Editor’s Note: This article originally ran on YourTango, a digital media company dedicated to love and relationships that sometimes delves into cat territory. You know how much we love flirty cats. Whether they’re trying to pick you up on the sidewalk or OKCupid, some felines are just relentless. But you can’t blame a kitty for …
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Right now, as I’m trying to type, my calico cat, Phoenix, is lying in my lap, purring like an engine. Sounds nice, right? Too bad she’s also swatting at the drawstrings on my sweatshirt, initiating playtime every time I lean forward for another sip of coffee. This is annoying, yes, but also cute enough to …
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Warning: There are a couple really graphic images in this post, so continue at your own discretion. Okay, people, seriously? Who shoots a cat with an arrow? That’s just like — why? Why would anyone do that? What’s the point? This isn’t The Hunger Games. I guess some questions will never be answered. All that …
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I usually write cat humor here on Catster, so it may not surprise you that I’m naturally drawn to funny stuff. Humor is so subjective, however — what I think is hysterical could be completely unfunny to some others. I’m sometimes reminded of that fact in the comments section, but hey — not everyone’s going …
Keeping a cat can force you to get creative if your funds are already stretched — but adding a cat makes the situation even more interesting. On the one hand — increased expenses. On the other hand — a cat gets a home. There are so many cats in need. Perhaps it’s a stray who’s …
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Anyone with a fifth-grade science education probably realizes that cats are not the only predators roaming the woods and suburbs of America. This obvious fact hasn’t deterred the cat-hating masses from declaring the free-roaming cat to be the worst thing to ever happen to bird populations. Finally, however, some scientists have taken it upon themselves …
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When I was 15, my mother had our cat Annabelle declawed. In addition to shredding the furniture, Annabelle had scratched my three-year-old sister and drawn blood. My mother wasn’t trying to be cruel. In those days (way back in the 1980s), declawing was considered a routine procedure. No one really thought much about it. Declawing …
