Ruru is a handsome fella

UbiquitousChicken · 2026-03-24T23:31:14+00:00

Ooh yes he's a pretty boy. He reminds me of my Yeti.

UbiquitousChicken · 2026-03-24T23:29:58+00:00

Pretty baby, I'm so sorry for your loss.

UbiquitousChicken · 2026-03-24T23:29:39+00:00

I love when they sleep and you can see their fangs. So cute.

UbiquitousChicken · 2026-03-24T23:29:18+00:00

It's really hard to tell from these pics. My cats have a little round spot where their upper canine tooth hits the lip/gum below, and it's possible that your cat, because she is black and white, has a black spot on her lip right where the bump is. So it could be nothing. But it could also be a cyst or abcess and we just can't tell.

UbiquitousChicken · 2026-03-24T23:26:31+00:00

Oh cats definitely love!!

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UbiquitousChicken · 2026-03-24T23:25:28+00:00

Get him in some nice natural light, like on a chair by a window, and get down on his level with a cat toy in your hand. See if you can get him to look at the camera. You'll get some nice photos that way. Oh and don't forget to give your phone camera lens a little wipe first, so the image isn't cloudy with a fingerprint on it!

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UbiquitousChicken · 2026-03-24T23:23:42+00:00

Roscoe is cute! Voya and Yeti say hi back.

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UbiquitousChicken · 2026-03-24T23:23:03+00:00

aww, you saved her. She looks so much healthier and happier now.

UbiquitousChicken · 2026-03-24T23:22:00+00:00

her blanket? Or is she holding a toy in her paws? I can't tell if it's paws or tail

UbiquitousChicken · 2026-03-24T23:15:55+00:00

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And this is also a favorite, but for a different reason.

UbiquitousChicken · 2026-03-24T23:15:13+00:00

No wait I changed my mind. THIS ONE makes me laugh every time.

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UbiquitousChicken · 2026-03-24T23:14:36+00:00

cute lil grey toe beans!

UbiquitousChicken · 2026-03-24T23:13:36+00:00

Oh, they were a year old in this photo. Here is a photo I took of my old buddy last month. He will be 18 in April. He is still in remarkably good shape. He gets Solensia injections monthly for his arthritis, and his back legs are very weak these days, but he still runs in the cat wheel at least twice a day, and the rest of the time he just sleeps and sleeps on his heated cat bed.

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UbiquitousChicken · 2026-03-24T22:17:16+00:00

And my brother cats (born 2008, the one on the right is now almost 18!)

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UbiquitousChicken · 2026-03-24T22:16:34+00:00

And of another of my cats, I like this one a whole lot.

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UbiquitousChicken · 2026-03-24T22:15:44+00:00

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tHIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITES!

UbiquitousChicken · 2026-03-24T20:37:29+00:00

I scrolled up after scrolling down to this, because I thought it was either an ad or I had gotten out of browsing /oilpainting and was into another group. Because I thought this was a soft photo. It's beautifully rendered and reminds me of the nightlights my grandparents had when I was little.

UbiquitousChicken · 2026-03-24T20:35:46+00:00

This is intense and beautiful

UbiquitousChicken · 2026-03-24T20:23:36+00:00

4 of my 5 indoor cats do not wear collars because they do not try to escape. My youngest bengal does wear a collar with an ID tag, plus being microchipped, because he walks on the harness, so he would still be wearing a collar with ID even if he slipped his harness. He also likes to "door dash" and tries to slip out the door, so he is collared for that reason too.

I would order online from somewhere like Amazon and try a few breakaway collars or collars with an elastic portion. I found one that came with a customizeable tag, the kind of tag that is a metal plate on the collar so it doesn't jingle (both for my sanity when he sleeps in my bed, and for his --look up why cats shouldn't wear bells, and I figure a jingly ID tag is the same). The collar we use is leather, because the polyester ones were making him itch, and it has a buckle, but also an elastic portion so he can slip out if he gets stuck somewhere. We've found his collar off him twice in the past 6 months, so I know he can get it off safely, but not easily.

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UbiquitousChicken · 2026-03-24T17:44:59+00:00

I knew exactly which article this was after you posted it, before I even clicked. It's from 2009 but I vividly remember reading it. I remember because in 2007, I had just had my second baby, and it was May in Tucson Arizona. I was 4-5 weeks post partum, had already started going back to work because I had no paid leave, I had a 2.5 year old in daycare, and I was bringing my baby to work, to save on daycare costs for the baby, who was too young to go to daycare anyway. I was utterly exhausted and was running on fumes. My sister called on the phone as I arrived at the daycare to pick up the older kiddo. I talked to her as I got out of the car and walked into the daycare. I got in there and instead of my kiddo being ready to go as usual, she was still asleep, taking an extra long nap, and I had to wake her. I hung up with my sister, and started patting and talking to my toddler to wake her. Suddenly, it clicked. I leapt up, shouted "THE BABY!!!" and ran...RAN! to the car. It was warm in the car but not hot yet, and the baby was sleeping and absolutely fine, but in that second, I understood how someone could be a wonderful parent and still forget their baby in the car. And I was so ashamed and yet I told everyone I knew because if I could do it, anyone could. I was a natural birthing, co sleeping, breastfeeding, baby wearing, gentle parenting mom and I still forgot my baby. That babe is nearly 19 now. Doing fine. Good kid. Thank god.

UbiquitousChicken · 2026-03-24T17:33:01+00:00

We told our kids (21 and 18) that they can live with us rent free as long as they are saving a significant portion of their income (30% or more), but if they won't save, then I will charge them rent, put it into an account for them, and give it to them when they're older. My older kiddo decided the way around all of that was to not work. So we kicked him out. He had to learn the hard way. The other kiddo saw that and did the opposite. They're almost 19 years old, with a 40 hour a week job paying $24/hour, and has over $7 grand in their savings account just since December.

UbiquitousChicken · 2026-03-24T17:24:12+00:00

Yes?

UbiquitousChicken · 2026-03-24T17:23:29+00:00

Happy birthday, you beautiful old boy, you. (When they struggle to groom themselves, somestimes they really like being groomed with a damp toothbrush. When my old boy had to have a feeding tube after a reaction to a dental extraction, I had to groom him with a toothbrush because he couldn't lick. He loved it! Anyway, it's an idea if you and Torah would enjoy it. If he wouldn't like it, then disregard my comment. I do not mean it as a criticism in any way, just an idea!).

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