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@palcente what a good assistant you have 🙂
not my cat, but here's my partners; fluffy mike. He is a bedraggled, elderly man, named after rapper Killer Mike & "sergeant fluffy" (the younger brother's suggestion).
not my cat, but here's my partners; fluffy mike. He is a bedraggled, elderly man, named after rapper Killer Mike & "sergeant fluffy" (the younger brother's suggestion).
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Just realised @dw1305 never posted a photo of our cat (you may know her as the bad-tempered light diffuser), Minnie.
She is a little elderly lady now, but she's still pretty lively. Whenever I go home she burrows under the covers with me (cute, but god forbid you move). She is a rescue, and is very small - about teenage kitten sized. We adopted her with the name Minnie, but also refer to her as:
Miniscule
Mincemeat
Catchild
Dog
Mincemeat en frith
Chucked in some videos for comedic effect:
Minnie's daily life
Minnie's guide to love & kindness
She is a little elderly lady now, but she's still pretty lively. Whenever I go home she burrows under the covers with me (cute, but god forbid you move). She is a rescue, and is very small - about teenage kitten sized. We adopted her with the name Minnie, but also refer to her as:
Miniscule
Mincemeat
Catchild
Dog
Mincemeat en frith
Chucked in some videos for comedic effect:
Minnie's daily life
Minnie's guide to love & kindness
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Andy Thurston
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Forgot all about this thread. I’ve admired all the pets on here for years, and never been able to contribute . . . until now . . .
Our new Sprollie (Springer/Collie cross) we’ve called “Drift” - this is the week before we collected him at 8 weeks old:
and now two months later, at 16 weeks old:
Our new Sprollie (Springer/Collie cross) we’ve called “Drift” - this is the week before we collected him at 8 weeks old:
and now two months later, at 16 weeks old:
PARAGUAY
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Definetly cancel your gym membership ,you won't need it
YCChen
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Fishfur
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Wegies are so beautiful. I have two fluffballs myself with one shorthair. Wriggle, Mistress of the Dark Shadows Clan looks rather like a Siberian forest cat but she’s sure not a purebred anything. She weighs about 12-13 pounds so she’s got size going for her. She’s chocolate, not black.
Her older brother is more like Maine Coon size - a good 15|16pounds of ginger fluff with huge paws and a big head to go with the fur. He is the haus lion - Admiral Omra Droolius McGrumblybritches.
The shorthair is the Deadly Spotted Squirm. A loose cannon ball disguised as a cat. He’s the one most likely to break or knock over anything but he’s quite affectionate.
YCChen
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Oh they are gorgeous, with excellent names!
PARAGUAY
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YCChen
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I'd say NFCs are curious by breed temperament but the fearlessness depends on the individual cat! The older one will stand his ground with my friend's full grown male German Shepherd, who to be fair is very well behaved and knows to give the cats space; the younger one freezes at the mere sight of him 😂 if anything the Kurilian Bobtail is the one most likely to fight anybody non-human (mainly for a human lap to sit on)...
Fishfur
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Thanks - I certainly think they’re gorgeous and I enjoy having fun with their names - but they all know their name & Squirm actually comes when I call him, around 98% of the time.
Wriggle & Squirm were adopted as 8 week old kittens and Omra when he was 4, just a month later. His original name was Mango but since he didn’t respond when he heard it, I figured changing it wouldn’t faze him. He seems to like the new name, which means amber in Irish.
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Fishfur
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Wegies are not common to see around here, there are very few breeders especially compared to Maine Coons, but I’d love to get to know one in person if I could.
My three have come to understand there is only one lap available so they share, a bit grudgingly. Very cosy but in summer it gets to be a bit too toasty 🙂.
YCChen
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They are not that rare in the UK and continental Europe, but know they are uncommon in North America in general. Makes sense Maine Coons are more available there though because that's where the breed originated, similarly for NFCs being from Europe. If you did want to meet one, your best bet would be to try to go to a cat show, if you can find one locally!
Fishfur
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I go to any cat show that’s close enough - but I’ve never seen one shown. It does seem that this type of cat originated in Europe - the differences between NFC & SFC are not great overall and there weren’t any cats in North America until Europeans brought them there. So the MC owes its looks to those cats.
I like Maine Coons too but some breeders take it a bit too far breeding for size. I don’t think it’s a favour to the cat to be as big as some MCs get these days.
YCChen
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I like all cats, even the naked ones, but I agree that with some breeds people have gone too extreme and I don't agree with it. The "Euro" MC (which isn't actually preferred in show rings, at least in the UK) is too exaggerated and boxy in both body and face, but they're the ones that impress people on social media unfortunately.
