Pet Portraits - please post them here

[Jim B.]

From same litter,name is Mimi and she is a sealpoint Ragdoll.

[ScoutR]

Now for critters who aren't Dogs & Cats...

This is Foamy the Squirrel,

I was wondering if squirrels would count as pets. I feed one (and her friends) at my place. She comes when I call, she lets me know if I'm late with the food, and I have to clean up after her. Seems a lot like my cats except the cats don't come when I call them.

Great shot.

[ScoutR]

RIP Kady & Cody Dobermann - gone, but never forgotten

Sorry. They are beautiful. So intense, but very gentle looking.

Wendy

[ScoutR]

Nikon Coolpix E2500: 1/283s f/4.8 at 16.8mm iso100 (July 2003 on point 'n' shoot jpg)

Claiming his territory with a mighty roar?

[ScoutR]

Our male bluepoint Ragdoll.4 years old and he weighs in at a hefty 25lb.

That is a big cat. He wears it well though, or did you photoshop him to make him look slimmer. I had not heard of Ragdoll cats before seeing your shots. They are very striking cats with those amazing blue eyes. That coat looks like high maintenance though.

Wendy

[Sahil]

Wow! You all have lovely pets

Here is my Budgie, Wall-E

[Petracsr]

Wow! This is gonna be my favourite thread!
What a nice, quiet dog there! (Labra??)

Yes, he's a 2-year-old lab. Great dog. Puts up with a lot

[Petracsr]

David, Tracker has such a sweet face!

[Jim B.]

That is a big cat. He wears it well though, or did you photoshop him to make him look slimmer. I had not heard of Ragdoll cats before seeing your shots. They are very striking cats with those amazing blue eyes. That coat looks like high maintenance though.

Wendy

Hi Wendy,

Ragdolls(a cross between Burmen and Persian cats) are the second largest breed.I think the Maine Coon is the largest.
The Ragdolls don't have an undercoat,so their fur doesn't get matted.Very easy to take care of.Brush them twice a week and they're good to go.

Jim

[ScoutR]

Wow! You all have lovely pets

Here is my Budgie, Wall-E

Pretty Boy. I had budgies for pets when I was young (and rabbits and mice and hamsters and guiena pigs and dogs and cats). The budgies used to like looking in the mirror and we would train them to say "Pretty Boy" or Pretty Girl. I guess the Pretty Boy thing wouldn't go over to well these days.

My Grandmother raised budgies, there were so many different colours and they seemed quite easy to train.
Do you have more than Wall-E. I seem to remember a post of yours with a blue budgie.

Wendy

[Sahil]

WOW! Wendy you really got a good memory! Yes, This Wall-E has an Eva, too Will post their pic together soon. They kind of get scared looking at the HUGE lens. P&S was ok for them

[Sahil]

And I haven't given my budgies any mirror because that ways they fall in love with themselves and ignore their mate and don't socialise, making their training difficult. It takes lots of patience to teach them to speak.

[ScoutR]

And I haven't given my budgies any mirror because that ways they fall in love with themselves and ignore their mate and don't socialise, making their training difficult. It takes lots of patience to teach them to speak.

Ahh, very interesting I didn't know that about the mirrors. I only had 1 at a time so no harm done I guess.

At this stage of my life I doubt I would have the patience to train them to speak. When I was young though, it seemed pretty easy. They were always on my shoulder or somewhere close when I was at home, and I was talking to them all the time.

[ScoutR]

Ragdolls(a cross between Burmen and Persian cats) are the second largest breed.I think the Maine Coon is the largest.

I think we have some Maine Coon cats at the forum too. Hope to see them again in this thread, and more of Willie and Mimi.

The Ragdolls don't have an undercoat,so their fur doesn't get matted.Very easy to take care of.Brush them twice a week and they're good to go.

Excellent! I had a domestic longhair (adopted from the pound so I don't know specific breed) a few years back - before the digital age so I don't have any shots to post. She had an undercoat and did not like being combed AT ALL which caused a lot of trouble for both of us. We worked it out though.

[Sahil]

My budgies don't come to me when they are out of their cage, as yet! Well the trick is to record what you want your budgies to speak and play it near them. They will give up and start speaking what you want them to

[Steaphany]

Wendy,

Foamy, just like your Squirrel neighbor that you provide food for, should be considered more as people who just happen to not be human.

Foamy is a rescue that a friend of mine became mommy to after a Dog attacked their nest. The siblings didn't survive and Foamy was so young that her eyes hadn't yet formed. My friend raised her and she is just as wild, technically referring to her capability of making her own decisions, as any Squirrel you'd see in a park. Except Foamy knows nothing of other Squirrels, she can not stand the wilds of out doors, a breeze coming in through the window upsets her, and she believes my friend is her mommy. She has a cage to keep her safe and out of trouble.

Apart from being a bit obcessive/compulsive about all nuts being her's, Foamy is a Squirrel raised and educated to a civilized life

[Sahil]

Hey Steaphany, Your squirrel is very cute. I have always wondered if its possible to tame one. But I guess not!


PS:- Saw your galleries. Liked your Time lapse shots. Pretty neat!

[carregwen]

Who is responsible for starting this stupid thread where we have to drag out all our embarrassing shots, eh? Who was it?

Delete this thread or I'll post some more...

Penguin on parade

[ScoutR]

ROFL sorry can't talk... too funny... did he fall over backwards lol

[Overread]

Ohh a PET thread! Where to start where to start!
Probably should start with the boss;


http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4002/...ea8c85df_o.jpg

Heidi (I think I spelt that right) in one of her more docile moments (it lasted all of 2 mins!) and being tormented by someone with a hat and scarf. Really would like to get one of her in the garden like this, but she wasn't up for the idea