The Cat Megathread

[Liep]

Pretty cat. It looks worried though, like it's saying: "Maybe you should tone it down to just 5 cups a day."

[CountDeMoney]

That cat physically externalizes all of Martinus' internalized neuroses.  Look at that poor guy, all disheveled, brow furrowed all to shit.   

[Martinus]

That cat physically externalizes all of Martinus' internalized neuroses.  Look at that poor guy, all disheveled, brow furrowed all to shit.   

He is pretty neurotic, histrionic and can turn nasty. Just like his daddy.

[Norgy]

 

But like he's daddy, he's a handsome boy. I love that red long fur. Looks very cuddly.

Monsen was gone for four days this week. Probably locked in someone's garage. He came back, and there was much rejoicing.

[Archy]

I'd have a mewcchiato ^please!

[Martinus]

I'd have a mewcchiato ^please!

[CountDeMoney]

Cats outnumber people on this mysterious 'Cat Island'
Morning Mix
Washington Post




The Internet has long had a love affair with cats — and now has cat-loving tourists flocking to a small, remote island in southern Japan where cats outnumber humans six to one.

Take that, cat cafe!

Home to more than 120 feral cats, Aoshima Island has no stores and no cars. It has one ferry, running twice per day, carrying a limit of 34 daily visitors, as Reuters reported.

"I seldom carried tourists before," ferry captain Nobuyuki Ninomiya told the Japan Daily Press. "Now I carry tourists every week, even though the only thing we have to offer is cats."

"Cat Island," as the locals call it, was once home to 900 people in 1945. Today, it's home mostly to pensioners who didn't seek work elsewhere after World War II.

The cats were first brought to the island to deal with the mouse population that would swarm fishing boats. According to the Japan Daily Press, the feline population began to increase about a decade ago when the human population declined and there wasn't anyone to keep the cats from breeding. Today, as few as 10 of the cats are neutered.

"There is a ton of cats here, then there was this sort of cat witch who came out to feed the cats, which was quite fun," 27-year-old visitor Makiko Yamasaki told Reuters. "So I'd want to come again."

Aoshima Island is not the only cat island in Japan. Here's a list.
http://en.rocketnews24.com/2014/04/05/the-11-cat-islands-of-japan-%E3%80%90photos%E3%80%91/

Lots of pics of Puddy Tat Island here:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/03/03/cats-outnumber-people-on-this-mysterious-cat-island/?tid=pm_national_pop

[Eddie Teach]

That's a lot of gingers. 

[Syt]

I wonder what it smells like there.

[Valmy]

I wonder what it smells like there.

Litter box island

[Syt]

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[Solmyr]

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[Norgy]

Lots of pics of Puddy Tat Island here:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/03/03/cats-outnumber-people-on-this-mysterious-cat-island/?tid=pm_national_pop

Man, that's a lot of feline looks of disapproval on that image you posted. 

[Rex Francorum]

Cat purring generator: http://mynoise.net/NoiseMachines/catPurrNoiseGenerator.php

Awesome. 

[MadBurgerMaker]

Aw man, this sucks pretty hard.  About five years ago, I rescued a little grey puffball kitten from some bushes in front of my bedroom window (he was being loud).  We couldn't acquire any more cats, so I gave him to my mom, who loves them, and loved this little guy.  He cuddles with her and all that, she's not alone in her house anymore, etcetc.

Anyway, now the bad part:  Bandit just had his second surgery in two years for some sort of crystals in his bladder, and it really doesn't look like they're going to be able to help him other than by operating on him, which isn't really a good long term strategy.  Basically, he's going to die inside of a year, and it's going to absolutely crush my mom, and it's my fault, and that's just no good.  Ugh.    Probably would have been better to give him to a no kill shelter or something.  I just didn't think about what would happen to her if this little guy kicked it early, because what kind of weirdo thinks about that kind of thing when they're playing around with a kitten?