CatTastic

The Charles Mingus Cat Toilet Training Program

2007-04-16T09:33:00.000-05:00

A four-step toilet training program Mingus (Mingus! Mingus!) used to train his cat, Nightlife.

Do you know where your cat goes when you let her out?

2007-04-11T18:07:00.000-05:00

This British kitty hops the bus to his local fish and chips shop.

The cat was nicknamed Macavity after the mystery cat in T.S Elliot's poem. He gets on the bus in front of a row of 1950s semi-detached houses and jumps off at a row of shops down the road which include a fish and chip shop.

Full story

Those whiskers!

2007-03-20T18:15:00.000-05:00

"Misio" means "little bear" in Polish, but this Misio is a pet cat from Sydney who dreams of jelly beans and has a super cute website.

Crocheted Cat

2007-03-17T12:02:00.000-05:00

This post was originally gonna be called "Knitted Kitten", but its not knitted, its CROCHETED...anyway, Jennifer Reeve submitted this pattern (the "Fat Kitty") to CrochetMe.com

Killer Kitty

2007-03-16T01:08:00.000-05:00

WhatJeffKilled is most definitely not for the squeamish. A chronicle of Jeff The Giant Orange Cat's murderous rampages, the photos of Jeff's kills are...graphic. Sample entry:

DATE DISCOVERED:
Monday, November 20, 2006

TIME DISCOVERED:
7:30 a.m. PST

SUMMARY:
Jeff was sleeping soundly on the porch when we went to bed. As soon as we got up this morning he was meowr-ing insistently at the door, a furry pile quite visible in the yard behind him. He seems to have eaten the rabbit's ears, which is a bit curious.

And just so we're clear on a few things:

WhatJeffKilled.com does not condone, and in fact strongly discourages, the intentional harming of animals in any way. The images on this site depict the results of Jeff The Giant Orange Cat acting alone, of his own free will, with no assistance of any kind.

"Artful Feather Toy Use"

2007-03-16T00:57:00.000-05:00

So sez Ambrosia Voyeur on MetaFilter

We agree!

Cat + Mouse BFF

2007-03-13T03:04:00.000-05:00

The photo says it all...

During the interview with the owner:

the mouse played with the cat continually, climbing onto its back and sitting on its head

Link

The Nekobus

2007-03-12T21:48:00.000-05:00

Continuing on the Totoro theme...as best I can tell from this English translation, a group of Canadians built this actual Nekobus and drove him to Burning Man.

Also, checkout the Kittenbus car -- a NekoSuburu, if you will. With Sootballs!

The Real Totoro Bus Stop!

2007-03-11T13:41:00.000-05:00

Here is a wonderful collection of photos from a family trip to the actual Totoro bus stop in Ume, Japan.

Apparently the community built bus stop was inspiration for Miyazaki's gorgeous movie. Once the film came out, some cute visitors began appearing...

Waiting for the school bus every morning became an exciting event. And then, one day, the children’s fantasy became reality! A hand painted 'Totoro' appeared beside the bus stop!

A narrow niche

2007-01-21T11:49:00.000-06:00

Friends and family don't understand your obsessive fascination with automatic litter boxes?

www.litterbox-central.com is the place for you.

Have your tickets ready, please! Tickets!

2007-01-21T11:31:00.000-06:00

KINOKAWA, Wakayama -- A 7-year-old cat called Tama has been named a special stationmaster at a railway station here by the local Wakayama Electric Railway.

Two other cats were named deputy stationmasters at the same Kishi Station on the Kishigawa Line in Kinokawa. Stationmaster Tama (above), wearing a railway cap, and two other cats often welcome passengers at unmanned Kishi Station.

Full story

Gi-normo Hairball

2007-01-18T09:40:00.000-06:00

Four-years of fur all rolled up in a sphere with its own blankie made of the self-same fur! (A smaller ball from a littler friend orbits the larger...)

L@@k eento heees eyeezzzze

2006-06-20T16:24:00.000-05:00

and he will predict if you are having a seizure. At least, this is what Tee Cee the cat, the latest Pet Hero does to help his owner know he's going to have a seizure.

Who's the pussy now?

2006-06-11T12:06:00.000-05:00

Jack, owned by Donna Dickey, of West Milford, NJ, weighs 15 lbs. Black bears average about 250 lbs.

Neighbor Suzanne Giovanetti first spotted Jack's accomplishment after her husband saw a bear climb a tree on the edge of their northern New Jersey property on Sunday. Giovanetti thought Jack was simply looking up at the bear, but soon realized the much larger animal was afraid of the hissing cat.

After about 15 minutes, the bear descended and tried to run away, but Jack chased it up another tree. [...] "He doesn't want anybody in his yard," Dickey said.

That must be a hell of a hiss.
Close ups both Jack and the cowering bear..

Presumably, this guy's been declawed...

2006-06-05T15:22:00.000-05:00

Wall Street Fat Cats Strike

2006-06-05T12:15:00.000-05:00

Think your cat causes trouble around the house? Clawed window screens or dug up plant aren't that bad when you consider Meow of Worcestershire, England. Morgan Stanley had to file suit in a dispute over Meow's alleged registration of a domain name using its trademark.

The arbiters, however, were dubious:

Respondent maintains that it is a cat, that is, a well-known carnivorous quadruped which has long been domesticated. However, it is equally well-known that the common cat, whose scientific name is Felis domesticus, cannot speak or read or write. Thus, a common cat could not have [...] registered the disputed domain name.

Perhaps a cat can't read, but maybe Meow's owner should have considered PawSense to keep her off the keyboard.

(via linkfilter)

Cutest iPod Cases Ever

2006-06-02T17:15:00.000-05:00

Wow! In our neverending quest for the ideal iPod case, we never thought we stumble on anything like these! The cutie on the left seems to be for the mini (r.i.p.), while blackie on the right there is for the nano!

Pose the bendable tail however you want!

(from: x-tremegeek.com)

Just a few simple folds...

2006-05-27T13:28:00.000-05:00

Cat Origami (!)

(Difficulty: 3.5, Cuteness: 11)
by Noboru Miyajima

"I'll trade ya my polydactyl for that li'l one..."

2006-05-25T19:29:00.000-05:00

CBC Manitoba reports that Cuetip (below) may be the World's Smallest Cat, eh. The Canadian Cat is nearly a year old, but weighs a mere 0.6 kilograms (that's Canadian for 1.4 pounds)!

Owner Cheryl Arndt is currently collecting for sworn statements on Cuetip's smallness to pass on to Guinness World Records folks.

Arndt, who lives in Pierson, Man., near Virden, got the cat from her horse-trainer in Grenfell, Sask.; she traded for Cuetip with one of her own six-toed kittens.

Second Career for an Undercover Kitty

2006-05-25T19:11:00.000-05:00

According to Newsday, Fred, the cat that first inspired CatTastic, is working on degree:

The feline is in the process of being certified as a therapy cat, according to his owner, Brooklyn Assistant District Attorney Carol Moran.

Additionally, Fred was honored last week by the Brooklyn District Attorney for his undercover work busting a phony vet.

Save Lewis

2006-05-24T10:02:00.000-05:00

It may read like an Onion article, but AP updates the status of the trial of Lewis, the stalking cat. Some highlights:

Neighbors say they have been terrorized by Lewis, saying the cat's long claws and stealth have allowed the cat to attack at least a half-dozen people and ambush the Avon lady as she was getting out of her car.

"I fear for the people on Sunset Circle," Kettman said. "Whenever you go out, you look in back of you to see if there is anything stalking you." (Emphasis Cattastic)

Either Lewis' owner hasn't lived up to her end of an earlier deal or the good people of Sunset Circle are seeing shadows. Consider: "There have been unconfirmed sightings lately of Lewis at 5 a.m."

Feel compelled to do something? Perhaps you'd like to donate to the legal defense fund. Or, if you want to express solidarity add Lewis to your cabal of myspace friends.

CATTASTIC RESURRECTS

2006-05-22T14:42:00.000-05:00

with dead-cat part sculptures!!!

Sit. Stay. Walk. Rack up points.

2006-04-27T16:05:00.000-05:00

Orsinal created some of our favorite time-wasters of the original internet KaBoom. There's something very spring-like about all of his/her games.

Still going strong (and cute), there's Cats. A peaceful game with a simple premise -- keep seven cats doing the same thing by mousing over them. The longer you do so, the more cats get added. Our high score has been 2683, but the leader board starts in the 8000s!

Happy Passover

2006-04-13T10:22:00.000-05:00

Auction of the Day

2006-04-09T09:31:00.000-05:00

Kitten Tote

Creepily cute cats 'n' croquet

2006-04-07T15:39:00.000-05:00

A Case of Curiousities is the site showcasing the (unnamed) owner's taxidermy talents and work. Inspired by fairy tales, surrealism, and reliquary, she creates some truly astounding and beautiful work.

Among her many inspirations is the work of Walter Potter, a Victorian-era Anthropomorphic taxidermy caricature specialist (who knew?) and creater of "Kittens' Tea and Croquet Party", shown below.

Auction of the Day

2006-04-06T23:00:00.000-05:00

Hang in There cross-stitching

Acro-Cats perfoming in Chicago-TONIGHT

2006-04-06T11:50:00.000-05:00

I can't believe no CatTastic representative will be able to go. YOU should go in our stead (you know who you are). Oh, its not the same show as the Russian guy, btw-

This guy:
is for hire. I don't know if he'll be at the performance tonight-but I want him at my next birthday party.

Monkey + Kitty = LUV

2006-04-05T12:01:00.000-05:00

This set of photos by Kazzie's on flickr reveals inter-species love and friendship. Trust us, it is sweeeeeeet.

Official Star Wars Mouse Droid Cat Toy

2006-04-03T16:53:00.000-05:00

StarWars.com offers two ideas to make your 'nip stuff'd toys. Why? Well...

Humans aren't the only ones who like to play with Star Wars toys.

Auction of the Day

2006-04-03T16:42:00.000-05:00

Auction of the Day

Meowing Cat Ashtray

Friday Fun Time

2006-03-31T11:04:00.000-06:00

MMEOWW! The Game

Turn down the speakers and save the kittens from a horribly bloody death.

It's raining kittens! Save them with the bouncy kitty catcher and score extra points for somersaults!

"meow" in chinese...

2006-03-30T23:10:00.000-06:00

Revver user acquabella posted this video, "Djunior: Our Little Cat" (push play):

see the same pride in Our 3d cats!

It's Back...

2006-03-30T22:53:00.000-06:00

Auction of the Day

Kitty Earrings!!!!!!

CatTastic News Network.....

2006-03-30T14:36:00.000-06:00

Cat stuck in a wall! then saved! nicknamed 'Wally'!

Think about the children!!

2006-03-29T14:02:00.000-06:00

There is a killer cat on the loose in Conneticut, folks. Can't you see the evil in his eyes....?

"His M.O. is to spring from behind you and what he does is wrap himself around your legs and he bites and scratches," Janet Kettman said.

3-inch tall kitten 'may' be world's SMALLEST!

2006-03-28T16:26:00.000-06:00

A 9-week-old kitten in El Cajon, Calif., is expected to win a place in the record books as the smallest cat in the world, according to a Local 6 News report.

Mo' Fat Catness

2006-03-27T09:01:00.000-06:00

Just when we think we've seen THE fattest cat (see other Cattastic fat cat postings), here comes ,Iggy from St. Joseph, Missouri. They're all comin out of the woodwork now folks, WATCH OUT.

I should just make this a fat cat blog...

Cat falls 80 feet from tree w/nary a scratch!

2006-03-22T12:47:00.000-06:00

BIG WOOP-our cat Max jumped out the 3rd story window onto cement, and barely got hurt. Nobody's writing stories about him, eh? Regardless-here's the story, with VIDEO of the fall!

ok ok..in honor of 'st. patrick's day'.....

2006-03-17T13:16:00.000-06:00

IRISH DRINKING SONGS FOR CAT LOVERS. . .

from the website:
"are you a cat lover? do you love to irish drinking songs? new cd for the wonderfully demented kitty cat fantatic. listen to music you've heard on st. patrick's day or by the dubliners, the clancy brothers, the wolfe tones, and the irish rovers. then laugh"

makes the perfect gift!

more cuties from the Tribune photo gallery

2006-03-16T10:31:00.000-06:00

More from the Tribune's Photos of the Day:

Two Sand kittens play in their display area at the Lincoln Park Zoo on Wednesday. The kittens were born January 16 at the Chicago zoo. Sand cats, the smallest of all wild cats, are rare and considered a threatened species in the wild.
(Tribune photo by Bonnie Trafelet)
Mar. 15, 2006

Cats doing catty things

2006-03-16T08:59:00.000-06:00

A friend sent me this and I thought I'd seen it all before, but there are some genuinely good laughs to be had in this video.

Thanks D!

ACTUAL VIDEO of the AcroCats!!!!!!

2006-03-09T12:49:00.000-06:00

There is a guy who has trained cats in Key West-but this Russian dude is really amazing! check out the sets..

SPEAKING of Key West- look! Its the Hemingway house polydactyl cats!

CatTastic News Network

2006-03-08T10:56:00.000-06:00

Kitty's great crate escape to the Netherlands!

Who says you have to be normal to be happy?

The Sasquatch of Cats?

A Feline Wonderland!

2006-03-07T16:10:00.000-06:00

Coolest Cat Haus ever

"A kitty heaven on earth."—Cats

"These cats are living the high life."—Extra

"The ultimate cat-friendly fantasyland."—Publisher's Weekly

Grateful Kitty

2006-03-06T15:27:00.000-06:00

Next time you have trouble rounding up your li'l one to take to the vet, consider this poor girl. Somehow she got herself stuck in a storm drain on the side of a busy road in Bristol, RI!

Stuck on the side of the road, just inches from passing motorists, the cat survived an unknown amount of time with only its head poking through the 130-pound grate before it was spotted and rescued. Rescuers called to the scene Thursday couldn't believe what they saw when they arrived.

"When I pulled up ... I said 'Wow'," said Bristol Fire Department Battalion Chief Jim Viera.

After city workers tried everything they could, including a backhoe (!), they took the grate, cat still intact, to Sakonnet Animal Hospital, where vet William Condon saved the day:

Dr. Condon sedated the cat, lubricated its neck and head, shaved its neck, and commenced tugging and turning. After a bit of coaxing, he said, the cat finally slipped free.

omgomgomgomgCUTIESomg

2006-03-03T16:07:00.000-06:00

From the Tribune's Photos of the Day:

Sixteen-day-old leopard cubs are presented to the public at a news conference at the State Zoological Park in Gauhati, India, on Friday. Woodcutters found the cubs in a reserve forest and handed them over to officials last week.

where can we buy a roll of that toilet paper?!

2006-03-03T15:12:00.000-06:00

Actioncat.com has a great selection of kitty cards to send to you and yours. Check it out

thanks Matt!

"Some Kinda Glandular Problem"

2006-03-02T20:07:00.000-06:00

Indeed. Lemme tell ya, when this cat sits around the house, he really sits around the house!

Reuters reports on Sam, a 20 kilogram (that's 44 lbs to you and me) cat.

Rub a dub, a Kitty and a Cub..............

2006-03-02T16:39:00.000-06:00

A baby lion has found an unlikely friend and protector in an ordinary house cat. Linton Zoo co-owner Kim Simmons has taken the 3-month-old cub, named "Safina," into her home.

Watch as ultimate cuteness ensues on the video or the slideshow.....

Auction of the Day... and more!

2006-03-01T10:22:00.000-06:00

Cats and Beer: A dream come true.

Note: "Unused fine beer labels,each for 2 litres beer bottle"

Naturally, this got CatTastic all hopped up, setting off a wave of futile googling to track down the brewery (Bralis?)for a sponsorship deal.

We did learn from a nice air-hockey-related site (of course), that Incukalns is a village in Latvia, which translated means "Cat's Hill". This explains the local coat-of-arms:

And lastly, even though it has nothing to do with CatTastic's mission, we'd be remiss if we didn't share this photo from what we think is site of the Latvian capital, Rigas.

CatTastic News Network

2006-02-28T11:44:00.000-06:00

Russian Acrocats!
and
more Katrina Kitty adoption news!

Auction of the Day

2006-02-27T13:30:00.000-06:00

Cat Gargoyle

Philly's Phattest Cats

2006-02-27T12:03:00.000-06:00

With no explanation as to why, channel 10 in Philadelphia is looking for felines of unusual girth. They've already garnered two slideshows with over 200 pictures!

Among them, 32 lb (!?!) Kaspar (below):

Add it all up and that's like two tons of luv! Or more!

Cat TV

2006-02-24T14:40:00.000-06:00

It's true. Everything really is cooler in Brooklyn, isn't it? Cuz there is nothing like Kitty Corner on our cable access channels -- or yours... Unless you live in Brooklyn -- in which case Brooklyn Community Access Television (heh, BCAT) brings you 25 minutes of uninterupted cat action! Every month!

Episode Seven features Otto (above) grudgingly donning holiday reindeer antlers, hittin' the nip, and falling asleep while playing.

Thanks Chris!

Auction of the Day

2006-02-24T11:30:00.000-06:00

Beady Little Kitties!

The Land of the Rising Cat

2006-02-24T10:00:00.000-06:00

From the best we can tell, 1981 was the year the licking cat in Japan and all the cuteness it entailed.

You may wonder, in your best engrish translation, "Why the cat standing?"

With all guesses and slander flew about from the doubt which is said. It is the ハクセイ " as for that cat not to be wrong! " " Inserting the stick, it has let stand! " " The グルグル winding the body with the wire, it is fixed with? " " The clothes which are set with the gypsum are dressed, it is is! " " Well that is the synthetic photograph! When " it becomes terrible slander, " striking the anesthesia injection, it photographs as a conscious モウロウ. When " and so on with you list, there is no drill.

Domo arigatoh, Sam!

Must... get... last... morsel!

2006-02-23T14:41:00.000-06:00

Pensacola, FL, K-9 cop Harry Barraclough and Officer Mike Cornett saved a kitty who got stuck in a can of dog food.

Unfortunately, TV cameras did not get to the scene in time to capture the resuce on tape. Okay, they weren't even dispatched. But they should have been!

[While] Cornett cut holes in the can to help the cat breathe [t]he cat suddenly sprang to life and escaped, running across the street into a yard, barely avoiding an oncoming vehicle.

“The cat had used two of its nine lives by then,” said Barraclough, who described it as a “heat-seeking missile” as it rampaged around the yard.

The officers recaptured the kitty, and Cornett used pliers to remove the can.

Auction of the Day [heh, link fixed...]

2006-02-23T11:54:00.000-06:00

OMG! Not one. Not two! Not three!! Not four!!! FIVE raised paws!!!!

Japanese Maneki Neko Lucky Cat Family (!)

For Luck... TO THE EXTREME!

Le Purrrrrr...

2006-02-22T10:46:00.000-06:00

Big cats are cats, too, y'know. And with less than 5,000 snow leopards alive today, Winnepeg Zoo resident Dmitri is doing his part and possibly setting a world record for his studliness and studosity.

At 19, Dmitri is old for a snow leopard, but that's not how he's earned his reputation. He is also the most sexually productive leopard in Canada, possibly the world.

He's fathered 15 kittens in his lifetime – more than double the average for male snow leopards – and is the oldest male snow leopard to ever sire offspring.

Auction of the Day

2006-02-22T08:03:00.000-06:00

Tiny Bakelite Button Cat Doll

Need a new email signature?

2006-02-21T15:29:00.000-06:00

Take your email account back to the early 90s
with Flump's Own Ascii Art

             
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  /         \/
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or Mister Harold's Ascii Cat Pics


              _ |\_
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       ."        )
_     /   ,    \/\_
((____|    )_-\ \_-`
`-----'`-----` `--`

or these love cats by Veronica Karlsson


VK  __                _ _                __
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also, scroll down on Veronica's page for instructions on how to make a scratching post... all in ASCII art!

The picture -- it says it all really.

2006-02-21T14:17:00.000-06:00

How many firemen does it take to rescue a cat?

2006-02-21T14:09:00.000-06:00

Chicago Tribune Problem Solver (registration required, booooo) lends a hand to save Chiky, stuck 50 feet up a tree. 50 feet! And what a production:

Soon, more than a dozen firefighters arrived, including some from Engine 91, Squad 2, Battalion 7. [...] As the temperature dropped, they backed the truck from the alleyway, then raised a bucket holding Urbon and two firefighters. One firefighter carved a path through the branches using a chain saw; the other guided the basket ever closer to the cat.

About 45 minutes into the operation, the crew was close enough to grab Chiky with a snare--a loop at the end of a long pole. Seconds later, the cat wriggled free, fell several branches, then scampered even higher.

It ends happily, of course, otherwise we wouldn't be telling you about it. Only good cat news here at CatTastic.

Cat Auction of the Day

2006-02-21T09:56:00.000-06:00

Liquor Decanter

Cat Item, Vintage Bar Item

Presidents Day

2006-02-20T09:52:00.000-06:00

Our favorite White House kitty though has got to be Amy Carter's Siamese, Misty Malarky Ying Yang.

Cat Auction of the Day

2006-02-17T08:13:00.000-06:00

Golden Jewel Maneki Neko
Large Yellow Coin Bank

They Brings all the Luck and Fortune to You !

Kitty Maze Fever

2006-02-16T19:15:00.000-06:00

Drivin' us crazy!!

Pac-Man + Cats + Snowmen = Hours of F.U.N.

Who ya gonna call...

2006-02-16T10:19:00.000-06:00

...when your kitty is stuck in a tree? The fire department? Nope. Police? No siree. The pound? Sorry.

Very detailed account of Roselle, NJ, resident Joe Bass' plight to save his cat from just such a predicament:

Bass needed to think of someone else who could help get Sam down or find a way to do it himself. He then got an idea. "I was thinking 'Where can I get a ladder big enough?' " Bass said. "Then I thought of roofers."

Paws up to Joe Percario Enterprises for saving the day when big government wouldn't.

Cat Auction of the Day

2006-02-16T07:47:00.000-06:00

4 Light Blue Japanese Kitty Bowls!

Next Step: Flushing

2006-02-15T12:24:00.000-06:00

Karawynn Long achieved the holy grail of cat owners by toilet training her cat, Misha! She lays out a detailed account of how, with a patience and, (presumably) paper towels your kitty can do this too. It may not be easy, but, as she points out:

if you begin to think it's not worth it, just remember that you will never have to clean a litter box again.

She also elaborates in an FAQ section.

Cat Auction of the Day

2006-02-15T09:31:00.000-06:00

Tiffany Stained Glass Laying Kitty Cat Kitten Lamp

CatTastic News Network

2006-02-14T13:04:00.000-06:00

Katrina Kitty and Owner Reunited!

Feline Fire Alarm Saves Owner!

Sharon Stone -- Spinster, Crazy Cat Lady!

Drooooooooool...

2006-02-14T10:18:00.000-06:00

PostModernPets.com is quite the revelation. Sort of a Design within Paw, if you will.

In addition to the coolest cat carrier we've ever seen (above), there's the Cabitat Cat Condo, the Bent Ply Feeder and the dog/cat magnet set.

Cat Auction of the Day

2006-02-14T07:53:00.000-06:00

Pair of Black Cat Ashtrays

Meowmory

2006-02-13T20:09:00.000-06:00

You'll recognize lots of classic kitten pics in this memory game. A word of advice, though -- don't get caught up in all the cuteness, cuz you only get two minutes to finish. We can barely get that though. Enjoy!

Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi. You're my only hope.

2006-02-13T09:42:00.000-06:00

More harrowing hitch-hiking cat tales.

Princess Leia, possibly seeking out a larger litter box, spent a week on beauteous Hilton Head Island. If only everyone who found kitties were as considerate as Bill Boswell, this Leia's Obi-Wan:

The 9-month-old calico cat wound up on the front doorstep of Bill and Sheila Boswell's Shipyard Plantation home last month, soon after the departure of a contractor [...] He spent the week making fliers and calling island veterinarians to find its owner. No luck. Then it hit him -- the contractor had mentioned he'd been in Bluffton before coming to the Boswells. Bill started calling mainland vets on the chance the cat had bummed a ride over the bridges.

Leia is now back home under the watchful eye of her own Chewbacca of sorts, her best friend, a Rottweiler mix.

Cat Auction of the Day

2006-02-13T06:58:00.000-06:00

Kitty Cat Squeaker Toy

Like those moo maker can thingies you turn upside down... but for meows!!

Dogs Suckle

2006-02-12T16:44:00.000-06:00

Dr. Kimberlee Young of North Bergen, NJ, performed a C-section on a pregnant dog who'd been hit by a car, bringing four pups into the world. After the mother died from her injuries, Dr. Young stepped in to rear them. Meanwhile, Yentl, her champion Birman, had recently delivered a stillborn kitten and was in mourning.

After weeks of too many late-night puppy feedings, Dr. Young had an idea to quell Yentl's maternal yearnings:

"I handed her one of the puppies to see if she was game for it," Young said. "I figured that Yentl had just given birth and I knew she had mother's milk. So I just put the puppy in there to see what happened. Amazingly, she took to the puppy. So I gave her the other three. Yentl took to them as well. She immediately started cleaning them. She was purring. She was so happy."

Having now found homes for each of the puppies, Dr. Young is apparently looking for a home for Yentl, as well.

Phew...

2006-02-10T18:24:00.000-06:00

It's tough combing the interweb for cat pics, cat news, cats, cats and more cats. After our first two days, we found ourselves winding down the week with, Kittens.

It's an oddly compelling game, despite the fact that we can't qute read Japanese and had trouble getting past level two.

Anyway, cheggout the other at cat and kitty games at donpixel.com while we take the weekend off from posting to find you the best cat-related auctions, cat pics, cat news, cats, cats and more cats we can find!

Have a good weekend!

Feline-ize* your browser

2006-02-10T14:40:00.000-06:00

As if you needed another reason to switch to Firefox besides the extensions, the tabs, the easy pop-up blocking, or the Firefox plush doll (especially that), there's also the "Red Cats" theme for it, too. Now you can turn all your buttons (back, home, refresh, etc.) into Kitties!

Mysteriously, the theme doesn't come in red, but there's a blue version or a green version, which is our choice.

* Like "personalize", but, um, for cats.

Cat Power, Kitty Wells fans rejoice!

2006-02-10T12:32:00.000-06:00

iPod iFeeling iLonely? Tiger Electronics, of Pawtucket, RI, has finally come out with iCat speakers for the iPod!

The iDog is cute and all, but, as you can probably guess, it wasn't quite CatTastic's thing.

Cat Auction of the Day

2006-02-10T11:10:00.000-06:00

You get: 3 white kitties, 6 strawberries, 1 short cake.

What more could you ask for??

Note: We promise CatTastic will never have any affiliation with highlighted auction listings.

One order of fish and chips, please. Hold the chips.

2006-02-10T10:34:00.000-06:00

Meet Aslan, from Ipswich. Aslan's not the type to miss a meal. When he did, his owners knew something was wrong.

But just as it appeared all hope was lost, the couple received a call to say that the ten-month-old cat had been found safe and in purrfect health - 262 miles away in Mid-Glamorgan.

Oh, and what do the British call the hood of a car? A bonnet, of course.

Cat Auction of the Day

2006-02-09T19:19:00.000-06:00

Search "cat" on eBay and you'll find over 70,000 items. CatTastic pores through them all so you don't have to:

Super Cool Siamese Night Light

Note: We promise CatTastic will never have any affiliation with highlighted auction listings.

'The Fuzz' has a new meaning....

2006-02-09T14:21:00.000-06:00

Maybe this guy was trying to pull a Bill Frist... or maybe he just couldn't get in to vet school. Regardless, undercover kitty Fred set things straight risking life and paw to keep the pets of East Flatbush, NY, safe.

Fred was last seen at the station with with a dozen tuna donuts.