Author Topic: Gratuitous cat pics - new and improved!  (Read 569860 times)

Kim

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Re: Gratuitous cat pics - new and improved!
« Reply #1475 on: 26 November, 2011, 10:16:21 pm »
I used to pick snot out of my cats' eyes too.

Actually, Zev happily let me do it when she was with us at first (she quickly decided I was mummy cat and was therefore allowed to do such things), but eventually worked out that going near her eyes probably meant I was about to attack her with the evil ointment and became a lot more wary.

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« Reply #1476 on: 26 November, 2011, 10:58:34 pm »
If I need to do something like that to Zev, and need to indicate that I'm "Mum cat", it takes a definite assertiveness to get her to behave.  Tapping her nose, or if all else fails, grabbing her by the scruff of her neck.  I have to be careful doing that though, because she's a lot heavier now, so I have to support her lower half as well with a hand.  It does stop her when she's getting into a "I'm going to scratch everything / exploding cat" mood.

Here are some more shots, although the ones of Zev aren't as good because (i) it's still difficult to get a decent shot of a black cat, although eventually I'm going to work out how to do it & (ii) she was on the other side of the room, so the flash has only minimally helped illuminate her.


Kai relaxing on the edge of Zev's bedroom bed.


Zev stretching as she wanders from the end of the bed onto the windowsill.


Peering at something outside in the garden.
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« Reply #1477 on: 27 November, 2011, 11:56:58 pm »




Sisters make good footrests :)

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« Reply #1478 on: 28 November, 2011, 03:05:22 pm »
Your cats look how I feel  :D

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« Reply #1479 on: 04 December, 2011, 10:01:58 pm »
anyone for a bag of kittens?


or some kitteh mountaineering? (no, that's not a pink shirt, it's red and white stripes...)


cats-in-law, sadly not ours.  very cute..


barakta

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« Reply #1480 on: 04 December, 2011, 11:34:25 pm »
AWWW!  They're CUTE!  Kittehs!

marcusjb

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« Reply #1481 on: 05 December, 2011, 11:52:37 am »
They are so cute - all in a bag ready to take home!
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« Reply #1482 on: 05 December, 2011, 12:57:55 pm »
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I completely agree with Reg.

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Valiant

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« Reply #1483 on: 13 December, 2011, 08:37:41 am »
What's Frankie doing?

http://youtu.be/lFj7RT1jgKY
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marcusjb

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« Reply #1484 on: 13 December, 2011, 08:40:55 am »
Both of ours kneed from time to time, not on us though!

Funny!
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« Reply #1485 on: 13 December, 2011, 08:43:02 am »
But whats he trying to do?
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« Reply #1486 on: 13 December, 2011, 08:45:36 am »
That's not kneading, it's tenderising!  Guess whatwho is on the menu.  :o

 ;D
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marcusjb

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« Reply #1487 on: 13 December, 2011, 08:48:21 am »
When I read up on it, there are two main thoughts. One is they are trying to make somewhere to sleep, treading down imaginary grass etc. 

The other is some kind of throwback to suckling, the kneading would trigger the milk from mother cat.

Both of ours do it from time to time on a little blanket on the sofa. Scoville sometimes does try and start suckling the blanket, suggesting the second explanation has more merit. He is about a year old.
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« Reply #1488 on: 13 December, 2011, 08:56:09 am »
Frankie is almost a year old now :)

Ooh is he going to get much bigger?
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« Reply #1489 on: 13 December, 2011, 10:31:04 am »


Their Christmas present just arrived. Well, to be honest it is actually Alfie's present, given he is so geriatric. He currently sits on the radiator when the heating is on, which is a struggle for him to get up to, via a missing bannister and a carefully placed bedside table  ;D
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« Reply #1490 on: 13 December, 2011, 12:06:00 pm »
He's going to have to work hard if he is to stake a claim for that, or are you going to evict the other cats if they get there first.

woollypigs

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« Reply #1491 on: 13 December, 2011, 12:33:21 pm »
What's Frankie doing?

http://youtu.be/lFj7RT1jgKY
My old cat called P*ssy did that for years on my mum. I think they are trying to remember old days when with mummy and kitty'hood or just some sort of animal instinct.
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« Reply #1492 on: 13 December, 2011, 02:34:40 pm »
But whats he trying to do?

He is actually trying to stimumlate your milk let-down reflex prior to suckling you (well that is what his instincts are telling him anyway  ;D ).
it means he thinks you are his mummy and is getting warm fuzzy feelings.

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« Reply #1493 on: 13 December, 2011, 07:00:09 pm »


Their Christmas present just arrived. Well, to be honest it is actually Alfie's present, given he is so geriatric. He currently sits on the radiator when the heating is on, which is a struggle for him to get up to, via a missing bannister and a carefully placed bedside table  ;D

I got exactly the same bed for Talisker, but he rarely used it.

Kai did use it when he was sleeping in the Bathroom (because he was un-neutered and prone to spraying a bit), but hasn't shown much interest since.

Kai also did the kneading thing in that bed, and I tend to agree with others that it's them naturally doing what they would have done as kittens to stimulate milk from mum.  We do tend to treat them in a very kitten like fashion, so it's hardly surprising that they sometimes behave like very big kittens.

I wonder if Zev will use it now that she'll be allowed to wander around the house, and further afield if she wishes.  Her hair isn't half as long as Kai's, she'd just a bog standard domestic short hair, so she may well feel the chill weather a bit more.
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IanDG

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« Reply #1494 on: 13 December, 2011, 10:26:13 pm »

Cat by windy_, on Flickr

Cat on the window ledge

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« Reply #1495 on: 13 December, 2011, 10:31:28 pm »
Really like that photo, Windy.

Jaded

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« Reply #1496 on: 14 December, 2011, 10:20:33 am »
OK - so the addition of a favourite blanket and moving the bed to a darker place have worked.

After 24 hours it is a success.



Who knows if it will still be a success in another 24 hours. Cats, eh!  ;D
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« Reply #1497 on: 14 December, 2011, 09:42:30 pm »

Who knows if it will still be a success in another 24 hours. Cats, eh!  ;D

Hopefully it will be as popular as the heated bed I bought Kiri and Rico as kittens to help them settle in. I've made a few attempts to unplug the thing over the years, but they are now 5 years old and still spend most of their time in it! If I turn it off they look most disgruntled.

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« Reply #1498 on: 14 December, 2011, 11:33:12 pm »





Synchronised sleeping
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« Reply #1499 on: 15 December, 2011, 12:42:03 am »

Synchronised sleeping

Wonderful  :thumbsup: