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Wendo
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08-07-2000

Thursday, May 27, 2004 - 12:32 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Got a great pic of my cat recently. It's not completely in focus, but it captures her so well. Thought I would share.

boo

Halfunit
Member

09-02-2001

Thursday, May 27, 2004 - 6:00 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Awwwwww!

Landi
Member

07-29-2002

Thursday, May 27, 2004 - 6:39 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
you have a lovely maine c00n wendo! they're my favorite kind of cat! how much does she weigh? mine is 16 lbs.

Halfunit
Member

09-02-2001

Thursday, May 27, 2004 - 6:44 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Landi - mine (Kitty) is 17 lbs. She was 22 lbs right before she became diabetic... She's at a good weight now.

Kitty


Landi
Member

07-29-2002

Thursday, May 27, 2004 - 7:47 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
half your kitty looks like she could be my belle's sissy!

belle

Halfunit
Member

09-02-2001

Thursday, May 27, 2004 - 7:55 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Meowy wowy! I wish I had better pictures, but they're all at home and I'm stuck at work. I'm lifting these pics off of my webpage, lol.

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Landi
Member

07-29-2002

Thursday, May 27, 2004 - 9:35 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
half is your maine a compulsive groomer? my belle hadn't done the compulsive thingie for a few years (they concluded she had "self-induced alopecia". there was no reason (no allergies, no food problems, no fleas, etc.) for her to rip her hair out. she's a very sensitive, nervous girl. it took us a year to figure out she didn't like the furnace. so now we don't use it, and in the winter time use space heaters.

she started doing it again after 3 years and now she has all the hair at the base of her tail gone! she has the vets mystified. and then of course what goes down, must come up.

my girl is 9 now. and i love her to pieces. she sleeps on my bed all day, then cuddles up at night.


Halfunit
Member

09-02-2001

Thursday, May 27, 2004 - 10:18 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Landi, Kitty only grooms what she can reach, lol. Her front legs are spotless, and that's about it. Unit and I take her to get shaved periodically, so that her pantaloons don't get all matted up with crap (literally).

Now, my other two kitties are major groomers, and they have the hairballs to proove it!


Landi
Member

07-29-2002

Thursday, May 27, 2004 - 10:37 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
i'd always had short haired cats until belle came into my life. long haired cats are much more work! i know what you mean about the the "pantaloons"! i'm always trimming the tail!

how old is kitty? she's so pretty! does she like her ear hair stroked too? belle shoves her ears into my hands to have me rub them for hours! does kitty talk too? maine c00ns are notorious talkers


Halfunit
Member

09-02-2001

Thursday, May 27, 2004 - 10:41 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
lol Landi... yes, she is a talker! I swear she has 159 different meows, and I understand them all.

She also loves her ears and her eye sockets rubbed. She'll close her eyes and just let me rub and rub over them. For her ears, I have to bend my finger so that I can stick my knuckle in her ears, lol. That way I can go in pretty far without hurting her.

Oh - she's 15. Those pics are about 5 years old. I'll have to take some more and I'll put them in your folder.

I'll take long hair over short hair anyday!

Have you ever measured Belle's tail? It's loooong!


Wendo
Member

08-07-2000

Thursday, May 27, 2004 - 10:46 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Some mighty cute cats I must say.

Actually, Boo is not a pure maine c00n cat, she is a mix of medium hair, tabby (note the telltale M on her head), and probably a little maine c00n thrown in. She's a mutt.

She's very dainty and weighs 7.6 pounds. (I know that because she is at the vet today getting rechecked for the UTI she had two weeks ago.) LOL!

Landi
Member

07-29-2002

Thursday, May 27, 2004 - 1:07 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
i've never measured belle's tail. i could try tonight when i get home from work. (if she lets met!) belle turns 9 on june 17th. she's the runt of the litter from two grand champion show cats. see her left front paw - it's caramel color not the brown it should be. that's what makes her a pet (which is fine by me). belle is a brown toroiseshell tabby. (that's what's on her paperwork) her true name is Napa Valley Belle of the Ball. holly named her "belle", cuz our tonkinese is "ariel".

Moondance
Member

07-30-2000

Thursday, May 27, 2004 - 1:12 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Wendo... I read about your story about your laptop and purse. That stinks and just wanted to say sorry that happened! And some wonder why I love Kitties the best

So I was in the pet store a few days ago and I forgot one of my kittes - Zelda8 modeled years ago for me after I bought her a Pet tent. I took the pix the following year back to the pet show (I worked at the Best Friend booth) well they loved the pix and she became the official model. They donate every year to Best Friends so Zelda didn't really make anything for it but she is still very proud. Here is the website...

http://pettent.com/

Landi
Member

07-29-2002

Thursday, May 27, 2004 - 1:31 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
thanks moondance for the link. i'm sure my ariel(the one who loves boxes and bags) will love it! i'm going to order one! what is "best friends"??

zelda definitely has personality! you can see it in her picture!


Moondance
Member

07-30-2000

Thursday, May 27, 2004 - 1:39 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Thank you Landi! I think Ariel will LOVE it. Zelda claims it ... LOL no one is allowed to use it other than her!

Best Friends is an animal sanctuary in Utah ... they are amazing! I have volunteered for them since the beginning so I have watched them grow. They are such a great group of people. And the money really does go to the animals... here is the link:-)

http://bestfriends.org/


Whoami
Member

08-03-2001

Thursday, May 27, 2004 - 1:45 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Zelda is quite the model! And you can easily see the "This is MINE" look in her eyes and posture!

Moondance
Member

07-30-2000

Thursday, May 27, 2004 - 1:51 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
LOL MsWho... she is the boss!

BTW I LOVE your new profile pix! I want to kiss their noses!

Wendo
Member

08-07-2000

Thursday, May 27, 2004 - 2:32 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Moondance, thanks for the thoughts about my theft. I'm now waiting for my claim to be processed. Because of the flooding in the area (Illinois), the claim's been shuffled to the bottom of the pile. :-( Such is life, eh? LOL!

That's cool your cat is the model for that tent!

Landi
Member

07-29-2002

Thursday, May 27, 2004 - 6:24 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
okay.. i measured, and belle's tail is 16 inches long!

Pamy
Member

01-02-2002

Thursday, May 27, 2004 - 6:30 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I measured Bill and his.......scared ya didn't I?!

I love all the kitty pics today!!!!!

Dopey brought a gift for me into my office, set it right by my chair...a dead bird! I woke Bill up at 4am to get it out!

Mamie316
Member

07-08-2003

Thursday, May 27, 2004 - 6:36 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Your cats are so beautiful! I love the hair!

Landi
Member

07-29-2002

Thursday, May 27, 2004 - 6:44 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
SWAT! PAMY! <blushing> i got left a present today too, and it wasn't a dead bird. i think it was 2 days of hair!

Pamy
Member

01-02-2002

Thursday, May 27, 2004 - 7:30 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
LOL

Lucy
Member

10-08-2002

Monday, May 31, 2004 - 10:23 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Lil' Lucy cat taking a break..
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Wendo, Half, and Landi, you all have beautiful kitties.

Wendo
Member

08-07-2000

Tuesday, June 01, 2004 - 10:42 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I think we need to decree that ALL cats are beautiful by default.

Lucy, love your cats markins.