[PetroniDE]

Kitty Humor is weekly thread (usually on Monday) on FR in the “General Interest” section. Among all the serious news, a little humor with our feline friends. Helps us get the week to a nice start. If you want on/off the kitty humor list (137 members) or you have a picture/animation you want featured, please send me freep-mail.

[PetroniDE]

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[PetroniDE]

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[TxBec]

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[MizSterious]

Wow! The kitty in the first pic looks like he's issuing another curse to replace the old one! Don't mess with that kitty-cat! LOL! (I know that look--I see it on my three cats when they're about to ambush and whap one of the others.)

[martin_fierro]

Study finds pussycats can suffer stress, too

AFP Wed Oct 27, 2:01 PM ET

LONDON (AFP) - Humans are not alone in suffering from stress-related illnesses, a team of British veterinarians reported: their pet cats can be affected too.

A team from Edinburgh University in Scotland found that the presence of another pussycat in the same house, moving home or the arrival of a new member of the household can produce anxiety conditions.

Experts in cat health reached their conclusions after studying two groups of felines: one which failed to pass urine adequately and one that behaved normally.

They found that cats with urine retention were much more anxious than the other group, especially if there was another cat in residence.

"Feline lower urinary tract disease is frustrating for vets and owners, because most cases have no apparent cause," according to Danielle Gunn-Moore, Ralston-Purina lecturer in feline medicine at Edinburgh University.

"We believed stress could be a trigger and wanted to identify differences in the cats' environments and temperaments which might cause this condition."

"I'M SO STRESSED THAT MY FACE FELL OFF!"

[crazy aunt in the attic]

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[SAMWolf]

[Slings and Arrows]

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[Fire_on_High]

That second one looks a bit like something my kitty used to do as a kitten and still does when he feels a bit lonely. He'd come up, plop himself on or near you appropriately, and try to nurse from your ear, purring furiously the whole time. It was cute but a lot of times when he really missed his mommy cat he managed to make my ear pretty raw lol.

[Springman]

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