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catbyte

(34,374 posts) Sat Sep 25, 2021, 01:44 PM Sep 2021

Spicy Cat Learns To Ask For Rubs

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Spicy Cat Learns To Ask For Rubs (Original Post) catbyte Sep 2021 OP

Like Grandpa Mason at Tiny Kittens! tblue37 Sep 2021 #1

You beat me to it. 3catwoman3 Sep 2021 #2

Of course, Gpa Mason never did accept petting except when Shelly used the Trojan Kitten technique. tblue37 Sep 2021 #3

I know the amputated ear tip is much easier to see... 3catwoman3 Sep 2021 #4

My feral stray that I adopted 7 years ago is notched. In fact, I didn't realize at first tblue37 Sep 2021 #5

tblue37

(65,336 posts)

1. Like Grandpa Mason at Tiny Kittens!

Reply to catbyte (Original post)

Sat Sep 25, 2021, 01:51 PM

Sep 2021

3catwoman3

(23,973 posts)

2. You beat me to it.

Reply to tblue37 (Reply #1)

Sat Sep 25, 2021, 02:02 PM

Sep 2021

GMTA - even the same wording!

tblue37

(65,336 posts)

3. Of course, Gpa Mason never did accept petting except when Shelly used the Trojan Kitten technique.

Reply to 3catwoman3 (Reply #2)

Sat Sep 25, 2021, 02:04 PM

Sep 2021

3catwoman3

(23,973 posts)

4. I know the amputated ear tip is much easier to see...

Reply to tblue37 (Reply #3)

Sat Sep 25, 2021, 02:10 PM

Sep 2021

…from afar when the TNR folks are assessing strays, but it looks so awful. I much prefer the notched approach. Couldn’t they just make the notches bigger?

tblue37

(65,336 posts)

5. My feral stray that I adopted 7 years ago is notched. In fact, I didn't realize at first

Reply to 3catwoman3 (Reply #4)

Sat Sep 25, 2021, 02:18 PM

Sep 2021

that he was a TNR, because I had never seen notched rather than tipped. Text

I am glad, though, that my parlor panther's beauty is not marred by a missing ear tip.

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