Sneaky (cat!)

[CMur12]

What a cat, Chris! This stuff charms and amuses me no end.

My Joey pulls things off counters or tips over the bathroom waste basket, pulls everything out, and bats it all over the floor.

He also likes to get into closets. He is able to pull open the door to a big closet that holds my washer and dryer, the water softener, and the hot water heater.

Keep on posting. You have a lot of Sneaky fans here who are charmed by his feline charisma.

- Murray

 

[Chriscrawfordphoto]

This is Simba, the KING of lazy! He was lazy even by cat standards. Instead of sitting by his food bowl to eat, Simba would lay on his side with his head in the bowl while he chewed his food. He did this most of his life, and he lived 16 years. He'd usually hold the bowl with his front paws, because his food bowl was his one true love, his soulmate!

Simba was born at my parents' house on Halloween 1994. He weighed 23lb at his fattest. He was always really sweet to me; even though he died in 2010, my son and I still miss him. We used to visit him and take him meat in his later years.

This is a Polaroid I shot of him, probably in 1995 or 1996. I was in college at the time. I found a bunch of old Polaroids from back then last night and began scanning them. I have a couple of others of Simba to post later after I get them scanned.

 

[Chriscrawfordphoto]

Sneaky was trying to guilt me into feeding him again this morning. I went to the kitchen to wash my hands, and he sat there by the sink with his front paws dangling over the edge while giving me a dirty look.

He has bits of catnip in his fur from rolling around in it a little earlier!

 

[Pál_K]

That is clearly a “Please feed me, I am starving” look.

 

[Chriscrawfordphoto]

That is clearly a “Please feed me, I am starving” look.

Earlier today, I went out and bought 50 cans of cat food. Sneaky was getting anxious, we only had four cans left. Famine was immanent. He purred really loud when I brought in the bags from the car and sat them on the counter for him to look inside!

 

[Chriscrawfordphoto]

Yesterday, Sneaky spent most of the day sleeping under my son's desk. Strategically positioned for maximum human inconvenience, half under the chair and half under the desk...no place for the human to put his feet if he tries to sit there to work!

He did wake up in the afternoon to demand food, then went back to sleep for a couple more hours before waking up and demanding more food, then going outside!

 

[JoeV]

Yesterday, Sneaky spent most of the day sleeping under my son's desk. Strategically positioned for maximum human inconvenience, half under the chair and half under the desk...no place for the human to put his feet if he tries to sit there to work!

He did wake up in the afternoon to demand food, then went back to sleep for a couple more hours before waking up and demanding more food, then going outside!

I have this “pet” theory that cats are extraterrestrial, and have come to this planet to enslave humans and dominate the Internet. Sneaky is a very highly evolved alien life form!

 

[Chriscrawfordphoto]

I have this “pet” theory that cats are extraterrestrial, and have come to this planet to enslave humans and dominate the Internet. Sneaky is a very highly evolved alien life form!

Sneaky would deny the 'alien origin' theory, but wholeheartedly endorses the idea that humans are naturally born for enslavement by superior felines.

 

[CMur12]

Sneaky has adapted very well to a life of love and luxury.

I shudder to think what his life would be like now if he were still with his original humans - or even if he would still be alive!

- Murray

 

[Chriscrawfordphoto]

Sneaky is once again dissatisfied with his food. The quality and the quantity! He'll be happy soon; we're having steaks tonight!

I rarely see him sitting in the "Meatloaf" pose!

 

[Chriscrawfordphoto]

Another lazy day for Sneaky, sleeping all day in his cat tree. He woke up to yawn, then back to sleep.

 

[Pál_K]

Clearly, Sneaky is satisfied all is well and he’s done an excellent job protecting the Kingdom.

 

[Chriscrawfordphoto]

A couple more old Polaroids of Simba that I found in my archives. Simba was born at my parents' house the year I graduated from high school and lived there 16 years. He was a huge 23lb orange cat who loved eating, sleeping, and bullying the Great Pyrenees dog that my parents got when Simba was around 10 years old.

These photos of him sleeping on the living room floor were shot in the late 1990s. He usually slept stretched out on his back like this! I've also included a photo of me holding him several years later so you can see how BIG he was!

 

[raid]

Our Jenny is small by comparison.

 

[Chriscrawfordphoto]

Our Jenny is small by comparison.

Compared to Simba, EVERYTHING is small!

 

[Retro-Grouch]

Simba was one handsome devil! From the look of him, and his size, do you think he may have been (partly?) a Maine Coon? I hope he didn't have an appetite like Sneaky's. He could have wiped out the meat department at the local Kroger's in one afternoon.

 

[Pál_K]

The Polaroid photos of Simba are a masterpiece!

 

[Chriscrawfordphoto]

The Polaroid photos of Simba are a masterpiece!

Thanks. I'd forgotten I had them; found them looking through my files!

 

[Chriscrawfordphoto]

Simba was one handsome devil! From the look of him, and his size, do you think he may have been (partly?) a Maine Coon? I hope he didn't have an appetite like Sneaky's. He could have wiped out the meat department at the local Kroger's in one afternoon.

Simba ate incessantly. He also expected a can of tuna daily, and would either pee in people's shoes or attack the dog out of spite if he didn't get it. When the vet said he was too fat, we tried to put him on a diet that lasted only a few days because he was bullying the dog and not letting her eat (while stealing her food!).

 

[Chriscrawfordphoto]

While I was unboxing a new case of cat food, Sneaky sat among the cans checking them out and demanding to be fed. He briefly paused to yawn when my son snapped this photo of Sneaky with his phone.