I caught a cat!
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geminisnake
a complex mass of conflicting ideas
that looks like a cat's foot
Too long and not enough claws. I've clipped enough cat claws to know a cat foot
UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
Too long and not enough claws. I've clipped enough cat claws to know a cat foot
Bloody hell, you're brave!
It's a she and I have called her Arya (but she gets Arry - just like Arya).
trashpony
Hag
It's all about the towelBloody hell, you're brave!
WouldBe
Dislicksick
You're lucky you've not broken your neck then.Since I've had him, I've fallen twice and had 2 broken ribs, a broken foot and ankle
WouldBe
Dislicksick
Goes googling for a cat costume.
Just drape your knob over your shoulder so it's out of the way.
extra dry
Happy to be here
or a birds foot, chicken?that looks like a cat's foot
Ms T
Honey-coloured ramparts
Post this to the wrong thread.
A calm cat.
She's lovely and looks like she's settled in nicely. I like the purple bell!
KeeperofDragons
Crazy dragon lady
What a gorgeous kitty - I've always loved tabbies
Mrs Magpie
On a bit of break...
Not rabbit, zenie, grouse
She's been a right pain in the arse today. Gone from being settled to petrified of me and running all over the house, knocking shit over and being wandering around kitchen surfaces. So I stuck her in the lobby to chill out for an hour. Sensory deprivation for cats.
When I let her out again... all is well again:
Mrs Magpie, why did you give the game away? Let people think rabbits have talons
When I let her out again... all is well again:
Mrs Magpie, why did you give the game away? Let people think rabbits have talons
Meltingpot
Living in our pools we soon forget about the sea
Black cats crossing your path are lucky. It's white cats you've got to worry about (apparently)
She's scratched me to fuck after I picked her up off the kitchen bench. As cute as she is, I can't afford to be scratched to fuck by a cat or allow it on kitchen benches. If it continues like this the wee bastard can go back to where she came from (actually my grandparents already offered to look after her if I ever need to go away, I am sure they'd take her). She as a week to settle down.
Hate to give up on animals but I am not putting myself at serious risk like that.
Frustrating as I've had pets and cats all my life, even rescued ones which were mental.
Hate to give up on animals but I am not putting myself at serious risk like that.
Frustrating as I've had pets and cats all my life, even rescued ones which were mental.
stuff_it
Too skool for cool
purenarcotic
Conveniently Pocket Sized
She's probably not used to being stuck indoors; you can pick up packs of cat toys from Poundland / make your own. Maybe having some things to kill would expend some energy?
She's free to go in and out through the window (and does), it's nothing to do with her being bored. She's just being skatty, viscous and a temperamental twat. Trying to see if there's a pattern to it but I can't really tell so far, she was sat all cute upon the chopping board, so I spoke to her, she looked at me - made no signs of distress or fear, picked her up and half way to putting her down on the ground she turned into a ball of claws and teeth, clawed my hands up and my chest. Before bolting. Now she's sat outside and no doubt will be out there until it gets dark and cold. Ho hum.
Oh and she has cat-nip bananas, foil on a string and all f'ing sorts. She even has the freedom of the bedroom that I previously banned her from.
Annoying because other than that she's a right bonny cat and affectionate as hell... just a bit prone to spontaneous violent episodes.
I am wondering if the kids did more than pet her
Gonna have to go offline actually and put some TCP on, still bleeding and there's blood all over my f'ing Nexus.
Oh and she has cat-nip bananas, foil on a string and all f'ing sorts. She even has the freedom of the bedroom that I previously banned her from.
Annoying because other than that she's a right bonny cat and affectionate as hell... just a bit prone to spontaneous violent episodes.
I am wondering if the kids did more than pet her
Gonna have to go offline actually and put some TCP on, still bleeding and there's blood all over my f'ing Nexus.
Callie
Pivoting
some cats really dont like being picked up and some do do the random attack you for no good reason thing.
if you can deter her from surfaces by other means where you dont have to touch her (as stuff it says maybe a water spray - sometimes just picking it up is enough to make them run) that'd be better than getting ripped to shreds, you dont wanna end up with cat scratch fever
if you can deter her from surfaces by other means where you dont have to touch her (as stuff it says maybe a water spray - sometimes just picking it up is enough to make them run) that'd be better than getting ripped to shreds, you dont wanna end up with cat scratch fever
spring-peeper
Well-Known Member
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That's not really the point. The point is that I got her as a pet and a pet is not something that puts me at risk of being put in ICU. She keeps going on kitchen surfaces then she will have to go, if she keeps scratching and biting out of the blue, she will have to go. She's done it before when not being picked up, so it's not limited to the picking up. At the moment she's still happiest alone, in a different room, hiding in a corner. The photos of her in this thread probably only exhibit 1% of her typical behaviour. She has come on massively since the first pic (those eyes
) but it's a catch 22 situation, I can't build up her trust if she isn't going to meet me half way. She does come to me now and will jump up to be nursed but again that is a fraction of her typical behaviour.It is there, she does want to come out of her shell and be a "normal" cat but there's something that is preventing her. She reminds me of my parents' old dog who was a rescue dog and had been abused by previous owners. She was forever mentally scarred and a lot of work. I don't think my parents could have managed her if they weren't retired, she had the same kind of viscous behaviour, never trusting anyone. The scars never healed with her and she was a very difficult dog: had to be kept away from other animals etc. Only the cat was the boss of her - ironically!
Feel annoyed with myself as much as anything for doubting her and I feel like I am giving up after a week, but I have to be realistic and think about the risks and well... I will give her another week or two, or three.
And if anyone tells me that I should have never have got her, you're a fucking myopic idiot, not aimed at you Q
I just know how judgemental and shallow minded Urban can be.
spring-peeper
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or she's an unsocialised cat. being about people dosen't mean she was handled at a young age and really acceptes people. and when i got a kitten that hasn't been all that well socialised, it took a year until she was comfy being picked up.
i'd start by covering the chopping board/surface when you're not using it. preferably use something like a plastic tablecloth then somehting else she's not keen on the texture of. dissuade rather than be in a position where you have to force the issue by moving her.
and get the toys out more. entertain her. get a bamboo stick, some string and tie a feather onto the end. have her jumping after it well away from you where she won't acceidently go for you if you move.
or accept defeat and wait until someone can get you a well socialised kitten.
i'd start by covering the chopping board/surface when you're not using it. preferably use something like a plastic tablecloth then somehting else she's not keen on the texture of. dissuade rather than be in a position where you have to force the issue by moving her.
and get the toys out more. entertain her. get a bamboo stick, some string and tie a feather onto the end. have her jumping after it well away from you where she won't acceidently go for you if you move.
or accept defeat and wait until someone can get you a well socialised kitten.
