I caught a cat!

[Miss Caphat]

firky, all cats walk all over surfaces unless you train them not to, which takes a while. get a water bottle or something for that problem. Simply moving them does not work, ime. They just jump right back up. And remember that they're doing it because it's a very natural urge for them (to get up on some kind of high perch) you might want to get her a few things she can get up high on instead.
As far as the scratching, that will get better on its own, though there are several ways to train her not to do that either. You also should have her nails clipped.

 

[temper_tantrum]

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[temper_tantrum]

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[Firky]

/rant\

 

[temper_tantrum]

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[Manter]

I take it you're keeping her then

 

[Firky]

You haven't offended me, merely reminded me why I never liked you.

I take it you're keeping her then

More than likely, she had the rank ASDA chicken I bought (seriously, never buy ASDA chicken, it's seagull I reckon).

 

[Manter]

I love a happy ending

(er, not that sort. Well, that sort too, but, um, not in relation to animals. I'll get my coat)

 

[Mephitic]

 

[Libertad]

She's sat on my left leg, doing that loaf of cat thing, purring.

Ah, the "Jelly Mould", content position fourteen with optional "Happy Paws". There's hope yet, stick with her Firkle.

 

[Orang Utan]

Wibble

 

[8115]

You're doing a great job. From a farm to wearing a stupid purple bell in a week! Seriously.

Also do you talk to her? Use a stupid voice, cats like that in my experience. Things like "are you hungry? Are you? Are you? Yeahhhhh" go down well. I don't think cats really like humans much except as sources of warmth and food.

 

[8115]

If she goes on the surfaces can't you just pick her up and dump her on the floor?

I want a cat

 

[8115]

Are you water pistoling her?

I can't keep up with this thread.

 

[Jackobi]

Animals have personalities too, and often an animal and a person will have a personality clash. For example I like dogs, but occasionally I'll meet a dog and instantly think, "What a twat of a dog", and I can sense that the dog feels likewise about me, so I'll avoid it.

I don't think there is any shame firky, in realising that your cat just thinks you're a twat, even though you love her, it happens in human to human relationships too.

 

[Jackobi]

The point is that if she is causing so much stress for you that she needs re-homing, it is not necessarily a failure on your behalf, but a positive step in finding her a good home. And if she goes to another home, nobody has the right to be judgemental of your actions in deciding that you two were not for each other at this time.

 

[Firky]

Cheers, Jackobi, that's actually really good to hear.

 

[spring-peeper]

The point is that if she is causing so much stress for you that she needs re-homing, it is not necessarily a failure on your behalf, but a positive step in finding her a good home. And if she goes to another home, nobody has the right to be judgemental of your actions in deciding that you two were not for each other at this time.

It's a cat.

It's trying to figure out the boundaries.

Keep up the good work, Firky. I'm rooting for you.

 

[spring-peeper]

If she goes on the surfaces can't you just pick her up and dump her on the floor?

I want a cat

I've found that the harder you propel her paws to the ground, the less likely there is to be a repeat.



I love cats

 

[quimcunx]

Probably already mentioned I've not read everything but have you tried that felaway stuff?

 

[Firky]

You're doing a great job. From a farm to wearing a stupid purple bell in a week! Seriously.

Also do you talk to her? Use a stupid voice, cats like that in my experience. Things like "are you hungry? Are you? Are you? Yeahhhhh" go down well. I don't think cats really like humans much except as sources of warmth and food.

I live alone, I talk to the birds outside when I am sat inside

 

[Firky]

Witnessed something that could explain her bobcat like behaviour a moment ago... heard a distressed meowing from under the bed, I looked under and she's lying on her side, back arched, twitching like anything - froffing at the mouth and eyes rolled back.

 

[purenarcotic]

Oh dear, poor kitty.

 

[weltweit]

Witnessed something that could explain her bobcat like behaviour a moment ago... heard a distressed meowing from under the bed, I looked under and she's lying on her side, back arched, twitching like anything - froffing at the mouth and eyes rolled back.

rabies?

 

[Leafster]

rabies?

That's extremely unlikely in the UK!

Whatever it is, it doesn't sound good though.

 

[Firky]

Vets tomorrow.

 

[girasol]

Witnessed something that could explain her bobcat like behaviour a moment ago... heard a distressed meowing from under the bed, I looked under and she's lying on her side, back arched, twitching like anything - froffing at the mouth and eyes rolled back.

How is she now? It doesn't sound good, epilepsy is the best case scenario according to google, and given what you describe...

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.

^ Turns out these can also be symptoms of it...

http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~./lowekamp/feline_epilepsy.html

Please note that there is an incredibly wide range of symptoms associated with seizures. Generalized convulsions are rare in cats. More common is the "partial complex seizure," which involves an "altered consciousness" and can involve anything from a lack of motion to bizarre behavior such as attacking invisible objects or frantic running and collisions with objects (yes, I know your cat does this normally, this is why it's difficult to diagnose). The major indication that unusual behavior is being caused by a seizure is the presence of "features typical of seizure activity such as facial twitching, salivation, or progression to generalized seizure." (Parent and Quesnel, 1996)

 

[Firky]

My parents had a lab who had to be put down because she started fitting and her behaviour totally changed; was a brain tumour

Sent a text to said mate who checked her for pregnancy. At the moment she's come back from being outside and is sat next to me sleeping after cleaning herself, relaxed and 'normal' as ever.

 

[toggle]

if she isn't a well cat, ytu've given her a good food and a warm place to sleep and are watching over her. which gives her a better chance than as a farmcat

 

[Puddy_Tat]

at poorly kitty

Vets tomorrow.

hope all goes well - including stuffing her into a box to get her there (I'm not sure if I still have a scar from the cat en-boxing process...)