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Almonds wrote:I'm not awesome for not owning a dog

You and me both

back in the day

Casavettes wrote:back in the day

Awww, raisin the bar...

Looks like me but I don't remember owning that dog...

are we aloud to make pedapile jokes
since thats you and not a real kid

ryan summit wrote:are we aloud to make pedapile jokes
since thats you and not a real kid

id say its fair game

YO ACHTANE!!!

Bird Buggy with guitar soundtrack... Not my pet but a cool pet for sure...

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rO2TR_8jXPc[/youtube]

even set up for it to poo while driving!

that is crazy awesome.
Birds are the shit.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Moir__OKITo[/youtube]

I can't say I've ever had a good experience with birds and would rather have a pet snail but those birds are dope, shame most I've come in contact with are total pieces of shit.

Anyway I adopted two more cats because I just love cats. A female Russian Blue and her 6 month old kitten. The female is very confident and has already asserted dominance over the current cat in the household, she's a boss and very friendly. The kitten is a feral so he will take some work, he's very cautious and easily frightened, mostly just sticks to a corner. I got him to open up and pur for a little today though! Any advice on frightened kitties is very welcome. Ill have pics of them soon!

Wes Mantooth wrote:I got him to open up and pur for a little today though! Any advice on frightened kitties is very welcome. Ill have pics of them soon!

I have advice. I have this book I bought at a library sale for a quarter called Training You to Train Your Cat, written by a veterinarian and published in 1968. It's a pretty groovy book, man.

In the book, he demonstrates his methods on completely feral cats that he caught as adults in the wild. He takes them from no human interaction to ringing bells, using the toilet, and shaking hands. It all boils down to one technique and one mental hurdle.

Think about all of the nature shows you have seen that involve wild cats. One common theme among cats is that when they successfully hunt, they gorge, and then they don't eat again for 2-3 days. Yeah, they need water, but the idea of feeding cats daily or even several times per day is a human idea that is misapplied to cats.

In short, you need to starve your cats until they are so hungry that their instinct to flee is overcome by their instinct to eat. Then you feed them by hand, one piece at a time, until they have sufficient nutrition to make it another couple of days. And then you starve them again. I know, it sounds terrible, but it really is not unhealthy at all.

The cats quickly associate you and your hands with food, and the instinct to flee is lost in favor of a steady meal ticket. At that point, you can either train them to do stuff, or return them to a more human-like feeding schedule.

Training you to train your cat. Get it?

Here's one of Oscar in the middle of his work day:

I wish these were my cats...

This thread is full of so much awesomeness!!! I'll post pics of my baby tomorrow afternoon.

Wes Mantooth wrote:I can't say I've ever had a good experience with birds and would rather have a pet snail but those birds are dope, shame most I've come in contact with are total pieces of shit.

[quote="Neil Gaiman]Birds are the last of the dinosaurs. Tiny velociraptors with wings. Devouring defenseless wiggly things and, and nuts, and fish, and, and other birds. They get the early worms. And have you ever watched a chicken eat? They may look innocent, but birds are, well, they're vicious.[/quote]

This is what I always think of when it comes to birds.

Mike wrote:

Wes Mantooth wrote:I got him to open up and pur for a little today though! Any advice on frightened kitties is very welcome. Ill have pics of them soon!

I have advice. I have this book I bought at a library sale for a quarter called Training You to Train Your Cat, written by a veterinarian and published in 1968. It's a pretty groovy book, man.

In the book, he demonstrates his methods on completely feral cats that he caught as adults in the wild. He takes them from no human interaction to ringing bells, using the toilet, and shaking hands. It all boils down to one technique and one mental hurdle.

Think about all of the nature shows you have seen that involve wild cats. One common theme among cats is that when they successfully hunt, they gorge, and then they don't eat again for 2-3 days. Yeah, they need water, but the idea of feeding cats daily or even several times per day is a human idea that is misapplied to cats.

In short, you need to starve your cats until they are so hungry that their instinct to flee is overcome by their instinct to eat. Then you feed them by hand, one piece at a time, until they have sufficient nutrition to make it another couple of days. And then you starve them again. I know, it sounds terrible, but it really is not unhealthy at all.

The cats quickly associate you and your hands with food, and the instinct to flee is lost in favor of a steady meal ticket. At that point, you can either train them to do stuff, or return them to a more human-like feeding schedule.

Training you to train your cat. Get it?

Here's one of Oscar in the middle of his work day:

DAWWW

That does make sense and I suppose I unknowingly did that a bit. He hadn't eaten any of the solid food I gave him for over a day so I stopped and got some wet cat food and he just started devouring it. After I let him eat, he was a bit more receptive and would even sit on my lap and pur for a little bit. I was hoping he'd be interested in the treats I had but no such luck. I'll keep this strategy in mind, thank you!

So I'm trying to keep my current cat and the other new, adult female away from each other but the female keeps sprinting out whenever I open the door

Anyway, she went down to my room last night and my current cat Brett was just following her but always a bit cautious and keeping his distance. He lost it when she jumped on my bed (his usual sleeping spot) and actually stood up to her, I was so surprised to see him being assertive. They just meowed and separated but I decided to move her out of my room. As soon as she was out, they both meowed like they missed each other terribly, I don't get them. I'm going to introduce them a bit more slowly now though, everything is going well but I don't want to rush and have them hate each other.

Also this thread has given me a new respect for birds but I still don't fancy them. The only non-insect animal I've ever killed was a crow, with a football, and I didn't feel bad at all, hate those things.