Oop here in the North West of England we are having wonderful weather with none of the drawbacks such as thunderstorms, flash floods etc.
What beats me is how/why a small animal with a fur coat would love to go out and lie in the sun and bake. Admittedly, Hookey does move into the shade when he starts to get too hot, but I used to have a black cat who would roast himself on a large drain cover in my drive. Anyway, I digress. Back to Hookey. I just glanced out of the french doors and saw him in a 'pose' of sorts so took this pic (if I'd opened the doors he'd have moved instantly so I know it's not the best of pics). At least his bonce is in the shade.
My cat. What a tart ::)
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They do say 'Pets get like their owners'...
:whistle:
Quote from: emjaybee on June 06, 2018, 05:07:00 PM
They do say 'Pets get like their owners'...
:whistle:
Or is it the other way around? :D
Quote from: emjaybee on June 06, 2018, 05:07:00 PM
They do say 'Pets get like their owners'...
:whistle:
Thank you (I think) :hmmm: ;D
Mick, that image took me back to winter 1979 :)
Here's two of my cats - I had four at the time - basking in similar repose, not in the sun but right in front of a very hot wood burning stove. I think they do it cos they know we'll immortalise them in photos when they do.
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'Killer' was my ginger tom, and 'Squeak' the hair ball next to him.
I have very fond memories of my cats, and a fair few photos from that time, including a series I took when 'Killer' and I went for a walk in the woods together behind the house we used to live in. He was such a poseur and seemed to know what was required as I pointed my camera at him. This is my favourite from that walk in 1979:
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The photo always puts me in mind of Arte Johnson in 'Rowan and Martin's Laugh-in' TV show. "Very interesting." :D
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Here's "Elsa". Another exhausting day!
Wonderful pics, chaps :claphappy:
Ohhh love a kitty pick
Our pair are great for photo ops, but not so often together. Did catch this attempt at teamwork back in March though...
Nimitz on top, Crumble under....
Skyline2uk
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I think I might Crumble under an aircraft carrier! ;)
There's only one way to find out......
Skyline2uk
Well, if we are posting pictures of our cats - this first one I entered in a competition and won! It was only a calendar showing the cat on one of the pages, but I did have a load of calendars to give away!
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The second is of two of our cats 'cosying up', (it's a bit dark, but never got round to adjusting it).
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Yoshi taking advantage of the track-bed of our former garden line!
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It must be nice to have a normal cat...
...we have a Penfold!
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Two of his more normal moments.
:smackedface:
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Streaky tends to spend most of his day lazing
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but Ripley prefers a goodbook
Quote from: emjaybee on June 06, 2018, 11:59:33 PM
It must be nice to have a normal cat...
...we have a Penfold!
A-door-able :D
I started suffering allergic reactions, sneezing, eyes itching etc and visited my GP. He asked if we had cats. I said we had 2. He explained that they were probably the cause (he was right) and maybe we should get rid of them. I pointed out that if I went home and told my wife that it was a choice between me and the cats, I didn't know which way she would choose. So I put up with it for the next 10 years until they had both passed away. Fortunately, I was working away fro home for much of the time.
Sadly Malc, I had a similar problem. When the last of my four cats died in the 1990's I was at last free of the allergy to cat hairs that had plagued me increasingly for the previous few years and persists to this day. :confused1:
My eyes water from the moment I wake until the moment I go to sleep at night and, yes, I believe it's Hookey who's the cause. I do take an allergy tablet 365 days per year to mitigate the effects but I wouldn't be without him (or another cat).
Far rather that than a wife! :hmmm:
My wife has chest issues and is mildly allergic to our two cats, I'm always worried she'd ask me to choose.
You have to be sensible about these things and look at the bigger picture. I mean, I'd miss her, but the cats spend less.
:whistle:
I haven't posted pics of 'my' cat. She was one of our original two sister kittens we had as feral from the local vets at about six weeks old. I named them Mayhem and Chaos. I haven't been allowed to name anything since. We lost Mayhem to a car at three years old.
Chaos is 14 now and very much 'daddy's little princess', hence the wife knows better than to ask me to choose. In much the same way I daren't ask the wife to choose between her horses and me, I don't reckon I'd get to the end of the sentence.
;D
Well we have 2 fur balls,
Blake who is a scrappy runt and will fight anything and then there is Sirius who apparently keeps the other half sane......
She says this as Sirius chases his tail until he vomits, these days things make more sense when it comes to the other halves decision making skills!
Here is a picture of my cat, Tilly (short for Matilda). She is not interested in birds, but is a pretty good mouser. Also keen on rounding up joggers, cyclists, and kangaroos, but her opportunities for these activities have been reduced to zero by me.
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Webbo
Quote from: Webbo on June 10, 2018, 09:11:07 AM
Here is a picture of my cat, Tilly (short for Matilda). She is not interested in birds, but is a pretty good mouser. Also keen on rounding up joggers, cyclists, and kangaroos, but her opportunities for these activities have been reduced to zero by me.
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Webbo
The expression on Tilly's face shows exactly what she thinks of your calling her a cat.
Having been on the receiving end of a right hook from Hookey at times, I'd hate to get the same
from your 'cat' @Webbo (http://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/index.php?action=profile;u=4229)
Surely that's neither cat nor dog, but a reincarnation of the Egyptian god Anubis? :hmmm:
:D
Quote from: daffy on June 10, 2018, 11:31:07 AM
Surely that's neither cat nor dog, but a reincarnation of the Egyptian god Anubis? :hmmm:
:D
As long as we don't all start chanting "Im-ho-tep", I think we are in the clear...
Skyline2uk
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This is Jasmine who we rehomed at about 2 years old and who was wary of people for a long time. She has never become a lap-cat, but she has become very affectionate over the years. We also have 3 dogs, all of whom arrived long after she did, and there is absolutely no doubt who is boss!
Cheers,
Chris
Suki is our little cutie! Also known as "A4 cat" because she often sleeps in a cardboard box lid from a ream of paper. Our other cat Yoshi (featured in an earlier photo) is much larger and hence known as "A3 cat". Both re-homed from a sanctuary a couple of years ago.
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Quote from: Papyrus on June 10, 2018, 12:43:03 PM
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This is Jasmine who we rehomed at about 2 years old and who was wary of people for a long time. She has never become a lap-cat, but she has become very affectionate over the years. We also have 3 dogs, all of whom arrived long after she did, and there is absolutely no doubt who is boss!
Cheers,
Chris
I'm not surprised she bosses the dogs Chris. It might be a trick of the perspective but somehow Jasmine looks like a giant cat! :o
Also, she has those scary, potentially evil looking, eyes just like my sister. No offence to the cat, I'm sure Jasmine is lovely.
Thanks to everyone for great pics.
Cheers weave :beers:
Hookey is the second rescue cat I've taken from my vet brother-in-law. The first one I named 'Tommy' but sadly the poor lad died from a heart attack after just 2 weeks.
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I really wasn't sure I wanted to put myself through the wringer again but who could resist this boy Hookey)
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My brother-in-law had had to sew up a huge wound under one of Hookey's front legs where he'd been fitted with a collar and, in desperation to get it off, had caught his leg under the collar and then ripped his 'armpit' trying to get his leg out. Even now, 7 years later, there is a ring under his neck where you can see he had a collar. I'll never put one on him, although Tommy wore a collar with a bell to let birds know he was in the neighbourhood.
Here are our two - Nola and Luna - 2 American Shorthair sisters about 6 months old. They replaced a couple of geriatric old gents we lost last year :(
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I've been away for a few days attending to two very elderly and unwell relatives in the Highlands. It was wonderful to return to this uplifting thread. And to Poppy who stayed at home.
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Thank you very much for all these fabulous pictures.
John
I've just been doing some housekeeping on my mobile, and found this photo of Penfold when he first arrived at ours from the BlueCross. This was before we realised what a destructive, disruptive herbert he was!
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Wonderful. :D
Great sense of balance, of course.
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Ralph is a well 'trained' cat, he loves to be around when the trains are running.
Any A.
The funniest thing (in my opinion) Penfold has done so far happened when he was about 6/7months old. The wife bent over in the lounge to pick something off the floor, Penfold shot out from behind the sofa and launched himself, all four sets of claws out and latched onto her ar*e.
You should've heard the scream.
I laughed so hard I nearly passed out.
Quote from: emjaybee on June 10, 2018, 10:03:22 PM
I've just been doing some housekeeping on my mobile, and found this photo of Penfold when he first arrived at ours from the BlueCross. This was before we realised what a destructive, disruptive herbert he was!
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With that face surely Penfold is not disruptive... watching The Walking Dead must have traumatized him :o
Quote from: daffy on June 10, 2018, 03:32:54 PM
Quote from: Papyrus on June 10, 2018, 12:43:03 PM
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This is Jasmine who we rehomed at about 2 years old and who was wary of people for a long time. She has never become a lap-cat, but she has become very affectionate over the years. We also have 3 dogs, all of whom arrived long after she did, and there is absolutely no doubt who is boss!
Cheers,
Chris
I'm not surprised she bosses the dogs Chris. It might be a trick of the perspective but somehow Jasmine looks like a giant cat! :o
Actually, she is quite a small cat. This picture gives a better idea of her size...
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Cheers,
Chris
We don't normally let the Big Boss out unsupervised, but he snuck out late last night and we only discovered he was missing this morning. Luckily he was hiding in a front garden round the corner and - for once - answered when my wife called him, after a few hours of fruitless searching. Panic over ;)
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Quote from: keithfre on June 11, 2018, 04:05:32 PM
We don't normally let the Big Boss out unsupervised...
I hate to say this, but from personal experience you don't 'supervise' a Siamese. The best you can hope to do is negotiate with it...
Cheers,
Chris
This is Dexter and next to the Queen he is the most famous resident of Windsor. Regularly seen sleeping in the windows of the shops of the high Street he has assumed the "Freedom of Windsor" and is always to be seen somewhere around town playing up to an adoring crowd of tourists. He even has his own website and Facebook pages.
He is a Bengal Persian cross.
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Handsome looking cat. Has he got a partner going by the name 'Sinister'? ;)
Quote from: Newportnobby on June 11, 2018, 08:43:18 PM
Handsome looking cat. Has he got a partner going by the name 'Sinister'? ;)
Possibly in the castle :D