Pet photos

Did somebody say pet photos? :P
We have a bit of a menagerie- one cat (silver/cream patched tabby, my other half's)

Two rabbits (dwarf lops, mine)

A royal python (pastel, mine)

And the latest addition- baby San Luis Potosi kingsnake (mine)

Re. original photo, I wouldn't walk a cat on a collar lead- they could wriggle out of it in a nanosecond (or choke themselves panicking at something and trying to escape). Harnesses all the way. O_o

When I lived with my parents our 3 cats used to come walking with me on the field behind our house, but they came of their own accord so we didn't have any kind of leash for them. I had the old boy on a leash for a few trips but he didn't enjoy the walk as much and I stopped after a while- he was too decrepit to be safe coming along without one.

He was essentially blind- partly cataracts, partly a head injury he sustained before we got him (we rescued him off the street near our house, we think he'd been hit deliberately from the nature of the injury and his behaviour around humans carrying objects) and also had dementia so he'd often get lost and forget where he was- he even did it in the house. Used to go behind the sofa then forget how to get out and just meow until someone rescued him. Quite happy most of the time though, loved playing with toys more than the young pair and he could distinguish light and dark so he'd sit for ages in front of anything that glowed (the electric fire, the electric iron) and purr at it. We gave him a good few years' retirement he wouldn't have had.

Did somebody say pet photos? :P
We have a bit of a menagerie- one cat (silver/cream patched tabby, my other half's)

Two rabbits (dwarf lops, mine)

A royal python (pastel, mine)

And the latest addition- baby San Luis Potosi kingsnake (mine)

Re. original photo, I wouldn't walk a cat on a collar lead- they could wriggle out of it in a nanosecond (or choke themselves panicking at something and trying to escape). Harnesses all the way. O_o

When I lived with my parents our 3 cats used to come walking with me on the field behind our house, but they came of their own accord so we didn't have any kind of leash for them. I had the old boy on a leash for a few trips but he didn't enjoy the walk as much and I stopped after a while- he was too decrepit to be safe coming along without one.

He was essentially blind- partly cataracts, partly a head injury he sustained before we got him (we rescued him off the street near our house, we think he'd been hit deliberately from the nature of the injury and his behaviour around humans carrying objects) and also had dementia so he'd often get lost and forget where he was- he even did it in the house. Used to go behind the sofa then forget how to get out and just meow until someone rescued him. Quite happy most of the time though, loved playing with toys more than the young pair and he could distinguish light and dark so he'd sit for ages in front of anything that glowed (the electric fire, the electric iron) and purr at it. We gave him a good few years' retirement he wouldn't have had.

Kingsnake pic didn't take- try again!