Author Topic: Nellie, Nancy, & Friends Gallery - Part 2 (Read 78354 times)

jeangurl · « **Reply #250 on:** August 20, 2015, 08:18:40 PM »

The kitten got to me again so I made another small donation (all though for a pensioner its all relative)

Love Jeangurl

Betty · « **Reply #251 on:** August 21, 2015, 03:15:25 AM »

Thank you.

If I had the space, money, & someone to help take care of them all, I'd probably have way too many pets. Animals are cool. Pets are more fun & cheaper than cable TV.

Since I was a kid there's always been pets in the house. It's harder to find nice places to rent that allow pets. Even the place I live in now does not allow pets. But my old cats at the time, had lived in 3 previous places if you include the place that burnt down, so they had plenty of good references. I had even more references from other places before them as a pet owner too. So the property company made an exception for me. Shhh - they don't know my old cats passed away. Because they never met them, they think my 3 y/o cats are actually my old cats over 15 y/o.

Back when I lived in a place that didn't allow dogs & cats, I had 9 birds & over 450 fish in a large array of fish tanks. My roommate at the time preferred just sitting there watching them all rather than turn on the TV. But in those days there were no VJs or MTV yet, so we had no use to keep up with video or technology other than knowing how to fix a TV or betamax. So we only had a used 19" color TV I got cheap & fixed up myself. In those days, I probably wouldn't have bothered with one, except I could get them cheap & fix them, & we had free cable TV with the place anyway.

As a child I loved TV, but it wasn't until video recorders were affordable, video rentals were common, & you can get newer movies on cable, that I started to enjoy television again. To me it all seemed practical & more fun to wait 6 months for a new movie to come out on cable or as a rental, than pay the escalating high ticket prices at a noisy, smelly theater.

jeangurl · « **Reply #252 on:** August 21, 2015, 06:16:39 AM »

Betty I would love to have a dog and a cat but I live in a small upstairs unit (flat or apartment) and therefore cannot,so I just love everyone else's

Jeangurl

Betty · « **Reply #253 on:** August 21, 2015, 09:04:11 AM »

That's the great thing about cats. As long as they were raised indoors they don't care about a lot of space. They're just as happy running back & forth across the bed, in circles around the kitchen or bathroom as they would be in an open field.

Although cats are predators, they're small animals so have predators out to get them too. So they're quite happy hiding & stalking in small places. Cats are sneakers & stalkers, not open field animals.

Chasing the shadow of their tail, each other, a fly in the house, or stalking a toy under the bed doesn't require much space.

All the indoor cats I've known spend 90% of their time on or under the bed, sofa, or a chair, & ignore the rest of the place except to pass through. They'll be attracted to the area of the most activity, or what's the most comfy for them.

When I moved into this very small place from a much larger place, my old cats didn't seem to notice or care that the new place was only 1/4 the size of the old place. My newer cats are fine here too.

In my 1 bedroom upper flat, the bedroom is for storage, tools, & workspace. I keep the door to it closed to save on heat & AC. There's sharp objects, small things they might swallow, or stuff they think are toys I wouldn't want them to play with in there, so they never been in there.

The rest of the place is set up studio apartment style. The bed & living space is on 1 side of the room, & the kitchen is on the other side of the room. The only other room is the bathroom. So the space the cats get is rather small, but they're fit, healthy, get plenty of exercise, & happy.

I keep a couple of large empty cardboard boxes stacked in the corner for them to scratch to death. As long as they enjoy scratching that, they won't scratch anything else. The cardboard bits they scratch off are easily swept off the carpet without having to pull out the vacuum. If I'm not expecting company, I'll just leave them there for the day. When the boxes get too raggedy, I just throw them out & get more free boxes.

I cut holes for them to play inside the boxes. They love to sit on top of them too.

I keep them active with playtime & toys. But their favorite toys are plastic bottle caps, twist ties off bread wrappers, & noisy crackly plastic wrappers. They chase each other around too.

In a small place you might be better off with 2 cats so they can keep each other occupied when you're busy or not at home. It will also prevent a cat from getting too nuts or weird by only having you as company, & keep them more sociable. They won't ever get too lonely with another cat around.

Beware though, 2 cats won't always get along with each other & you'll be stuck with a violent or depressing situation. It's best to get 2 very young ones, preferably from the same litter but of opposite sexes. Same sex cats tend to view each other a rivals or competition. If they're raised together since babies, they've learned to get used to & attached to each other. If they're from the same litter they even smell similar & their litter box dropping smell similar so they won't get annoyed over each others scent.

Some people had no problems mixing different cats of different ages & sexes together. But most of those cats lived with other cats a lot before. More often than not, mixing same sexes or older cats together, especially in an apartment, ends up disastrous. So unless the cats were used to living around other cats a long time, get a couple of the same sex, young, from the same litter when possible.

But there's also the attached cat, where they became attached to another cat or kitten but were split up. Bitter that the cat lost it's friend, it does not want to be around another cat, it wants it's friend back.

I had a friend with a 5 y/o male cat. He took care of a kitten for a few months until they could find a home for it. The male cat loved the kitten, cuddled & played nice with it a lot. But when they found a home for the kitten, the adult cat was devastated, turned bitter, & angry. He was never the same again after taking the kitten away. He would not get along with another cat again either.

jeangurl · « **Reply #254 on:** August 22, 2015, 08:04:26 AM »

Betty you have your kitties sorted with no problems I guess I am going to have to try the same

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Betty · « **Reply #255 on:** September 08, 2015, 06:45:53 AM »

There will be problems raising any pet or kid. Introducing any living thing into your environment will require compromise, & patience. It's just for some, the fun, joy, & cuddles outweigh the problems.

New pet owners give up too soon, where seasoned pet owners will hang on knowing it will eventually work out, & know more tricks to make it work out. And just like people, no 2 pets are the same. It's nice to generalize on how to raise a pet, or child but you have to adapt or compromise with each one a little differently. I compare raising or living with a pet as raising a kid because there are so many similarities. Even after a pet has grown old & wise, at best they only will have the intelligence of a 3 year old. That's an important thing to remember when dealing with a pet - the smartest ones can think no better than a toddler.

My current cats are nowhere as smart as my last couple. I guess they just came from a smarter gene pool, as my sister's old cat from the same litter, & their mother were also very bright for a cat. My newer cats aren't stupid, just average. But I'm not particularly disappointed. Just like a normal parent will still love their kids just as much even if they don't win a spelling bee, or scholarship, a typical pet owner won't care if their pet is just average, or even a little dumb. The dumb ones tend to be more fun & playful too. That kid that didn't do well in school can grow up to be a great stand-up comedian, musician, artist, or best friend.

Some say dogs are easier, because they offer more signals we can understand, & pick up on ours more easily being a pack animal. But because they are a pack animal, they require a lot more of your time, energy, & care. Cats aren't dumber, but their signals aren't as obvious or misunderstood, & they can misunderstand you if you don't understand how they think.

They can be just as affectionate, tame, & fun as a dog, as long as you understand that they think & communicate entirely different than a person or dog would.

I'm up to episode 16 of the final year in the Little House series. Not much there except for another nightgown most of us would like to wear on some cold winter night. Nice hair too, but no pigtails or curls.

Betty · « **Reply #256 on:** September 25, 2015, 03:37:35 AM »

Not much interesting in episodes 17 & 18 of the 9th year of the series. A nice blouse, nightwear, & a closeup of Nancy's curls.

Betty · « **Reply #257 on:** September 25, 2015, 03:39:01 AM »

Angela M... · « **Reply #258 on:** September 27, 2015, 12:51:06 PM »

We have a few Pioneer Villages in Southern Ontario that are staffed with people to re-create the era and my Nephew and his wife were married at one a few years ago. The wedding party were suitably attired in period costumes and it was fun to see some guests also in old time dress as well. I really loved the children in their costumes running all over in their frilly dresses and short pants suits and it was a wonderful day.

Betty · « **Reply #259 on:** October 17, 2015, 04:45:24 PM »

In the next 2 episodes, it was just the same girls in the same dresses, & not very good shots of them. But in episode 19, one of the boys gets to wear a nice old fashioned petter pan collared shirt, & there is 1 girl,in a new dress in a distant shot coming out of church.