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Cat General => General Cat Chat => Topic started by: Tiggy's Mum on September 30, 2009, 20:46:00 PM

Title: Brutally honest opinions required....
Post by: Tiggy's Mum on September 30, 2009, 20:46:00 PM
Now I won't be offended, regardless of the answer... Have the boys got big ears?! I was looking through some old pics of Tiggy and either she had freakishly small ears or they have freakishly large ears!  :-:

Tiggy looked 'normal' to me when I had her and although the boys had big ears as kittens I don't think they look big now - until I was reminiscing over Tiggy's pics!

Comparison:

Tiggy

(http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z202/Lucas_Riley/P_edits/IM000146.jpg)

(http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z202/Lucas_Riley/P_edits/Tiggy168Small.jpg)

Riley

(http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z202/Lucas_Riley/007640x480-1.jpg)

Lu

(http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z202/Lucas_Riley/067800x600.jpg)

Together

(http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z202/Lucas_Riley/041640x480-1.jpg)
Title: Re: Brutally honest opinions required....
Post by: Gill (sneakiefeline) on September 30, 2009, 20:53:02 PM
I have always thought that Riley has big ears  ;D

I thought he would sorta grow into them but they obviously grew with him  :rofl:
Title: Re: Brutally honest opinions required....
Post by: Janeyk on September 30, 2009, 20:53:42 PM
Oh Helen  :evillaugh: sorry for laughing  :hug:

I think their ears just match them - they are just right, Pepper has really big earsl I think especially compared to Schui - his were really small.  I love big ears but since having Schui I got to love ickle ones too  :Luv:
Title: Re: Brutally honest opinions required....
Post by: Christine (Blip) on September 30, 2009, 20:56:22 PM
The beautiful Tiggy had not small ears, I think.

Hmmm, it's fair to say that your lads have very large ears indeed.  But that's fine, of course  :hug:

Title: Re: Brutally honest opinions required....
Post by: maryas on September 30, 2009, 21:05:49 PM
 :allears: :allears: :allears: :allears:

Sorry, I couldn't resist that one  :rofl: :hug:

I also thought Riley had long ears but they suit his face and don't look out of place - they're all sooo adorable.

You silly sausage.

Mary  :hug:
Title: Re: Brutally honest opinions required....
Post by: Tiggy's Mum on September 30, 2009, 21:07:39 PM


 :-[ :-[ :-[ :-[ :-[ :-[

Poor boys, I've covered their ears (needed a large pyrex dish to do it  :evillaugh:)

Now I know they were big when they were little but I was genuinely blind to their big-earedness until now  :-[

Big eared babies  :-[

(http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z202/Lucas_Riley/94198532554b02d30c3f3361ed1f4b8e926.jpg)

(http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z202/Lucas_Riley/16052007005Small.jpg)

I think their ears just match them - they are just right

A subtle way of saying Yes  :evillaugh:

And as for you Mary.... :slap:  :naughty:
Title: Re: Brutally honest opinions required....
Post by: Gill (sneakiefeline) on September 30, 2009, 21:12:11 PM
You shouldnt be embarrassed cos they look lovely and short ears probably wouldnt suit them  ;D

All of mine have little ears and one set are nakid!
Title: Re: Brutally honest opinions required....
Post by: hOrZa on September 30, 2009, 21:19:59 PM
I think you should register him with SETI they could use the help :evillaugh:
Title: Re: Brutally honest opinions required....
Post by: Tiggy's Mum on September 30, 2009, 21:33:38 PM
I think you should register him with SETI they could use the help :evillaugh:

Googled it and :slap:
Title: Re: Brutally honest opinions required....
Post by: clarenmax on September 30, 2009, 21:39:04 PM
Sorry Helen but I've been giggling away at this thread  :evillaugh:

I think lots of cats have radar ears, they are gorgeous whatever size their ears are, and all the better to hear you with  :) :Luv:
Title: Re: Brutally honest opinions required....
Post by: dolcetta46 on September 30, 2009, 21:53:19 PM
So Oliver is not the only one... :evillaugh:  He had a pair of ginormous bat ears when he was smaller but now he has nearly tripled in size and the rest of him sort of grew into the ears.  I would still think his ears are rather on the larger side perhaps because he is not of the cobby built, and I think Riley has the similar physique as he does(just less chunky lol).  I consider them rather charming really :)

Oliver at 5 months

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v309/urmaniac13/HPIM0521-Copia.jpg)

Oliver present

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v309/urmaniac13/100_1503-Copia.jpg)
Title: Re: Brutally honest opinions required....
Post by: Sam (Fussy_Furball) on September 30, 2009, 21:57:15 PM
Zephyr has asked what exacly you have got against BIG ears  >:( ?????
He would like to point out that big ears means he is able to hear his mummy when she calls him and thinks BIG ears are very fetching  ;)

Just a little pic to prove that big ears are beautiful  :Luv2:  (as you can see Zephyr has always had bat tabs!)

Title: Re: Brutally honest opinions required....
Post by: Tiggy's Mum on September 30, 2009, 22:05:37 PM
I think lots of cats have radar ears....

You're not helping with the big ear prejudices with comments like that  :evillaugh:

Oliver's ears look perfect to me  :)

Sam, is Zephyr's pedigree name batfink by any chance  :evillaugh:
Title: Re: Brutally honest opinions required....
Post by: Den on September 30, 2009, 22:09:10 PM
Nah, not big ears ... Just small heads!
Title: Re: Brutally honest opinions required....
Post by: Tiggy's Mum on September 30, 2009, 22:10:47 PM
Nah, not big ears ... Just small heads!

 :smack: :slap:  :evillaugh:
Title: Re: Brutally honest opinions required....
Post by: Rosella moggy on September 30, 2009, 22:26:32 PM
Well I've trawled through the photos of girls in the vain hope I'd have an excuse to post more pics of 'em but nope, both have utterly purrfect ears  :naughty:

Perhaps it's a boy thing?  :shify:  :)
Title: Re: Brutally honest opinions required....
Post by: blackcat on September 30, 2009, 22:28:07 PM
I think their ears are perfectly in proportion to their head shape. Tig had a different head shape and would have looked silly with bigger ears. It's a bit like humans, some are in proportion, some are not. Your boys are in proportion. ;D
Title: Re: Brutally honest opinions required....
Post by: Baggy on September 30, 2009, 22:36:07 PM
Dougie says he'd be delighted to have two matching ears, regardless of size :evillaugh:

Lovely pics of Tiggy  :Luv:
Title: Re: Brutally honest opinions required....
Post by: Sam (Fussy_Furball) on September 30, 2009, 22:42:40 PM
I think lots of cats have radar ears....

Sam, is Zephyr's pedigree name batfink by any chance  :evillaugh:

 :rofl: :rofl: NO it's not and Zephyr has just one thing to say to his ex-friend Helen  :P :P :P
Title: Re: Brutally honest opinions required....
Post by: Tiggy's Mum on September 30, 2009, 22:43:04 PM
Oh, poor Dougie - the boys are now considering an ear reduction op and would be happy to donate the excess to him  :hug:

Well I've trawled through the photos of girls in the vain hope I'd have an excuse to post more pics of 'em but nope, both have utterly purrfect ears  :naughty:

We still need photographic evidence of this  :Luv2:

Thanks  BC, that's sounds a more likely scenario - proportionate  :) They're still reeling from Christine's perception of them having 'very large ears indeed'  :evillaugh:
Title: Re: Brutally honest opinions required....
Post by: Tiggy's Mum on September 30, 2009, 23:59:12 PM
Poor Riley has been given a complex...

Here he is literally minutes ago trying to hide his shamefully large ears  :naughty:

(http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z202/Lucas_Riley/139640x480.jpg)
Title: Re: Brutally honest opinions required....
Post by: blackcat on October 01, 2009, 00:38:19 AM
Poor Riley. Pavarotti, when a small kitten, had such huge ears that all you could see was the ears and the blue eyes. I sometimes wondered if I had accidentally adopted a bat instead ... I think that maybe Riley and Lu have oriental ancestry :Luv:
Title: Re: Brutally honest opinions required....
Post by: Gill (sneakiefeline) on October 01, 2009, 01:42:57 AM
Poor Riley has been given a complex...

Here he is literally minutes ago trying to hide his shamefully large ears  :naughty:

(http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z202/Lucas_Riley/139640x480.jpg)

that has just made me laugh so much  :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
Title: Re: Brutally honest opinions required....
Post by: Bazsmum on October 01, 2009, 03:42:59 AM
That pic is mad looking! If that hat fits...... :rofl:

Big ears....Why all the better to hear you with my dear!  :Luv2:
Title: Re: Brutally honest opinions required....
Post by: woodlandcats on October 01, 2009, 06:17:08 AM
Have you met my Elias, now HE has big ears, then again, I think he's half oriental.

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v477/ISO28/cats5/_MG_0804S.jpg)
Title: Re: Brutally honest opinions required....
Post by: Janeyk on October 01, 2009, 07:06:12 AM
Poor Riley has been given a complex...

Here he is literally minutes ago trying to hide his shamefully large ears  :naughty:

(http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z202/Lucas_Riley/139640x480.jpg)

 :Luv: awww  :rofl:
Title: Re: Brutally honest opinions required....
Post by: clarenmax on October 01, 2009, 08:55:55 AM
I have just literally splutter my tea all over my computer looking at Riley's latest photo  :rofl:

I always thought that Max had pretty big radar ears  :Luv2:

Title: Re: Brutally honest opinions required....
Post by: Teresa Pawcats on October 01, 2009, 08:57:03 AM
Riley looks like a very wealthy Arabian prince to me, change his name to Shar  :rofl:
Title: Re: Brutally honest opinions required....
Post by: Wibblechick on October 01, 2009, 12:43:50 PM
The cat in the hat strikes back !!!  :evillaugh:

All those cats are gorgeous - & after all, you wouldnt reject a cat if he or she had NO ears, would you ?  :Luv2:

Or even - FOUR ears !!! :wow:
Title: Re: Brutally honest opinions required....
Post by: maryas on October 01, 2009, 14:04:23 PM
Yes, I think that photo of Riley covering his ears has set us all off laughing  :rofl: :Luv2: :hug:

Licia it's very nice to see a new pic of Ollie  - stunning as ever.  :Luv2: :hug:

Mary
Title: Re: Brutally honest opinions required....
Post by: Susanne (urbantigers) on October 01, 2009, 17:13:47 PM
Riley has biggish ears and Lucas has average size ears imo  ;D ;D  They're still young, so Riley might grow into his a bit more as he matures!

Mosi has big ears and Jaffa has normal ones  ;D
Title: Re: Brutally honest opinions required....
Post by: Tiggy's Mum on October 01, 2009, 20:11:49 PM
Glad Riley's ear hiding antics have made people laugh  :)

Riley has biggish ears and Lucas has average size ears imo  ;D ;D  They're still young, so Riley might grow into his a bit more as he matures!

I hope they've stopped growing - they're 2 1/2 now! Riley's a massive cat, I can't hold him like a normal cat (with your hand under their back feet) and that's with his front feet and chest over my shoulder. Hmmn, maybe that means I have short arms though  :evillaugh:
Title: Re: Brutally honest opinions required....
Post by: Feline Costumier on October 01, 2009, 22:24:50 PM
I think that they have large ears but big is beautiful Lu and Riley :Luv:

My Dave also has huge ears! I thought he's grow into them as they were enormous when he was a baby but they grew with him :evillaugh: The only thing proportionate to his ears is his belly :evillaugh:

Baby bat eared Dave
(http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj35/925dancer/100_0590.jpg)

(http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj35/925dancer/100_0594.jpg)

6 month old ish bat eared Dave. As you can see, not growing into his ears
(http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj35/925dancer/P021108_190701.jpg)

Grown up bat eared Dave
(http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj35/925dancer/DSCF1082.jpg)