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#41 Post by G~Man » Tue Apr 12, 2022 12:22 am

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#42 Post by TheGreenGoblin » Tue Apr 12, 2022 12:49 am

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#43 Post by ricardian » Wed Apr 13, 2022 7:33 pm

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#44 Post by reddo » Thu Apr 14, 2022 8:08 am

We're definitely getting a cat or two when we move back to Australia. We'll have to consider the wildlife though. :)

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#45 Post by Woody » Thu Apr 14, 2022 9:50 am

Introducing Pillow, the de facto feline in charge of the development in ZA, looking extremely pissed off as I was in his chair :-o

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#46 Post by TheGreenGoblin » Thu Apr 14, 2022 9:56 am

He looks like a bit of a "breeker" Woody!

The kind of cat that might say something like "Don't check me skeef China!" =))
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#47 Post by TheGreenGoblin » Mon Apr 18, 2022 10:10 am

Total ignorance of the rules of Bank Holiday slack outs...

"There is only one rule of slackout, don't slack out on the furniture..."

But do they listen? From the scene of the crime(s) today...

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#48 Post by OFSO » Mon Apr 18, 2022 11:07 am

Morgan le Faye is so covered in ticks that I bought something that requires squirting into the back of the neck. Just have to grab her next time I see her.

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#49 Post by Hydromet » Tue Apr 19, 2022 1:40 am

The cats that were caterwauling outside my window at 0200 today were not cool by any means. I know it's not the cats' fault, it's the owners.
Tonight, the cat trap will be deployed, and any cat caught will be taken to the pound, whence the owners, if they can be found, will have to pay to retrieve them.

It's a shame people don't learn how to keep (or become the subjects of) cats properly. Our late cat, Claude, was the kitten of a feral. She adapted to indoor life with no difficulty, and was only outside when we went out to play with her, or took her for a walk. She was more like a dog, in that she liked to be taken for a walk.

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#50 Post by TheGreenGoblin » Thu May 26, 2022 4:28 pm

Now this Pibbler can box.


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#51 Post by TheGreenGoblin » Fri May 27, 2022 8:33 am

I guess the fight between the cat and the snake is not cool at all, but nature is cruel and in truth Felis margarita thinobia, or The Arabian sand cat, as seen in that video was only doing what it does to survive and will eat the relevant parts of the hapless snake and not vomit the rest up in the middle of a carpet, like our resident Pibblers do after having ingested the various little birds, slugs, door mice etc. that they have needlessly killed and then devoured since their arrival here. Domestic cats are very destructive of small fauna.

The Sand Cat is actually on the endangered species list in some areas!

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Felis margarita thinobia, known as the Turkestan sand cat, Arabian sand cat, and Pakistan sand cat, is a sand cat subspecies native to deserts in the Arabian Peninsula, Iran, Pakistan and Central Asia.

Taxonomy
In 1926, Russian zoologist Sergey Ognev described a sand cat collected in the Karakum Desert in Turkmenistan under the name Eremaelurus thinobius. In 1938, British zoologist Reginald Innes Pocock considered this specimen a species under the name Felis thinobius. Later he considered it a subspecies of the sand cat, which to date is widely recognised.

In 1974, F. m. scheffeli was described based on seven specimens from Pakistan's Nushki desert. In 1976, F. m. harrisoni was described based on a single specimen captured in Oman.

In 2017, the Cat Classification Task Force of the Cat Specialist Group subordinated both F. m. harrisoni and F. m. scheffeli to F. m. thinobia.

Characteristics
Sand cat specimens collected in the Karakum Desert in Turkestan were described as darker and greyer in fur colour than the Saharan sand cat (F. m. margarita), with less pronounced markings and only 2–3 tail rings. Specimens from Pakistan were more strongly marked, had shorter carnassials and a less expanded occiput than ones from Turkestan. Later studies confirmed that F. m. thinobia is larger in size with greyer fur and fewer markings than F. m. margarita.

Distribution and habitat
In the Arabian Peninsula, sand cats were recorded in Saudi Arabia's Mahazat as-Sayd Protected Area and in the country's Najd region. In the United Arab Emirates, sand cats were observed in the Al-Ain Region, Abu Dhabi and recorded by camera-traps in Baynouna Protected Area. A records in Oman's Umm al Samim area dates to the 1970s.

In the Near East, sand cats were radio-collared and tracked in Israel's Arabah Valley, observed in a Jordanian desert, in the central Syrian desert near Palmyra, and captured in Iraq's Najaf desert. In Iran, sand cats were recorded in sandy deserts of Abbas’abad Wildlife Reserve, Kavir National Park, Petergan Rural District, and in Sistan and Baluchestan Province.In Pakistan, sand cats were captured between the early 1960s and mid 1970s in the Chagai Hills, an extremely arid area comprising rolling sand dunes and stony plains at an elevation of about 1,200 m (3,900 ft).

In Central Asia, sand cats were captured in the east of the Karakum Desert in the early 1920s, and in the 1950s also in Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan for the fur trade. In the southern Kyzylkum Desert, sand cats were recorded by camera-traps in 2013.

Conservation
In 2003, the status of the Pakistan sand cat population was assessed as Critically Endangered during a workshop for the national 'Red List of Pakistan's Mammals'. However, a survey targeting the sand cat population in the country has not been carried out since the 1960s.

In captivity
Since the mid 1960s, sand cats were captured in Pakistan for trade and export to Europe, until the Pakistani government rejected issuing of permits in 1974. In 2013, a study revealed that the captive sand cat population kept in European zoos is descended from 18 founders.
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It is a pity that our man, who was in Oman, is in the oubliette, as it would be interesting to know if he ever encountered one in the desert there? (Unlikely I know, but not impossible as I have been lucky enough to have seen the the African wild cat in the wild)...

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#52 Post by TheGreenGoblin » Fri May 27, 2022 9:00 am

On a sadder note, our Pibblers, are of course NOT ours but belong to an ex policeman friend of my better half and his wife, who had asked us to be in loco parentis for their cats while their new house in Cambridge was being built. They are moving into the new house on the 11th June and the Pibblers are moving in with them. Both T and I have fallen totally in love with the furry fools and we will be very sorry to see them go.

I have determined to be in Germany on that dark day lest I blub and make a monocle of myself! :((
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#53 Post by ricardian » Thu Jun 09, 2022 3:31 pm

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#54 Post by ricardian » Sat Jun 11, 2022 1:20 am

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#55 Post by Undried Plum » Sat Jun 11, 2022 9:48 pm

I never saw any sand cats in Oman.

There were, however, dozens of cats in a Cairo restaurant called Felfela. They get from one side to the other along the rafters and beg very aggressively.

We had a pet cat in prison in Saudi. She was a brilliant ratter. Every prisoner had a different name for her. She thought her name was each prisoner's name and she used to try to pronounce our individual names in cat vocals. She sounded like she had a Chinese accent, but I guess they all speak like that. Sometimes I get into trouble when I imitate her pronunciation of my beloved's name. I get a cat-slapping for that.

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#56 Post by TheGreenGoblin » Sun Jun 12, 2022 6:21 am

The Pibblers depart today. :((
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#57 Post by Rwy in Sight » Sun Jun 12, 2022 6:42 am

Did they prepare you for being adopted by the next one?

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#58 Post by TheGreenGoblin » Sun Jun 12, 2022 7:43 am

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Did they prepare you for being adopted by the next one?
No, but their real owners did raise the possibility of us looking after them when they are on holiday, and if perchance they don't take to their new home in central Cambridge we do have an option on their, i.e. the cats' right, to claim us as owners... ;)))

The local thug of a tomcat, Putin, will definitely be very sad to see Lottie go, as he has tried to molest her at least 3 times, being soused twice by my water pistol. When he sees me reach for my trusty pistol he runs now.

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The Pibblers last breakfast here for now anyway!
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#59 Post by TheGreenGoblin » Sun Jun 12, 2022 2:54 pm

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#60 Post by ricardian » Sun Jun 12, 2022 4:32 pm

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