Cats

[Grumph]

We've got kittens we've had to run on because they can't go under level 4. 3 Burmese and 2 Burmillas. Plus the daughter's got another Burmilla in Oamaru which is going local to her.
It's cost us another round of vaccinations - which would usually be done in the new home. Hopefully they can go next week.

It is actually dangerous to stay in our lounge at the time of the 9pm crazies. They're getting to be big kittens and at that time they have their big playtime of the day.
The dog retires to a bedroom around 8pm to get out of the way. She's not silly.

Can't put up pics on this computer,sorry.

[F5 Dave]

Ahh fight hour. I remember that from the 2 Burmese kittens. Sadly her brother didn't survive the road.

[Michael Moore]

Chair photo looks like she is posing for portrait.

I like the color of the curtains with the cat



cheers,
Michael

[Michael Moore]

Greg sent me a photo of the kittens the other day

[Michael Moore]

A couple of days ago I was taking some photos of what was blooming in the back yard and Tommy decided to join the fun.

[Grumph]

Thanks Michael. Getting pics of Burmese kittens for buyers is always a problem. It has to be either when they're dozing - or just fed sitting stuffed and glassy eyed.

We used to breed Birmans. When asked the difference between Birman personality and Burmese, I'd always say that it's obvious around a camera.
Pull out a camera and a Burmese wants to take it apart to see how it works - but a Birman will look for a nice background to have it's picture taken.
Not a joke. This trait in Birmans followed across several generations. They particularly liked colour co-ordinated cushions.

Heard yesterday that under level 3 pet animal movements can resume so it'll quiet down a bit here till the next time.

[Kickaha]

but a Birman will look for a nice background to have it's picture taken.

The Abyssinian that lived here was like that

[Blackbird]

We used to breed Birmans. When asked the difference between Birman personality and Burmese, I'd always say that it's obvious around a camera.
Pull out a camera and a Burmese wants to take it apart to see how it works - but a Birman will look for a nice background to have it's picture taken.
Not a joke. This trait in Birmans followed across several generations. They particularly liked colour co-ordinated cushions.

That's just great! And Tonkinese were born to rule. Our next door neighbour had a Tonkinese called Minka who used to come across to our place, sit on the arm of our deck bench and look down her nose at everyone like we were just common as muck. At that time, we had a rescue cat who was a real scrapper but he always steered well clear of her. She would even come inside and eat his food and he'd make himself scarce. The photo is Minka at 15 years of age. She died when she was 18.

[Grumph]

That's just great! And Tonkinese were born to rule. Our next door neighbour had a Tonkinese called Minka who used to come across to our place, sit on the arm of our deck bench and look down her nose at everyone like we were just common as muck. At that time, we had a rescue cat who was a real scrapper but he always steered well clear of her. She would even come inside and eat his food and he'd make himself scarce. The photo is Minka at 15 years of age. She died when she was 18.

We had Siamese when i was a kid. My mother bred them. Which is how I got into it.
The dominance gene is strong in that lot. I remember watching from the workshop at home when an Alsation came on the property and starting to come out to deal with it.
i stopped and watched as 3 Siamese rounded it up and herded it out - it slunk away, tail down, very subdued, LOL.

Tonks are rare in NZ now. Two breeders AFAIK. The NZCF generation progression means you need four generations to be full register. But in Tonks, the first cross is the finished product. Mad
Back in the 80's we sold a pair of Burmese breeding girls to Connecticut USA to a Tonk breeder. US Burmese had a health problem at that time - and were heavier than ideal for Tonk breeding.
We kept in touch for quite a while. They did very well with what they got from our lines. Made the Cat Fancy of America national top ten regularly for the next 6 or 7 years.

[george formby]

I must thank a cat for one of the best laughs I've had in eons.

Our neighbours / tenants had a damp patch in the spare room.. It turned out to be a rotten floor caused by water leaking from the bath seal which abuts the wall.

Quite a big section of floor needed to be replaced so the gib had to come off and I had a violent afternoon removing the wardrobe which had been nailed and glued to the framing before the gib went on.

Knowing my limits I got a builder in to replace the floor and gib.

Great, a few hours work and we are sorted, ready for paint tomorrow.

8pm and a knock on the door.. Our neighbour is standing there trying to tell me the cat has been gibbed into the wall, nay says I, must be under the house.... No, it ain't..

The first thing that went through my mind was just to leave it. Only kidding! I had visions of having to rip the gib off and devastating the place. My better half re-assured me that the gib had been screwed on - she knows how much I like screwing - I was doubtful.

Luckily she was right and had had a bit of a conversation with the builder on this point, he was a nail man. This lifted my mood and the ridiculousness of the situation took hold, just about pee'd myself laughing.

I unscrewed the gib and sure enough, the little furry git was happily tucked up underneath the bath. Not keen on coming out, though. Did eventually.

Next day the gib went back on and was stopped again, we counted the cats thrice before the work.

All's well that ends well, but check your cavities if you have inquisitive cats!

[Gearup]

We had Siamese when i was a kid. My mother bred them. Which is how I got into it.
The dominance gene is strong in that lot. I remember watching from the workshop at home when an Alsation came on the property and starting to come out to deal with it.
i stopped and watched as 3 Siamese rounded it up and herded it out - it slunk away, tail down, very subdued, LOL.

Tonks are rare in NZ now. Two breeders AFAIK. The NZCF generation progression means you need four generations to be full register. But in Tonks, the first cross is the finished product. Mad
Back in the 80's we sold a pair of Burmese breeding girls to Connecticut USA to a Tonk breeder. US Burmese had a health problem at that time - and were heavier than ideal for Tonk breeding.
We kept in touch for quite a while. They did very well with what they got from our lines. Made the Cat Fancy of America national top ten regularly for the next 6 or 7 years.

Do you breed Siamese as well or specialise in Burmese?

[Grumph]

Do you breed Siamese as well or specialise in Burmese?

Burmese and Burmillas only now. Never bred Siamese myself, don't like what they've developed into now. Too extreme.

And we're nominally tapering down. Ha. Lost our old Burmilla boy recently so there's a complicted deal going down where we get the use of another outcross boy - and his owner gets the shorthair boy from this litter.
But just in case, we're running on his longhair litter brother. And we wound up with a stunning lilac burmese girl when that sale fell through recently.
Enough to keep us going longer than we'd planned.

[jato]

Way back just after i built on the farm i was under siege by mice and mainly rats - to the point where part way through dinner if i went downstairs to throw some wood on the fire by the time i got back there would be new little footprints on the table and dinner would be noticeably less... after spending a fortune on traps and peanut butter i reluctantly decided to get a cat (I've always thought they are selfish con-artists) and in due course Lucy arrived...She quickly figured out that the place to be in winter was in front of the fire regardless of what the rats were up to, except the time i was pouring most of 300 amps into an outboard crankcase with the tig welder, then, unknown by me she decided the place to be was with her face about 100mm from the weld pool... needless to say she never caught anything after that but still managed to live to 16 or so (and eat 3 or 4 thousand dollars worth of cat food)

[pete376403]

Tonks are rare in NZ now. Two breeders AFAIK. .

Not sure who we got our Tonk from (it was about 10 years ago). she is purebred (as tonks go) but was born with a "flat chest" and not expected to live, cost us $40. Has done remarkably well since then. sort of answers to "DidiMau" when she can be bothered)

[OddDuck]

Way back just after i built on the farm i was under siege by mice and mainly rats - to the point where part way through dinner if i went downstairs to throw some wood on the fire by the time i got back there would be new little footprints on the table and dinner would be noticeably less... after spending a fortune on traps and peanut butter i reluctantly decided to get a cat (I've always thought they are selfish con-artists) and in due course Lucy arrived...She quickly figured out that the place to be in winter was in front of the fire regardless of what the rats were up to, except the time i was pouring most of 300 amps into an outboard crankcase with the tig welder, then, unknown by me she decided the place to be was with her face about 100mm from the weld pool... needless to say she never caught anything after that but still managed to live to 16 or so (and eat 3 or 4 thousand dollars worth of cat food)

Slightly off topic but if you have to bait for rodents again... hot from the oven pizza crust.

Years ago I had a crappy flat in a Council building (awful bloody things) and of course there were mice. I tried quite a few options before giving the homecooked pizza a go. I've baited the mousetrap like that, flicked the lights off and left the room, before I've sat down again there's a snap and oh look, gotcha.

Rats are tricky, they can smell it on the trap if you've handled it with bare hands and will avoid any recent scent of humans no matter how tempting the bait. Gotta glove up first.