In 33°C weather, the only thing Koda can still do is hang out : cat@lemmy.world

we have these little bowls, we call them pinch bowls and salsa bowls (i use them for my mise en place with spices that i need a salt pig or something similar, or when i'm having a small bowl of midnight salsa). they hold about 1 cup / 250mL. maybe half that, i've never really measured. for the cats we'll put in an ice cube or two and some water when it's hot. it's a little supplement in addition to their fountains and they love it.

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[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 4 points 4 months ago

We had a cat when I grew up, a lovely female cat with completely black fur, short but compact, with tuffs of hair on her ears.

I remember the first time I gave her some ice on a plate, it was summer, 30+ C in Sweden, she lay in the shadow under a table on the deck of our house, seemingly completely exhausted.

So I got an ice cube and put it on a plate and brought it to her.

She was interested and sat up straight and looked at the cube, gave it a sniff and a small lick, and clearly was interested, but a bit confused.

It wasn't long before she realized that if she just waited a bit she could drink some cool refreshing water, and got excited.

She looked intently at the ice cube and then gave it a few licks, then back to looking and so on.

It was quite interesting to see.

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[–] linkinkampf19@lemmy.world 20 points 4 months ago (3 children)

That's a cool tree Koda is on, custom?

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[–] slevinkelevra@sh.itjust.works [S] 36 points 4 months ago* (2 children)

Yeah I built it for Koda and Lilly as a parting gift when I had to separate him from Miez. I can upload an album of the whole build process if you're interested.

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[–] linkinkampf19@lemmy.world 10 points 4 months ago (1 child)

Ooh that's beautiful. We just got a "higher end" touting solid wood, and it ended up being hollow MDF, so I'm not all that happy about it. I've always wanted to attempt a personal build, and yours scratched my brain nicely. Thanks!

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[–] slevinkelevra@sh.itjust.works [S] 2 points 4 months ago

Fun fact: It was a really a custom build by exact specifications. My friend even sent me a FreeCAD model beforehand to ensure it fit their room perfectly. So I had much to go on, but still was learning tons about how to make it into reality.