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Remember that collar, by the way - he took it off on day 3 or so and BURIED it. We can't find it.

So, we've now had Angus for almost a month. And you could, if you wanted to, put all these pictures into chronological order by counting the ribs visible in each.



Angus has good taste in books. And laps.




"What do you mean, rainbow is not gangsta?"




I'm actually pretty sure he made the giant piles of blankets himself.



"WHY is there a dog in my spot?"



"Halo, yes, it's a halo. Really."





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Date: 2010-09-27 12:37 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ali-in-london.livejournal.com
The expression in the last picture is remarkably similar to the expression Jasper (our former-stray) often has when he's asleep.

I still remember the look on his face when we kidnapped him off the streets (http://ali-in-london.livejournal.com/248755.html) and installed him in our spare room (after shooing our two resident cats out the way). The "this is a nice hotel" look.

By the sound of your previous posts, you've got plenty of people around you who'll advise you about cat adoption, but I'll add in my anec-data anyway.

The main problem we've had so far have been about food.

Specifically this is an expectation problem: despite growing up with cats I'd only ever actually been responsible for two cats in my adult life. Those two were adopted from friends (who were emigrating) who'd had them since kitten and so those cats had never seen a day of hardship in their lives. The attitude towards food for them has always been "oh hey food, well I guess I'll have a few mouthfuls and come back later".

This is in stark contrast to Jasper, who's attitude to food is more "ohgodsfoodeatitall". He went from about 4kg to over 6kg before we twigged that him pestering for food was not a good indication of him actually being hungry, just of him getting while the getting's good.

But it sounds like Angus is still at the stage where generosity with the food is definitely the order of the day. Hope all works out for you - I can say with absolutely certainly that it's worth it.

(also, hey - random lurker here. Hello, and your posts are cool.)
Edited Date: 2010-09-27 12:38 am (UTC)

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Date: 2010-09-27 12:43 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] theweaselking.livejournal.com
Hi!

Angus is actually getting to a healthy weight now. He was starving when [livejournal.com profile] jasmine_koran and [livejournal.com profile] snakey found him, he was underweight-but-stable a month ago when we took him, and now (he's gained a full half-kg!) he's getting close to his ideal weight.

So we've put him on a slightly restricted diet and he's only getting a little more than what he needs, not what he asks for, and we're weighing him regularly.

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Date: 2010-09-27 12:46 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ali-in-london.livejournal.com
OK, in the interests of full disclosure we've had occasional peeing in places where we wish a cat would not pee. However those have been about once a month and possibly related to the litter tray being in need of cleaning, and according to our vet just once a month is really impressively civilised compared to the average stray.

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Date: 2010-09-27 01:48 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] theweaselking.livejournal.com
We've had a couple of unwanted urination incidents- and, based on the comparison between Angus, un-neutered male, and Abby, spayed female? We blame her. Based ENTIRELY on smell alone. And also her pre-Angus habits of peeing angrily when her litter box is not sufficiently clean / non-puppy-accessible.

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