Self-indulgent pet thread
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Epona
Sonic: 1 Nov 2006 - 8 Jan 2022
I did that with Radar a couple of nights ago - he may be completely mental, but he's quite gentle (even when he's grabbed my hand in his mouth) - it's always more 'oi, get off' rather than 'I'm going to damage you'
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Dovydaitis
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Boris slept through it
Orang Utan
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Everyone slept through it!
Orang Utan
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Oops, wrong thread. Thought you were talking about the Mayor Of London
fucthest8
Cool people die horrible, preventable deaths.
Once again, I'm rubbish at cat breeds - Cornish Rex - never hear of them! Amazing looking purebred though
"Radar" - good name, can't imagine how you picked it
He's a brilliant looking cat, nice markings, he looks proper cheeky.
sim667
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on his favourite dust sheet, on his favourite cardboard box, fast asleep....
Ragdoll?
Orang Utan
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Not a pet, an animal friend I made today. Meet Donkey:
Hello Donkey, how do you do?Not a pet, an animal friend I made today. Meet Donkey:
Dovydaitis
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is Griff getting close to haircut day or is he just extra fluffy today? I like a fluffy Griff
Epona
Sonic: 1 Nov 2006 - 8 Jan 2022
Once again, I'm rubbish at cat breeds - Cornish Rex - never hear of them! Amazing looking purebred though
"Radar" - good name, can't imagine how you picked it
He's a brilliant looking cat, nice markings, he looks proper cheeky.
Sorry, only just seen this!
Cornish Rex (the suffix Rex in any breed of any domestic animal usually means curly hair) are a slender, curly haired, breed of cats that came about as a spontaneous genetic mutation in one kitten from a litter of barn cats in Cornwall in the 1950s, he had a very short fine curly coat with no guard hairs. He was named Kallibunker and all Cornish Rex cats can be traced back to him. Because of a small genepool (starting with one individual!
) the breed has been regularly outcrossed both to slender-bodied house cats, and to Siamese and Oriental, to ensure good genetic health. Although Kallibunker was a cream tabby, it is not unusual to see one these days with Siamese type markings because most modern Cornies have a Siamese somewhere in their pedigree, that is also why they have bigger ears these days - without that help from Siamese/Oriental breeders they would never have been viable as a healthy breed.Oh and by the way, they are not related to the Devon Rex, another curly haired breed with similar (and not too distant, in terms of miles/km) origins. The two breeds are actually caused by mutations of different genes, and if a Cornish Rex and a Devon Rex were bred together, the offspring would have straight hair.
Photos of Kallibunker
Modern Cornish Rex showing the short curly hair off very nicely:
PS: Radar is more than 'cheeky', he's downright bloody mischievous (and frighteningly intelligent), and very active. Which sums up to him being a much loved brat
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Epona
Sonic: 1 Nov 2006 - 8 Jan 2022
Not a pet, an animal friend I made today. Meet Donkey:
I love donkeys! I used to look after a grey one called Sammy, he was lovely and quite a character. I tried riding him bareback a few times (oi, I'll have you know that back in the mists of time I only weighed 7 stone! Which he could easily manage - maximum recommended riding weight for donkeys is 8 stone, which is why I went bareback to save a bit on weight) because he used to bray brokenheartedly when we took his horse friends out for a ride (he wasn't mine and neither were the horses, I was caring for them for an elderly farmer). Cheeky little bugger was adept at dropping his shoulder and dumping me in a puddle or a patch of mud, I swear he found it funny. Donkeys have very narrow backs so a quick heave to one side by lifting a leg up and dropping their shoulder blade down can easily deposit a rider in the mud.
Interesting fact about donkeys (sorry, it's like a compulsion for me to post triva like this
) - unlike horses, water does not even slightly run off their coat (their coat is much softer than that of a horse and has a higher percentage of fluffy undercoat to smooth top coat), wet weather quickly penetrates to the skin and they can get soaked and cold when it rains, they should always have access to a dry shelter.
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CRI
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Oh man, he does need a haircut again. I probably should do it this weekend. Where are the bandaids?
CRI
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Sorry, only just seen this!
Cornish Rex (the suffix Rex in any breed of any domestic animal usually means curly hair) are a slender, curly haired, breed of cats that came about as a spontaneous genetic mutation in one kitten from a litter of barn cats in Cornwall in the 1950s, he had a very short fine curly coat with no guard hairs. He was named Kallibunker and all Cornish Rex cats can be traced back to him. Because of a small genepool (starting with one individual!
Oh and by the way, they are not related to the Devon Rex, another curly haired breed with similar (and not too distant, in terms of miles/km) origins. The two breeds are actually caused by mutations of different genes, and if a Cornish Rex and a Devon Rex were bred together, the offspring would have straight hair.
Photos of Kallibunker
Modern Cornish Rex showing the short curly hair off very nicely:
PS: Radar is more than 'cheeky', he's downright bloody mischievous (and frighteningly intelligent), and very active. Which sums up to him being a much loved brat
There are rex guinea pigs, too, of course. One of my previous pigs Will (on the right with his companion Kurt) was golden agouti probably half or 3/4 Rex (and another 1/2 or 1/4 Coronet as he had a crest on his head and his fur was longer than it should have been - Malcolm has some Coronet in his background as well, hence the bum mullet.)
This is what a "proper" golden agouti Rex should look like.
For those interested, I got this photo from a site with some really cute snaps of piggies with different coat varieties http://emmasguineapigs.blogspot.co.uk/p/breeds-and-varieties.html
Always thought Griff was Texel, but looks more like the Alpaca in the photos. I think he's just an enigma!
Manter
Lunch Mob
Yup
Kanda
Diving wanker
Not mine, I kidnapped her
Oi! As soon as my back is turned!!!
(Give her a hug from me
)
sim667
All aboard the 303 bus.
WANT!
Manter
Lunch Mob
They are fantastic cats. Affectionate, bit bonkers, good looking and very very fluffy. Nicest nature too- ours is chilled about the baby, likes meeting new people, plays silly games, gives great cuddle in the middle of the night...
Only downside of them IMO is that as ridiculous posh cats they take quite a lot of looking after- they need grooming, you need to be careful with their diets, very very few are let outside unsupervised as they are too trusting (and stupid) to avoid cars, fights, nasty children, aggressive dogs, long drops, poisonous plants etc
But i adore ours and would have another one in a heartbeat
