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[story]

Oh my goodness! Poor wee thing! Just as well they get nine lives....

Well, One-eyed-cat is thriving and well. As he's gotten more used to only having the one eye, it becomes less noticeable to me too. It's funny though when he sits in the stairs and looks through the banisters. Of course he now sits with his good eye exactly in the centre of the gap between the rods, so his missing eye is hidden behind a rod, so he looks as if he's coyly peeking out. He no longer bumps into things, and he has got to grips with how to negotiate height and distance. He feels confident enough to stand his ground against other cats and foxes. The ear on his blind side is rotating like a wartime radar disc, picking up clues and information.

Two-eyed-cat doesn't like the catflap. I've had the flap cover off all summer so that he can come and go as he pleases, with the idea that once it was put back on, he'd want to go outdoors enough to get over his cat-flap reluctance. I thought it best to put the flap cover on while it's still warm enough that he'd want to go out, not decide it's nicer indoors. So the cover went on yesterday evening. He nipped out through it when I held it open for him, and hours later he was mewing at the upstairs window to be let in. He'd rather clamber up onto the roof and sit at a closed window, than slip though the catflap. Silly.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

They've raised £1 million for the Manchester Dogs Home now, in less than 24 hours.

 

[thriller]

Was getting ready to go to the supermarket. Walked into the bedroom and found them asleep in each others arms. Had to grab the phone to capture this touching moment. To think we've come a long way since 30th August when I introduced Bella to Chloe

 

[Geri]

I might be getting a new cat! I've seen one on Bristol & Wales Cat Rescue that I like the look of, and the fosterer is going to ring me to arrange a meeting.

 

[CRI]

Sorry haven't been on the thread too much. With a fully-integrated-feline-canine-cavine household, I seem to be sticking to the self-indulgent pet thread mostly! Have I missed anything?

Just want to echo Epona's comments about food though, but in relation to Breeze's "kid brother" Charlie. He was on Purina something or other dry with a spoon of pedigree chum (he's a dog by the way, not a dog-cat!) He wasn't a very good eater, I was told. Now, he's now fully over about 3/4 high meat content wet food and 1/4 Applaws puppy (he's 16 months but very underweight) and he's eating less by volume, but eating with gusto and pooping less.

Cheaper foods seem cheaper, but if you end up throwing a lot out, or feeding more because it goes straight through them, it's a false economy. Zooplus is great for good quality food that's about as cheap as the supermarket stuff, but higher in nutritional value (and lower waste!)

BTW, still a fairly uneasy peace between Breeze and Charlie. I think in her mind "dog" equals something very large. Charlie equals "what the hell is that little thing?" She mews at him occasionally, gets irate when he sniffs her butt, but she refuses to biff him. She really needs to biff him.

 

[story]

Oh my goodness! Poor wee thing! Just as well they get nine lives....

Well, One-eyed-cat is thriving and well. As he's gotten more used to only having the one eye, it becomes less noticeable to me too. It's funny though when he sits in the stairs and looks through the banisters. Of course he now sits with his good eye exactly in the centre of the gap between the rods, so his missing eye is hidden behind a rod, so he looks as if he's coyly peeking out. He no longer bumps into things, and he has got to grips with how to negotiate height and distance. He feels confident enough to stand his ground against other cats and foxes. The ear on his blind side is rotating like a wartime radar disc, picking up clues and information.

Two-eyed-cat doesn't like the catflap. I've had the flap cover off all summer so that he can come and go as he pleases, with the idea that once it was put back on, he'd want to go outdoors enough to get over his cat-flap reluctance. I thought it best to put the flap cover on while it's still warm enough that he'd want to go out, not decide it's nicer indoors. So the cover went on yesterday evening. He nipped out through it when I held it open for him, and hours later he was mewing at the upstairs window to be let in. He'd rather clamber up onto the roof and sit at a closed window, than slip though the catflap. Silly.

Glad to report that Two-eyed-cat is now using the catflap with nary a fuss.

 

[pogofish]

I came through this morning to find the tabby happily destroying an entire multipack of crisps!

 

[trashpony]

I keep lots of things on top of my fridge

 

[CNT36]

http://www.theguardian.com/lifeands...are-you-stressing-out-your-cat-spot-the-signs
I think our litter trays too small.

 

[CRI]

http://www.theguardian.com/lifeands...are-you-stressing-out-your-cat-spot-the-signs
I think our litter trays too small.

Breeze has an underbed storage box sort of thing for a litter tray. None of the ordinary trays were big enough and at the start, she occasionally preferred the front matt until we figured out it was a size issue. I don't think we have space to put a tray in every room though. It's not a very big place, so she seems happy enough with one big one centrally. She always faces the wall when she goes though. It's too bad they don't do really huge covered trays.

 

[William of Walworth]

Posted way back on July 15 -- some of you will remember our 'lost cat' saga from zillions of summer days ago in this thread/this summer ....

Well there could be worse news I suppose, but deb's continued efforts and searching have had zero success ....

Thanks for supportive posts all, anyway, but we're increasingly pessimistic.

Our friends the other day speculated that Lost Cat is lost because he was much the most in need of strokes/affection -- and food. So he may very well be getting this elsewhere, and exclusively.

And partly, they suggested, because he couldn't deal with tne affection-competition/food-compettion from our other cats.

News since last Wednesday evening (10th September!!! ) is that Lost Cat is BACK x 10! and x 10,000!

More to follow, but we were amazed ... and delighted ...

moose and Stig and Mogden and Manter and Puddy_Tat and trashpony and @ everyone ....

 

[oryx]

News since last Wednesday evening (10th September!!! ) is that Lost Cat is BACK x 10! and x 10,000!

More to follow, but we were amazed ... and delighted ...

I nearly said you can't beat a good feline happy ending, then realised that sounded like I was into bestiality.

 

[antimata]

kitteh and me just back from a leach-less walk.

twas a bit windy but we still smelt shit....

 

[Mogden]

Posted way back on July 15 -- some of you will remember our 'lost cat' saga from zillions of summer days ago in this thread/this summer ....



News since last Wednesday evening (10th September!!! ) is that Lost Cat is BACK x 10! and x 10,000!

More to follow, but we were amazed ... and delighted ...

moose and Stig and Mogden and Manter and Puddy_Tat and trashpony and @ everyone ....

Wooho! I'm so glad William. I wanted to ask earlier but it makes you feel so sad thinking about a lost kitty. But now I can, is your cat back WoW? And I think the answer is now YES!

 

[antimata]

I keep lots of things on top of my fridge

aren't they orsm.....

 

[Geri]

So, tomorrow I am off to pick up my new cat, Sophie

Pics to follow when she is actually here.

 

[purenarcotic]

The cat is on heat; she was spayed years ago but apparently some ovarian tissue can be left over. I don't think we'll take her to get it taken out as it was all quite traumatic for her and there's no health implications to leave it (or so it says from what I've read) but it is quite annoying having a cat's bum shoved in my face every five minutes.

 

[antimata]

sitting/sleeping on top of the fridge equals

food
warmth
height.

why not.

 

[Quartz]

I keep lots of things on top of my fridge

"One, two, heave!"

 

[Vintage Paw]

Monkey's been having problems eating recently, so a couple of vet visits determine it's his teeth. They'll have to come out. They're in terrible shape, and quite clearly causing discomfort. He's booked in for Monday. I'm nervous, he's 14 and has hyperthyroidism - both of which increase the dangers with anaesthesia a little - but it has to happen, and hopefully it'll make life more comfortable for him. He's a sorry sight at the moment, he's obviously quite sad

 

[story]

The cat is on heat; she was spayed years ago but apparently some ovarian tissue can be left over. I don't think we'll take her to get it taken out as it was all quite traumatic for her and there's no health implications to leave it (or so it says from what I've read) but it is quite annoying having a cat's bum shoved in my face every five minutes.

I had a cat like that. It was rather marvellous that she could go out and get her rocks off without the worry of pregnancy. Her milkshake brought all the toms to the yard.

One-eyed-cat has been feral for a week or two, but last night he suddenly turned up in cute moggy mode, and has been so today as well. Two-eyed-cat is a bit nonplussed by this since has gets the bed all to himself while One-eyed-cat is in feral-mode, but has to timeshare when he's back.

I have no idea what determines the switch from one mode to the other.


ETA when he comes back from these forays his fur is thick with grit and scabs. He must be far too busy to do proper grooming when he's out and about. He shoves his head and neck under my exploring fingers while I pull and fiddle at the detritus. It gives me the chance to check for actual wounds, swellings, pain (none this time), and after his follow-up personal grooming, he gets the pheromone-swap thing that attaches him back to the homestead. Give it a few days though and he'll be off again, no doubt.

 

[quiquaquo]

My cat got overexcited when I got home three days ago running around the house madly and then whacked my eye in play through the banisters but her claws must have been ever so slightly extended since I've now got a scratched cornea and am on double antibiotics.

Should I punish her or forgive her?

Before she came to live with us she grew up in a household with two autistic kids one of which was the not talking banging around type which may have affected her behaviour, she also suffered a broken jaw while with them which was fixed and not necessarily anything to do with the kids. She's a strange cat in that she doesn't come up all friendly but sleeps all night close on the bed, felt sorry for her which is probably why she ended up with us.

 

[oryx]

Should I punish her or forgive her?

Forgive.

In todays C n K news, a cat resembling SRS Cat has moved in next door but one. I am not sure if it is a he or a she. Possibly a very large female white cat, and very lovely when you get to know her (him?).

 

[Puddy_Tat]

I've now got a scratched cornea and am on double antibiotics.

Should I punish her or forgive her?

I suspect you may be joking here.

if not, then doing anything after the event will only make kitty think you're a bit of a git.

if kitty plays a bit too rough, then it is worth making a squawk and possibly hissing. immediately that is. kitty might get the message.

 

[Manter]

Posted way back on July 15 -- some of you will remember our 'lost cat' saga from zillions of summer days ago in this thread/this summer ....



News since last Wednesday evening (10th September!!! ) is that Lost Cat is BACK x 10! and x 10,000!

More to follow, but we were amazed ... and delighted ...

moose and Stig and Mogden and Manter and Puddy_Tat and trashpony and @ everyone ....

Such good news! Will tell a mate of mine whose cat is missing at the moment....

 

[trashpony]

Monkey's been having problems eating recently, so a couple of vet visits determine it's his teeth. They'll have to come out. They're in terrible shape, and quite clearly causing discomfort. He's booked in for Monday. I'm nervous, he's 14 and has hyperthyroidism - both of which increase the dangers with anaesthesia a little - but it has to happen, and hopefully it'll make life more comfortable for him. He's a sorry sight at the moment, he's obviously quite sad

Oh dear poor love

(((sad old cats)))

 

[William of Walworth]

Good luck with your teeth-bothered Monkey, Vintage Paw !

 

[Puddy_Tat]

Lost Cat is BACK x 10! and x 10,000!

Monkey's been having problems eating recently, so a couple of vet visits determine it's his teeth. They'll have to come out. They're in terrible shape, and quite clearly causing discomfort. He's booked in for Monday. I'm nervous, he's 14 and has hyperthyroidism - both of which increase the dangers with anaesthesia a little - but it has to happen, and hopefully it'll make life more comfortable for him. He's a sorry sight at the moment, he's obviously quite sad

(((monkey and Vintage Paw )))

 

[William of Walworth]

Such good news! Will tell a mate of mine whose cat is missing at the moment....

Thanks so much, we're delighted Worf is back

However, I think it's pretty weird that he is ...... we'd more or less given up on any hope of his return by now. After all, despite intensive searching locally, and despite all the posters, etc that festivaldeb had put up in shops, online and so on, there'd been no sign of him whatsoever for two and a half months.

Then deb had a random call from the archetypal heroine, the catloving 'little old lady' from two streets away, who recognised Worf from the photos -- he'd been coming into her garden for only a few days, and was eagerly eating the food for her own cats alongside them ....

Deb was overwhelmed with delight and so was I when she told me about it -- but I was absent... I had to go to London late omn Wednesday 10th for all that family business (see other thread) and I didn't get back til an insanely early hour on the Tuesday just gone (16th). So I never even saw the returned Prodigal Kitten until a point when I was so knackered myself that I could hardly see him....

He was so much thinner!! We suspected to start with given his scabby skin on the neck and mega thinness (the 'Dont Eat Diet' ) that he'd been hiding under trees and bushes, and scavenging from gardens, other cats bowls, maybe even rubbish, possibly hunting, to keep himelf alive .

More probably though he'd been fed -- sporadically? --by other neighbours before the kind rescuer-lady found us. We just don't know!

Our streets are dead end ones, walled off at the end by the railway walls. We can only speculate, but we suspect that he went 'exploring' in nearby gardens before getting confused and finding his way round the end house behind us, round the end wall of that house, and then getting himself into other gardens, ones that were a street away from us, and it seems eventually a second street away ....

In short he got lost! For over two months! But we're so relieved and happy that he's back
Just had to go into the garden now, he hides there atm like he's still stray and lost, to get him in ...

Thanks for everybody's support

 

[coley]

My cat got overexcited when I got home three days ago running around the house madly and then whacked my eye in play through the banisters but her claws must have been ever so slightly extended since I've now got a scratched cornea and am on double antibiotics.

Should I punish her or forgive her?

Before she came to live with us she grew up in a household with two autistic kids one of which was the not talking banging around type which may have affected her behaviour, she also suffered a broken jaw while with them which was fixed and not necessarily anything to do with the kids. She's a strange cat in that she doesn't come up all friendly but sleeps all night close on the bed,

felt sorry for her which is probably why she ended up with us.

Comments like that make me feel there is a future for the human race!

Or at least the animal lovers