Latest Addition

bob48 · September 16, 2013, 01:32:03 PM

New addition to the family - Jago, just 3 months old, 'arrived' Saturday 14th.

W8taminute · September 16, 2013, 01:35:09 PM

He's so cute! Is he your only cat or do you have others? We adopted two and let me tell you they never cease to entertain.

bayonetbrant · September 16, 2013, 01:52:21 PM

he looks terrified of the camera

bob48 · September 16, 2013, 01:54:33 PM

He's actually a she :)

Our last cat passed away about 3 years ago - she was 19 years old, and the one before that was with us for 15 years. We really missed having a cat around the house, and got this one from a shelter. We had to wait until she had the last of injections before we could get her, although we picked her out from the litter not long after she was born.

The name Jago is from a heroine character in a series of SciFi books by C.J.Cherryh which Mrs.B and I are somewhat addicted to.

W8taminute · September 16, 2013, 01:56:40 PM

I stand corrected! She is cute!! Get ready to hide all of your yarn and stray papers. You and the mrs did right to adopt from a shelter. Both of our cats are shelter cats as well as the very first one we got who passed away a year ago.

bob48 · September 16, 2013, 01:57:18 PM

Quote from: bayonetbrant on September 16, 2013, 01:52:21 PM
he looks terrified of the camera

Its a typical cat 'who, me?' expression after being told off for trying to bat leaves off the plant!

LongBlade · September 16, 2013, 02:37:59 PM

Congrats on your new addition!

bayonetbrant · September 16, 2013, 03:08:44 PM

Quote from: bob48 on September 16, 2013, 01:54:33 PMin a series of SciFi books by C.H.Cherryh

A proud alum of my high school :)
(tho a few years before I was there)

steve58 · September 16, 2013, 04:20:53 PM

Congrats Bob! Jago is beautiful. We have two long hair black cats that looked very much like your new addition when we got them. Just be warned though...our she-cat's #2 output could melt your armour :o. We think we've narrowed it down to feeding her moist tuna/salmon cat food. She's now restricted to the chicken, turkey, etc...

bob48 · September 16, 2013, 04:28:29 PM

Steve, we are still experimenting with the input/output stuff - atm it seems she like quite moist food, and we have to watch her diet for another couple of months before we can try her on 'human' food.

She is a classic longhair (so she has quite short legs). Its difficult at this stage to see how big she will grow. After being with us for only 3 days she seems very settled and content, and at this moment is asleep on my lap.

Bison · September 16, 2013, 05:14:14 PM

Cats are terrorists. Is the conclusion I've come to in my interactions with our Siamese.

Congrats. Every house needs a demanding Queen presence who has no value added when it comes to the household chores except to make more chores such as cleaning the litter box and feeding the eternally uppity Queen.

bob48 · September 16, 2013, 05:16:43 PM

I love the saying 'Cats don't have owners, they have staff'.

Bison · September 16, 2013, 05:17:41 PM

Quote from: bob48 on September 16, 2013, 05:16:43 PM
I love the saying 'Cats don't have owners, they have staff'.

It's true. It's also true that they sleep all day just so they can annoy you at 3 a.m.

undercovergeek · September 16, 2013, 06:14:48 PM

Well done bob though I suspect any counter based gaming you had planned is dooooooooomed

Staggerwing · September 16, 2013, 06:18:15 PM

^That's what the big sheet of plexi will be for. Consider it a 'save game' menu option.