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milksnake · July 21, 2009, 02:55:38 pm

dps exotics in warminster had some in stock last time i was there. He's probally sold out by now but he will get some more if you ask him. no idea on price i'm afraid

Falling Down · July 21, 2009, 03:01:03 pm

Quote from: robertostallioni on July 17, 2009, 09:34:51 pm

Iv'e got an image I just cannot shake now. "Here pussy, pussy."

Note that Mr Stallioni ignored Slackers advice on backlinking for that one ....

slackline · July 21, 2009, 03:10:25 pm

Quote from: Falling Down on July 21, 2009, 03:01:03 pm

Quote from: robertostallioni on July 17, 2009, 09:34:51 pm
Iv'e got an image I just cannot shake now. "Here pussy, pussy."

Note that Mr Stallioni ignored Slackers advice on backlinking for that one ....

Yeah, he meant to share his blog with us all

Drew · July 21, 2009, 10:49:54 pm

Either the Pygmy thing wins the award for most useless, cutest thing on here, or CGI has gotten a whole lot better.

magpie · July 22, 2009, 10:03:05 am

Quote from: milksnake on July 21, 2009, 02:55:38 pm

dps exotics in warminster had some in stock last time i was there. He's probally sold out by now but he will get some more if you ask him. no idea on price i'm afraid

Really?! I don't know if I could actually have one though, I'm a bit funny about exotic pets, and breeding anything to be a pet in general, I'd rather they were in the wild really.

It is awfully cute though...

slackline · July 22, 2009, 10:06:28 am

Took some pictures of my parents neighbours pedigree Birman cats the other day (she breeds them and has about 15 or so at the moment), they have gorgeous eyes...

Will stick a few more up once I've sorted through them. She also had a Maine Coon cat that she was looking after for a friend that was HUGE, picture to follow (although none of them do its size justice)

magpie · July 22, 2009, 10:09:27 am

Ooh lovely!

I love Maine Coons, they are huge. Look forward to the rest of the pictures.

slackline · July 22, 2009, 12:46:07 pm

Now uploaded here are the rest of the shots...

And the Maine Coon, but as I say you really need someone in the picture to give a sense of scale as to how big she is, but alas I don't have any such shots.

magpie · July 22, 2009, 12:51:41 pm

Oh good god. How beautiful are they?! And there are 15 of them, all in the one place?

They're lovely pictures too, well done you.

I bet they'll want to use them to show off the ones they breed, unless that was the reason for the photos in the first place.

slackline · July 22, 2009, 01:00:31 pm

Cheers Magpie, out of some 400 odd pics only a few came out (mainly 'cause I need to buy some decent prime's with wider apertures! That or drug them with catnip so they zonk out, but thats probably counter productive if they're just going to fall asleep!).

There's only two in the house at the moment and they're the ones in the shots (one of which is pregnant for the first time and apparently the kittens are ear-marked for some guy called Mark Owen from Take That). The rest are kept in the runs you can see some of in the shot the Maine Coon cat.

The lady who breeds them was after a shot or two for a calendar that she contributes too (it helps fund the charity she runs which rescues Birman's, she was telling us of a recent case in Wales where they had rescued some 15 cats and kittens from a total of some 28 or so, the cats were in a terrible condition and some couldn't even stand/walk, unfortunately the RSPCA weren't interested as when they went round there was food and water out for them the absence of which is the only thing the RSPCA were concerned about!!!).

magpie · July 22, 2009, 02:37:24 pm

Quote from: slack---line on July 22, 2009, 01:00:31 pm

apparently the kittens are ear-marked for some guy called Mark Owen from Take That

I did a wee squeal at that, I am loser.

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The lady who breeds them was after a shot or two for a calendar that she contributes too (it helps fund the charity she runs which rescues Birman's, she was telling us of a recent case in Wales where they had rescued some 15 cats and kittens from a total of some 28 or so, the cats were in a terrible condition and some couldn't even stand/walk, unfortunately the RSPCA weren't interested as when they went round there was food and water out for them the absence of which is the only thing the RSPCA were concerned about!!!).

That makes me so mad. It's lucky there are people about who are willing to do rescues and stuff privately, that's where my Siamese came from, you'd think people who bred animals would take better care of them, wouldn't you?

slackline · July 22, 2009, 02:41:28 pm

Quote from: magpie on July 22, 2009, 02:37:24 pm

Quote from: slack---line on July 22, 2009, 01:00:31 pm
apparently the kittens are ear-marked for some guy called Mark Owen from Take That
I did a wee squeal at that, I am loser.

My better half offered to go and dust when he comes to collect them

Quote from: magpie on July 22, 2009, 02:37:24 pm

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The lady who breeds them was after a shot or two for a calendar that she contributes too (it helps fund the charity she runs which rescues Birman's, she was telling us of a recent case in Wales where they had rescued some 15 cats and kittens from a total of some 28 or so, the cats were in a terrible condition and some couldn't even stand/walk, unfortunately the RSPCA weren't interested as when they went round there was food and water out for them the absence of which is the only thing the RSPCA were concerned about!!!).
That makes me so mad. It's lucky there are people about who are willing to do rescues and stuff privately, that's where my Siamese came from, you'd think people who bred animals would take better care of them, wouldn't you?

Yeah its shit that people who purportedly love their pets can't see when they are mal-treating them.

The cat-breeding lady told us an amusing story about when she was on holiday and out for a meal. There was a couple encouraging a cat to come to their table, only to flick vinegar at it when it got close. This really riled her and when they got up to leave she took the bottle of vinegar from her table and up-ended it over the couple as she went past asking them "How they liked it?"

. Would have loved to have seen that, not someone to mess with!

tomtom · July 23, 2009, 11:58:17 am

Heres a couple for you Magpie... I seem to have had some sort of fluffy animal in the news posting day!

magpie · July 23, 2009, 12:54:09 pm

What better kind of day to have!

butters · July 24, 2009, 11:15:55 am

tomtom · July 24, 2009, 12:37:03 pm

Quote from: bluebrad on July 24, 2009, 11:15:55 am

Quality

Can you do German??

tomtom · July 24, 2009, 12:56:18 pm

This is weird...

joeb · July 24, 2009, 01:04:21 pm

My personal favourite is the french horn shot.

butters · July 24, 2009, 01:18:49 pm

Quote from: tomtom on July 24, 2009, 12:37:03 pm

Quality

Can you do German??

I feel guilty about being wadded for that as it is nothing to do with me. All I did was link to the pic off the Daily Mash - click on the pic for the story...

tomtom · July 24, 2009, 01:28:13 pm

Quote from: bluebrad on July 24, 2009, 01:18:49 pm

Quote from: tomtom on July 24, 2009, 12:37:03 pm

Quality

Can you do German??

I feel guilty about being wadded for that as it is nothing to do with me. All I did was link to the pic off the Daily Mash - click on the pic for the story...

Call it a finders fee..

it made me chuckle...

magpie · July 24, 2009, 02:28:22 pm

Quote from: tomtom on July 24, 2009, 12:56:18 pm

This is weird...

Well yeah, if you spell weird, P R E T T Y F U C K I N G A W E S O M E.

slackline · July 27, 2009, 11:15:04 am

Sleeping with the enemy

Joepicalli · July 28, 2009, 06:39:51 pm

Look at this final proof of what I've always known: Spiders are cute (there's one that lives in my wing mirror and sahe's called Jemmima nine eyes anything called Jemmima has to be cute).

milksnake · July 28, 2009, 11:24:07 pm

In the snake photo, the snake is starting its shedding cycle (the milky eye gives it away) and, therefore, has lost its appetite, try it again in a few days and you would have a very different picture indeed.
Edit, after reading the article, i find the story highly dubious. The snake is probably off feed at the moment. Snakes sometimes do this for no apparent reason for months on end (I think the record is something like 2 years). I would not be surprised if the furry fella disappeared one morning.

The tarantula is a curly hair (possibly costa rican as they are most common in the trade but you do get some subspecies occasionally) and is a very boring, timid species to keep. They are, however, great for freaking out arachnophobes as their easy going nature means you can do some pretty silly things with them, as in the photo.

Joepicalli · July 29, 2009, 12:41:14 am

Quote from: milksnake on July 28, 2009, 11:24:07 pm

In the snake photo, the snake is starting its shedding cycle (the milky eye gives it away) and, therefore, has lost its appetite, try it again in a few days and you would have a very different picture indeed.
Edit, after reading the article, i find the story highly dubious. The snake is probably off feed at the moment. Snakes sometimes do this for no apparent reason for months on end (I think the record is something like 2 years). I would not be surprised if the furry fella disappeared one morning.

The tarantula is a curly hair (possibly costa rican as they are most common in the trade but you do get some subspecies occasionally) and is a very boring, timid species to keep. They are, however, great for freaking out arachnophobes as their easy going nature means you can do some pretty silly things with them, as in the photo.

Hi expert person but I think you'll find the chipmunk is photoshoped in, the boringness of the spider (and your turgid comments) are so immaterial to what was a totally tongue in cheek post that I'm going to have to punter you.