Why do they call it 'Cat Chow' when it contains 0% CAT? (PICS)

[Richard Steele]

Hooray! My little friend 'BANDITTE' made her first appearance of the year tonight!

She's abit skinny, what with the hibernating and all, but otherwise looking healthy,
and hungry for her favorite: Cat Chow!

Her SECOND fave is pizza crust; she likes to run 7 feet up our tree and then take the crusts from my hand.




She looks kinda FIERCE here, but she was actually YAWNING at me while I snapped my fingers to make her look up for the camera!

I've never actually "checked" her gender;
...but, with the way she gives me THAT look that says:
"Idiot, PLEASE!"...
she's definitely female.

I've gotten that look from so many women, I am qualified to recognize it on the face of ANY mammal!

[ET Awful]

1. Hehehe, I love raccoons

One of my favorite animals.

[Bronco69]

2. Awwwww

That's great that you give her something to eat. How often does she come around?

[Richard Steele]

4. It has varied.

Summer of 2003, she was just a 4 pound little thing; I saw her EVERY night all summer, and she really got to know me...
if I opened the door holding a plastic cup, she ran to the bowel for CatChow.
If I came out with a pizza-box, she ran up to the crotch of the tree and waited for her favorite CRUSTS!
She was a regular; one hour after every sundown she was there.

Last year, I only saw her maybe 2-3 times a week, and she was often with a HUGE male who never came in very close.

Tonight is her first visit this year; I knew it was her before I looked...
Cats and Possums and Raccoons sound VERY different eating CatChow on a quiet night!
(Leopard Slugs make no sounds at all!)

[Heidi]

6. I feed the leopard slugs

that show up outside our kitchen window. Lettuce, tomatoes and cucumbers, all summer long.

[Richard Steele]

8. I was surprised when the leopards started on the CatChow. Carnivores!

They are very interesting to watch.

I have some photos of one that was a good 7 inches long, and I thought it was HUGE....
...Until I crawled under our house and saw the REALLY big ones! The ones on our porch were just the babies!

I'm not going back under there unless I have to!

[Heidi]

10. I like the leopard slugs . . .

but the ones I've seen here are about 5 inches long. If there are some bigger ones hiding somewhere, I don't want to know and I couldn't afford to feed them anyway. (Eeeeee!)

[flvegan]

3. Had one at my cat food around 2 am this morning.

He/she was pretty big, pretty hungry, and pretty upsetting to one of my dogs that kept barking at him/her.

[Deja Q]

5. Yo usure she's not rabid?

BTW, love your name! :7

[Richard Steele]

7. As sure as I can be....

She's been coming around for 3 years now, and acts the same as any other animal who knows me.
(I also have a few Opossums who drop by regularly)

BTW, I love your name also. ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNOTOAD!

That sound-effect that Futurama used for the Htoad was the best ever!

[demnan]

9. Cute picture!

She's definitely "your pet". No way you could get picture otherwise.

On edit:

I just gave you that disapproving look you love so well because of your post title.

[Richard Steele]

11. I FELT that look, and hit the 'my posts' icon...and there you were!

Must be time for bed-I'm starting to believe my own nonsense!!

See y'all tomorrow!

[AzDar]

12. If Cat Chow were manufactured in Wisconsin, it would probably

contain at least 20% REAL cat!!

[Mutley]

13. she's too cute!

[bertha katzenengel]

14. She's beautiful, Dicksteele.

I love raccoons! :bounce: