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Re: Billy Buttons, my beautiful Bombay boy is lost, I am heartbroken
« Reply #125 on: October 28, 2008, 19:26:21 PM »
Hi ya Julia,

Lovely to hear from you again and great news that the babies are doing well .... WHERE ARE THE PICS!!!!!!???   :rofl:
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Re: Billy Buttons, my beautiful Bombay boy is lost, I am heartbroken
« Reply #124 on: October 28, 2008, 18:51:36 PM »
Pictures pictures , you knowz the rulez  :rules:  :rofl:

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Re: Billy Buttons, my beautiful Bombay boy is lost, I am heartbroken
« Reply #123 on: October 28, 2008, 17:02:02 PM »
Hi Guys,

Just thought I'd let you know new babies growing nicely and having fun in the country - I'm trying out flourescent collars with bells (just for when they are outside) and supervising all the time that they are out and so far it's going well. Billy Buttons may be gone but he's taught us a lesson about watching the feisty ones.
I'm investigating radio collars (GPS are too heavy for cats) - I'll let you know how I get on in case it's of interest to anyone else.
It may not be so suitable in towns and cities but in open country it should work well.

Hope everyone is well and babies happy and healthy.

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Re: Billy Buttons, my beautiful Bombay boy is lost, I am heartbroken
« Reply #122 on: May 28, 2008, 18:29:21 PM »
Stunning babies, and wonderful house and garden!   :wow:

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Re: Billy Buttons, my beautiful Bombay boy is lost, I am heartbroken
« Reply #121 on: May 28, 2008, 17:52:45 PM »
This is my garden a couple of weeks ago - lots of work but very rewarding.

PS if anyone wants a nice holiday in Suffolk in my converted windmill let me know, I run it as a holiday let business....pets allowed!!

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Re: Billy Buttons, my beautiful Bombay boy is lost, I am heartbroken
« Reply #120 on: May 28, 2008, 17:42:17 PM »
So sorry that Billy has not returned yet  :hug:

Your new cats look lovely and I too love your garden and the view  ;D

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Re: Billy Buttons, my beautiful Bombay boy is lost, I am heartbroken
« Reply #119 on: May 28, 2008, 17:36:07 PM »
I will always have great memories of the 8 years I had with Billy Buttons, the first Bombay is always going to be special. In some ways at least my last memory of seeing him is him in full health dashing through the flap on a mission - better than on the vets table in many ways.

Mia is scarily fast so it'll be a challenge to keep her under control, for now she is confined to barracks as she's only a baby   :naughty:.

When you have new babies again you realise who sensible the older ones are....   ;)


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Re: Billy Buttons, my beautiful Bombay boy is lost, I am heartbroken
« Reply #118 on: May 28, 2008, 16:29:48 PM »
how gorgeous are they!!! And your garden looks pretty darned nice too - luck you!

So sorry to hear that Billy seems to have moved on to pastures new ... it is always so hard to deal with something like that. And these two babes look like a step in the right direction! :Luv:

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Re: Billy Buttons, my beautiful Bombay boy is lost, I am heartbroken
« Reply #117 on: May 28, 2008, 16:25:20 PM »
Check out Olive's website if you want to see more beautiful asians and a couple of smokes including relatives of Teddy and Mia.

http://www.nemorez.co.uk/

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Re: Billy Buttons, my beautiful Bombay boy is lost, I am heartbroken
« Reply #116 on: May 28, 2008, 11:11:42 AM »
Hi Julia,

So sorry to hear Billy is still not home :(

Your new babies are absolutely stunning ... I have never seen a black smoke asian before but now I have i'm in love  :Luv2:

Looking forward to hearing all about them and hope to see lots more pics of all your babies (including Billy Buttons when he finally decideds to come back home).

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Re: Billy Buttons, my beautiful Bombay boy is lost, I am heartbroken
« Reply #115 on: May 28, 2008, 10:37:22 AM »
Hi everyone,
Just to say thank you for all your nice messages. The Button boy has sadly not returned but the good news is that I have increased my cat family by two new members, Mia and Teddy. Mia is a Bombay as was Billy and Teddy is her brother (a black smoke Asian) who was given to me as a present by the breeder - thanks Olive.

So for all those interested check them out with Coco my chocolate burmese and Scooby my mog.

http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/julia.lovick/Teddy?authkey=iD6E8jnb32Y

Thanks all,
Julia.

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Re: Billy Buttons, my beautiful Bombay boy is lost, I am heartbroken
« Reply #114 on: January 14, 2008, 12:20:55 PM »
wow fantastic pics and beautiful cats to boot  :rofl:
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Re: Billy Buttons, my beautiful Bombay boy is lost, I am heartbroken
« Reply #113 on: January 12, 2008, 11:45:08 AM »
WOW Such gorgeous kitties  :Luv:

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Re: Billy Buttons, my beautiful Bombay boy is lost, I am heartbroken
« Reply #112 on: January 11, 2008, 20:47:17 PM »
LOve those pictures  ;D

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Re: Billy Buttons, my beautiful Bombay boy is lost, I am heartbroken
« Reply #111 on: January 11, 2008, 19:47:34 PM »
"your bed is our bed"

 and you have a problem with this because ......?

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Re: Billy Buttons, my beautiful Bombay boy is lost, I am heartbroken
« Reply #110 on: January 11, 2008, 16:45:28 PM »
Yeah anyone would think that they don't have any cat beds whereas of course the house is littered with them.
But "your bed is our bed" is their motto  :evillaugh:

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Re: Billy Buttons, my beautiful Bombay boy is lost, I am heartbroken
« Reply #109 on: January 09, 2008, 20:47:15 PM »
Ahhhh what a wonderfully snuggly comfy bed .... I love that pic of the 4 furbabes all tucked up  :Luv2: :Luv2: :Luv2:
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« Reply #108 on: January 09, 2008, 19:33:07 PM »
Found a couple of old photos of my lot all together (when they used to be...)

All 4 in my bed....bless
3 black cats in the garden together - the old days were good.

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Re: Billy Buttons, my beautiful Bombay boy is lost, I am heartbroken
« Reply #107 on: January 09, 2008, 16:37:33 PM »
my black brothers where quite similar but Scooby has the angel hairs on his chest about 12 white hairs (I call them angel hairs because someone told me that most black cats have a few white hairs since in the past so many completely black cats were burned due to witchcraft allegations that the ones that weren't quite black were effectively selected for genetically). Probably rubbish, but I like the name angel hairs so I'm sticking with it.

Billy Buttons was easy to spot as he's the Bombay - beautiful haughty and slightly higher at the back end (drag-cat) as Burmese often seem to be.

My CPL neighbour also loves black cats and has 4 so we had 7 between us at one point - challenging to distinguish when seen from afar!
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Re: Billy Buttons, my beautiful Bombay boy is lost, I am heartbroken
« Reply #106 on: January 08, 2008, 20:39:23 PM »
if they were walking, fine i knew who was who, but when they were sitting still staring at you it took a minute to get there, please forgive me i'm blonde remember  :rofl:
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Re: Billy Buttons, my beautiful Bombay boy is lost, I am heartbroken
« Reply #105 on: January 08, 2008, 20:35:35 PM »
strange, I pick up on little cues of body language that makes it easy to distinguish between Esther and the three other black moggies in my street. They all look identical, but she has a special way of moving that makes it dead easy to pick her when I find her down the street (where she is not supposed to go, but sometimes does).

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« Reply #104 on: January 08, 2008, 20:33:31 PM »
not sure about that I had 2 black cats donkeys years ago, and the only way I could tell them apart was if they were looking at you as 1 had a wee white hair on her leg, it grew back that way after she had an accicent and it was just 1 hair strange
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Re: Billy Buttons, my beautiful Bombay boy is lost, I am heartbroken
« Reply #103 on: January 08, 2008, 20:11:03 PM »
Problem is, only the owners can tell em apart!! :rofl: :rofl:

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« Reply #102 on: January 08, 2008, 20:01:32 PM »
BC you could start your own appreciation thread same as the tortie one   :rofl: :rofl:
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« Reply #101 on: January 08, 2008, 20:00:01 PM »
( Can you tell I like black cats yet? )

erm, have you noticed my avatar and my screen name???  :rofl: :rofl: It is a shared passion!

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« Reply #100 on: January 08, 2008, 19:41:52 PM »
( Can you tell I like black cats yet? )

erm, have you noticed my avatar and my screen name???  :rofl: :rofl: It is a shared passion!

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« Reply #99 on: January 08, 2008, 19:36:53 PM »
yummy, I also love black cats   :evillaugh: but Beeps has that WOW factor,  their coats are sooooooooooo sleek
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Re: Billy Buttons, my beautiful Bombay boy is lost, I am heartbroken
« Reply #98 on: January 08, 2008, 19:17:17 PM »
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« Reply #97 on: January 07, 2008, 23:01:23 PM »
I had no problems for 8 years in that garden - that is my london garden they all have lived happily there. It's a bit more open where Billy went missing at my other home that I am slowly in the process of moving to. He got over excited at the possibilities in the country I think. Even though he'd been visiting regularly for 18 months.
If you think Scooby is beautiful check out his brother Beeps luxuriating on my friends kitchen table (who now lives with a friend of mine as there was a lack of harmony in the house with all 4 cats) - they are both rescue cats from a baby mum only 6 months old.
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Re: Billy Buttons, my beautiful Bombay boy is lost, I am heartbroken
« Reply #96 on: January 07, 2008, 19:37:43 PM »
he is GOOOORgeous!! what a lovely cat! and why would any cat in its right mind want to leave that fabulous cat-friendly garden??!! when you get bombay back that is the perfect garden for cat-proofing so he can't give you such heartbreak again!

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« Reply #95 on: January 07, 2008, 19:37:31 PM »
Wow what a beauty Scooby is
 Hope Billy is back very soon, thinking of you  :hug:
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« Reply #94 on: January 07, 2008, 19:34:28 PM »
He wasn't seen for the first 3 months then was seen by several people so we know he can survive perfectly well and we may not see him. He is a smart little boy.
I have hope until we find a body.
In the meantime I've taught my moggie boy Scooby to sit for treats like a dog - he's very good at it.
Check out Scooby below...

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« Reply #93 on: January 07, 2008, 13:37:22 PM »
praying he turns up soon  :hug: thinking of you  :hug:
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Re: Billy Buttons, my beautiful Bombay boy is lost, I am heartbroken
« Reply #92 on: January 06, 2008, 18:18:26 PM »
If it is any encouragement, PB found her lost baby who went missing some time ago, and he had holed up only a few gardens over. As you say, a black cat in the country in this weather is going to be hard to spot - especially if he has found himself somewhere snug to lie up over winter. Take care hun...

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Re: Billy Buttons, my beautiful Bombay boy is lost, I am heartbroken
« Reply #91 on: January 06, 2008, 18:16:38 PM »
Hi Julie,

Sorry Billy is still missing in action and I hope and pray he will come home soon.  I'm sure he will have found himself somewhere warm and dry.

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Re: Billy Buttons, my beautiful Bombay boy is lost, I am heartbroken
« Reply #90 on: January 06, 2008, 18:04:50 PM »
Hi Julia, just to let you know, we are all thinking of you and little Billy Buttons, I know how you feel my little Ruby went missing just before xmas, thankfully she returned, not a street wise cat but amazing how they manage to look after themselves, Ruby had a little potter in the garden for the first time today, she wasn't out long, but I was so nervous, sat watching her! I have a feeling your little one isn't far away, and Im sure he will be back, praying for you, and sending lots of love and support x x x
Gail, Ruby & Alfie  :Luv2:
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Re: Billy Buttons, my beautiful Bombay boy is lost, I am heartbroken
« Reply #89 on: January 06, 2008, 16:52:34 PM »
Hi Sam (thanks for the email),
  He didn't make a Christmas appearance unfortunately. No sightings
 since around October however he is a very black cat in the country and it
 is dark so unlikely people would see him. There was a dead black cat up
 the road a bit from me last week, but my cats protection neighbour
 kindly took her scanner up and it wasn't him, she had lost a rescue cat
 last year so it could have been that one.
  So the waiting continues, I still think he could easily be out there
 if he has found shelter in the numerous out buildings
 somewhere....maybe he'll appear in the Spring when the weather warms up and there's more
 light so see him again. I still think he's out there.
  Thanks for your wishes, it's nice to know people care.
  Julia

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« Reply #88 on: December 14, 2007, 18:09:07 PM »
 :hug: :hug: hope you are ok
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Re: Billy Buttons, my beautiful Bombay boy is lost, I am heartbroken
« Reply #87 on: December 13, 2007, 10:16:59 AM »
Any news yet? We are all still thinking of you.

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« Reply #86 on: November 27, 2007, 14:48:20 PM »
Thinking of you and hoping that Billy return soon  :hug:
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