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Oh, so sorry to hear this!  Hugs and head bumps from here.

Quote from: ohnoes on June 18, 2023, 11:10:36 AMCatnoes, the last of his line, has moved on.  It was time, but still far too soon.

So sorry for your loss.

Thanks, EPW and ALH.  Catnoes was a major headbumper.  :)

Quote from: ohnoes on June 18, 2023, 11:10:36 AMCatnoes, the last of his line, has moved on.  It was time, but still far too soon.

I'm sorry to hear of your loss, ohnoes. Gentle scritches and headbumps to you and yours. You said that Catnoes was the last of his line. Are you now cat-less?

Quote from: OneMoreYear on June 19, 2023, 01:00:45 PMI'm sorry to hear of your loss, ohnoes. Gentle scritches and headbumps to you and yours. You said that Catnoes was the last of his line. Are you now cat-less?

Well, there's still plenty of hair...

Quote from: ohnoes on June 18, 2023, 11:10:36 AMCatnoes, the last of his line, has moved on.  It was time, but still far too soon.

So sorry, Ohnoes.

Quote from: ohnoes on June 19, 2023, 04:59:10 PMWell, there's still plenty of hair...

Five years on, we still occasional find a souvenir of the Late, Great Bunga.  Happy tears, every time.

My condolences ohnoes!

Here, I'm about to leave on a trip, and the appearance of the suitcase has provoked great suspicion on the part of the cats. Little Calico has become glued to my lap, and Panther Boy is following me around the house even more than he usually does. They have a usual sitter who they adore and who spoils them on two lengthy daily visits, but apparently it is just not the same as having full-time staff.

Quote from: Puget on June 20, 2023, 12:08:13 PMHere, I'm about to leave on a trip, and the appearance of the suitcase has provoked great suspicion on the part of the cats. Little Calico has become glued to my lap, and Panther Boy is following me around the house even more than he usually does. They have a usual sitter who they adore and who spoils them on two lengthy daily visits, but apparently it is just not the same as having full-time staff.

Your cats are smarter than ours, Puget. We too have the suitcases out. Neither cat appears to have associated suitcase with a time that their humans leave.  Ninja thinks that suitcases make a good napping station. Otherwise it's business as usual.

A coyote got one of the baby kittens (~10 weeks) at Kid #1's farm overnight. One of the hazards of living on a farm with barn cats.  Poor baby.

Puget, just make sure they stay on the right side of the suitcase!

The Larimar cats have just inherited the toys of my mother-in-law's much-missed kitty, who passed away from kidney disease a couple of months ago. There are several catnip mice, two feather wands, a large ball with a squeaky toy inside it, and a ring toy with a small ball inside to bat around. We will see what happens...

This morning one of our staff members awoke to find that her cat had killed a big water bug (aka woods roach) and left it lying right on top of her as a morning present.  This prompted another staff member to describe how her own cat had recently brought her a live mouse.  I guess the only way cats know to show love is to kill something and bring it to you, as they would to their kittens.

Well, food is a love language for many humans too...

And yet most humans do not appreciate the gifts left by their kitty overlords! 

No, they don't. But nobody said humans have good taste, or for that matter, any sense.