well not one for wasting time we got one hes called tk now we know hes not a she lol, thats a long story....hes been here 4 days now and seems to be settling in ok he hasnt messed once im impressed!!!! now its just showing off after mastering climbing up our legs, the sofa i descover the cleaver little kitty climbing my wall.....not so impressed!!!!!!

So were getting it a scratch post tomorrow and a naighboure tells me if i put catnip on it that teachs the cat were it can scratch and areas without it it will start to ignore....im worried tho....

what if it just carries on is there nothing i can use to stop it attacking certain areas like my sofa and walls?

also whilst im here mayaswell ask i have laminate flooring and tiles so i need to mop daily what can and cant i use ive been putting the kitten upstairs and avoided bleach so far but i dont really want it upstairs id rather use something safe for the kids and the cat...what do you recomend????

ok were looking at getting a kitten, we have no other pets well unless you count the bf ...haha my sons 20 mnths and adores pets a cat we think is going to be less maintance ie  no walking in the british weather...

but as ive never had a cat, what sould we be looking for? is there anything i sould avoid? male/female? honestly im clueless here and dont want to tk on a pet and later find it was a mistake...

so plz advice me

thanks jo xxx

I love the way that a pet can bring so much love into a family.

Not only that but how they become part of the family.

This is one of ours.

His mother decided to give birth on a Sunday so the vet charged 25% extra and the poor little thing needed a ceasar and a hysterectomy...so $628.10 later we named him Bugga (little kids can call him Bug)

This is our little Alice Bunny. She was a gift from God we swear. I had always wanted a tiny lap dog of my own. We have always had dogs and at the time we had a golden retirver, Abby. She is a lovely and intellegent dog and a great friend, about 4 years old. One day while at the summer farm we got up early to the sound of coyetes and dogs barking. My mother and I woke the whole house and told them to get on the four wheelers and take the guns and chase the coyetes off the land. They later returned telling of the tale that they chased off the filthy coyetes but no justs were fired and someone had dumped a litter of puppies that were starving to death and dehydrated. Then they showed us the one that survived. It was an odd looking thing with huge hears and just a small skeletal feature. We thought it was a dog of some sorts but we were not sure what it was. We fell in love immeaditly and nursed the thing to health. Our golden retriver tried to mother it. The vet wasn't sure it would live. We gave this poor creature all our love and power to get better. The story ends with a happy note. Her name is Alice Bunny and she did live and strive. She is almost 2 years old now. She is the most loyal and fun lap dog anyone could ask for. She is the love of our lives. The whole family is just so in love with her. She is a toy fox terrier but may not full blooded, or else someone would have kept them or sold them. She was God's gift to me because I always wanted a small dog that would just sit with me and not be too hyper or yappy and she is the one! Even Abby the other dog seems to be the one that could not live without her now. The boys lover her but hate it when I dress her up. You see I am menapausal and only live with boys so she is the little girl I dress up. I used to make fun of thoses odd people. Now I am one. HA HA HA LOL

To make my story short.................................. We have an old 18 to 19 year old male but neutrued and no claws. A month ago a stray adopted us and now HE is also fixed and declawed. The old cat does NOT want new cat in the house. We are trying to be patient BUT the old cat howls like a coyete and last night kept the whole house up all night.

UGH!

In the that's life magazine this week there is a campaign against animal cruelty. I have just been to the website www.bleats.com.au. A group of lawyers is fighting to get tougher sentences to people that abuse animals. I have just signed the petition which took a very short time to do. Just click on Support tougher sentences for animal cruelty. I hope they get the law changed. Some of the stories are heart-breaking. Thanks.

....who let us foster a beautiful dog Max. We will miss him but it was a fun experience though I must say messy. I am still finding his hair everywhere. I don't know if I can do it again. It was a lot of work. I am actually enjoying the break but I will remember him and hope he has a great life.

The association of Crocodiles and Man is known for a long time. Ancient Egyptians worshiped crocodile-god. Sometimes they hunted crocodiles, and visualize them as a protector and source of pharonic power. No doubt when you think of a crocodile as your pet you might be wondering if it will work out.
 According to Herodotus, in 5th century BC some Egyptians kept crocodiles as pampered pets. In Sobek's temple in Arsinoe, crocodile was kept in the pool of the temple, where it was fed, covered with jewelry, and worshipped. When crocodiles die, they were embalmed, mummified, placed in sarcophagi, and then buried in a sacred tomb. Many mummified crocodiles and crocodile eggs have been found in Egyptian tombs.

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 well this are the kittens i have 2 grey and 1 male black they would be about 3 and a bit weeks old and i still havent found them a home .

this are my cats babies are they cute .

dad has gone missing and ihave a bad feeling the cat hubby found down the road  dead was him which breaks my heart because i never gave him a berial but because there is so many cats the same as him i dont know if its him ,i cant remenber what colour colar he had ,but i rather think that he is ok just being feed by someone else .

 this 2 are always up to no good .

xena the family dog 8 yrs old with my 5 year old daughter.

here are my cats latest litter.

3 kittens 1 passed away we have 1 boy black and 2 girls  if iam not mistaken grey born 1 week ago .

now we need to find them a good home free afcourse .

 izzy with the male kitten

 austin with the kittens

I finally got round to naming my new gold fish the other day.  I decided on Google.  Well, google ain't with me anymore.  i put a new airstone in the bowl and up she went!  Now I just got bit! lol.  Poor thing, the bowl is way too big for him! lol.

Guess I should have left well enough alone, but I had to baby my fish! lol

This is our favourite guarddog Bobby, he is such a sweety, with a rather scary bark! He is about 5 now but is still just a puppy at heart!

This is my darling old cat Mystique. She is getting on now, she would be 10 this year! She is a cheeky little thing that loves sleeping on our bed when Daniel isnt home!

Why is it that my fish won't eat until I talk to them?  I put the food in and they just swim there and until i tell them to eat! At least they have manners, unlike my little girls ( at times).

I'm trying to get the software loaded so I can put pics up.  Oh, and clean the room up they are in! can't have you thinking I live in a warehouse! lol.

Her name is Juliette and she is my best mate and like another child

we are now proud foster carers to this beautiful dog Max until about September. He is such a placid boy and what a great way to have a dog without really having one. I am doing it through the RSPCA. His carer can't take him out of the state until after a court case and she will get him if it is won so he is having a little holiday with us. My son is spoiling him.

yep she in the arm chair so glad thats gone the hair ..lol so much easier with leather yayyyyyyyyyyyyy

I don’t know if it’s a case of “once you’re pregnant, you see a pregnant woman on every corner” but since we got two baby guinea pigs, I’ve had lots of conversations about pets.

And, if truth be told, many of the smaller ones don’t seem to survive for very long once they leave the pet shop.

For instance..

1) A friend’s cat got hold of their new hamster one night (just a week or so after getting all the pink gear for it) and left its entrails all over the children’s bedroom

2) Another friend has got through two rabbits in quick succession.
One was savaged by a fox which managed to jump into its enclosure, the other escaped only to be killed by the dog next door.
The remaining rabbit seems to have learned nothing from the fates of her former bunny friends and does her best to escape from her run and tries to avoid being locked in her hutch at night.

She hurls herself at the chicken wire that keeps her safe from predators, prompting my friend to complain,

“I don’t like that rabbit’s attitude.”

3) A neighbour bought a guinea pig, was told it was cruel to keep it alone so got another one. He neglected to check its gender, and soon had thirteen of the little beasts turning his lawn into a mini-Somme.
So he took them to an animal rescue centre and left them there after it closed up for the night.

4) A couple I met at a dinner party said they’d succumbed to endless pet-pleas from their daughters and plumped for goldfish, having found they’re easy to look after and don’t live for long.

Unfortunately though, every time they went away on holiday they left them with friends.
And every time they returned there seemed to be one or other of the fish looking slightly different from the one they’d left.
So the fish lived on, through their annual replacements, forever.

5) A friend’s nine year old son cheerfully told me that his Dad used to keep mice when he was a child.

“He bred lots of them and tried to sell them at school, but no-one wanted any so Granny drowned them all.”

When I made a face at this, he added, nonchalantly, “it’s a quick death.”
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This is my step daughter and Rocky.  (It is sad but he had to go before Francis arrived, he was a very jealous of the cat and we could not risk me carrying Francis around in my arms all day with a jealous dog... He was also aggressive to other dogs).. But other then that he was beautiful..   Mind you this photo makes him look evil if you look at his eyes

Cooper has just gone to his new home (or should i say, his breeders)
they were so glad to see him as they got so many people asking when they were breeding more of his kind, and now they have a new stud :)
So im happy he is in the hands of animal lovers who will take such good care of him :)