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Re: bacchus
on 2008-02-01 00:34 (UTC)Timid looks really exotic on the picture where he's sitting with Persis, especially his eyes and his fluffed up hair-coat on his neck. Reminds me of a lynx...
Shadow and Bang! (<--dare I ask why Bang! ?) are beauties, I love black and white!
And the picture where Persis paws at the human finger, so cute the way she looks!
I thought her name was really Persis, being taken from Persian Empire...Persistence makes so much more sense!
I'll take a closer look at your gallery tomorrow or during the weekend. Thank you for the link!
Pleo aren't you getting frustrated by them scratching your furnitures or ruinning stuff inside your house?
*goes to snuggle with your cats*
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Re: bacchus
on 2008-02-01 04:42 (UTC)no, i don't get easily frustrated with them. they're not very destructive, for one. cats can be trained, though most people don't bother. there are two main tricks to it: be more persistent than they are (this is where most people fail, but i am stubborn), and if you forbid them something, make sure they have an equivalent alternative. we always keep a couple of hefty cardboard boxes around which they are allowed to shred, and they don't scratch the furniture (except for an ancient recliner which gets involved when they play, and we don't care about that). they don't generally ruin anything. it helps that they're outdoor cats; they don't get destructive out of boredom. and we play with them to keep them (and us) entertained -- a shoestring and a bottlecap are good for hours of enjoyment.
also, we're not particularly fussy. cat hairs get on everything, and we're used to having to brush it off. they're not allowed on the kitchen counters, and they're very good about that; it's been ages since persis tried. (i have some very good tricks about how to keep them off.) other than that, they're pretty much allowed everywhere in the house, and having it be friendly for them is more important to us than having it a showplace for other humans.
Re: bacchus
on 2008-02-01 08:45 (UTC)I should point out that we never allow them to play with both the shoestring and the bottlecap at the same time for fear that a critical mass of cat cuteness would be achieved, sucking in the whole island.