Type at vy ft of pg 7 to show up on pg 8, with luck.

#1 of Brookfield Zoo via UK Daily Mail Online set of 4 of black-footed kitten Typed "klitten of course --
Link (new window) & the linkie, which is huge.
Link (new window) Linkie for endangered/rare Brit Otterhounds, even longer.
& finally, Link (new window) linkie for pygmy hippo
Ornery Alien methinx, tnx for pix of Tibbs & Nova at varying ages.. For those without TF, yobbery's cat-reading-Simon's-Cat is from a gallery of cats reading books about cats that wasn't greenlit. Any other week, it might've been. CrankyAndi, I always welcome Ellie pix. lajimi, I see where you got the "We're cats" & thank you for picking it up.
Know I forgot someone vital -- already said Hippo Birdies to Kim/Alien -- that's what scrollback & pageback are for, nu? Refresh, as well.

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BUWAHHH HAHAHH A HAHA!!!!
that's too perfect of a caption!!!

Man...if I was a pilot of a plane it'd be full of mustaches, aliens...and critters!
/still like the one pilot I met on my trip last year - most epic last name (and legit too!)
//his name is Captain Awesome I shiznit you not!
///flys a lot of west jet flights ;D

Great Porn Dragon: Happy (belated) birthday to you, Alien...found you a proper Cadbury creme egg, but it required special transportation:

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Interestingly, they also apparently have the Cadbury Egg-Mobile in the UK:

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THANK YOU!!!!!
And it's never belated when you have Goldfish Memory like me! I prefer to call it "A 3 days bday omgofawesomenesshopeIdontgetintotoomuchtrouble" hahaha!

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you guys!
I thought I was being sneaky enough but you keep catching me!
hahahahaah!
>;P

laulaja: Going to break my earlier resolution & fetch in this recent pic, that I'm not able to PS as it could use/may deserve.
Did send to She Hoo, who may not have found it in her in-box yet, tho I sent it Out Yonder Thu about the time I came in first time this C'day. Did encroppinate a bit to rid it of some of the bordering concrete. Too many nested ctr tags indeed! Only did for pic itself, not for any of this above.
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Hey that is me!!! :D
Who I can deeply thank Lar Jorgan for coming up with that visualization of me, which I did get tattooed on the inside of my right wrist!
Yup just like a Dandelion - no matter what crap you throw at me, inject me with, whatever - I just keep coming back, stronger than ever and brighter than ever!!!

YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
/god I need my pictures so I can post@!

captain feedback: happy birth-date alien-dandy-lion!
allow me to add to the feelings everyone has expressed...

WE
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YOU

I love this picture it is awesome sauce!
*high five*
THANK YOU EVERYONE - AGAIN!!!

Ornery Alien: Oh, and I have this for AlienDandelion:

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY
Have a delicious cake!

/Cake I made in 2009 for a 2-year-old's birthday.
//Trying to think of what cake to make for my classmates to celebrate the end of our Masters in Counselling program. Freud seems cliche, Counsellor Troi cake (with mint frosting) probably too obscure for this crowd.
///Off to movie now. Catch you later!

How about a couch? and a clipboard?
*covers hand*
/runs away
//or lucy in her counselling booth?

reddot: AlienDandelion:


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THAT...is beautiful!!!
thank you!!!!

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Is it bad when you think your pet has adopted your personality? Yup. She is smug and snarky.

OMG the look on her face and then turning her back on you are damn priceless!!!
hahahahhhh!!!

ANNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNND!!!!
presenting.....

the latest of pictures of Gremlin in his new kingdom!
I'm hoping to get more....
but he really is loving his new master and that makes me happy knowing his health is so much better and he gets overloaded with the cuddles and whatnot.
and to him *sigh* I am old news hahaha!

here he is trying to get one of ladies to play with him, he pulled the same move on BenHurr all the time hahaha!
sorry is sideways but he's checking out his beauty in the full length mirror
he's not fat he's 14 pounds of floofiness!!!
everyplace in the house is HIS spot hahaha!

Kim/Alien, so sorry you're OldNews to Gremlin, but so glad for his sake that he's doing well in new empire & not ill any more!
Part of one comment to Mail Online re 'Arry the pygmy hippo, 2BSeen below:
What a lovely story. Thank you DM (author) for lifting our spirits. I now want a pygmy hippo - but methinketh the cats might object....

Article says they only grow to I'm now unsure whether it's 3 ft tall or 3 ft long.

AlienDandelion: he's not fat he's 14 pounds of floofiness!!!

14 pounds!!!! holy cats!!!! Ellie is 15.7 pounds (and a fat) but the boys are 13, 12 and 10 pounds each and the dogs are 13 and 8 pounds...and Gremmie isn't done growing. He is gonna be a big boy.

Alien, I am sad that Gremmie isn't with you physically but I know you did what is best for him and for you. And I am so glad you get to see him and know how he is doing. I will share mine vicariously if you like. But you have to clean up the litterboxes and take the lizards away and save them.

BTW, it cracks me up that your birthday is on April Fool's day. I cannot imagine a more perfect birthday for you.

Ornery Alien: Posting one pic at a time because I'm off to Hunger Games as soon as hubby gets home.

Nova and Tibbs weren't littermates, but I thought they'd bond because they're the same age and opposite genders. Nope! Nova doesn't mind other cats, but she prefers people. And Tibbs decided early on that he was in looooove with Pixel. He also seems to prefer hubby over me. I guess he just likes boys better. What can you do? Here he is resting his head on his Pixel.

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I just got back from it. Have to say its one movie where both AND the book are good.
This scenario is just too rare for my liking!

Another critter tale I may not have saved linkie to: earless rabbit Til born in Germany, died after cameraman stepped on him. Poor bunny! Did snatch 2 pix:

Til was named for German actor Til Schweiger. He was 1 of 5 in litter. Cameraman who trod on him & killed him ASAP was distraught, understandably ....

Ornery Alien: ... Caturday's most favourite and beloved alien?
... Caturday's one (of at least two) and only-one-who-posts-often-enough-that-people-remember-her alien?

Oops.

Linkie to rabbit tale after all: ·Link (new window)

tigerose: Reminds me of the quote " One day, Karma will catch up with him, and if you are lucky, you will get to watch" and even luckier if you can get a vid of it!

Sorta appropriate...

kevinboehm: valnt9: how did lethological_lassie make
her post show up in blue??

by screwing up the quote tags

huh??
please to explain.
I WANT to be able to colorize at times
and I've seen it done by others...

konekosama: ugh, i really wanted a nap but baby is being too fussy to sleep. she isn't wet, isn't hungry, struggles when i hold her and cries when i put her down. we had a nice long discussion on how i knew she was merely faking it and finally she decided to settle down and take a few minutes to sleep. elwood loves her, i think. he loves curling up next to her while she's passed out on my bed. i caught him wrapping his arms around her leg and resting his head on her but as soon as i moved to get the camera she woke up wanting to be fed.
thebarngoddess you asked me to shoot you a mail a couple weeks ago but the EIP is not working, mail was booted back to me for some reason. try mine and see if that works...
and it's so good to see alien online and commenting on all the shenanigans going on.
elwood is always cleaning up jake
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I don't see an address for you in your profile??!! the­bar­ngo­de­ssl­iam­com should work (use only 1 letter d)

lethological_lassie, akimbotoo, Zizzowop, yobbery: and anyone else I may have missed who is trying to medicate a hyperthyroid cat, I have a couple of suggestions based on my personal experience. While crushing the pills to mix in food is all well and good, it still tends to be a bit grainy. Try dissolving the pill in a little hot tap water before adding to the food.

Dragon hates pill pockets, so I hit upon the simple solution of breaking the pill into quarters so that they would fit into his favorite soft treats. Sure, he still beats me from time to time, but I figure (and my vet agrees) that his getting 3/4 of a pill instead of spitting the whole thing out where I find it a day later is better than nothing.

Remember

We come into this world with eyes wide,
With those we love, bide.

They enter the world blind of eye,
Someday soon to see the sky.

We have the gift to others hold,
To venture into the world so bold.

When they are small and weak,
Remind us to be humble and meek.

Salve to the soul, we seek.

Wanders into our life, makes it fine,
Mirrors the Divine.

All Love and Care,
Harden your heart if you dare.

Look into that face,
Find you place.
Fills a space,

You never knew was empty.

Rejoice.

tigerose 3/31/12

Ornery Alien: Oh, and I have this for AlienDandelion:

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY
Have a delicious cake!

/Cake I made in 2009 for a 2-year-old's birthday.
//Trying to think of what cake to make for my classmates to celebrate the end of our Masters in Counselling program. Freud seems cliche, Counsellor Troi cake (with mint frosting) probably too obscure for this crowd.
///Off to movie now. Catch you later!

You should make one of those doll dress cakes (the one where you put a Barbie type doll into it) and decorate it like a slip... Not 100% how to decorate like a slip... I'd have to ponder that... Or you could use a book cake pan & decorate it like a few pages out of the Psychopathology book... :) Now I want to sit and come up with new ideas for psych/counseling cakes. Never thought about doing that when I graduated with mine. Oh, and CONGARATS on the upcoming graduation!!!!!

Hurrah, happy birthday, AlienDandelion! I hope that the Cadbury Eggs where you are get imported from the UK or something, 'cause the ones we get in the US are total rubbish. RUBBISH! (Same for Kit-Kats. Why can't we get nice stuff here? I can't even say that Americans' taste is only in their mouths, because I've seen most of our food and that's a total lie.)


Either way, things have been nice and quiet here. Rainy, too. As such, Sonny has been extra-cuddly, though he apparently has no concept of personal space.



Really, now. Really?



He's also quite fond of sleeping on the pillows next to us at night, since we've got a cal-king bed and a massive number of pillows and blankets. The other night, the hubby and I were wrapped up together, chatting about this and that, being obscenely cute and cuddly, and just enjoying each others' company as we drifted off for sleep. Then, he gave me a rather cross-eyed look of surprised pain. Sonny, on one of the pillows above him, had decided that since human-scritchies are so nice, he'd share some kitty-scritchies with him! As such, he had planted all four paws in the top of my husband's scalp and was gently flexing his claws, looking quite satisfied with himself. ...It's the thought that counts?...

My cat will soon have a new kitty TV show to watch. Birds have decided to build a nest in the cow I have hanging on the porch. Perfect view from the cats space between my husbands and my computers.

Sorry for the crappy cell phone pic...

RadicalEd: And of course, my Ivan. He has been attached to me like Velcro lately. He falls asleep with me on my pillow, he snuggles with me in the early morning and wakes up right next to me. Of course, at that point he and his girly cat are just begging for their morning treat. Here he is helping me read at night. He makes a good Kindle rest.

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I bet that's nice and warm on his bummy! Warm for the kitty and practical for the hooman-- very nice!

Happy Birthday AlienDandelion!!
cake

and ice cream

mousiebelle: Ornery Alien: Oh, and I have this for AlienDandelion:

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY
Have a delicious cake!

/Cake I made in 2009 for a 2-year-old's birthday.
//Trying to think of what cake to make for my classmates to celebrate the end of our Masters in Counselling program. Freud seems cliche, Counsellor Troi cake (with mint frosting) probably too obscure for this crowd.
///Off to movie now. Catch you later!

You should make one of those doll dress cakes (the one where you put a Barbie type doll into it) and decorate it like a slip... Not 100% how to decorate like a slip... I'd have to ponder that... Or you could use a book cake pan & decorate it like a few pages out of the Psychopathology book... :) Now I want to sit and come up with new ideas for psych/counseling cakes. Never thought about doing that when I graduated with mine. Oh, and CONGARATS on the upcoming graduation!!!!!

A freudian slip? You would need a ken doll for that! Ha! I would frost it like a dress, leaving a section " lifted to reveal the slip under neath...either that or do a cigar shaped cake....snerk!

kevinboehm: valnt9: how did lethological_lassie make
her post show up in blue??

by screwing up the quote tags

DOH! Too much snipping of the quoted post, I guess. (Puts paws over face in embarrassment...)

josmonkeys: syzygy whizz: josmonkeys

(and anyone else who might be on the wrong end of a carelessly-deployed claw)

I've found that cleaning the wound with H2O2 (hydrogen peroxide) IMMEDIATELY AS POSSIBLE really cuts down on swelling, redness, welting, and incipient infection.
Seems to speed the healing a bit, too.

I get a textbook example of "Your body's immune system reacting to an unfriendly invasion", i.e., swelling around the wound, redness, itching...
a quick cleansing with peroxide not only doesn't hurt (though it bubbles really cool), but can save you some problems down the road.

If only it were a claw hit - those heal rather cleanly for me. This was a double fang snap. I touched a tender spot I didn't know was there, and she snapped. Dr. gave me antibiotics & additional Tylenol 3 to deal with the pain. So far swelling & redness is confined to the distal portion of my left thumb. Makes typing interesting, and may postpone my piano lesson for the week.

Yeee-ouch! I thought it looked like a bite. The antibiotic should fix you right up.

Once when my Mom was holding her cat Cindy for a shot, Cindy bit my Mom's wrist..and broke a bone! My said to the vet, " Glad I'm not a rabbit".

Chimpasaurus: sherpa18: lethological_lassie, akimbotoo, Zizzowop, yobbery: and anyone else I may have missed who is trying to medicate a hyperthyroid cat, I have a couple of suggestions based on my personal experience. While crushing the pills to mix in food is all well and good, it still tends to be a bit grainy. Try dissolving the pill in a little hot tap water before adding to the food.

Dragon hates pill pockets, so I hit upon the simple solution of breaking the pill into quarters so that they would fit into his favorite soft treats. Sure, he still beats me from time to time, but I figure (and my vet agrees) that his getting 3/4 of a pill instead of spitting the whole thing out where I find it a day later is better than nothing.

My 15 yr old was just diagnosed with slight hyperthyroidism. He just started meds and it's half a pill, so luckily I can hide it in a piece of meat and he eats it with no problems. Question though---do any of you know what happens if you don't medicate them for a few days? I'm worried about what will happen during the holidays when we go out of town for the weekend and no one else will come over to medicate him every day.


Thanks for the hint, sherpa18! I'll try that. Got the baby food and liver/chicken kitty crack food this afternoon.

Chimpasaurus: I don't know that it is dangerous to skip the meds for a few days, but I do remember the vet tech telling me that the medication is fairly short lived in the animal's system. We had to get Sneaker's kidney levels checked once he was on the meds for a month, and since we had so much trouble getting it in him, it was almost 2 months before the dosing was consistent enough for the test. He's on methimazole. Here's a link that suggests missing "a few doses" isn't dangerous, but not optimal treatment. I'd check with your vet to be sure, tho.
http://lorie-huston.suite101.com/tapazole-or-methimazole-for-cats-a10 4 881

*snip*

If only it were a claw hit - those heal rather cleanly for me. This was a double fang snap. I touched a tender spot I didn't know was there, and she snapped. Dr. gave me antibiotics & additional Tylenol 3 to deal with the pain. So far swelling & redness is confined to the distal portion of my left thumb. Makes typing interesting, and may postpone my piano lesson for the week.

When the NotSmartKitty was young she bit the stuffing out of my hand. My Russian neighbor came to my door very early one morning, she held her fingers up by her ears and meowed at me, when I looked at her like she was nuts she grabbed my arm and dragged me to the fence.
I saw the kitty hanging by one back leg on the other side of the fence. She had been walking along the top of the privacy fence and fell with her back leg caught between two boards. She was a very heavy and hairy young cat and she was flailing around and yowling. I ran to the back yard and threw a sawhorse against the fence while calling my son to come and help.
After climbing up on the saw horse I could just barely reach over the fence to get a hold of her. I pulled her straight up and out of the boards while she grabbed my wrist with her claws and bit my hand to pieces. I tossed her to my son so he could check out her leg and went inside to pour peroxide on my hand and arm.
At work that day my hand looked like a mickey mouse balloon hand. I had to go to the quick care and get a tetanus shot and some antibiotics.

/the NotSmartKitty

Ornery Alien: //Trying to think of what cake to make for my classmates to celebrate the end of our Masters in Counselling program. Freud seems cliche, Counsellor Troi cake (with mint frosting) probably too obscure for this crowd.

Fruit cake?