Kitteh Tamed by Boid

by Meg on January 30, 2008

This Boid is about to take this kitteh to school.

First, kitteh is all: "Is this thing on? tap tap"

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Next, kitteh attempts to pet Boid…

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Then kitteh becomes just another nesting material for Boid

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Next Kitteh is overwhelmed by mini-claw massaging actions

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Boid plants official "Bird country" flag on kitteh’s gut as a SYMBOL OF VICTORY

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Bye, Hon, Call me later. [Kiss]

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SEE!?

See, Nancy P.?!? See how he did that!?

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1 jjs 01.30.08 at 2:23 pm

CUUUUUTE

2 Elisha B 01.30.08 at 2:24 pm

AWWWW!!! How “tweet”!! Just makes me smile and think happy thoughts all day!!!!

3 lurkingsmirk 01.30.08 at 2:26 pm

What a nice photo series! I’m glad it didn’t end with just the first pic. Interspecies snorglingks ftw!!

4 coyotemom 01.30.08 at 2:29 pm

Love the last picture, kissing goodnight!

5 Vicki 01.30.08 at 2:33 pm

“Then kitteh becomes just another nesting material for Boid” Oh lulz, that KILLS meh! XD

6 Evangeline 01.30.08 at 2:33 pm

Awwww I love the last photo!!

7 Nancy 01.30.08 at 2:33 pm

Over the top, redonkulous Cuteness!!! This site keeps me going all the long workday (even though I’m a 3rd class cutologist who never gets posted).

8 Annie J 01.30.08 at 2:34 pm

Haha, I just love your captions. I love the last one especially! XD

9 tesstricks 01.30.08 at 2:35 pm

Totally saw that nap coming in the fourth picture. Kitty had the sleepy eyezzZzZzZzZzZz….. :)

10 Sophie 01.30.08 at 2:36 pm

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
NOOOOOO!!

How did the kitteh not eat birdeh, he does look incrediblee nommy!

11 Peg of Tilling 01.30.08 at 2:40 pm

It’s Babysitter Budgie! Flies in on the west wind, and flies away when the wind turns to the east, and all kittens are sweepies!

12 Barbara 01.30.08 at 2:41 pm

*eats a gallon of pudding*

This is insanely cute, omg.

OK but my mover was late picking up my stuff because his cat had eaten his pet bird that morning and he was really upset…

*braces self and eats more pudding*

*acknowledges cuteness of the photo series*

13 mary78 01.30.08 at 2:41 pm

I love the 4th pic…the cat is totally smiling.

14 Nerak 01.30.08 at 2:48 pm

Oh, god…I had the worst day/night yesterday and this picture has made it ALL BETTER :D

15 ceejoe 01.30.08 at 2:49 pm

*stop it!* All along I’ve been saying – no, I can’t have boidies with 12 cats in deh house… They get along fine wit guinea piggehs and bunneh, but no way… no boids! *Now* what am I to do????

16 Nicolletta 01.30.08 at 2:58 pm

That is so cute Cute CUTE! I have now melted into a puddle of goo at my desk, and now my boss is going to yell at me for melting on company time and it’s all your fault!

17 crackjob 01.30.08 at 2:58 pm

Whole.
Nother.
Level.

18 ThreeCatNight 01.30.08 at 3:00 pm

My friend just emailed this to me this a.m., and “Sylvester and Tweety” it’s not. What it is, is totally adorable, and a sweet way to start my day!

19 crackjob 01.30.08 at 3:01 pm

P.S. “…melting on company time” made me ehl oh ehl.

20 Erin 01.30.08 at 3:02 pm

Notice the “love you” bear in the background of the smiling kitteh photo. Such clever composish, photographer!

21 Sandy 01.30.08 at 3:08 pm

Awwwwww!! That’s all I can say right now. Awwwww!!! They both look so happy and content.

And I love those captions, too!
“First, kitteh is all: “Is this thing on? tap tap”" :D :D :D

22 Jennifer 01.30.08 at 3:11 pm

Oh wow, this is incredible. Love it!

23 Lannan 01.30.08 at 3:14 pm

This is fantabulous! So cute! *teeth ache from the sweetness* Argh! Must. Tear. Self. Away…. Must. Grade. Papers….

24 zeldapie 01.30.08 at 3:15 pm

So sweeeeet! I love the expression on kitteh’s face. What a lovely pair they make!!

25 Grounded 01.30.08 at 3:16 pm

It’s adorable to see an animal hitting another animal! It’s even more adorable when one animal has bacteria on its claws and in its mouth that could kill the bird with a massive systemic infection with even the tiniest scratch! OMG, so cute to see the defenseless bird being mauled by a kitten!

Are you all morons, or just braindead? The owner of this should have her bird taken away, for terminal stupidity.

But, since budgies are a dime a dozen, she’ll probably just buy a new cat toy when the one she has dies of ignorance, neglect, or “horrible but easily prevented accident”.

26 Elle 01.30.08 at 3:20 pm

grounded.. LIGHTEN UP, YO!

27 MaggieBelle 01.30.08 at 3:20 pm

Oh boy. Here come the ’nuffers.

Also, that is one shagadelic bedspread! Yeah baby!

28 Theresa 01.30.08 at 3:22 pm

I had budgies when I was little. We called then “parakeets” then, before we knew The Truth!

29 Too Late 01.30.08 at 3:23 pm

Ugh! Goway ’nuffer! Goway!!!

30 Theresa 01.30.08 at 3:25 pm

PS: Check out the following priceless sentence from the Wikipedia article on budgies:
“Wet eucalypt leaves excite and invigorate both the wild and aviary budgerigar into a frenzy of joy.”

31 liz 01.30.08 at 3:27 pm

good laud.
did you guys take your meds this morning?

shut the _ell up.

this is just so adorable, i love the pics, and the captions are SO dang funny.
my carpooler and i go straight to COL when we get here in the a.m. just to get a smile and a laugh.

and we dont need to hear you stupid Nuffers babblin garbage.

and thats all i have to say about that.

32 arielle 01.30.08 at 3:27 pm

awwwww…

yes, but look Grounded…*holds up kitteh and boid for inspecsh, both sleepies*…cuteness conquers all…

33 Patricia 01.30.08 at 3:28 pm

Grounded, I can see your not a cat person. Since there are lots of cat pictures posted on here, one must ask the question, why do you come to this sight? Ride your high horse some were else.

I love kittens, especially when they are smiling like this one :)

34 charliewabba 01.30.08 at 3:30 pm

‘kay, these are verry sweet pictures, and the kitty looks just like my Gus when he was a baby. And I have cats and birds, and I know lots of people who have cats and birds, and some of us keep them separate because, um, well, cats is predators and birds is prey, and, um, well, kinda risky from my perspective, but there are folks out there who successfully comingle their populations.
sigh.
(pauses for a spoonful of banana pudding, chews soggy ‘nilla wafers thoughtfully, has anaother spoonful of banana pudding)
But this has been a sad morning for me, had to say goodbye to our oldest kitteh (named Bird, oddly enough), and I was really looking for some happy-making cute. So this made me smile, and, um, thanks, but like they say on the commercials, “do not attempt with your own kitteh and budgie.”
(blows nose, eats more pudding.)

35 kitty dog bear 01.30.08 at 3:36 pm

I just melted,,,… Too CUTE!!!!!

36 Jacquie 01.30.08 at 3:40 pm

Some people just don’t get it. This is CUTE OVERLOAD not the freakin’ presidential debates.

Come on ’nuffers let your guard down for 2 minutes and have some FUN!

37 threerings 01.30.08 at 3:41 pm

Awwww. This makes me think about the cockatiel we used to have who was best friends with a persian cat. He would sit on the arm of the chair and guard the kitty while she was sleeping. And at night, the bird slept under the cat’s long fur. (That bird was wild, not tame. It flew into our house one day, wouldn’t let us handle it, stayed for a couple of years, and then flew out. So, he pretty much did what he wanted. And what he wanted was to cuddle with the kitty, apparently.)

38 gizmo 01.30.08 at 3:42 pm

Birdie is going all “I’m king of the world! The avian domain rules! Felines are powerless against our magics”

39 KarmaBox 01.30.08 at 3:42 pm

Sooooo CUTE!

But tell me, what is that furry beast they are laying on?

40 Eastie 01.30.08 at 3:43 pm

So cute!! Looks like they’re great friends. :)

Obviously, the owner was hoping the kitteh would eat the boid. /sarcasm

You can always tell when there are going to be commentroverseys here.

41 Robin 01.30.08 at 3:48 pm

I don’t know why y’all are putting down what Grounded has to say. It’s true – bacteria from a cat’s mouth can swiftly kill a bird, no matter how nice kitty is to birdie. Don’t live in ignorance just because it spawns cute photographs.

42 chanpon 01.30.08 at 3:49 pm

This is the first time I have seriously barfed rainbows. I could cry tears of syrup right now at how utterly cute and schmaltzy those photos are.

43 grannymoon 01.30.08 at 3:56 pm

Love the pic, made my morning. thank doG for CO! But charliewabba, I’m sorry for your loss.

44 Patricia 01.30.08 at 3:57 pm

Robin, the same can be said of cats and humans though. My sister had to be hospitalized after my cat bit her because the wound was infected and it spread through her lymphatic system. So maybe we should stay away from cats.

45 metsakins 01.30.08 at 3:59 pm

Barbara – may I inquire as to the flavor of puddin’ you are snackin’ upon?

We may be needing more.

Charliewabba- so sorry to hear of your loss. Snuggle up with another kitteh, you’ll both feel better.

Robin – had grounded said, I’d just like to point out that this is not a good practice and explained why, I would have listened and not thought “Oh no, here it comes.” However, the phrase -

Are you all morons, or just braindead? The owner of this should have her bird taken away, for terminal stupidity.

to me, suggests she is wanting an attack.

to all I say get out the “Puddingkwürferschnorglekanonen.”

46 Hon Glad 01.30.08 at 4:12 pm

Glad the Kitteh hasn’t learnt what kittehs do to boids, unlike my murderous pair. I came home to a scene of slaughter last night, Pidgeon feathers eveywhere head over there bloody remains of torso over there. All on my persian rug, natch.
I love the kittens smile and thecaptions.

47 charliewabba 01.30.08 at 4:12 pm

So now let us all be warned about the dangers of interspecies slobber-sharing.
cat slobber to birdies = not good
people slobber to birdies = not good
cat slobber to peoples = not good.
SNORGLEs = GOOD
SLOBBERs = RISKY

and thanks for the sympathies. I enjoyed a prolonged snorgle with my Gus cat (the yellow fur covered water baloon) before coming to work. He is very absorbent.

48 Pheas 01.30.08 at 4:12 pm

charliewabba — so sorry for your loss. There ain’t enough pudding in the world.

49 Holy Cuteness 01.30.08 at 4:16 pm

Kittehs getting along with birdies that’s just soooo CUTE!

50 emie 01.30.08 at 4:41 pm

AWWWW!!!! seriously, though, don’t try this at home. I lost a birdie to an overeager kitteh in my youth, and this picture, despite it’s redonkulous cuteness, made me very nervous.

51 Meghan 01.30.08 at 4:53 pm

Do you have a flag? No flag no kitty, you can’t have one!

…also, I really hope grounder was being ironic. I thought it was hilarious, then he/she never said “I’m kidding!” so I suppose I’ll never know….

52 allie 01.30.08 at 4:54 pm

OMIGOODNESS.

I have no words for how awesome this is.

It all comes out “squeeeeee”

53 Melinda 01.30.08 at 4:55 pm

Grounded, you are a killjoy. It’s very obvious birdie has the kavorka. Kitteh thought he’d have himself a little birdie snack, but then fell in love instead! Sweet!!!

54 catablob 01.30.08 at 4:58 pm

nuffmaker nuffmaker roll out some nuff
since there’s not enuf stuff
to darken my day.

nuffmaker nuffmaker you are so tuff, and tedious in every way.

55 Elisha B 01.30.08 at 5:06 pm

uhm, to all the worriers in the world…..can’t we all get along…. even it is for a few brief moments. Yes we should be careful around ALL our pets,( and other humans too) but for goodness sake!! I am sure mom/dad of these two cuties is a very capable person who would not intentionally put them in harm’s way.

Lighten up and enjoy just a brief, sweet moment of exploration by these two too cute, cute babies!!!!

56 Dexter Fishmore 01.30.08 at 5:06 pm

OK, I get that the bird shouldn’t be allowed to infect the cat with its bacteria, but it’s fine to put them both in the dryer, right? I’m pretty sure I read that in one of the old comment threads.

57 charliewabba 01.30.08 at 5:16 pm

@Dexter Fishmore
!snort!
I just shot pudding out my nose.

58 Sandra 01.30.08 at 5:19 pm

I’m dying from the preciousness!!!!!!!

59 Lizzy 01.30.08 at 5:26 pm

Meghan – LOL! I totally thought Eddie-Izzard-flag-bit when I saw that, too! Building empires through the cunning use of flags!!

These pics need to come with a warnng – they are DEATHLY CUTE!!! I am keeeeeeeleded deadeded.

60 snusnu 01.30.08 at 5:27 pm

I do enjoy a good allopreen!

61 jenben 01.30.08 at 5:28 pm

made.
my.
entire.
WEEK!
squuueeeee!

that birdeh is so happy, he’s preening the cat! obviously hes comfortable with the cat.

and obviously the owner knew this was alright. they were taking pictures for heaven sakes.

62 pika23 01.30.08 at 5:29 pm

SO what about puppeh’s??? Is Puppeh slobbers bad for boids as well? im curious…i need a friend for my gonna be 2 yr old shih tzu dottie jean beauty queen. Thinking about boidies…she seems to like em enough when we go to pet smart and she can sniff the glass.

Course I would never leave them out together…. >_> she murderizes her plushies as it is.

63 Tonya 01.30.08 at 5:29 pm

I love that the kitty is smiling. Thanks for putting a smile on my face today. I needed it. :)

64 ebee 01.30.08 at 5:32 pm

Oh, how frickin anerabuls can you get?? I..ah…I…>BLEEN!!!<

65 jonathan 01.30.08 at 5:33 pm

bok bok bok bok bok
bok bok bok bok bok
bok bok bok bok bok
bok bok bok bok bok

66 Lisa 01.30.08 at 5:37 pm

Metaskins – you said it! I’m more than willing to listen (read?) when someone respectfully makes a point, but Grounded’s comment was nothing but an attack on the intelligence and resposibility of everyone here. I, for one, was offended, and promptly wished Grounded a violent attack of the squirty poos.

67 ray 01.30.08 at 5:39 pm

None of you people can type, or spell either. Let’s see, boids, Puppeh, birdeh, Kitteh, redonkulous, incrediblee nommy. Come on! I like the pictures but for goodness sake learn to spell.

68 Momof2kitties 01.30.08 at 5:40 pm

OMG. That is the cutest! I will gladly provide pudding of whatever flavor is desired for the puddingkwurferschnorglekanonen.

Georgie is at the vet at the moment for his “procedure” *crosses legs protectively* and I meeeeesss heeeem soooo moische! Might have to pop over for a visit, but then that might make it even harder to leave him there again.

69 Momof2kitties 01.30.08 at 5:42 pm

I’m thinkingks that ray might be new here?

70 charliewabba 01.30.08 at 5:42 pm

since when is redonkulous not spelled r-e-d-o-n-k-u-l-o-u-s?
as for safety of puppy slobbers for birds? Also probably not advisable.

71 mom2twinzz 01.30.08 at 5:43 pm

methinks that the other mom might be right

72 charliewabba 01.30.08 at 5:47 pm

momof2kitties – is George being tutored today?

73 llism 01.30.08 at 5:52 pm

Momof2kitties,

Yes–I’m thinking Ray hasn’t been saturated by Teh Qte yet. Just give him time . . . soon he’ll be anerable-ing all over the place so much it’ll be redonkulous. Teh Qte wins them all; it’s just a matter of time.

Ray, join us. We will add your distinctiveness to our own.

:-)

I am the beginning. The end. The one who is many. I am Teh Qte.

74 llism 01.30.08 at 5:53 pm

Charliewabba,

I *heart* you for the Far Side reference! You win teh Intarwebs!

75 browngrl 01.30.08 at 5:56 pm

Now for a medical announcement for all the worriers and nuffers( puts one hand in pocket of lab coat and other on her stethoscope)1. bacteria/viruses are EVERYWHERE – that’s why everyone has an immune system 2. danger is everywhere – that is why we have common sense 3. everybody dies – that is why you must look at as much cute stuff as possible in the time you have. Now I have to go and make my rounds so back to the cutes folks

76 Poohbear 01.30.08 at 5:57 pm

Charliewabba – barooooo!! :( ( But glad to see you LOL’ing at DF’s tweeested SOH !

77 charliewabba 01.30.08 at 5:57 pm

Yup, I’m thinkin Ray’s not from these parts.
(tilts cowboy hat down, squints and bares teeth with piece of straw sticking out)
Air ye, Ray?

78 Beth 01.30.08 at 5:59 pm

Charliewabba- sorry to hear about Bird. :(

Dexter- hahahahahaha, you made me feel better despite having a monster cold.

Oh raaaaaay.

I won’t say anything about Grounded because..

This is my favorite post EVER SO FAR!!!!!!!!!!!!! Siiigh. Teh Qte.

79 Poohbear 01.30.08 at 5:59 pm

and Gary Larson’s!

80 jess 01.30.08 at 6:02 pm

Yeah, pika23, it’s probably not a good idea to get a bird for your puppeh if he plays rough…most dogs and cats carry a bacteria called pasteurella in their saliva, and birds are really susceptible to infections. And like Melinda said, it kills then really fast – within a day or two. I lost a cockatiel to a playful kitten this way last year – no sign of injury, but she got sick and died within a few days. Grounded could have been nicer about it, but I wish I had known about birds and pasteurella beforehand.

Cute pics, but, yeah, be careful. :)

81 charliewabba 01.30.08 at 6:04 pm

he went with my face buried in his axis of snorgleability, and yes, those words went through my mind right then, and I found them oddly comforting.

82 jenniflower 01.30.08 at 6:04 pm

DANG! This is cuuuuuuute. And that comes from someone who is firmly in the puppeh camp … not an especially big fan of kitties or birdies!

83 lola 01.30.08 at 6:18 pm

AWWWWWWWWW WWWWWWWWW WWWWWWWWW WWWWWWWWW WWWWWWWWW WWWWWWWWW WWWWWWWWW WWWWWWWw
what a lovely happy ending.

84 Andréa 01.30.08 at 6:20 pm

Kitty has the most adorable face!

85 Poohbear 01.30.08 at 6:21 pm

@Ch-wabba – am supposed to be getting some work done, but crying too hard… :( ((
So leaving now. Give Gus a big hug.

86 Jorden 01.30.08 at 6:22 pm

Well if these 2 have to be seperated for their own good I GUESS I could take the kitten, if you twist my arm.

87 Belinda 01.30.08 at 6:22 pm

I want a Budgie!!

I want a Kitty!!

So we can all live together and be friends.

I swear Cute Overload should be renamed ‘Better than Prozac’

88 berthaslave 01.30.08 at 6:31 pm

Wowie wow wow. I went to bed last night and came into work and I’d missed all this.

Yeah, nuffers suck when they’re angry.

The photos are awesome awesome awesome. They demand an Ambassador McFluffersons-type video adaptation. Mebbe with kitteh paw moving doing a ‘tap tap tap’ on birdie and a triumphant fanfare when the plag is flanted.

Charliewabba: so, so, so sorry for your loss. :-( Gather other creatures around and feel the love to get you through.

89 LisaL 01.30.08 at 6:37 pm

Lol… I love the people that come on here and purposely attempt to create a commentrovery :P hilarious

Anyways…. the pics are totally adorable!

90 CoffeeCup 01.30.08 at 6:41 pm

I just wanted to poke the kitten! Poke poke poke! Such a cute series of photos! Eep!

Nuffers: Please stop raining on the parade of adorability. It’s a statistical probability that many of you will just get the smackdown. Not to be mean or anything, but what’s the point for the serious nuff? This is blog to celebrate cuteness, not to point out every single thing that might and can go wrong…I mean, I see cell phones in the picture. I know my rabbit likes to try to chew on my cell phone, what’s to stop this kitten or boid from knawing off a rubber key and choking? But, but it CAN happen! But improbable.

And of course there’s the obvious “someone is taking the photos, obviously the animals are under watch” logic.

91 Barbara 01.30.08 at 6:48 pm

My pudding was bananna as well! I realize I can’t spell banana. I moved to the south this spring and I’m addicted.

Sometimes the anti-nuffers are more inflammatory than the nuffers, IMO.

Anyway I think it’s cute but I hope the owner separates them when the kitten gets older because that just can’t stay good forever…

92 Tom 01.30.08 at 6:53 pm

Wait, the best part of the whole thing is the boid and the kitteh are SITTING ON TOP OF CHEWBACCA’S BELLY! Holy carpet/rug/duvet/creature!

93 one of the erins 01.30.08 at 6:53 pm

Ray– yeah, it’s totally because we don’t know HOW to spell. Have you never before been to a forum with its own slang? They’re everywhere these days. If everyone’s doing it in the same way, it’s slang. At least its only occasional words here and not EVERYTHING like in standard netspeak.

94 Paunchie 01.30.08 at 6:58 pm

K what’s that bedspread made of, dog fur???

95 metsakins 01.30.08 at 7:01 pm

*rushes home to make home made chocolate tapioca puddin’ with mexican chocolate*

*comes back with big bowl of above mentioned item*

Hey guys – try this. it’s fabulous if you like regular tapioca and regular chocolate puddin’!

96 Annie 01.30.08 at 7:02 pm

Spews coffee in grounded’s general direction. That is too cute. Hands Metsakins some Buterscotch pudding. and picks up bird to pet.
Asssumes best wise old owl expression while adjusting glasses. We have four kitty’s.. Two of them are not to be trusted around birds or other small creatures. They have CLAWS and knows how to use them..
Another one, a gentle boy actually guards our baby Chickens when we have them. HE loves them and treats them like they are his babies.
and the other one dosen’t know what a bird is.

97 Paunchie 01.30.08 at 7:10 pm

terminally stupid, brain ded here.

98 Paunchie 01.30.08 at 7:14 pm

“axis of snorgleability”

LOL good one.

99 Roo 01.30.08 at 7:17 pm

*explode* I’ve had a few really bad days, and I *really* needed that. That is wonderful

100 charliewabba 01.30.08 at 7:19 pm

pudding with mexican chocolate?
you’re killing me.

101 mberkie0 01.30.08 at 7:30 pm

@charliewabba: many sympathies on your loss. They really do leave deep pawprints all over our hearts, don’t they?
Nonetheless, this is a teerrifficallly cute picseries, I can just hear the honkshus now….

102 Paunchie 01.30.08 at 7:43 pm

aww Charilewabba, sorry I missed that up there. Po thang.

103 YES! 01.30.08 at 7:52 pm

I want to shoot myself with a sawed off shotgun when I see these shots. Can anything else on this site cause more overload deaths.

Cute cannot describe the emotions.

104 peep 01.30.08 at 7:53 pm

Umm. OW. MY EYES! You guys owe me some new retinas…my got burned by overwhelming cuteness. Need money for eye surgery now. Suing.
What’s with Feathery Fat Cheeks sitting on a kitten? ARE YOU TRYING TO KILL ME!!??

105 Pheas 01.30.08 at 7:56 pm

Dexter Fishmore FTW!

106 tia 01.30.08 at 8:07 pm

Why is it such a big deal that these people have their own slang? I’ve been lurking and they seem like nice people. If you don’t like what’s going on here, go find your own sandbox to play in.

Charliewabba, I’m sorry to hear about Bird. This seems like a good place to come and feel better.

107 Momof2kitties 01.30.08 at 8:17 pm

@Charliewabba:

Yes, George is being “tutored” today. Last night, my husband suggested a kitteh ceegarh/whiskey or mayhaps a kitteh (insert euphemism for female companion for hire) for his last night of real manhood. Can’t wait to bring him home, sore harbles and all!

My deepest condolences on the loss of Bird. Please feel free to snorgle Georgie (gently!)…

108 taj 01.30.08 at 8:25 pm

They way some people talk about parakeets (budgies?) you’d think they’re so fragile that if you look at them hard enough, they’d drop dead. Every parakeet my family has ever owned has lived a long happy life!

109 Melinda 01.30.08 at 8:41 pm

Ray, at least this site you can understand the slang! Your head would definitely ’splode on the ICHC site from the slang on that one! I am now well versed in lolcat, but when I first tried to read it, I would get dizzy!

110 muhj 01.30.08 at 8:54 pm

Redonkulously adorabuhls kitteh! Boid not far behind eether!

111 mberkie0 01.30.08 at 9:11 pm

@Momof2kitties:
Pooor George! I want to pat him and hug him and call him “George,” but that is his name anyway. Hope all is well after surgery.

112 Jupiter Star 01.30.08 at 9:30 pm

I do have to admit that as cute as these photos are, I was a bit nervou at first because, yeah, there is bacteria in dog and cat saliva and claws that is fatal to birds, and having lost a couple of my treasured baby budgies to that (one was grabbed by a homeless cat that got into the house and died two days later even without being bitten, another was playing with a friendly, non-bird-ivorous kitty that ended up scratching it by mistake and the same thing happened), I was a bit concerned.

BUT! The kitty’s claws are retracted, you don’t see it trying to put the bird in its mouth, and even the picture where the kitty is holding the birdie down with its paw, the bird is not exhibiting any visible sign on distress. So I would guess that the owner has taken the proper precautions, and as a result, I am totally loving these photos ^_^. SO ADORABULS!!!!!!

113 Megan 01.30.08 at 10:54 pm

And for all we know, the kitty might be de-clawed. I let my cockatiel play with my ginger kitty all the time, and when he got bored he flew back to his cage and got in it. My kitty never tried to munch on him or anything, more often than not the bird would bite the cat, or hiss at him, and the cat would would away with an annoyed look.

114 Theo 01.30.08 at 10:58 pm

And for all we know, it might be a KITTYBOT.
http://www.kitty-bot.com/archive_page.php?comicID=1

115 LesbianNeoCon 01.30.08 at 11:34 pm

Oh dear GOD!! Loved that!!

116 Lizzy 01.31.08 at 12:05 am

How strange – George is my iPod, and I made him a kitty suit.

http://img284.imageshack.us/img284/5676/pict00021mx.jpg

117 Gail 01.31.08 at 12:15 am

You all have killed me today!!! I have laughed, snorted, giggled my way through these comments!!!!

Charliewabba, just want to echo the condolences….just devastated for you!! Sending {hugs}!!

This pair of boid/kitteh combo are SO cute!!!!

118 charliewabba 01.31.08 at 12:45 am

CO is a good place to be. Y’all are the best.

119 Theresa 01.31.08 at 1:03 am

Puddingks all around!!

120 Mary (the first) 01.31.08 at 1:05 am

Did y’all see the video here awhile back of the cat raised by a crow? She rescued a kitten and raised him and they are inseparable. Years have gone by with no claws/saliva snafus to kill anyone. It CAN be done.

121 Lyn 01.31.08 at 1:35 am

Cat saliva also carries the deadly pasturella bacteria. Birds don’t have to be scratched. They can get pasturella from cat and dog fur. Once aware of this, why would anyone who says they like birds want to endanger their life this way – for a few yucks and aw’s from the internet?

122 A thinker 01.31.08 at 1:46 am

dis is squeelicious and insulin-requiring levels of cuteness!

(however, judging from the number of comments, I’m guess there is a certain amount of Nuffness going on)

123 Sho 01.31.08 at 1:48 am

“Take me to pleasure town!”

Nawww they’re so chute.

124 A thinker 01.31.08 at 1:57 am
125 Momof2kitties 01.31.08 at 2:26 am

@Lizzy-

HAHA! I ♥ your George, too! My George would eat your George in a nanosecond. (IPod humor there.)

:-)

126 Erica 01.31.08 at 2:34 am

Hmmmm….

There seem to be more nuffers ABOUT the nuffers than actual nuffers. I’m glad that the picture was taken because it is the cutest picture. Maybe the bird was willing to die for his cause:

Society for Spreading awareness about the danger of pasturella to birds.

Now you all have seen a cute picture and hopefully learned a valuable lesson in bird care.

That is why my budgie only comes out to fly when there are NO kitties in the room.

(I also liked eddie izzard reference.)

So, I’m confused. Is my post a Nuff post about the people that nuffed about the nuffer? If somebody nuffs about me they would be the nuffer that nuffed the nuffer nuffing the nuffers that nuffed the first nuffer. Somebody, please nuff me!

127 metsakins 01.31.08 at 2:40 am

Erica – I’m sorry to inform you that IMHO your comment is really not that nuffy. You see you didn’t really insult anyone or share a story relating to a horrid death of a beloved pet (in gruesome details). Sowwies.

wouldya like a little puddin’ anyway?

128 metsakins 01.31.08 at 2:43 am

although you did complain a little bit… I think we’ll have to have a vote on this! but you seem to be remarkedly calm and literate… I still just don’t think it nuffy enuff!

anyone else like to share their feelings on this? and then we can all have a group cyber hug and sing!

129 Erica 01.31.08 at 2:58 am

Take 2 on nuffing.

As I see it, i have 2 directions that I could go with my nuffing.

1. I could nuff the nuffer that nuffed my nuffing(Metsakins) on the nuffers nuffing the nuff by definding my origional post

or 2. Try to be a better nuff.

I think we can all just sing. May i make a request? How about we are the world?

130 Visitor 01.31.08 at 3:56 am

That is not safe for the bird. It can get illnesses from the cat, potentially lethal ones.

They’re both adorable, but for pete sake, this is highly risky to their health! What is WRONG with you people

“Cat saliva also carries the deadly pasturella bacteria. Birds don’t have to be scratched. They can get pasturella from cat and dog fur”
As someone above said

What is wrong with you, all “Awwwing” a picture and paying no attention to the health of the animals?! You’re sickening in your ignorance.

131 woohoo! 01.31.08 at 5:45 am

Unbelievable. Words fail me.

132 HappyHappyJoyJoy 01.31.08 at 5:55 am

Theriouthly, is it possible to die of cuteness? Should I consult a physician about my impending demise by teh cute?

133 Tabitha 01.31.08 at 6:21 am

Cats are evil, and all should be destroyed…

134 peep 01.31.08 at 7:03 am

Guess what? Loved this so much that i showed it to husband. (Husband that gets punched in arm due to this site)…HE taught OUR parakeet Peanut to whistle Imperial Stormtrooper March.
He gets me. Need small helmet for Boid.

135 brinnann 01.31.08 at 3:16 pm
136 Fegli 01.31.08 at 4:29 pm

I think the cutest thing is the bird’s blank little face. He’s all “ah dun’t kno how powahfulz ah ahm, but ah haff subdooed zees wild beest.” Goodness knows where the accent comes from.

+ the stuffed teddy bear in the background that says “Love You”.

137 Edward 01.31.08 at 5:56 pm

I’ve never owned a bird who couldn’t or wouldn’t smack and nip the heck out of a cat. I can just imagine a cat coming up to my beloved Reginald and trying to bat at him. It would play out like a scene from Scarface. Reginald has three interests: his darling Lucia; twiddling my beard in his beak; and not being screwed with, ever.

138 Poohbear 01.31.08 at 6:37 pm

Thinker, that pome was FABulous. I <3 the idea if poetry inspired by Teh Qte! I wonder if Teho and Meg would consider having a Poetry Depahtment on CO, with all the WUNderful pomes culled from the comments - by Audrey, Pyrit and the ones whose names I forget, all our CO homegrown poets! Thanks, all!

139 ebee 01.31.08 at 6:43 pm

Somewhat puzzlin’….there are no tiny poopies anywhere!! Remarkable restraint by a budge, musta known he was on camera.

A good example of anerabuhl-ness in its purest form. Also, Kitteh’s little smush-face suggests a hint of Persian in there somewhere? How kissable.

140 CoffeeCup 01.31.08 at 6:44 pm

Fegli, did you just make that bird Arnold Schwarzenegger?

141 GOMA 01.31.08 at 6:59 pm

This is too much…it hurts…i now want to have a parakeet for my cat.

142 Mary (the first) 01.31.08 at 7:55 pm

(singing) We are the wooorrrrlllldddd, we are the kittehssssss… if I knew more of the actual words I would try to come up with something to fit this occasion.. anyone?

143 metsakins 01.31.08 at 8:10 pm

There comes a time when we heed a certain call
When the world must come together as one
There are people dying, it’s time to lend a hand
To life, the greatest gift of all

/ D – GA D / G A D – / Bm – A – / G – Asus4 A /

We can’t go on pretending day by day
That someone somewhere will soon make a change
We are all part of God’s great big family
And the truth’s you know love is all we need

{Refrain}
We are the world, we are the children
We are the ones who make a brighter day, so let’s start giving
There’s a choice we’re making, we’re saving our own lives
It’s true we make a better day, just you and me

/ G A D – / / Bm – A – / G A D – /

Well send them your heart, so they know that someone cares
And their lives will be stronger and free
As God has shown us by turning stone to bread
So we all must lend a helping hand

{Refrain}

When you’re down and out, there seems no hope at all
But if you just believe, there’s no way we can fall
Let us realize that a change can only come
When we stand together as one

/ Gm C D – / / Bm – A – / G – Asus4 A /

144 meghan 01.31.08 at 10:33 pm

brinnann: TOM KITTEN! My friend has those tapes, we used to watch them before class last semester! Tom Kitten and the Roly Poly Pudding is by far my favorite ever.

145 Kimski 02.01.08 at 2:52 am

I can’t believe I made it all the way through this thread and I was gonna write something wise and profound about nuffers and then someone started singing “We Are the World”!

*^%^&%*$#^^&(**)* I am self censoring in the interests of international relations. The birdeez and the kitteez have been an example to me.

Please never mention that song again in a C/O thread.
Please, please, pleeeeeeeeaaaaassssseeeeee.

*Hugs* charliewabba

146 Kimari 02.01.08 at 5:04 am

I love how the kitten just melts into a goo with the bird’s massage. *Sigh* best post in a while now.

147 Subhangi 02.01.08 at 9:58 am

OMG AAAAAAAAAAGH!!!

[ESPLODE]

[dies of the Qte]

148 Subhangi 02.01.08 at 10:03 am

Love love LOVE this.

Best post in recent times!!!

149 Janelle 02.01.08 at 7:49 pm

I dont know what it is about this specific post… but I just love it! I keep on looking at it too, I just cant get over it. This might just be my favorite post of yours…. and it doesnt even have all the rules of cuteness in it! The kitteh and boid action going on here is just that good!

150 Alicia 02.01.08 at 9:26 pm

I am on the same boat as Janelle! This might just be my favorite post ever! The cuteness never gets old here. I smile every time. :)

151 Cece 02.04.08 at 7:02 pm

Budgies budgies budgies budgies budgies budgies budgies budgies budgies budgies budgies budgies MUSHROOM MUSHROOM!

152 peep 02.04.08 at 11:54 pm

Cece…….AHHH! I read your post WHILE drinking coffee….
snorted/hosed AGAIN! Darn you guys! Darn you to heck!
I also cannot STOP looking at this post. I’ll have the Budgie/kitteh combo with a large fry please.

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