My future is already here, they desperately needed guacamole this morning. (Don’t worry, I didn’t give them any, they got freeze-dried chicken treats instead.)
@copperbadge too exotic for their little tums? Reminds me of the time Kit-Kat insisted she have some of my Brinjal pickle. I literally got bitchslapped for it.
I think the avo would be all right, but the spices in the guac mix (including onion powder) aren’t good for them (the salt’s not great either but the effect of that as a one-off would be negligible). That has not stopped them from COMPLAINING LOUDLY about their lack of guacamole.
Avocado actually is mildly toxic to cats.
Most of our cats will just sniff something they were demanding to see, with an offended expression of “How DARE you show me this thing that I don’t want?”. Especially if it’s a can of veggies. They HEARD the can opener, but fish did not appear!
Avocado is basically poisonous to everything EXCEPT humans. Do not give it to your pets! Also bad – onions/garlic/chives, macadamia nuts, artificial sweetners like xylitol, grapes and sultanas, anything from the lily family (even just brushing up against these can be toxic), and certain essential oils (don’t use an oil burner while cat owning, the effects are cumulative and can be fatal), alcohol, apple and stonefruit pips (cyanide), and, of course, chocolate. It’s also best not to give cats dairy. There are special formulated cat milks if you want to give them a treat.
They are two months old and they do not give a single solitary shit about me at all, all they want to do is hang out underneath the sofa and chase each other down the hallway. Such disrespectful children.
I see that they’re both named after streets but I kind of hoped after seeing Polk that they would both be They Might Be Giants references. Super cute kitties tho. I am very envious
I suppose I could have called the other one “Istanbul” 😀 (”Well, she WAS Constantinople, but…”)
black cats are wonderful because you can stare into the void and not only does the void stare back, sometimes it trots up to you happily and begs for pats
Unexpected Benefit of Black Panther: my local pet shelters went from having something like 50-60 black cats between them to having NONE, becuase they’ve all been adopted out and named after the characters. “T’challa” is the most popular, but there are a fair number of “Okoye”s and “Shuri”s as well.
…and one very confused Elderly Humane Society Volunteer wondering why someone would name such a sweet cat “Killmonger”.
As the proud mamas of three former strays named Nick, Sam, and Winter, two of whom are black, black cats are the BEST. Sam almost got called T’Challa, but we thought Sam would be easier for us white people to yell at dinner time.
Today the Department of Awesomely Good Deeds salutes a true Caturday hero: 5-year-old Shon Griffin from Philadelphia, aka “Catman” according to his aunt Kris, who helps take care of the city’s street cats while dressed as a superhero.
Aunty Kris and her fiancée have been involved in cat rescues and fostering for many years, and had recently taken to looking after a local group they named the Kolony Kats. One cat, Bug, would just not cooperate when it came to getting shots and being neutered. “Nothing we tried worked,” Aunty Kris said. However she had noticed that her nephew Shon had formed an instant bond with the cats so she let him help out. “The cats took to him right away. Bug came right over to Shon, rubbed against his legs and allowed him to pet him.”
Shon has been Catman ever since and now he helps his aunt take care of the Kat Kolony kitties while dressed up in his favorite superhero costumes. Amazingly, these cats who are usually wary of humans if not downright unfriendly all seem drawn to Shon.
“He’d scratch their bellies and scratch their heads. It was amazing to see these cats who wouldn’t even allow us to touch them, but immediately took to him. He must have this magical effect that the cats can pick up,” Aunty Kris told The Dodo.
Head over to The Dodo to learn more about Shon the Catman and then visit the Kolony Kats Facebook page to learn more about how they’re helping Philadelphia’s street cats.
knitting in the dark 