Calamity1971
If Mr Peanut says It's okay, then it is.
Mine would have ate itGroomed cats and idiot cat decided there was a bonus toy....
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Mine would have ate itGroomed cats and idiot cat decided there was a bonus toy....
I've never officially timed it, but we must've come close to the lap ever lap occupancy today. She assumed the position just before kick-off of New Zealand and South Africa, and looked most perturbed when I eventually evicted her at the final whistle.
Bloody exhausting for me, keeping my thighs in the correct position for that long and not being able to man-spread.
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Hi Gaia there are huge flocks of them in South London. They roost in the highest trees, make a bloody racket but it's still amazing to see them. At about 5.30pm hundreds circle above looking for the best roosting spots. Lately they've taken to eating the apples and pearsDo you have feral parakeets where you are, or do you reckon (s)he’s someone’s pet…? Dad says there are loads up at his golf club.
Hi Gaia there are huge flocks of them in South London. They roost in the highest trees, make a bloody racket but it's still amazing to see them. At about 5.30pm hundreds circle above looking for the best roosting spots. Lately they've taken to eating the apples and pearsin the garden. A hundred and one theories abound re their arrival...ranging from Jimi Hendrix releasing a pair to them escaping from a film set. They're resilient buggers. I watched a woodpecker drilling away for weeks on a new hole, only to be bullied away by the parakeets. They give the magpies a run for their money. There is probably a bank of high trees somewhere near your Dads golf course.
Hi Gaia there are huge flocks of them in South London. They roost in the highest trees, make a bloody racket but it's still amazing to see them. At about 5.30pm hundreds circle above looking for the best roosting spots. Lately they've taken to eating the apples and pearsin the garden. A hundred and one theories abound re their arrival...ranging from Jimi Hendrix releasing a pair to them escaping from a film set. They're resilient buggers. I watched a woodpecker drilling away for weeks on a new hole, only to be bullied away by the parakeets. They give the magpies a run for their money. There is probably a bank of high trees somewhere near your Dads golf course.
Groomed cats and idiot cat decided there was a bonus toy....
That’s just from the idiot. Yeti gave me enough to knit a whole new kittenThat's all you got??
I can get nearly that off my trousers after one, fairly minor, Casper lap-sitting session
We're started to look at rehoming another now that I'm starting a new job and my partner will sometimes be at home overnight on her own, I think she could do with the company.
However she's never had a pet that wasn't mine first, and even then only lived with me and the cat for 18 months before I had to have Lucy put down, so I really need her to have a grasp on how much a cat costs to run, and this time I don't want to flake on insurance as it landed me with some big bills last time, even to the point my mum offered to help me out.
So how much do you reckon your cat costs to run each month? I'm thinking £30 for a wicked insurance policy, £30 for food and I'd like to sign them up to the monthly subscription at my vet where you get worming tablets, flea stuff and a check up every 6 months all included for £15 a month (you get some other stuff too, I can't remember what though).
Does that sound about right to all of you cat owners?
Animal friends refused to pay out anymore for my cat after her first round of treatment though and I was paying about £13 a month...... They paid for one treatment, and then said it was no excluded from the policy.I think you're probably overestimating insurance cost unless you go for an elderly (over 10) cat. I pay £10.50 per month for an excellent lifetime policy with Animal Friends. Other costs pretty much tally with what I spend. I also have a vet policy like the one you have and the cost is about the same. My food costs are slightly less but that's due to my cat only liking Waitrose or Lidl own brandwhich are both much cheaper than Whiskas etc.
Animal friends refused to pay out anymore for my cat after her first round of treatment though and I was paying about £13 a month...... They paid for one treatment, and then said it was no excluded from the policy.
I'd much rather over estimate though, because if its cheaper we'll stash that money for cat sitters etc as we were very reliant on friends and family with our last cat when we went away.
We've got the Covered for Life policy with Petplan and I'm sure it's about £18 a month (will check when I get home).I'd much rather over estimate though, because if its cheaper we'll stash that money for cat sitters etc as we were very reliant on friends and family with our last cat when we went away.
We're started to look at rehoming another now that I'm starting a new job and my partner will sometimes be at home overnight on her own, I think she could do with the company.
However she's never had a pet that wasn't mine first, and even then only lived with me and the cat for 18 months before I had to have Lucy put down, so I really need her to have a grasp on how much a cat costs to run, and this time I don't want to flake on insurance as it landed me with some big bills last time, even to the point my mum offered to help me out.
So how much do you reckon your cat costs to run each month? I'm thinking £30 for a wicked insurance policy, £30 for food and I'd like to sign them up to the monthly subscription at my vet where you get worming tablets, flea stuff and a check up every 6 months all included for £15 a month (you get some other stuff too, I can't remember what though).
Does that sound about right to all of you cat owners?
My standard moggy is the expensive one - I've told him multiple times that we could have had him fucking gold plated for less... I'm not sure we'd have been able to save his life if it wasn't for petplan footing most of the bill.For food our two boys probably cost us about btw £30-50 per month - depending on how fussy they are - but places like Poundstretcher and Wilco’s sell great quality cheap biscuits, pouches and treats that they love - providing you do some crafty variety rotation.
After all the premiums (& excesses) we paid to PetPlan vs actual treatments required for our previous late lamented moggy (who died aged 17) we figured it just wasn’t worth it. For our current 2 boys, we put aside £20 per month into a dedicated account and, should treatment be required, the cash comes from there. So far (over 3.5 years), the account has covered everything and is running at a serious surplus so no regrets there at all. Obviously, if your pet has weird pedigree needs or strange health conditions related to the same then perhaps it makes financial sense but, for your standard moggy, it just doesn’t add up.
Brad likes to sleep on Wolfie's leg sometimes. I struggled to take this photo because Madge was on my lap and refused to move.
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My 17 year old Tom Bobby is getting a bit thin. I wondered worms. He is not a vet friendly cat.
GF bought tablets. Said to crush in food etc.
I'm awake now and the bastard cat is running about and snarling.