Comments on: A cat encounters snow for the first time

By: kayskitty

kayskitty — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 16:00:00 +0000

Watching this video brought tears to my eyes. My Ms. Kitty, a white calico with a dense undercoat, LOVED the snow! She did all that in the video and ‘snowplowed’, slid around and would jump into it. We had a detached garage and we would make a foot path with our boots so she could go out to her favorite place and go into the pet door there,where she had warm blankets to snuggle in. We would watch her jump off the deck into ‘really deep snow’ and watch for her red and black spots to pop up. ;) She also loved chasing snow balls that would disappear. te he She’d stay out nearly all day. Rain didn’t bother her either, it would just run off her like a duck, until someone would touch her to the skin and seemed to penetrate her shield. Boy, what a dirty looked I’d get. I had her for 18 yrs. and passed 3 yrs. ago. I love this video! :)

By: Itsumishi

Itsumishi — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 21:26:00 +0000

When my wife got pregnant multiple doctors warned us of the risk of kitty litter and toxoplasmosis. On the flip-side two vets told us that cats unfairly get blamed for most cases of toxoplasmosis in humans then informed us that cats can only transmit the disease for short periods, once in their lives before their immune system kills it off and stops it spreading from their faeces again. The vets both argued that gardening without gloves is the most common way for people to catch the disease, simply because garden beds are full of different animals crap, in Australia mainly possums.

I’ve no idea whether the doctors or the vets were more correct.

By: The Life Of Bryan

The Life Of Bryan — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 14:08:00 +0000

Oh yeah, I see that now. He was too subtle for the me of that moment. I took it as a humorous way of saying ‘deeply repulsive’. My bad.

I doubt anything I do in terms of my cat’s diet helps with that issue, although I would imagine that not having a litter box helps mitigate the odds of transmission somewhat.

By: Itsumishi

Itsumishi — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 11:44:00 +0000

Unless I’m mistaken Roose’s comment has nothing to do with smell, but rather is alluding to the fact that cat shit can contain toxoplasmosis (a parasitic disease) which can cause humans and other animals to engage in risk taking behaviour.

By: Scott Elyard

Scott Elyard — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 02:34:00 +0000

How excellent!

By: Sparg

Sparg — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 22:21:00 +0000

That’s why I thought the cat was smacking the snow, seeing the flakes and batting anything that moves.

By: northierthanthou.com

northierthanthou.com — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 19:51:00 +0000

Bwahahha! That’s great.

By: EH

EH — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 19:15:00 +0000

You know that “bourgeois” isn’t a compliment, right?

And no, a cat watching snow is not cuter than a cat playing in show. Sorry.

By: carillon246

carillon246 — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 13:56:00 +0000

Here ya go, courtesy of the Great White North
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVdU_mKsAac

By: Gloo

Gloo — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 13:37:00 +0000

Cute ! My cat was nicknamed “snowplow” as he had the habit of pushing the snow with it’s head while running. That was hilarious and I wish I could’ve filmed that (he’s now passed away).

By: oasisob1

oasisob1 — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 12:18:00 +0000

Didn’t you get fired from that job for spending all day on Reddit, etc?

By: Bryan "bytehead" Price

Bryan "bytehead" Price — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 07:47:00 +0000

I would love to watch my cats play in the snow. They would be amazed by it. Although I wonder how they would take the cold, first. Florida just isn’t conducive to snow.

Now, when I was growing up in Ohio, the (white) cat would wait for our beagle dog to go out first, just to make a path for him to go out and do his duty, especially if it was a big snow.

By: Jake0748

Jake0748 — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 03:16:00 +0000

I saw a post on FB a couple days ago that speaks to this issue.

Q: What would be hardest to explain about contemporary life to someone visiting from, say, 1950?

A: I carry a device in my pocket that gives me access to pretty much the sum of human knowledge… I use it to look at pictures of cats and argue with strangers.

By: Eric Hill

Eric Hill — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 02:52:00 +0000

It really does look like it’s chasing something under the snow the way it stops and listens and then jumps.

By: chris jimson

chris jimson — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 02:29:00 +0000

I think I’ve watched this three times now. Sure it’s just a cat, but. . . I dunno, the phrase “joie de vivre” comes to mind.

By: Ed Ligget. Tuba.

Ed Ligget. Tuba. — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 00:57:00 +0000

To borrow a phrase from the video game culture…that snow got pwned.

By: Nate Foote

Nate Foote — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 00:30:00 +0000

I, however, don’t.

I’m happy my joy to see the video negated your jaded ennui.

By: robcat2075

robcat2075 — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 00:18:00 +0000

Cute cat videos… saving the internet every day.

On cats and doors. I have a back door with a cat port my cats can enter and exit any time they want. But if I’m in the kitchen, one of the cats will insist on being let out the kitchen door even though it’s only a 20-foot difference from the cat port door.

By: smut clyde

smut clyde — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 00:17:00 +0000

BAD SNOW.The snow must be PUNISHED.

By: Jesse Nikolic

Jesse Nikolic — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 00:05:00 +0000

I too read Reddit.

By: ymr049c

ymr049c — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 00:02:00 +0000

‘Touch ALL the snow!’

By: The Life Of Bryan

The Life Of Bryan — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 23:56:00 +0000

Then feed them better. My cat’s poop only stinks if I have to give him store-bought food. On a diet of nothing but ground bird, there’s almost no smell.

By: Antinous / Moderator

Antinous / Moderator — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 23:22:00 +0000

they compress like a spring

Until you reach maximum compression and the back end lifts off the floor.

By: evanplus

evanplus — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 23:13:00 +0000

it’s youtube’s de-shaking filter.

By: Vian Lawson

Vian Lawson — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 23:13:00 +0000

I wonder what the cat’s reaction was when she got back inside, and found that she was WET? “What sorcery is this? I was dry outside, and I haven’t been near my water bowl … ”

By: allenmcbride

allenmcbride — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 21:59:00 +0000

This is great. It reminds me that the folk harpist Amy White has a tune called “St. Clair’s First Snow”, about her cat’s corresponding experience.

By: Paul Renault

Paul Renault — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 21:53:00 +0000

At the house before this one, on mild Winter days, the red squirrel which lived in the nearest tree used to root around the snow for food. When the snow wasn’t very deep and was powdery, I used to watch him/her burrow through the snow, à la Bugs Bunny, stop and then pop up with a maple key in hand, split it open and eat.

I wished I had had a video camera to film it, it was pretty funny to watch.

By: AnthonyC

AnthonyC — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 21:52:00 +0000

Not obsessed with. Made of. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zi8VTeDHjcM

By: Andrea

Andrea — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 21:45:00 +0000

COVERED IN BEES! Sorry…

By: Andrea

Andrea — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 21:44:00 +0000

Our old cat Olympia was the same way. For him it was rain: if it was raining at the front door, he’d have to try the back door, too. “Door into summer”, I like that!

He didn’t mind snow so much. He’d take a step, shake the snow off his paws, take another step, shake off more snow…