I thought maybe a blog thing may be easier to keep updated and organized, chances are it wont but its the thought that counts
Anyway, if I do update it I will try to put something useful on it for you to read. That means in order for me to complete my side of the agreement you will need to either have or develop an interest in photography and or photoshop because I am obsessed with them and unlikely to post anything else
You will find the main navigation links <—- over there or over there —-> depending on the theme I choose and new content will arrive below this post. You can jump to the home page again by clicking the header pic
Have fun and don’t forget to leave a few comments laying around behind you
I have recently launched a new website called Bengal Banter Forum on the world.
It is a forum for cat lovers – especially Bengal cat lovers – to get together and share their knowledge and stories about their beloved Bengal or to seek help when things are not going to plan.
It is early days yet, the site has only been live for less than a week, but we have about 30 members already and quite a few posts. Unlike many of the other forums around we have built in photo galleries to upload and show off your furkids, automatic embedding of youtube and other web media, an event calendar where members can post details of shows or other events of interest and more features planned for the future
Registration and membership is completely free of charge (of course) and for the all inclusive price of ‘nothing at all’ you get full access to all features
If you have a Bengal, are thinking of getting a Bengal, interested in Bengals or just have nothing better to do with your time and feel like hanging out with a bunch of cat crazy people pop over to www.bengalbanter.co.uk and say hello
I was not expecting this so soon but it seems Spike has got over himself and accepted Toshi into the fold.
Spike no longer spits and growls if Toshi comes close to him, and Spike has actually started jumping up and sleeping next to Toshi. They have even had a couple of wrestling matches, they don’t last very long because Spike realises he is playing and then runs off spitting LOL
Anyway, I am pretty sure the play sessions will now get longer and the growling less often, it is great to see I have to say
I have also put together another video for you to check out, unfortunately the tube seems to have learned my little trick for confusing the copyright detection system and has flagged this video for containing copyright music so you may have the inconvenience of an advert popping up, I am working on another method for fooling the system so with a bit of luck future videos will be ad free again.
Toshi has been really good walking on a leash so I decided to take him to the falls on the river White Cart to see his reaction.
The journey there was not uneventful, it was a really hot day and I passed a lot of offices on route where the doors were open to let some air in. Of course Toshi decided to run into each and every one of them! All the office workers left their desks to have a closer look and pet him, which of course made him more determined to get into the next open door LOL
As is becoming the normal everyone in the street also had to come over and see him close up, if I had a quid for every time I have heard ‘I have never seen such a gorgeous cat’ all my financial worries would be over.
When we got to the falls there were several guys fishing, they all had to pet him and ask about his breed etc, one guy in particular was really interested and I spent a good half hour chatting with him about cats & dogs and pedigree breeding issues.
Towanreef Prince Toshiaki (Toshi) arrived home on Friday 25th June 2010, waaahooo.
The journey back to Paisley from the other side of Aberdeen was a noisy one, Toshi was not at all happy about being confined to a carrier and constantly let us know. After about 30 minutes on the road we let him out of the carrier to see if that would settle him but it really made little difference.
We stopped off for a bite to eat 2/3 of the way home and let Toshi explore the car, he did settle a bit better after that but still regularly complained.
I have made a few posts about Spike and his leash training lately which mention a walking jacket/ harness I made for him.
Well just in case you are interested in leash training your cats I am making and selling the walking jacket harness’s on my other website www.happyhousecats.co.uk
They are available in a choice of fabrics for both the inside and outside of the jacket – they are reversible and can be worn either way out – and you can also have you cats name put on the jacket in a wide range of colours including chrome and sparkle effects (adds some bling to your cats attire)
I think you will find them very reasonably priced at £12-50 each, and postage is charged at cost with no packing/ handling fees added to boost the price – in the UK £0-66 covers 2 jackets.
I will deliver pretty much world wide and payment accepted via Paypal & Credit/ Debit cards (Paypal account is not required to pay via cards)
While Spike has been serving 3 months solitary confinement for smuggling corona virus I decided to make him a walking jacket harness and take him outside on a leash, he cannot go out unsupervised because he has absolutely no road sense what so ever and the last time he was out got ran over.
Well he took to the leash quite well, starting off in the back garden within 10 minutes of first putting the jacket on and lately I have been taking him just up the street to a children’s play area. He wont walk up the street but now he has got used to the play area he walks quite nicely round there.
I took Spike and Loula to the vet on Wednesday to have another Corona Virus serum test done. I had both tested despite Loula being negative at the first test just in case she contracted the virus in the week or so before having them tested.
I got the results on Friday and it was great news, both of them are now sero negative with a Corona Titre of zero, needless to say I had the bedroom door open and Spike back into the living room before the vet even finished speaking.
We went to see Simba again last week and pleased to report he is doing very well, he is growing fast and becoming quite the mischievous little monkey
The reason for the visit was twofold, obviously we went to see Simba but Tricia also wanted to have a look at a wee seal lynx bengal kitten. Tricia had sent me a link to look at his photo a couple of times over the previous week and I knew she was going to buy him despite all the protests to the contrary
So all the way to Strathaven The conversation was “I am not buying him I just want to see him and I will decide once I have seen how Simba is when I get him home” to which the reply was “Yeah right, everyone knows you are buying him so why bother denying it” repeated over and over again..
