We have adopted.........................

[J.R.]

Poor little chap ended up in prison...............
Seriously - he spent the whole day at the vets where it was discovered that not only did the eye infections need treatment and he was riddled with fleas and worms - but also that he had a serious mouth infection and had already lost a number of teeth.
The Rescue people decided that he was too vulnerable to return to live 'in the wild', so he has joined a semi-feral colony of 4/5 cats in Ford Open Prison (hello hello I can feel jokes about absconding coming on.....). His job is to catch mice etc., but the Warders will keep an eye on him and if it looks as if he needs more veterinary treatment, he will be taken back to the vets. I have had no further news of him - though as I drive through the middle of Ford Prison to and from work, I keep my eyes peeled in case I see him.
I hope that it is a satisfactory outcome for him - though for a few days afterwards I did feel bereft!

Think how terrible that little cat must have felt! Infections, fleas, worms and missing teeth! I wonder if you will ever catch a glimpse of him again, Kerren? However, now he's been properly treated, thanks to you, he'll have a busy career as a Feline Prison Officer!

I was entranced last night to see an add on the telly (a gourmet cat food) featuring the most gorgeous Chinchilla - perfect thick white fur, green eyes + eyeliner, plushy tail! This must be the glamour cat for selling things? I can remember the Kosset Carpet Cat! And there was a beauty in a James bond film? This cat is so lovely.

Love

Munch

We still have one old boy living here, the last one from our Chinchilla breeding days. He's 18 now, and mainly sleeps and eats. He still occasionally does a patrol of the garden,

Two Chinchilla's were used for the James Bond films.... One with Charles Gray and one with Donald Pleasance.

Maxamillian & Soloman.

Soloman was a fore-father of our very first breeding queen !

[Angela Woodford]

Maxamillian & Soloman.

Soloman was a fore-father of our very first breeding queen !

Aha! There you are JR. You have been behaving very badly on the DRW topic!

However! How wonderful to have bred such beautiful pussies! Do you have a moment to tell me how that snowy white fur is maintained?

(The lyric from Desmond Dekker has been very useful.)

Munch

[J.R.]

My apologies if my humour offends. It was born in a place called Horsham.

Chinny fur......................

Hmmmm.

When showing, full grooming starts about two weeks before the show, with light combing and brushing twice a day. Three or four days before, a good bath using a special shampoo, (though some are banned in the show world because it is alleged they alter the natural colour). When nearly dry, (using a hair-dryer if the cat will allow), plenty of baby talc which lifts and seperates the coat.

The talc is removed over the remaining days before the show. Incidently, if the judge finds any traces of talc, they CAN disqualify your cat !

Thats just the basics, really.

[Angela Woodford]

Chinny fur......................

Hmmmm.

When showing, full grooming starts about two weeks before the show, with light combing and brushing twice a day. Three or four days before, a good bath using a special shampoo, (though some are banned in the show world because it is alleged they alter the natural colour). When nearly dry, (using a hair-dryer if the cat will allow), plenty of baby talc which lifts and seperates the coat.

The talc is removed over the remaining days before the show. Incidently, if the judge finds any traces of talc, they CAN disqualify your cat !

Thats just the basics, really.

Goodness, JR!

I can hardly imagine how difficult it must be to remove every trace of baby powder from fine fluffy fur! It must be especially tricky supervising the cat's - er - rear end!

I used to have to take my adopted Persian, Jasper, to a professional grooming lady. I would hold on to him while she groomed. His wails and yowls were too dreadful.

Thank you for telling me!

Love

Munch

[J.R.]

Actually, removing the talk is the easiest part !

One holds the cat up and blows hard into the fur, against the pile, so to speak.

[kerrensimmonds]

If I blow towards my cats' nether regions (they have their food bowls on the kitchen working surface) they get very narky.........so I tend not to do it too often................

[sejintenej]

Chinny fur......................
a good bath using a special shampoo, (though some are banned in the show world because it is alleged they alter the natural colour). When nearly dry, (using a hair-dryer if the cat will allow), plenty of baby talc which lifts and seperates the coat.

My brother in law used to show chickens (very successfully). Part of the treatment is to apply aftershave lotion to their combs after they have had a good shampoo bath and blowdry.

[kerrensimmonds]

My goodness. Blowdrying chickens. Whatever next........
(Should we start a new thread here?)

[Angela Woodford]

Actually, removing the talk is the easiest part !

One holds the cat up and blows hard into the fur, against the pile, so to speak.

Right! I am going to try this with Ferdinand before I go to work. Then he will have the rest of the day to forgive me! Of all the cats I've ever had, he is the least particular about Personal Grooming.

Apprehensively

Munch

(I hope I don't have to direct road traffic around a fallen tree today!)

[J.R.]

Chinny fur......................
a good bath using a special shampoo, (though some are banned in the show world because it is alleged they alter the natural colour). When nearly dry, (using a hair-dryer if the cat will allow), plenty of baby talc which lifts and seperates the coat.

My brother in law used to show chickens (very successfully). Part of the treatment is to apply aftershave lotion to their combs after they have had a good shampoo bath and blowdry.

There has to be a 'funny' in here somewhere !!

[sejintenej]

My goodness. Blowdrying chickens.

Since JR cannot find the funny, it's quite a job

[Angela Woodford]

Poor Ferds - he greeted me this evening with the deepest suspicion - never before have I tortured him in such a way. Poor pussy! He has not taken to the show cat treatment. Miaow!

Munch

[J.R.]

Poor Ferds - he greeted me this evening with the deepest suspicion - never before have I tortured him in such a way. Poor pussy! He has not taken to the show cat treatment. Miaow!

Munch

It really is something you have to instill from kittenhood, then they think it a natural part of their pampered life !

[icomefromalanddownunder]

Poor Ferds - he greeted me this evening with the deepest suspicion - never before have I tortured him in such a way. Poor pussy! He has not taken to the show cat treatment. Miaow!

Munch

It really is something you have to instill from kittenhood, then they think it a natural part of their pampered life !

Blowing fur 'against the grain' is something I have done to every cat who has had the pleasure of living with me when I want them off my lap/keyboard/newspaper - works a treat

If I am getting the full on cry for attention (bum in face) I aim the stream of breath directly at their anus.

As I wrote previously, I am more of a moggy owning gal than someone who is comfortable in the presence of a show prince/ss. I'm sure that, if I try really hard, I can blame this on my time at CH: 'it made me feel so inadequate that I even feel inferior to a cat'

However, to be honest, I prefer to share my life with cats and dogs who can be groomed by wiping over with a damp cloth (staffy, greyhound, boxer, domestic short hair). Part laziness, and part dislike of the itchy eyes and nose that results from hairupnose. I also find petting long haired cats a little alarming - what will I find? knotted hair? flea colony? last night's dinner?

Love

Caroline
and the long suffering Efel (dsh, possibly part Abyssinian - feral mother presented her to my daughter and took off with the other two kittens, so parentage unknown), Panda Piano Paw (see my avatar), and Swish: ex pussy bum princess.

[englishangel]

http://journals.aol.co.uk/judicomber/cats-in-care/

To all you cat lovers out there, I am just keeping Jude's fostering in your line of sight.