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fucthest8
Cool people die horrible, preventable deaths.
Guess who discovered treacle tart tonight:
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And how to open a bag sealed with a clothes peg..!
That tail!
RubyToogood
RubyTwobikes
Excellent floof.Guess who discovered treacle tart tonight:
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And how to open a bag sealed with a clothes peg..!
polly
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My two are doing my head in at the moment. Up until a month or so ago, there were very clear territorial boundaries agreed within the house. For some reason, these have been abandoned and ever since, they have been fighting intensely. Really annoying 
There are clumps of fur everywhere and they get pretty nasty. I assume it will settle back down eventually and they still cuddle up to sleep.
There are clumps of fur everywhere and they get pretty nasty. I assume it will settle back down eventually and they still cuddle up to sleep. 
Epona
Sonic: 1 Nov 2006 - 8 Jan 2022
My two are doing my head in at the moment. Up until a month or so ago, there were very clear territorial boundaries agreed within the house. For some reason, these have been abandoned and ever since, they have been fighting intensely. Really annoying
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Here's a couple of articles that you might find helpful, I hope they calm down soon, but if not you may need to separate them if the fighting is getting nasty and reintroduce them gradually - the fighting can cause a bit of a cycle of fear in itself:
Non-Recognition Aggression Syndrome In Cats - Good Pet Parent
Non-Recognition Aggression Syndrome in cats usually occurs after one cat has been to the vet and returns home, and it can result in horrific fighting.
www.goodpetparent.com
Cat Behavior Problems - Aggression Redirected | VCA Animal Hospitals
Redirected aggression occurs when a cat is aroused by another animal, person or event, but is unable to direct aggression toward the stimulus. For example, your cat is sitting on a windowsill and sees another cat out on the property.
xsunnysuex
Life is a horizontal fall.
My partner was brushing Toby. Seemed to think it would be a good idea to turn him into Donald Trump.
LeytonCatLady
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May Kasahara
take me to the feeling
Epona
Sonic: 1 Nov 2006 - 8 Jan 2022
Ah, back to being upside down, I was starting to worry that he'd got broken but normal service has resumed
Gorgeous cat
Saul Goodman
It's all good, man
I just heard Bob chirping. It's an unmistakable chirpy noise, which means "Dad, I got something for you!"
Bob just jumped up onto the back of my computer chair, climbed down my arm and dropped a rat, that was almost the size of himself, beside my keyboard!
He usually leaves his rat toys outside the back door for me to find. He's only ever brought one into the house before, about five years ago at the last place I lived, and he dropped that one right beside my keyboard as I was typing.
I couldn't give him a bollocking for it. He was really pleased with himself
Bob just jumped up onto the back of my computer chair, climbed down my arm and dropped a rat, that was almost the size of himself, beside my keyboard!
He usually leaves his rat toys outside the back door for me to find. He's only ever brought one into the house before, about five years ago at the last place I lived, and he dropped that one right beside my keyboard as I was typing.
I couldn't give him a bollocking for it. He was really pleased with himself
LeytonCatLady
Well-Known Member
Dead or alive? Enquiring minds want to know!I just heard Bob chirping. It's an unmistakable chirpy noise, which means "Dad, I got something for you!"
Bob just jumped up onto the back of my computer chair, climbed down my arm and dropped a rat, that was almost the size of himself, beside my keyboard!
He usually leaves his rat toys outside the back door for me to find. He's only ever brought one into the house before, about five years ago at the last place I lived, and he dropped that one right beside my keyboard as I was typing.
I couldn't give him a bollocking for it. He was really pleased with himself
Puddy_Tat
naturally fluffy
o hai, i has upgraded your mouse...
Saul Goodman
It's all good, man
Dead. The rats are always dead. He only ever brings back live mice, as he knows he can play a game with me where I get him to drop it then I chase it around the room for the the next 15 minutes while he laughs at me.
I use Felpreva on Jocky - that does fleas and worms, and is very good.I think we have the first flea infestation
What's the drill these days? Have they become resistant to Frontline?
Epona
Sonic: 1 Nov 2006 - 8 Jan 2022
I think Jakey is past his rodent catching days, but I am certain I have mentioned before that there was a time after he had most of his teeth out but was still very active that he would catch them and drop them, alive and terrified, on my lap, because he couldn't easily finish them off
I had 2 sisters, and they LOVED each other for the first year or so. After that, they became the best of enemies, and never snuggled up again. Everything was a bloody battle.My two are doing my head in at the moment. Up until a month or so ago, there were very clear territorial boundaries agreed within the house. For some reason, these have been abandoned and ever since, they have been fighting intensely. Really annoying
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polly
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Oh crap really
I don't know why but it really gets on my tits. I remember my mum getting really irritated by me and my siblings constantly fighting and thinking wtf has it got to do with you? But now I get it.
Epona
Sonic: 1 Nov 2006 - 8 Jan 2022
I've had a generally good experience with male cats, although Radar never really got along with Jakey they did manage to coexist with Radar having our bedroom as a safe space where only he was allowed to go.
As I understand it though, females can be far more territorial and more aggressive about it (they have an evolutionary imperative to make sure their kittens aren't competing with another female's litter for resources). Males if left to their own devices will have overlapping territories with other male and female cats, whereas the territories of 2 female cats rarely overlap, so it can be a difficult dynamic.
That's not to say that female cats never get along with one another, there are plenty of examples just on this thread where they do.
It's just that male cats tend to be more relaxed about sharing space with other cats.
Puddy_Tat
naturally fluffy
"we are going to have the best snacks anywhere. bigly."
Epona
Sonic: 1 Nov 2006 - 8 Jan 2022
OK I am going to attempt to Trumpify your lovely Toby Toes
"We can see that the food bowl is half empty. We know the bowl should be full. It's not being filled. We will make sure it's filled!
And we are going to make sure that immigrants can't take your food and empty the bowl back down to half full.
I'm going to build a wall around my bed. A cardboard wall.
A cardboard wall for every American bed!
And make sure that there are no sharks eating your food or in your bed"
That makes a lot of sense. In all honesty, I don't think I'd ever have a female cat again. I was chatting to my lass about this, and we came to the conclusion that our boy cats are wayyy more relaxed and genuinely affectionate (rather than clingy and needy) with us than our previous female cats. Neither of us has had a boy cat before, and they do seem to be very different.
LeytonCatLady
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Oh, boy cats have their moments. Our Paddy was a right prickly little git, although admittedly that might have been our fault for not getting him neutered (it was 1994 when Mum got him as a kitten and the importance of neutering wasn't talked about much back then). Anyway, Lilith can be feisty but she's generally quite a placid little cat. It's just a question of purrsonality!
Oh, I know that we're guilty of generalising, and yes of course it's an individual thing, it's just that both of our boy cats have left us with the same impression
Epona
Sonic: 1 Nov 2006 - 8 Jan 2022
I'd be happy to have a female cat, it just hasn't worked out that way so far.
I think in terms of clingy, there are other factors involved - I mean as someone who has OSH cats, they are insanely clingy regardless of gender - it's one of the reasons I love the breed so much.
I think in terms of clingy, there are other factors involved - I mean as someone who has OSH cats, they are insanely clingy regardless of gender - it's one of the reasons I love the breed so much.
May Kasahara
take me to the feeling
I've had two brother and sister pairs, and in both cases the boy cat has regularly been a lairy dickhead to the girl 
who usually tolerates/avoids up to a point and then gets fed up and delivers a massive smackdown
who usually tolerates/avoids up to a point and then gets fed up and delivers a massive smackdown 
ddraig
kicking against the pricks...
A beautiful black cat managed to get in through front door earlier and wouldn't go back out!
It was sniffing around everywhere downstairs whilst Kizzy was upstairs, kept calling her but nothing so went to get her and carried her down
They both looked shocked and a bit confused, I put Kizzy down and she chased and battered the invader, had to intervene so it could escape!
didn't seem that hurt and went out the front door
Kizzy has been on high alert since and maybe blames me!
It was sniffing around everywhere downstairs whilst Kizzy was upstairs, kept calling her but nothing so went to get her and carried her down
They both looked shocked and a bit confused, I put Kizzy down and she chased and battered the invader, had to intervene so it could escape!
didn't seem that hurt and went out the front door
Kizzy has been on high alert since and maybe blames me!
seeformiles
Lost in the wood
Our girl Buttons was ferociously territorial- even taking on cats twice her size in her senior years so we reckoned introducing other cats was a no go. My friend (who already had 3 boy cats) adopted an 8 year old female who was going to be put down as her elderly owner was going into a home. This cat completely upset the easygoing dynamic in their house - deciding that downstairs was her sole territory and forcing one chap outside to the point where my mate had to build him a special outside house. Cat politics are shit but it seems that it’s boys who are more inclined to share space and girls demand all or nothing
