Changed my avatar

@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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15 Dec 21
She is just so cute..
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@ElicBxn (64169)
• United States
15 Dec 21
Heidi
She is cute, a little weird, but she's quite the cat...
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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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16 Dec 21
@ElicBxn Weird is good, I like.
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@Babino (5756)
• Morocco
15 Dec 21
So cute, all of them. How many cats do you own ?
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@ElicBxn (64169)
• United States
15 Dec 21
I have 7 cats now.
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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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@Babino (5756)
• Morocco
16 Dec 21
@ElicBxn Woaah amazing !! What do you call them ?
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• 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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• 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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@ElicBxn (64169)
• United States
19 Dec 21
@ElusiveButterfly no it isn't
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@BarBaraPrz (51837)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
14 Dec 21
Not seeing your new avatar.
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@ElicBxn (64169)
• United States
14 Dec 21
It is the little square picture, like your smiling kitten
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@ElicBxn (64169)
• United States
14 Dec 21
@BarBaraPrz what was it showing?
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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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@LadyDuck (502653)
• Italy
14 Dec 21
Oliver and Rygel were beautiful, but I understand seeing their photo makes you sad.
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@ElicBxn (64169)
• United States
14 Dec 21
And they were good cats and I've been changing my picture all over now
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@Faster16 (3248)
• Indonesia
15 Dec 21
it's a cute cat
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@ElicBxn (64169)
• United States
15 Dec 21
She is cute, she's 9 now
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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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@ElicBxn (64169)
• United States
14 Dec 21
Well, the youngest hasn't hit 6 months old yet, so she's a busy body yet. Boris, the next youngest is 3, then the other two are 4
• China
14 Dec 21
Yes,the old picture is a painful reminder for you.Heidi is cute too !
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@ElicBxn (64169)
• United States
14 Dec 21
She is cute, not so much when she's licking and kneading...
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@Shavkat (141905)
• Philippines
14 Dec 21
They are so cute.
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@ElicBxn (64169)
• United States
14 Dec 21
The big picture is my old avatar, the kitten is Oliver and the white eared cat is Rygel
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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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@ElicBxn (64169)
• United States
14 Dec 21
I hope so too. A very good friend lost one of her kitties, actually one of her younger cats at 13, on Friday.
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@Icydoll (36713)
• India
14 Dec 21
It's good to change when you feel sad .nice Avatar there
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@ElicBxn (64169)
• United States
14 Dec 21
Yeah, Oliver and Rygel were good, but now I have Heidi sticking her tongue out
@Janet357 (75638)
14 Dec 21
Am just wondering if cats have longer life than dogs.
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@ElicBxn (64169)
• United States
14 Dec 21
They live about the same, Boe, my old dog now is 13.