Links: Oops! All Cats

Not That Mike The Other Mike
A calico cat cuddles with her kittens.

Calico Mama Cat and Her Two Roly Poly Babies Are Growing Big and Strong

Love Meow, via Andrew Y.

What the…

Cat speechless as mom brings home pigeon

GeoBeats / YouTube, via Karen F.

Vintage Photos Prove Cats Have Always Stolen The Show

Bored Panda, via Andrew Y.

And finally: Sling Thing

Elizabeth G. notes “This guy wears his cat in a baby wrap. He’s not the only person doing this, but he is easy on the eyes.”

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7 thoughts on “Links: Oops! All Cats”

  1. allein 🐾 September 23, 2026 / 8:43 am

    Cassava and her starchy babies are too cute.

    (Had to look up sago – a starch extracted from the soft, spongy core tissue of several tropical palm species, especially Metroxylon sagu (aka the Sago palm).)

  2. allein 🐾 September 23, 2026 / 9:04 am

    This is my second Twain reference of the morning…interesting…

    “If man could be crossed with the cat, it would improve man, but it would deteriorate the cat.”

    His cats all bore fantastical titles, among them: Apollinaris, Beelzebub, Blatherskite, Buffalo Bill, Satan, Sin, Sour Mash, Tammany, Zoroaster, Soapy Sal and Pestilence, writes Drusus.

    Throughout his life, when Twain travelled he would rent cats to take the place of his left-behind companions. “The most famous cat-renting episode occurred in Dublin, New Hampshire, in 1906,” writes Mack Hitch for New England Today. “Twain biographer Albert Bigelow Paine was there when the author rented three kittens for the summer. One he named Sackcloth. The other two were identical and went under the joint name of Ashes.” Why rent, you ask? He couldn’t travel with the cats, so he’d rent them and then leave behind money to help cover their care during all nine of their lives.

    https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/mark-twain-liked-cats-better-people-180965265/

    • Tara September 23, 2026 / 9:06 am

      Zoroaster is a great cat name, so many nicknames… Zo, Zoro, ZoZo, Zee

    • Kar September 23, 2026 / 11:52 am

      The only William S Burrow’s book I was ever able to finish was the one about his pet cats

  3. AJ September 23, 2026 / 1:06 pm

    Sling Cat cat dad is not only easy on the eyes but easy on the ears. Something about a British accent!!

    Cassava and her kittens, swoon. They are gorgeous! And living their best life. Love the vintage cat photos, more things change, more they stay the same. Guess cat pics have always been popular.

  4. Kar September 23, 2026 / 2:21 pm

    That cat looks totally offended by the whole pigeon situation. Feel like he’s googling Squab recipes after hours.

    • Debg September 23, 2026 / 11:51 pm

      I think the pigeon is also googling feline recipes!

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