My cats are indoor/outdoor pets.  

If you will please forgive my entering into the world of fiction i thought we needed a smile and an animal story with a little humour may be just what the members need now as the day is slowing coming to the end lets try this and I assure you it will brighten your day and that is a nice thing to happen here in mylot once in awhile...

Kitty Heaven

A cat dies and goes to Heaven.

God meets him at the gate and says: "You have been a good cat all these years. Anything you desire, all you have to do is ask."

The cat says,"Well, I lived all my life with a poor family on a farm and had to sleep on hardwood floors."

God says, " Say no more." And instantly a fluffy pillow appears.

A few days later, 6 mice are killed in a tragic accident and go to Heaven. God meets them at the gate with the same offer He made the cat.

The mice said."all our life we've had to run. We've been chased by cats,dogs, and even women with brooms. If we could only have a pair of roller skates, we wouldn't have to run any more."

God says, "say no more." And instantly, each mouse is fitted with a beautiful pair of tiny roller skates.

About a week later, God decides to check and see how the cat is doing. The cat is sound asleep on his new pillow. God gently nudges him awake and asks, "How are you doing? Are you happy here?"

The cat yawns and stretches and says."Oh, I've never been happier in my life. And those meals on wheels you've been sending over are the Best!"

I live in the country, and I used to feed my outside cats on my deck. I used to have raccoons, opossums, and a couple of skunks come up and eat. The racoons, and the opossums would stand right beside the cats and eat. My cats are so used to there being so many different animals around, they don't care. They share. The racoons would stand up by the storm door and look in at us. They were adorable. I also used to have a pet fox, he came up missing right before Christmas, and he was a real hoot. Him and my cats together, was wonderful entertainment. He didn't like to share, and he would scream at them, and push them away with his tail.

OK, hehehe...here's mine. First, let me say that I live in a home that the main part was built in 1833, and it has a dirt crawl space area, and old stone foundation, which I must upkeep yearly to prevent things from getting in. One space I missed was under the steps, and from there a snake got into the space between the siding and the walls and crawled up into the attic. This is how I found it and what I did.

I opened the half-sized walk-in attic door to get something out for my son-in-law. As I went to step over the threshold and step into the ancient part of the house (with the attic), I spied a snake directly under my foot just before I was going to step down. Let me tell you, I never slammed a door so fast in my whole life. My s/i/l asked me what was wrong, and I told him there was a snake there, and I aimed to get rid of it!

I told him to empty out the plastic clothes hamper with the attatched lid, and I went out to the garage to make a 'hook' and attatch it to a longer handle. I laid out my plan to him...he was to put my safely grandson up higher on a piece of furniture across the room and I was going to hook and fling the snake into the basket (while he held the basket with the lid open) and he should immediately slam the lid and take it outside. Well...you should have seen the look he gave me, hahaha, he was soooooo scared I'd fling it on him and miss the basket. So, I said a prayer not to miss, and that's exactly what I did. Then we took it outside and got rid of it after identifying it. Everybody that heard the story in town gave me a pat on the back for having enough nerve to do that, but deep down I know I couldn't have stood it for it to be there for another second! It's funny what a mother will do to protect their family and little ones. I still can't believe I summoned the courage despite the fact that snakes give me the creeps!!!!

I do have a million but this AM on the news there was a story about a pig momma that was headed for the house of no return when she gave birth to a baby big which fell off the truck. He was found later by a motorist and taken to the humane soc. .
Piggy went on the news and now calls are comming from all over the world to give piggy a home...My thought is...piggy will not do well in an apartment in the city or a backyard in a neighborhood....Do people just offer because it's little and cute or do they know what it is to raise an animal that will tip the scales more then they do in a year! I think this is why we have so many unique animals in the pounds...This little piggy should go to a local farm or to someone that knows and raises pigs...
Good discussion
oxxoxo

Hi! My three cats are indoor kitties, allowed to go out only when supervised and even that is not often because of their ability to find fleas! I have cats which are sensitive to flea medications and must have a special pill which is very costly as flea powders, shampoos and collars cause them to break out in rash and fits of fur plucking!

The male, Buddy, resents that he must stay indoors and lets me know this by zipping outdoors at every opportunity. Entering or leaving my house is a game of wits sometimes! He is also a tree climber and knows if he gets out there and up a tree, he will enjoy his freedom until I get him out of the tree!

I sometimes feel bad that they must stay inside as cats really are outdoor animals but their health makes it necessary.

My brother was about two years old and my mom went in the house for a minute and when she came back outside my brother was petting a field mouse.
I think the mouse was so scared it was just frozen where it was. lol
It was one of those times that my mom wished she had her camera but like most things as your kids are growing the camera is never there. Susan

Well our Cats are outside most of the time in the Summer to but in the Winter they prefer to be inside
We do not have Wildlife close by so we do not get surprises like that lol

This is cute and wonderfull. I live in a busy and big city so this kind of wild life things can't happen here. I used to have a cat, but now my daughter has her. I never let my cat outside because she would probably get run over by a car. I don't like the idea of tying her up outside like so many people do now, so I just don't let her outside. She doesn't seem to want to go outside anyways, so no big deal.

When we were younger My cousins bought my Grandma a Guinea pig for Christmas. She didn't like to touch the little guy so she devised a series of steps out of boxes etc so that when she told it to it would go into it s cage. He was so chubby and cute, she ran a fishing lake which had an office, and the little bugger would come out and sit on her foot. I never saw a guinea pig that was so smart.
We also had a large duck ,he was wild and had been hurt by a fishing line and he got so used to us taking care of him that he would come up and sit on our laps.
I love animals and we have been fortunate to have had many great experiences with them over the years.

probably would have screamed and ran! : ) I’m a country girl but do not care for wildlife like that- Well- this year has been a bad one for us with wild life- I have seen 5 Black bears already- Last year I saw Zero! We were eating dinner one night and the biggest bear I’d ever seen walked right through our land- Leisurely walking- My daughter was so excited! She has only seen them in zoos- Needless to say we carry a flash light when we go outside in the dark and make noise- We haven’t even set up the tent yet to sleep in the backyard- Pretty scary for me!