[Esteban]

Originally Posted by flybigjet

For those of you following the Game at home:

Glad Max is doing better. And as far as weight goes, it could be worse. Lol

(Not mine, from the web)

[Esteban]

Originally Posted by Llarry

We did it. Two eight-week-old male kittens — Albert and Maxwell — came home with us yesterday. Cute as can be.

EDIT: My wife succeeded in getting shots with her iPhone. See attached.

They are temporarily confined to our "pool room" (a large glassy room containing a swim spa) while they acclimate to their new home. The water fountain and automatic feeder are enroute via UPS and should be here within a few days. At the moment they are sharing one water bowl and one litter pan, but we have two food bowls on the floor for them. We have a pretty big house, and they will have many adventures exploring their new surroundings once they have the run of the whole place!

Beautiful kittens, Llarry. Are they brothers? They look like they are. How did you pick the names?

[Llarry]

Originally Posted by Esteban

Beautiful kittens, Llarry. Are they brothers? They look like they are. How did you pick the names?

They are not brothers but have been together at the kitten rescue for weeks. Names? My wife came up with those.

[Esteban]

Originally Posted by Llarry

They are not brothers but have been together at the kitten rescue for weeks. Names? My wife came up with those.

There’s Uncle Albert from Paul McCartney’s Ram album and there’s Maxwell’s Silver Hammer, so I thought they were Beatle names.

[Llarry]

Originally Posted by Esteban

There’s Uncle Albert from Paul McCartney’s Ram album and there’s Maxwell’s Silver Hammer, so I thought they were Beatle names.

I had the same thought when my wife came up with the names, but she is clueless on the Beatles, so I just kept my mouth shut.

[Llarry]

My llamas have always been part pets and part livestock. I have not sold any llamas for 20+ years. So I keep them and care for them. At one point I had 14 llamas -- evenly split between males and females. The last cria (baby llama) was born in 2008, so the herd has gradually gotten smaller since them. The big reduction in size came in 2014; as I aged, I spent less time working with the llamas and, as any animal owner knows, the less you work with an animal the more difficult it gets to work with them. In 2014 I placed an ad on the local Craigslist: "Free llamas to good home." I got a pretty good response and ended up giving five of my younger (and less manageable) llamas to one family.

The remaining older llamas were easy for me to manage. But llamas have a life expectancy in the 20+ year range and I suffered losses due to old age.

Recently I was down to just three animals: One elderly female and two near-elderly gelding males. A neighbor who has sheep approached me seeking advice about getting a guard llama and I responded by gifting him my female, while warning him that she did not have many years to go. But it's hard to beat free, isn't it?

So now I just have the two males left -- and with too much pasture for too few animals, I am allowing my neighbor to graze his few sheep, along with the guard llama, on my pasture.

The crisis will come when I am down to a single llama. Llamas are herd animals, and a solitary llama is a miserable llama. My vet says everybody is healthy but who knows what the future will bring...

Here is a 2010 photo of just my male llamas -- half the herd at the time. The good old days.

[Llarry]

Cat allergies

[JJ 911SC]

20 more to go... https://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/this-ottaw...star-1.6940796

[Esteban]

Originally Posted by JJ 911SC

20 more to go... https://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/this-ottawa-fat-cat-on-a-weight-loss-journey-has-become-a-tiktok-star-1.6940796

That’s a sad and cute story, JJ. How could anyone let their cat get so big?

My cat weighs 9 pounds. How about Tiggie?

[RickFLM4]

Originally Posted by JJ 911SC

20 more to go... https://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/this-ottaw...star-1.6940796

He needs to lose weight but that seems like a pretty big percentage drop in 4+ months.

We unfortunately let one of our previous dogs get up to 26 lbs. I don’t remember exactly how long, but it took a while to get him down to 18-20, where he belonged. It was rough for him yet needed to be done. But he was nothing like a cat at 40+ lbs.

[JJ 911SC]

Originally Posted by Esteban

That’s a sad and cute story, JJ. How could anyone let their cat get so big?

My cat weighs 9 pounds. How about Tiggie?

Poor cat but he got rescue, Tiggie is 10 pound on the nose and the vet is happy with he weight. She is very active outside.

[Llarry]

Our two new kittens are very, very active and a laugh riot. It is difficult to get a photo as they are always moving fast. Here is a brief break when we got a snap.

[ShopVac]

So...this is happening. Today. Appointment at 11:30. After that, a 4 legged varmint will have infiltrated my dog lair and life as I (we) know it will never be the same.

Also, what we thought was a he, is apparently a she. So already this 'thing' is having gender issues. Thus, Bimmer will not be the name of this supposedly "tame" beast.

[Maynard]

I've got $50 says that in 6 months the rest of your family complains that kitty only wants to climb on you.

[ShopVac]

Meet Portia. Letting her adapt before introducing to the dogs.

[JJ 911SC]

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[Esteban]

Originally Posted by ShopVac

Meet Portia. Letting her adapt before introducing to the dogs.

She's cute.

Have the dogs been around cats before? Hope they don't want to make a lunch of her.

[JJ 911SC]

Waiting for the next victim...

[ShopVac]

Originally Posted by Esteban

She's cute.

Have the dogs been around cats before? Hope they don't want to make a lunch of her.

Some interaction with my MIL's cat...which is a complete terror, so they stay away from it.

[ShopVac]

I did start the introductions with the calmest of the 3. I can set this one in a down and she won't budge, which allowed Portia to run around her. No sniffing, no interaction, just seeing each other. This process will be harder with the other two...

That being, I took the fluffy beasts outside, set all 3 in a down, and let the kitty explore the upstairs some, dog free. I put up a baby gate, maybe will make this process easier.

Finally - I've again confirmed my suspicions that cats are aliens. Here you can see her gathering trade secrets and sending them back to her mother land.

[Marmugmotleocay]

My boy was watching his mom eating watermelon. He loves watermelon.

[Esteban]

Originally Posted by Marmugmotleocay

My boy was watching his mom eating watermelon. He loves watermelon.

Then give him some!