RubyToogood
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Mine was like this last night for no discernible reason
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seeformiles
Lost in the wood
Competitive grooming/attention seeking
seeformiles
Lost in the wood
Lil Bob holds my finger 
On this week's Taskmaster: lift one leg up in the air and...
fucthest8
Cool people die horrible, preventable deaths.
Mine was like this last night for no discernible reason
How do you mean, more affectionate than usual? I'm confused by the sad face.
ddraig
kicking against the pricks...
confused not sad smiley
fucthest8
Cool people die horrible, preventable deaths.
Well, shows you what I know then! Thought confused had q marks over it.
Edit: ah, maybe because I'm on Dark theme. Can just see them when I pull up the emoticon list.
ddraig
kicking against the pricks...
it does for me on laptop
Kizzy has been on my lap more last few days, it's the temperature drop
philosophical
Well-Known Member
I came to the end of my stint feeding feral Harry whilst my neighbours are away. He is slightly less skittish near me at the moment.
Here is Harry under a favourite plant today.
Here is Harry under a favourite plant today.
danski
"vibey"
I can almost hear it saying "I hate you Butler"
story
Changing the facts
Mine was like this last night for no discernible reason
Cooler weather? In the other house long ago, I knew when the nighttime temperatures dropped down because I’d have three cats pressed up against me. We called it cat-trapped: “I can’t get up. I’m cat-trapped”.
Cat here has been more affectionate the last few nights, even inviting me to rest my hand on him, which is rare.
I’ve said before how he don’t like being petted. We’ve reached a compromise: I’m permitted to rest my hand on him if I don’t move it. Brief finger pets are okay, so long as I don’t move the rest of my hand.
It’s pretty clear that he doesn’t like it when I lift my hand and then place it down again. He accepts constant contact more readily, not the lifting and replacing.
Puddy_Tat
naturally fluffy
I used to have to explain to visitors that the kitchen towel rack had tea-towel, hand towel and cat towel...
RubyToogood
RubyTwobikes
I was confused by my own smiley as I too am on dark theme and the question marks don't show up.
But yes, spent the whole night sleeping on the bed. Normally she just pops in for strokes if she hears me awake.
Puddy_Tat
naturally fluffy
could have been distant thunderstorm, could be it's starting to get cold.
the mogs i used to live with were more inclined to kip on my bed when it was cold. one of them was good at recognising the signs i was getting ready for bed and making sure he was installed and (at least appearing to be) asleep before i got there to make sure i wouldn't close the bedroom door...
LeytonCatLady
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I love my baby and my baby loves me.
LeytonCatLady
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LeytonCatLady
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Puddy_Tat
naturally fluffy
and thinks you make a great cushion...
Ours are in for the shock of their lives on Thursday, when they go to the cattery for the first time.
when that first happened with the mogs i lived with, they had quite a big sulk and wouldn't eat
for at least half an hour...
Epona
Sonic: 1 Nov 2006 - 8 Jan 2022
Right, back from vets.
He was fussing a bit when they were trying to get blood from him, vet reckons he had some sort of localised skin reaction to the clippers (no I've no idea either) so they put some anaesthetic cream on to numb the area so he didn't jump when they put the needle in.
Blood tests, urinalysis, and a newish treatment for arthritis (Solensia) which the vet suggested might sort out his incontinence as "if it's painful to walk, it's just easier for him to piss where he is rather than go to the litter tray". If that works it's a monthly injection and it ain't cheap but oh well, I don't want him in pain and this is safer for his kidneys than other treatments.
About his kidneys, it's not great news hence the tests, one is enlarged and we need to find out whether it's an infection or now final stage CKD as the treatment/management will differ.
He seems happy enough which is the main thing and while he seems happy I'm not going to make any rash decisions - he'll let me know when it's time and we don't seem to be quite there yet even though he's a bit frail and doddery. The test results may tell us otherwise of course, but we'll deal with that once we have more information.
He was fussing a bit when they were trying to get blood from him, vet reckons he had some sort of localised skin reaction to the clippers (no I've no idea either) so they put some anaesthetic cream on to numb the area so he didn't jump when they put the needle in.
Blood tests, urinalysis, and a newish treatment for arthritis (Solensia) which the vet suggested might sort out his incontinence as "if it's painful to walk, it's just easier for him to piss where he is rather than go to the litter tray". If that works it's a monthly injection and it ain't cheap but oh well, I don't want him in pain and this is safer for his kidneys than other treatments.
About his kidneys, it's not great news hence the tests, one is enlarged and we need to find out whether it's an infection or now final stage CKD as the treatment/management will differ.
He seems happy enough which is the main thing and while he seems happy I'm not going to make any rash decisions - he'll let me know when it's time and we don't seem to be quite there yet even though he's a bit frail and doddery. The test results may tell us otherwise of course, but we'll deal with that once we have more information.
LeytonCatLady
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Glad he seems happy Epona. As you say, you'll know what's best for him. He's a determined character though! Obviously not ready to go anywhere just yet.
RubyToogood
RubyTwobikes
Carrie appears to have decided she's now sufficiently settled to become fussy about food. This was not a thing in foster care...
Having eaten her way through one box of 40 sachets of Harringtons, she's stopped eating it part way through the second box.
She came to me on Sheba and Felix, and I wanted to move her onto something less junk foody, but it's back onto Sheba again for now.
I am doing the resigned face that Simon does at the end of all Simon's Cats.
Having eaten her way through one box of 40 sachets of Harringtons, she's stopped eating it part way through the second box.
She came to me on Sheba and Felix, and I wanted to move her onto something less junk foody, but it's back onto Sheba again for now.
I am doing the resigned face that Simon does at the end of all Simon's Cats.
LeytonCatLady
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She is the boss!
pogofish
Testicle Hairstyle
and thinks you make a great cushion...
when that first happened with the mogs i lived with, they had quite a big sulk and wouldn't eat
for at least half an hour...
It was the prolonged rolling about in the grass/garden to get the smell of the cattery off him that was old BD's big thing whenever he came home from the cattery.
Although he did like terrorising the staff. After the first time, I was always invited through to get him out of the cage myself - and he always came straight to me and the carrier. The staff looked-on in awe from a safe distance..!
story
Changing the facts
The Auld Warrior would immediately go outdoors and roll around to get the smell of the vet off. If it was raining he’d just sit in the rain til he was wet through.
I woke at 5:00 and lay awake with no clear idea about what had woken me. Then the quiet padding of paws and the proud leap onto the bed with the movements that make it obvious : he had a rodent.
Light on, specs on, just in time to see a baby rat half way eaten, only the hind quarters, legs and tail remaining. There was discernible crunching.
Big wet paw prints on the sheet, but not a drop of blood or a scrap of fur.
I’m thinking “How many of these feasts I slept through…?”
I wish he wouldn’t involve me.
I woke at 5:00 and lay awake with no clear idea about what had woken me. Then the quiet padding of paws and the proud leap onto the bed with the movements that make it obvious : he had a rodent.
Light on, specs on, just in time to see a baby rat half way eaten, only the hind quarters, legs and tail remaining. There was discernible crunching.
Big wet paw prints on the sheet, but not a drop of blood or a scrap of fur.
I’m thinking “How many of these feasts I slept through…?”
I wish he wouldn’t involve me.
