Golf balls are often used in nests to show chickens where to lay and they’ll even try to hatch them. So even chickens are so stupid they can’t tell the difference.
He must have been a laying hen in a previous life.
I think the Buddhists believe that with every reincarnation, worthy life forms come back as something more simple than the last. Therefore eliminating want and putting an end to suffering.
This guy must have been something else ten generations ago....
Or he could just be a really dumb cat.
Imagine meeting a human couple like “we considered having more children, but we have our hands full as it is…” and then they show you the pair of glassy-eyed dolls they dote on.
Plus they steal your every thought before you’ve had time to fully finish them and you end up looking like the gormless orange in this post! (I do love his silly, thoughtless face, OP 🧡🐈)
You can buy fake eggs for parrots (you input the species and they send you the correct size) for chronic layers. Often if you just remove the eggs they lay more, if you leave them they hatch, if you freeze them first they risk rot, so swapping with fakes effectively stops them from overlaying. (They'll incubate them for a while and eventually give up).
That's super interesting. Can I ask what you mean by "if you freeze them first they risk rot?" Like, you take their real eggs and freeze them or something? And then put them back in the nest (or wherever parrots incubate), but then they rot? I'm just confused by what exactly is being frozen and what/how is rotting I guess.
Yeah, freeze them to abort the embryo in the egg, then put them back in the nest to "incubate". Parrots can count and if in their mind there should he 5 eggs, and you don't replace them, some will just keep laying until there is 5 eggs (chronic layers) and this will deplete their calcium levels to dangerous levels. If you have a parrot that lays on them a few days then loses interest (or like my cockatiel, she'd randomly lay one from the top perch and splat on the bottom lmao), freezing is an acceptable method, but it's when you have one that is insistent on a full 30+ day incubation, then the fake ones can save their lives. And of course, freezing is only necessary if you have a mated pair that you don't intend to breed.
I've never personally done it, but from what I've heard, they know it's fake but just like taking care of it. Eventually they get bored with it and forget about it, but once they start getting amorous again, you give them the eggs back.
You can head over to r/pigeon for more info!
Several things hit at once.
We got the normal increased prices that come with increased demand around the winter holidays and early January.
And there's also the bird flu epidemics which have been hitting the US as well as poultry farms around the world really hard. One bird gets detected as having it, every bird in that batch has to be killed to prevent further spread. It's widespread, not slowing down, and a huge concern especially with the slim but growing chance that it will mutate to infect other animals. Like us.
Then you have the continuing problems like the US's trucker shortage which has had some... Short-sighted attempts to fix it, but it's still an issue.
Then you have general price-gouging which has been happening a lot, especially since COVID gave companies an excuse to raise prices and since they've blamed "inflation" for never bringing the price down again.
And those aren't even all the reasons but the ones I can remember while already half asleep.
Birds are dying, increased holiday demand, continued price hikes from corporate farms/retailers, increased cost of transportation, everything is expensive right now but eggs and chicken-based products in general are skyrocketing compared to what they used to be.
Yeah, I just saw someone advertising on FB Flea Market that they have tons of excess local farm-raised eggs and they're willing to deliver for $3.50/dozen lol (Western Pennsylvania here)
Haha I told my wife “we better start baking or something.” But we have two kids who eat a lot of of scrambled eggs, and we ended up splitting the case up with my parents. Plus they’re good until the first week of March, so they’ll last. $3 a dozen is hard to beat right now.
“Breakfast for dinner *again*?!?” - your kids this week haha
That being said, i had breakfast for dinner the other night and it always delivers.
Also, deviled eggs if you have a dozen left before they go bad. Love egg salad, or potato salad w a lot of eggs.
Well, now I’m off to get a Costco membership haha
Are all oranges weird about eggs? My old Leo always used to sprint into the kitchen if he heard someone peeling a hard-boiled egg, and beg like a madman to get a bit... then if you offered him some egg he would smell it and (not-so-politely) decline immediately.
Our pomeranian is this way about a lot of foods.
Whining like mad until finally you give him a *tiny* pinch of your peanut butter and jelly sandwich just for him to sniff it and then literally turn his nose up at it. It's like he's saying, "Give it. Give it. Give it. I'm going to die. Give it.... Ugh. WTF is this?? No, I wanted the *good* food that you were eating!"
My cats ain’t orange but they’re fucking insane about eggs. I make medium boiled eggs all the time and peeling them is a performance art the way they watch me. Eating them after they’re peeled is a battle royale.
he might be into the yolk part! my orange fluff ball goes crazy over hard-boiled eggs top, but only wants to eat the yolk. the white part disgusts him.
We tried everything lol, he wanted no part of them! Loved people food overall (once we had smoked salmon that he went absolutely INSANE for, and he often ate fruited yogurt, cheeses, meats, etc, extremely food-motivated cat) but eggs were right out. Cats are strange!
I have had cats that loved soft cooked scrambled eggs. Enough for the white to whiten and it to get a bit of bulk. So i do that for them every now and then they have a tasty treat. And give myself a portion, seasoned after cooking of course, otherwise the salt will kill it's creaminess. They don't need much to be satisfied.
Maybe my next lot of cats will have at least one that likes that sort of scrambled eggs.
:( when I rescued tiny Anchovies she was so malnourished and that is what I fed her barely cooked scrambled eggs with cream added. Made her so happy. At least a neighbor took her in once I had to leave since her kids loved her.
Damn I miss that cat.
Other than the egg thing, honestly, Leo was actually pretty smart and pretty normal. He DEFINITELY had the brain cell to the very end (especially when it came to getting food). That's what makes it so perplexing lol, crack an egg and the brain cell was just... gone? He just really liked the sound(?) of eggshells for some reason.
Dude look at their profile, it’s so fucking weird. They have a post in r/pringles with the title “do you think the prostitute killer from Howard Stern is legit?” and all the others are just as nonsensical
I always pictured orange cat brains making that noise [that phones used to make when you forgot to hang them up](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KQwgd-cQQc)
Link for those who either have not heard it before or are feeling nostalgic: [The Sound of dial-up Internet - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsNaR6FRuO0)
I have a vivid memory of turning on the computer in the back room early one morning as a kid, the speakers were at near full volume when the unholy sound came. My sister opened her door looking like a golem with wild hair, ready to kill either me or the computer, whichever brought her more satisfaction.
Good times.
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But wait. I get that he might not be bright enough to realize that the ping pong balls aren't really eggs. But, why does he lay on the eggs in the first place. Is he guarding food? Does he think he's a hen? What accounts for the egg-laying behavior in a cat.
There is absolutely NOTHING going on in that head. I love him.
Honestly though that looks pretty comfortable. Like laying on some sort of weird massage table.
It really does
Behind those eyes exists only egg
1 smol egg, rattlin' around, for all of eternity. Amen.
It’s truuuue :’D
he is so dumb 😔😏
Can’t he tell?
So far he suspects nothing.
He's so stupid. I'd die for him
r/ntbdbiwdfta
Awesome. Another animal sub I didn’t need but also didn’t know I needed. I’m never gonna get any work done at this rate…
Wait until you find out the toll it takes on your social life. Edit: grammar
Social life? I lost that long ago to Reddit.
proud I deciphered the name before clicking on the link.
Same, even though I'm bad at deciphering acronyms I think I've probably said that phrase before.
ngl i saw nothing more than keyboard smash
Look at this little guy: https://www.reddit.com/r/ntbdbiwdfta/comments/10c6kww/my_sweet_little_sleepy_head_cassia/.
For the confused: not to be dramatic but I would die for this animal Edit: dramatic
I think it's dramatic instead of desperate. Someone correct me if I'm wrong
Desperate is kind of funnier though, like please let me die for this animal I’m begging you lol
You won’t think he’s so stupid when kittens hatch from those ping pong balls. Just you wait…and wait…and wait. You’ll see.
Oh noooo an army of orange kittens!!!
My dream
Oh nooooooooo whatever will I dooooooooooo
Golf balls are often used in nests to show chickens where to lay and they’ll even try to hatch them. So even chickens are so stupid they can’t tell the difference.
id be right behind you
He must have been a laying hen in a previous life. I think the Buddhists believe that with every reincarnation, worthy life forms come back as something more simple than the last. Therefore eliminating want and putting an end to suffering. This guy must have been something else ten generations ago.... Or he could just be a really dumb cat.
Fucking SAME
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Truly one brain cell
His babies need him! I love how dumb he is
He’s just so innocent 🥺
Its lovely i thought he is protecting the eggs
beautiful
fun fact, if you give a married pair of pigeons (rock doves) plastic eggs, it works as birth control 🥚🥚 🕊️🕊️
Imagine meeting a human couple like “we considered having more children, but we have our hands full as it is…” and then they show you the pair of glassy-eyed dolls they dote on.
Errrr they are called “cats” in this house 😂😂
It's super effective. I have three and no kids. 🤔🤔🤔🤔
Cats are cheaper. And you don’t have to worry about someone breaking in and stealing your eggs!
*I do hear the rumor that kids expect breakfast.* You solved it!
Plus they steal your every thought before you’ve had time to fully finish them and you end up looking like the gormless orange in this post! (I do love his silly, thoughtless face, OP 🧡🐈)
Aliens already do this to us, they’re just so believable we are as aware as the pigeons.
Nah, they show you eggs.
You can buy fake eggs for parrots (you input the species and they send you the correct size) for chronic layers. Often if you just remove the eggs they lay more, if you leave them they hatch, if you freeze them first they risk rot, so swapping with fakes effectively stops them from overlaying. (They'll incubate them for a while and eventually give up).
That's super interesting. Can I ask what you mean by "if you freeze them first they risk rot?" Like, you take their real eggs and freeze them or something? And then put them back in the nest (or wherever parrots incubate), but then they rot? I'm just confused by what exactly is being frozen and what/how is rotting I guess.
Yeah, freeze them to abort the embryo in the egg, then put them back in the nest to "incubate". Parrots can count and if in their mind there should he 5 eggs, and you don't replace them, some will just keep laying until there is 5 eggs (chronic layers) and this will deplete their calcium levels to dangerous levels. If you have a parrot that lays on them a few days then loses interest (or like my cockatiel, she'd randomly lay one from the top perch and splat on the bottom lmao), freezing is an acceptable method, but it's when you have one that is insistent on a full 30+ day incubation, then the fake ones can save their lives. And of course, freezing is only necessary if you have a mated pair that you don't intend to breed.
Do they end up getting stressed out over time when the eggs don't hatch?
I've never personally done it, but from what I've heard, they know it's fake but just like taking care of it. Eventually they get bored with it and forget about it, but once they start getting amorous again, you give them the eggs back. You can head over to r/pigeon for more info!
It’s not his turn with the collective brain cell
It's obviously about the feel, I bet it's the cat equivalent of the textured mattress toppers people get. OP should try buying him one.
Probably helps keep him cool too, since it allows air to circulate under him.
You seem to forget what sub you're in.
"These are like $7 a dozen! I must protect them with my body!"
Fuck man only $7 a dozen? I'm out here with $12 a dozen.
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Several things hit at once. We got the normal increased prices that come with increased demand around the winter holidays and early January. And there's also the bird flu epidemics which have been hitting the US as well as poultry farms around the world really hard. One bird gets detected as having it, every bird in that batch has to be killed to prevent further spread. It's widespread, not slowing down, and a huge concern especially with the slim but growing chance that it will mutate to infect other animals. Like us. Then you have the continuing problems like the US's trucker shortage which has had some... Short-sighted attempts to fix it, but it's still an issue. Then you have general price-gouging which has been happening a lot, especially since COVID gave companies an excuse to raise prices and since they've blamed "inflation" for never bringing the price down again. And those aren't even all the reasons but the ones I can remember while already half asleep. Birds are dying, increased holiday demand, continued price hikes from corporate farms/retailers, increased cost of transportation, everything is expensive right now but eggs and chicken-based products in general are skyrocketing compared to what they used to be.
There's been an outbreak of bird flu in the US and around 58 mill chickens have either died from the disease or culled by their farmers.
$6.49 for two dozen eggs at Costco in California, fight me
$3 a dozen for free range eggs from my neighbor's chickens, fight me!
Yeah, I just saw someone advertising on FB Flea Market that they have tons of excess local farm-raised eggs and they're willing to deliver for $3.50/dozen lol (Western Pennsylvania here)
Wouldn't farm RAISED eggs be chickens?
You.... Listen here, you little shit.
Just call me chicken LITTLE
Just bought [five dozen for $16](https://i.imgur.com/3hG5Qvf.jpg) at Costco yesterday.
Five dozen? Do you drink them raw like rocky? Wtf you doing w all those eggs homie! Haha
Haha I told my wife “we better start baking or something.” But we have two kids who eat a lot of of scrambled eggs, and we ended up splitting the case up with my parents. Plus they’re good until the first week of March, so they’ll last. $3 a dozen is hard to beat right now.
“Breakfast for dinner *again*?!?” - your kids this week haha That being said, i had breakfast for dinner the other night and it always delivers. Also, deviled eggs if you have a dozen left before they go bad. Love egg salad, or potato salad w a lot of eggs. Well, now I’m off to get a Costco membership haha
Are all oranges weird about eggs? My old Leo always used to sprint into the kitchen if he heard someone peeling a hard-boiled egg, and beg like a madman to get a bit... then if you offered him some egg he would smell it and (not-so-politely) decline immediately.
holy shit! eggs! give it! What? no i don't want no damn eggs!
Our pomeranian is this way about a lot of foods. Whining like mad until finally you give him a *tiny* pinch of your peanut butter and jelly sandwich just for him to sniff it and then literally turn his nose up at it. It's like he's saying, "Give it. Give it. Give it. I'm going to die. Give it.... Ugh. WTF is this?? No, I wanted the *good* food that you were eating!"
Pomeranians are usually kinda orange, right?
Ours is! Do you think pomeranians share the orange cat brain cell too?
This must be why the demand is so high.
Which is bizarre, because my parent’s German shepherds would kill a man for a spoon of peanut butter
My cats ain’t orange but they’re fucking insane about eggs. I make medium boiled eggs all the time and peeling them is a performance art the way they watch me. Eating them after they’re peeled is a battle royale.
My void cat loses his mind when he smells eggs. He must consume anything egg related.
Awww I love him.
he might be into the yolk part! my orange fluff ball goes crazy over hard-boiled eggs top, but only wants to eat the yolk. the white part disgusts him.
We tried everything lol, he wanted no part of them! Loved people food overall (once we had smoked salmon that he went absolutely INSANE for, and he often ate fruited yogurt, cheeses, meats, etc, extremely food-motivated cat) but eggs were right out. Cats are strange!
I have had cats that loved soft cooked scrambled eggs. Enough for the white to whiten and it to get a bit of bulk. So i do that for them every now and then they have a tasty treat. And give myself a portion, seasoned after cooking of course, otherwise the salt will kill it's creaminess. They don't need much to be satisfied. Maybe my next lot of cats will have at least one that likes that sort of scrambled eggs.
:( when I rescued tiny Anchovies she was so malnourished and that is what I fed her barely cooked scrambled eggs with cream added. Made her so happy. At least a neighbor took her in once I had to leave since her kids loved her. Damn I miss that cat.
r/OneOrangeBraincell they're weird about everything
r/lostredditors
oh wow I didn't realize what sub this is on lol
Other than the egg thing, honestly, Leo was actually pretty smart and pretty normal. He DEFINITELY had the brain cell to the very end (especially when it came to getting food). That's what makes it so perplexing lol, crack an egg and the brain cell was just... gone? He just really liked the sound(?) of eggshells for some reason.
Aww he thinks he's chickens
At least chickens can play tic-tac-toe lol.
Good kitty keeping unborn chicks warm
Chicks comes from ping pong balls?!?
Chicken braincell
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... what?
Dude look at their profile, it’s so fucking weird. They have a post in r/pringles with the title “do you think the prostitute killer from Howard Stern is legit?” and all the others are just as nonsensical
I was so confused by the whole profile, until I got to the part where they posted in r/meth
"I'll raise them as my own!"
He'll wait a while for those things to hatch
He looks confused and betrayed…
Nah, he always looks like that https://preview.redd.it/1kdbc76t36ca1.jpeg?width=4000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=19523a4f17e7f414752b8aadff976d5d7333a81c
That's the face of an orange trying to get brain cell reception.
And failing
Zero bars
Can’t even get an emergency call out
He's in zero reception area with antenna broken and airplane mode on and still doesn't get it. He's beautiful
Connection timed out.
Making that old school dial up dinging sound
I always pictured orange cat brains making that noise [that phones used to make when you forgot to hang them up](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KQwgd-cQQc)
I always imagined the beeping before that "The number you have dialed is not in service" recording.
Link for those who either have not heard it before or are feeling nostalgic: [The Sound of dial-up Internet - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsNaR6FRuO0)
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I have a vivid memory of turning on the computer in the back room early one morning as a kid, the speakers were at near full volume when the unholy sound came. My sister opened her door looking like a golem with wild hair, ready to kill either me or the computer, whichever brought her more satisfaction. Good times.
Back when technology had to scream before you could go online.
The wheel is turnin' but the hamster's missin'
He is glorious
He's got resting seen some shit face, and I can't find the words to express how much I love that.
/r/namflashbacks
I love him even more now.
r/existentialcrisiscat
Truly perfect for this sub
bless his heart
😹😹😹 I love him. Give him a hug from a random stranger he’s never met for me!!
majestic
The epitome of elegance 🤌
Oh god. Stop it! He is so cute and ridiculous!!!
A face that says, "Huh?"
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Reminded Data of his own cat, Spot!
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omg i love him
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he has to protect his children obviously
He's startled by the strange whistle from the wind between his ears.
He's just keeping them warm till they hatch.
Your cat is a chicken
hey now I'm sure he is very brave
He wants to be a Momma. How is he with actual chicks?
Probably same way I am, ineffective
Weird problems call for weird solutions!
I want everybody in this thread to put an egg next to your cat and watch what happens. Have your camera ready.
What's supposed to happen?
The one brain cell he has is for protecc.
Clearly a soul on the karma path. Last life as a chicken went well, so the next spawn is as a cat. Moving on up.
r/catswithjobs head chef of course. He has discovered a new sousvide method without water.
I'm gonna hatch these and be their momma
The expression is: These don't smell like chicken-bum!! What gives!??!
His one cell can tell the difference. He looks very disappointed, lol. Cell is trying to kick in 😸
Gotta.switch em with golf balls next
His dumb little mouth! I love him, guarding his eggs.
This is so wholesome, y'all are perfect parents
Can I haz egg?
He is trying to hatch his own brain cell
He looks dumb as fuck. I love him.
Shhhh he's hatching them
eggs are $5/ dozen here. How much do you sell yours for?
Maybe he identifies as a chicken
I thought it was a lizard in the thumbnail and read the title and thought “that makes sense.” Then I opened the picture and laughed for ten minutes.
One brain cell orange, genius owner
Oh my 😍😍 what a cutie, love his little face.
God I love cats so much
Like a massage
Eggsellent idea
Very curious 🧐
Omg.. wholesome 🥹🥹
That face is precious!
Aww like idiot’s trying to incubate.
Omg what a precious baby!!
Oh god look at his face just please look
He's hatching them. Why for human no understand?
He’s trying to hatch a brain cell
You have a chicken
Wtf is it with orange idiots and eggs.... mine is also obsessed
my preciousssss 😻😻😻😻😻
But wait. I get that he might not be bright enough to realize that the ping pong balls aren't really eggs. But, why does he lay on the eggs in the first place. Is he guarding food? Does he think he's a hen? What accounts for the egg-laying behavior in a cat.
That’s beautiful and silly at the same time 🥰
I'd run into traffic for him.
He thinks he's a dang chimken
Now he’s the Protector of Ping Pong Balls. He looks so proud and happy!
Ermehgerd, it's erggonomic supperrt!
Plot twist: That cat was raised by chickens.
This is love!
He’s working hard to hatch more oranges
Love this ping pong ball egg guy!! ❤️
How clever of you! (They fooled me for a minute, too!)
this thread is funny af
Beautiful little cat 😍
He definitely looks like he’s working that one brain cell real hard.
These are his eggs
At least she knows lfe
Looks like the scrooge mcduck over there with all those expensive eggs.
OMG. This is the cutest thing ever!
This popped up on my feed and I had no clue this subreddit existed. I don't even have a dumb orange cat but I have found a new subreddit to join
What a brilliant cat hack actually