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The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,732 posts)
Wed Feb 8, 2012, 03:51 PM Feb 2012

My cats totally have their undies in a bunch right now.

I'm too lazy to get up to see what's outside that's got them running from window to window, hissing and kind of snorting, but I have to assume it's another cat.

They hate it when other cats walk through the yard. There must be some very strict cat rules about trespassing, because if they could call the cat police they would. There's a neighbor cat who hangs out in the yard, probably hunting the birds I feed, and sometimes he comes and sits on the porch. That really gets my guys going. One day I saw this cat on the porch, standing on his hind legs and looking in the window - thought the guys were going to have a stroke.

The funny thing is that nothing else bothers them. The mailman comes onto the porch, puts stuff in the mailbox, they just flick their ears. People walk by with their dogs, they hardly notice. I think we could be besieged by zombies or velociraptors and the cats would just shrug and say, "Dude, can we eat those?"

But let another cat violate one of those Cat Rules of Real Estate and they behave like Republicans at an OWS encampment - lots of sputtering and snarling.

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My cats totally have their undies in a bunch right now. (Original Post) The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2012 OP
Same story here libodem Feb 2012 #1
Cats are so territorial siligut Feb 2012 #2
Any person that puts undies on their cats should not question their behavior Angry Dragon Feb 2012 #3
But it's so much fun to watch them bunch up. The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2012 #7
I would have gotten up and looked to see what they found interesting Angry Dragon Feb 2012 #8
I finally did - see below. The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2012 #10
Seriously, you weren't curious? Curmudgeoness Feb 2012 #4
I finally did get up and look, and sure enough, The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2012 #6
Well, there you go.... Curmudgeoness Feb 2012 #16
A little while ago, Orchid was going nuts at the front door. baldguy Feb 2012 #5
Orchid is so cute, and odd looking. Curmudgeoness Feb 2012 #17
She's a tiny, little 3-yr-old 65-lb Pit Bull. baldguy Feb 2012 #19
I can see that in the new picture. Curmudgeoness Feb 2012 #20
I love that name! The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2012 #26
The name is sort of a joke. baldguy Feb 2012 #27
The mistake you make is putting undies on them in the first place. yellowcanine Feb 2012 #9
Junk? The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2012 #11
They can't feel a breeze on an empty sac? yellowcanine Feb 2012 #12
They need the undies to conceal the humiliation The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2012 #13
Yes and I and I have noticed that there are SOME cats who trespass JUST to harass yellowcanine Feb 2012 #15
They call it OriginalGeek Feb 2012 #23
My Twilight was like that when Monster was alive and Twilight was low man on the totem pole. After applegrove Feb 2012 #14
My oldest, 19 years old, RUNS to the window to yowl and smack the glass when another kitty dares Arugula Latte Feb 2012 #18
out 3 cat girls go nuts because we have DUCKS WALKING ON THE DECK trueblue2007 Feb 2012 #21
Our cats go natura'l. They despise undies,,,,, benld74 Feb 2012 #22
Why do you dress them in undies? Old Troop Feb 2012 #24
Why not? The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2012 #25
They're at it again. The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2012 #28
i hope your fur babies get some cat nip too!!!! trueblue2007 Mar 2012 #29

libodem

(19,288 posts)
1. Same story here
Wed Feb 8, 2012, 03:58 PM
Feb 2012

Ralphie and I saw the neighbors kitty, Dizzy, in the backyard yesterday, and boy did she growl. I think hers is more learned behavior frwom her brother, Bob. Bob, never turned down a cat chase or fight.

siligut

(12,272 posts)
2. Cats are so territorial
Wed Feb 8, 2012, 03:59 PM
Feb 2012

Neighbor cat is in violation of the kitty code. Funny though, him standing up to peek in the windows. Some cats will make friends with neighbor cats, but yours seem to be content with each other and you.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,732 posts)
10. I finally did - see below.
Thu Feb 9, 2012, 12:04 AM
Feb 2012

It was a cat, just not the cat I thought it would be.

Nothing other than a trespassing cat makes my guys get hysterical like that.

Curmudgeoness

(18,219 posts)
4. Seriously, you weren't curious?
Wed Feb 8, 2012, 08:23 PM
Feb 2012

Inquiring minds want to know. I have to look every time.

Luckily, my cat shrugs at almost everything. Last time, it was a hawk sitting on my bird feeder, just outside the window. I was glad I looked.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,732 posts)
6. I finally did get up and look, and sure enough,
Wed Feb 8, 2012, 11:28 PM
Feb 2012

it was my neighbor's fat brown tabby, and he was rolling in a dried-up patch of catmint.

 

baldguy

(36,649 posts)
5. A little while ago, Orchid was going nuts at the front door.
Wed Feb 8, 2012, 08:34 PM
Feb 2012


I wondered why, maybe she heard someone was coming in? So, I got up to look out the window.

No. The neighbor's cute little black cat was sitting on the bench on my front porch. I think he was just teasing the dog.
 

baldguy

(36,649 posts)
19. She's a tiny, little 3-yr-old 65-lb Pit Bull.
Thu Feb 9, 2012, 12:38 PM
Feb 2012


Thinks she's a puppy small enough to sit on my lap. I can't get her to understand that she isn't, and she's not.

Curmudgeoness

(18,219 posts)
20. I can see that in the new picture.
Thu Feb 9, 2012, 01:05 PM
Feb 2012

It was the angle in the other picture---the snout was so long.

I see that she loves (to destroy) her toys. That ball in the background is in bad shape!

She is gorgeous.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,732 posts)
26. I love that name!
Fri Feb 10, 2012, 05:27 PM
Feb 2012

How did she get named Orchid?

BTW, "the name (orchid) comes from the Greek ὄ???? (órkhis), literally meaning "testicle", because of the shape of the root." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orchidaceae

 

baldguy

(36,649 posts)
27. The name is sort of a joke.
Sat Feb 11, 2012, 02:04 PM
Feb 2012

When I got he from the shelter they'd given her the name "Tasha", which didn't seem to fit. She's a beautiful & delicate little flower. And she needed an appropriate name.

yellowcanine

(35,699 posts)
9. The mistake you make is putting undies on them in the first place.
Wed Feb 8, 2012, 11:58 PM
Feb 2012

Cats don't really like to be constricted like that. They would rather feel the breeze on their junk.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,732 posts)
13. They need the undies to conceal the humiliation
Thu Feb 9, 2012, 12:26 AM
Feb 2012

of that emptiness...

Actually, they seem oblivious to both their loss of manhood and lack of breeze. But they really hate cats who trespass in their (not my) back yard.

yellowcanine

(35,699 posts)
15. Yes and I and I have noticed that there are SOME cats who trespass JUST to harass
Thu Feb 9, 2012, 10:27 AM
Feb 2012

the resident cat. I swear cats are like some people.

applegrove

(118,677 posts)
14. My Twilight was like that when Monster was alive and Twilight was low man on the totem pole. After
Thu Feb 9, 2012, 01:04 AM
Feb 2012

Monster passed, Twilight became friendly with a neighbours cat...I think because she is lonely.

 

Arugula Latte

(50,566 posts)
18. My oldest, 19 years old, RUNS to the window to yowl and smack the glass when another kitty dares
Thu Feb 9, 2012, 12:36 PM
Feb 2012

to enter her space. Woooeeee, she gets MAD. It's so cute to see that tiny little thing get so angry.

trueblue2007

(17,228 posts)
21. out 3 cat girls go nuts because we have DUCKS WALKING ON THE DECK
Thu Feb 9, 2012, 01:38 PM
Feb 2012

WE LIVE ON A HOUSEBOAT AND THEY SEE WILD life. they haven't figured out what racoons are yet.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,732 posts)
28. They're at it again.
Sat Feb 11, 2012, 02:58 PM
Feb 2012

Fat brown tabby from down the block is out in the yard rolling in dried-up dead catnip. The Gang of Fur is not pleased.

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