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Cat General => General Cat Chat => Topic started by: Pinkbear (Julie) on June 27, 2008, 16:14:36 PM
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Mark and I were out earlier today checking over a report of a group of ferals. We saw a Lost Cat appeal stuck to a lampost, so naturally we stopped to study it. The heading was Lost Bengal Cat, aged 7 months. The picture was of a standard Tabby moggy kitten.
Someone made a few quid out of that! :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
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oh dear and these people were allowed responsibility of another living being :-: no wonder the poor thing is lost!!
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It's quite sad though that a) they have lost their kitten. and b) they may well have been sold a "moggy" and led to believe it was a Bengal.
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It could be the other way around though I guess. Someone replies having found a proper Bengal kitten and they say "Yep that's the one thankyou very much" you never know these days!!
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Hiya Julie,
Thought you might like to know that Jumpy is in my animation behind the desk in the box office scene.
http://www.purrsinourhearts.co.uk/index.php/topic,15447.0.html (http://www.purrsinourhearts.co.uk/index.php/topic,15447.0.html)
Cheers
Leigh
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Obviously, we feel sorry to hear of any lost pet. As some will remember, I know that feeling only too well and we hope puss comes home ASAP. The point was more of the nature of how these :censored: acquired puss in the first place...
It's a illustration of the consumer, one-upmanship, impatient world we now live it, isn't it? If I was a :censored: and I want something, I want something special that either no one else has or can afford. But rather than pay full whack to have a certified puss from a reputable breeder, I see an ad in the newspaper offering something cheaper but still very special sounding, no paperwork but still as good as the expensive variety - the neighbours won't know I got one a little bit cheaper! So I pay vast amounts of dosh for something exotic sounding and then sit back while all the neighbours envy me.
I found it hysterical that it's that easy to get a shmuck to part with lots of cash for a tabby because they obviously didn't Google 'Bengal Cat' before they coughed up the dough! :rofl: :rofl:
I am thinking of having an adoption drive on exotic, preselected Ebony Kittens. :sneaky:
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Hiya Julie,
Thought you might like to know that Jumpy is in my animation behind the desk in the box office scene.
http://www.purrsinourhearts.co.uk/index.php/topic,15447.0.html (http://www.purrsinourhearts.co.uk/index.php/topic,15447.0.html)
Cheers
Leigh
Gosh! So he is! :evillaugh: I think we best not tell him, though, as it will only go to his head. He is always telling us we don't appreciate his many talents. :innocent:
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To be fair although I sympathise that they have lost their kitty (moggy or bengal I'm sure he/she was equally loved) I can't feel sorry for people that get ripped off this way. Bengals are a difficult breed and to buy one without even knowing what one LOOKS like is beyond belief!
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I saw an advert on one of the horrible free sites for "organic" kittens - god knows what they are!!!!
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is that the same as free range? :rofl:
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is that the same as free range? :rofl:
:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
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I'm sure a couple of Islington types will fall for it though :evillaugh:
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I'm sure a couple of Islington types will fall for it though :evillaugh:
Oi! :slap:
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What a brilliant idea, though. :wow:
Roll up! Roll up! Get your Free Range Kittens here! Only £275 each!! :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
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I'm sure a couple of Islington types will fall for it though :evillaugh:
Oi! :slap:
You don't live in Islington :evillaugh:
But I did :-[
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What a brilliant idea, though. :wow:
Roll up! Roll up! Get your Free Range Kittens here! Only £275 each!! :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
At the Fulham Farmers Market (Sorry Christine :evillaugh: )
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You don't live in Islington :evillaugh:
But I did :-[
Its my haunt... :P
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Sorry - here's a couple of unpublished Alice pics to make up for it :shy:
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You're forgiven.. you know me well :Luv:
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:evillaugh:
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I saw an advert on one of the horrible free sites for "organic" kittens - god knows what they are!!!!
:Crazy: :Crazy: :Crazy: :rofl:
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We took in a cat yesterday, person paid over £100 for a Bengal - he is ginger and white!! Will post pics when I go to see him tomorrow.He was obviously bought from Loot or some such. And we took in two Bengal Crosses that didn't look much like Bengals, the moggy i picked up the day before looked more like one than his (and they were his words). it is shocking how many people think they have got a Bengal and it is nothing more than a tabby
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Guess there are folks who want to one-up the neighbours "on the cheap" with a posh cat, but who, because they are utterly clueless, end up parting with stupid money for a mog, leaving the sellers laughing at them and lining their pockets at the same time. Shows how gullible some folks can be... :tired:
A pet-quality Bengly is around the £600 mark, it's far more for a show neuter, more still for a potential breeding queen or stud. Anyone who has seen / handled / heard a real Bengal (and yes, they do shout LOUD) would not get them mixed up with a tabby non-ped. Benglies are just far too distinctive to make that mistake once you know what these cats are like.
Oh yes, and I was born and bred in Islington, but I ain't that 'doopid... :shify:
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Anyone who has seen / handled / heard a real Bengal (and yes, they do shout LOUD) would not get them mixed up with a tabby non-ped. Benglies are just far too distinctive to make that mistake once you know what these cats are like.
Unique is not the word. I could never believe how strange Stelly sounded when she spoke, used to keep me in stitches and their activity level is beyond what I have seen from other cats.
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Bengals are ginger and white?? Weyhey , I can flog the kitbits and make a fortune! :rofl:
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Just seen an advert on our local classified site for a Ragdoll Queen ready for action at £600 - would this be a good bargain??
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Ready for action??? the mind boggles!
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Ready for action??? the mind boggles!
Yes - I think I can remember those days - although it was a very long time ago !!