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[tufty79]

Last week I picked up a bag of catnip and a play tunnel thing.
It went well. - rocky and pepper went into rough and tumblish mode, and angel just blissed out











please ignore the state of my house/rug

 

[CRI]

Can you get a mat and stick that to a wall/door?

I got a catnip infused one that's made out of recycled paper (like a super thick egg box) to hang on the door handle thinking she'd love it, but nope! I've thought of getting one you stick on a corner, but haven't actually got any good places to fix one. She loves the corrugated cardboard ones, so sticking with that for now, but looking!

How on earth do you manage it? I have so few pics of Dylan as I can't get him to sit still at all. Even if he's previously been a statue for hours, the very second I point a camera at him, he's all "Yay! Chirp! Chirp! Attention! Stroke me with your hands they can't hold a camera they must stroke me till then I will butt you with my head! Chirp!"

This is the only one from the last few months that hasn't been a blur/of the top of his head about 1mm from the lens.
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Your snaps of Dylan are ace! Black cats are SO hard to photograph (you'll see the mostly black kitten got the short shrift in the photo shoot yesterday!) I ended up taking nearly 300 frames to get about 70 decent photos - something you can do easily with digital cameras. I also realised that Breeze and the piggies are much, much more accustomed to being photographed - sort of know what to do. The guest pigs were also all over the place and the cats yesterday kept trying to grab the camera (or perhaps were fed up with my paparazzi tactics! )

SO VERY MUCH WANT!

I want her, too. I keep looking at the photos. I have a feeling Breeze would bully her mercilessly though. If I'd thought, I'd have asked whether there was any chance they could be rehomed together when we got Breeze. They might have still thought it a bad idea, but I think the chances of them getting on now are probably pretty poor.

Her eyes though. OMG.

 

[trashpony]

CRI could you try one of those cardboard box scratch things - this sort of thing?

We have one with lots of holes punched in it and it sits over a cardboard tray which has a little ball in it which they go bonkers poking around. So it's a scratching thing and a toy

Their favourite ever toy though is the bunch of feathers on a stick

 

[Schmetterling]

I was cleaning kitchen windows just now and found fresh paw prints of top of the, greasy, top of a cupboard! They are definitely not from the previous cats.

 

[CRI]

CRI could you try one of those cardboard box scratch things - this sort of thing?

We have one with lots of holes punched in it and it sits over a cardboard tray which has a little ball in it which they go bonkers poking around. So it's a scratching thing and a toy

Their favourite ever toy though is the bunch of feathers on a stick

Yes, that's what she likes. She likes to sit on it even when not scratching on it.

Herbie (RIP) had a skyscraper made of these, which he loved.

 

[secretsquirrel]

CRI the other half, fucthest8, has been showing me your Guinea pig and cat pictures for weeks now. I've barely posted on here in years but am now also addicted to catching up with your pets exploits and had to just say how much I love looking at your photos :-D

I used to house share with pinkmonkey back when Mr Pig, her very singular Guinea pig, was still with us. We were convinced he was in love with her boyfriend as he'd follow him around the house squeaking after him. Even sitting outside the toilet waiting for him to emerge!

One Christmas we had a big tin of quality street that seemed to be disappearing very quickly. Each of us wondered who the greedy bastard was until one day Mr Pig came waddling across the room, stuck his nose in the tin, carefully selected a chocolate and then disappeared behind the sofa. Where of course we found a whole pile of bright and shiny quality street :-D

 

[trashpony]

I think I already told you this CRI but I have to send a friend regular pig photo updates after she saw this thread and fell in love with Griff and Mally

 

[CRI]

CRI the other half, fucthest8, has been showing me your Guinea pig and cat pictures for weeks now. I've barely posted on here in years but am now also addicted to catching up with your pets exploits and had to just say how much I love looking at your photos :-D

I used to house share with pinkmonkey back when Mr Pig, her very singular Guinea pig, was still with us. We were convinced he was in love with her boyfriend as he'd follow him around the house squeaking after him. Even sitting outside the toilet waiting for him to emerge!

One Christmas we had a big tin of quality street that seemed to be disappearing very quickly. Each of us wondered who the greedy bastard was until one day Mr Pig came waddling across the room, stuck his nose in the tin, carefully selected a chocolate and then disappeared behind the sofa. Where of course we found a whole pile of bright and shiny quality street :-D

Ah gee, Griff & Mal are chuffed! Some piggies can be real magpies like Mr Pig. Mine only do that with dragging veggies into their bedroom (which you later find partly decomposed and gross!) Know this is the kitteh thread, but seriously, I do think guinea pigs are wasted on the young. Much more fun for grownups!

I think I already told you this CRI but I have to send a friend regular pig photo updates after she saw this thread and fell in love with Griff and Mally

Ah bless. Must take some more snaps! Griff's fur is exceptionally long and I was thinking of plaiting it with some coloured threads, just to see what it looks like, before he has a haircut. I could lose digits in the process, however!

 

[trashpony]

One of my kittens picks up toys with his teeth and runs into a corner with them. I did try to take a photo earlier but as soon I got down with the camera, he dropped the ball and came running over. Needs moar training obvs!

CRI - do it, do it!

 

[shakespearegirl]

Yes, that's what she likes. She likes to sit on it even when not scratching on it.

Herbie (RIP) had a skyscraper made of these, which he loved.

Where is that from? Want! Sure Harry would be bored of it in 5 minutes though, the only things that ever retain his interest are stolen catnip filled socks.

 

[Manter]

Idiot cat has realised I take photos of him sleeping and mock him on the internet. He is not amused.

 

[tufty79]

I am living with reprobates. I was eating dinner when one of them swiped the top off my lasagna, dragged it across the room, got cheese sauce all over his back, and the other two swooped straight in to share it It's not the first bit of overbold foodthievery - he nicked a lamb chop off my plate last week


Words have been said. Mainly 'aaaaaaaaaarg'.

 

[shakespearegirl]

I am living with reprobates. I was eating dinner when one of them swiped the top off my lasagna, dragged it across the room, got cheese sauce all over his back, and the other two swooped straight in to share it It's not the first bit of overbold foodthievery - he nicked a lamb chop off my plate last week


Words have been said. Mainly 'aaaaaaaaaarg'.

Brilliant. Harry has never been into the stinks level of food thievery, but he's started trying since we've put him on a diet

 

[trashpony]

Here are a few shots of my massive 'kittens' (8 months old!)

Trying to pretend the mess is nothing to do with them (actually it probably isn't but they do grab lego and sit in the drawers)

Favoured spot for sitting in (and I managed to get him not to run at me!)

 

[Agent Sparrow]

Every cat needs a bosom for a pillow...



Edit: why is this picture on its blooming side???

 

[Puddy_Tat]

I am living with reprobates. I was eating dinner when one of them swiped the top off my lasagna, dragged it across the room, got cheese sauce all over his back, and the other two swooped straight in to share it It's not the first bit of overbold foodthievery - he nicked a lamb chop off my plate last week


Words have been said. Mainly 'aaaaaaaaaarg'.

are your kitties related to garfield?

 

[TikkiB]

This thread is just a great big old pile of squeee. I too can never get a decent pic of our two because a) one of them is black, the other black and white, and b) they never hold a pose while I run to get the phone/camera.

I really like some dogs, and love ours but it is safe to say, I LOVE all cats.

 

[CRI]

Here are a few shots of my massive 'kittens' (8 months old!)

Trying to pretend the mess is nothing to do with them (actually it probably isn't but they do grab lego and sit in the drawers)

Favoured spot for sitting in (and I managed to get him not to run at me!)

Whoa, they are getting big! I can't seem to get a snap of Breeze with "mousie" in her mouth (vermin-stylie) either! She's got a scratchybox like the one Loki's sitting on btw. Strangely, doesn't seem to like it as much as her falling-apart one, which is fairly identical!

Where is that from? Want! Sure Harry would be bored of it in 5 minutes though, the only things that ever retain his interest are stolen catnip filled socks.

I can't remember where it came from. I think it was maybe from "I want one of those" or some site like that. I think I first saw an image of it on Urbanz and thought yeah, gotta have that!

 

[Schmetterling]

Also, ZooPlus use Royal Mail which isn't brilliant, but at least if you're not in when they deliver, you can pick it up at the local depot. Most of the others use couriers - some really crap ones. I only ordered once from PetSupermarket as they used Yodel and I had a fraught 3 days trying to track down my damn parcel

*nnngngngnnggggg

Guess whose parcel is listed on Yodel's website as having been delivered but hasn't? Not here! Not atneighbour's! No card left!

Am I in the Yodel-delivery-vortex?

 

[CRI]

*nnngngngnnggggg

Guess whose parcel is listed on Yodel's website as having been delivered but hasn't? Not here! Not atneighbour's! No card left!

Am I in the Yodel-delivery-vortex?

Ooooooooh no, sorry mate. It looks like you might be. The extra 50p is worth it for the blood pressure alone. Good luck.

 

[Manter]

*nnngngngnnggggg

Guess whose parcel is listed on Yodel's website as having been delivered but hasn't? Not here! Not atneighbour's! No card left!

Am I in the Yodel-delivery-vortex?

Oh god, yodel is never a good sign!

We had a good one this week- delivery thing through the door saying they had tried to deliver while we were out so they'd left it with our neighbour at number 11. Problem is, we're number 11....

 

[CRI]

Grrrr. I wish I could remember the name of the courier but had a brilliant experience with one. Emailed day before to give an hour time slot and name of the driver. Could literally track his route from the depot and to all the deliveries on a map on line and he turned up dead on time. If one can do it, why can't the rest?

 

[CRI]

Couple snaps of Breeze on "Back Garden Patrol"

And a not very good shot of her about to slap the crap out of her mousie.

 

[oryx]

I really like some dogs, and love ours but it is safe to say, I LOVE all cats.

Your post reminded me of a woman I once sat next to in the vets who said: 'I dunno what it is about cats - I just love 'em. I just f***ing LOVE 'em!!!'

(a few days later I heard a friend of a friend say exactly the same thing almost word for word about drugs, but that's probably not one for a nice fluffy thread like this..... )

 

[Epona]

Radar tried to get comfy and settle in for a cuddle pretty much on my face the other morning - unfortunately he slipped and I now have a scratch on my eyelid of all places.

Sonic is due for his annual checkup and vaccinations soon, which involves me using public transport with a pet carrier that is emitting very strange and somewhat indignant wailing noises. Just trying to work out where West Ham are playing on the 1st, if they have an away match then I'll go to the vet next Saturday, if they're at Boleyn I'll go Friday instead and avoid the traffic.

 

[Schmetterling]

Your post reminded me of a woman I once sat next to in the vets who said: 'I dunno what it is about cats - I just love 'em. I just f***ing LOVE 'em!!!'

(a few days later I heard a friend of a friend say exactly the same thing almost word for word about drugs, but that's probably not one for a nice fluffy thread like this..... )

http://imgur.com/r/gif/6xDbH

 

[Puddy_Tat]

Radar tried to get comfy and settle in for a cuddle pretty much on my face the other morning - unfortunately he slipped and I now have a scratch on my eyelid of all places.

Sonic is due for his annual checkup and vaccinations soon, which involves me using public transport with a pet carrier that is emitting very strange and somewhat indignant wailing noises. Just trying to work out where West Ham are playing on the 1st, if they have an away match then I'll go to the vet next Saturday, if they're at Boleyn I'll go Friday instead and avoid the traffic.

away at Everton so you should be ok

 

[Epona]

away at Everton so you should be ok

Cool, thanks for that Saturday it is.

 

[Fez909]

Sad update, and my last on this thread: I've just got back from the Cat's Protection having dropped Rambo off

She was lovely this morning and she laid next to me while I was in bed and I was tickling her belly. That never happens! I put it off as late as I could and even got a taxi there (£££ ) rather than the two buses I would've needed to get as I didn't wanna leave so early and she's been on lots of buses lately and I didn't wanna stress her out any more than necessary.

The people in the homing place were absolutely lovely and they were all fussing over her. There was a young girl who looked to be on work experience or something and she said she wanted to take her home and was cooing over her. She said she sits with new cats all day when they're brought in, just to make them feel less frightened There were people in the waiting room of the centre who had come to look at cats but they had all been reserved yesterday, so there weren't any to view...until Rambo arrived. They were asking about her within seconds! Everyone was laughing at her being called Rambo and being a fluffy white female I actually found out her real name the other day as she did have a microchip, despite what the vet had told me earlier...she's called Angel! Quite a contrast with Rambo

So, she's going to live in pen number 8 which is apparently the luckiest pen. The vet/manager said all cats who go in there get adopted within 2 days. And I can imagine she won't be long in there with the people literally queuing to ask about her. I said she needs a back garden or to be an indoor cat and she said they'd match her up with some good owners. I mentioned I was worried that no one would take her because she's so frightened and shy and she said it doesn't work like that and that people actually prefer the quieter cats. So that's good *fingers crossed*

I'm just about to send some pics in to them as I told them about how unphotogenic she is. And she said she gets that all the time with some cats who look like "princesses" (her words!) until the camera comes out then they turn into grumpy cat - so she was very appreciative of my offer!

Just thrown away some rope which she liked to play with and her litter tray. House feels empty

meh

 

[TikkiB]

That's really sad, Fez, but it does sound like the CP will see her right and put her in a good home. You are just going to have to find somewhere to live where you can have a cat because you are plainly a Cat Person.