Pet StoriesWhen one of my cats was younger and a lot fatter, he came bowling in from the garden with an almighty crash. Looking slightly stunned, he'd arrived into the kitchen having ripped the cat flap from the door and was still wearing it as a cat-tutu. Did I mention he was quite fat?
In honour of Jake, a well loved cat, who died on Wednesday, tell us your pet stories and cheer us up.
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chthonic, Fri 8 Jun 2007, 9:15)
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Semi-feralWe used to have a cat that was born to a feral father and a an almost-as-feral mother (farm cats are strange things).
These are some of the strange things that he did (he was a black streak of lightning with a white spot on the forehead):
- Caught bush rats as big as himself and ate them whole while growling at anyone who came near, though purring the entire time otherwise. His stomach became fully distended and it touched the ground before his paws did. He would then sleep off his meal in the laundry basket. Oh, and he ate them head-first, much like a boa-constrictor. I don't know how he managed not to gag.
- We called him "Peter Parker" (spiderman's alter-ego) because he could climb anything
- He would bite and scratch you if you petted him anywhere. A fun sport would be to scratch his stomach while he bit you to show how hard you were.
- He would play 'ninja cat' with the dog by lying in wait in the grass then coming flying out with paws extended in 'boxer kitty' mode.
- 'Ninja cat' also claimed human lives as he would lie in wait for us and jump on our heads.
- He died fighting a snake.
This was one hard-ass cat, and we loved him. RIP Peter :(
(, Fri 8 Jun 2007, 23:15, Reply)
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