Changed my avatar
By ElicBxn
@ElicBxn (64169)
United States
December 13, 2021 10:34pm CST
I had the picture below as my avatar since I started on this site. I lost Oliver in 2017 and Rygel in 2018. I was getting sad looking at my lost babies, so I changed it to one of my current cats.
The picture is of Heidi. She's 9 years old and our 3rd oldest cat, but I love that tongue!
I'll have to start trying to catch a good shot of one of the younger cats now...
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@ElicBxn (64169)
• United States
16 Dec 21
@ihasaquestion so do I, probably because I'm pretty weird too...
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@ElicBxn (64169)
• United States
16 Dec 21
@Babino well, Elizabeth is the oldest at 13, she is completely feral, but has been inside the house since she was 6-8 weeks old. Sparky is the next oldest, he was found in a car engine and his full name is Spark Plug. Heidi, my avatar, is 9, she was thrown out a car out in the country. Happily they stopped and they stopped near some houses, however, the owners of said houses all had big dogs known to attack cats. One of them knew my now wife and asked if we could take her. Opal was brought to my door at 4 days old on a dirty emoji pillow by a couple of tweenie boys who asked if she were my cat - well, she is now. Onyx was adopted from a PetSmart in hopes she and Opal would be friends... nope. Boris was at the Austin Animal Shelter, with his name, and I thought he was beautiful and my wife was depressed... he came home with us. Finally, Teeny was found by a man named Justin at his job. He had big dogs at home, the job had 2 busy highways nearby and the shelter in the town was a high kill shelter. We named her Justine after him, but we call her Teeny.
As a collective noun we call them "Brats" but only Heidi is "The Brat."
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@ElusiveButterfly (45941)
• United States
14 Dec 21
I understand your reasoning for changing the pic. I come across pics of my pets that crossed over and it tugs my heart.
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@ElusiveButterfly (45941)
• United States
18 Dec 21
@ElicBxn I have only had at the most 3 cats at a time. Thankfully they went outside in the warmer months. Scooping the little boxes isn't fun.
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@BarBaraPrz (51837)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
14 Dec 21
Not seeing your new avatar.
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@BarBaraPrz (51837)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
14 Dec 21
@ElicBxn I see it now but it wasn't showing for me before.
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@kaylachan (84823)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
14 Dec 21
Hopefully they stay still long enough to allow you to.
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@changjiangzhibin89 (17243)
• China
14 Dec 21
Yes,the old picture is a painful reminder for you.Heidi is cute too !
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@JESSY3236 (22244)
• United States
14 Dec 21
cute picture. One of my cats has been sick. I'm hoping he is better today.
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