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I think it's the lucky unlucky thing too. I miss my black cats. Tabbies are much harder to spot and their hair shows up more.

Poor bubbles has had a bit of spate of over grooming (suspect puppy-related) but he seems to have stopped since I have been lavishing him with love and food.
 
Little shits . . . I liked hand fed pieces of chicken yesterday

I'll like hand fed pieces of chicken tomorrow

I don't like hand fed pieces of left over sandwich chicken 10 minutes ago - but I do like the exact same pieces of chicken that have been plonked into my food dish just now
 
trashpony said:
I think it's the lucky unlucky thing too. I miss my black cats. Tabbies are much harder to spot and their hair shows up more.

Poor bubbles has had a bit of spate of over grooming (suspect puppy-related) but he seems to have stopped since I have been lavishing him with love and food.
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It was ace when I swapped the dark wood floor in my flat with light, I could suddenly see where Archie was :D Then we moved into my boyfriend's bachelor pad with it's (horrible) dark grey carpet and I was back to constantly tripping over him again :mad:

Hope Bubbles hair grows back soon
 
An animal rescue in South Norwood dropped off a leaflet informing us of an evil cunt in Addiscombe who is mutilating and killing cats. It's been happening on/off since 2008 from the news reports I've looked at. I'm tempted to go patrolling to find the fucker and shove his freshly sliced balls down his throat. :mad:
 
Sorry for the delay Epona but good advice already here on whisker shooting! Backlighting is good (but you have to compensate with the exposure a bit to keep details of the face, especially if it's a dark face.) This one of Luna has both side and back lighting from a bay window which helped (and it helped she decided to sit just there!) Either have a light background so whiskers stand out dark (on the right) or a dark background but light on the whiskers (in the left.)

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Breeze had her annual jabs today and a quick checkover by the vet. She's got a bit of tartar on the teeth, but doesn't need dental work doing yet. She's 200 grams more than she was last year - 5.9 kg, which is on the small side for a Maine Coon (she is small for a Maine Coon) but still more than double the weight of Charlie. Vet suggested cutting down her food a bit. It would help if she stopped stealing Charlie and Ella's leftovers. :rolleyes:

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She wasn't thrilled about going to the vets as she had to go in the bag. They won't let her go in on a lead - something about upsetting the dogs I suppose.

Oh, and not best pleased with the "hidden" worming tablet and the Plaque Off granules in her tea. No. not. one. bit. :)
 
CRI said:
She wasn't thrilled about going to the vets as she had to go in the bag. They won't let her go in on a lead - something about upsetting the dogs I suppose.

Oh, and not best pleased with the "hidden" worming tablet and the Plaque Off granules in her tea. No. not. one. bit. :)
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"HUMAN! You will SUFFER for this outrage..!'

"By the great Goddess Bastet, I swear that you will be made to PAY for your crimes!"

"PAY, I TELL YOU!"
 
twentythreedom said:
No way!! I can't imagine him catching mice :eek:

The lounging bit, I can imagine that :)
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He does occasionally. You can tell because instead of running into the living room and jumping straight on the sofa, he makes odd chirupping noises before dropping it on your feet. Then it invariably escapes and is caught at a later date (hopefully). Sometimes he and Dylan will play tag team with a mouse, but they're a bit stupid or lose interest, and Jerry usually manages to hide in plain sight, or in a shoe or something, before being caught by me and put outside.
 
CRI said:
Breeze had her annual jabs today and a quick checkover by the vet. She's got a bit of tartar on the teeth, but doesn't need dental work doing yet. She's 200 grams more than she was last year - 5.9 kg, which is on the small side for a Maine Coon (she is small for a Maine Coon) but still more than double the weight of Charlie. Vet suggested cutting down her food a bit. It would help if she stopped stealing Charlie and Ella's leftovers. :rolleyes:

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Does she actually need to eat less though? Its a real bugbear of mine that vets just seem to view all cats the same regardless of breed and build
 
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have I posted this pic of the beautiful idiot being beautiful?
 
Ms T said:
He does occasionally. You can tell because instead of running into the living room and jumping straight on the sofa, he makes odd chirupping noises before dropping it on your feet. Then it invariably escapes and is caught at a later date (hopefully). Sometimes he and Dylan will play tag team with a mouse, but they're a bit stupid or lose interest, and Jerry usually manages to hide in plain sight, or in a shoe or something, before being caught by me and put outside.
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Oh :( He's a better lounger than killer though
 
Manter said:
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have I posted this pic of the beautiful idiot being beautiful?
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Whoa, he is so gorgeous. Those eyes!

Cribynkle said:
Does she actually need to eat less though? Its a real bugbear of mine that vets just seem to view all cats the same regardless of breed and build
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You are probably right. You can feel her ribs - not prominent, but enough to be in the right "zone" I think. I'm not overly worried to be honest. Going by the size of some of her poops and she hadn't gone today, that could be a sizeable part of the "extra" weight :)

I'm starting to feel unsure about the vets again. Got a great one for Griff and Mal, but need one close for pups and kit. It was a different vet but at the same surgery who said Ella "just had a bit of tartar, nothing to worry about" but it looked like quite a lot to me, as well as the "head teacher" (or whatever her title is) at their day care. He was the one last year who told me off for not making Charlie where the cone of shame after his neutering, but because of his ears being so huge, he was in a LOT of discomfort (we opted for boxer shorts from Build a Bear - worked a treat.)

Okay, I've got a year to find a different vet. None of the animals has had anything major wrong with them, but if I'm feeling niggles now, I don't want to find out they are really shitty if something serious comes up. :(
 
Epona said:
It's a company that does teddy bear parts so you sort of build your own toy - clothing, accessories and everything too. I guess a pair of teddy bear boxer shorts is just the right size for a small dog!
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Sorry, still confused. Was he wearing the boxers on his head or his bum?

Either image is making me smile.
 
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Peanut butter (or Nutella) primed mouse trap (a humane one obvs). That's what I did when itchy and scratchy used to bring in mice and let them go.

Bubbles and Loki are too thick to catch mice
 
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CRI - tell me about Plaque Off. I've seen it mentioned a few times, supposedly fine as long as the cat doesn't have hyperthyroidism (too much iodine in there otherwise). Peg has some tartar, although not too much yet, but I'd like to avoid dental work if possible. Most reviews I've seen have been positive, more "yes this works" than "hmm, not sure this works" and I've not seen any "STAY AWAY FROM THIS IT WILL KILL ALL CATS" which is a rarity tbh.
 
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