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clicker
nanook rubs it....
Thankyou for all the lovely messages re George 
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Can't believe how quiet it is, he was a very vocal cat and would chat all day, to anyone, loved human company.
Tinker has to sleep alone now, for the first time in 12 years, he was abandoned and George took him in.
. He purred yesterday for the first time, but he still raises his head hoping George will be there. I'm spending more time than usual on the floor, just so Tinker has some company at his head height.
Went to RSPCA shop to get a new bowl, they didn't have any, but picked up this toy for Tinker.
. Can't believe how quiet it is, he was a very vocal cat and would chat all day, to anyone, loved human company.
Tinker has to sleep alone now, for the first time in 12 years, he was abandoned and George took him in.
. He purred yesterday for the first time, but he still raises his head hoping George will be there. I'm spending more time than usual on the floor, just so Tinker has some company at his head height. Went to RSPCA shop to get a new bowl, they didn't have any, but picked up this toy for Tinker.
LeytonCatLady
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(((Tinker))) and (((clicker )))Thankyou for all the lovely messages re George
Can't believe how quiet it is, he was a very vocal cat and would chat all day, to anyone, loved human company.
Tinker has to sleep alone now, for the first time in 12 years, he was abandoned and George took him in.
Went to RSPCA shop to get a new bowl, they didn't have any, but picked up this toy for Tinker.
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RubyToogood
RubyTwobikes
Carrie has cracked the cat flap 
Not the microchip one which is still sitting expensively on the kitchen table in bits, but the old broken magnetic one which I'd taped shut. Actually it works fine as a standard "everyone welcome" non-technical flap if you disable the catch.
I taped it open for a couple of days as I was out a lot and didn't want to coop her up. That took her a minute but she got there. Then yesterday evening I took the tape off and she worked out that she could open it
I don't think she had encountered a cat flap before, it was a foreign concept to her.
Not the microchip one which is still sitting expensively on the kitchen table in bits, but the old broken magnetic one which I'd taped shut. Actually it works fine as a standard "everyone welcome" non-technical flap if you disable the catch.
I taped it open for a couple of days as I was out a lot and didn't want to coop her up. That took her a minute but she got there. Then yesterday evening I took the tape off and she worked out that she could open it
I don't think she had encountered a cat flap before, it was a foreign concept to her.
LeytonCatLady
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xsunnysuex
Life is a horizontal fall.
LeytonCatLady
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Atherstone school cat who helps pupils up for award
Cilla supports pupils at Outwoods Primary School during Sats.
www.bbc.co.uk
Those are "Fuck off, I'm busy" eyes.
Puddy_Tat
naturally fluffy
I think I have mentioned a calico kitteh who lives near the nearest post box. Sometimes she has been friendly, other times she has scarpered.
I have put this down as a 'because cat' thing.
Today, there were two not quite identical calico kittehs sat on a doorstep - this might explain the variability. (and petting wasn't an option today as the door opened and food was obviously more important...)
I have put this down as a 'because cat' thing.
Today, there were two not quite identical calico kittehs sat on a doorstep - this might explain the variability. (and petting wasn't an option today as the door opened and food was obviously more important...)
My old lady cat LOVED plastic carrier bags! But she'd tear bits off and eat them, thus triggering a vomiting session. You don't know how many bags you have until you're cleaning up the thousandth pile of vomit.
RubyToogood
RubyTwobikes
Carrie has definitely chilled out a lot about food now. She no longer bolts everything down immediately and will quite happily eat half a meal and then go out for a bit and come back to it later. Lunch doesn't always happen now.
Presumably that's (a) feeling more secure and (b) having more interesting things going on.
Presumably that's (a) feeling more secure and (b) having more interesting things going on.
LeytonCatLady
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Yeah, that's a good sign. She's obviously more relaxed and clearly feels at home now.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
Congratulations to Marley - cat of the year!
www.theguardian.com
Cat that comforts trafficked women in London safe house is feline of the year
Marley, whose ‘incredible gift of empathy’ is said to help exploited women, beats thousands of cats to prize
<sniff>
Elpenor
Dancing as fast as I can
In more or less the same spot around 4 hours later
And definitely resents the cars which dare to challenge her sovereignty of the car park
Rebecca Riot
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One of my customer's cats won Cat of the Year many years ago when she saved the lives of 3 men inside a burning pub. It was the middle of the night and the men, who were having a lock-in were too drunk to notice the pub had caught fire and were soon overcome by smoke. Suzie, who lived in the house next door repeatedly pawed at her owner's faces to wake them up until one of them, thinking she wanted to go out, went downstairs and opened the door. He saw smoke billowing out of the pub windows and raised the alarm.Congratulations to Marley - cat of the year!
View attachment 443270Cat that comforts trafficked women in London safe house is feline of the year
Marley, whose ‘incredible gift of empathy’ is said to help exploited women, beats thousands of cats to prize
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<sniff>
She was presented with her award at a ceremony in London and was on Blue Peter later that day.
LeytonCatLady
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Skinny Ethel
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Ooh shes tiny
LeytonCatLady
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My tiny baby!
nogojones
spelling is overrated
That's just a side hustle. The real work is catering to every whim of that cat!
nogojones
spelling is overrated
Longish tale.
Randy was pretty avoidant for a couple of days and not eating. When he did come in he was either coughing, sneezing or sort or retching. I suspected he had something caught in his throat and tried to look, but was wasn't really having that. So I trapped him in and got him down the vets.
In the waiting room I was trying to calm him in his carrier and thought "his whisker looks a bit weird". So I opened the carrier an inch - any more and he would have bolted, and noticed a blade of grass sticking out his nose. So into the vets we went for a pretty straightforward diagnosis. The vet gently pulled a long blade of grass from his nose (probably around 8 inches), took £55 and sent us on our way.
So he's still sneezing (understandably), but also retching/coughing and still doesn't have a full appetite. So after a couple of days, it's not getting any better, so back to the vets. Please note that he never once sneezed, coughed or retched in the vets, so I feel like I'm making it up. They think it may be infected or just irritated, so loxicom and antibiotics and see how we go. £88, as I already had a fresh bottle of Loxicom knocking about.
After the AB course he's no better so we all suspect there's something still stuck somewhere, so the next intervention will be sedation, x-rays, endoscope and some bloods. However as he's eating a bit, and has some reserves of fat, it's not urgent so book him in for his op in 5 days - these vets are pretty busy as the other big vets in town are on strike for better pay! I was given a quote of between £490 and £1,100 dependent on how far they have to go track the problem down.
On the way home his starts having huge sneezing /retching fits. I get him out the basket and he bolts out the back, not to be seen for 24 hrs. He strolls in the next day demanding food and no sign of any discomfort. So thankfully I had to cancel his op and saved a grand.
TLDR
Here's pic of the stupid grass eating fucker (who I love dearly)
Randy was pretty avoidant for a couple of days and not eating. When he did come in he was either coughing, sneezing or sort or retching. I suspected he had something caught in his throat and tried to look, but was wasn't really having that. So I trapped him in and got him down the vets.
In the waiting room I was trying to calm him in his carrier and thought "his whisker looks a bit weird". So I opened the carrier an inch - any more and he would have bolted, and noticed a blade of grass sticking out his nose. So into the vets we went for a pretty straightforward diagnosis. The vet gently pulled a long blade of grass from his nose (probably around 8 inches), took £55 and sent us on our way.
So he's still sneezing (understandably), but also retching/coughing and still doesn't have a full appetite. So after a couple of days, it's not getting any better, so back to the vets. Please note that he never once sneezed, coughed or retched in the vets, so I feel like I'm making it up. They think it may be infected or just irritated, so loxicom and antibiotics and see how we go. £88, as I already had a fresh bottle of Loxicom knocking about.
After the AB course he's no better so we all suspect there's something still stuck somewhere, so the next intervention will be sedation, x-rays, endoscope and some bloods. However as he's eating a bit, and has some reserves of fat, it's not urgent so book him in for his op in 5 days - these vets are pretty busy as the other big vets in town are on strike for better pay! I was given a quote of between £490 and £1,100 dependent on how far they have to go track the problem down.
On the way home his starts having huge sneezing /retching fits. I get him out the basket and he bolts out the back, not to be seen for 24 hrs. He strolls in the next day demanding food and no sign of any discomfort. So thankfully I had to cancel his op and saved a grand.
TLDR
Here's pic of the stupid grass eating fucker (who I love dearly)
