++ ATOT official NEF thread part IV ++

[Charmonium]

Definitely 2. Otherwise they tend to get irritable which means they do things to irritate you. Try to get what they call a "bonded pair" tho, otherwise it could take a while for 2 strange cats to accept each other. My ex had that problem with her big calico-Maine c00n mix. She was definitely the dominant one and made sure the normal sized white cat knew it. Things eventually settled down but the calico never saw the other cat as anywhere near equal.

I just saw something fairly dramatic at the food bowl. Most of my ferals are tuxedo variants and all are almost certainly related. They seem to be able to detect that by scent, even for half brothers and sisters.

What happened was, a smallish tiger stripe was at the bowl and one of the tuxedos came along. So they sat staring for a while. But gradually, the tux made movements to show he/she wasn't a threat. The tux cat was fixed though so his/her behavior probably isn't characteristic of truly wild ferals.

So first the tux sat down, then kept looking away, then got up, turned around and lied down facing the back yard and eventually sauntered away leaving the tiger in peace to eat. It was so to see them not fight.

 

[bigboxes]

moo

 

[sdifox]

Nyaa

 

[bigboxes]

moo

 

[Red Squirrel]

Uh, how? East Palestine, OH is ~200KM from Lake Erie.

Just saw a map of the spread and it does appear to be spreading there. This is an older pic so not sure how much more it has spread by now.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Definitely 2. Otherwise they tend to get irritable which means they do things to irritate you. Try to get what they call a "bonded pair" tho, otherwise it could take a while for 2 strange cats to accept each other. My ex had that problem with her big calico-Maine c00n mix. She was definitely the dominant one and made sure the normal sized white cat knew it. Things eventually settled down but the calico never saw the other cat as anywhere near equal.

I just saw something fairly dramatic at the food bowl. Most of my ferals are tuxedo variants and all are almost certainly related. They seem to be able to detect that by scent, even for half brothers and sisters.

What happened was, a smallish tiger stripe was at the bowl and one of the tuxedos came along. So they sat staring for a while. But gradually, the tux made movements to show he/she wasn't a threat. The tux cat was fixed though so his/her behavior probably isn't characteristic of truly wild ferals.

So first the tux sat down, then kept looking away, then got up, turned around and lied down facing the back yard and eventually sauntered away leaving the tiger in peace to eat. It was so to see them not fight.

That's what I'm leaning towards as well. My old cat was declawed, but I don't plan to get the new cat(s) declawed so if I have two they will hopefully keep each other busy instead of wrecking furniture. But I will deal with that if it happens, and I will need to get used to the idea of trimming their nails too.

And yeah hoping to find a bonded pair where at least one of them is a ginger, that's kind of what I'm leaning towards anyway but will see what comes up. Not seeing a lot of gingers or even bonded pairs so far but not in a huge hurry either.

 

[bigboxes]

moo

 

[Ajay]

Just saw a map of the spread and it does appear to be spreading there. This is an older pic so not sure how much more it has spread by now.

I guess we'll (or you'll) see. I would think the particulate density would be pretty low over that large an area.

 

[bigboxes]

moo

 

[Ajay]

NEF.

 

[sdifox]

Waiting for takeout nef

 

[bigboxes]

moo

 

[sdifox]

Nyaa

 

[sdifox]

Trampoline for the kids nef

 

[Red Squirrel]

TRAMPOLINE!

 

[Ajay]

NEF.

 

[bigboxes]

moo

 

[sdifox]

Nyaa

 

[bigboxes]

moo

 

[bigboxes]

moo

 

[bigboxes]

moo

 

[sdifox]

Nyaa

 

[bigboxes]

So two feet of snow today in Minneapolis. 87° for me here in DFW.

 

[bigboxes]

moo

 

[Ajay]

NEF.