Time for a Pet pictures thread!

[Policequilts]

@madaleine

That white blurr on the backside - I bet Jesse's tail was wagging.

So sorry about Emily and hope the memories bring joy to your heart.

[madelaine]

Yes, that is Jess's tail - she loves to play.

Emily was, as I've probably already said, found shut in with her dead owner. I am pleased that we gave a very nervous cat about 6 years where she settled and became a happy & interesting cat.

And now we have Rou visiting while her owner sells vintage clothing at a festival - to raise money for the development charity Empower the Gambia.

[madelaine]

Meet Opal from Cats Protection. It looks as if she will settle with us and rescue us from petlessness!

[sucadot]

Meet Opal from Cats Protection. It looks as if she will settle with us and rescue us from petlessness!

Opal looks like a gem Madelaine. (Sorry couldn't resist!!)

Seriously though, she does look like a lovely cat - and a lucky one to have found such a good home.

[cambrensis]

Today , I added another lady to my canine harem! She has joined Bracken and Clover and will be known as "Fern". She is a Bichon Frise.

"Fern" is, believe it or not, 5 years of age and has been a breeding-bitch in one of those dreadful puppy farms in Sir Gaerfyrddin (Carmarthenshire). For those of you who do not know, these ladies are to all intents and purposes, raped; their pups are removed when barely weaned, and the machinery continues. I'd love to get my hands on the "bar-stewards" who do this....I have a few ideas for them.....

[madelaine]

Well done, Cam! Vile people who run puppy farms!

Opal turns out to be a Red Colourpoint British Shorthair - how about that for a breed name! to us, she is a cat!

[sucadot]

Yes, well done indeed Ian!

[cambrensis]

Here she is with Bracken, the smaller of the first two. Is this what is meant by "cheek to cheek"? It's difficult to get all three together in a sensible pose!!

[cambrensis]

Correction:

On second thoughts her name is "Ferny". I'm using the convention that a monosyllable is a command and a name is a disyllable or tri.

[cambrensis]

An update to the Ferny saga! I am learning so much. Here is a pic of Ferny after a visit to the "beauty parlour" last week -



She is five years old but looks like a puppy. In fact, Clover has adopted her and is treating her as a pup, washing her ears etc. She is also helping to housetrain Ferny, which is saving me a lot of effort I must admit.

I spoke to her rescuer about this and she was very pleased and explained: "They are barely weaned when removed from mum so have not had a full infancy. Many never achieve this, so your older bitch is helping there and Ferny will become a normal adult if all goes well."

This is going to be a very interesting learning experience.