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  • wren44
    wren44 Member Posts: 7,932
    edited July 2018

    Ta Renee, Those are really fluffy cats! Not to mention relaxed.

    I finally got a decent photo of Squeakers (facing forward - not walking away).

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  • feelingfeline
    feelingfeline Member Posts: 5,145
    edited July 2018

    Gorgeous photos, and Congratulations WrenNerdy

  • feelingfeline
    feelingfeline Member Posts: 5,145
    edited July 2018

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  • debal
    debal Member Posts: 600
    edited July 2018

    hi fellow cat ladies, i love - love seeing ALL the cute pics! TArenee. nikki reminds me of one of my other kitties when she wasn't feeling well. She is tiny. I'm sure she is getting plenty of cuddle time. Wren, yes my 2 are sisters. A bit chubby but we are working on that. They always cuddle, always together. Cali and Lily. I will post the pic of how I first saw them at the humane society. Have great day!

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  • Puzzlewoman
    Puzzlewoman Member Posts: 52
    edited July 2018

    Oakley holding her tail down so it doesn’t leave

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  • wren44
    wren44 Member Posts: 7,932
    edited July 2018

    DebAL, How could you not bring them home? Adorable.

    Puzzlewoman, You do have to watch those tails. My heart kitty was a torti.

  • fairchild
    fairchild Member Posts: 149
    edited July 2018

    I love cats, too. I wish I could figure out how to put up a picture of one of my babies!

  • fairchild
    fairchild Member Posts: 149
    edited July 2018

    This is my beauty, Piper. Definitely a diva!

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  • fairchild
    fairchild Member Posts: 149
    edited July 2018

    And this is my little boy, Dobby, who is quite the climber....

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  • wren44
    wren44 Member Posts: 7,932
    edited July 2018

    Our first cat used to climb the bookcase, then the door top and sleep in the punchbowl on top of MIL's secretary desk. She loved to travel. If the suitcase was open she'd hop in so we wouldn't forget her. We drove her to Alaska, flew her back, and made several trips between TX and OK.

    Not looking forward to the shelter tomorrow. Quite a few people out and 42 cats as of this morning. They likely had more come in. It's always busy right after the fireworks.

  • feelingfeline
    feelingfeline Member Posts: 5,145
    edited July 2018

    Dobby looks very ornamental up there Nerdy

  • feelingfeline
    feelingfeline Member Posts: 5,145
    edited July 2018

    Hope the shelter and its feline workload was ok Wren

  • wren44
    wren44 Member Posts: 7,932
    edited July 2018

    Going in pretty soon. How is the heat treating you? It was on the news that Ireland is having a heat wave. 90F is a big deal here, too.

  • feelingfeline
    feelingfeline Member Posts: 5,145
    edited July 2018

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    Entire country under hosepipe ban. Officially entire country in drought. The grass is dead. The trees are still green but leaves are drooping.

    We have had occasional long hot summers before but it's rare. As we are an island we get plenty of wind, so weather tends to blow on its way pretty quickly, nothing, good or bad, hangs around long, NORMALLY. We have a temperate climate, NORMALLY. No extremes of heat, cold, or anything. We are not well set up to cope with extremes.


    All the yellow stuff in photo above used to be grass!! (This is our road) now imagine the whole country like this...It is quite dramatic.




  • feelingfeline
    feelingfeline Member Posts: 5,145
    edited July 2018

    The news was advising sun cream on cats ears. Anyone have any experience of this? I was a little worried about whether it would be good for them to ingest as for sure they would try to wash it off.

    We have been leaving bowls of water outside, not something we normally need to do, as the indoor bowl is normally sufficient.

  • spookiesmom
    spookiesmom Member Posts: 8,178
    edited July 2018

    FF I know there is a sunscreen available for dogs noses. Seems would be the same thing, licking it off the nose. Have no idea where to buy any of it, pet supply store? Vet? Amazon?

  • cowgirl13
    cowgirl13 Member Posts: 782
    edited July 2018

    Just wanted to share a pic I took yesterday...it's tough being a catsitter! This is Luna and I have been taking care of her for 3 years when her humans are away. I absolutely adore her. She really, really looks deeply into my eyes. So now I can't wait for her humans to go away again!

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  • debal
    debal Member Posts: 600
    edited July 2018

    every single kitty on this thread makes me smile! Cowgirl, tell the humans to stay away!

  • wren44
    wren44 Member Posts: 7,932
    edited July 2018

    Feline, The yellow grass looks normal to me. Hardly anyone waters their grass in the summer. It stays green all winter with our rain. Ours looks pretty green because so much of it is clover.

    Cowgirl, I see that cat sitting Luna is a real chore.

  • debal
    debal Member Posts: 600
    edited July 2018

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  • Puzzlewoman
    Puzzlewoman Member Posts: 52
    edited July 2018

    Oakley and me selfie. This was taken before I found out I needed a biopsy

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  • Puzzlewoman
    Puzzlewoman Member Posts: 52
    edited July 2018

    I love seeing all of these pics too, they’re adorable!

    Feelingfeline - so sorry about your drought!

  • feelingfeline
    feelingfeline Member Posts: 5,145
    edited July 2018

    Luna looks well looked after Nerdy

    DebAl - those babies! Heart

    Puzzelwoman what a handsome boy Oakley is! Heart

  • wren44
    wren44 Member Posts: 7,932
    edited July 2018

    One of those days at the shelter that keeps me volunteering. A bonded pair were adopted by a couple of really nice ladies who had lost their previous cats at 19 and 21yo. They came in January, went to foster, back to the shelter when the foster parent moved across country. Athena was a brown tabby and Artemis was black and white. You couldn't pet Artemis until Athena decided you were ok. So fun to see a pair of 10yo kitties go together to a good home.

  • fairchild
    fairchild Member Posts: 149
    edited July 2018

    Why thank you! He thinks he is!

  • fairchild
    fairchild Member Posts: 149
    edited July 2018

    Why thank you! He thinks he is ornamental!

  • feelingfeline
    feelingfeline Member Posts: 5,145
    edited July 2018

    Nerdy

  • feelingfeline
    feelingfeline Member Posts: 5,145
    edited July 2018

    Ah Wren, such lovely news.

  • feelingfeline
    feelingfeline Member Posts: 5,145
    edited July 2018

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  • riley702
    riley702 Member Posts: 575
    edited July 2018

    One of my BC friends on Facebook lost her 16 yo Himalayan nearly 2 years ago to a fast-moving cancer. She is a PT who does house calls for her patients. About a week later, one of her patients quietly slid a newspaper article across to her from a local rescue. They had two rescues who had been there for nearly a year and had been put in the same cage due to crowding. One was trapped as a pregnant feral, the other had been abused. They were distrustful, but adored each other, and the rescue wanted to find someone who'd take them both, no other animals, and would be very patient. My friend was doubtful and still grieving, but soon applied for them. She has an album on FB of their progress - and they have gone from hiding under the bed in the spare room to thinking they own the place and rubbing up against her without the bribe of a Greenies!