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[Bakunin]

Fluffy has been renamed Vinnie, and has escaped from his foster home! So now he is having to fend for himself in an area miles away that he doesn't know. I don't know if that is better or worse than being in an area he knows but keeps getting beaten up in

At least here he could come in for food and rest.

Fluffy/Vinnie might possibly turn up back at yours. When we took Midnight in to be checked for a chip before we moved the vet found one and so we had to leave her at the vet's to be returned to her original people. Ten rather depressing days later, including a phone call from the vet to tell us how delighted her people were, I'm sat on the sofa working when I hear a familiar voice outside the front door. Her Majesty demanded the door be opened, called me all the bastards under the sun for having been taken away from us, gave me that especially boggy look that only an angry cat can deliver and then trooped into the kitchen, sat by the spot where her dish used to be and promptly demanded to be fed.

I fed her, called the vet, the vet called her original people and passed our number on to them and they called neither the vet nor us to bother seeing if she'd turned up. Hence, we now have a permanent feline overlord in the form of the mighty Midnight.

And she's still asleep in the bathroom sink for some reason.

 

[Geri]

How far away was that though? It's almost 7 miles from here to his foster place.

 

[Bakunin]

How far away was that though? It's almost 7 miles from here to his foster place.

We don't know where she returned from, but cats do have a proven homing instinct and 7 miles isn't too far away. I'm not saying mog will come back, but it's certainly a possibility.

 

[Geri]

Lots of big roads between here and there though I just hope he goes back to the foster home when he gets hungry. I feel a bit cross about it, but he broke down their cat flap to get out, and he has done that here before. I did tell them he needed somewhere secure, but I should have been clearer about how desperate he might get.

 

[Bakunin]

It's sat on the end of the bookshelf.

It's looking at me.

 

[Manter]

Ours never does owt like that, although I was surprised he caught a mouse according to our neighbour!

He has a really loud voice and is very shouty and definitely talks/ argues with you.

If ours caught anything he'd die of shock. As would I!

 

[Manter]

He may go back Geri. Fingers crossed

 

[Epona]

Sonic (little blue cat) had his annual checkup yesterday. He's put on half a kilo in the last year!!! He's not overweight though, he has always been extremely skinny (verging on underweight), just a bit less so now than he was. It's all muscle.
Made a right fuss in the carrier, and holding him on the examination table was like trying to hold a sack of snakes.
Got home and he was really clingy and in need of comforting for the rest of the day, I couldn't get him off me, he spent a lot of the afternoon and evening gripping onto my lap with his head shoved under my arm.

 

[Schmetterling]

Fluffy has been renamed Vinnie, and has escaped from his foster home! So now he is having to fend for himself in an area miles away that he doesn't know. I don't know if that is better or worse than being in an area he knows but keeps getting beaten up in

At least here he could come in for food and rest.

Is it too much to hope he will be knocking on your door within the next few days?

ETA Had posted before reading rest of thread; I see other people had the same thought.

 

[Geri]

Is it too much to hope he will be knocking on your door within the next few days?

I would be amazed if he did. He'd have to travel 7 miles across several major roads and a motorway to get back. We really needed to get him away from this area, as he was in a shocking state due to getting beaten up all the time. We would have happily kept him otherwise.

The rescue woman took him to the vets and he was put on antibiotics to help him heal, so he really needs to get back to them.

This is the state he was in, which is why I am worried

 

[Cribynkle]

Oh poor Vinnie I hope he get's found soon

 

[trashpony]

Oh bless you Vinnie

Do you have loads of aggressive toms round your way? Is there nothing that can be done other than keep him indoors?

 

[Epona]

Hope Vinnie turns up soon, poor lad he looks like he came off worst bless him, hope he is found and safe soon.

 

[Geri]

I don't think he will turn up, he was only at the foster home for two days which I don't think is long enough to get his bearings. My cats don't get beaten up around here, but then I doubt they sneak into other cat's houses looking for food. I just hope some nice kind people take pity on him like we did.

 

[Cribynkle]

Massive photo of Archie posing for my massive new phone

 

[Mation]

Aha! I came upstairs to find the cats sitting together and playing nicely instead of squabbling



and even got Dylan to sit still for a pic on his own after Bobby had stalked off, pretending they don't sit about and cuddle all the time we're not watching

 

[fakeplasticgirl]

visiting these two balls of fluff in a couple of weeks - can't wait to get in some serious strokage!

 

[CRI]

visiting these two balls of fluff in a couple of weeks - can't wait to get in some serious strokage!

LOVE fluffy cats!

 

[CRI]

Breeze exploring the garden this afternoon.


Was away for a long weekend, so Breeze was quite cuddly last night (which was nice,) but today, she was still being more demanding than usual (e.g. tapping me on the shoulder, bringing toys over, trilling and chatting) and got rather annoyed the two times I had to go out. Worried I'm creating a cling monster now!

 

[Epona]

Was away for a long weekend, so Breeze was quite cuddly last night (which was nice,) but today, she was still being more demanding than usual (e.g. tapping me on the shoulder, bringing toys over, trilling and chatting) and got rather annoyed the two times I had to go out. Worried I'm creating a cling monster now!

If it's anything like the situation here, you don't get grumpy cat when you've been out/away, you get super-attached velcro cat who cannot bear it if you leave his/her side for more than 5 seconds.

 

[Puddy_Tat]

If it's anything like the situation here, you don't get grumpy cat when you've been out/away, you get super-attached velcro cat who cannot bear it if you leave his/her side for more than 5 seconds.

I tended to get the "hmph, we're ignoring you" for anything up to an hour followed by a lap full of purring kittehs (i only lived with two, but the two of them was something of a lap full)

 

[trashpony]

Still cuddling up together and snoring gently
They'll be 9 months on Monday

 

[fakeplasticgirl]

sweet, sweet rubbings...

 

[Bakunin]

The dreaded Taxcat has expanded her purrview over human affairs.

No longer satisfied with nesting anywhere and everywhere she wants, when she wants and ruthlessly inflicting her Luxury Tax on anything and everything edible that she decides she might like, Her Majesty has now taken to appropriating our visitors for her purrsonal usage. We had two nice people pop round this afternoon. Both met Midnight and both were immediately conscripted into her rapidly growing collection of human slaves. Once more her glossy, strokable fur, big green eyes and kittenish charm have enabled her to start collecting people as well as food, nesting spots and pootling around and about, mercilessly crushing dissent beneath her mighty paws.

She is here. She has the taxation policies of King John I in moggy form.

Will we never be set free..?

 

[Geri]

Took Geri to vets today, she is going back on medication for her bowel condition my last vet took her off. It's basically Last Chance Saloon.

 

[pogofish]

I think I can say that spring has finally arrived - Its a nice sunny morning and the black and white cat has gone into full-on outdoor mode over just two days.

She has spent all of thirty minutes inside in the last 24 hours and is using her outdoor bed in the greenhouse again!

 

[Mation]

Took Geri to vets today, she is going back on medication for her bowel condition my last vet took her off. It's basically Last Chance Saloon.

Fingers crossed, then x

 

[Puddy_Tat]

Took Geri to vets today, she is going back on medication for her bowel condition my last vet took her off. It's basically Last Chance Saloon.

hope all goes well

 

[Geri]

Thanks. She's just about 17, so we know she isn't going to be around for that much longer.

 

[pogofish]

I would be amazed if he did. He'd have to travel 7 miles across several major roads and a motorway to get back. We really needed to get him away from this area, as he was in a shocking state due to getting beaten up all the time. We would have happily kept him otherwise.

The rescue woman took him to the vets and he was put on antibiotics to help him heal, so he really needs to get back to them.

This is the state he was in, which is why I am worried

Hang-on, isn't the case that all the cuts and scratches being around the face is taken as a sign of him being the aggressor/dominant/won't back down cat?

He's probably gone missing cos he's the Alpha-Cat wanting his hard-won territory back!