What is your cat thinking?

[PrincessBandit]

Our newest addition to the family (3 y.o. cat from the SPCA) has instantly fitted in, showering us with affection and trust right from day one of bringing her home. As I've been grazing the kb site she has been lying on my lap purring very loudly. She has just looked up at me and stared right into my eyes without breaking eye contact for a couple of minutes and I actually went from finding it very sweet to slightly unnerving, wondering just what was going on behind those large eyes of hers. I would like to think she was doing this in a "I'm so glad you're my cat mother and I love you" way rather than "I'm just thinking about whether to rip your face off" way.
Maybe I just need another coffee to kick start my brain into more constructive use of my time...

p.s. cat has bogged off somewhere else; probably decided that one of the beds down the other end of the house is a warmer proposition than my lap right now.

[Grumph]

Be aware that if she sees the computer as a competitor for your attention it's likely to be sprayed on....

[Karl08]

I have always assumed that cats just think "me me me me me me me me me me me me me "

[george formby]

I was in exactly the same boat with the cat this morning, weaving through my legs as I made coffee & then straight onto my lap while I drank it, purring & staring at me with love & adoration. Thing is, I can speak cat, & dog. What the wee fur ball was actually trying to get across was "I'm sick of those biscuits, get me some baby rabbits for breakfast"

[Murray]

I'm sure our cats look at us and just think "SUCKERS"

[Akzle]

crazy cat lady wonders what cat is thinking.

cat's don't give a shit about you. they only come back because you keep feeding them. if it "bogged off" it's probably gone to rip the head or wings off some bird for fun. or chew on a lizard. or shit on your neighbor's vege garden.
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[oneofsix]

The cat was busy pysching you out and at the same time working out how to best manipulate you. The cat left once it was sure it had you under control. Wonder what it will think when you take it for a ride on the bike :wacko:

[caseye]

The cat was busy pysching you out and at the same time working out how to best manipulate you. The cat left once it was sure it had you under control. Wonder what it will think when you take it for a ride on the bike :wacko:


LOL I LOVE IT!
And I would pay to see that cat on PB's bike, so PB don't forget to come this way when you take it for a ride, I'll probably recognize you by the blood filled helmet.

[sugilite]

Clearly after watching you on KB your cat is thinking "Your brother does not look like a cat and cannot even spell it properly"

[HenryDorsetCase]

Here's what this cat is thinking:

[Gremlin]

Dogs have masters, cats have staff.

Here's a couple of jokes I've merged together...


The Dog's Diary

8:00 am - Dog food! My favorite thing!
9:30 am - A car ride! My favorite thing!
9:40 am - A walk in the park! My favorite thing!
10:30 am - Got rubbed and petted! My favorite thing!
12:00 pm - Milk bones! My favorite thing!
1:00 pm - Played in the yard! My favorite thing!
3:00 pm - Wagged my tail! My favorite thing!
5:00 pm - Dinner! My favorite thing!
7:00 pm - Got to play ball! My favorite thing!
8:00 pm - Wow! Watched TV with the people! My favorite thing!
11:00 pm - Sleeping on the bed! My favorite thing!


The Cat's Diary

Day 983 of My Captivity

My captors continue to taunt me with bizarre little dangling objects. They dine lavishly on fresh meat, while the other inmates and I are fed hash or some sort of dry nuggets. Although I make my contempt for the rations perfectly clear, I nevertheless must eat something in order to keep up my strength.

The only thing that keeps me going is my dream of escape, and the mild satisfaction I get from ruining the occasional piece of furniture...Tomorrow I may eat another houseplant. In an attempt to disgust them, I once again vomit on the carpet. Today I decapitated a mouse and dropped its headless body at their feet. I had hoped this would strike fear into their hearts, since it clearly demonstrates my capabilities. However, they merely made condescending comments about what a "good little hunter" I am. Bastards!

Today I was almost successful in an attempt to assassinate one of my tormentors by weaving around his feet as he was walking. I must try this again tomorrow, but at the top of the stairs.

There was some sort of assembly of their accomplices tonight. I was placed in solitary confinement for the duration of the event. However, I could hear the noise and smell the foul odor of the glass tubes they call "beer." I overheard that my confinement was due to the power of "allergies." I must learn what this means, and how to use it to my advantage.

I am convinced that the other prisoners here are flunkies and snitches. The dog receives special privileges. He is regularly released, and seems to be more than willing to return. He is obviously retarded. The bird must be an informant. I observe him communicate with the guards regularly. I am certain that he reports my every move. My captors have arranged protective custody for him in an elevated cell, so he is safe. For now ...

[slofox]

My current cat came to me about 13 years ago. I had just separated from the Mrs and moved into a flat. The house in front of the flat housed a cat nut who had about six of them. My cat was one of the six. She used to cruise around all the tenants and eventually came into my domain. She decided that living with me would be truly cool since then she could be the "only" cat instead of one of six. So she "adopted" me. She has been with me ever since.

We have moved three times in those years and she just stays on. She is as attached to me as I am to her. Those who think cats don't care about their people are wrong in my opinion. This cat is proof enough for me. As far as she is concerned, I am the centre of her universe. The best thing in her life is curling up on her human and purring her head off. Crazy cat - as are they all.

[Maha]

Sit on sofa. Pick up cat and cradle it in the crook of your elbow as though you were going to give a bottle to a baby. Talk softly to it.


With right hand, position right forefinger and thumb on either side of cat's mouth and gently apply pressure to cheeks while holding pill in right hand. (be patient) As cat opens mouth pop pill into mouth. Allow cat to close mouth and swallow. Drop pill into mouth. Let go of cat, noticing the direction it runs.


Pick the pill up off the floor and go get the cat from behind sofa. Cradle cat in left arm and repeat process. Sit on floor in kitchen, wrap arm around cat as before, drop pill in mouth. Let go of cat, noticing the direction it runs.


Retrieve cat from bedroom, and throw soggy pill away. Scoot across floor to pick up pill, and go find the cat. Bring it back into the kitchen. Take new pill from foil wrap, cradle cat in left arm holding rear paws tightly with left hand. Force jaws open and push pill to back of mouth with right forefinger. Hold mouth shut for a count of ten. Drop pill into mouth.


Pry claws from back legs out of your arm. Go get the cat, pick up half-dissolved pill from floor and drop it into garbage can.


Retrieve pill from goldfish bowl and cat from top of closet. Call spouse from backyard. Kneel on floor with cat wedged firmly between knees, hold front and rear paws. Ignore low growls emitted by cat. Get spouse to hold head firmly with one hand while forcing wooden ruler into mouth. Drop pill down ruler and rub cat's throat vigorously.


Retrieve cat from curtain rod, get another pill from foil wrap. Make note to buy new ruler and repair curtains. Carefully sweep shattered Doulton figures from hearth and set to one side for gluing later.


Get spouse to lie on cat with head just visible from below armpit. Put pill in end of drinking straw, force mouth open with pencil and blow down drinking straw.


Check label to make sure pill not harmful to humans, drink glass of water to take taste away. Apply Band-Aid to spouse's forearm and remove blood from carpet with cold water and soap.


Retrieve cat from neighbor's shed. Get another pill. Place cat in cupboard and close door onto neck to leave head showing. Force mouth open with dessert spoon. Flick pill down throat with rubber band.


Fetch screwdriver from garage and put door back on hinges. Apply cold compress to cheek and check records for date of last tetanus shot. Throw T-shirt away and fetch new one from bedroom.


Call fire department to retrieve cat from tree across the road. Apologize to neighbor who crashed into fence while swerving to avoid cat. Take another pill from foil wrap.


Tie cat's front paws to rear paws with garden twine and bind tightly to leg of dining table, find heavy duty pruning gloves from shed, force cat's mouth open with small spanner. Push pill into mouth followed by large piece of fillet steak. Hold head vertically and pour one cup of water down throat to wash pill down.


Get spouse to drive you to the emergency room, sit quietly while doctor stitches fingers and forearm and removes pill remnants from right eye. Call at furniture shop on way home to order new table.


Get last pill from bottle. Go into bathroom and get a fluffy towel. Stay in the bathroom with the cat, and close the door.

Sit on bathroom floor, wrap towel around kitty, leaving only his head exposed. Cradle kitty in the crook of your arm, and pick up pill off of counter.


Retrieve cat from top of shower door (you didn't know that cats can jump 5 feet straight up in the air, did you?), and wrap towel around it a little tighter, making sure its paws can't come out this time. With fingers at either side of its jaw, pry it open and pop pill into mouth. Quickly close mouth (his, not yours).


Sit on floor with cat in your lap, stroking it under the chin and talking gently to it for at least a half hour, while the pill dissolves.


Unwrap towel, open bathroom door. Wash off scratches in warm soapy water, comb your hair, and go find something to occupy your time for 7-1/2 hours.


Arrange for SPCA to get cat and call local pet shop to see if they have any hamsters.

[PrincessBandit]

[color=#139922]crazy cat lady wonders what cat is thinking.


How the hell did you get two pictures of me you stalker?!


The cat was busy pysching you out and at the same time working out how to best manipulate you. The cat left once it was sure it had you under control. Wonder what it will think when you take it for a ride on the bike :wacko:

She checked out our bikes the first few days she was with us, and at least has had the sense not to "mark" them as hers...


Here's what this cat is thinking:

hahaha, Willow actually is the colour of the cat in that picture, although not quite as fat and waaaay prettier

[Motu]

I am honoured that such a solitary animal that has been honed and compromised by nature into the most efficient killer/ assassin produced should choose to share their life with humans. It goes beyond just the obvious food and shelter thing - they really don't need us, they can survive well in almost any environment. They really do seem to enjoy sharing a life with humans...so trusting of such untrustworthy beings.

They are watching us....look around, there is a cat close by, just monitoring the goings on....

[hayd3n]

our bengals are crazy they attack the plasma tv attack invisible mice
play in the shower
captain my 20 week old bengal can aleady fetch a toy and has they softest most amazing pelt266344266345

[Road kill]

When I left for work yesterday my cat "Oscar" climbed into my bed and was still there when I came home again.
Once he realised I was home he jumped out the bedroom window walked around to the front door an started to scratch on it so I would open it an let him in again.
Why did he not just walk out the bedroom door ?
Buggered if I know,but he only walks in the bedroom door an jumps out the window,he will not walk out the same way he came in,and if I close the bedroom window he won't go into the bed room at all,the fucking window has to be open so he can jump out an go around to the front door to get let back in again.
I often wonder who the nutter in this situation is, an given that it's been this way for 10 years I suspect it's not him,,,,little bastard.

[Robbo]

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[Blackbird]

Hope this provides some amusement: http://geoffjames.blogspot.co.nz/2012/06/another-bike-enthusiast-in-family.html.

The star of the photos is Annie (as in "Little Orphan.."). She turned up in our garden last year as a tiny kitten. The circumstances were almost Karma as my 10 year old cat died suddenly a few days after Annie turned up and Annie made it her business to take away the hurt. She's attached herself to me ever since and virtually ignores my wife :pinch:

[cc rider]

I haven't seen my 2 fluffy boys for 1 1/2 years.


... I miss them :weep:

[mashman]

I haven't seen my 2 fluffy boys for 1 1/2 years.


... I miss them :weep:

I'm sure someone's making good use of them

http://www.pacificwoolandfiber.com/images/Patterns/Winter%20in%20the%20City.jpg

[cc rider]

It's been lonely without them

They never picked on me

[mashman]

It's been lonely without them

They never picked on me

take your love to the local rspca and visit some cats in need... maybe that'll help. Or poor yourself into a bottle and steal one of the local tabby's for a cuddle.

[cc rider]

I asked my ex to keep them so they didn't get displaced. The main coon didn't cope when we moved. For a large cat, he's the biggest scaredy-cat.

[blue rider]

do not move the heater

[Oakie]

We acquired for ourselves a BIG black 'earthquake rescue' cat about 9 months ago from the SPCA. Always wanted a BIG cat so now I have 5.5kg of 'Sheldon' ... and he is just the cruisiest cat I've ever known. So relaxed you'd swear he's just continually mellowed out after a joint. We have two grandchildren who see him 3 or four times a week and in 9 months he has not raised a paw to either of them (aged 2 and 5). He does to us though. If I walk past him in the morning and I'm a bit late feeding him he'll give me a wee reminder with a whack around the foot as I walk past him. He goes to bed with Mrs Oakie a bit before me at night for pats but if she's a bit late, once again he'll whack her around the feet as if to say 'bedtime ...I want my pats!" Oh, 'paws without claws' seems to be his method ... generally.

I remove him from the bed (under Mrs Oakie's hand) when I eventually make my way there and deposit him back in the lounge for the night but if I then delay leaving the lounge too long he'll trot back down to the bedroom and jump back on the bed, but doesn't go back to Mrs Oakie's hand. He lolls at the end of the bed purring loudly and waits for me to pick him back up and carry him back out again ... never resisting or hiding ... so I reckon it's just a game he plays with me.

He's full of personality and my favourite cat of all those I've lived with in 52 years.

As for "What is your cat thinking". Dunno but I'm pretty sure it'll involve one of eating, sleeping or "who will I go to for pats next".

The photo is a fairly typical pose. He'd just woken up from a sleep on the roof of the car.

[pete376403]

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See your pic of "what cats think" and raise you one of "what cats hear"

[Oakie]

Sheldon on bed

[Akzle]

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Sheldon on bed...

jeeesus. put that thing out of my misery.

[husaberg]

Whats your cat thinking well i seen this the other day got me thinking and no its not made up.
I had heard of the parasite, but cripes see what it can do even exert mind control on its host, now that's clever.


Toxoplasmosis is a parasitic disease caused by the protozoan Toxoplasma gondii.[1] The parasite infects most genera of warm-blooded animals, including humans, but the primary host is the felid (cat) family. The parasite spreads by the ingestion of infected meat or the feces of an infected cat, or by vertical transmission from mother to fetus. A 2001 study found that direct contact with pet cats is probably a less common route of transmission to human hosts than contamination of hands with cat feces by touching the earth, and that "contact with infected raw meat is probably a more important cause of human infection in many countries".[2]

From one-third to half of the world's human population is estimated to carry a Toxoplasma infection.[3][4] The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention notes that overall seroprevalence in the United States as determined with specimens collected by the National Health and Nutritional Examination Survey (NHANES) between 1999 and 2004 was found to be 10.8%, with seroprevalence among women of childbearing age (15 to 44 years) at 11%.[5] Another study placed seroprevalence in the U.S. at 22.5%.[4] The same study claimed a seroprevalence of 75% in El Salvador.[4] A sample of 273 people in rural France was measured at 47% prevalence.[6]

During the first few weeks after exposure, the infection typically causes a mild, flu-like illness or no illness. Thereafter, the parasite rarely causes any symptoms in otherwise healthy adults. However, those with a weakened immune system, such as AIDS patients or pregnant women, may become seriously ill, and it can occasionally be fatal.Recent research has also linked toxoplasmosis with brain cancer, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder, and schizophrenia.[7][8]



Nothing that remarkable so far other than this
Recent research has also linked toxoplasmosis with brain cancer, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder, and schizophrenia.[7][8]


but read the highlignhted text further on.


Behavioral changes in the hostThe parasite itself can cause various effects on the host body, some of which are not fully understood.


Micrograph of a lymph node showing the characteristic changes of toxoplasmosis (scattered epithelioid histiocytes (pale cells), monocytoid cells (top-center of image), large germinal centers (left of image)), H&E stainThe parasite has been found to have the ability to change the behaviour of its host: infected rats and mice are less fearful of cats—in fact, some of the infected rats seek out areas marked with cat urine. This effect is advantageous to the parasite, which is able to proliferate if a cat eats the infected rat and thereby becomes a carrier.[29] The mechanism for this change is not completely understood, but there is evidence that toxoplasmosis infection raises dopamine levels and concentrates in the amygdala in infected mice.[30]

[edit] In humans The findings of behavioral alteration in rats and mice have led some scientists to speculate that Toxoplasma may have similar effects in humans. Toxoplasma is one of a number of parasites that may alter their hosts' behaviors as a part of their life cycles.[31] Some studies have linked latent toxoplasmosis to an increased incidence of traffic accidents.[32]

The evidence for behavioral effects on humans is controversial.[33][34][35] No prospective research has been done on the topic, e.g., testing people before and after infection to ensure the proposed behavior arises only afterwards. Although some researchers have found potentially important associations with Toxoplasma, the causal relationship, if any, is unknown, i.e., it is possible that these associations merely reflect factors that predispose certain types of people to infection. However, many of the neurobehavioral symptoms postulated to be due to toxoplasmosis correlate to the general function of dopamine in the human brain, and the fact that toxoplasma encodes the dopamine-synthesizing enzyme tyrosine hydroxylase makes it likely the neurobehavioral symptoms can result from infection.[36]


So this is the bit that blew my mind......
H&E stain. The parasite has been found to have the ability to change the behaviour of its host: infected rats and mice are less fearful of cats—in fact, some of the infected rats seek out areas marked with cat urine. This effect is advantageous to the parasite, which is able to proliferate if a cat eats the infected rat and thereby becomes a carrier.

Yes thats mind control to ensure survival
Maybe no raw meat for moggy from now on?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toxoplasmosis

[Grumph]

I understand that toxoplasmosis is actually pretty rare in NZ. Certainly in the main centers anyway. Rural where raw homekill can be fed could be different.
I've been breeding pedigree cats for over 40 years now - and peripherally involved from an early age too as my parents were close to the first Siamese breeders in CHCH. I've never heard of anyone with toxoplasmosis.
My neice went a tad paranoid when first pregnant - she had a couple of cats of our breeding - and had everything tested she could hold down for a blood sample, incl me. Nothing, nada, zip, zilch....and as a family we'd been exposed to cats heavily.

Toxoplasmosis has been known about for a very long while and I'm disappointed - but not surprised - to see it being raised by the anti - cat lobby as a reason for restricting cat ownership.

[husaberg]

I understand that toxoplasmosis is actually pretty rare in NZ. Certainly in the main centers anyway. Rural where raw homekill can be fed could be different.
I've been breeding pedigree cats for over 40 years now - and peripherally involved from an early age too as my parents were close to the first Siamese breeders in CHCH. I've never heard of anyone with toxoplasmosis.
My neice went a tad paranoid when first pregnant - she had a couple of cats of our breeding - and had everything tested she could hold down for a blood sample, incl me. Nothing, nada, zip, zilch....and as a family we'd been exposed to cats heavily.

Toxoplasmosis has been known about for a very long while and I'm disappointed - but not surprised - to see it being raised by the anti - cat lobby as a reason for restricting cat ownership.


Say what. Greg are you stirring in Jest?
i have a cat and no lobby.
Interestingly my first girlfriend actually had it (Toxoplasmosis.)
it was quite wide spread on the Coast when i was growing up. Infact Doctors used to refer to it as the cat kissing disease.

I am not afraid of it but puzzled by the mind control exhibited the parasite exhibits of its host. Which is fascinating wouldn't you say.

[blue rider]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=QmnODzMToyU


not sure that kitten is thinking at all

[Grumph]

Say what. Greg are you stirring in Jest?
i have a cat and no lobby.
Interestingly my first girlfriend actually had it (Toxoplasmosis.)
it was quite wide spread on the Coast when i was growing up. Infact Doctors used to refer to it as the cat kissing disease.

I am not afraid of it but puzzled by the mind control exhibited the parasite exhibits of its host. Which is fascinating wouldn't you say.

Nah. not stiring in jest - I accidentally heard Micheal Laws the other day "exposing" toxoplasmosis as the great plague of the future and the reason why all cats should be shot immediately...he's rabidly anti cat of course.

As far as the behaviour induced by the parasite is concerned....judging by the results of inhaling the burnt product, I assume 2 stroke oil carries the same risks of behaviour modification

[Winston001]

not sure that kitten is thinking at all

LOL my Siamese just watched that with me and was very alarmed! :D