Posted on 05/28/2025 7:54:32 PM PDT by ConservativeMind
Our cat loves to eat spiders... the bigger and gooier the better. Most of them are probably healthy to eat as well.
Nice looking cat.
It is just a stock photo... Our cat is a big orange hairy beast. He was a stray that we received through the “Cat Distribution System”. When he first started coming around, he appeared to be normal sized. But it turned out that he was just a kitten; he doubled in size and now weighs about 18 pounds. He dwarfs nearly all of the normal kitty accessories found on the market. Fortunately, he is good natured and is loves being the center of attention at every family get together. And of course, he loves hunting down bugs and spiders, torturing them and then eating them.
How old is he?
He is now about three. The vet said he will not be completely mature until he is about five. He is a Siberian, and they get pretty large sometimes.
There was a really big orange cat in my neighborhood when I was a kid. The paws on that cat were actually scary.
I wanted one like him, but never came across another one that big.
We have a granddaughter who is a teenager. Every time she comes over, she hunts down Teddy. Fortunately, Teddy puts up with her manhandling and dragging him around the house. He certainly is capable of nasty bites and cutting her to ribbons with his big paws if he wanted to. We try to keep his claws dulled up by clipping the ends because he is like a kitty demolition crew when he decides to start scratching on wood or furniture. We have scratching posts all around the house.
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