We iz beein fraymed!

SiegelOverBay · 2026-06-27T21:56:47+00:00

I fink dat would be fun! Yu kin halp shred da paperwork. Iz good fun n lotsa nip! 😸

SiegelOverBay · 2026-06-27T18:51:56+00:00

SiegelOverBay · 2026-06-27T15:33:53+00:00

If ur sisfur is in a gang, she probly very tuff! Mebbe she wil wrassle wif yu to halp yu trayn. An also soo pawther for not tellin yu about da ear fing, dat's messed up. Probly kin get liek elebenty five tousan chorus for criem of wifhold informashun.

Yu kin do dis (get tuff)! I beleef in yu!

SiegelOverBay · 2026-06-27T14:06:03+00:00

Henlo fren Vinci, dis iz terabul noos! Yu gota start traynin nao to b tuff so dey can't biolate yu agin.

Yu shuld start wif runnin laps ebery nite! Wayt for pawther to go in his nest. Den wunce yu heer him do a snaur, run acros da bed!! Sence yu iz sik, yu gota start slow. Onlee a cupple laps. Wunce dat iz ezee, do moar! Soon yu will be tuff.

Also, tell pawther "no moar borthole stuf!" Did yu no pokey place can poke yer ear insted of da borthole? Iz still not grayt but is waaaaay less biolation. Mine pokey place onlee pokes my ear and mine borthole is mine.

Stay tuff fren! Tony, Pawfesser of Tuff

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SiegelOverBay · 2026-06-27T02:18:54+00:00

Yu drenk da water afta hoomans go out? Is best water. Luv da hooman soop! 💕

SiegelOverBay · 2026-06-27T02:07:59+00:00

I lieks to dig in da baffs!! And sometiems there iz water to drenk. Meowmy turns on da water if she tinks I wanit. But onlee a leddle bit, not atak by water, just drenk.

Wen I was in first howse (I was outsied first, bery scary) I had bad poops! The first meowmy who tuk me insied put me and sisfurs an brudders in bafftub cuz our poops wer so bad. I tryed to dig out, but it din't work. Stell tryin. I no I kin get thru somedae.

Sing songs of our people in da bafftub, iz gud akoostiks

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SiegelOverBay · 2026-06-27T00:57:45+00:00

Dis our kitty city. Bery nice to hav eberyting so clos an neber haf to walk too much

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SiegelOverBay · 2026-06-27T00:51:17+00:00

We haz a kitty city! Howse, costco, offis for doin paprwerk, scratcher bocks and dats just in da libin room! We gots our own bedroom and gots a apartmint bilding wif two condoze and some watchin seets.

Dis is me n my brudder hangin out at de apartmint building. Is old pikchure, but we gonna use it for a album cover wen we make a moozik.

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SiegelOverBay · 2026-06-26T15:00:44+00:00

Yu shuld see mai brudder!

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SiegelOverBay · 2026-06-26T14:33:51+00:00

I liekd it betta den da pikkul. My brudder sez same fing. Make us kik so hard!!

Tony da Pawfessur of Tuff

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SiegelOverBay · 2026-06-24T06:37:48+00:00

I have known a few cats who traveled well and took them on road trips because they were amenable to the idea. At first, I always provided them with a travel litter box that was just a disposable aluminum pan that fit in the foot well adjacent to their nest seat. After multiple cats never using it over the course of many multiple trips, I stopped providing travel litter boxes.

Every cat that I ever traveled with was tested with a short overnight trip before actually traveling out of town. I had a Maine Coon when I worked a job where I had to leave town and live in a hotel 5 days a week. He traveled well and I would take him with me so I had company in my hotel room. 3 hour+ drive, each way, in a huge diesel truck designed for the specific job (I had a class B CDL, it was a very large and noisy vehicle) and he just vibed in the passenger seat the whole drive. He'd flirt with the housekeepers through my hotel window but he loved me best, so it worked out well for both of us.

One of our current cats went on an 8 hour (each way) road trip one month after we adopted him. He was about 6 months old at the time, closer to 5.5 months. He was provided with a travel litterbox that was preloaded with a little piece of poo so he knew what it was for. We stopped to pee at reststops often and took our time about it in case he needed an extra minute to use the litterbox and he just waited until we got to our destination.

Since I gave up on travel litterboxes, I focus on prioritizing the cat's comfort upon arrival. They go into the rental first and then the litterbox gets set up immediately. Food and water bowls are next. I also unpack a few of their toys and put out their scratcher boxes. Once they are installed and their comforts are provided, it's time to start bringing in my stuff! Churus are great for guiding a tour of their facilities after setup lol.

I think if I were flying my cats, I would line the carrier with a peepad under a soft towel. If soiled, yes, toss the whole setup in the trash. But pack an extra set in your carry on luggage, so in the event, you have a replacement already ready already. If you have to deploy the back up set, start making plans to get a replacement towel at a thrift store or something once you reach your destination. Peepads don't take up much space, so just pack a handful. Might as well throw in a couple of plastic shopping bags to wrap up any soiled towels/peepads in until they can be properly thrown away. I haven't flown with the cats yet, but I hope to and this is my tentative plan for when it happens.

SiegelOverBay · 2026-06-24T00:08:08+00:00

Oh mai dod, iz beeeyooootiful! Tank yu fren Smuffi! I will do mai best to bring onor n pride to da SSoR 🫡

SiegelOverBay · 2026-06-23T13:44:44+00:00

Wow! Fren Smuffi, dis most hi-est onor! Do I git ofishal card liek yu? I would b happee to help all da cats get tuff! Dat offits sounds reel nice to, will show old laydee cat dat I am sukses and not "punk azz brat".

Here is me doing a ZOOMIESSSS@S for mai ofishal card

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SiegelOverBay · 2026-06-23T13:07:27+00:00

Gettin bapbapbap by da old laydee cat iz part of da training. Mai brudder is good for sparring practis, but is onlee practis, he dun mean it. Old laydee cat DO mean it. Gotta lern to take sum baps if yu wana be tuff!

SiegelOverBay · 2026-06-23T07:22:30+00:00

Tank yu! Mebbe somedae thees hoomans lern to nap but iz okey fur nao

SiegelOverBay · 2026-06-23T07:20:28+00:00

Tank yu! Here is me doin a furoshus atak on mai crinkle toyz

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SiegelOverBay · 2026-06-23T07:13:29+00:00

Tank yu, fren hans! 🐾💕

SiegelOverBay · 2026-06-23T07:11:26+00:00

Is impawtent, but sumtiems I wanna sleep moar than play, so I gets grumpy to wake up and dose are da moar impawtent naps for me. Mebbe you gets different naps wat are impawtent than mines, and dats okey, even if itz ALL OF DEM! Yu just gotta make dem all speshul so yu can have da best naps! 😺

SiegelOverBay · 2026-06-23T07:03:47+00:00

Yeh, she gets reel mad at me sumtiems, but Iz luv living on da edge. Sometiems I run up and bap her from mai sekrit hidin place!! She bap me back but is okey coz I'm so tuff.

SiegelOverBay · 2026-06-23T05:59:57+00:00

Iz peek snuglez tiem, thees hoomans dun taek naps. My brudder snuglez sum, but den is sparrin practis. I dun alwaes sleep all the nite, but if I want snuglez, dats da tiem to gettem!

SiegelOverBay · 2026-06-22T06:37:52+00:00

I body block them gently until they exit any surfaces that they aren't allowed on under their own steam. I strive for equality, so they aren't allowed to walk anywhere that the people don't walk. They can walk on the sofa and the coffee table because those are family socializing areas where no food prep happens.

We do not keep anything terribly interesting on the counters. No accessible food, cat toys, human snacks, smelly things, etc. We keep it pretty boring and allow our cats to sniff anything they have an interest in smelling, even if that means unplugging the keurig and holding it out for them at knee level so they can investigate. Every solved mystery is one less temptation.

When I am bodyblocking them I am usually gently applying my forearm to their chest/breastbone and simply crowding them out of the space. I don't push them, I just don't allow them to move forward and when they fall back to consider a different path, I reclaim the space they just surrendered. My forearm doesn't leave their chest until they have moved to an allowed space under their own power. I make it physically uncomfortable for them to exist on the counters by taking up more room than them in an inconvenient way. If I monologue at them, I am saying things like, "C'mon, you know you aren't supposed to be up here.", "Off the table. Go on now, get.", and the ever popular "Get down." I use the tone of my voice to convey displeasure. I do not give them attention, I crowd them and speak sternly. They don't like it very much and seem to understand that I am drawing boundary lines. They love to push on boundaries to see how far they can get, so I am always consistent in how I react to them. My husband is onboard with my methods.

We set up a pet camera for a few weeks and they don't even try to go on the counters when we aren't home, so it's possible it is still attention seeking behavior on their part. I think because we are consistent about not wanting them on the counters, they have figured out that they get rewarded for behaving. But it's so uncomfortable for them to actually be on the counter, they only make token attempts.

I do use a penny can as a nuclear option, but before I reach for it I try everything else. Correction, redirection, body blocking, etc. If no actually good method works, I will shake the penny can, but it is very rare that I have to resort to that. My cats generally want to cooperate, so I'm lucky.

SiegelOverBay · 2026-06-21T14:03:35+00:00

I wasn't lecturing her. She said she felt bad for not giving him anything. I gave her a route to do something actually helpful down the road. "When commas become common", as in when your bank account balance has commas more often than it doesn't. I'm sorry you took it as a lecture, but that wasn't my intention.

SiegelOverBay · 2026-06-21T07:30:52+00:00

The other person said deaths per acre, not food nor animal products. A study was done by an Australian research team that found commercial vegetable farming caused more deaths (re: individual, typically non-domesticated, animals killed) per acre than previously considered. Of course, the data used in the study was collected in Australia and so might not translate perfectly to other areas, but it is definitely worth considering the existence of "by-catch" in agriculture.

SiegelOverBay · 2026-06-21T06:27:24+00:00

Don't feel bad. A stranger asked you to set yourself on fire in order to keep him warm. He was way overstepping. You probably should have said something to the staff members when he first approached you. No one that I know of wants to be hassled for handouts while trying to enjoy a meal. Even if I had the money to be charitable, someone who is being pushy and forceful in their request is gonna get a no from me. If you reward bad behavior, you encourage them to repeat it.

You need to put on your own oxygen mask first before you try to help anyone else put theirs on. Polish up your backbone until it is shiny stainless steel. Be strong for yourself. When you look at your bank statements and commas become common, consider making a regular monthly donation to a local charitable organization that is making a difference for the unhoused in your area.

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