A lovely surprise first thing in the morning.
Oh definitely, we got him last year at about 6 weeks old, along with his two sisters (Persephone and Calypso). They turn a year old soon.
I have over 40 plants, and most are outside his reach or are plants he's ignored to date. I guess this cactus was just too tempting today!
He lives up to his name though, except when he's getting his daily belly rubs and cuddles.
More data needed 🙏🏽
Is Calypso a nuisance around water?
Hahaha! Calypso is a nuisance around everything. She's a calico and has the attitude to match.
But yes, she lives up to her name as well. I can't water the plants without her getting all up into them, trying to play with the water stream from the watering can, and definitely getting into any overspilling water!
Persephone too, she's super sweet and just a lovely sweetheart in general, until she goes crazy and goes after her toys. She's our hunter for sure.
We have 6 cats total. Hektor Barbossa just turned one, we got him at 4 weeks old next to the side of the road, he'd been tossed from a car. He's an absolutely insane goblin, steals all the toys, food, and runs around flying about the house causing chaos.
Misty is my old gal, 12 years old, long hair black cat with white tipped paws. She's quite calm and cuddly. She moved with me from Indiana to Texas to Ireland.
Luna is my 5 years old Maine Coon. Lazy (not so) little thing that loves roaming around at night, hence her name.
I love hearing about the personalities of your kittos, esp in relation to their names. I've always wanted a beautiful long-ish haired void named Luna. We had a boy who had the most glorious black coat (which he was proud of! esp his fluffy tail) named Salem.
Our latest is Minerva who is the spiciest and sweetest little terror we've had in a long time. She is a force to be reckoned with!
We adopted a six month old kitten earlier this year and named her Heidi. Turns out she loves to hide, like thinks it’s so much fun, and she’s really good at it haha. We call all her hiding spots Heidi-holes 😂
I love it!
I love that! 😁
That was beautiful to read.
Your cat is just threatening you is all
He's deceptively adorable. Also I approve of the names.
Thanks!!
I knew a somewhat unstable person who had a border collie named Karma.
Nominative determinism was in full effect in that house...lol
"You see what Karma did??!?!?"
Technically Balthazar is a saint and one of the Three Wise Men: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balthazar_(magus)
Let's get the history right people!
Also the god of war, fire, challenge? Can also Google 🤟🏽
As a boss in a >10 year old video game.. I'm just saying the name doesn't have historically malevolent connotations like you imply.
And I didn't need to Google it.. a lot of people know the story of the three wise men.
User name checks out?
My thoughts exactly!! 🤣😅
I'm very clumsy and I knock my own plants over. 3M strips have helped. Also museum tack. Blue poster tack is good but there's a chance it might leave an oily residue.
Protip: this is for the plants and not the cat.
With that name, It’s not the plants that Cat hates I can tell you that rn.
When Captain Holt had the mumps - "Meet my friend, Balthazar" 🙃
not gonna lie, i named my sourdough starter balthazar bc i kept having to give him water, and all i could hear was captain holt saying 'he's a thirsty bitch,' hahah
Lmao 🤣
Penelope is a thirsty bitch.
Haha, you beat me to it. Revenge for a name he hates
Well if you wouldn’t put plants on perfectly good shelves for cat sitting, yeesh.
Good point!!
I always tell my cat Larry that no one likes a dick, so don't be one.
Does he listen?
Only sometimes. If he's too obnoxious I have a squirt gun.
He’s trying to tell you that those plants are taking his spot on the shelves! Can’t you see it’s got a great view of the window?
This is what I think. They’re hogging the good shelf space and the window view.
He literally has a five tier cat tree taking up more than half the window right next to this!
But he wants to be seated elsewhere, the cat tree is just an option
😂 I love that name!!! Balthazar! What a great name for a cat!
And the little rascal definitely lives up to it!
"the fuck are all these dumb human toys doing in my seat"
“mother, what are all these pesky *mortal** play things doing on my throne?!•
Because these plants bite back!
I bet it bit him first.
I’m really scared my kitten will find my cactus and win the resulting fight. Might have to give the cactus some protection but that also might encourage the cat
Bringing any attention to something tempts the cat to claim ownership...
Don't you just love waking up and finding out what sort of surprise cat-astrophe you have to deal with before work? For me it's usually a nice pile of vomit on the carpet.
Plenty of those too!
What an asshole
Maybe he tried to sniff it once, got pricked & never forgot
He looooves you plants!
He just wants to take them out to play
You mean you HAD over 40 plants...
Might split this guy up, so make it over 41...
He wants that shelf as his resting spot
Yeah his massive 2.3 meter tall five tier cat tree right next to it isn't sufficient apparently
The plants are next to the window.. Really bug him out, Get one of them small bird feeders you stick onto the outside of the window. Then sit back and wait .
Oh the local magpies love torturing him because they know he can't get them
Post this is r/gardening see how it goes down.
They just aren't right.
He loves them! Trying to give them kisses.
Btw, I had the same problem with one of the kitties. My husband installed random shelves around the house up close to the ceilings, as to make them unreachable.
To be fair that cactus had been in that shelf for his whole life and he never bothered it until today. Silly boy.
Oops sorry I thought it was my bed hahaha
- Balthazar demands tribute!* (he looks like a super handsome boy! Please give scrimtches from me!)
Will do! He spent an hour this afternoon getting belly rubs until he took a deep nap, so rest assured he is spoiled rotten
Have you tried growing him some cat grass? Doesn’t always work but my boy loves his and leaves my other plants alone—unless he runs out of cat grass, in which case he waits for me to be near a very valued plant and then carefully places his mouth around one leaf with his fangs bared while making full, unnerving eye contact with me. I definitely keep a few small pots of cat grass in different stages going all the time and switch them out.
Oh yes... And the mess was... Unbelievable. I have 4 kittens running around, a maine coon, and a senior kitty that sees grass as a bed.
I do grow catnip for them too, which I dose out regularly
Nice! I grow one big pot of grass for mine that they can sleep in if they want, and accidentally started catnip in my yard, so I bring them a ‘boquet’ every once in a while.
I tried growing catnip inside, and they were all so enthusiastic about it, they killed it haha!! Ate it all and dug it up repeatedly. Now I have to grow it outside!
I'm a Cat
I bet you Balthazar wouldn’t mind the plants so much if they would share their shelf with him. I bet he wants to lay on that middle shelf and look out the window like the plants get to.
He's got a MASSIVE cat tree in this same window! He's just being a demon goblin!
Balthazar, activate the Omega 13!
Cats are gravity’s friend.
Your fault for interior decorating without the homeowner’s permission
Serves me right
Hate is a strong word. He seems to think they are real pricks. LOL
Screw that cactus in particular! It was a bad plant! I would have smashed it too!
They don’t hate your plants, they hate all plants. Life must be exterminated.
Our local nursery has signs up by some species of cactus and succulent saying they are not safe for cats, so maybe there is some thing they do not like
Yes, I have a lot of plants, but ensure they are all safe if one of the babies ate any.
I think she hates her name more.
Maybe people are thinking of the name Belzebub, which is another name for Satan.
The name fits perfectly
I called my cat sylvester (stallone) because he's strong and cool as fuck.
You call them Balthazar, you take the baggage.
Hahaha its true
Balthazar The Destroyer of Plant
I love that name. What inspired you to name it that? Every time I see Balthazar I think Romeo and Juliet
My fiance picked it actually, he seemed to think the name fit. I always wait a few weeks before naming a cat so I can see their personality.
he just loves them in his own way…
TO BE FAIR.... you named him Balthazar. Could've just named him Steve or something and he wouldn't have had a challenge to live up to
Balthazar is special.
He definitely is
Also, Balthazar isn’t sorry
He definitely was not, because he knocked it over again the next day. It's in a new spot now lol
Pets have no respect for house plants. They are natural adversaries.
Please publish more of Balthazar’s hijinks! He needs his own YouTube channel)))) you could call it “unapologetically Balthazar”
Don’t let him eat those things. Plants can poison kitties.
Thanks, I have many plants, none of which are toxic to cats.
Also, he's just interested in making a mess. He likes flinging the dirt around!
Mine too! I kept hearing this noise so I’d mute the tv, and it stops… then I look down the stairs and he’s flinging dirt against the wall. I couldn’t help laughing. They make it impossible to get mad.
Your cat matches the flooring really well
He hates these plants!
Cactus is a threat, all claws
He's lashing out cause he has a stupid name.
🤣 this is funnier than it should be
Just today there was a post with a man named balthazar threatening everyone on plane
He probs just hates his name
He also hates his plane being diverted.
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When you have a cat named Balthazar, I figure you know what you let into your house 😬
RIP your plants