous, because it is ultimately beyond our understanding, and so many-faceted that it is a source of great delight. To those who love cats, probably the most amazing thing about them is simply that they are cats. No wonder we celebrate it, intone it, sing it.

Wow, that’s the coolest thing I’ve read in a long time. So very, very true! I’m going to tell Miss Fritters that, even if she doesn’t understand. But I think she will.

[NailBunny]

Toxie has somehow gone from being Boo-Boo, to Mr. Boo, to Boobity-Boo. So I chase him around saying:

“Who’sha BIG BOY? Who’sh mah big BOOBITY-BOO?”

God it’s shaming writing that out. No wonder he has no respect for me.

[rocking_chair]

malenka is the only one with her own song. she is also the one i speak to the most in russian. she has a russian name and so i just go from there.

i sing her song to the tune “kalinka”. the one you here every where and every one claps.

i sing just the chorus bit. here is the malenka version translated:

little one, little one, my little one.

how beautiful, little one, my little one. repeat 'till one of us gets tired of it.

[susan]

We had to express the Fritters Cat’s anal glands this past weekend.

yeah, I found just looking at a photo of that in the home vet book to be a real appetite suppressant. More power to you.

[Tamerlane]

@SomeUserName

I must be the strange one. I never tell my cats they are cats. I think they know that.

Maybe yours do. One of mine is quite convinced he’s a dog. He’s the one who gets reminded he’s a cat when he gets sulky about not being allowed to play with the neighbor’s pitbull. Or when he tries to eat one of my dill pickles ( or some other equally bizarre foodstuff ).

But it’s usually more along the line of…“goddamnit, you’re a cat! Act like one!”

[anyrose]

Cats have an uncanny ability to, when they do not wish to be touched, stay out of reach even when standing/sitting next to you. When Smokey does this, or walks around ignoring me, I say to her, disdainfully “Oh, you’re such a cat!”
eta: disdainfully is the wrong word - exhasperatedly is more like it

[TroubleAgain]

@twickster

Yikes – I’m not the only one who *actually says * “You’re a kitty!”? :eek:

Hardly. :smack: Only I usually say “It’s a kitty!” I have that cartoon on the door of my office.

[anyrose]

@freckafree

Cat! You’re a kitty cat! And you meow-meow-meow, and you meow-meow-meow.

ah, yes.

[Creaky]

@Shoshana

yeah, I found just looking at a photo of that in the home vet book to be a real appetite suppressant. More power to you.

Thank you! Admittedly it was pretty nasty, but now I at least know we can do it if we have to. And poor Miss Fritters didn’t like being all stinky, for sure. Now she is funk-free and probably two pounds lighter.

[Sierra_Indigo]

@Beware of Doug

The essential nature of the cat is wondrous, because it is ultimately beyond our understanding, and so many-faceted that it is a source of great delight. To those who love cats, probably the most amazing thing about them is simply that they are cats. No wonder we celebrate it, intone it, sing it.

… I must .sig this. I must. However many years here, and this is the first time I’ve felt compelled to sig a post.

Also, Honey frequently gets scooped up and flipped over onto her back in the crook of my arm like a baby so I can scruffle her tummy and tell her she’s “A catty catcatcat CAT!”

Also, sometimes her toes smell like doritoes.

[aruvqan]

@Lynn Bodoni

Or she might think she’s a Maltese, and try to climb into your lap. Golden retrievers are lovely dogs, but they are not lap dogs.

Sometimes I scoop up our small (6 pound) grey cat, flip her on her back, and rub her tummy, telling her all the while that she has itty bitty kitty titties. She does, too. We all saw this when her tummy was shaved for her sterilization. All three cats are told that they are kitties on a regular basis. Sapphire the Siamese is told more often, though, as she expects us to set a place for her at the table. She does get her own plate, but it is ON THE FLOOR. She is a CAT. She is NOT ALLOWED on the table. Or so we fondly believe.

I have a short vid clip i snuck using my cell phone of mrAru holding Jezabel upside down and dancing around with her while rubbing her tummy and bouncing her around [ she loves this, and will beg him to do it ]

I keep it for blackmail purposes … i keep threatening to send it to his sister <evil grin>

[ladyfoxfyre]

@rocking chair

malenka is the only one with her own song. she is also the one i speak to the most in russian. she has a russian name and so i just go from there.

Good, I do this too. But her name is Koshetchka. And she is maya krasiiiiiiivaya kochka.

[anyrose]

@aruvqan

I have a short vid clip i snuck using my cell phone of mrAru holding Jezabel upside down and dancing around with her while rubbing her tummy and bouncing her around [ she loves this, and will beg him to do it ]

I keep it for blackmail purposes … i keep threatening to send it to his sister <evil grin>

or you could post it on YouTube… (insert evil laugh here)

@Sierra Indigo

Also, sometimes her toes smell like doritoes.

:eek: :D:D:D

[Creaky]

Okay, all of this talk about kitty cats makes me want to post a picture of my baby.

Behold the Fritters Cat.

A Most Perfect Mackerel Tabby. But look out… she’s bitey! Sharp fangs! Razor-sharp poison teeth! :eek:

[anyrose]

@anyrose

when Smokey gets the ‘innocent’ look on her face, and her ears are relaxed, she has a perfectly proportioned cat face - so I call her “My Purrfect Little Kitty Face”

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