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[trashpony]

Cloud Cuckoo Land lego!

 

[fakeplasticgirl]

Is that a tin of tuna?

tin of cat food!

 

[CRI]

Cloud Cuckoo Land lego!

That's OH's doing Breeze loves to photobomb, like everything!

 

[friedaweed]

I got a lovely new enameled bucket in B & M Bargains on Sunday for £4.99

 

[dolly's gal]

I hate to ask, but if it is out of character, have you taken him to the vet to check that he isn't in pain for some reason?

nah he's just a moody bugger. seems to have cheered up over the weekend mind you

 

[veracity]

Part of the kitten huddle last night

 

[veracity]

I got a lovely new enameled bucket in B & M Bargains on Sunday for £4.99

Are you going to keep a cat in it?

 

[trashpony]

Are you going to keep a cat in it?

I wondered if there was something hiding in the bottom

 

[Cribynkle]

Neither of mine chase or catch anything other than tiny flies. But this morning Higgins came into our room instead of going out for his morning patrol (they're in the spare room overnight so we get to sleep without being used as a cat perch) and pointed out a massive killer hornet (wasp) which was crawling around the headboard. Once it was dispatched he went on his way into the garden where he proceeded to chase a squirrel up the fence. I think he was getting cocky after his heroics.

 

[ice-is-forming]

I came home to a new kitty today. He has blue eyes & is very sweet. Its just the other cats & the dogs he has to win over now

 

[ice-is-forming]

see, blue eyes

 

[ice-is-forming]

hmmm.... These two were not amused "what do you think of the new kitty then? ....."

 

[ice-is-forming]

This will be his new brother..

 

[trabuquera]

*gasp*
They're ALL gorgeous, i-i-f.
But those baby blue eyes! Eat yer heart out Frank Sinatra.

 

[ice-is-forming]

*gasp*
They're ALL gorgeous, i-i-f.
But those baby blue eyes! Eat yer heart out Frank Sinatra.

do you think think it may be a rag doll, is it just the coloring or do they have other points too?

 

[trabuquera]

Dunno - the pic seems to show his points as sort of bluey grey which I thought is more of a Siamese thing, but I don't know anything about ragdolls (or the finer points of cat breeding in general tbh.) Manter's gorgeous cat is a ragdoll I think (?or is it a snowshoe?) and she always says he's gentle, hugely affectionate and a bit thick - so you could look out for those qualities ;-P but she'd be the proper ragdoll identifier around here.

*goes off to sulk at having an ordinary reclaimed mog on timeshare and not such a rare and beautiful creature menagerie at home as some other posters*

 

[Puddy_Tat]

I came home to a new kitty today.

was this planned, or did kitty just turn up?



Hope you're very happy together. But bear in mind that the dog will get outvoted from now on...

 

[Manter]

Yes they're brothers. There were 4 kittens and 2 of each kind (male/female, long/short-haired). His floof is a bit of a pain. All sorts of crap gets stuck in it (sometimes literally ) but it's v soft

Fluffy cats are ace.

I'm missing idiot cat.

 

[Manter]

I have already suspected my cats may have been trained to use hooman loos; the placing of poop directly on top the plughole in the bath being one indicator. At other times I thought I could see wee in the tub.

This morning I found Prince Shafi peeing into the bathroom sink. What do you think?

Have you seen these? Quite the rage on the west coast, apparently, a client suggested I get one for idiot cat and looked quite put out when I cried laughing
http://www.citikitty.com

 

[Manter]

do you think think it may be a rag doll, is it just the coloring or do they have other points too?

Could be. Face shape and fluff looks like it, but could just be one of those things. Raggies come in a variety of colours and the newer ones are bred to be all Siamese colourings.

Ragdolls are big, mine is about 2ft nose to rump and he's only 18 months old; and if you pick them up on their backs, they do go floppy, just like ragdolls. You can manhandle them waaaay more than normal cats/cats with any self respect at all.

The other thing to look for is tabby stripes in their pointing- basically their orig genetics were Siamese, Persian and tabby (not secret government experiments, despite what the first breeder claimed). As he gets older, look at the back of his head- if there are stripes faintly visible in his pointing he may well be. They get darker with age too.

And they are vocal- they chatter as they wander round the house. Mine makes a sort of exertion 'chirrup' every time he jumps onto something.

If you think he might be a ragdoll, get the vet to check his heart at least annually- there is a genetic defect that disreputable breeders ignore (ours comes from a sire and dam who were both tested and he's free of it)- if you don't know his breeding he may be susceptible to palpitations*. If he is a raggie you should also be able to teach him to fetch, which is bloody funny. And you need to groom him, otherwise he'll get bum dreadlocks, which are not cool. Normal fluffy cats can look after themselves to some extent but Raggies seem not to.

*ragdolls are the most ridiculous cats in all sorts of ways but the cuddliest, funniest, loveliest creatures. I never wanted one, I wanted a mog; but having had one I'm not sure I could ever have any other sort of cat.

 

[CRI]

Have you seen these? Quite the rage on the west coast, apparently, a client suggested I get one for idiot cat and looked quite put out when I cried laughing
http://www.citikitty.com

I've occasionally been tempted by getting Breeze to use the toilet. Think would be fine for peeing, but she's got this thing where she prefers to crap when one of us is here, so we'll clean it up I guess. She will spend ages trying to cover it up/get rid of it if we don't get to it - even flipping the litter box over to do it. My worry is if she shat on the loo, she'd be in there trying to push it through the u bend and drown or something. Got one of those small push button flushes, so couldn't even teach her to flip the handle.

 

[CRI]

Part of the kitten huddle last night

Oh, those tiny, tiny ears!

hmmm.... These two were not amused "what do you think of the new kitty then? ....."

Ha ha, loving the "not impressed face."

And they are vocal- they chatter as they wander round the house. Mine makes a sort of exertion 'chirrup' every time he jumps onto something.

Breeze does something like that - sort of a cross between her usual buzz/trill sound and a grunt. She's not exactly blessed with grace or dexterity, so I think it takes a bit of effort to jump onto stuff, bless!

 

[ice-is-forming]

was this planned, or did kitty just turn up?



Hope you're very happy together. But bear in mind that the dog will get outvoted from now on...

Not planned at all! Do people actually plan cats? I came home from work and my daughter had him, she'd seen a sign up for free kittens and had gone to see if

Spoiler: do not read really..

they'd be any good for feeding to the snakes. Apparently they were too cute to feed to snakes though

so here he is Cats come and go around here, so I'v become, maybe a bit unsentimental about them

Spoiler: probably best to not read this if your read that ^^ and it upset you

My house is on the way to the jetty and i reckon a lot of them have been taken for bait over the years.

we'll see how it goes..

 

[trashpony]

That's very interesting Manter

I don't know what my moggies are mixed with but they really are ace. Ridiculously affectionate, stupidly floppy and passive (we call Bubbles the shorthaired one the boneless cat and sometimes Bubba K and I make him do rapping ) and he is really chatty. Loki (the fluffy arsed one) is virtually silent. They are by far the best cats I've ever had and are apparently the highlight of lots of kids' journeys to school because they offer up their tummies for stroking to any passer by

 

[Puddy_Tat]

Not planned at all! Do people actually plan cats?

some do

at least in this case there was some human intervention, rather than kitteh turning up on the doorstep (or coming in the cat flap) and expecting to be fed...

 

[smmudge]

Spoiler: probably best to not read this if your read that ^^ and it upset you

My house is on the way to the jetty and i reckon a lot of them have been taken for bait over the years.

we'll see how it goes..

Spoiler: question

bait for what??

 

[Cribynkle]

snip

*ragdolls are the most ridiculous cats in all sorts of ways but the cuddliest, funniest, loveliest creatures. I never wanted one, I wanted a mog; but having had one I'm not sure I could ever have any other sort of cat.

I've always been a moggie fan but after having had my dearly departed Tallulah I'd definitely get another British shorthair, they have lovely friendly personalities, completely unfazed in any situation

My sister has a Birman with a ragdoll personality, one of the lovliest daftest cats I've ever met

 

[Schmetterling]

Have you seen these? Quite the rage on the west coast, apparently, a client suggested I get one for idiot cat and looked quite put out when I cried laughing
http://www.citikitty.com

I need to read up on how to train le chat. At the moment I am just leaving the loo door open, hoping they will pick it up by osmosis...

 

[shakespearegirl]

I'm working away at the moment and received a picture from mr shakes of an ornamental fish which Harry had delivered into the living room. It was swimming round in a bucket until mr shakes could do a midnight drop under the cover of darkness.

 

[Mogden]

Well my feline total is now 7. Increase by 4 since I was last posting. Most days I don't notice there are so many but days like today when there's a chill in the air, I'm doing a bloody foot tango just to get to the loo.