THE NEW CAT ROOM! (or the Cat Room #2)

Hi Iz

Good luck. I know all about the skittishness of pre-loved felines when it comes to these things (pills, nail cutting & vet visits) All my cats in the adult phase of my life (bar just one or two) have been of the pre-loved/dumped variety. There's no knowing what sorts of reactions might greet you when you attempt to perform one of those perfectly "normal" operations. I have to sneak up on Poppy when she's dozed off, to pop a pill ... catch her unawares. As for nail cutting, forget it! She imagines I'm going to murder her, or something! Sigh. So I'm more than happy for the vet to do that now that I live in only a "two hands" home. Can't be done by one person & that's that. Just comes with the territory. But then, I adopted her at the (guessed) age of three ... she was a "street critter" before that. That said, she's a delight. She's very independent little tuxedo cat, not much of a lap-sitter (apart from in darkest winter, Ha! I can always tell, when I wake in the morning, when it's been an extra-cold night, as she sleeps on my bed then.). But she follows me everywhere. If I look around while I'm doing anything in the house or yard, generally she'll be there, too, paying great attention. When she wants a smoodge/attention/a pat, she DEMANDS it & dribbles copiously in appreciation. She enjoys my company & I enjoy hers. And we're both perfectly happy with this state of affairs.

It sounds like Black Cat is a happy little creature (but then he & his brother have landed in Animal Heaven, so what's to be unhappy about? ) ... wounded eye & all! So (have I got this right?) the first eye is now OK & the injury to the 2nd eye is not as serious as the first. And is now healing. I hope the treatment on the 2nd eye was not quite as expensive (as for the first one), otherwise you might have to take out a 2nd mortgage or something! Fingers crossed with the nail clipping & eye healing, Iz. Fingers extra tightly crossed that there are no more mishaps in the near future. You need a bit of a break from this!I'm sure your bank account does, too!

Eva, very funny!

Got any photos you could post of your nail-clipping adventures?

NO!

I was home alone! How would I have taken pictures when it took damn near every part of my body to restrain the friggin' cat?!

I did it, though! I got all 8 back claws clipped! (His front paws have been declawed, thank God.) I WON!!!!!!!

Well, this time anyway...

Ah, you're a far better & braver woman than I, Eva! I am so impressed!

Eva = 1
Buster = 0



Keep up the good fight!

This is one of my 5 kitties; "Magik" I've had her since she was about 5 weeks old. She's now about 17 years old. We've been through a lot together.


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Izzie

Have you considered safety goggles for the black demon?

She's a thoughtful looking little cat, isn't she?

Indeed she is. Completely spoiled and very smart. I had to remove her teeth about 8 years ago but she has been doing very well. Even gets grilled chicken breast for dinner every night.

Dame Nekochan will receive visitors in the garden.

Such a beautiful black cat, mm!

And you have 4 others, you say? That's quite a commitment!(Not sure I could afford that! The vet bills!!! )

My, she does look quite regal, doesn't she, neko?

Does one need to make an appointment for an audience?

Thank you!

Oy, yes. Thankfully they are different ages so the vet bills get spread out a lot over time. At least while they are young, their vet bills are not too high.

This is Magik's brother "Henry". 18lbs of muscle but cowardly.

Just some random pics of the kitties!

Nugget is always my toughest critic!


Nugget and Oscar, an unlikely pair of friends, but there you have it.


A baby Nugget!


Whisper found a cubby that he likes.


Queen Nugget

Aw poor Henry. You can tell he's a rather timid critter! Pretty, though!

Wonderful photographs, Aldistar! What a wonderful tabby family you have there! Nugget is an absolute stunner. And artistic, too!

A baby nugget. That is oh so cute Aldistar!

Such lovely kitties

Thank you! Nugget is hands down one of the most beautiful cats I have ever had. The pics don't do her coloring justice. She is definitely Queen Cat of the house too. Here is another baby pic. There is a reason why her nickname used to be 'beanie cat'. I don't think she had a solid bone in her body.



Here you can see a bit more of her coloring in the light. I really need to get some more professional shots of her!

You have absolutely no argument with me, Aldistar. She's a knock out!

Just curious, have you ever published any of your feline photographs? (I don't mean on forums like this one.) They're very good!

No, I have a Deviant Art account where I have a lot of my photography and art work, but so far the only place I have posted the animals is here or my Facebook account. My camera was out of comission for about 15 months and I just recently got a new one. That means most of the pics are a couple of years old.

Now that I have my new digital I will be working on more critter pics. Maybe I will start posting them, I hadn't really thought about it before.

Thank you!