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August 12, 2006 at 8:51 am #1038838
Techno Viking
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Post pictures of your pets here…
August 12, 2006 at 10:23 am #1085926
Raj
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mine are on partyvibe already Dr

http://www.partyvibe.com/gallery/v/user_pictures/raj/pets/DSCN1597.JPG.html

:obey::obey::obey::obey::obey:
August 12, 2006 at 10:29 am #1085951
Shit Robot
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3 dogs 3 cats 2 chinchillas 2 rats 2 rabbitts 2 budgies 3 Fish 2Guinea pigs A big Clump of African land Snails and I think there is a Hampster somewhere too.Be nice if I could get em all in the same picture but I think it would be carnage:laugh_at:Will try and post a couple of pix later though:wink:
August 12, 2006 at 10:56 am #1085911
SdZ
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PV meet ‘Rizla’
August 12, 2006 at 11:13 am #1085952
Shit Robot
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Our first two and the puppy we kept (He is 1 year old and Much Bigger Now)
August 12, 2006 at 11:57 am #1085892
Techno Viking
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It’s an tired joke but I can’t resit so here’s my pet chimp…
August 12, 2006 at 12:00 pm #1085953
Shit Robot
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:wink:He Looks Dangerous? It is a He Isnt it? Just He might be an It! Not that Im dissin your pet
August 12, 2006 at 1:02 pm #1085944
Tank Girl
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Dr Bunsen wrote:

It’s an tired joke but I can’t resit so here’s my pet chimp…

I’M AFRAID ITS SERIOUS, YOUR CHIMP NEEDS PUTTING DOWN,

IT’LL BE FREE OF CHARGE AS PART OF OUR NEEDS MUST SERVICE
August 12, 2006 at 1:48 pm #1085954
Shit Robot
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:laugh_at::laugh_at::laugh_at::laugh_at:
August 12, 2006 at 3:01 pm #1085969
Agent Subby
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My pet is sat down on the chair and I call him Agent Subby.:groucho: :groucho:
Yours Rodney.:love: :love:
August 12, 2006 at 4:08 pm #1085945
Tank Girl
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Agent Subby wrote:

My pet is sat down on the chair and I call him Agent Subby.:groucho: :groucho:
Yours Rodney.:love: :love:

:laugh_at:Too true! you know who’s boss!!!
August 12, 2006 at 4:09 pm #1085894
General Lighting
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unfortunately at the moment I only have some kitten pics of my own cat (which stayed behind in Reading with my sister when I left) and they are on conventional photo format… I had to take these with a long lens on an old Soviet SLR…

it is actually nearly impossible to photograph this animal!

If you approach him with any sort of photographic, video or recording equipment he will either run away or spin round so you can’t get a clear shot of him.

Even though he enjoys eating a lot you can’t even bribe him with food; he will walk away from his food bowl if you have a camera. He is (I think) part Siamese and mews a lot but will even stop mewing if you have audio recording equipment…

He is the most surveillance-aware cat I have ever known – perhaps he has learnt it from me in the days I when was more involved with various clandestine activities… 🙂
August 12, 2006 at 6:47 pm #1085908
globalloon
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i want a puppy 😥
August 12, 2006 at 6:48 pm #1085899
BioTech
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Nice pics/pets everyone.

General Lighting wrote:

He is the most surveillance-aware cat I have ever known – perhaps he has learnt it from me in the days I when was more involved with various clandestine activities… 🙂

Haha. Quality.

I’ll put a few of my own up soon.
August 12, 2006 at 11:01 pm #1085927
Raj
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SdZ wrote:

PV meet ‘Rizla’ :

this cat looks wicked :groucho: :groucho: :groucho:

bet rizla gets up to all sorts of nonsense :weee:
August 13, 2006 at 8:35 am #1085955
Shit Robot
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These arnt our pets,good job too,imagine the food/vet bills,But we spotted these on a wander round the countryside recently,theres actually more cats out of the frame:laugh_at:
August 13, 2006 at 5:03 pm #1085916
titch
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Linford and Sassy.
August 14, 2006 at 12:02 am #1085925
raverbaby
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on the subject of cats i gotta say, i say i saw a massive group of ferals in my village the other day a mother with about 8 different youngsters. Its a shame though cause i already know the destruction they can cause. Why cant people get dogs or if they get a cat dont be twats and throw it out so it becomes feral. The true answer is people are barstards:cry:
August 14, 2006 at 10:33 am #1085913
funny cat
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my rats ratbert and ernie are on this link http://www.partyvibe.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=4613

and elmo my dwarf hamster is below!! i want more pets!!! :bounce_g: :bounce_fl
August 14, 2006 at 10:44 am #1085921
suffolkravas
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ill post a pic of my ferret in a couple days when im on my other comp

gotta keep ya waitin :groucho: :groucho: :laugh_at: :laugh_at: :bounce_fl :bounce_fl
August 14, 2006 at 3:12 pm #1085895
General Lighting
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raverbaby wrote:

on the subject of cats i gotta say, i say i saw a massive group of ferals in my village the other day a mother with about 8 different youngsters. Its a shame though cause i already know the destruction they can cause. Why cant people get dogs or if they get a cat dont be twats and throw it out so it becomes feral. The true answer is people are barstards:cry:

people who cannot look after animals should not keep any species.

over 100,000 stray dogs were found dumped in the UK last year; this is nearly one stray dog for every person in Ipswich. people get dogs as a “living burglar alarm” or a “fashion accessory” and seem to forget they are dependent on the host family (TBH I think they are almost as much responsibility as having a kid although their education costs less).

feral cats can be caught and neutered to keep the populations under control; or kittens can be tamed (my own cat was a semi-feral farm cat). I’ve even known local OAPs to catch them and keep them as pets (how they do this I don’t know as ferals are usually quite wild!)

If they are causing a problem or you are concerned about their welfare contact the Cats Protection or your local animal protection charity.

however a group of “ferals” in a close knit community (particularly if they can wander safely away from traffic hazards) can often actually be a bunch of “legitimate” pet cats gathered in a group that have grown up together (in the same way that youths on a street corner are viewed with suspicion) – or farm cats which are encouraged to safeguard farms from raids by rodents and lagomorphs (rabbits) – such as the colony that GoodDog has seen.

Cats are mistakenly thought of as solitary animals when in fact they have some complex social structures and group activity; the nature of which has only just been discovered recently.
August 14, 2006 at 5:08 pm #1085928
Raj
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you befriend a feral cat with endless patience:

depending on how bad they are you may need to trap them initially

you tame tham by gradually increasing contact with the cat ~~and this can be done by: [untrapped cats]~~

putting food out at a regular time every day till they come every day to eat [takes about 3 weeks usually]

then you sit where they can see you when they are eating but with a lot of distance between you and them so they dont feel threatened and sit still while they are eating until they are gone

after maybe five days decrease the distance by a yard or so [if the cat is too freaked out back off again] and repeat until it gets used to this
go on until you are just out of touching range of the cat and stop there for a week or so

wait until its finished eating at that point and quietly call out to it – it may come to you; from there you just gradually increase contact with it until it accepts physical contact comfortably [this could still take weeks BTW]

then if you want to encourage it into the house you can gradually move its food nearer to the door until it is coming in [ dont try to shut it in as soon as it comes in as it may undo weeks of good work :groucho:]

if you have had to resort to trapping the cats then the system is similar but i would keep them shut in a room and start as far across the room as you can get until you can handle them enough to pet them and check them for injuries

tips to remember:

to a cat you look like a giant so get down on the floor [try this from a cats point of view…:wink:]

sit very still and quiet and make no sudden moves

DO NOT make eye contact – to a cat this is an act of aggression and it will probably run away and hide [conversely if you are allergic to cats stare at them fixedly and they probably wont come near you]

be prepared to spend months on this project – if you rush it you will end up putting yourself back to the start or further back still:hopeless:

let the cat come to you, dont lunge for it – it may take ages but believe me it is faster in the long run:groucho:

~~dont expect miracles – a feral cat may always remain a little wild but it is part of their charm IMO~~
August 14, 2006 at 7:46 pm #1085893
Techno Viking
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Seeing all these pictures of sweet pets reminds me how much I want to get a kitten…
August 14, 2006 at 7:53 pm #1085946
Tank Girl
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titch wrote:

Linford and Sassy.

is it the postition of the cat (?linford) or is he a big bellyed dude?

cute!!

makes me miss my two 😥

my dad went used to go fishing (when we were kids) and returned one day with 16 chickens

and the next time with 2 ginger moggies, and as i was the ginger of the family they were ‘mine’ and part of my ginger army!!! (lived for 22 years)

and the next time with a couple a ducks……..

dont remember him ever bringing home any fish! :you_crazy
August 14, 2006 at 9:04 pm #1085922
2old4this
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Here’s our two staffies – bless!
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