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Famous about cats

2011-02-03T14:30:00.001-08:00

A cat isn't fussy - just so long as you remember he likes his milk in the shallow, rose-patterned saucer and his fish on the blue plate, from which he will take it, and eat it off the floor.
- Arthur Bridges

A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way.
Mark Twain

Anything not nailed down is a cat toy.
Unknown

Cat: A pygmy lion who loves mice, hates dogs and patronizes human beings.
Oliver Herford

Cats are smarter than dogs. You can't get eight cats to pull a sled through snow.
Jeff Valdez

Cat's motto: No matter what you've done wrong, always try to make it look like the dog did it.
Unknown

Cats names are more for human benefit. They give one a certain degree of confidence that the animal belongs to you.
Alan Ayckbourn "Table Manners"

Cats were put into the world to disprove the dogma that all things were created to serve man.
Paul Gray

Dogs come when they're called; cats take a message and get back to you.
Mary Bly

I love cats because I love my home and after a while they become its visible soul.
Jean Cocteau

If a cat does something, we call it instinct; if we do the same thing, for the same reason, we call it intelligence.

Will Cuppy

If a dog jumps in your lap, it is because he is fond of you; but if a cat does the same thing, it is because your lap is warmer.
Alfred North Whitehead

Most cats, when they are Out want to be In, and vice versa, and often simultaneously.
- Dr Louis J. Camuti

Some people say man is the most dangerous animal on the planet. Obviously those people have never met an angry cat.
Lillian Johnson

The cat could very well be man's best friend but would never stoop to admitting it.
Doug Larson

The cat that is kissing you lovingly, has just devoured a rabbit and has left the entrails under the bed.
Unknown

The cat who looks poorly and sad, has just stolen a carton of cream and is about to be sick in the hall.
Unknown

The real measure of a day's heat is the length of a sleeping cat.
Charles J. Brady

The trouble with a kitten is that when it grows up, it's always a cat.
Ogden Nash.

There are two means of refuge from the misery of life - music and cats.
-Albert Schweitzer

There has never been a cat
Who couldn't calm me down
By walking slowly
Past my chair.
- Rod McKuen

To a cat, "NO!" means "Not while I'm looking".
Unknown

We're staying together for the sake of the cats.
Bumper sticker

You own a dog, but you can only feed a cat.
Unknown

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2011-01-04T17:26:00.000-08:00

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2010-07-18T01:05:00.000-07:00

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Famous Cats

2010-06-20T05:08:00.000-07:00

I'm sure that all of you, if you're cat's lover of course, know well different histories about famous cats in fact and fiction. Here is the list of some of them, I guess, you know perfectly.

Cheshire cat. A cat that could slowly disappear, leaving only its grin behind, as described in Lewis Carroll's novel 'Alice in Wonderland'.

Felix. One of the first great stars of the animated cartoon and the hero of Pat Sullivan's cartoon strip series "Felix the Cat."

Garfield. Striped and bulgy-eyed comic strip cat known for his obnoxious comments, hefty appetite, and lazy lifestyle. Often played nasty tricks on his owner Jon and fellow family pet Odie, the dog.

Hodge. Favorite cat of Dr. Samuel Johnson, who is reputed to have bought fresh oysters personally each day and fed them to his pet.

Lucifer. A black angora, one of many cats that belonged to Cardinal Richelieu of France.

Mehitabel. The inscrutable cat that tells of her former life as Cleopatra in Don Marquis' novel 'the lives and times of archy and mehitabel'.

Morris. Orange-colored finicky and egotistical cat that appeared in a series of television cat food commercials. Although the character was played by a series of similar-looking cats over the years, Morris developed a loyal fan following.

Muessa. The cat so loved by Mohammed that, according to tradition, he cut off his robe rather than disturb the cat, which was sleeping on it.

Pink Panther. Silent, rose-pink-colored, animated feline who made his debut in the 1964 movie 'The Pink Panther'. The panther often matched wits with humans and always managed to escape unharmed but not before leaving turmoil in his wake.

Selima. A real cat that belonged to Horace Walpole. Selima was immortalized by Thomas Gray in the poem "Ode on the Death of a Favorite Cat Drowned in a Tub of Goldfish."

Slippers. A gray cat with six toes on each paw, favored by President Theodore Roosevelt, who is said to have allowed the cat to appear at diplomatic dinners.

Sylvester. Black and white cartoon cat who often sputtered "Sufferin' succotash!" when he was thwarted by his main adversary, Tweety Pie, the canary. Although he tried millions of tricks, he never got the canary and always wound up being the fall guy.

Tobermory. The cat whose ability to speak devastated the guests at a house party in the story "Tobermory," from 'The Chronicles of Clovis', by Saki (H.H. Munro).

Pet's Vital Signs

2010-01-16T20:58:00.000-08:00

No doubt you should keep your pet's vital signs such as Body Temperature, Pulse and Heart Rate, Respiration etc.

Body temperature, heart rate and respiratory rate are collectively termed "vital functions," and are assessments of an animal's state of health. A single measurement of any one of these has limited value, but several measurements over hours or days will tell your vet a lot. Alternating high and low values, called cycles, may correspond among other things to the onset of pain, irregular heart rhythms, or release of bacteria or other substances into the blood. Cycles may determine when blood samples for certain laboratory tests should be drawn or when medications should be administered. If your veterinarian asks you to monitor any of these vital signs, follow the recommended schedule to the best of your ability, and write down your findings.

Feeling the ears or fur for warmth is not an accurate method of determining your cat's body temperature. True, a very high fever will make a cat's ears and fur feel warm, but so will a patch of sunlight or the warmth of a waterbed. To accurately measure body temperature, use a rectal themometer, either a regular glass-mercury type or a digital model from a drug store.

With a standard rectal thermometer, shake down the mercury to a level below 96ºF (35.6ºC). Lubricate the bulb with a small amount of petrolatum or K-Y jelly. Lift your cat's tail and insert the tip of the thermometer into the anus. Push the thermometer forward at an angle approximately parallel to the spine until it is inserted about halfway. If you meet resistance, apply gentle, firm pressure, rotating the tip or modifying the angel until the anal sphincter relaxes and the insertion is complete. Leave the thermometer in place for 1½ to 2 minutes. Protect the thermometer from breaking by holding it in place or cupping your hand around it. Should it break, don't try to remove the fragment. Your cat will probably expel it himself within a short time. Call your veterinarian and let him know the situation, as your cat may need professional assistance.

Newer digital thermometers have the advantage of being unbreakable. They come with disposable, prelubricated plastic sheaths to protect the probe and make cleaning easier. Follow the instructions for use that comes in the package, for these thermometers may differ slightly between manufacturers. The process for insertion, however, is the same as for a glass thermometer.

Some cats show very little resistance to having their temperature checked. Kittens, cantankerous tomcats, and cats with experience to the procedure frequently object. You might have to have an assistant scruff or stretch out your cat to prevent injury and gain his cooperation.

The normal body temperature of a cat is 100.5º to 102.5ºF (38.0º - 39.2ºC). It may register higher if your cat is agitated when you check his temperature. Kittens less than three or four weeks of age cannot regulate their body temperatures well, and require close physical contact with their mother to stay warm. A body temperature of 96ºF (35.6ºC) is essential for normal digestion of milk.

Body temperatures consistently above normal are classified as fever. This is an indication that there is inflammation somewhere in the body. Any form of tissue damage will result in inflammation: trauma, surgery, poison, organ failure or dysfuction, cancer, or infection.

A fever can be a very necessary part of the healing process. Not all fevers are bad. The inflammation associated with surgery is essential to the healing process and often causes a low-grade fever. Fever also prevents the growth of some viruses and bacteria in the body and is a natural defense against disease. This is why antipyretics and antibiotics are not appropriate in all instances of fever. Antibiotics are used to kill bacterial infections. If a fever results from a viral infection, trauma, or surgery, antibiotics may or may not be an appropriate part of your cat's therapy.

Very low body temperatures are usually a grave sign. The inability to maintain a normal body temperature is abnormal in all cats except very young kittens, and requires the immediate attention of your veterinarian.

A pulse is created by a wave of blood as it flows inside a blood vessel. The rhythmic pulse occurs every time the heart beats and pushes the blood forward through the arteries. It is easiest to feel at the arteries that are just under the skin, usually at the femoral artery located on the inside of the thigh. Naturally, detecting the pulse here or anywhere can be very difficult in obese cats. If you place your fingertips on the inside of your cat's upper leg close to the body and move them back and forth, you will feel a thin, cordlike structure. Apply a very light touch and you will feel a slight pulsation. (This does take practice.)

It's much easier to feel the heart beating through the chest wall than to feel the pulse. Hold the chest between your thumb and fingers at the point where the elbow would touch it if it were flexed. To measure the pulse or heart rate, count the number of pulsations of the femoral artery or the heartbeats you feel in 15 seconds and multiply that number by 4. This is roughly the number of beats per minute. The normal value in a cat ranges from 120 to 200 depending on how excited he is.

Compare the numbers that you calculate for pulse and heart rate. They should be the same. In reality, the pulse rate is very difficult to measure even in a normal cat because it is usually so fast and so faint that only veterinarians and their technicians have enough experience to make an accurate count.

In most instances, all your vet will need to know is whether you can detect any pulse at all, either as a sign of life or as a sign of circulatroy failure, usually at the rear limbs in cats.

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About Cats

2009-12-22T01:56:00.000-08:00

Searching through the inet about cats saying an quotation I've found a lots and that's no wonder! This domestic animal is still the most, enigmatic one provoking permanent interest all ages though it is next by man. Why and is there any explanation of such phenomenon? There are many books, articles and scientific research but the the question is settled.

It is impossible to keep a straight face in the presence of one or more kittens. ~Cynthia E. Varnado

In order to keep a true perspective of one's importance, everyone should have a dog that will worship him and a cat that will ignore him. ~Dereke Bruce

There are few things in life more heartwarming than to be welcomed by a cat. ~Tay Hohoff

If cats could talk, they wouldn't. ~Nan Porter

There are two means of refuge from the misery of life - music and cats. ~Albert Schweitzer

A catless writer is almost inconceivable. It's a perverse taste, really, since it would be easier to write with a herd of buffalo in the room than even one cat; they make nests in the notes and bite the end of the pen and walk on the typewriter keys. ~Barbara Holland

If animals could speak, the dog would be a blundering outspoken fellow; but the cat would have the rare grace of never saying a word too much. ~Mark Twain

Cats are rather delicate creatures and they are subject to a good many ailments, but I never heard of one who suffered from insomnia. ~Joseph Wood Krutch

The cat could very well be man's best friend but would never stoop to admitting it. ~Doug Larson

There is something about the presence of a cat... that seems to take the bite out of being alone. ~Louis J. Camuti

As every cat owner knows, nobody owns a cat. ~Ellen Perry Berkeley

The problem with cats is that they get the exact same look on their face whether they see a moth or an axe-murderer. ~Paula Poundstone

Cats can work out mathematically the exact place to sit that will cause most inconvenience. ~Pam Brown

After scolding one's cat one looks into its face and is seized by the ugly suspicion that it understood every word. And has filed it for reference. ~Charlotte Gray

A cat can be trusted to purr when she is pleased, which is more than can be said for human beings. ~William Ralph Inge

The reason cats climb is so that they can look down on almost every other animal - it's also the reason they hate birds. ~K.C. Buffington

A cat is an example of sophistication minus civilization. ~Author Unknown

There has never been a cat
Who couldn't calm me down
By walking slowly
Past my chair.
~Rod McKuen

Your cat will never threaten your popularity by barking at three in the morning. He won't attack the mailman or eat the drapes, although he may climb the drapes to see how the room looks from the ceiling. ~Helen Powers

Cats do care. For example they know instinctively what time we have to be at work in the morning and they wake us up twenty minutes before the alarm goes off. ~Michael Nelson

When I play with my cat, who knows if I am not a pastime to her more than she is to me? ~Michel de Montaigne, Essays, 1580

Kittens are born with their eyes shut. They open them in about six days, take a look around, then close them again for the better part of their lives. ~Stephen Baker

I had been told that the training procedure with cats was difficult. It's not. Mine had me trained in two days. ~Bill Dana

If there is one spot of sun spilling onto the floor, a cat will find it and soak it up. ~J.A. McIntosh

No amount of time can erase the memory of a good cat, and no amount of masking tape can ever totally remove his fur from your couch. ~Leo Dworken

It doesn't do to be sentimental about cats; the best ones don't respect you for it. ~Susan Howatch

A dog, I have always said, is prose; a cat is a poem. ~Jean Burden

The cat is the only animal without visible means of support who still manages to find a living in the city. ~Carl van Vechten

There's no need for a piece of sculpture in a home that has a cat. ~Wesley Bates

If the pull of the outside world is strong, there is also a pull towards the human. The cat may disappear on its own errands, but sooner or later, it returns once again for a little while, to greet us with its own type of love. ~Lloyd Alexander

One is never sure, watching two cats washing each other, whether it's affection, the taste, or a trial run for the jugular. ~Helen Thomson

I believe cats to be spirits come to earth. A cat, I am sure, could walk on a cloud without coming through. ~Jules Verne

A cat pours his body on the floor like water. ~William Lyon Phelps

There is no more intrepid explorer than a kitten. ~Jules Champfleury

A cat improves the garden wall in sunshine, and the hearth in foul weather. ~Judith Merkle Riley

A cat's got her own opinion of human beings. She don't say much, but you can tell enough to make you anxious not to hear the whole of it. ~Jerome K. Jerome

I wish I could write as mysterious as a cat. ~Edgar Allan Poe

The cat seldom interferes with other people's rights. His intelligence keeps him from doing many of the fool things that complicate life. ~Carl Van Vechten

Cats come and go without ever leaving. ~Martha Curtis

Cats seem to go on the principle that it never does any harm to ask for what you want. ~Joseph Wood Krutch

You will always be lucky if you know how to make friends with strange cats. ~Proverb

The ideal of calm exists in a sitting cat. ~Jules Reynard

Are we really sure the purring is coming from the kitty and not from our very own hearts? ~Emme Woodhull-Bдche, translated

Dogs come when they're called; cats take a message and get back to you later. ~Mary Bly

The cat is the only animal which accepts the comforts but rejects the bondage of domesticity. ~Georges Louis Leclerc de Buffon

The city of cats and the city of men exist one inside the other, but they are not the same city. ~Italo Calvino

If you are allergic to a thing, it is best not to put that thing in your mouth, particularly if the thing is cats. ~Lemony Snicket

My cat speaks sign language with her tail. ~Robert A. Stern

Some people say that cats are sneaky, evil, and cruel. True, and they have many other fine qualities as well. ~Missy Dizick

In ancient times cats were worshipped as gods; they have not forgotten this. ~Terry Pratchett

Authors like cats because they are such quiet, lovable, wise creatures, and cats like authors for the same reasons. ~Robertson Davies

The cat is domestic only as far as suits its own ends. ~Saki

Cats are intended to teach us that not everything in nature has a purpose. ~Garrison Keillor

Most cats, when they are Out want to be In, and vice versa, and often simultaneously. ~Louis J. Camuti

Kittens believe that all nature is occupied with their diversion. ~F.A. Paradis de Moncrif

What greater gift than the love of a cat? ~Charles Dickens

Before a cat will condescend
To treat you as a trusted friend,
Some little token of esteem
Is needed, like a dish of cream.
~T.S. Eliot

People that hate cats will come back as mice in their next life. ~Faith Resnick

Most of us rather like our cats to have a streak of wickedness. I should not feel quite easy in the company of any cat that walked about the house with a saintly expression. ~Beverly Nichols

Kittens are angels with whiskers. ~Author Unknown

Even if you have just destroyed a Ming Vase, purr. Usually all will be forgiven. ~Lenny Rubenstein

You see, wire telegraph is a kind of a very, very long cat. You pull his tail in New York and his head is meowing in Los Angeles. Do you understand this? And radio operates exactly the same way: you send signals here, they receive them there. The only difference is that there is no cat. ~Albert Einstein

Purring would seem to be, in her case, an automatic safety valve device for dealing with happiness overflow. ~Monica Edwards

It is in the nature of cats to do a certain amount of unescorted roaming. ~Adlai Stevenson

A cat bitten once by a snake dreads even rope. ~Arab Proverb

Cats have intercepted my footsteps at the ankle for so long that my gait, both at home and on tour, has been compared to that of a man wading through low surf. ~Roy Blount, Jr.

Like a graceful vase, a cat, even when motionless, seems to flow. ~George F. Will

When your kitty purrs to you, doesn't it break your heart that you can't purr back? ~Candea Core-Starke

You own a dog but you feed a cat. ~Jenny de Vries

Everything I know I learned from my cat: When you're hungry, eat. When you're tired, nap in a sunbeam. When you go to the vet's, pee on your owner. ~Gary Smith

Sometimes he curls up on my pillow during the night and I don't know he's there until I yawn and my mouth closes on a whisker. ~Astrid Alauda

A cat isn't fussy - just so long as you remember he likes his milk in the shallow, rose-patterned saucer and his fish on the blue plate. From which he will take it, and eat it off the floor. ~Arthur Bridges

Some circumstantial evidence is very strong, as when you find a trout in the milk. ~Henry David Thoreau

There is no snooze button on a cat who wants breakfast. ~Author Unknown

Kittens can happen to anyone. ~Paul Gallico

It is impossible for a lover of cats to banish these alert, gentle, and discriminating little friends, who give us just enough of their regard and complaisance to make us hunger for more. ~Agnes Repplier

No heaven will not ever Heaven be
Unless my cats are there to welcome me.
~Author Unknown

The cat is the animal to whom the Creator gave the biggest eye, the softest fur, the most supremely delicate nostrils, a mobile ear, an unrivaled paw and a curved claw borrowed from the rose-tree. ~Colette

A cat is the only domestic animal I know who toilet trains itself and does a damned impressive job of it. ~Joseph Epstein

Cats conspire to keep us at arm's length. ~Frank Perkins

I have studied many philosophers and many cats. The wisdom of cats is infinitely superior. ~Hippolyte Taine

There is, incidentally, no way of talking about cats that enables one to come off as a sane person. ~Dan Greenberg

Although all cat games have their rules and rituals, these vary with the individual player. The cat, of course, never breaks a rule. If it does not follow precedent, that simply means it has created a new rule and it is up to you to learn it quickly if you want the game to continue. ~Sidney Denham

People who love cats have some of the biggest hearts around. ~Susan Easterly

Prowling his own quiet backyard or asleep by the fire, he is still only a whisker away from the wilds. ~Jean Burden

The trouble with a kitten is that
Eventually it becomes a cat.
~Ogden Nash

Cats can be cooperative when something feels good, which, to a cat, is the way everything is supposed to feel as much of the time as possible. ~Roger Caras

The man who carries a cat by the tail learns something that can be learned in no other way. ~Mark Twain

When you're used to hearing purring and suddenly it's gone, it's hard to silence the blaring sound of sadness. ~Missy Altijd

Any conditioned cat-hater can be won over by any cat who chooses to make the effort. ~Paul Corey

Keep an eye on the cat and another on the frying pan. ~Proverb

Cats are dangerous companions for writers because cat watching is a near-perfect method of writing avoidance. ~Dan Greenburg

Psychologists now recognize that the need in some people to have a dozen cats is really a sublimated desire to have two dozen cats. ~Robert Brault, www.robertbrault.com

It always gives me a shiver when I see a cat seeing what I can't see. ~Eleanor Farjeon

Way down deep, we're all motivated by the same urges. Cats have the courage to live by them. ~Jim Davis

Cats speak a subtle language in which few sounds carry many meanings, depending on how they are sung or purred. "Mnrhnh" means comfortable soft chairs. It also means fish. It means genial companionship... and the absence of dogs. ~Val Schaffner

People that don't like cats haven't met the right one yet. ~Deborah A. Edwards

Another cat? Perhaps. For love there is also a season; its seeds must be resown. But a family cat is not replaceable like a wornout coat or a set of tires. Each new kitten becomes its own cat, and none is repeated. I am four cats old, measuring out my life in friends that have succeeded but not replaced one another. ~Irving Townsend

I love cats because I love my home and after a while they become its visible soul. ~Jean Cocteau

By and large, people who enjoy teaching animals to roll over will find themselves happier with a dog. ~Barbara Holland

You cannot look at a sleeping cat and feel tense. ~Jane Pauley

If by chance I seated myself to write, she very slyly, very tenderly, seeking protection and caresses, would softly take her place on my knee and follow the comings and goings of my pen -sometimes effacing, with an unintentional stroke of her paw, lines of whose tenor she disapproved. ~Pierre Loti

You can keep a dog; but it is the cat who keeps people, because cats find humans useful domestic animals. ~George Mikes

I named my kitten Rose - fur soft as a petal, claws sharper than thorns. ~Astrid Alauda

If he is comic, it is only because of the incongruity of so demure a look and so wild a heart. ~Alan Devoe

To err is human, to purr is feline. ~Robert Byrne

Cat lovers can readily be identified. Their clothes always look old and well used. Their sheets look like bath towels and their bath towels look like a collection of knitting mistakes. ~Eric Gurney

The cat loves fish, but she's loath to wet her feet. ~Proverb

Do you see that kitten chasing so prettily her own tail? If you could look with her eyes, you might see her surrounded with hundreds of figures performing complex dramas, with tragic and comic issues, long conversations, many characters, many ups and downs of fate. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

I don't think it is so much the actual bath that most cats dislike; I think it's the fact that they have to spend a good part of the day putting their hair back in place. ~Debbie Peterson

The way to keep a cat is to try to chase it away. ~E.W. Howe

Those who play with cats must expect to be scratched. ~Proverb

To bathe a cat takes brute force, perseverance, courage of conviction - and a cat. The last ingredient is usually hardest to come by. ~Stephen Baker

I pet her and she pays me back in purrs. ~Star Richйs

Cats are the ultimate narcissists. You can tell this because of all the time they spend on personal grooming. Dogs aren't like this. A dog's idea of personal grooming is to roll on a dead fish. ~James Gorman

The best kind of alarm clock is the purring kind. ~Alexis F. Hope

Cats as a class, have never completely got over the snootiness caused by that fact that in Ancient Egypt they were worshipped as gods. ~P.G. Wodehouse

Some people say man is the most dangerous animal on the planet. Obviously those people have never met an angry cat. ~Lillian Johnson

Time spent with cats is never wasted. ~May Sarton

A cat is a lion in a jungle of small bushes. ~Indian Proverb

People meeting for the first time suddenly relax if they find they both have cats. And plunge into anecdote. ~Charlotte Gray

Any household with at least one feline member has no need for an alarm clock. ~Louise A. Belcher

Who would believe such pleasure from a wee ball o' fur? ~Irish Saying

Dogs have owners, cats have staff. ~Author Unknown

One must love a cat on its own terms. ~Paul Gray

The sun rose slowly, like a fiery furball coughed up uneasily onto a sky-blue carpet by a giant unseen cat. ~Michael McGarel

A kitten is the most irresistible comedian in the world. Its wide-open eyes gleam with wonder and mirth. It darts madly at nothing at all, and then, as though suddenly checked in the pursuit, prances sideways on its hind legs with ridiculous agility and zeal. ~Agnes Repplier

Dogs eat. Cats dine. ~Ann Taylor

She clawed her way into my heart and wouldn't let go. ~Missy Altijd

Of all the toys available, none is better designed than the owner himself. A large multipurpose plaything, its parts can be made to move in almost any direction. It comes completely assembled, and it makes a sound when you jump on it. ~Stephen Baker

No matter how much the cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens. ~Abraham Lincoln

The dog may be wonderful prose, but only the cat is poetry. ~French Proverb

The cat has always been associated with the moon. Like the moon it comes to life at night, escaping from humanity and wandering over housetops with its eyes beaming out through the darkness. ~Patricia Dale-Green

Ignorant people think it is the noise which fighting cats make that is so aggravating, but it ain't so; it is the sickening grammar that they use. ~Mark Twain

Cats never strike a pose that isn't photogenic. ~Lillian Jackson Braun

Who hath a better friend than a cat? ~William Hardwin

Nobody who is not prepared to spoil cats will get from them the reward they are able to give to those who do spoil them. ~Compton MacKenzie

A cat is a puzzle for which there is no solution. ~Hazel Nicholson

Always the cat remains a little beyond the limits we try to set for him in our blind folly. ~Andre Norton

When a cat chooses to be friendly, it's a big deal, because a cat is picky. ~Mike Deupree

If purring could be encapsulated, it'd be the most powerful anti-depressant on the pharmaceutical market. ~Alexis F. Hope

He liked companionship, but he wouldn't be petted, or fussed over, or sit in anyone's lap a moment; he always extricated himself from such familiarity with dignity and with no show of temper. If there was any petting to be done, however, he chose to do it. Often he would sit looking at me, and then, moved by a delicate affection, come and pull at my coat and sleeve until he could touch my face with his nose, and then go away contented. ~Charles Dudley Warner

Even overweight, cats instinctively know the cardinal rule: when fat, arrange yourself in slim poses. ~John Weitz

In the middle of a world that had always been a bit mad, the cat walks with confidence. ~Rosanne Amberson

Our perfect companions never have fewer than four feet. ~Colette

The cat does not offer services. The cat offers itself. Of course he wants care and shelter. You don't buy love for nothing. Like all pure creatures, cats are practical. ~William S. Burroughs

One cat just leads to another. ~Ernest Hemingway

Women, poets, and especially artists, like cats; delicate natures only can realize their sensitive systems. ~Helen M. Winslow

Most beds sleep up to six cats. Ten cats without the owner. ~Stephen Baker

A cat is a tiger that is fed by hand. ~Proverb

I put down my book, The Meaning of Zen, and see the cat smiling into her fur as she delicately combs it with her rough pink tongue. "Cat, I would lend you this book to study but it appears you have already read it." She looks up and gives me her full gaze. "Don't be ridiculous," she purrs, "I wrote it." ~Dilys Laing, "Miao"

Who among us hasn't envied a cat's ability to ignore the cares of daily life and to relax completely? ~Karen Brademeyer

Cats only pretend to be domesticated if they think there's a bowl of milk in it for them. ~Robin Williams

Every dog has his day - but the nights are reserved for the cats. ~Author Unknown

A kitten is so flexible that she is almost double; the hind parts are equivalent to another kitten with which the forepart plays. She does not discover that her tail belongs to her until you tread on it. ~Henry David Thoreau

Your cat may never have to hunt farther than the kitchen counter for its supper nor face a predator more fierce than the vacuum cleaner. ~Barbara L. Diamond

One of the most striking differences between a cat and a lie is that a cat has only nine lives. ~Mark Twain

A meow massages the heart. ~Stuart McMillan

The domestic cat seems to have greater confidence in itself than in anyone else. ~Lawrence N. Johnson

If a dog jumps into your lap, it is because he is fond of you; but if a cat does the same thing, it is because your lap is warmer. ~Alfred North Whitehead

Cats are to dogs what modern people are to the people we used to have. Cats are slimmer, cleaner, more attractive, disloyal, and lazy. It's easy to understand why the cat has eclipsed the dog as modern America's favorite pet. People like pets to possess the same qualities they do. Cats are irresponsible and recognize no authority, yet are completely dependent on others for their material needs. Cats cannot be made to do anything useful. Cats are mean for the fun of it. In fact, cats possess so many of the same qualities as some people (expensive girlfriends, for instance) that it's often hard to tell the people and the cats apart. ~P.J. O'Rourke, Modern Manners

It's really the cat's house - we just pay the mortgage. ~Author Unknown

Cats are notoriously sore losers. Coming in second best, especially to someone as poorly coordinated as a human being, grates their sensibility. ~Stephen Baker

Does the father figure in your cat's life ever clean the litter box? My husband claims that men lack the scooping gene. ~Barbara L. Diamond

If I tried to tell you how much I love my cats, you wouldn't believe me - unless your heart is also meow-shaped and covered in stray fur. ~Lexie Saige

Some people have cats and go on to lead normal lives. ~Author Unknown

Cats have an infallible understanding of total concentration - and get between you and it. ~Arthur Bridges

Four little Persians, but only one looked in my direction. I extended a tentative finger and two soft paws clung to it. There was a contented sound of purring, I suspect on both our parts. ~George Freedley

We should be careful to get out of an experience only the wisdom that is in it and stop there, lest we be like the cat that sits down on a hot stove-lid. She will never sit down on a hot stove-lid again, and that is well; but also she will never sit down on a cold one anymore. ~Mark Twain

I have noticed that what cats most appreciate in a human being is not the ability to produce food which they take for granted, but his or her entertainment value. ~Author Unknown

It is remarkable, in cats, that the outer life they reveal to their masters is one of perpetual boredom. ~Robley Wilson, Jr.

He swings from the chandelier, he paws my peanut butter, and he knocks over my drink in the most unfortunate places in the house - but I still love him like crazy. It's like a hairball in my heart. ~Audra Foveo-Alba

The smart cat doesn't let on that he is. ~H.G. Frommer

If I called her she would pretend not to hear, but would come a few moments later when it could appear that she had thought of doing so first. ~Arthur Weigall

I am as vigilant as a cat to steal cream. ~William Shakespeare, Henry IV

A beating heart and an angel's soul, covered in fur. ~Lexie Saige

If we treated everyone we meet with the same affection we bestow upon our favorite cat, they, too, would purr. ~Martin Buxbaum

The cat was created when the lion sneezed. ~Arabian Proverb

The cat is above all things, a dramatist. ~Margaret Benson

Meow is like aloha - it can mean anything. ~Hank Ketchum

An ordinary kitten will ask more questions than any five year old. ~Carl Van Vechten

Cats were put into the world to disprove the dogma that all things were created to serve man. ~Paul Gray

If the claws didn't retract, cats would be like Velcro. ~Bruce Fogle

A cat determined not to be found can fold itself up like a pocket handkerchief if it wants to. ~Louis J. Camuti

Most cats do not approach humans recklessly. The possibility of concealed weapons, clods or sticks, tend to make them reserved. Homeless cats in particular - with some justification, unfortunately - consider humans their natural enemies. Much ceremony must be observed, and a number of diplomatic feelers put out, before establishing a state of truce. ~Lloyd Alexander

God made the cat in order that man might have the pleasure of caressing the lion. ~Fernand Mery

When a cat speaks, it's because it has something to say, unlike humans who are the great refuse containers of speech. ~V.L. Allineare

Cats are smarter than dogs. You can't get eight cats to pull a sled through snow. ~Jeff Valdez

If only cats grew into kittens. ~R. Stern

If there were to be a universal sound depicting peace, I would surely vote for the purr. ~Barbara L. Diamond

Cats on Vintage Postcards

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Usually such postcards had been creating by amateur artists, but most of plots are so touching and funny.

The Nabour

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Growltiger's Last Stand Lyrics

2009-08-04T18:28:00.000-07:00

Growltiger was a Bravo Cat who travelled on a barge
In fact he was the roughest cat that ever roamed at large
From Gravesend up to Oxford he pursued his evil aims
Rejoicing in his title of The Terror of the Thames

His manners and appearance did not calculate to please
His coat was torn and seedy, he was baggy at the knees
One ear was somewhat missing, no need to tell you why
And he scowled upon a hostile world from one forbidding eye

"Flying cats" by Alexander Klevan

The cottagers of Rotherhithe knew something of his fame
At Hammersmith and Putney people shuddered at his name
They would fortify the henhouse, lock up the silly goose
When the rumour ran along the shore: Growltiger's on the loose!

Woe to the weak canary that fluttered from its cage
Woe to the pampered Pekinese that faced Growltiger's rage
Woe to the bristly bandicoot that lurked on foreign ships
And woe to any cat with whom Growltiger came to grips!

But most to cats of foreign race his hatred had been vowed
To cats of foreign name and race no quarter was allowed
The Persian and the Siamese regarded him with fear
Because it was a Siamese had mauled his missing ear

Now on a peaceful summer night all nature seemed at play
The tender moon was shining bright, the barge at Molsey lay
All in the balmy moonlight it lay rocking on the tide
And Growltiger was disposed to show his sentimental side

Growltiger's bucko mate Grumbskin long since had disappered
For to the Bell at Hampton he had gone to wet his beard
And his bosun Tumblebrutus, he too had stolen away
In the yard behind the Lion he was prowling for his prey

In the forepeak of the vessel Growltiger sat alone
Concentrating his attention on the lady Griddlebone
And his raffish crew were sleeping in their barrels and their bunks
As the Siamese came creeping in their sampans and their junks

Growltiger had no eye or ear for aught but Griddlebone
And the lady seemed enraptured by his manly baritone
Disposed to relaxation and awaiting no surprise
But the moonlight shone reflected from a thousand bright blue eyes

And closer still and closer the sampans circled round
And yet from all the enemy there was not heard a sound
The foe was armed with toasting forks and cruel carving knives
And the lovers sang their last duet in danger of their lives

Oh, how well I remember the Old Bull and Bush
Where we used to go down on a Sattadau night
Where, when anythink happened, it come with a rush
For the boss, Mr. Clark, he was very polite

A very nice house, from basement to garret
A very nice house. Ah, but it was the parret
The parret, the parret named Billy M'Caw
That brought all those folk to the bar
Ah, he was the life of the bar!
Of a Saturday night, we was all feeling bright
And Lily La Rose - the barmaid that was

She'd say, "Billy, Billy M'Caw!
Come give us, come give us a dance on the bar!"
And Billy would dance on the bar
And Billy would dance on the bar
And then we'd feel balmy, in each eye a tear
And emotion would make us all order more beer

Lily, she was a girl what had brains in her head
She wouldn't have nothing, no, not that much said
If it come to an argument or a dispute
She'd settle it offhand with the toe of her boot

Or as likely as not put a fist through your eye
But when we was happy, and just a bit dry
Or when we was thirsty, and just a bit sad
She would rap on the bar with that corkscrew she had

And say "Billy, Billy M'Caw!
Come give us a tune on your pastoral flute!"
And Billy'd strike up on his pastoral flute
And Billy'd strike up on his pastoral flute
And then we'd feel balmy, in each eye a tear
And emotion would make us all order more beer

"Billy, Billy M'Caw!
Come give us a tune on your moley guitar!"
And Billy'd strike up on his moley guitar
And Billy'd strike up on his moley guitar
And then we'd feel balmy, in each eye a tear
And emotion would make us all order more beer

Billy, Billy M'Caw!
Come give us a tune on your moley guitar!
Ah! He was the life of the bar.

Then Gilbert gave the signal to his fierce Mongolian horde
With a frightful burst of fireworks, the Chinks they swarmed aboard

Then Griddlebone she gave a screech, for she was badly skeered
I am sorry to admit it
But she quickly disappeared
She probably escaped with ease
I'm sure she was not drowned
But a serried ring of flashing steel Growltiger did surround

The ruthless foe pressed forward in stubborn rank on rank
Growltiger to his vast surprise was forced to walk the plank
He who a hundred victims had driven to that drop
At the end of all his crimes was forced to go kerflip kerflop

Oh there was joy in Wapping when the news flew through the land
At Maidenhead and Henley there was dancing on the Strand
Rats were roasted whole at Brentford and Victoria Dock
And a day of celebrations was commanded in Bangkok

"These modern productions are all very well
But there's nothing to equal, from what I hear tell
That moment of mystery when I made history . . "

Grizabella Glamour Cat

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Remark the Cat who hesitates towards you
In the light of the door which opens on her like a grin
You see the border of her coat is torn and stained with sand
And you see the corner of her eye twist like a crooked pin

watrecolor by Alexander Klevan

Grizabella the Glamour Cat
Grizabella the Glamour Cat
Who would ever suppose that that
Was Grizabella the Glamour Cat?

She haunted many a low resort
Near the grimy road of Tottenham Court
She flitted about the No-Man's Land
From "The Rising Sun" to "The Friend at Hand"
And the postman sighed as he scratched his head
"You really had thought she ought to be dead
And who would ever suppose that that
Was Grizabella the Glamour Cat!"

Grizabella the Glamour Cat
Grizabella the Glamour Cat
Who would ever suppose that that
Was Grizabella the Glamour Cat

Midnight, not a sound from the pavement
Has the moon lost her memory?
She is smiling alone
In the lamplight the withered leaves collect at my feet
And the wind begins to moan

Unknown Cat on the Roof

2009-07-24T04:32:00.000-07:00

But we call him - Begemot:-)

Cats Postcards

2007-04-28T12:24:00.000-07:00

Welcome to the new blog with different kind of cat's postcards.