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  1. Norachan

    The Forest Cat

    My dear friends, it breaks my heart to be here again posting another Bridge thread so soon after the last one. I have to tell you all that our beloved Forest Cat is no longer with us. I found Forest Cat almost ten years ago. We were driving along a road that leads down through the woods when I...
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    Japanese Macaques.

    It's snow season here in Japan and Mr Husband is spending a lot of his free time snowboarding. A few weeks ago he went to a ski resort in Nagano. It's famous for it's slopes, but also for it's bathing monkeys. View from the top of the ski slope. A volcanic hot spring. Monkeys in their bath...
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    A Cat Called Carpet.

    We lost our little Carpet on January 25th. She was the second cat to leave us this month. When I first started doing TNR and taking care of the feral cats in my neighbourhood there seemed to be an endless stream of cats that needed help and kittens that needed rehoming. Now all of those kittens...
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    My Blue Eyed Boy

    Albert was a kitten I rescued from a feral colony. If he had lived he would have turned 11 this year, but I lost Albert a few days ago. Albert and his sister Sophie turned up at my house because I was feeding all the strays in the neighbourhood. I had TNR'd most of the colony, but the female...
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    Toby. Still Struggling To Understand

    We lost our ginger boy, Toby, the other day. He'd been with us for almost nine years. I don't know where he came from. Someone obviously noticed that I was taking care of the neighbourhood cats and left him on my door step. He was tiny, but very friendly and let me pick him up and take him...
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    My Dear Old Susy

    Susy was one of the first feral cats I rescued when I moved into the area I live in. She showed up one spring, very skinny and very pregnant, and was keen to make friends with anyone who would feed her. I only had one cat at that time, so it made sense for me to start feeding Susy too. Shortly...
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    Semi Feral Cat. FIV and Renal Failure.

    Does anyone have any experience of dealing with renal failure in FIV cats? Albert, in my banner below, is a 9 year old cat that came from a colony I TNR'd. He was neutered at around 8 or 9 months old, blood tested negative for FIV and FeLV then and was given his core vaccines. Always been very...
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    Marley, Prince of Ferals.

    We lost our sweet, shy, cross-eyed guy Marley to kidney failure yesterday. We knew it was coming, but it's still such a hard thing to have to accept. Marley was one of a litter of three feral kittens born near my home in 2012. I was trying to get all the neighbourhood cats TNR'd and had been...
  9. Norachan

    The Mu's Tale

    It breaks my heart to have to start a thread here for The Mu. She was my oldest cat, my first rescue, my constant companion for the past 13 years. The Mu's tale starts when I lived in Hokuriku, the North West part of Japan. I first saw her hanging around outside the apartment building I lived...
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    Could he be a black smoke tabby?

    Hello, I'd love to hear your opinions on Frank. He was found without a mother or siblings, so I have no idea what the rest of his family look like. I was wondering if he might be a black smoke tabby.
  11. Norachan

    Question Of The Day. Sunday 30th of January.

    First, a reminder that we're looking for someone to take over doing Sunday's QOTD. If you're interested please PM me. :) Today's Question: Do you collect anything? How long have you been collecting? How big is your collection? I try not to collect things because I'm constantly trying to...
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    Question of The Day. Sunday 23rd of January

    First question: Would anyone like to take over Sunday's Question of The Day thread? Please send me a PM if you are interested. :) Second question; What are you reading these days? I'm reading Love In The Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez. It's a good one, although the male characters...
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    Question of The Day. Sunday 16th of January

    What do you like to splurge on? I'm very careful with money when it comes to buying clothes. I try not to buy anything unless I really need it and I always shop around for a bargain. When it comes to hair and skin care products it's another story. If there is anything new on the shelves...
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    Question of The Day. Sunday 9th of January

    It's very cold here today and I've just made myself a cup of hot chai with extra ginger and a big dollop of honey. What's your favourite drink for this time of year? I like chai and tea and a glass of red wine every now and then. White wine is more of a summer drink, but red feels right in the...
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    Question of The Day. Sunday 2nd of January.

    Hello, and Happy New Year. It's the Year of The Tiger. Tiger people are brave, competitive, unpredictable, and confident and are supposed to face many challenges in 2022. But it's also a great year to get married. :flail: Do you know what your Chinese Horoscope is? What does 2022 have in...
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    The 2022 Exercise Motivation Thread.

    This is the thread where we discuss our exercise routines, post pictures and encourage each other to be more active. Everyone welcome! Regular exercisers and New Year's Resolution exercisers alike. :hyper::hyper::hyper::hyper::hyper::hyper::hyper::hyper:
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    Question of The Day. Sunday December 26th

    Hello, welcome to the whoops I nearly forgot version of Sunday's QOTD. :wave3: Please excuse me for being late. This time of year is always so busy. What do you have to get done before the end of the year? I have to clean the house, go shopping, do a huge load of laundry, answer messages...
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    Question of The Day. Sunday 19th of December

    Good morning. It's so cold here today. The temperature got down to minus 10 C last night. I woke up at 5 am and turned all the heaters on, but it took until midday before the indoor temperature got above 12 C. All my cats are huddled together in a big furry pile and I'm wearing double layers of...
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    Question of The Day. Sunday 12th of December.

    Good morning. :dancingblackcat: After you've made sure you have all the necessities for life: Oxygen, water, food, Wi-Fi, warmth, a place to shelter and all that, what little luxuries do you consider essential? For me it's moisturizers. I need face creams, hand creams, lip creams, body...
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    Question of The Day. Sunday 5th of December

    Only 20 days until Christmas! What was the worst Christmas gift you ever received? I don't mean to sound ungrateful, but I was once given a cookery book by a friend who knows me really well. Well enough to know that I don't cook. It was a book of Asian food recipes, which I'm sure were lovely...
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