Cat pictures without a special theme — two

I'm posting this in two different places because it is doublecute:



Robert

*like* :)

 

This may not be, as advertised, the greatest kitteh baroo ever, but it is pretty good.

Robert

look in to my eyes, you bringing me tuna:)

Looks like Dewey, the subject of my latest read...

 

Fuzzi, you will love Dewey! I read it years ago and count it among my fave animal books.

#6 sure is one glamorous kitty!

By way of Cheezburger.

"Momma Cat"

LOL@9... all she needs is a sheriff's badge to complete that fierce look :)

She jumped up on the hood of my car...I'd just gotten home from work, and wasn't fast enough getting her dinner.

And she's a feral...

>9 fuzzi:

She has such beautiful eyes!

She does, Helcura. And you know, I never noticed it until I took that picture. Being a feral, we've not had opportunities to look at each other that closely before. This time, there was a windshield between us, so she must have felt safer.

Fuzzi did someone trap her and get her spayed?

her ear is notched.

They mark feral cats that way in my area.

(14) Yes, Pebblesgmc, I did the trapping and brought her (and the rest of her two litters!) to the local spay clinic. The procedure is referred to here as TNR, "trap and return". Once the cats are neutered and cannot reproduce, the level of kittens in any area goes way down...the neutered ferals keep the non-neutered out of the neighborhood. It works.

Addendum: here is a 2009 photo of "Momma Cat" (on the left) and six of her eight offspring:



Not shown is one kitten that died young, and the other who is still around, "Mittsie". All the ones in this picture have died or disappeared (probably died). The attrition is horrible, so I keep my own cats inside.

(left to right: Momma Cat, Mouse, Priscilla, Fraidy, Watson, Yang and Ying)

Addendum #2: Here is Mittsie (yes, it's spelled that way!):

I did TNR in my old neighborhood, I have to find out how owns which cats here before I start doing that here.
I had 1 semi-feral cat live to 23, I called her Yipes-Stripes she has the same color as Momma cat. She was friendliest at milking time. I had goats and gave the first bit of milk to the kitties.
Momma family are beautful.

 

Awwwwwww.....

 

>20 Mr.Durick:
Not a bad jump, that.

 

Cute Overload says that this is a kitten.



Robert

I had a cat once with a "V" on his chest. like the kitten in #22
Named him Velcro, once those little claws got close to my sweater he didn't let go:)

(23) That's a kitten? Wow.

This is Honey Pie, one of the shelter's recent rescues:



I want her...waaah!

Fuzzi, did you click through to see how the subject came up?

Robert

(27) Sorry, I have no idea what you are referring to...

Well, it's not a baby beaver.

Click on the picture.

Robert

I didn't realize that it was linked. Nifty. Thank you.

 

 

This is definitely an overload of cute grey kittens. Some of them seem to have very smushed faces.

I went to my friend who breeds snowshoe cats' house yesterday & took a few pics, havent gone through them all properly yet, but I saw this one & love it so much I have to share :)

This is Skiboots Madonna:

She looks like a lion cub.

Robert

They are all beautiful, but I must say I love the grey kitties!

 

I want Skiboots!

Here's Moonpie, pouting because I didn't feed him enough, in his estimation:



(excuse the poor quality of the image: it was in the evening, low light, no flash...but I love his expression)

Such pathos, such sadness, oh woe, oh woe...

LOL, as a friend of mine says, "Cry me a river..."

A sad cat, neglected and wasting away...

 

Quite a handful!

Should we have a separate thread for big cats? Do we have a separate thread for big cats?



Robert

Cats iz cats, keep 'em all here! :D

Wow - tigers are simply amazingly beautiful animals - such a gorgeous face!

Such an amazing tongue!

Happy Valentine's Day



Robert

You have reminded me that I once started a thread on the #37+ species of wild cats. I think I had posted about 17 or so. Must do more. It's always difficult if you don't get any feedback, to keep going. And over the last few years, species have been split & discovered!

Guido.

Just found this

Please tell me if I should do some more?

I'm interested, guido47. :)

Yes, guido, it'll be good if you can add to that.

Robert

I love furry purries in all the forms:)
I would like to see all the big and little cats:)

guido47

I am more of a lurker, but I appreciate everything anyone posts about kitties and cats!

OK, I've added the "Marbled Cat" to the list (see #52) and have now found out there is a Borneo Marbled Cat, I knew by another name :-).

I'm still not sure how I should handle Tigers (yes I hear you, very carefully... *grin*) I mean, should I have an entry for each of the major sub-species? The Sumatran and Siberian Tigers are quite different!

And Should I add a link to that thread to each of my updates?

Enjoy,

Guido.

ETA. I am using Wild cats of the world as my primary source, but even this great book, published in 2002, is getting a bit dated. Any later suggestions are very welcome.

I'd like to be able to compare tiger breeds.

Robert

Well Robert, after having looked at This List of Tiger sub-species, 3 extinct I will probably add some of the major Tiger sub species, to my list :-)

Extinct is such a very sad word.

Cougars are making a comeback in my area, the drought is causing them to come into the community.
The deer come after water and the things planted in yards. The cats come after the deer.
I have not heard about any pets being hurt yet, the possibility is there.

My own cat is only outside on leash and under my watchful eye.

Compare all the cat breeds! :)

Here's one I'd not heard of before: a Tortie Point Siamese (living at the no-kill shelter where I volunteer):

Jaguars! I love Jaguars, I know all cats are special & all big cats are amazing, but there's something extra special about Jaguar's - so here's a Jaguar Fix :)

Here, Seanie, enjoy:

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DBNYwxDZ_pA&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DDBNYwxDZ...

The vegetarian & pacifist in me doesn't usually like to see the hunting side of big cats - I do know that they need to hunt to survive & its just a part of nature, but usually I avoid watching that sort of thing - however that video is amazing fuzzi! It really shows the power of the jaguar! So much a forgotten big cat IMO, everyone talks about lions, tigers, cheetahs & leopards when they talk big cats, but I think the Jaguar can be so much more impressive!

Jaguars are called el tigre in most Latin American countries, so I think sometimes people confuse them. I love them too

I believe the Jaguar is the largest (heaviest) of the big cats. I suppose I could Google to confirm...

Seanie, I don't like graphic videos of killing, and I'm not even a vegetarian. However, I thought that was a fantastic video of the skill of this particular jaguar.

Here's a great video of the big cats, and it isn't graphic:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIeQw163otQ

And I especially love the Cheetah bit... ;)

LOL! Thanx fuzzi, I needed that giggle this morning :)

YW. I giggle over that video every time I rewatch it!

#67, fuzzi,

I believe the Jaguar is the largest (heaviest) of the big cats.
Not so. The Siberian Tiger is the heaviest, one old male in a zoo was 260Kg.
The Jaguar has no typical weight. It depends where it comes from and can vary from 40 Kg. to 100 Kg.

Well, okay, I was wrong. Won't be the last time... ;)

I am a big fan of all the big cats but I also wanted to give a shout out to 61 the tortie point siamese cat. That is one gorgeous cat!

(72) She's up for adoption, anna...if you're close to NC, USA.

Can you believe she was a STRAY???

*sigh* I am not close to NC at all, as you can probably guess I am in Portland, OR.

We went to the Humane Society this weekend and looked at all the dogs and cats and as usual and I wanted them all but oh well. We have two cats at home since my beloved Belle died last August and I am really wanting to adopt another one and/or a dog but my partner has put the kibosh on that.

Also please sent positive thoughts to my mom who has two beautiful flame point siamese kitties named Maya and Tina who have been with her since they were 1 year old (littermates) - they are now 11 yrs old and Maya has kidney failure and has to have fluids injected into her scruff on a regular basis for the rest of her life which probably will be another few months at most. Mom is heartbroken.

Oh anna_in_pdx - my thoughts are with you & your mum!

I got a Jaguar fix on FB today:


& a video about it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=OqGDv0KCJl8

Had to steal that one for Facebook, thanks Seanie! :)

Oh, no! I just found that and was going to put it here. I'm glad it got here one way or another.

Robert

Hi Seanie & Fuzzie & anna_in_pdx, I too am totally in love with #61.



A Black Jaguar, sometimes known as a Panther, I like you can see his spots!

Guido.

>76 Seanie: Love it!!
>79 guido47: Love that too!

Fuzzi beautiful torti:)
Mr.Durick awesome Tiger diving didn't know that they did that.
Seanie THey big cats take my breath away.
fuzzi I never ever want to see that Jaguar that treats camines a snacks, he is definitely well feed.
bollons animals, LOL
Seanie Jaguar additions who know?
guido47 i see the spots:)
lots of kitty s have strips that only show in the right light.
Incredible pictures love them:)

 

I guess if you can't beat 'em, join 'em. Funny!

Well, no one's crying...

...hilarious struggles only cat owners will understand....

http://justsomething.co/hilarious-cat-owners-struggles/

Mr.Durick:) LOL

GerrysBookshelf, some of those are way to true:)

Oh I love this one:

>87 Seanie: oh, that is sooo true to life! Love it!

>87 Seanie:

Note how caaarrreeefully she climbs into the bed in order not to disturb the cat...

Lynx tracks - spotted while out skiing this afternoon:

#90: That is amazing! Where was this pic taken?

> 91 Near Fort Nelson, in northern BC, Canada. I see lynx tracks from time to time, but rarely such clear ones. Don't see the lynx very often, though.

When I can use my laptop again (it's not recognizing being plugged in - long story) I'll have another picture of the Campus Cats. Turns out there are four of them. Explains why I wouldn't have been able to describe Splotchy's markings: there are two different splotchy cats and this is the first time I've seen them both at once.

Awesome NorthernStar talk about built in Snowshoes:)

#90 Northern Star
What a wonderful picture! We have bobcats in my neck of the woods (western New York), and I'm still hoping to see one in the wild, but they are pretty elusive and sightings are rare. I love all cats, wild and domestic, but there's something about those ear tufts on the lynx and bobcats that make them so majestic and gorgeous.

That is a great pic NorthernStar! I wish I lived somewhere there was a chance to spot wild animals (apart from possums & birds), especially big cats!

Here's my Taji boy recovering from a hard day :)

He’s such a wuss, spent 4 hours being terrified because my dad was here using power tools, then my mum kept turning the vacuum on to clean up the dust from dad’s drilling to make things worse. He didn’t even come out at lunch time when the tools were quiet for an hour or so & he usually comes out for mum & especially when mum’s got food! Tilly came out to check out what was happening & even sniffed at my dad’s hand when he reached towards her – then gave her pats & chatted to her for a minute, very cute from someone who ‘doesn’t like cats’ lol :) So I brought Taji out too, but he started struggling in my arms as soon as he saw dad, I made him a nest under the blankets & a pillow on my bed, then mum & I sat on the bed patting him through the blanket while dad finished the noisy work. Once dad finished I tried to bring Taji out to say goodbye, but apparently my dad is absolutely terrifying coz Taji bolted to the study & didn’t come out til mum & dad had been gone over an hour :(
Once he did come out, he spent half an hour scent marking every doorway & wall as he followed me from room to room, but didn’t want to be picked up, til he decided to jump into my arms & for the last hour or so he hasn't wanted to be out of them - he really is such a sooky love bug *melt*

I notice there's a kitty on your laptop screen, too, Seanie! How funny!

BTW, Taji is beautiful!

Taji looks so comfortable and snuggly in that picture!

 

NorthernStar are those sky tracks under the cat tracks??

Mr.Durick LOL that is way to cute:)

#99--You always manage to find the most absolutest cutest kitty pics! Thanks!

>100 Pebblesgmc: sky tracks? I think the cat just dragged its feet a bit. Here is another shot of the same tracks.


Here you can see that there are actually two sets of tracks overlapping in the lower right, with one set going up in the shadows on the right side, and the other (the ones in the first photo) going up to the left.

There was about 1-2 cm fresh snow on top of a fairly good crust, which I think is why the tracks are so clear.

The trees are black spruce and a spindly small birch - this is a spruce bog. There were also lots of rabbit tracks around (favourite lynx food) and squirrel tracks, but not in the picture.

Amazing shots thank you for sharing them:)
ski:)

>103 Pebblesgmc: lol :) The ski tracks are where I was standing, out of the picture.

Fierce can be cute.

Robert

>105 anna_in_pdx: - cute!

"105" Sub title: if that isn't lunch get it out of my face ROAR... squeak.

Nothing special. I just liked the picture:



Robert

>109 Mr.Durick: A perfectly valid reason. That is a handsome cat!

Robert glad you shared, that's a real beauty:)

 

AAAWWWWWHHHHHHH!!!!!!

>112 Mr.Durick: Oh, good Lord!!! Sooooooocute `

Which one of these is not like the others?

I'm not an owl?

 

115 Shhhhhhhhhh !!!!! I'm not a c a t..................

118 Super kitty.....away...

 

Squee! She looks like she was lost off a charm bracelet.

Whas the matter MM?

I think a simple "Auwwwwh" sums it all up.

Charm bracelet?

That kitty is the epitome of ultimate cuteness

PS. MM, Just remembered you were one of the first people I met on LT :-)

Awwww!

Whoa! Twice; the internet must have really liked this one.

Some great pics in this group: http://www.buzzfeed.com/expresident/best-cat-pictures

This one's my fave:

LOL what a pose :)

Saw this on Pinterest a while back.

That has got to be a very talented photographer. Or a very patient one.

132: The eyes have stolen my soul. And also my Egyptian "Kohl" eyeliner.

Maru is seven:



Happy birthday, Maru,

Robert

Love Maru so much! Great cartoon!

Robert you post the best pix,
LOL Maru must be a luv:)

That looks like my new kitten Apollo.


We just adopted him on Monday!

He's a cutie.

Robert

Is that a mustache? How cute!

Aww, both pictures are cute kittens! Congratulations anna!

Ahhhh such cute babies:)

Bathtime & Snuggles :)

I love your cats so much, Seanie!

Kittie thought processes...

#125/6 - "Whoa. That's a long way down."

#128 - "And hold the yoga pose..."

#138 - "I'm the baby, gotta love me." (I just got a Dinosaurs moment with that one...)

#139 - "I am big bad hunter... on pink."

#146 - Thanx, I think they're pretty photogenic at times, so love having places like this to share pics :)

Hi Seanie,

Glad to see your kitties getting along with each other again!
They are so beautiful!

anna there's a tiger in disguise:)
Seanie they are gorgeous:)
Mr.Durick sweet babies, loved the video;)

>152 Mr.Durick:
Kitten loves hunting its cat dancer!

OMG! Little orange tiggers are so CUTE!

What a sweet (and timely) kitten!

I recon. we should grade Mr. Durick's Kittens from 1 (sweet) to 10 (must be the most gorgious kitten I HAVE EVER, EVER SEEN)

I still recon. #120 has to be a 9.51+

Guido

ETA. And #155 is also very close.

Well, there was a marvelous still shot on Facebook at
https://www.facebook.com/officialcuteoverload/photos/a.398410140072.163165.10666...
but those powers don't want me to use it as a link to this video
http://cuteoverload.com/2014/06/23/one-can-o-whup-a-comin-up/

Robert

LOVE that video Mr.Durick! Such a patient doggie & such a fierce predator kitten!!!!

It said under the picture that this is the cutest kitten in all of Scotland. I've never been to Scotland, so I don't know.



Robert

Pretty darned cute, though!

Cute indeed.

If you really want to find the source I think you can. But I wanted to link through to a video, so that's what you'll find if you click on this.

Robert

#166

"Don't know what you're talking about. I'm not here."

#166

Has anyone seen the cat lately?

>168 dkhiggin: Cat? What cat?

>169 SylviaC: SylviaC

:-)

This is the link to the Cute Overload page proper. The one from the picture is to Facebook wherefrom I got the picture.

Oh the cuteness!

>174 Mr.Durick:

Great!

>174 Mr.Durick:

Goodness! She does look a bit angry, doesn't she?

>174 Mr.Durick: Beautiful! I love that picture!

#174

I used to know a Maine Coon just like that... :)

Baby Joe's first bath. You may have to view this one in full screen mode in order to see the video.

I wanted to reach in and help.

Robert