MetaFilter posts tagged with cats and pets

I can haz ladder?

kimdog — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 11:20:48 -0800

Cat-ladders around the world. 110 towns in 22 different countries. Cat's demands on their owners know no borders.

Not Your Mama's LOL Catz

Secret Life of Gravy — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 15:37:05 -0800

The title says it all: Pets Who Want To Kill Themselves.

Charley

homunculus — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 19:48:07 -0800

This Is Charley. Charley is a cat with cerebellar hypoplasia.

Working Cats in NYC

milquetoast — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 07:42:22 -0800

Working Class Cats documents the lives of gainfully employed felines in NYC. There is, of course, some controversy. [via]

Because There's a Crazy Cat Lady in All of Us

homunculus — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 13:40:36 -0800

The Cat Diaries. [Via The Underwire.]

They're only using us for our opposable thumbs.

amyms — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 00:07:24 -0800

"We think what happened is that cats sort of domesticated themselves." A Washington Post article about new research into why our cats want to hang around with us. Also, a transcript of an online chat with research scientist Carlos A. Driscoll and an additional article about the ancient roots of domestic cats.

Epicurean cats!

shiu mai baby — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 04:58:23 -0800

What a menu: White meat chicken florentine in a delicate sauce with garden greens. Shredded white meat chicken in a savory broth with garden greens. White meat chicken and whipped egg soufflé with garden greens. Sound tasty? It's the new "Elegant Medleys" line of cat food from Fancy Feast, being pimped by none other than Mr. Restaurant himself, Rocco DiSpirito. So: a new way to show those kids in fur coats how much you love them, or just a bunch of overpriced hooey?

It ain't human but we loves it just the same.

dobbs — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 18:51:42 -0800

My Misio - a site for a ~~pet~~ crochet ~~bear~~ cat. Some nice pics in the diary section and a vid, too. {It be Flash}

History of pets in America

mediareport — Mon, 09 Oct 2006 09:20:41 -0800

Kitty litter was invented in 1946. Birds were the first pets to have their own full lines of products. Canned dog food first appeared in the 1910s. Lots of interesting stuff [wav] at the University of South Carolina's Pets in America site.

Kitty at my foot and I wanna touch it

weretable and the undead chairs — Fri, 02 Jun 2006 17:56:35 -0800

There are approximately 77.6 million owned cats in the United States alone. And at least 20 million feral cats. There are many different breeds of cats. A very popular house pet, cats can be quite odd indeed. Cats can be tiny. And cats can be huge. Baby cats are called kittens and are extremely cute. Indoor cats are frequently overfed. But most importantly, cats can be very, very funny.

pet pathos

madamjujujive — Wed, 01 Mar 2006 20:31:13 -0800

50 animals in casts. nuff said. (via mira y calla)

I've Got Cats

spock — Wed, 03 Aug 2005 10:18:44 -0800

I've Got Cats - (In the tradition of MeFi cat links since Day One) - Can his server withstand the attack?

My kind of cat house

gottabefunky — Mon, 14 Feb 2005 15:03:34 -0800

Nekobukuro is a place in the Ikebokuro neighborhood of Tokyo where people without pets can pay 500 yen to hang out with cats.

Next on ESPN2!

ilsa — Sat, 12 Feb 2005 11:09:14 -0800

Ever see a cat run an obstable course? It's time for that great new sport, Cat Agility!

Watching Cats

MiguelCardoso — Mon, 21 Jun 2004 23:43:09 -0800

I Like To Watch: A photographic record of cats transfixed; self-referential cats; cat Witnesses of Our Time; cat onlookers; cats gazing stupidly at infinity; lightly hypnotized brainpan-fried cats; feline couch potatoes; cats afflicted by the staring disease; briefly and easily amused cats; UN observer cats; guilty bystander cats. All in all, an extremely important investigation into the perennial question of how to hold a cat's attention. [Click on "Cats", funnily enough.]

Here, kitty, kitty...

debralee — Thu, 22 Apr 2004 06:16:21 -0800

Here, kitty, kitty. Help control the pet population... buy a Sportka.

Love

Mwongozi — Sat, 17 Apr 2004 17:33:51 -0800

Cat + Rabbit != Love
Flash movie.

India

TimeFactor — Mon, 16 Feb 2004 20:22:05 -0800

This Presiden't Day , the First Cat would like to ask you some questions.

And they say cats can't be trained!

jonson — Sun, 11 Jan 2004 13:24:46 -0800

My Cat Annie is a website with several quick adorable videos (in Flash format) of the owner's cat doing ridiculous cat tricks.

Here kitty, kitty.

angry modem — Thu, 10 Jul 2003 20:55:08 -0800

Fucked up cats. Including but not limited to winged, extra-toed, and dwarf cats.

Steal This Feline

Spezzatura — Thu, 12 Jun 2003 20:28:15 -0800

Abbie the Cat Abbie the Cat has a posse. One of the few cat-related, non-saccharine weblogs out there. I'm pretty my cat thinks many of these things.

I'm SO gonna kill my owner...

Vidiot — Sat, 24 May 2003 13:50:59 -0800

You need to dress a cat. And you will say to a cat together with a family. "It has changed just for a moment". [ "it being very dear" or ] You will pass pleasant one time. Costumes for your cat + some great Engrish. (via Boing Boing.)

Wolves and dogs and cats

y2karl — Sun, 24 Nov 2002 18:09:19 -0800

Three Dog Eves--They really do understand us--even better than our cousin chimpanzees. Well, at least when food's involved.
As to how wolves became dogs, the current understanding seems to be they tamed themselves--in a Survival of the Friendliest. Here's more on animal linguistics. As for cats, well, Stephen Budiansky in The Character of Cats suggests they aren't even really tame. Hence, unlike dogs, cats haven't bothered to pick up our language--they've taught us Cat talk instead. Take the test and see. A woof out to Australian Broadcast Coporation's five part Animal Attraction series is called for here. C--Miao baby!

cedar — Thu, 29 Aug 2002 18:22:49 -0800

Nine lives? It seems cats do better when dropped...uh, I mean, fall, more than seven stories. Anything less and they fail to reach terminal velocity and don't land properly. Once the cats reach terminal velocity they spread their legs (think parachute) and slow their fall. A cat has a far better chance of survival falling from 32 stories than four. Dwarfs, however, do not benefit from longer flights.

LinusMines — Thu, 22 Aug 2002 09:23:31 -0800

First challenge of Maryland law making animal cruelty a felony results in acquittal. Charges were dismissed against a landlord who forcibly removed two of his tenant's three cats and dispatched them with a 12-gauge shotgun. Judge said law's language fails to clearly define "cruel killing". Also on AP.