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purenarcotic
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She is gorgeous, izz, gorgeous 
Bakunin
I am Noodle's bitch.
'Ooh, you found a delivery service. Pass the salt...'
Cribynkle
squawk
Much more impressive than my lazy pair who rest all day despite staying in all night!
Vincent was out all night so he needed to rest today. All day
High Voltage
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We pick up Clive and Casper tomorrow - we're back to a 3 cat household - introducing 2 to 1 in the not to distant will be interesting but I have high hopes of FiFi, she's really settled in and I'm hoping that her confidence will bring the 2 boys out of their shell when we introduce them to each other - the boys, having been in a rescue for nearly a year will need a lot of patience and they have their own room already sorted out for them
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High Voltage
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It's that face that does it for me every time
Yay! Moar catz.
Puddy_Tat
naturally fluffy
Vincent was out all night so he needed to rest today. All day
one of the mogs who used to share my house had a habit of going away for weekends - i might see him friday evening, then he'd come home shagged out* and hungry sunday night (or sometimes monday night) and sleep for a day or two
i assume it was some sort of underground catnip party scene...
* not absolutely literally as he'd been 'done'
High Voltage
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FiFi really is the strangest of cats - she loves fuss but is totally not focussed on food - we've tried her with chicken, mackerel and numerous "wet" foods and she's pretty much turned her nose up at all of them
What she does like is cat milk, she had her nose quite quickly into some Haagen Daaz ice-cream but that was whisked away quickly and biscuits - but she'll only eat sparingly
I'm much more used to cats that are like toggle and Bakunin's little madam who will stick their nose unprompted into any meal on the off chance that they might like it and will only know if they like it by being given some NOW!
What she does like is cat milk, she had her nose quite quickly into some Haagen Daaz ice-cream but that was whisked away quickly and biscuits - but she'll only eat sparingly
I'm much more used to cats that are like toggle and Bakunin's little madam who will stick their nose unprompted into any meal on the off chance that they might like it and will only know if they like it by being given some NOW!
izz
Increased Leisure Citizen
Its perfectly reasonable to smell cats (provided they don't object of course) and in the absence of smellovision I can report she smells very fresh and sweet, like a perfume. Her breath is unnaturally fresh, indeed in many ways unnatural would be a good description, eats mainly dried food, doesn't like wet food or fish or chicken. Her only vice thus far was a sniff of the bowl that had some melting ice cream in it. Thank goodness her shit stinks or I'd find it a bit unnerving
Mogden
I like tea
Stone in my household, or is that cathold, rejects all human food point blank. Then the others have favourite foods they gobble but Mookie is fussy in that human food has to be in tiny size or he won't touch it. Speak of the devil and he appears on the armchair! So it might be size for FiFi?
High Voltage
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Then there is that fresh just come in out of the cold cat smell it MUST be really cold (night is best) - they smell like the freshest cleanest laundry imaginable
izz
Increased Leisure Citizen
so maybe size IS important - well that's an excellent thought and we shall conduct some experiments. She's chowing down the dried food so she's not going to starve but should we ever need to get meds into her then i'll want options.
High Voltage
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Just got the 2 boys back home - the difference between them and FiFi is massive - she was out of the cat box and nosing around within minutes - up on our laps, wanting fuss and generally wanting to be "home"
The boys, on the other hand were really subdued on the journey back - not a squeak out of them - I opened their travel boxes and neither of them moved, they were happy just staying in their little box world - then Casper noticed he could get out and jumped up on a shelf to hide and then Clive got out and went and hid in a box
We've left some food and drink and "facilities" out for them and are going to leave them nice and quiet for a bit just to let them get a bit used to their new home
It's not really the time to take pictures with the chance of a flash going off so I'm afraid you're going to have to wait
The boys, on the other hand were really subdued on the journey back - not a squeak out of them - I opened their travel boxes and neither of them moved, they were happy just staying in their little box world - then Casper noticed he could get out and jumped up on a shelf to hide and then Clive got out and went and hid in a box
We've left some food and drink and "facilities" out for them and are going to leave them nice and quiet for a bit just to let them get a bit used to their new home
It's not really the time to take pictures with the chance of a flash going off so I'm afraid you're going to have to wait
QueenOfGoths
Fuck you Dave!
My little tiger
polly
Well-Known Member
How lovely that you have a houseful of cats again, izz and High Voltage 
Maybe the boys are a bit institutionalised... I'm sure it won't take long for them to settle in.
My cat has her spring pants on too - she is pure crazy. One thing I've noticed (from the savaged sofa arms and ALL my clothes
) is that she doesn't know how to put her claws in. She gets attached to any soft surface she's on, stupid cat Does anyone have any tricks for teaching her? I've had a google but not much of any use came up.
Maybe the boys are a bit institutionalised... I'm sure it won't take long for them to settle in.My cat has her spring pants on too - she is pure crazy. One thing I've noticed (from the savaged sofa arms and ALL my clothes
) is that she doesn't know how to put her claws in. She gets attached to any soft surface she's on, stupid cat Does anyone have any tricks for teaching her? I've had a google but not much of any use came up.
izz
Increased Leisure Citizen
how old is she polly ?How lovely that you have a houseful of cats again, izz and High Voltage
My cat has her spring pants on too - she is pure crazy. One thing I've noticed (from the savaged sofa arms and ALL my clothes
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
I've just spent five minutes with a cat just like that. I've come back from a great night out feeling a little sad that it was all over and it came rushing out to me, headbutting the fuck out of my outstretched hand. He (somehow felt like a he) was so nice and friendly and up for a stroke that all woes were banished. What a smashing cat.My little tiger
High Voltage
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The boys have used their "facilities" during the night and some of the treats put down have been eaten
So according to the Battersea Dogs and Cats web site for timid cats this is to be expected - interestingly and without having done any reading or research my approach seems to be pretty much in line with what they're recommending - nice quiet room, bit of company just to get them used to us and our smell. Not trying to stroke them, nice soft quiet voice, then leave them alone for a bit and repeat - this afternoon I'll be watching a film in their room with ear phones in so that I'll be in with them for an hour or 2
Interestingly it's not uncommon for a cat to go off it's food for a couple of days
after a re-homing
So according to the Battersea Dogs and Cats web site for timid cats this is to be expected - interestingly and without having done any reading or research my approach seems to be pretty much in line with what they're recommending - nice quiet room, bit of company just to get them used to us and our smell. Not trying to stroke them, nice soft quiet voice, then leave them alone for a bit and repeat - this afternoon I'll be watching a film in their room with ear phones in so that I'll be in with them for an hour or 2
Interestingly it's not uncommon for a cat to go off it's food for a couple of days
after a re-homing
