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trabuquera
Modesty Bag
you were warned, TC, you were warned...
(trying desperately not to revive the whole 'should toms neutered or left to "live naturally" dispute...)
(trying desperately not to revive the whole 'should toms neutered or left to "live naturally" dispute...)
TopCat
Putin fanboy
Yeah I know.
I think given he is now 8 months old and this is his first spring he has got frisky and wanted to find a female queen to mate with. It was much warmer on Saturday when he was last seen and this is often a trigger it seems for tom cat lust. If he found a female queen in heat he will probably hang around until he shags her or gets run off by a bigger tom.
I am putting some notices up tonight just so people check their sheds and garages.
Schmetterling
I saw something nasty in the woodshed!
Geri
wasn't born to follow
Collars come off pretty easily and if you do put one on, make sure it's a safety collar as the others can get caught and strangle them. Is he chipped?
TopCat
Putin fanboy
Yes he is chipped and registered. I will report him as lost to the national microchip site in the morning.
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wobbly
madamme has fleas. Confirmed this with a nit comb yesterday and gave her back a good going over to see if there were many. she's not completely crawling, but I got a dozen or so off her. that isn't the good news though. the good news is that she was clearly less than impressed with being combed, but she still just sat there for me to do it. loads of agitated noises, but even when i shifted one of her legs so I could get a clear run down the fur on her shoulder, she just sat there for me.
and she let me hold her with one arm while I sprayed her this morning. a bit of wriggling but no actual struggle and certainly no attack other than the death stare and a lot of disgruntled miowing. the level of trust we've built with her is absolutely awesome. and it looks like messing her about with treating the little bastards eating her isn't damaging that at all.
and she let me hold her with one arm while I sprayed her this morning. a bit of wriggling but no actual struggle and certainly no attack other than the death stare and a lot of disgruntled miowing. the level of trust we've built with her is absolutely awesome. and it looks like messing her about with treating the little bastards eating her isn't damaging that at all.
CRI
Registered Chooser
They did just sit staring at each other for ages. This one's quite friendly little cat and she doesn't seem to mind him/her too much. She has scared the shit out of most of the neighbourhood cats though mind!
CRI
Registered Chooser
Fleas, oh groan. Are they just on the kit or in the house as well. When Herbie got them (well, they were actually already in the house from the previous resident's cat, lying dormant,) it was a massive pain in the arse boil washing and spraying everything to get rid of them. Touch wood though, so far, haven't come back.
Epona
Sonic: 1 Nov 2006 - 8 Jan 2022
Oh god, horrible
My lot had fleas over new year 2013, my ankles were bitten to absolute shreds. I don't flea-treat religiously as they are indoor only but the buggers still got brought in and flourished, a couple of treatments with Advocate spot-on (and some spray that I got from the vet around the edges of the carpets where they like to hide) sorted it out but fuck it was unpleasant.
Bear in mind that fleas carry cat tapeworm, so if you're not using an all in one flea/worming job the cat will need a worming treatment afterwards.
TopCat
Putin fanboy
I did the above, plus emailed all the vets nearby. Put up posters last night. Fingers crossed.
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wobbly
Oh god, horrible
My lot had fleas over new year 2013, my ankles were bitten to absolute shreds. I don't flea-treat religiously as they are indoor only but the buggers still got brought in and flourished, a couple of treatments with Advocate spot-on (and some spray that I got from the vet around the edges of the carpets where they like to hide) sorted it out but fuck it was unpleasant.
Bear in mind that fleas carry cat tapeworm, so if you're not using an all in one flea/worming job the cat will need a worming treatment afterwards.
I'm going to worm her in a few days. Despite the cooperation I described above, that I'm still amazed at btw, I'm not doing anyhting not related to flea treatment to her for a few days. she's been mauled quite enough
fakeplasticgirl
Keirleader
Loving a belly rub!
trashpony
Hag
I was woken from my nap earlier my the cat with the fluffy tail trying to remove the leaf which had stuck to his shitty fur by dragging his arse across the carpet 
I ended up dipping the whole of his back end in the sink and rinsing it all off and then putting him outside. I suspect I may not see him again for some time
I ended up dipping the whole of his back end in the sink and rinsing it all off and then putting him outside. I suspect I may not see him again for some time
Manter
Lunch Mob
My ridiculous creature has to have a special dry food then complimentary wet food without fillers in it, or he gets the shits. And following an unhappy cat around with kitchen roll to try and get the runny poo off his fluffy white bum is not funny. Though possibly funny to watch, especially when you're trying to do it 9 months pregnant
It's a good job he's pretty. He's a pointless cat in most other ways
trashpony
Hag
Why, because your cat's tail's not covered in shit?
I am going to ban them from the bedroom again. I just hate shitty arses near my face, especially when I'm asleep. Kid shit is bad enough. Cat shit is worse
Manter
Lunch Mob
No, the pictures make me happy!Why, because your cat's tail's not covered in shit?
I am going to ban them from the bedroom again. I just hate shitty arses near my face, especially when I'm asleep. Kid shit is bad enough. Cat shit is worse
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trashpony
Hag
Schadenfreude is an ugly thing
Manter
Lunch Mob
I am a bad person
trashpony
Hag
Yes you are. Go and wash tomatoes out of babygros and atone for your sinsI am a bad person
Manter
Lunch Mob
<<sob>>Yes you are. Go and wash tomatoes out of babygros and atone for your sins
CRI
Registered Chooser
I'm pretty sure Applaws and Encore are exactly the same, just different packaging (and even the name is similar in a silly joke kinda way.) If you look at the ingredients, even the address, it's the same.
Encore seems to have gone up in price but was always a bit cheaper than Applaws for some reason. The tins and pouches are complimentary though, not complete (although the square pate stylie ones are.)
Just before Christmas, I couldn't find the Encore dry anywhere, so ordered some Thrive Complete dry online, which is 90% chicken, no cereals or other crap, and Breeze adores the stuff. She will hoover up the tins of Thrive Complete, but at a quid a pop, she doesn't get to many of those. Natures menu beef (another high meat, no rubbish wet food) seems to be her absolute favourite though. She loves Natures Menu treats as well - they're like 95% meat. Actually, I tend to get the dog ones rather than the cat ones and cut them up as they're better value (same stuff I think.)
I'm thinking of trying one called Nutrivet that's on Zoo Plus. Another high meat, no cereal dry one. She's not overly fussy, so it's just a case of finding something cheap as possible but without crap in it.
Speaking of which, commiserations to all those with runny butt cats. Actually, I've found that feeding food without alot of fillers means less frequent, less stinky crap, but Jaysus, not only does Breeze gobble food like a dog, she does craps the size of a Labrador's - thankfully only once a day, maybe every other day.
CRI
Registered Chooser
I know! Natures Menu does "raw food" frozen in blocks, neither of us are meat eaters and the thought of a freezer full of dead stuff doesn't fill me with joy, let alone grinding up fresh dead chicks for her, or some such. She'll do find with a pile of high meat, cereal free gloop. Actually, Natures menu is about 50 or 60p a pouch, so not as eyewatering as Applaws or that Lily's Kitchen stuff (which Breeze actually hated - but she loves the treats, a gift from a visitor a few weeks ago.)
B & M stores are pretty good for highish meat content food like Feline Fayre and Hi Life, although they do have some fillers and crap in them, but not as bad as the Whiskas and Felix type ones. Sometimes they're like 20 or 30p a tin. I give her one of those, then one of the better ones, etc. I suppose if your kitty has to have really fancy grub, even those "middling" ones won't be any good to you.
Apart from that one time she was car sick (kind of an exception I think!), Breeze has never puked, but Herbie (RIP) did that like every other day. He was a really fussy eater and would rarely eat the same thing two days running, so as a result, ended up eating some good stuff but mostly any old thing. I don't know if he just had a dodgy digestive system or whether it was the crap food. He did have some dry food that was supposed to stop hairballs and he was sick less, but then he turned up his nose at that after a while. Let's just say he had "food issues."
Personal opinion, cat puke is worse than cat turds.
