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The brown really pops in the sun
LeytonCatLady
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Awww, daddy's girl!
Betsi
New Member
Our two aren’t lap cats but they follow us around and never seem more than a foot away.
You think a cat is black, until they go in the sun, when you realise they're just very very very very very VERY dark brown.
They'll shaft you every time.
RubyToogood
RubyTwobikes
So. I have been to meet Kerry. I had joked beforehand that she might flee on sight and that was nearly but not quite what happened.
She fled upstairs initially but then came back, so I saw her briefly. I'd brought some dreamies to make a good first impression and she ventured near enough to have a few licks then retreated under the sofa for the duration. She did consent to have a few more treats and licked my fingers. Occasionally a paw would appear to get a biscuit.
She's quite little and very pretty. Perhaps darker than her photos.
The fosterers think she would settle ok in a new home. It took 4 weeks before she came out from under the sofa at theirs but she's now quite relaxed and affectionate, particularly with the husband.
They also said she'd escaped through the bathroom window so I'd have to put some kind of barrier over the upstairs windows if I wanted them open (which seems likely in August).
But anyway I think it's a yes. I'd want to change her name as there's a human Kerry in my life, and they don't think she recognises it. I'm not sure cats do really and half the time people don't use their actual names anyway.
She fled upstairs initially but then came back, so I saw her briefly. I'd brought some dreamies to make a good first impression and she ventured near enough to have a few licks then retreated under the sofa for the duration. She did consent to have a few more treats and licked my fingers. Occasionally a paw would appear to get a biscuit.
She's quite little and very pretty. Perhaps darker than her photos.
The fosterers think she would settle ok in a new home. It took 4 weeks before she came out from under the sofa at theirs but she's now quite relaxed and affectionate, particularly with the husband.
They also said she'd escaped through the bathroom window so I'd have to put some kind of barrier over the upstairs windows if I wanted them open (which seems likely in August).
But anyway I think it's a yes. I'd want to change her name as there's a human Kerry in my life, and they don't think she recognises it. I'm not sure cats do really and half the time people don't use their actual names anyway.
RubyToogood
RubyTwobikes
Incidentally, rescues are all saying the cat situation is dire at the moment. They knew there'd be an issue what with lockdown pets followed by a cost of living crisis, and this has been amplified by the abolition of the scheme where you could get cats spayed for free, either with a voucher or by a charity like Celia Hammond. Rescues are overflowing.
They said people are just not applying to adopt, even kittens.
They said people are just not applying to adopt, even kittens.
Epona
Sonic: 1 Nov 2006 - 8 Jan 2022
Excellent! At least she wasn't so nervous that she disappeared to another room and didn't come out at all, which is pretty good for many adult cats.
A lot of cats know their names and answer to them (it's why Jakey is still Jakey instead of something daft and not a regular human name of my own choosing!) but if she doesn't answer to Kerry then call her whatever you like
RubyToogood
RubyTwobikes
I don't mind doing a bit of psychological rehab. It'll make me feel better about rejecting all the perfectly nice moggies.
Puddy_Tat
naturally fluffy
A lot of cats know their names and answer to them (it's why Jakey is still Jakey instead of something daft and not a regular human name of my own choosing!) but if she doesn't answer to Kerry then call her whatever you like
dopey mog i used to live with was called bubble (after the absolutely fabulous character - previous peoples' choice) and one occasion i mentioned 'bubble wrap' and got a reaction from him.
some people will offer a kitty a choice of names and see what they answer to.
not that cats always answer, of course. they will sometimes take a message and might get back to you...
RubyToogood
RubyTwobikes
NB for people wanting indoor cats, Inner City Kitties only rehome indoors.
www.london-inner-city-kitties.org
Cat Rescue Charity | London Inner City Kitties
LICK is an entirely volunteer run, no-kill charity that takes in and rehomes abandoned cats, and those whose owners can no longer care for them. 100% donations go to medical bills, specialty food and very rarely to essential supplies.
www.london-inner-city-kitties.org
RubyToogood
RubyTwobikes
Re names, I had thought of Carrie, which sounds nearly the same, as there was a prominent US suffragette called Carrie Chapman Catt. But anyone I've mentioned it to has brought up the horror movie.
RubyToogood
RubyTwobikes
Oh and Kerry is just her foster name as she was a stray.
Puddy_Tat
naturally fluffy
a neneh cherry remake?
in all honesty, i'd not heard of the suffragette, but my knowledge of horror movies is minimal so i'd not heard of that either
Epona
Sonic: 1 Nov 2006 - 8 Jan 2022
Being not so knowledgeable about US suffragettes, but a massive Star Wars and horror fan, my initial thought was Carrie Fisher, followed by the Stephen King book and associated movie adaptations
oryx
Sitting on the bok of the day
Mine was Sex and the City!Being not so knowledgeable about US suffragettes, but a massive Star Wars and horror fan, my initial thought was Carrie Fisher, followed by the Stephen King book and associated movie adaptations
I must admit, I have spent more time than is normal musing upon what Paddy's name was in his previous life.
Puddy_Tat
naturally fluffy
Epona
Sonic: 1 Nov 2006 - 8 Jan 2022
I don't understand how it's possible to have a cat live at floor level unless it's physically/neurologically incapable of jumping. 
I mean Jakey is now nearer 18 than 17 and with weakness due to kidney disease, and anything above sofa/bed height is a bit of a struggle, but in his youth (including when he was 12) he was bombing around the top of the bookcases, albeit a bit more clumsily than the others.
I mean they mean on the floor, rather than ground floor flat by the sound of it?
Jakey doesn't play except with his own poo
but he has some "differences" I think is the best way of describing.
I mean Jakey is now nearer 18 than 17 and with weakness due to kidney disease, and anything above sofa/bed height is a bit of a struggle, but in his youth (including when he was 12) he was bombing around the top of the bookcases, albeit a bit more clumsily than the others.
I mean they mean on the floor, rather than ground floor flat by the sound of it?
Jakey doesn't play except with his own poo
but he has some "differences" I think is the best way of describing.
Puddy_Tat
naturally fluffy
I don't understand how it's possible to have a cat live at floor level unless it's physically/neurologically incapable of jumping.
dunno.
maybe some unpleasant experience when he was little?
Jakey doesn't play except with his own poo
Epona
Sonic: 1 Nov 2006 - 8 Jan 2022
(not my cat, not my kid, but)
I want to show this video to everyone who says cats are all aloof and don't care about their humans.
Mine have all been like this.
