• Members 684 posts
    May 18, 2025, 6:23 a.m.

    Welcome all to the Sunday Cat!, a weekly gathering of image makers on a subject of mutual interest, our feline friends. The Sunday Cat! has appeared each Sunday, except for a brief interruption in September, 2016, since Anton AK started the thread at DPReview on 23 September 2007. Successive thread managers have been John King, Warriormouse, Robert J, Coldamus, Robert J again (with an assist by StanTsui) and since September 2016, former lurker, me. When DPReview was threatened with closure in March 2023, the last regular Sunday Cat! there was hosted on 2 April 2023. After taking a leap of faith, the Sunday Cat! found refuge here on 9 April 2023.

    Social-Climbing Kitty of the Week!

    Frank

    Frank, leaning into his inner jaguar as he takes the heights! :)

    ~~Image by @stevet1

    As said by Warriormouse, "Photos can be more than just art, they can be memories, so come share your pictures and stories of your feline companions with us."

    “Official” posting time is every Sunday at 0000 UTC. Because this is Saturday afternoon for me, posting time may vary to accommodate my schedule. I'll try to post a message if I know I will be very late. Anyone anxious to start the new week is free to do so. But if you do, please PM me so I don’t accidentally double post.

    Come one, come all! Remember, all cats, all cameras welcome. Digital cats or silver halide cats, cats of metal, or cats of the wilderness. Big cats, small cats, kittens and their toys. Cats of pen and ink, cats of brush and canvas, from any time, any place. Let the Sunday Cat! be a refuge to enjoy and marvel at the magic of cats, where positive comments abound and constructive criticism is given if requested.

    The Sunday Cat! is now open for mischief. :D

    Last week's purrs, #917 / DPRv #109 / Sunday Cats! #9

    Thread Manager's Corner:
    A little late today as I had several extracurricular activities from the afternoon into the evening, including Mr. Me's third and fourth of five treatments he gets a day with both eyedrops and pills each time. As of now he is better and stable, but nothing is resolved yet. Both of us are glad though for this moment (a whole week!) of stability. And I'm glad that he's gotten tolerant of all the drops I have to put into his eyes each day! Monday is his next visit to the eye doctor. Mr. Me appreciates the well wishes he's received and hopes that all the other kitties who come to visit here stay well and have minimal visits with their own veterinarians. ;)

    ~~~ Kim

    Though small in size, the imprint they make on our lives is huge.

  • Members 2111 posts
    May 18, 2025, 8:47 p.m.

    Micio seems to be changing colour. As a kitten he was black and white. Now he seems to be getting a lighter brown coat at the front.

    As we are two floors up at the back of our flat, I designed a safety net, just in case.

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    PNG, 654.7 KB, uploaded by NCV on May 18, 2025.

  • Members 102 posts
    May 19, 2025, 6:27 a.m.

    I've had a couple of black cats over the years, and this browning of their fur seems to be a consequence of aging. A friend told me they "rust" as they get older. 🙀 It seems to be some sort of reaction to their saliva as they groom themselves, as it doesn't seem to happen on their heads, which of course they can't lick.