Yesterdays Arrivals! (Kittens)

starfighter said:
Fair enough, I appologise, but you also seem to understand that you are in the minority and unlike most other exotic cat owners so you see what I mean.
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Fair play and I know exactly where you're coming from, people who buy an animal just because of the bit of paper it comes with annoy me and that's got to come across as slightly ironic at face value when all you know about the person making the statement is they have two pedigree cats.

Fox's will attack cats, that said we had a 14 year old toothless ex ferral who used to chase fox's out of her garden. Not sure what she thought she'd do if she caught it :D
 
NeilFawcett said:
Pussies :)

On a serious note - Foxes attack cats?
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attack, sort of. they have a sort of understanding where by they leave each other alone. Although small a cat can do some serious damage to an opponent in a fight. Our neighbours cat was seen fighting with a fox recently in their garden and thankfully sent the fox running. but for us we dont want to even risk it. They are out all day and then usually just come in, eat, have a bit of a play with us when we are in from work then collapse on a sofa/table for the best part of the evening/night before Murray decides its time to leap up and down on my head at 4am.
 
starfighter said:
indeed, why pay 100s for a designer cat when there are loads living in a shelter. :(

Just buy a painting or something if you want one to look nice.
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Its not about "looking nice". If it was, then like you say, I would just buy a picture.

I took a lot of time and effort finding the cat(s) that I wanted. I didnt just pop down to the local shelter on a whim and take the cat that was the cutest. In total, it took about 3 months of solid research - all I was doing was going to work, coming back home and doing research. Non-stop. I wonder how many moggie owners would've done this?

I live in London. 1 cat came from Ipswich. 1 cat came from Bournemouth. How many moggie owners have done this, I wonder?

I hunted down the 2 cats that I wanted most. I did this because I knew the cats were going to be with me, no matter what, for the next 15yrs or so. No offence to Moggies, but they just dont do "it" for me.

I didnt want to get 2 cats and then ogle other peoples' cats. I wanted to get my cats and when I looked at them and was with them, I would be proud to be with them and show them off to whomever.

As it is now, I am totally happy with my choice and at no stage have I thought, "Hmmm, I would've preferred to have got a different cat".

If you have a read of the thread that I created, you will see that my lounge is dominated by a massive cat tree. This shows that I am not getting cats to "match the furniture".

I tried to get a Bengal from a shelter, however, they would only let them go to experienced homes. Hence, I got one from a breeder, of my choice.

I like my 2 cats. I dont particularly like Moggies. I cant help that. Its just how it is. And I didnt want to have have 2 cats, for 15yrs, when I was pining over another (pedigree) cat, thinking I'd made a mistake. Pedigree cats all the way for me and I'm sorry if it offends moggie-cat owners.

The way I see it, people have the right to choose, as long as they are taking care of their pet.
 
sunama said:
The way I see it, people have the right to choose, as long as they are taking care of their pet.
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The thing that a lot of people don't realise when they say "get a cat from the CPL" is that the people who want a pedigree aren't denying an abandoned cat a home because in the majority of cases they would either have pedigree cat or no cat. Still love our mogs though :P
 
I guess, if you really feel strongly about moggies and abandoned cats, what you really should be working on making people realise that they should neuter their cats (which in general all pedigree cats have done to them, unless they are being used for breeding purposes) and that kittens do grow up to be not so cute and that they should not be brought to your home for the short term.

Condemning pedigree cat owners isnt going to make any difference to the amount of abandoned cats. The people who you want to "educate" are those who are irresponsible (buy a cat for Christmas and then send it to a shelter a few months later) and those that dont bother getting their cats neutered.

In general, I find that pedigree cat owners have at least planned the cat-owning process through, mainly because it can cost a large amount of money to start off with. Many moggie owners havent thought through the process, mainly because these cats are so cheap, hence, can be bought on whim. Its less likely that you will spend £500 on a pedigree cat, on whim. The cost itself makes you think whether or not you REALLY want the cat or not.
 
starfighter said:
Lovely cats but I can't believe people lock their cat indoors! It is cruel and there is no good reason, if you think there is then you shouldn't have one! :mad:
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Be quiet. Here in the US it's considered cruel by most people to let your cats wander about outside unsupervised. If they don't get run over (which they will eventually) then they'll get poisoned or tortured by delinquents. Cats are perfectly happy inside - as long as you take the time to interact with them. It's not cruel - they're a domestic animal. Keeping any animal as a pet is a compromise to some degree. Stop being so ignorant and quick to judge.
 
My Maine ****, Sheerclass Kenji Nakamura.
He's only just over 4 months old but already weighs more than a standard moggy and dwarfs our moggy sadie and our 2 dogs!

He's also completely insane and will happily wreck the house given the chance, when he's not on his mad missions though he's the most loving cat I've ever known!

Today, just over 4 months, crap picture from my phone:

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Older ones, with flash to show his amazing colour a touch better (blue tortie)

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:p
 
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Unfortunately not, although him and the dogs get on so incredibly well, him and sadie dont really mingle, she lives outisde and he lives indoors right now. If she see's him she runs!
 
/casts thread necromancy

So, I had to give these cats up when I moved down to Brighton about a year and a half ago. They went to a good family but regardless it was probably one of the hardest things I've ever had to do, I literally blacked out after the family had driven away in their car taking my cats with them. I woke up on my kitchen floor in a pool of my own tears :(

Anyway the reason for the thread revival is the new owners sent me some pictures so I could see how they were both getting on, which was nice :)

I guess they are fully grown now, looking nice and healthy and happy:

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Oh, here's a picture I took showing how big they were before I gave them away, not much in those new pictures to give a good size comparison but I reckon they must be monsters now :D

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my friend jen in London has 2 kittens ready to go, mum is Doris, a sort of moggy/oriental cross. the cattens are mixed, unkknown midnight interloper!Only two left, and free to good home, Pm me for details, and she is the type to visit you at home to check your ok.
mrs h
 
Makunouchi said:
Oh and the best thing about pedigree kittens? Litter trained from day 1.
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surely all/,most cats are trained from day 1 ? its instinct to bury there poo. we certainly did nothing special with our moggy kittens and they knew where to go


nice cats though. always been a fan of maine coons

back legs look huuuge in that pic !
 
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