The Dogmother Posted November 7, 2005 Share Posted November 7, 2005 Love the photos Red - your cat Hebe looks just like my Millie; is hebe a savage too? My sister's cat had a similar accident about 10 yrs agao, and she wasn't expected to make it - she' now 16! Love the cottage too - looks blissful Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red Posted November 7, 2005 Share Posted November 7, 2005 Thanks for all the nice comments about my piccies Chunkin - you'd need a big album to show all your pets! Clare T - Hebe's not so much a savage as a dirty stop-out who loves nothing better than to get into a s"Ooops, word censored!"e! Even when she's been housebound these past two weeks with the bandage she has managed to have an "episode" (we think with a newt) which resulted in her running round the house like a complete loon and salivating profusely like a rabid dog Still we love her to bits and wouldn't swap her for the world Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted November 7, 2005 Author Share Posted November 7, 2005 My Millie always looks like butter wouldn't melt, but in her heyday she was a real hunter, and I would regularly come home to find the kitchen floor looking like the chainsaw massacre! She also used to bring in newts - much to Rosie's delight; she called them dinosaurs ('Mummy, Millie's got a dinosaur in the kitchen!' She is 10 now and has partially retired from hunting. But the younger cat has now taken up, and I found the source of the nasty smell in Rosie's room was a dead mouse under her bed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red Posted November 7, 2005 Share Posted November 7, 2005 Eeeuuw! Poor Rosie! Both our cats love micing but they tend to play with their "finds" outside - they do bring them in sometimes but only when they're still alive Have you're chickens discovered an abandoned cat-killed mouse yet? Mine did! Edna picked it up and ran round the garden with Mavis chasing after her ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted November 7, 2005 Author Share Posted November 7, 2005 The girls haven't started that one yet, mainly because the cats bring their meals in to mummy (thanks for that cats), but I can see that they might do it afetr seeing the way that they attack big bugs and maggots. Rosie loves the newts - they don't get harmed at all, I scoop them up in some water and take them back next door before they dehydrate. Occassionally I miss one and then find it months later, mummified under some furniture. We've had some impromptu biology lessons at home with all the animals - some are still alive and weel, so get released away from the house. I think that Rosie is quite good now at identifying body parts and I have had to put a couple of poor s"Ooops, word censored!"s out of their misery! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Louise Posted November 8, 2005 Share Posted November 8, 2005 Mine do that too Clare and I am very good at 'mousing' myself to catch them when they get released in the house I had an awful smell in the hallway once and it took me several days to discover the dead mouse tucked indside my hiking boots that was the source I had scrubbed the carpet thinking one had peed and emptied and bleached the kitchen bin etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted November 8, 2005 Author Share Posted November 8, 2005 Know what you mean - it's one of those smells, no matter how many times you smell it - it is quite subtle at first and could be any nasty smell. It's not until it develops that you realise what it is I was downstairs one morning at 5am in my dressing gown, moving furniture to catch a mouse that the cat had lost interest in! The things we do for our animals Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louise Posted November 8, 2005 Share Posted November 8, 2005 Oh yes I have been there before at a similar hour Clare A friend of mine got seen by the local hunt one morning releasing a rodent her cat had brought in. She nipped across to the village green just as the hunt came through with the dogs and there she was in her dressing gown Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted November 8, 2005 Author Share Posted November 8, 2005 Love that one Louise! I usually release them down the garden in the wood pile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louise Posted November 8, 2005 Share Posted November 8, 2005 I don't think she has gone out the front again but I usually do as I have an enclosed area to the front rather than the open bit at the back. I will get seen one day but then I am am the batty woman who lives down the road - with the cats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chunkin Posted November 8, 2005 Share Posted November 8, 2005 Glad we're not the only ones with embarrassing pets! Our Spikey was really naughty when we first rescued him. One day he managed to get out the front door when my daughter was at home (in her pyjamas), he ran across the road and into the house opposite where the teenage daughter was leaving to go to her school prom. He tore around their house and then jumped in the limousine before being pulled out by my daughter (in her pyjamas ). Just to make it worse the event was being videoed by the proud father! I had to go over the next day and apologise - they were evr so nice about it. They have moved since though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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The Dogmother Posted November 8, 2005 Author Share Posted November 8, 2005 That's a good one Carol, should be on telly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chunkin Posted November 8, 2005 Share Posted November 8, 2005 Never thought of that Clare - I should have asked for the film and sent it off to one of those home video shows Jake likes watching. Was far, far too mortified at the time at being the owner of the naughtiest dog in the world. Don't think the daughter would have been too pleased at being upstaged by a little black mad thing either. I'll pop a picture of him in the gallery if I can. Looking forward to meeting you on Saturday and LOVE the pants thread. Who else could be persuaded to pose for us do you think? I'm sure there've been some other new men on the forum lately... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chunkin Posted November 8, 2005 Share Posted November 8, 2005 Done - he's in the 'chickens' section, in my album. And all without having to bother Kate! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted November 9, 2005 Author Share Posted November 9, 2005 Never thought of that Clare - I should have asked for the film and sent it off to one of those home video shows Jake likes watching. You can get £250 for that from You've been framed - is that still on the box these days? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted November 9, 2005 Author Share Posted November 9, 2005 Done - he's in the 'chickens' section, in my album. And all without having to bother Kate! He's lovely Chunkin - remind me of my lurcher; she used to lie like that - spatchcocked! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted November 9, 2005 Author Share Posted November 9, 2005 Who else could be persuaded to pose for us do you think? I'm sure there've been some other new men on the forum lately... What're your pants like then Chunkin - up to posing? I think that Kate has a list of those who've said they're up for it (and those who've been coerced!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted November 9, 2005 Share Posted November 9, 2005 (edited) I've just moved this lot of posts out of Photos so that you could chat about pets and already you've changed it to pants I give up! Edited November 9, 2005 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted November 9, 2005 Author Share Posted November 9, 2005 I se it as a bit of a challenge really Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chunkin Posted November 9, 2005 Share Posted November 9, 2005 I'm a bit short on good pants at the moment - the dogs went through a bit of a stage of shredding my washing a while back Not sure I have any fit for a photo!! Oh there you go pants AND pets in the same post! Maybe Omlet should make some girlie pants?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cate in NZ Posted November 9, 2005 Share Posted November 9, 2005 Not a good idea Carol, just look at the problems we've had trying to get them to make large sized pink t-shirts I'm not sure I want to trust the comfort of my nether regions to the Omlet underwear design team Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted November 9, 2005 Author Share Posted November 9, 2005 Yup, they're all boys, so they'd be making miniscule thongs! Mind you, I'm not averse to them myself, but like 'boy shorts' too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted November 28, 2005 Share Posted November 28, 2005 'Bumped' especially for SarahJo Come on Sarah - post photos here! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
