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[Epona]

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Jakey and Sonic sometimes end up like that - there will be just a small Sonic head sticking out from underneath a snoozing Jakey

 

[Mumbles274]

Babs just woke us up bringing this in. It was still alive but i couldn't get it off her

Spoiler

 

[Epona]

Fuck, don't let the authorities see that picture (it's a bit blurry but it looks like a small owl. I do also need glasses). I mean I'm amazed and also horrified.

 

[fucthest8]

Jakey and Sonic sometimes end up like that - there will be just a small Sonic head sticking out from underneath a snoozing Jakey

He's literally twice the size of her, don't know how she puts up with it!

Anyway, I really need a wee. They don't care

 

[Mumbles274]

Fuck, don't let the authorities see that picture (it's a bit blurry but it looks like a small owl. I do also need glasses). I mean I'm amazed and also horrified.

Just a baby starling luckily

 

[xsunnysuex]

 

[stavros]

I had some family visit for lunch the other day, and one who's not used to cats didn't know what to do when Missy jumped up on the table where he was and proceeded to steal a bit of chicken gristle from his plate. Luckily I could chase her across the lounge before she got too far with it. They have dogs who, whilst incredibly greedy with any form of food, don't have the ability to leap, or do anything, so silently.

 

[Me76]

My cats have been loving each other today.

I was on the sofa and they were bothat the bottom touching each other while sleeping. Then they went into the bedroom and I caught Orson licking Ozzie's head. But it didn't end up in a fight like it normally does. Just loving.

 

[fucthest8]

Long cat is long

And loves having his tummy rubbed. Literally loves it. He often just falls into that position on the kitchen floor directly behind whoever is doing stuff ... there's this sort of whump noise and you turn round and there he is ... waiting for a rub.

 

[Mumbles274]

Babs has brought a frog in now. She is turning into a killer

 

[fucthest8]

My cats have been loving each other today.

I was on the sofa and they were bothat the bottom touching each other while sleeping. Then they went into the bedroom and I caught Orson licking Ozzie's head. But it didn't end up in a fight like it normally does. Just loving.

I'm reliably informed by my memory (which is shite after having way too much fun over a 3 decade period, so pinch of salt and that) that whichever one starts grooming first is being subservient ... and that things are all good when the alpha cat grooms back, afterward. Certainly works that way with my two.

 

[fucthest8]

Babs has brought a frog in now. She is turning into a killer

Obligate carnivore mate. It's literally in their genes, they can't help it.

 

[Saul Goodman]

You know the way male cats who haven't been neutered tend to spray? Well, apparently, if you have a houseful of cats, females also like to mark their territory. I just discovered this... the hard way, as Cutie climbed onto my table and proceeded to piss all over my monitor
Thanks, Cutie!

 

[izz]

You know the way male cats who haven't been neutered tend to spray? Well, apparently, if you have a houseful of cats, females also like to mark their territory. I just discovered this... the hard way, as Cutie climbed onto my table and proceeded to piss all over my monitor
Thanks, Cutie!

Stinks as well doesn't it ?

 

[Baronage-Phase]

Stinks as well doesn't it ?

Cat piss really stinks...
The neighbours cat pisses under the car sometimes...quite often actually ... and it'll stink all day. If I happen to turn on the air conditioning the stink will spread into the car and stays longer.
I used to think the cat was a spraying male but no...turns out it's a female.
My aunt had 3 cats ..all indoor ones. 2 females and 1 male. The females were neutered but the male wasnt...But none of them ever sprayed anywhere indoors. Even the male...

Some good advice here...
Cat Spraying — Why Does It Happen and What Can You Do? | Catster

 

[donkyboy]

bella in the food cupboard

 

[Calamity1971]

bella in the food cupboard

Mine got into the food cupboard once and it looked like Edward scissor hands had taken to the pouches!

 

[Calamity1971]

I think Charlie approves of my catmint plant purchase the other day.

 

[stavros]

I think Charlie approves of my catmint plant purchase the other day.
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With that change at the front, it looks like he's begging. Cats don't beg; they order.

 

[Calamity1971]

With that change at the front, it looks like he's begging. Cats don't beg; they order.

Haha. I heard a tip about putting pennies round tender plants to protect from slugs. Didnt work (not the amount of copper in these days) and now have pennies stuck together with slug juice and decimated plants.

 

[donkyboy]

Mine got into the food cupboard once and it looked like Edward scissor hands had taken to the pouches!

i usually keep it closed, but due to the heat, leave it open during the day.

 

[Saul Goodman]

Stinks as well doesn't it ?

Not as bad as the male cats but it's certainly not nice.

I reckon she did it out of spite, as I'd just put her down off my chair (as soon as I get out of the chair, one of them jumps straight up onto it). She looked at me as she did it, with a big smile on her face.

 

[Saul Goodman]

Mine got into the food cupboard once and it looked like Edward scissor hands had taken to the pouches!

4 of mine have learned how to open the food cupboard. It's a nightmare. I free-feed them but they still prefer to break into the cupboard and Edward-scissor-hands the food bags to pieces.

 

[UnderOpenSky]

Babs has brought a frog in now. She is turning into a killer

Turns out frogs can scream.

 

[Epona]

You know the way male cats who haven't been neutered tend to spray? Well, apparently, if you have a houseful of cats, females also like to mark their territory. I just discovered this... the hard way, as Cutie climbed onto my table and proceeded to piss all over my monitor
Thanks, Cutie!

Females can be worse wrt spraying than males - for a start, females tend not to have overlapping territories by choice (even intact males are a little more relaxed about sharing a bit of space as long as there is no female in heat around), so the presence of other females can be difficult for them.

It's possible that she picked your monitor because it gets warm (and thus to her sensitive olfactory gifts it gives off more odour, and she wanted to add her own scent to that).

I'd suggest trying a Feliway plugin if you haven't attempted that yet. It's not always effective but sometimes just getting a "happy cat" pheremone going through the house can help to settle things a bit.

 

[Epona]

So I have 2 cats on the desk right now. Jakey is hunting Sonic's tail. Sonic is swishing his tail. If I try to tuck Sonic's tail along his side so that it's out of Jakey's line of sight, is that victim blaming?

I can't be doing with this going on on the desk for hours, Jakey ends up hyper and Sonic ends up with a wet tail and glowering.

 

[Saul Goodman]

Females can be worse wrt spraying than males - for a start, females tend not to have overlapping territories by choice (even intact males are a little more relaxed about sharing a bit of space as long as there is no female in heat around), so the presence of other females can be difficult for them.

It's possible that she picked your monitor because it gets warm (and thus to her sensitive olfactory gifts it gives off more odour, and she wanted to add her own scent to that).

I'd suggest trying a Feliway plugin if you haven't attempted that yet. It's not always effective but sometimes just getting a "happy cat" pheremone going through the house can help to settle things a bit.

Quoted to like it again. Thanks for that. I'll give it a go

 

[Vintage Paw]

Turns out frogs can scream.

I saw my childhood cat dismember a frog and I've never been able to forget the scream.

 

[Vintage Paw]

 

[Vintage Paw]