Ace of Spades Pet Thread, August 23

Good afternoon and welcome to the almost world famous Ace of Spades Pet Thread. Thanks for stopping by. Kick back and enjoy the world of animals.

Let's relax a little with the animals and leave the world of politics and current events outside today.

I caught this exchange from another thread this week.

158 Today is Black Cat Appreciation Day. Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 18, 2025 07:17 PM ---- SHHH!

Don't tell my cat Penny. She'll expect a treat.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 18, 2025 07:17 PM

I MISSED IT. But I don't have a totally black cat. Do you?

There are some lovely black cats in this thread. The first one was not too happy about Black Cat Appreciation Day:

HAPPY BLACK CAT APPRECIATION DAY EVERYONE 🐈‍⬛🎉 pic.twitter.com/j4tLdv3H3e

— Black cats are not bad luck (@visualscat) August 17, 2025

In Scottish folklore, the arrival of a strange black cat signifies prosperity 🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛#BlackCatAppreciationDay #FolkloreSunday #Art by Rosemary Daunis pic.twitter.com/Bb6o9wuKKq

— Carlyanne McConnell (@CarlyanneMcCon1) August 17, 2025

Who made this?!😂 pic.twitter.com/FX5pW71yPd

— The Internet of Cats 🐈🐈‍⬛ (@KittiesInternet) August 4, 2025

Do you ever wish you could have one of these as a pet?

Cute quokkas munching on leaves
pic.twitter.com/6cZewWW4zp

— aww (@omgaww) August 21, 2025

If you can't have a quokka, how about one or two of these?

Courtesy Biden's Dog, from Northern Israel

BEFORE adoption vs. AFTER adoption. 🐶🧡🐶 pic.twitter.com/cPXdOiflbt

— John Oberg (@JohnOberg) August 17, 2025

Bruno and the Beautyberry by the woods this morning.

- fd

There was a closeup of the beautyberries in the Gardening Thread this morning. Bruno looks handsome there.

Conor says I might have to grow old, but I refuse to grow up!

Hrothgar

What a fun photo of Conor! Thanks for sharing it with us.

Good Afternoon K.T. and fellow Pet Morons,
This week has been good at the house for the Chicks. C & D have achieved flight and were moved into the cage with their siblings yesterday. They are curious about the regular food, but are still on formula. A & B are fully off formula at this point.

The big news this week is that Chick C is a mutant! This mutation affects his feather coloration, or in this case, lack thereof. C is a Turquoise Conure of the Mint/Moon flavor. His wing feathers are a minty, blueish green and his breast and underbelly is cream color with no other accents. Normally the back is a rich, dark green and the breast has red and/or yellow mixed in with the cream.

This is caused by a double recessive gene in the parents. That means that the gene has to be present on both sides (double), even if it's not visible (recessive). This mutation disrupts the DNA sequence with the result being the suppression/absence of the colors red and yellow in the feathers. Since red and yellow are primary colors, you can see that this will have a notable impact. This mutation has no effect on the baby's overall health, just its colors. We consider this a feature, not a bug.

There are 3 attached pictures. One being mommy and daddy. They have normal conure coloration. The other 2 are of Chick C. Notice how his breast has no accent color at all and while the back shot doesn't really show his wing colors due to the lighting, I assure you it's minty blue. Also note the tail feather color, it's more brown that bright red (normal).

David

Wow! We are learning a lot from the growth of these little chicks! Chick C is really growing up, too!

This is Mr Trouble, taking a siesta on the couch, in the AC, during a hot day

And this is Fanny, my 14 year old Scottish Fold. She still doesn't approve of Mr Trouble. 

Notsothoreau

I love them both.

Thank you for sharing your pets and animal photos and stories with us today.

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Until next Saturday, have a great week!

If you start feeling nostalgic, here a link to last week's Pet Thread, the Ace of Spades Pet Thread, August 16

I closed the comments on this post so you wouldn't get banned for commenting on a week-old post, but don't try it anyway.

posted by K.T. at 03:21 PM

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