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[stavros]

The white balance is well out in that photo.

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He'd shifted a bit into a more normal position here.

Colour is still a bit off here. I wonder if I have the wrong mode on.

This is typical of Covid times; showing off what he has on his bookcase.

 

[quiet guy]

It's all a vinyl sticker

 

[spitfire]

Just noticed Ziggy/Cat only has one eyebrow. Apparently he's always been like this but I never clocked it before.

 

[Shippou-Sensei]

This is typical of Covid times; showing off what he has on his bookcase.

That is all inherited books. A close friend of the family died back in the early 90's and we ended up with a lot of his stuff (His family were american so they weren't able to ship the majority of his stuff back with them)
Those bookshelves are pretty much all his stuff. We only just cleared out a bunch of his VHS recording a few months ago when we found them when going through my father's stuff now he's past away.
(Just found his obituary online. I remember seeing the production of the marriage of figaro they mention. Bittersweet memories eh?)

 

[Epona]

Just noticed Ziggy/Cat only has one eyebrow. Apparently he's always been like this but I never clocked it before.

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How long has he been away from mum? Or is there a maternal other cat (either gender, just an older cat that doesn't feel threatened by a new kitten and acts protectively towards it) in your household?

Sometimes queens chew whiskers off their favourite kitten so they are more reliant on her and don't wander far - their whiskers including eyebrows are important sensory items that are used to help explore and understand their surroundings (cats get fed up with their kittens after about 16 weeks, but up to that point they pretty much wrote the book on co-dependency and helicopter parenting - for good survival reasons if in the wild ofc).

 

[spitfire]

How long has he been away from mum? Or is there a maternal other cat in your household?

Sometimes queens chew whiskers off their favourite kitten so they are more reliant on her and don't wander far - their whiskers including eyebrows are important sensory items that are used to help explore and understand their surroundings (cats get fed up with their kittens after about 16 weeks, but up to that point they pretty much wrote the book on co-dependency and helicopter parenting).

Interesting. I knew they were important for animals but never knew that mumcat would do that.

We took him on a month ago and he was with the previous owners from December so quite a while away from mumcat, he's 5 months now. No other cats here and he's been indoors the whole time.

 

[Puddy_Tat]

Sometimes queens chew whiskers off their favourite kitten so they are more reliant on her and don't wander far

 

[stavros]

Don't let anyone say that Missy spent the whole day on the spare room pillow; she moved down to the foot of the bed for the afternoon, so as to catch the sun.

 

[donkyboy]

Bella never bothers to look in the mirror. She knows her beauty will never fade...

 

[Puddy_Tat]

monday morning 'teams' meeting at work got off to an interesting start when colleague's kitty did a high speed climb up the shelves behind her, resulting in kitty and half the stuff that had been on the top shelf falling off...

 

[pogofish]

monday morning 'teams' meeting at work got off to an interesting start when colleague's kitty did a high speed climb up the shelves behind her, resulting in kitty and half the stuff that had been on the top shelf falling off...

I had something similar on Friday night - I was riding shotgun on an online event with a reasonably well known comedienne (in case my colleague's rural broadband karked!) and at one point I had to message the host to tell her to let her cat out - It was trying to climb the door to get at the handle - with much appreciation from the audience!

 

[rubbershoes]

Katniss likes kushions

 

[Sasaferrato]

His Oliieness, Summer before last. (I think).

 

[smmudge]

Dylan has ALL the toys

 

[seeformiles]

Lil’ Bob’s Nose/knows

 

[seeformiles]

Lil’ Bob and Mrs SFM are true kindred spirits

 

[Chz]

Coming up on 4 years old, still loves his Horse.

 

[Orang Utan]

Coming up on 4 years old, still loves his Horse.
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My old cat had a single piece of dried penne pasta as a portable comfort friend. She carried it about everywhere even past kittenhood

 

[seeformiles]

My old cat had a single piece of dried penne pasta as a portable comfort friend. She carried it about everywhere even past kittenhood

As someone in a similar part of Leeds, do you recall this old couple in the 90s who walked around Hyde Park accompanied by a wee dark Scottie dog that not only had a splendid padded coat but also a full sized tobacco pipe clenched between his jaws?

 

[Orang Utan]

As someone in a similar part of Leeds, do you recall this old couple in the 90s who walked around Hyde Park accompanied by a wee dark Scottie dog that not only had a splendid padded coat but also a full sized tobacco pipe clenched between his jaws?

LOL - I don't think so - I would have remembered that! I did hang about there but never lived there. I do remember a goth who used to walk around in a filthy wedding dress and corpse make up

 

[QueenOfGoths]

His towering majesty!!

 

[hegley]

Rock star.



Don't show them my filthy toe beans!

 

[xsunnysuex]

Not my kitty's. But too cute not to share. I follow this ladies cat rescue. In fact she rehomed my brother's cat after he had a stroke.
She fully funds the rescue by fund raising.
She's a wonderful lady, devoted to the cats in her care.
She never turns a cat in trouble away.
This pic is just too cute!

 

[seeformiles]

Spot Lil’ Bob

 

[donkyboy]

Chloe chillin in bed

 

[Puddy_Tat]

i am working from home, and the doorbell went mid afternoon - was a canvasser for the limp dems for the council elections.

he talked, kitteh from downstairs was out beside the door, she was clearly not impressed and heckling loudly...

 

[seeformiles]

i am working from home, and the doorbell went mid afternoon - was a canvasser for the limp dems for the council elections.

he talked, kitteh from downstairs was out beside the door, she was clearly not impressed and heckling loudly...

Our two get really jealous if we talk to the neighbours - they start meowing pitifully and then (usually Lil’ Bob) will execute a pretty dangerous manoeuvre jumping on top of the fence followed by a leap and scramble on top of the low roof above the kitchen so we have to go upstairs and open the bedroom window. Under the paw..

 

[bimble]

this morning he woke me up by cuddling up into me and purring. I don't care if it was a cunning plan to get extra breakfast, they are the best housemates.

 

[May Kasahara]

Comma cats.

 

[Shippou-Sensei]