Is this a Bengal Cat?
Ladydi Zone 6A NW BC Canada
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Ladydi Zone 6A NW BC Canada
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Comments (3)Again, wish I had DSL! I think pushed-in-cat-faces are so cute! This from a former pug owner, though... LOL And you know what I think about Daisy. :D Does the dog look like her, too? Brenda...See More'Bengal Fire' Hardiness
Comments (4)I just went home for a quick visit and it looks like Crepuscule has gotten some winterkill so far, but it didn't look too bad. I think I might move it in the spring. It's currently in a eastern exposure, but I think it could use some more sun....See MorePainted cabinets, cats and lemons
Comments (66)Linelle - His name is "Boojum", from the Lewis Carrol poem "The Hunting of the Snark". A boojum is an especially dangerous and rare variety of snark. How do you train him to not hiss at you and claw to claim your territory as his? A combination of ignoring his drama and tantrums while making sure hands were out of the way or working in gloves (welder's gauntlets!) but not backing down, spray bottles of water when he absolutely had to be evicted, and slowly getting him used to the idea that detente and peaceful co-existence with 2-legged animals was a better way of life. If he wanted a door opened, and he hissed and slapped at my hand when I reached for the knob, I walked away ... so he learned to not slap at hands that were opening doors. BTW, he's NEVER slapped at a hand that's holding a food dish. We also stopped using "teasers", those feather on a string toys, because they encourage swatting with claws out. We use wine corks with feathers stuck in them and throw them. He's gone from trying to grab them out of my hand to waiting several feet away to catch them and play cork-soccer with me. And drugs! Very much because of alcohol-free extract of valerian mixed in tuna, twice daily for several months at a relatively high dose. It's an "anxiolytic" and lowered his anxiety level to the point we could have some calm interactions, which made him less edgy around us, so we had even more good moments ... it built on itself after a while. We tapered off the dose after a few months, but he still needs it on windy days, because they make him very on edge and grumpy. He's past not being hostile into being social - we have a cold house and one sunny spot on the bed where I read and he's welcome to sleep near me and the other cats. So he does. Does he ever scare you? Of course! That's 16+ pounds of fanged fury there, should he care to use it. Like I said - if you don't have scars, you aren't rehabbing :) Scares me less than he used to because he's learned we can take hints. He'll give a warning nip if I'm making him uncomfortable now, or a claw-free slap instead of sinking fangs into me or slashing me. Servals hiss and growl to communicate far more than domestic cats do - his hiss can mean "Whassup, dude?" as well as "I'm going to rip your face off" as well as "I have dibs on this shelf!" He seems to like lying in wait and letting off a steam-engine hiss as someone walks by, just to see them jump. Snarling at or near a door usually means "open this door for me" or "get out of my way, I'm coming through"....See Morewhat is this cat?
Comments (5)Is it the mackeral tabby cat? I forget the commercial, but lately I've seen one with a striking silvery grey mackeral tabby. I'd love one someday, it's a really pretty/unusual coat. The link I'm adding is a little extreme, IIRC the one in the commercial is much softer. Oh goodness, a google search found the commercial and hilarious commentary/suggestion that the cat is tripping on LSD. The commercial is a little dreamy lol. http://trueslant.com/level/2010/02/23/if-the-new-friskies-cat-food-commercial-is-to-be-believed-your-cat-is-on-lsd/ Yep, it's a mackerel tabby, very pretty coat. I don't think it's a breed, rather a coat coloration, hopefully someone will pop in w/more info on that. (Wikipedia says it's a coat, not a breed) Here is a link that might be useful: mackeral tabby photo...See MoreLadydi Zone 6A NW BC Canada
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