Its not what it seems....!

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None of this is as it seems,I have just been told that this year I am taking over from big bruv Merlyn & doing the xmas tombola for the cats that don't have super homes yet & yesterday mum got in a panic,she kept muttering about lots to do & lots of things to get wrapped up with not many weeks to do it in so here we are starting to get prepared,little & often & we will get there with my help of course,you see my paw can come in very handy to hold the paper because she forgot to cut the sticky stuff & they try to make out we make things hard for them,well I ask you,might have done while I was a young lad but since I grew up,well thats different,could all change though.........

Haha Jackie, lovely pics, your cats always look like they've just had a good brush, puts me to shame...!
Looking forward to seeing pics of the Xmas tombola with one of your lads doing his job and lapping up the admiration x

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Originally Posted by Howlinbob

Haha Jackie, lovely pics, your cats always look like they've just had a good brush, puts me to shame...!

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Hi Louisa,feel no shame Shimba hasn't had a brush near his coat since the show nearly three weeks ago & because we are doing some DIY around the house at the moment I haven't even given him or any of the others their quick going over with the slicker brush so thats two of us not doing coat duty ....!

Blimey Jackie doesn't look like he's not been brushed for that long, he must be naturally good-looking!

Monty won't let me near him with the comb, I can only get away with it when he's fast asleep but even then I have only a small window of opportunity before he's on to me *sigh*! It was much easier when he was little. Very highly-strung creature. He does manage to keep himself knot-free apart from a couple of knots on his chest which we are just going to have to live with. But he looks like such a scruff...nothing that just a little comb wouldn't sort out...Monty, come here!! Might have to start bribing him with prawns.

I can just imagine Monty disappearing into the beyond with you still waving a comb behind him in one hand & a prawn{king size of course in the other}bless.....
Thats where I have found the slicker a big help,for some reason they think it is a back scratcher & both Bruce & Welly push their head right into it so by having them laying around in different spots & just picking them up & giving them a quick flick for some reason they don't associate it with grooming,just hasn't happened recently with other things going on. I think with Shimba having a pretty short coat on top works to his benefit,just wish he would grow a ruff even if I did have to comb it daily....!

That's interesting Jackie, I actually have a slicker brush but tend not to use it because it doesn't go all the way through the coat. But it would certainly spruce them up. I'll give it a try! :)

At last have managed to get everything wrapped now starting the next bit of Shimbas tombola,rolling the tickets & tucking them into bits of straws,takes a while but adds to the fun on the day,just think it is going to take longer than usual with two certain boys around.....!Attachment 4374Attachment 4375Attachment 4376Attachment 4377

Aww look at those 2 lovely lads trying to help!!
Wonder how many of the little straws ended up on the floor? You might be finding them under the furniture for weeks to come!
But would we have it any other way?

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Originally Posted by Howlinbob

Aww look at those 2 lovely lads trying to help!!
Wonder how many of the little straws ended up on the floor? You might be finding them under the furniture for weeks to come!
But would we have it any other way?

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You were peeking Howlinbob otherwise I am sure you wouldn't know about the straws on the floor & yes you are right,wouldn't have it any other way
but I did get more done in the few minutes the boys went to see what the OH was doing than in the hour they were helping..not....! x

They wanted to help you Jackie :) And I get 3 piccies of a certain Welly xx

I think Shimba's tombola will be sold out in a very short time, who could possibly resist...

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Poor Shimba,I took this photo before the sale got under way then he went & laid on his grooming table like a good boy & put up with cuddles & kisses for nearly four hours & I didn't take any more ,not that it would have been easy to have got my cat back to have done it anyway,he was loved by young & old alike,one lady came up with her friend & said he looked fierce would he bite so I just answered "of course he will"luckily her friend caught on & said well I don't care I want a cuddle & walked up to him & got headbutts & purrs,it was great to see the other ladies face,she did then brave him.He done very well helping knock the straws that people had picked out onto the floor which kept the customers fit bending down to pick them up & he didn't bring many left over prizes home so I think we have to say his first fund raising event was a success....
Have been out this evening with the lady who runs our branch of Cats Protection & she reckons next year we should have a donation box next to him & people have to put something in before they are allowed to cuddle,if today was anything to go by it should do well.

Shimba having his own little "snogging booth" may have to pay a visit. Now if Welly runs one I'm booking him for an hour. Well done on the fund raiser. I might have to call on your services for the Norwich event soon xx

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Originally Posted by catslave

Shimba having his own little "snogging booth" may have to pay a visit. Now if Welly runs one I'm booking him for an hour. Well done on the fund raiser. I might have to call on your services for the Norwich event soon xx

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Cor Welly could have sore lips after that session......!
Whats happening in Norwich...?

Trying to raise funds for "Cats In Care" and set it up as a proper charity. We've got a stall on the Haymarket in December. Did one last week and raised £300 which doesn't go very far with food, litter, vet bills, spaying etc. The lady who runs it is funding most of it herself at the moment and is not working so ....... xx