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« Reply #33 on: October 01, 2009, 22:24:50 PM »
I think that they have large ears but big is beautiful Lu and Riley :Luv:

My Dave also has huge ears! I thought he's grow into them as they were enormous when he was a baby but they grew with him :evillaugh: The only thing proportionate to his ears is his belly :evillaugh:

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« Reply #32 on: October 01, 2009, 20:11:49 PM »
Glad Riley's ear hiding antics have made people laugh  :)

Riley has biggish ears and Lucas has average size ears imo  ;D ;D  They're still young, so Riley might grow into his a bit more as he matures!

I hope they've stopped growing - they're 2 1/2 now! Riley's a massive cat, I can't hold him like a normal cat (with your hand under their back feet) and that's with his front feet and chest over my shoulder. Hmmn, maybe that means I have short arms though  :evillaugh:

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« Reply #31 on: October 01, 2009, 17:13:47 PM »
Riley has biggish ears and Lucas has average size ears imo  ;D ;D  They're still young, so Riley might grow into his a bit more as he matures!

Mosi has big ears and Jaffa has normal ones  ;D

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« Reply #30 on: October 01, 2009, 14:04:23 PM »
Yes, I think that photo of Riley covering his ears has set us all off laughing  :rofl: :Luv2: :hug:

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« Reply #29 on: October 01, 2009, 12:43:50 PM »
The cat in the hat strikes back !!!  :evillaugh:

All those cats are gorgeous - & after all, you wouldnt reject a cat if he or she had NO ears, would you ?  :Luv2:

Or even - FOUR ears !!! :wow:
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« Reply #28 on: October 01, 2009, 08:57:03 AM »
Riley looks like a very wealthy Arabian prince to me, change his name to Shar  :rofl:

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« Reply #27 on: October 01, 2009, 08:55:55 AM »
I have just literally splutter my tea all over my computer looking at Riley's latest photo  :rofl:

I always thought that Max had pretty big radar ears  :Luv2:


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« Reply #26 on: October 01, 2009, 07:06:12 AM »
Poor Riley has been given a complex...

Here he is literally minutes ago trying to hide his shamefully large ears  :naughty:



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« Reply #25 on: October 01, 2009, 06:17:08 AM »
Have you met my Elias, now HE has big ears, then again, I think he's half oriental.

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« Reply #24 on: October 01, 2009, 03:42:59 AM »
That pic is mad looking! If that hat fits...... :rofl:

Big ears....Why all the better to hear you with my dear!  :Luv2:

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« Reply #23 on: October 01, 2009, 01:42:57 AM »
Poor Riley has been given a complex...

Here he is literally minutes ago trying to hide his shamefully large ears  :naughty:



that has just made me laugh so much  :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

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« Reply #22 on: October 01, 2009, 00:38:19 AM »
Poor Riley. Pavarotti, when a small kitten, had such huge ears that all you could see was the ears and the blue eyes. I sometimes wondered if I had accidentally adopted a bat instead ... I think that maybe Riley and Lu have oriental ancestry :Luv:

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« Reply #21 on: September 30, 2009, 23:59:12 PM »
Poor Riley has been given a complex...

Here he is literally minutes ago trying to hide his shamefully large ears  :naughty:


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« Reply #20 on: September 30, 2009, 22:43:04 PM »
Oh, poor Dougie - the boys are now considering an ear reduction op and would be happy to donate the excess to him  :hug:

Well I've trawled through the photos of girls in the vain hope I'd have an excuse to post more pics of 'em but nope, both have utterly purrfect ears  :naughty:

We still need photographic evidence of this  :Luv2:

Thanks  BC, that's sounds a more likely scenario - proportionate  :) They're still reeling from Christine's perception of them having 'very large ears indeed'  :evillaugh:

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« Reply #19 on: September 30, 2009, 22:42:40 PM »
I think lots of cats have radar ears....

Sam, is Zephyr's pedigree name batfink by any chance  :evillaugh:

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« Reply #18 on: September 30, 2009, 22:36:07 PM »
Dougie says he'd be delighted to have two matching ears, regardless of size :evillaugh:

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« Reply #17 on: September 30, 2009, 22:28:07 PM »
I think their ears are perfectly in proportion to their head shape. Tig had a different head shape and would have looked silly with bigger ears. It's a bit like humans, some are in proportion, some are not. Your boys are in proportion. ;D

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« Reply #16 on: September 30, 2009, 22:26:32 PM »
Well I've trawled through the photos of girls in the vain hope I'd have an excuse to post more pics of 'em but nope, both have utterly purrfect ears  :naughty:

Perhaps it's a boy thing?  :shify:  :)

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« Reply #15 on: September 30, 2009, 22:10:47 PM »
Nah, not big ears ... Just small heads!

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« Reply #14 on: September 30, 2009, 22:09:10 PM »
Nah, not big ears ... Just small heads!

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« Reply #13 on: September 30, 2009, 22:05:37 PM »
I think lots of cats have radar ears....

You're not helping with the big ear prejudices with comments like that  :evillaugh:

Oliver's ears look perfect to me  :)

Sam, is Zephyr's pedigree name batfink by any chance  :evillaugh:

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« Reply #12 on: September 30, 2009, 21:57:15 PM »
Zephyr has asked what exacly you have got against BIG ears  >:( ?????
He would like to point out that big ears means he is able to hear his mummy when she calls him and thinks BIG ears are very fetching  ;)

Just a little pic to prove that big ears are beautiful  :Luv2:  (as you can see Zephyr has always had bat tabs!)

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« Reply #11 on: September 30, 2009, 21:53:19 PM »
So Oliver is not the only one... :evillaugh:  He had a pair of ginormous bat ears when he was smaller but now he has nearly tripled in size and the rest of him sort of grew into the ears.  I would still think his ears are rather on the larger side perhaps because he is not of the cobby built, and I think Riley has the similar physique as he does(just less chunky lol).  I consider them rather charming really :)

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« Reply #10 on: September 30, 2009, 21:39:04 PM »
Sorry Helen but I've been giggling away at this thread  :evillaugh:

I think lots of cats have radar ears, they are gorgeous whatever size their ears are, and all the better to hear you with  :) :Luv:

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« Reply #9 on: September 30, 2009, 21:33:38 PM »
I think you should register him with SETI they could use the help :evillaugh:

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« Reply #8 on: September 30, 2009, 21:19:59 PM »
I think you should register him with SETI they could use the help :evillaugh:
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« Reply #7 on: September 30, 2009, 21:12:11 PM »
You shouldnt be embarrassed cos they look lovely and short ears probably wouldnt suit them  ;D

All of mine have little ears and one set are nakid!

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« Reply #6 on: September 30, 2009, 21:07:39 PM »


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Poor boys, I've covered their ears (needed a large pyrex dish to do it  :evillaugh:)

Now I know they were big when they were little but I was genuinely blind to their big-earedness until now  :-[

Big eared babies  :-[





I think their ears just match them - they are just right

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« Reply #5 on: September 30, 2009, 21:05:49 PM »
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Sorry, I couldn't resist that one  :rofl: :hug:

I also thought Riley had long ears but they suit his face and don't look out of place - they're all sooo adorable.

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« Reply #4 on: September 30, 2009, 20:56:22 PM »
The beautiful Tiggy had not small ears, I think.

Hmmm, it's fair to say that your lads have very large ears indeed.  But that's fine, of course  :hug:

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« Reply #3 on: September 30, 2009, 20:53:42 PM »
Oh Helen  :evillaugh: sorry for laughing  :hug:

I think their ears just match them - they are just right, Pepper has really big earsl I think especially compared to Schui - his were really small.  I love big ears but since having Schui I got to love ickle ones too  :Luv:
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« Reply #2 on: September 30, 2009, 20:53:02 PM »
I have always thought that Riley has big ears  ;D

I thought he would sorta grow into them but they obviously grew with him  :rofl:

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« Reply #1 on: September 30, 2009, 20:46:00 PM »
Now I won't be offended, regardless of the answer... Have the boys got big ears?! I was looking through some old pics of Tiggy and either she had freakishly small ears or they have freakishly large ears!  :-:

Tiggy looked 'normal' to me when I had her and although the boys had big ears as kittens I don't think they look big now - until I was reminiscing over Tiggy's pics!

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