Ace of Spades Pet Thread, March 14

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.

It's cat day today!

Courtesy David Thompson:

Cats in Medieval Manuscripts & Paintings

Renaissance artist Albrecht Dürer (1471–1528) never saw a rhino himself, but by relying on eyewitness descriptions of the one King Manuel I of Portugal intended as a gift to the Pope, he managed to render a fairly realistic one, all things considered.

Medieval artists’ renderings of cats so often fell short of the mark, Youtuber Art Deco wonders if any of them had seen a cat before.

Point taken, but cats were well integrated into medieval society.

Much more information on the death penalty connected with cats and so forth at the link above.

Tutti Fruitti was in his wicker house, turns 18 in April; Henrietta Hot Paws keeping me company while I sew, in the sun, at almost 14…

Nan in AZ

What lovely companions! Thanks for sharing their photos.

Hi,

I know it's a bit late.  This is moron Dark Litigator.  I was the co-owner (3%) of cat Maceo ("MAYseeoh") who I occasionally mentioned over the years.  His mama (97% owner) had him for nearly 6 years.  He was a special needs rescue cat from the mean streets of Fresno but he blossomed into the coolest, little dude.  A few weeks ago he developed late-stage heart and kidney disease so we sadly had to euthanize him at 2pm on 2/22.  Here are a couple of pics from his better days, if you could put one or both up. 

Thanks.

So sorry you have lost Maceo - - such a cool cat. Thanks for rescuing him. Keep in touch.

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, March 7

I closed the comments on that post so you wouldn't get banned for commenting on a week-old post, but don't try it anyway. There was a discussion of pine cat litter in the comments last week. Anyone else try it this week?

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