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My two, Tomoki and Hikaru (aka Queen Meanie Puss and Fatty Boomsticks). Most of these have been posted before cos I don't have a camera of my own. Tomoki and Hikaru as babies. Hikki was the runt of the litter:  Another baby shot. Hikki seemed smart and alert at the time (which was misleading):  As teenagers:  Tomoki as a naughty teenager:  Hikaru as an adult:  Bonus shut of Hikki bonding with my partner by passing out together in the spare room after an earthquake: 
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Stairs posted:Two black kitties at my house! Yay! another evil bitch black cat. I feel less bad about mine now.
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Oct 29, 2011 21:26
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Nostalgia4Infinity posted:Temple Gradin had a cool passage about black cats in one of her books that my local shelter would copy and tape to cages with their black kittens/cats. Something about how black cats are more social... I read that. My cats didn't.
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Oct 31, 2011 04:23
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Serella posted:
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Nov 6, 2011 03:04
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Pollyanna posted:
Is that surgically shaved or does she overgroom herself?
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Nov 7, 2011 23:08
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Absolute Evil posted:Jinx had an over-grooming problem for the longest time. My boyfriends cat (he named her Sweetie, I called her Helga as she was anything but sweet) loathed him and while generally a bitch anyway, she was horrible (complete with bullying and ninja-style attacks all the time) to him until she passed away. While he remains the most nervous neurotic cat I've ever met, he now has plenty of soft black fur covering his fat rolls! I feel like a Bad Parent because of my Tomoki's overgrooming. Although part of it is because she's so small that there's a lot less of her to lick fur off, so the bald spot covers proportionately more cat. It does stand out embarrassingly on black cats, though.
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Nov 8, 2011 03:59
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It's recommended that you get it vet checked in case it's fleas or skin allergies, but if it's not a skin irritation issue it's basically a form of OCD (and the underbelly is usually the place it shows up first if it's psychogenic). Licking releases endorphins, so they do it to feel better in a stressful situation, then it turns into a habit that may continue after the stress has gone. With my cat, it started after a serious of major earthquakes that caused a lot of cats to change their territory etc.
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Nov 8, 2011 07:11
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Nione posted:I wonder if it's more common in black cats for some reason since there seem to be so many of them in this thread.
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Nov 11, 2011 03:21
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