Musings of a Punk Rock Flapper

When you hear a kitten in need, you go running. 

You hear meowing, the meowing gets louder and louder. You hear from the same area some kids, they're laughing and their laughter mirrors the yells of the cat. There's only one thing to do: to go see what all the commotion is about. This kind person saw some kids with a little innocent, helpless orange kitten. He immediately took her, knowing the kids aren't responsible enough to help. He takes her home, and though he can't have a cat right now, and even with his aunt creating a fuss over the cat, he still manages to nurse the kitten back to health. He gave her a bath, and the two have been together since. She's been sleeping most of the time, probably recovering from all the chaos. His best friend is a vet, so he's following her educated instructions on how to care for the cat until he can find her a furrever home. He's a really good guy. 

Some people can be so cruel. When we're young, we don't have the mature mindsets we achieve as adults. Sometimes we do things we don't mean, and we're less attached to humanity. When we get older, we hopefully gain the insight to be sweet, gentle, kind, and understanding. The kids in the story obviously don't have the insight or maturity to handle seeing a helpless animal without helping it. Who knows what they did, but all we know is that the kitten was saved by this kind human. 

Cat names are all kinds of comical, but they pale in comparison to the names their pawrents actually call them. And in this collection of cute cats we expose those hissterical nicknames thanks to their pawrents.

It is quite the feline phenomenon to have a nickname in the animal kingdom. After all, most other pets do not really have nicknames, and most of the animals in the world do not even have hooman names. So for cats to have several monikers by which they are known is truly special. But what is so delightfully funny about these nicknames is that they are usually born of the cat's quirks and curiosities. For example it would not be out of place for a cat who particularly enjoys picking food scraps out of the trash to be given the nickname 'Trash Baby'.

So strap in for a whole heap of gems like that with this collection of cute cats with curious names as exposed by their pawrents. All we can say is that it is a good thing that cats are yet to master the English language…
 

Cat law is cat law, and every cat pawrent knows to obey their floofy feline overlords who rule their lives with an iron paw.

Some cats enact really weird laws in their domestic house kingdoms: Don't throw away the chewed-up single sock, it's a prized possession. Don't make loud noises when the cat naps on the couch, or else he'll bite. Give exactly three belly rubs, no more, no less. Even cat has their own crazed set of rules, and we as cat pawrents just sort of accept it. But some of these royal feline decrees are set in stone, and are always true for all cats worldwide.

One of them is "never disturb the cat's nap". The nap is sacred. The nap is pure bliss. The cat must nap uninterrupted. And that's exactly why it's so common for cat pawrents everywhere to get "stuck" when their feline friends decide to take a holy nap on their chest or lap. This one woman hilariously asked the online feline family if there's anything to do in this situation that she's in - only to be reminded that… no.

It takes a special kind of purrson to adopt a senior cat, but it wouldn't take more than a glance for anyone to see how special 'Pudge', the 18-year-old cat, was.

Adopting senior kitties is one of the hardest and most rewarding things you can do as a cat lover. It's hard because you know that you will fall in love and have your heart broken before you know it, but as Shakespeare once said, "It's better to have loved and have lost than to never have loved at all". 

The older they get, the less chance they have of getting adopted, too. For the exact reasons we said earlier, most people don't want to adopt a cat for a year or two, they want as much time with them as they can. It's totally understandable, but that also means that most senior cats end their lives alone in an animal shelter, and that's the least fair thing we can think of.

Pudge was able to escape that unfair reality. Found by happenstance online, one cat mom and her husband took one look at this 18-year-old baby and couldn't say no. He had been kept in a cage his whole life (don't even get us started), but they decided to adopt him and give him the best last months of his life. Well, two months turned into three, three turned into six, and six months turned into a year. Pudge lived. He played. He ate steak, and ice cream. 

Pudge's story makes us believe that the love and heartbreak is worth it to see how much a new beginning can change even the oldest cat's life. They deserve it, and so do you.

A cat lived to 29-years-old, which is around 135 in human years, making this feline the most cherished, celebrated, and emotionally uplifting scragglemuffin around; while cat lovers gather to ogle at this purrecious feline miracle, they only wish that their own beloved pet at home could live half as long. Perhaps it's time to whip out the Fancy Feast, the cans of pure tuna, and give your cat the infinite affection glitch of love that they absolutely deserve.

The second a cat enters the kitchen, it's officially the head chef.

The kitchen becomes a very serious place the moment a cat decides it's time to cook. One second you're preparing food, the next there's a whiskered little chef on the counter staring at the ingredients like dinner is now under new meownagement. No recipe, no apron, just pure feline confidence. Clearly this cat believes it's about to whip up something truly purrfessional.

A culinary cat has a very unique cooking style. First step is inspection. Every bowl, spoon, and ingredient must be thoroughly sniffed. A paw might tap the cutting board just to make sure things are proceeding correctly. Something rolls across the counter? Perfect. That's now part of the recipe. In the mind of a kitchen cat, chaos is simply creative cooking.

Of course, culinary cats also take their role as head chef very seriously. They sit nearby supervising the entire process like tiny restaurant managers. Stirring, chopping, mixing, all of it gets carefully watched. If the hooman seems confused, the cat is ready to step in with a helpful paw.

Even if nothing actually gets cooked, a cat standing proudly in the kitchen always looks like it's moments away from launching its own cooking show. Whiskers twitching, paws ready, eyes locked on the counter. The world may not be ready for feline cuisine, but the chef certainly is.

You might have thought that when the CDS delivers a cat to someone, both the cat and the person submit to the CDS's will immediately. But as you'll come to find in this story, sometimes it takes a few inspection visits to make sure that the environment is fit for the incoming feline.

Sure, it is not a story we hear often. Most stray and street cats are so grateful to be coming off the streets that they simply accept whatever conditions are put before them, say thank you and live happily ever after. But it does stand to reason that there would eventually be a Cat Distribution System catto who would choose to be picky about the home they have had chosen for them.

After all, cats are amongst the pickiest creatures on the planet. And so we are left with this situation in which a cat who had lived most of their life by and inside a dumpster, carefully checking to see if the home they were offered was going to be up to their standards. Who knows, maybe they were checking to see that the comforts of their dumpster could be found in their new home…
 

Patience produces precious results with cats.

Knowing your cat is afraid, of whatever it is that they're afraid of - the wind, the sound of a refrigerator door opening, or the literal beginning of a new life - can be disheartening. We don't want our cats to be afraid, and we can imagine any cat pawrent feels the same. But when a cat's life dramatically changes, they're bound to get scared - especially if their previous life circumstances were harsh. But the key is patience - to never give up on a cat in need. And that's exactly where this caring couple is headed - the fruits of their patience and care will be pets, slow blinks, purrs, and many years of cat love.

If you felt like you needed a sign to not give up on a hard-situation cat, a feline friend in need that you don't think you have the power to provide - look at this story as the sign of strength you were looking for. Just know we're all rooting for you, for everyone who takes the time to help a cat. We, and the entire global feline family, who are always at the ready to lend a shoulder, a kind word, and a piece of advice.

If your weekend plans involve staying home and cuddling with your cats, we can be friends.

Now that we're well into our 30s, our ideal weekend plans involve no plans. We don't want to come to your birthday party, we'd rather not meet for a drink (especially if we're supposed to meet after 9 PM), and we definitely don't want to "see where the night takes us". The only place our night is taking us is to our couch, curled up with our cats. 

All we need are some snacks, a warm and fuzzy blanket, and one cat making biscuits on our legs while the other loafs on our chest until we fall fast asleep. And we're not just talking about any sleep, we want a one-way ticket to Honk Shoo Land, where we're sawing logs for at least eight hours. We have to make up for our lack of sleep during the week at some point or another.

We know we're not the only ones who feel this way, so all you fellow pawrents who made their cats the weekend plan, these funny feline posts below are made purrfectly for you. We don't need anyone except for our fluffy felines and a whole lot of peace and quiet for two days. 

For all you saying that it's good to go out and be with people, to you we say that we do that enough during the week. The weekends are for meows, belly rubs, and as many naps in the sun as we can manage, and that goes for both our cats and us. So enjoy your purrfectly peaceful weekend, full of your felines, and only your felines.

There is no such thing as an "unwanted" cat. There are simply cats who have not found their forever humans yet. 

It might sound weird, but generally, we kind of love hearing stories about cats who "no one" wanted. Let us explain. It's not because we like their situation. It's the worst. It breaks our hearts to hear about cats who are waiting for their forever homes and are not able to find them. But we know… we know that if we came across their story, if it got big enough to hit our timelines, then it is going to be big enough to hit other people's timelines as well. And once that happens, the cat community has an amazing way of getting those "unwanted" cats adopted. 

Because, like we said, there is no such thing as an unwanted cat. The internet has proved that. The internet was able to find homes for the cat that no one wanted because of its unique markings that made him look a little weird and the 14-year-old cat who no one wanted after his owner passed away. The internet even managed to get the "world's worst cat" more than 100 adoption applications. Because once we put our minds to something, we can make it happen. So really, if this couple didn't adopt this "unwanted" kitty themselves, they should have posted about it online. We would have made it happen. But this time, we didn't need to.