Kitties and bananas. - Democratic Underground

hippywife

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Sun Dec-20-09 01:19 PM
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Kitties and bananas.

Every single cat I've ever had was always curious about whatever I had in my hand to eat and wanted to at least inspect it.

Every single cat I've ever had has not only walked away from a banana but was actually visibly repulsed by it.

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The Velveteen Ocelot

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Sun Dec-20-09 04:34 PM
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1. I've noticed that, too.

*sniff*...*sniff*.... "EWWW! Blechhh!" (cat wrinkles nose, stalks off in disgust).

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tencats

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Sun Dec-20-09 06:09 PM
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2. Cats can actually like some bananas.

Daddy likes the little red bananas.
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badgerpup

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Sun Dec-20-09 08:34 PM
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3. That is one of the most bee-yoo-tee-full cats...

One wonders how cats that cuddly-looking ever learn to walk, seeing as how they spend so much time being picked up and snuggled...:hug:

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hippywife

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Fri Dec-25-09 04:11 PM
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5. What a face!

He looks like such a wise old sage. :hi:

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BrklynLiberal

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Sat Dec-26-09 08:33 PM
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6. I remember years ago you posted several pics of the entire family...

Edited on Sat Dec-26-09 08:33 PM by BrklynLiberal

They were babies then. I think you had the Mommy and Daddy and two or three babies. they were all gorgeous...and the pictures were exquisite.

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tencats

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Mon Dec-28-09 02:30 PM
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8. This cat family?

Momma The Day Before.
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Three Days Old
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Twenty-one Days Old
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Four Weeks Old
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Kitten Named Pang At Four Weeks
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Kitten Named Ping At Four Weeks
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Momma Mouse With Her Surviving Kittens
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Kittens At Sixteen Weeks
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Kittens Pong Pang Ping At Five Months
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The Cat Family Tree
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ceile

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Wed Dec-30-09 01:37 PM
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9. Oh my gosh!

So sweet! How do you tell Ping and Pong apart?

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tencats

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Mon Jan-04-10 12:21 PM
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14. How do I tell Ping and Pong apart?

Little Ping is maybe near 7 pounds while Pong is easily 15-16 pounds today.

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badgerpup

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Thu Dec-31-09 02:41 AM
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10. Are Pong and Ping twins?

I don't mean littermates/siblings, but monozygomatic (or whatever the two-from-one-fertilized-egg term is) twins...
Even their facial markings look the same...

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tencats

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Mon Jan-04-10 12:22 PM
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15. Are they twins?

I never thought of that but they probably are not twins. Ping is female and the first born. Pong is male and was born 46 hours after Ping. Their marking are very nearly identical though.

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spooky3

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Fri Jan-01-10 10:48 AM
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12. Such beauties! Did you keep them all? And a friend had a cat who liked grapefruit

If the family didn't grind the rinds entirely in the disposer, the cat would jump into the sink at night and fish them out to chew on.

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tencats

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Mon Jan-04-10 12:24 PM
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16. Yes, I have kept the cat family together.

Two kittens were lost early after the second week. The 3 surviving kittens suffered with symptoms of pneumonia through their first 12 weeks and to this day they have an asthma like cough. Little Ping was sent out on a trial adoption but it didn't take and she was returned after one week. Pong I had listed for adoption but turned down the only one application I received for him. Pong is a little bit of a problem now lately because he has started "thumping on" and intimidating his Daddy who isn't nearly as big as his only male offspring.

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japple

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Fri Jan-01-10 06:33 PM
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13. Oh, thanks for posting these pictures again. I remember when you first

posted them. What a gorgeous family. You're quite some photographer.

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tabbycat31

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Mon Dec-21-09 09:15 PM
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4. a banana the kitties will love

http://shop.theanimalrescuesite.com/store/item.do?itemId=35327&siteId=310&sourceId=1929&sourceClass=Category&index=1

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GentryDixon

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Sun Dec-27-09 05:25 PM
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7. A cat after my own heart and smart it seems.

I hate the smell of bananas. I buy them for my grandson but turn my head when I slice them for him. I'll be glad when he is old enough to do it himself.

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Warpy

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Fri Jan-01-10 09:52 AM
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11. Try them on oranges!

Man, you want to see a cat in high dudgeon, have him smell an orange peel. You'll get the dirtiest look you've ever gotten and then he'll sulk for at least half an hour.

Orange peels are the perfect things to keep kittens from digging in house plant soil. Just a few of them on top and the kittens will give the plants a wide berth as they walk around the room. They're also good outdoors to discourage a neighbor cat from relieving itself in the garden.

Just replace them every few days as they dry.

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tencats

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Mon Jan-04-10 12:31 PM
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17. Oranges are good.

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