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I'll take a photos over the weekend when I'm down at my mothers. She has 3 new all black kittens (about 5 weeks), panther, rosa, rita and lotus (all black). Oh and Perry out in the pens (he does not play nice with other cats). Well, I will if I can get them to pose...
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Kerfuffle posted:There's nothing wrong with wanting a pretty cat, chill out. There's nothing really wrong with wanting an orange cat or a grey cat or anything either. It's just lame to go to a shelter and have unreasonably specific expectations for cat colors. I was saying that it's wrong to focus completely on the physical attributes of a pet to the exclusion of all else. That's kind of how we've gotten to the point that animals are being intentionally bred with medical problems. I didn't realize that would be a controversial stance to take, or maybe I just ranted too much and didn't make myself clear. If that's the case, sorry, I do tend to get worked up to the point of distraction by the subject.
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Jul 7, 2012 06:15
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Does Mini count as a Black Cat? He's got a bit of grey and a white bib on him...   Well, even if he doesn't count as a black cat, he is my Cat and I love him dearly. We got him from a work colleague of my mum's, and he was the smallest kitten in the litter. He has since grown up to be very big- he weighs about 6 kgs now!  He likes getting into the rubbish bin, which could explain why he's so big. And since Tuxedo Cats are allowed, here's Kaylee.   We got her from the SPCA a few years ago, and she is the sweetest cat. She hates being picked up, and isn't very bright, but when she feels like cuddles, she won't leave you alone. Edit: She's now asleep at the end of my bed and is snoring in a snuffly way 
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Jul 7, 2012 07:16
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On Monday I will get to join in the black cat picture party. I have a shelter kitty who needed a friend, so now that we're finally in a situation where we can get another cat, we got all ready to go and went to pick out a cat. We picked one! He's a big, beautiful older black fella. Is giant, but is known to snuggle with other kitties, which was a requirement. I really wanted to get a cat that wouldn't have much of a chance at getting adopted otherwise, so I turned down all the orange tabby 1-year-old mellow guys and opted for an older (5-8ish) black fella. He has an enormous butt, and any time you pick him up he has to have his front legs over your shoulder. Then he'll purr and purr and give you headbutts on the side of your head. He's super .BUT I can't have him until Monday. <  > The dental tech fell ill early in the week, and then with the holiday in the middle of the week, she won't be back in until Monday. Once I have his furry little butt home, I will take as many pictures as I can until he hides under something for the first few days.
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Jul 8, 2012 00:02
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    I am not a cat racist. This is Hal, he's about 6 years old. I adopted him about two years ago from a foster home, and he's been absolutely wonderful.
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Jul 8, 2012 03:33
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I've been lurking in this thread a long time, but I've never actually posted anything. This needs to be rectified. Say hello to our resident panther, Meyer: Meyer is kind of an rear end in a top hat, but we love him anyway. We adopted him about a year ago from our local shelter's "Feline Friday" cat-clearance event, along with his tragically non-black co-cat Luke; he was 2 years old then, and I suspect he was a stray, since he was only fixed a couple of months before we got him. He's a friendly boy but is still developing his living-with people skills, most notably staying on a lap without falling off. (He likes to stretch out, and he's pretty long, so he'll get his hind legs dangling and then the rest of him will follow.) Meyer is also a gigantic food mooch, although less so than when we got him. Here he is a couple of months after we got him, covered in cheez dust after a bad human-snack-investigation decision, complete with a pile of roleplaying manuals in the background to make it totally meyerisagoon.jpg:  He also really likes hanging around in my boyfriend's office/studio, despite the fact that it's probably the worst place in the apartment for him to be. Here he is saying hello to my boyfriend's new electric piano (in a super-huge photo, so click to make big):  Unfortunately, we're both pretty bad photographers, so apologies for the crap images. I will try to improve, because, y'know, postin' cat pictures on the Internet is important.
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Jul 8, 2012 04:38
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Pics as promised. New cat is home! There has been some hissing from Bug, my tabby cat, but no ruffled fur or taking swings at him. He's in her bed right now, and she is laying under my chair  .He does not have a forever name yet. I will apologize for my photography up front. It's dark in my apartment, and I was trying not to scare him. Isn't he handsome?  New Catte by prismaticglasses, on Flickr And derpy.  Derp by prismaticglasses, on Flickr Blurry cat loaf.  Loaf by prismaticglasses, on Flickr He found the comfy chair.  House by prismaticglasses, on Flickr
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Jul 10, 2012 01:12
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Perfect .
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Jul 10, 2012 06:02
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cptn_dr posted:Does Mini count as a Black Cat? He's got a bit of grey and a white bib on him... He absolutely counts. Both beautiful cats.
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Jul 10, 2012 20:32
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From last weekend, I didn't get them all but managed to snap most of them. Rita and Rosa, sisters from a litter that came in from a back garden. Both pretty timid but Rita will let people stroke her. They both have faint stripes like a dark grey on black tabby, odd markings.   Panther. Lovely big lad, he came in with 5 others from the Isle of Uist about a year ago. Very easily spooked but he's an affectionate cat once he knows you. He has a white spot on his chest and a white patch on his belly 8)  Perry. Rough dirty old man from up round Leadhills. He no longer stinks since he's neutered but being stray for presumably most of his 10+ years has left him a habitual fighter. That's why he's out in one of the pens while we look for a home for him.  Those are the long term fosters that are in at the moment.
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Jul 11, 2012 20:22
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This is Marley, he was up for homing for ages then my mother decided to stop putting up ads for him and took him over. He spends a lot of time outdoors hunting rabbits, a hangover from his time up Elvanfoot way as a stray (almost 2 years through some nasty winters before someone took pity and rang in). He's been abused at some point like most strays, he's very wary but coming round now after 3 years of continued 'nothing bad happening' This is Lotus (warning, sad story). She was shot 4 times with an airgun aged 1, her owners got the wounds patched up but left the slugs in (her front left leg is paralysed) and worse, they didn't get her spayed. So she had 3 litters of kittens with a bad leg and she's a dinky little cat too, barely 3kg. She was handed in as her owners were having another child and didn't want more kittens appearing... First off she was spayed, no more pumping out kittens. Plus while she was out they removed 3 of the pellets, 1 was pressing on a nerve and had to stay put. Initially she was up for homing but no-one was interested and we decided to keep her where we knew she'd be safe. Now 4 years on she's finally getting over all the trauma, she runs around playing with toys, she can climb trees and she's regained some use of her leg. She has a disconcerting habit of licking you when you stroke her and has trouble grooming fully (so she has to be brushed) but she's a sweet little cat. 
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Jul 11, 2012 20:35
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 Look who's just jumped up to say hi. It's Kaylee!
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Jul 12, 2012 08:04
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Ratzap posted:This is Marley, he was up for homing for ages then my mother decided to stop putting up ads for him and took him over. He spends a lot of time outdoors hunting rabbits, a hangover from his time up Elvanfoot way as a stray (almost 2 years through some nasty winters before someone took pity and rang in). He's been abused at some point like most strays, he's very wary but coming round now after 3 years of continued 'nothing bad happening' What a little sweetie cat, poor thing. She's in similar size and facial porportions to my own cat. Same too-long back claws too. I hope someone comes along and gives her a good home.
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Jul 12, 2012 08:35
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Kerfuffle posted:What a little sweetie cat, poor thing. She's in similar size and facial porportions to my own cat. Same too-long back claws too. Those two are both my mothers now, she's not trying to home them any more. Basically anything that takes more than a year to home and fits in with the rest ends up moving to the permanent side of the register  Her claws grow out because she splays her legs a bit to balance while running so they don't get worn like they should. Holding her to clip them a couple of times a year is not fun, she wriggles like crazy 
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Jul 12, 2012 11:00
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Kitty in "not a black blob" shocker: Zzzzzzzzzzzzz............
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Jul 12, 2012 14:50
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I just pulled this black cat from the local shelter and is my newest foster cat (who will probably end up being a perm. member). 
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Jul 12, 2012 20:56
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Karjia posted:I just pulled this black cat from the local shelter and is my newest foster cat (who will probably end up being a perm. member). Just don't be surprised if you start getting followed by a horny skunk with a cheesy accent
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Jul 12, 2012 21:34
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Karjia posted:I just pulled this black cat from the local shelter and is my newest foster cat (who will probably end up being a perm. member). Wow, that is a very cool looking cat. I've never seen one with such a coat pattern.
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Jul 12, 2012 21:53
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JimmydaFish posted:Wow, that is a very cool looking cat. I've never seen one with such a coat pattern. Took the words right out of my mouth. I did a double take thinking it was paint or fungus or something. Never seen a coat like that before, well nifty.
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Jul 12, 2012 22:16
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Ratzap posted:Took the words right out of my mouth. I did a double take thinking it was paint or fungus or something. Never seen a coat like that before, well nifty. It does look a lot like someone spattered paint over her, or kind of like the spotting on a fawn's coat. I honestly have never seen anything like it either.
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Jul 13, 2012 07:09
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She's gorgeous.
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Jul 13, 2012 07:15
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She looks like a tortie but with no orange whatsoever. I've never seen that ever, it's super cute. Paging color genetics expert people to this thread for some insight.
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Jul 13, 2012 07:15
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The big Guide to Housecat Coat Colors and Patterns pdf has a "brindled bicolor" under the "Freak patterns, Seen in a very few cases, usually due to chance mutation" section. It describes the pattern as a "Tortoiseshell pattern where the patches that should be red are white, as if the red pigment couldn't be produced." In other words, it seems like some kind of genetic mutation that completely turned off the red pigment production. (Makes sense, given that white color is actually the suppression of the expression of a color gene.) In other words, that is a very unusual, very special cat. And very cute too.
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Jul 13, 2012 09:24
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Can cats get an equivalent of measles or chicken pox? It almost looks like a freakish fever coat.
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Jul 14, 2012 04:18
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This is Larsson - an extremely sweet cat with a broken meower...
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Jul 14, 2012 18:33
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Robo Kitty posted:The big Guide to Housecat Coat Colors and Patterns pdf has a "brindled bicolor" under the "Freak patterns, Seen in a very few cases, usually due to chance mutation" section. It describes the pattern as a "Tortoiseshell pattern where the patches that should be red are white, as if the red pigment couldn't be produced." In other words, it seems like some kind of genetic mutation that completely turned off the red pigment production. (Makes sense, given that white color is actually the suppression of the expression of a color gene.) Isn't there a goon's cat that had a similar coat and was an XXY? (Or whatever the chromosome combo is to get a tortie male) Or did I make that up? Either way, gorgeous kitty. I recommend the name "Speckle"
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Shebrew posted:Isn't there a goon's cat that had a similar coat and was an XXY? (Or whatever the chromosome combo is to get a tortie male) Or did I make that up? Are you thinking of RazorBunny's old cat Charlie?
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Kerfuffle posted:Are you thinking of RazorBunny's old cat Charlie? I think that was it
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Jul 15, 2012 07:16
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This is George. He's 10 weeks old, mother was a stray who abandoned a litter of 6 (3 black males, 1 black female, 2 tabbies on of each gender) and so the litter was hand reared. When we went to pick him up, the two girls were gone, but the woman was having real problems adopting out the black males. He's incredibly sweet and gentle, really affectionate. He likes to be curled up asleep within arms reach of a human, preferably on a lap so he can get regular petting. We only adopted him yesterday, but he settled in immediately, and purrs and kneads pretty much constantly, even in his sleep. 
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Jul 15, 2012 13:26
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Go pick up those other two you know you want to~
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Jul 15, 2012 14:05
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Kerfuffle posted:Go pick up those other two you know you want to~ I really do! I tried to persuade the husband but he wasn't sold on the idea of a whole brood of mewling panthers, cause he has no heart or soul obviously.
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Jul 16, 2012 11:40
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Always loved cats but grew up in an apartment where we couldn't have one. Well a group of friends from work said if I managed to earn and early promotion they would get me a cat. Well I got the early promotion but deployed immediately after and have spent the last few months in this dump. Well last Friday I got a text completely out of the blue that I am now the proud owner of this around 9 week old little guy http://imgur.com/7H1bO . I named him Wolf on Sunday and I just hope he's still atleast kind of kitten sized when I get back home in a few more months. Wolf pics http://imgur.com/sCEle , http://imgur.com/SPETS .
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Wolf is gorgeous! He looks like he's gonna grow up to be a wolf-cat, too -- that face is downright feral. Congrats!
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Here's my parents' cat, Dusty. He is the feline equivalent of an obese, decadent Roman emperor. He also looks like a giant hairy pupa. 
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Karjia posted:I just pulled this black cat from the local shelter and is my newest foster cat (who will probably end up being a perm. member). I'm pretty sure the previous owner of that cat used a spraybottle of peroxide for training instead of water  (It's really really cool and I am jealous)
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Meet Kyuss. My roommate(s - I got Kyuss the summer before my sophomore year of college, so needless to say he's moved around quite a bit and lived with a large crowd of people) and I made it our goal to take as many hosed-up photos of this stupid cat as possible. He happily obliges.  When the living situation permits (which has been two of his four years of existence), Kyuss is an outdoor cat. He's also a straight-up boss and absolutely terrorized the neighborhood cats around our old house. This is a photo of the time we tried to catsit for a friend; needless to say, we found somewhere else for Archer to go:  (The picture doesn't really show it, but Archer was significantly larger than Kyuss.) Finally, cat and owner. I've never been as close to any pet as I am Kyuss; on my end, his being my first pet after moving out of my parents' place helps a lot and on his end, he's lived with around ten different people but I've been the only consistent thing in his life since he was a kitten. He and I have a bond like no other, I swear I can speak to this cat and I'm more than a little certain he's a human under a curse (would it be?) that's made him a cat. His reaction to other people tends to follow my own, liking people I do and the inverse, which is pretty funny to watch.  Edit: He's named after a band whose guitar player plays through a bass amp and the entire sound is very bass-heavy; he was named just because I love the band and it seemed like a good cat name, but I quickly discovered he loves to sit on subwoofers when I listen to metal. He does to this day - I don't really listen to metal anymore, but it's a cool parlor trick to be able to put on a song and the cat hops right on top of my sub. TXT BOOTY7 2 47474 fucked around with this message at 11:11 on Jul 19, 2012 |
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theturbulentone posted:I really do! I tried to persuade the husband but he wasn't sold on the idea of a whole brood of mewling panthers, cause he has no heart or soul obviously. Trick him! The old "George would be better off with a buddy if/when we're both gone, so he's not lonely" would probably work.
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superkittenhugs posted:On a side note, have any of you ever known a racist animal? I have known several racist horses. They mostly seem to be prejudiced against grays. I know this because my main horse for years was a gray and I had to sometimes let new horses get used to him, they were all freaked out. I had one riding buddy years ago whose horse never got comfortable around him even though we rode together almost daily for like 2 years. Never noticed it in any other species though. On topic, I found of a picture of my black cat while I was looking through pictures for my other thread. I am not sure if I've posted it before, but I think I have. Regardless, here is Bagheera as a teenager:  He really likes sinks for some reason, even as an adult. I think he considers them cat beds. He likes water too oddly enough (sometimes I give him showers with the kitchen sink sprayer thing) so it can be hard to discourage him. As a result I wind up going through more Drano than I should in his favorite sinks, because cat hair apparently is not good for drains. The bathroom in the picture however was totally non-functional anyway (yay for poorly maintained prefabs--it was farm housing at the place my husband and I worked) so we just let him turn it into a cat bed pretty much. 2tomorrow fucked around with this message at 17:32 on Jul 22, 2012 |
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I never get why people don't adopt black cats. My two boys are the last from a litter of like 6 of tuxedo cats but they both turned out solid black. Hands down two of the best cats I have ever had.
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