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Post by CatCreature on Sept 11, 2019 16:19:24 GMT -5
THAT IS SO CUTE, AHHH! xDD Avatar material right there, haha! She's so precious with those tricks! Smart girl! <3 Also LOL about the super glue...don't ask me, as you saw, I have faceless Dogz. xDDD They could use some too, haha!
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Post by Magica on Sept 14, 2019 11:36:57 GMT -5
Quick little update on Magnus and his little harem: Magnus still hates Lianna: His reaction after she'd gone: Got the music box out in the playpen for him to sing along to, but every time I took a picture of it, he'd startle and I'd have to wait for him to get comfy again. We moved into the family room, and I don't know what this was. He just suddenly seemed to get angry at . . . something on the mantel...? Back to the playpen with the girls (and Java, but that's for another post): Speaking of Java, he didn't produce kittens with any of Magnus' girls (*side-eyes the polysquid*), however, he seems to exude pheromones like nobody's business - or he provoked jealousy, either one. Because not only did Donna become much more affectionate with Magnus - enough to actually 'naturally' produce a kitten with him - but Java's presence pushed Jester and Whisper over the edge, and they had kittens with each other, too. (Which I suppose makes this group more of an actual polyamorous group than the other one, since none of the girls in the first polysquid have actually produced kittens together yet, despite the constant cooing and googly-eyes that goes on.) Whisper's boy, Hallows, who's a Russian Blue personality: Jester's girl, Ghostie, who's also a Russian Blue: Donna's girl, Sooti, who's a Calico personality: And Coon's boy, Biloux, who's a Bengal personality: And I thought I'd show off Magnus and Coon's last boy, because having had a proper look at him once he came out on his own, he is a stunner!! His name is Joydex, and I didn't seem to make a note anywhere of what personality he is, but I think he's a Maine Coon.
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Post by CatCreature on Sept 14, 2019 16:30:23 GMT -5
Hallows, Sooti and Joydex are SO cute!! Your gang always have the neatest kittens...but wow Joydex sure is a unique little guy!! He's absolutely stunning!! He's gonna be a heartbreaker, isn't he? xDD Look out lady Catz!!
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Post by Magica on Oct 6, 2019 17:22:07 GMT -5
Goodness, been a while since an update here (not that I'm saying it's all Java's fault, not at all...). LOTS of kitten(ish) pics: First up, Joydex. He's such a playful, unique, fluffy thing! And he taught me that catz can apparently play fetch with themselves . . . a couple of times when he had the ball in his front paws, he'd suddenly rear up and toss it away, then go bounding after it. (The last pic is the only one I managed of it, and it's a terrible shot). He also enjoyed the music box, but he was more inclined to play with it than dance to it. Next is Biloux, Joydex's younger brother. He's very similar to Joydex, just without the Bengal spots, plus he's a tad bigger (there's one of them together so you can see it). Then there's Ryan, who looks more like Magnus in these pics than I realised... He's not a trick catz, but equally, he hates the treats, too! So no hope of ever persuading him... Next is my cute Tapas, who is a trick catz. Underneath here, first pic is a flop for 'down', and her reaction to the treat afterward. Fourth pic is her begging, fifth is 'up', which was a back flip, as are sixth and seventh, which was peekaboo. Last two pictures were those huge crouch-and-leaps, which she did for both 'left' and 'right'. Next is Tanjanin, who is also not a trick catz, and who thought the treat was another toy to play with. She loved playing with the ball in the playpen, went bounding madly all over the place after it. Then she met Zuali. Strangely enough, she immediately went fleeing in terror from him, but five minutes later, all was apparently forgiven as they announced a kitten! Now this is one of the more recent kits, Robaire, from Donna. She was quite a surprise, especially since Java insisted on producing kits with the opposite colour scheme (like Abacazon, for instance)! (I may have to try and pair her with Abacazon once she's a bit older - wonder what kind of kittens they'd produce!) I had mentioned that Magnus seemed to have a final growth spurt when he hit 100 (or close to it) on the brainslider, as he'd suddenly looked taller when he came out when I swapped him into a different profile. His daughter, Lorax, obviously has the same thing, as SHE suddenly seemed much bigger when I brought her out today. (She's even a tad taller than her dad now! ) And as you can see, she still loves doing her tricks! And finally - since it is his topic after all! - a few pictures of Magnus!
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Post by Magica on Oct 13, 2019 19:45:32 GMT -5
Decided to age Magnus down a bit, just to see that extra-special preciousness. Almost immediately after I brought Magnus out, Tapas decided she wanted to come out, too. Magnus, unfortunately, was in the process of hacking up a hairball, so she patiently sat down and waited for him to finish When you're trying to play, but Mummy keeps insisting on taking pictures of you [rofl] Poor boy! He was soon distracted, though... Took him to do a bit of dressing up. Magnus is certainly not shy when it comes to telling me what he doesn't like being dressed in! Strangely enough, he was doing a weird head movement I've not seen him do before, almost like he was shaking his head every time he hated something! The sort of casual-pirate look is apparently very acceptable. The seal of approval is Magnus washing his shoulder and front leg, apparently...? One thing he didn't appreciate was me taking pics whenever he'd rolled onto his back to get the feel of something (or for whatever reason). It made him very indignant. In fact, it made him so indignant that he actually puffed up at me! Don't think he's ever done that before. Camo pants are apparently a no-no, no matter what colour they are... He did enjoy the psychedelic trousers . . . and that head tilt he did just about killed me with how adorable it was
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Post by Magica on Nov 5, 2019 18:27:43 GMT -5
In the words of the Italian restaurant chef guy in Lady and the Tramp, "hey, look - Magnus, he got a new girlfriend!" Technically, even considering the dynamics of his little harem, he isn't cheating. It happened like this... On Sunday morning, my laptop crashed. Like, complete system, forgot-it-has-an-operating-system kind of crash. (Ironically, I bought that laptop to replace this old one I'm using because I was worried that was going to suffer a complete crash in its near future.) Of course, my major worry was the fact that almost all of my 'interesting' and keeper petz were born in the new laptop . . . and they included Java's kits, Beans, Crescenda, Abacazon; the kittens Cres and Aba had (with other catz, not each other); Tanjanin, and - most disastrously - Magnus and his entire family!! Donna, Joydex, Noble, Lorax, Ryan, Tapas, all gone... But, thankfully, my precious little king hadn't disappeared off into the black hole of cyberspace. To my still never-ending relief, I had a copy of his file attached to a draft email. I almost cried when I was able to bring him out to play, seeing him there safe. I took the laptop into the shop today for them to attempt to pull the data off it, so hopefully I'll get the rest of the family back, too. *showers Magnus with virtual kisses in the meantime*
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Post by Meer on Nov 10, 2019 21:02:11 GMT -5
Oh no! Computer crashes are so awful! My condolences. I've lost so much stuff in computer crashes over the years. I try to back things up regularly but I'm so lazy and forgetful. I'm so sorry about all the petz that were on that computer. I really hope they can be retrieved! But I'm so relieved that Magnus is safe! I have loved reading about all his adventures! It is what inspired me to spend more time with my petz and write my huge posts about my new petz. It's' all because Magnus is so awesome!
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Post by Thor on Nov 14, 2019 22:51:22 GMT -5
OH NOOOO!! I hope they can save the babies :'( I'm sad to hear this!
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Post by Magica on Dec 1, 2019 16:10:13 GMT -5
I'll do a proper post with pictures and explanations tomorrow, but for now.....
I HAVE THEM BACK!!!!!!!!
They are all safe and sound and wonderful and working and GORGEOUS!!
I almost had a heart attack at how long it took Petz to load up their profile, but it worked - all of them are back! *sobs in relief*
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Post by commander on Dec 2, 2019 22:19:47 GMT -5
Happy to hear that you saved them all!
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Post by Magica on Dec 3, 2019 17:43:57 GMT -5
Okay, the promised post . . . a very LONG post. And don't feel you have to read the explanation stuff at the top, either. If you want to skip that, feel free. So, I took the old crashed laptop into the shop to see if they could pull the data off. A day or so later, they call me and say yes, they can. Between the service itself and the drive to put the data on, it costs me almost £140 but I think those petz are worth it. Except . . . When I get home and start searching the drive, instead of giving me a .pet file, searching for their names just gives me hundreds (if not thousands) of XML files. Obviously, that's no good to me. At that point, I'm awaiting delivery of a new operating system disc (which is a whole 'nuther tale in itself), so the drive and the laptop sit and wait for a bit. A week or so later, it suddenly occurs to me that the only problem with accessing the data is with the computer - obviously the data is still accessible on the hard drive itself, it's just that the laptop doesn't have a way to access it. So, I think to myself, what about taking the hard drive out of the laptop, and using it as an external drive on another computer? Now, I know nothing about the inner workings of computers, so I ask the IT person at one of the places I volunteer. He's not quite sure whether it can be done, but says he'll ask a friend of his as well, and takes the laptop with him. About a week later, he comes back and says his friend doesn't know how to do that, so he can't help. So after a couple of days stewing over this, I take to everyone's friends - Google and YouTube. They are actually helpful, and show me roughly what I need to do and what I need to get it working. Another few days to get the part, and I (very carefully) take the plunge. I manage to extract the drive and get it set up to be attached as an external drive. Success! I think. But when I plug it into this current laptop, it tells me that the drive needs to be formatted before it can be used. And obviously, if I format it, I wipe the data off, which is not what I'm aiming for here. After a couple of minutes' bitter disappointment, it suddenly hits me: the drive says it needs to be formatted. I can use a data recovery programme on it to get the data off! And several tedious hours later . . . voila! Complete petz files, all present and correct. Everyone safe and sound and back where they belong. And they are all staying safely on that drive now so that I don't run the risk of losing them all again. I foresee a lot of backing up files in my future! And after all that . . . kitties! Magnus and his new family (that could be interesting, introducing the two 'harems' to each other!) This is Tokay, who I bought from Meer on PUGS. When she came out for the first time, Magnus glared at her for a solid thirty seconds, until I thought the fur was going to fly. But then he apparently was overcome by her charms, and fell in love! I can't actually remember that kitten's name (and, ironically enough, Tokay managed to corrupt herself, but - thankfully - I'd already backed up the profile just before that, so kitten is still safe on the spare drive, I just need to get around to putting her back in). This is Gimbol, Mag's kitten with Starry Night. He's such a funny little thing! I also thought I'd try Magnus with the three Buntu/Jojo/Tabster girls that Java fell in love with, just for the heck of it. Below is Talira, but the kitten I love best is Gobi, who was from Sahara. Oddly enough, Magnus seems to like the new offspring. Usually he hates his children... (Maybe he realised the others were gone...?)
(Halfway through - kudos to those still reading ) Tapas: Crescenda: Abacazon: Beans: Biloux: Joydex: Lorax: Ryan: (who taught me that petz can take toys with them when they climb the walls and ceiling. I did not know that!) And, last but definitely not least, Tanjanin: (who also decided to show me her skill at climbing the walls whilst holding a toy)
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Post by Meer on Dec 11, 2019 20:16:51 GMT -5
You got them all back! What a relief! Sounds like it was a lot of work, but well worth it. I'm so glad Magnus' family is safe. A reminder to us all to remember to back up often. And Tokay, yay! A pet from me being shown off, that makes me so happy! I feel honored that a pet from me has joined Magnus's large harem, hehe! And so many pretty new kittens. Crescenda and Tanjanin are my favorites, they are really cute.
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Post by Arie on Dec 28, 2019 9:46:17 GMT -5
WOW look at Crescenda, what a precious little thing!
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Post by CatCreature on Dec 28, 2019 23:40:12 GMT -5
WOW I can't believe I missed that dramatic twist!! I don't remember seeing the posts about you nearly losing them...oh my gosh!! I'm so glad they're all safe and sound!! You really do sound a lot like me...willing to do whatever it takes to keep those Petz safe. I've had my share of crashes and lots of puzzle solving to try and figure out a way to ensure my Petz are safe...and now they're copied over various computers and hard drives from sheer paranoia xDD What can I say...we just love our babies!! I'm so glad you were able to figure it out!!
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Post by Magica on Dec 31, 2019 18:27:19 GMT -5
CatCreature , I was absolutely determined that I was not going to give up until I'd exhausted every last possibility that I could think of to get them back. Cost me a fortune and was an absolute pain, but it's worth it in the end to have them back. They are safely stored on another drive now (and it needs updating again soon - why must I breed so many?!), and I think some of them will be attached to draft emails like Magnus was. Arie , yep, Crescenda is a sweet, precious little Oshie . . . until another female appears in her turf I had her in with Magnus and two hexies from the WW advent (one male and one female). Everyone got on like a house on fire - except for Cres and the other girl. Cres hated her and was forever scrapping with her. Goodness knows where she got that temper from, since her father Java was a rather obvious lover, not a fighter Meer , pics of Tokay's kitten Necterine - and I'm seriously considering renaming her to Tangerine, because I can not stop calling her that! She's not the latest kit; those are due to leave the mums next time I bring them out, so they'll have a proper photoshoot introduction tomorrow at some point. (And there's that word "tomorrow" again. I never actually manage anything "tomorrow"...) And, of course, Magnus, with the first two pics including Alby, the female hexie Crescenda didn't like:
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