Onyx

[bzarcher]

Kittehs 003
Originally uploaded by bzarcher

Most recent picture of onyx, just to compare.

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[twfarlan.livejournal.com]

Doesn't look like the same cat, to me. Honestly, it doesn't. Not saying not to keep the newbie; just saying, it looks to me like a different cat.

[mgnobr.livejournal.com]

Yeah, i'd agree. The mystery cat looks way stronger and more muscley, like it spent a fair bit of time outside. Onyx looks like a thin (but not unhealthily so) housecat. The face is fatter on the new cat too, and the tail is thicker. You would be able to tell the difference best, because you can pick him up and feel the fur. Maybe onyx was a bit younger when the last one was taken...

[bzarcher.livejournal.com]

It could well be. I think we'll probably put up a flyer, and if there's no response...well, there ya go.

[bzarcher.livejournal.com]

That picture's from March, so it's a little old, but yeah. It could well be. Size seems about right now.

[jennekirby.livejournal.com]

They... look like the same cat to me. And it's not like all black cats look the same to me. You might be able to convince me they were siblings, but you'd have to prove it to me by showing them to me next to each other.

The chances of Onyx disappearing completely and another nearly-identical cat showing up the same day are vanishingly slim, also, to be fair, and disappear entirely when that cat is accepted by your other cat completely without incident.

[bzarcher.livejournal.com]

Well, Patches hasn't totally been passive - she's a bit hissy and growlish but not as much as I'd think for a total stranger.

We'll probably go with a vet visit to check for a chip and that'll be it, plus some flyers asking "Did we switch cats?"

[flying-landon.livejournal.com]

Judging black cat(s) from pictures is very very difficult. Largely because black changes so radically in different lighting in pictures.

Looking at the two, you really can't convince me one way or the other.

[buschap.livejournal.com]

I'd initially say they are different, but seeing as the picture in this post is nine months old, I could also believe that he just changed his coat a bit.

You couldn't tell what the chip said, but you could find out if he had a chip in him by holding him up to an access control panel somewhere. I don't think he'd go for that, though.

[bzarcher.livejournal.com]

Both cats(?) like being picked up and held, but that might be a bit much, yeah. :)

[kores-rabbit.livejournal.com]

I posit that he was katnapped by aliens and they did experiments on him and returned him home, a changed kitty.

[felislachesis.livejournal.com]

1) this cat purrs when petted, Onyx never did that. Onyx only purred once during the day, from what I remember, and that's when he's clawing his bedspot for the night.

2) this cat didn't jump up to the sink when I was in the bathroom. It was one of Onyx's quirks. This cat was actually rather afraid of the bathroom.

3) Patches really hissed at him earlier tonight, HARD. Since I got home, Patches has shown me her displeasure for this cat.

4) his eyes seem a little more orange than Onyx's eyes.

5) he's constantly stepping on my keyboard for attention, Onyx never did that.

6) as I was laying down earlier tonight, this cat was all over my chest, Onyx hated to be on my chest.

7) he doesn't "smell right." I know that this is usually reserved for other animals, but he just doesn't have the right smell that I remember Onyx smelling like.

8) failed the "upside down" test. I'd hold Onyx upside down, and he'd spend at least a good minute like that. this cat wanted out almost immediately

9) this cat just followed my mouse cursor as I was moving it. Onyx outgrew that.

10) when Onyx laid down on my bed, it was almost always exclusively on my comforter, head looking out my door. This cat doesn't mind being off my comforter and near me.

11) this cat does not like his chin rubbed. I would turn Onyx into goo like that.

12) I swear I'm smelling spray in my house. Onyx never did that. Is this cat neutered?

13) during dinner, he stayed away from us, only to come look for pets while we finished eating. He never begged for food. Onyx loved table scraps.

14) the pitch of this cat's meow is all wrong.

15) Patches has been really hissy at him since I got home. BZA said that she wasn't this bad before I got home yesterday

16) (a little extra personal, but still a point): when I cleaned the litter boxes, Onyx would usually come over and do a #1. The last two nights, this cat did a #2

17) When Onyx was done with the litter box, you'd hear him "clean his claws" or something on the top of the litter pan. This cat is not doing that, his digging patterns are also different from Onyx's.

18) This cat doesn't eat plastic. Onyx loved to eat plastic.

Now I know this is all circumstantial, but each one is lowering the probability that this is Onyx. 1 or 2 changes I can understand, but 18 after being outside for 3 days?

No. It's not Onyx.