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Need some feline pictures as I've just been told that my beloved cat Mel was put to sleep this afternoon 😥
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She was 17 years old we think and we've had her since she was about 2 as a rescue cat with her sister Pip who we lost two years ago. We got them when I was 20 and still living at my parent's house so they both lived there as cats and rentals don't mix, plus they had fields and a stream to explore.
Mel had been suffering with her hips for the last 3 years but just refused to give in, jumping around and chasing my mum's dog around like nothing was wrong but sadly the vet found lumps after she had lost a lot of weight so the tough decision was taken today by my dad. She will be the last cat we have as a family as my dad is 78 so doesn't want any more pets as he hates the idea of them outlasting him! So it's the end of an era, no more cats. Well, until I get my own place that is.
Tonight's night shift is going to be a little tough I think.
Gorgeous cat - very sorry to hear your news
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Sorry to hear about Mel - she was a beaut 😥
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Sadly Vega, bottom one in bottom pic and one facing away in top pic, is no longer with us. Other 3 still going strong.
Sorry to hear that OP. We recently lost our cat, Marmite a few weeks ago. He was 20 years old and was very pampered.
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Mel looked like a lovely cat 😥 Remember her fondly 🙂
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Sorry to hear that milky.
Milly
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and how he usually looks (on the right)
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Our 2 couldn't have more different personalities -
grey one, constantly looking for food, doesn't like being picked up.
white one, not a brain cell in his head, wags his tail at you like a dog and flops in your arms if you pick him up
Really sorry to hear about Mel, Milky. Sounds like my longest serving cat Captain Cosmic. She was 18 and had spent a lot of that at the rentals after I buggered off to uni
Here's our two. My Facebook memories tell me its 6 years to the day since we got this one, Che...
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He usually adopts this position in the place most likely to trip you up
And heres Nelson, his younger brother, who just spends his life like this on our bed.....
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He was a rescue cat, who was found feral, but is now the softest creature you'll ever meet. If you just walk into the room he instantly starts purring
As you can see, they both lead very stressful lives
Sorry to hear of your loss 😥
Her's my two...
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I think the last thing the bunny heard was the ting a ling of the cat bell!
There are some great cats in this thread!
Sorry but....Mr Whyte but it does look as though you've just been 'owned' by Marmite! 😕
Sorry to hear that 🙁
This is megatron...
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I love cats well some but that poor Timmy is ugly, but I bet he's a cracker though
I had a Siamese years ago and used to waken up in the winter with her next to me she would sneak under the duvet for a heat and then a Burmese male who could open closed doors but never ever managed to shut them
My Frankie, most random cat ever.
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Well I'm pants at putting pitchers up...
This is (was) Mack. Sadly he died from FIPS a couple of years ago. I don't have a decent shot of his brother who's still with us.
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Mel looks very beautiful. Very sorry to hear that milky. I know something of how you feel.
This is Masha. A feral cat found living on the haystack in the shed. She was so shy it took about 4 months of quiet talking to her before I could get within 10 feet of her. Eventually I managed to creep up on her and she didn't run away. Next time I took her some milk and she followed me into the house and that was it. She barely went outside for the next 6 months 🙂
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He just needs to be smoking a cigarette Duffle!
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Sorry to hear about Mel.
Here is Ada, being a bit of a tart:
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To much of a pita to post pics on this forum to show mine. Perhaps you could persuade your dad to rescue a senior cat? They are always the hardest to get adopted.
It's never easy. Every time I say "that's it, I don't want anymore pets only to lose them" but the joy always outweighs the pain.
Here's the current nut bag;
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Awwwwwww!!!!
Humpty.
He's a bit dim.
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Babbage also, the little scamp:
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Lovely pictures, really cheered me up seeing all those characters although wallop and mrwhyte win a special mention for making me laugh 😆
Thinking back we were very lucky to get Mel on the rehoming day as she was very popular, had a bit of a list for the carers to work through! We 'won' as we could take her and her sister together, they didn't want to separate them as they had both been through a traumatic time being in a house with a dog that used them as soft toys. Mel was always scared of any sudden movements but otherwise was lovely, everyone said she was stunning. She even put up with my mum getting a dog who Mel has trained to the point he thinks he's a cat 😯 The pair of them were our first moggies after having had pure colorpoints all my life so we were not used to cats living more than 8-10 years.
Perhaps you could persuade your dad to rescue a senior cat? They are always the hardest to get adopted.
We've already suggested this but he dismissed it out of hand. We'll try again in a few weeks time when he starts to pine for a cat again, he usually lasts 6 weeks tops.
You know most rescues would probably be delighted if you call it "fostering" and agree that the cat goes back if and when it's necessary.
Cats really don't care BTW. They like humans in general, not specific people. And they easily adapt to a new territory in a fairly short time.
Ben in front of her (yes, her - when toddlers name animals) luxury cat warmer...
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Sorry to hear about Mel, Milky. She's a lovely looking cat.
Matilda and Mildred enjoying the garden.
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I'm sure this will strike a chord with most cat 'owners'*....
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* obviously, they actually 'own' us
Sorry to hear about your loss op. 17 years is a good run console yourself with the thought Mel had a great life.
Ours isn't the sharpest tool in the box but it's adorable
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Marmite looks like he won the "pull an ugly un" comp and is regretting it, great shot.
This is Tinkerbell aka Stinkerbell. She behaves more like a dog than a cat and enjoys having her belly rubbed. She farts worse than a dog and tries to steal food off your plate.
She's getting an old lady now (13) so spends 90% of her day in bed and generally doesn't get up till about 4 in the afternoon for a little stroll in the garden to s**t in the newest flowers that have been planted then returns to bed.
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Excellent thread, more of this sort of thing please.
@binners - ours has four modes of early morning attack:
Walking over you and shouting.
Doing the paddling thing with the front paws
Paw with claws extended into whatever flesh is exposed
Pulling the duvet off you
He hasn't (yet) moved onto full assault with bits of wood.
The cat's "voice" in that video had my cat all alert and suspicious. I didn't think it was that realistic but she must have thought otherwise.
How about a little background on our cats names?
Mines is Tiki. I struggled for weeks for a name that fitted her. Then one day I smelt burning hair and found her smoldering away having climbed over a lit candle. I told her she was lucky I smelled it 'cos she could've gone up like a tiki torch. It stuck.
Mack derived from "Mackerel Tabby". His brother's called Pepper as in "Black Pepper" 'coz he's black.
After considering Mr Snuffles/Mittens/Tigger etc I decided to call ours Shimano although I also liked Interceptor.
You can see people roll their eyes at the vets 😆
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This is a rather chilled out Mushroom. She's 18.
She's not always so mellow. If vexed, she hisses like a steam locomotive.
Ada and Babbage - named after Ada Lovelace ( not a porn star! ) and Charles Babbage. Just because Bengals are smart.
Despite their names celebrating British genius, my cats are Cloggies.
Ada - 12 floors up and still climbing:
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Cuddling kittens I only kept one of these though
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Sorry for your loss OP. Millie and Chip. Lost Milly a couple of years ago. Chip still going strong at 19.
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Pot calling the kettle black windydave13
Calls his cat Stinkerbell for farting
Why name yourself windydave ?
Coco, our Norwgeian forest cat.
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This is Meatball. She is 7, very friendly and chilled and a bit of a Princess.
Her major pain in the arse is Mr Helen* who chases her around a lot as he is only a wee kitten (6 months old). He is greedy, a **** and totally adorable.
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Head stuck in a bin after fishing for my AirBnB guest's tampon
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Step 1: poop
Step 2: wait for flies to gather round poop
Step 3: eat the flies
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Self applied makeup.
* There has been some confusion over his sex, this has led to a gender identity journey that we support him on fully
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The toilet paper is kept in a cupboard now
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Asleep while sitting up
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Eats curry
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The Derp
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They get on so well
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Groovy short for Grooverider. One of 4 kittens that a pregnant stray gifted me and my housemate at the time. We named them all after d and b dj's as weren't really planning on keeping them but Groovy won us over with his affectionate personality and the others were rehomed.
He's ten now and it hurts when he jumps up for a cuddle as he weighs 7.6kg (not fat) Note he's too big for laps really...
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Sorry to hear about Mel, they will be dust in the room when Jester (AKA the Fat Lad) and Sparky (his normal sized sister) pop their paws.
Simon's Cat wake up always makes me smile, Jester has got a new (and very effective) means of waking me up....licking an exposed armpit. There really is nothing like the rasp of a feline tongue over your armpit to make you wake up in a hurry.
Ty :
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Sorry to hear about your cat Milky, always a sad occasion.
Gizmo AKA Nozzer - a genuinely awesome cat who would accompany us for walks wherever we went, given half the chance. We often had to sneak out before he could follow. Also a furball, dreadlock and hair shedding nightmare but sadly no longer with us
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The current feline overlord - Lottie AKA Stumpy - rescue cat with unusually short legs. Likes to sleep in the laundry basket, will play fetch with kids socks or plastic bottle tops. Extremely talkative.
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Mishka. Not long for this world sadly, though the pills she's on at the moment (steroids and appetite stimulators) are having quite the effect.
Sorry for your loss OP.
Here’s a couple of pics of my cat, Luna (British blue & short hair moggy).
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She sleeps when we do and doesn’t like to get woken up:
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One more from just now, because they are snuggled up together..
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