On Cats

[Jonboy]

It’s an interesting one, the claims I mentioned above were within the first 15 months of the wife and I buying our first property, 14 years later and the insurer haven’t quite broken even on the claim, but we haven’t made any claims for her brother in the same period...

[big jim]

We insured Odin then he got killed by a pallet falling on him within a couple of months if the policy opening and initially they refused to pay out as they said the policy hadn’t been running long enough, I did however take out a ‘from day one’ policy but they still tried to wriggle out of it, eventually they coughed up as i went to the insurance ombudsman

[Jonboy]

I know one of our two likes trains (or more specifically knocking off the rear wagon each time a rake passes) but this is a bit different https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/mar/04/cat-on-a-fast-train-roof-holds-up-london-to-manchester-service

[Welly]

^^^^

Skimbleshanks being naughty!

[Reorte]

3 hours ago, Jonboy said:

I know one of our two likes trains (or more specifically knocking off the rear wagon each time a rake passes) but this is a bit different https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/mar/04/cat-on-a-fast-train-roof-holds-up-london-to-manchester-service

Thought the whole point of the orange lines was to indicate "don't climb above here."

[New Haven Neil]

Here's a discussion point.

 

Given where I live, there are a fair few of these.

 

 

We won't have one, as we consider it cruel to perpetuate, as it is a form of spina bifda apparently, and many kittens are badly deformed.  this little gurl lives around the corner from us and is very cute and friendly, she's a 'stumpy' - has a tiny bit of tail, as opposed to a 'rumpy' that has none at all.  They're often high on the back legs - this one is a touch - and sometimes have an extra toe.  There is a lot of folklore about where they came from, the generally accepted one here is they came off a Spanish galleon that was wrecked here on the south of the island running away after the armada debacle (this much is true, two actually IIRC)  and were in-bred as a result of living on the ship.  Regardless, they're expensive to buy unless you know of a friendly farmer with a litter.

[steve1]

I would hope that the cat doesn't suffer any pain or discomfort, if they do, then breeding them is inexcusable.

 

If the cat(s) are ok, then I guess it's not so bad but I agree, I would be uncomfortable with them.

 

steve

[Classsix T]

1 hour ago, steve1 said:

I would hope that the cat doesn't suffer any pain or discomfort, if they do, then breeding them is inexcusable.

 

If the cat(s) are ok, then I guess it's not so bad but I agree, I would be uncomfortable with them.

 

steve

One of the factors why I'm not dead keen on "squashed face" breeds of cat, or any other selective mating practices frankly. 

 

A good old common moggy is right by me.

 

C6T. 

 

Just for clarity, I don't include regional feline variations in that, Turkish Vans, Abyssinians etc. are gorgeous and not handicapped by human whim enforcement of appearance. 

 

C6T. 

Edited March 4, 2021 by Classsix T

[Oldddudders]

A nice story here, including a short video.

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-56275563

[eastglosmog]

10 hours ago, New Haven Neil said:

Here's a discussion point.

 

Given where I live, there are a fair few of these.

 

 

We won't have one, as we consider it cruel to perpetuate, as it is a form of spina bifda apparently, and many kittens are badly deformed.  this little gurl lives around the corner from us and is very cute and friendly, she's a 'stumpy' - has a tiny bit of tail, as opposed to a 'rumpy' that has none at all.  They're often high on the back legs - this one is a touch - and sometimes have an extra toe.  There is a lot of folklore about where they came from, the generally accepted one here is they came off a Spanish galleon that was wrecked here on the south of the island running away after the armada debacle (this much is true, two actually IIRC)  and were in-bred as a result of living on the ship.  Regardless, they're expensive to buy unless you know of a friendly farmer with a litter.

A tail is an essential part of a cat for balance when walking and jumping and paw warming when sitting or sleeping (just ask my Tilly). 

The breeding I most dislike is the perpetuation of those short legged Munchkin things.

[Dagworth]

11 minutes ago, eastglosmog said:

The breeding I most dislike is the perpetuation of those short legged Munchkin things.

I was glad that the GCCF refused to recognise the breed along with a few other deformities such as folds. 
 

Andi

[steve1]

Need I say more?

 

steve

[Phil Bullock]

Did the Euston Moggie get confused about cat-enary? 

Edited March 5, 2021 by Phil Bullock

[doilum]

It was implementing rule one. " It's my trainset and............"

[Porkscratching]

[Classsix T]

4 hours ago, Porkscratching said:

Pfft, the pointer would be the first thing to end up on the floor!

 

C6T. 

[steve1]

It seems I need help wrapping this parcel. She has already sat on the box to make sure it’s closed.

 

steve

 

 

[New Haven Neil]

On 04/03/2021 at 21:16, eastglosmog said:

A tail is an essential part of a cat for balance when walking and jumping and paw warming when sitting or sleeping (just ask my Tilly). 

The breeding I most dislike is the perpetuation of those short legged Munchkin things.

 

Despite having no tail, Manxies are no worse at performing acrobatic (catrobatic?) feats than a tailed cat.  They don't know any different.  I still don't like the fact the breed is perpetuated.

 

There's a couple around here, but they maybe represent 10% of the cat population at a guess from how many we see.  

[Sidecar Racer]

[big jim]

2 of our cats up to no good on the ring cam!

[eastglosmog]

20 hours ago, New Haven Neil said:

 

Despite having no tail, Manxies are no worse at performing acrobatic (catrobatic?) feats than a tailed cat.  They don't know any different.  I still don't like the fact the breed is perpetuated.

 

There's a couple around here, but they maybe represent 10% of the cat population at a guess from how many we see.  

But how do they perform that staple of all my cats, of walking along a crowded mantelpiece without disturbing anything, then knocking everything off with a swipe of the tail?

[Porkscratching]

17 hours ago, big jim said:

2 of our cats up to no good on the ring cam!

I had to look hard to find the cats at first there ..doh !

[Porkscratching]

6 hours ago, eastglosmog said:

But how do they perform that staple of all my cats, of walking along a crowded mantelpiece without disturbing anything, then knocking everything off with a swipe of the tail?

Easy, sit there looking at you.. then bash it with a paw.

There's an old piano here that's main purpose is to have stuff on top dashed to the floor...

[Zero Gravitas]

1 hour ago, Porkscratching said:

Easy, sit there looking at you.. then bash it with a paw.

There's an old piano here that's main purpose is to have stuff on top dashed to the floor...

 

And this is how we know conclusively that the earth is not flat. If it was, cats would have pushed everything off the edge by now...

[Nick C]

7 hours ago, eastglosmog said:

But how do they perform that staple of all my cats, of walking along a crowded mantelpiece without disturbing anything, then knocking everything off with a swipe of the tail?

Do they then do the same as one of ours does, and run away in a panic thinking the item they've just knocked off is attacking them?