Bear's out on a limb, fleeing a clawless kitty -

NJ.com ^ | Friday, June 9, 2006 | Paola Loriggio

[Lx]

All too true. Anyone that owns a cat knows they're not anywhere near being domesticated.

One of my cats is all lovey dovey most of the time; then he strips a gear and goes nuts and starts attacking everything including me. It's pretty cool looking when he has his claws deployed except when they're dug into my flesh and he lays on his back and does his disemboweling move by kicking with his back legs while he's got me locked in with his front legs.

If he was bigger, I'd be worried.

[ahayes]

He's contemplating whether to go up there and throw that bear out of the tree.

[mewzilla]

LOL. Put Jack on the border!

[HairOfTheDog]

The cat Cartman thinks he is :~)

[AnotherUnixGeek]

Bear's out on a limb, fleeing a clawless kitty

If that's an outdoor cat, I hope it isn't really de-clawed.

[mewzilla]

and does his disemboweling move by kicking with his back legs while he's got me locked in with his front legs.

Mine does the same thing. I think he was a velociraptor in his last life.

[FairWitness]

If people knew what excellent table fare bear meat is we'd have "bear farms"

I ate bear meat once (about 50 years ago!) when a neighbor shot one (northern Wisconsin) and shared with us. Long time ago, but my memory is that it was good, kind of like pork.

[WVNan]

ROTFLOL. That is the cutest and funniest picture of the year. It just gives me a belly laugh.

[Lazamataz]

That cat's DYNAMITE!

[Lx]

I think almost all of them do it, not to mention to each other. My vet says it's to disembowel their prey.

Of course I never see em do it to their food dish...

[ahayes]

I have one who does that too, except he also locks on with his teeth. He used to be worse before we got a second cat and they played and he learned better bite inhibition. Now I just hold still and say, "No!" and he stops and starts licking me.

[ahayes]

Definitely! I'm saving a copy as soon as I get home!

[mewzilla]

Of course I never see em do it to their food dish...

Mine, either. Must be some kitty prohibition against biting the bowl that feeds them :)

[HairOfTheDog]

While the doggie-bots around here will never admit this, based upon my observations, a clawed kitty of the domestic type can whup just about any domestic dog.

My cat surely has kicked the arse of all my dogs... but of course, my dogs, like most mixed-household pets have all been trained not to touch kitty... it's not exactly a level playing field. I've seen just how fast a dog without such rules of engagement can take out a cat, and it ain't pretty.

[Lx]

Yeppers, mine do that as well. Almost as bad as the killer rabbit in Monty Python and the Holy Grail...

[Paperdoll]

>a clawed kitty of the domestic type can whup just about any domestic dog<

Yes, but this DECLAWED kitty has HEART! Nothing's going to mess up HIS domain! He should be made Cat of State!

[Let's Roll]

Never bring a bear to a cat fight ...

[Rightfootforward]

Jack rocks!

[mewzilla]

Mine's a purr-and-nipper. He'll purr to suck you in, then bite you, still purring. Then he'll give the spot he nipped a lick or two to make it all better. He's a weird mew.

[XRdsRev]

Someone should call the Governor and tell him to forget the efforts to come up with a state slogan ....we should have a state cat instead and I nominate Jack.