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Patiod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-21-09 09:28 AM
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What does the cat thermometer read in your neck of the woods?
Edited on Tue Jul-21-09 09:30 AM by Patiod

(Thanks, Patrick McDonnell from "Mutts")
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Heidi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-21-09 09:34 AM
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1. Very cute!
It's 84° Fahrenheit here this afternoon. :hi:
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TommyO Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-21-09 10:05 AM
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2. For two of the boys, it's 90
but for my fluffy Maine Coon, he's flat on his back, directly beneath the ceiling fan, all four paws spread wide, showing where his junk used to be!
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LynneSin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-21-09 11:31 AM
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6. What is it with male cats wanting to show off their non-existant junk
it's just not there anymore - move on!
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TommyO Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-21-09 11:38 AM
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7. I haven't the foggiest, though it's a little cooler here today
Edited on Tue Jul-21-09 11:39 AM by TommyO
and he's not showing off the non-existent junk.
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SoxFan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-21-09 02:13 PM
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12. Gotta love Maine Coons!
Brianna is part Maine Coon, and she sleeps in these weird, upside down positions. On her back like a dead bug, stretched out like a piece of taffy, hanging half off of the bed, you name it.
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TommyO Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-21-09 02:58 PM
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16. That's pretty much what Guy does, all kinds of weird positions, including "showing junk"
Edited on Tue Jul-21-09 03:00 PM by TommyO
My other boy displays a lot of Scottish Fold characteristics, he has the body type, classic "buddha cat sitting position" and facial characteristics, but without the folded ears.

Here's a picture showing the "buddha cat position", though not of Phoenix himself:



edited to add: Just so you know, there are three cats here in the house, which is why I counted "two boys" and my Maine Coon. One of the boys, and the Maine Coon are mine, the third is my brother's cat.
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MorningGlow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-21-09 10:28 AM
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3. Compromised data
Too much noise in the house thanks to the (outside) painters and the (inside) tile guy, electrician, and plumber/carpenter. All cats are coiled tightly, tails tucked in, just in case one of these guys gets a notion to hammer/saw/etc. in their immediate vicinity. Never mind that the most adventurous of the feline triple threat (read: dimmest bulb) is closed up in the back bedroom, far away from the power tools and open doors, while the other two have the freedom to make themselves scarce. :eyes:
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Patiod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-21-09 01:43 PM
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8. Mine spent an entire week in the closet
when the workmen were in re-doing the kitchen.
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MorningGlow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-21-09 01:58 PM
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10. Yep, our alpha male (the chickenshit) went invisible for a while
We panicked--searched the whole house--terrified that he'd gotten out in order to get away from the noise. (All our cats are indoor kittehs.) We looked in closets, under beds, etc. etc. etc. Mr. MG found him in our son's closet--where I had looked TWICE!
Got new gray hairs from those 10 minutes, I swear. :scared:
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sakabatou Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-21-09 10:30 AM
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4. 30
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Patiod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-21-09 01:44 PM
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9. You have the A/C on too high
obviously...
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sakabatou Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-21-09 02:57 PM
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15. Riiiight
It couldn't be that she's sleeping on her favorite chair.
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Demoiselle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-21-09 11:30 AM
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5. A cat thermometer variation...
Not as precise as yours, but still:

When fall comes and the weather gets nippy, the cats climb back into bed with us.
When it gets warm, they sleep elsewhere.
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Kali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-21-09 02:03 PM
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11. mine is a squirrelometer
about 90

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charlie and algernon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-21-09 02:15 PM
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13. 70
the A/C is perfect
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Silver Swan Donating Member (805 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-21-09 02:54 PM
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14. My Maine Coon
says it's between 50 and 70. It is actually about 76 outside, but she is old and likes the heat.

She does have a pose we call "Super Kitty," in which she lies prone with her front legs stretched way out in front of her, like Superman flying through the air!
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Patiod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-21-09 03:12 PM
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17. We call that pose "Scratch My Back, Dammit"
Because she usually does it after flopping in front of us dramatically so we will notice all the cat back that needs scratched.
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