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[fucthest8]

Those of you with good memories will recall my mates cats, Alan and Stella. Here they are looking after me again as my (day bloody 4 now) dodgy stomach has meant I can't join everyone else on the walk.

 

[polly]

Hopefully it won't take him too long to come round and yes, dreamies are the answer.

He's in my child's bed now and receiving pets

 

[fucthest8]

...and then there's the newbie, Mia

 

[story]

Do you make your cat(s) get off the bed so you can make it? Or do you attempt to make the bed around the cat(s), or just leave the bed as it is and hope you can make it later?

Back when I lived with multiple cats and multiple people I’d always make them get off the bed. Partly because there were plenty of other beds in the house where they could settle. * These days I seem to be far more tolerant and Cat gets priority over my preference to make the bed. And he’s too chonky for me to easily manoeuvre him by shifting the sheets and blankets under him. I’ve had cats who would scram in furious annoyance as soon as their peace was threatened, but this fella is so laid back, even when I’m disturbing him with my attempts to pull things into place, he just lays there dozing.


* One of them discovered he could get into a closed bedroom by climbing on the shed, then the lean to, then making the precipitous jump to the open window. The window was always open, it had those locks on that mean it can’t be opened further, which also meant he had to squinch through the gap to get in. He knew the lodger’s routine and the sound of his arrival, so he’d always vacate the room before Lodger opened the door. He’d been doing this for maybe a whole year before his private retreat was discovered.



I’ve been waiting to make the bed all day.

 

[Saul Goodman]

Lap(top) cat ... Not a single fuck does he give about MY needs

 

[stavros]

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Not totally true for all cats. I've never tried his backside, and nor do I want to, but I'm allowed, even encouraged to stroke everywhere else on mine, even his paws.

 

[Puddy_Tat]

Not totally true for all cats. I've never tried his backside, and nor do I want to, but I'm allowed, even encouraged to stroke everywhere else on mine, even his paws.

yes, this one is more accurate

and depends on the circumstances, what mood they are in, and who's doing the petting

 

[stavros]

"Urgh, why have you bought this veggie shit?!"

 

[Epona]

yes, this one is more accurate

and depends on the circumstances, what mood they are in, and who's doing the petting

My Jakey is all the places, all the time, don't go out and leave me alone, hold my paw now, human

 

[vanya]

Golden Retriever bonding with tiny kittens

 

[LeytonCatLady]

One or both of mine killed a wood pigeon recently and this morning Ryu tried to bring the headless corpse into the house, twice. I freaked out and shouted, both times, and now he's run off and is acting like a street cat who's never known a kind human touch I feel terrible. He's such a nervous cat and it's taken ages to build up trust. I got him to eat some Dreamies off the back step while watching me on short legs, so hopefully he's not going to leave home altogether :/

Don't beat yourself up too much! He'll soon forgive you, they never hold grudges for long. Once, Lilith jumped onto my lap when I was sitting with my legs stretched out, and she landed on all fours on my thigh, sinking her claws right in. I yelled in pain and really scared her, which I felt bad about. But it was all forgotten about the next day.

 

[Puddy_Tat]

army pet kitteh at dover, 1870s

more here

and (although by the standards of the era, that's better than shooting him)

 

[LeytonCatLady]

 

[Dystopiary]

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So funny and cute in that one! She looks like she's hurriedly stashing something down the back of the sofa then giving it "not me guv" as someone walks in.

 

[Saul Goodman]

You buy them a cat tree, and they barely go near it, but you open a cardboard box, and it's like cat Christmas



Cats and boxes...

 

[philosophical]

Bloom’s brother Napoleon has been in this spot in my front garden for about six hours so far.

 

[stavros]

Bloom’s brother Napoleon has been in this spot in my front garden for about six hours so far.

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Just a short kip then.

 

[seeformiles]

Vic is being more cuddlesome by the day

 

[Oriole]

Chunky grey boi interrupted his important allotments fauna stalking business to offer himself for a few pets then went back to his surveillance. Next time I'll try and get a shot of his handsome face.

 

[Callie]

I met this friendly furball the other day



Did some nice wiggly writhing on the floor too

 

[philosophical]

On my way out this morning Napoleon decided to come inside.

 

[seeformiles]

Lil’ Bob is the king of the windowsill. He’s just been cleaning his paws - Clean paws, clean conscience!

 

[bcuster]

 

[stavros]

So I know he doesn't go very far outside, because he's not that kind of cat. However he obviously found some foliage to his initial liking, and he came in a coughed up this on the kitchen floor:

Spoiler: Don't look at if you've just eaten.

 

[seeformiles]

I do wish that I could sometimes give a quick tickle behind the ears to most of the mogs that appear on this thread. I’m sure I’m not the only one by a long chalk

 

[story]

Do you make your cat(s) get off the bed so you can make it? Or do you attempt to make the bed around the cat(s), or just leave the bed as it is and hope you can make it later?

Back when I lived with multiple cats and multiple people I’d always make them get off the bed. Partly because there were plenty of other beds in the house where they could settle. * These days I seem to be far more tolerant and Cat gets priority over my preference to make the bed. And he’s too chonky for me to easily manoeuvre him by shifting the sheets and blankets under him. I’ve had cats who would scram in furious annoyance as soon as their peace was threatened, but this fella is so laid back, even when I’m disturbing him with my attempts to pull things into place, he just lays there dozing.


* One of them discovered he could get into a closed bedroom by climbing on the shed, then the lean to, then making the precipitous jump to the open window. The window was always open, it had those locks on that mean it can’t be opened further, which also meant he had to squinch through the gap to get in. He knew the lodger’s routine and the sound of his arrival, so he’d always vacate the room before Lodger opened the door. He’d been doing this for maybe a whole year before his private retreat was discovered.



I’ve been waiting to make the bed all day.

Today, I insisted on making the bed. I took all the covers off, including him wrapped up as part of the parcel. S soon as it was all stacked on the big chair, he immediately jumped back onto the bed. So I posted him underneath the sheet while I shook it out. He escaped as I was tucking it in, and we played a layer cake game with every separate layer of covers. He won, cos he was the top layer at the end.

Then he had a bath and went back to sleep.

 

[story]

Also, this

 

[ddraig]

Not bothered about the football at all!
Floofing around as usual

 

[Puddy_Tat]

too dark for photographs, but downstairs kitteh was out on the porch when i went to put bins out, and wished it to be known she was not happy about it raining, and would i do something about it.

 

[Callie]

Not bothered about the football at all!
Floofing around as usual
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