Pics and vids: Mir on demolished chair

Marina wrote in
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outsider wrote:
What meat(s) do you feed her? You feed it bones and all correct? I
worry about the brothers teeth down the line and have read that
chomping on whole raw meat is good for teeth as they scrape the meat
from the bone.

I don't give her bone. It's difficult to even find meat on the bone in
the shops here. The complement pills I give her contain calcium, among
a lot of other nutrients, and luckily she likes them (the only product
specifically manufactured for cats, which she will eat).

I had her teeth cleaned this spring, because I thought she might be on
a hunger strike because of them, but the vet said she didn't really
need it. We did it anyway, since she hadn't eaten in several days. It
was her first dental, and not a necessary one, as it turned out.

Caliban, who is younger, but who also sometimes eats tinned food or
even kibble, has had to have a couple of dentals already. It seems to
me that the meat (given in large enough chunks that they have to work
on them) keeps their teeth in better shape.

Mainly, I give them beef. If I find organic pork, I get them that.
Turkey once a month or so. I used to buy chicken wings with the bone
in, but they made such a mess with them. For some reason, Caliban had
to drag his chicken wing around the flat, dipping it in the water bowl
and dragging it along the floor (ah, channelling Nikki I think) before
he would start gnawing on it while growling all the time. He would
invariably leave a messy, bloody, half-eaten chicken wing somewhere
for me to step on (the only thing he hasn't hoovered up in seconds).



I think one effect of the meat is that is does not stick to the teeth as
much as the canned food so it is not just the bones that help but I had
not considered the mess which I think my guys might also make. Maybe I
will give them something as a treat and see how it goes.

Marina wrote:
I have an old chair that Frank and Nikki started working on years ago to
make it into a proper cat chair - i.e. ripping it to shreds. Caliban has
continued the project to this day. I usually drape a bedspread over the
chair to hide the destruction, but today I decided to wash the
bedspread. Ultra-conservative and anti-any change, Miranda has been
sitting on it and pawing at the sides, obviously displeased that the
bedspread is gone. Then she settled down for a wash.

Here's some video of my skinny girl and the chair:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXpnDOi1jU0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKyDQq39cx8

And some pics:

http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o...8/IMG_0862.jpg

http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o...8/IMG_0864.jpg

http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o...8/IMG_0869.jpg


Great pics!
Best wishes,
Polonca and Soncek