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[philosophical]

He looks very at home! I wouldn't be able to resist either. I never heard of a cat who ears porridge though!

He seems to have a routine. Waiting at the back door, and often when Mrs P gets up he begs to come in and scrounge a bit of her porridge, and a sultanas or raisin if there's one going.
When he then goes out I think he then does several more houses down the road, like a scrounge patrol.
He probably feels at home in several places.

 

[quiet guy]

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Get a way with you. You've just stuck some googly eyes to the black stuck on felt

 

[Sasaferrato]

Bold choice of carpet colour with a mostly black cat, Cloo

Our two are just starting to moult, it has been cold up here. The amount of hair in the hoover, you would think they'd be bald by now.

 

[Sasaferrato]

My daughter is away collecting a kitten just now.

Her old cat died suddenly, and the dog is absolutely lost without him.

 

[Dystopiary]

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Cutest alien I've ever seen!

 

[Epona]

My daughter is away collecting a kitten just now.

Her old cat died suddenly, and the dog is absolutely lost without him.

Liked for the new arrival. Condolences to her and the dog on their loss though

 

[Sasaferrato]

New baby has arrived.

He has big feets.

He is sitting in my grandson's lap purring away, he's ben properly socialised.

I left the typo in, my gs is Ben.

 

[philosophical]

Bloom on the scrounge at the back door.

 

[LeytonCatLady]

New baby has arrived.

He has big feets.

He is sitting in my grandson's lap purring away, he's ben properly socialised.

I left the typo in, my gs is Ben.

AWWW!

 

[stavros]

We very much enjoyed Eurovision together last night.

 

[Me76]

I seem to be finding a lot more whiskers around the house than I ever have before. Over the last month or so, finding one every couple of days.

They still have them on their faces, so I wonder whether they just aren't going out as much so I'm seeing the left over ones indoors more

 

[bimble]

My boy was just not himself today all day, nothing very obvious but all wrong, not leaping, not excited by Dreamies, not making his usual sounds or hanging out in his fave spots, and thank fuck i did worry because turns out it was a blockage stopping him from being able to pee, which the emergency vet said if I'd left it till tomorrow that would probably have been the end of him, my trusty silly lovely companion, because kidneys.
He's supposed to stay in for 48 hrs all hooked up to tubes and stuff but procedure is already done and he didn't need general anaesthetic which is good.
Massive separation anxiety but thank fuck looks like he'll be fine.
Do watch your boycats, this is quite common apparently but really serious shit.

 

[ddraig]

Oh no! Hope he's much better tomorrow
Lucky indeed, phew

 

[Puddy_Tat]

(((( bimble and kitty ))))

get well soon, kitty

 

[bimble]

On a normal day if i tried to force him into his carrybox and drive him down the A41 he'd be having absolutely none of it but he just let me do it and looked at me trustingly the whole way there from the front seat. Like when it comes down to it he knows, got to be done.

 

[Epona]

My boy was just not himself today all day, nothing very obvious but all wrong, not leaping, not excited by Dreamies, not making his usual sounds or hanging out in his fave spots, and thank fuck i did worry because turns out it was a blockage stopping him from being able to pee, which the emergency vet said if I'd left it till tomorrow that would probably have been the end of him, my trusty silly lovely companion, because kidneys.
He's supposed to stay in for 48 hrs all hooked up to tubes and stuff but procedure is already done and he didn't need general anaesthetic which is good.
Massive separation anxiety but thank fuck looks like he'll be fine.
Do watch your boycats, this is quite common apparently but really serious shit.

So glad you spotted it, that can get very nasty very quickly! Wishing him a quick recovery, hope he'll be on the mend and back home where he belongs soon.

 

[bimble]

I have a decision to make, the vet on the phone just now says he's doing ok but he's really stressed out and hissing at them, trying to remove his tubes (catheter and IV) and that if he carries on like that 'we can't do anything with him' and so it might be no point keeping him in and i could come and get him.
Which of course i want to do immediately cos i miss him like crazy the little idiot. But the internet explains that the first 48 hours after this happens (urinary obstruction) is the very high risk period for reoccurrence and he really does need the treatment, flushing his system, if he can be made to tolerate it.
I dont know what to do. She said to call back lunchtime and then decide.

 

[starfish]

We got a new kitten yesterday, our first in 22 years. This is Daisy.

 

[LeytonCatLady]

We got a new kitten yesterday, our first in 22 years. This is Daisy.

Is she a ragdoll kitten? She's really pretty!

 

[starfish]

Is she a ragdoll kitten? She's really pretty

Yes.

 

[donkyboy]

I do miss having a kitten in the flat. I still remember the kitten behaviours my girls got up to when they were babies.

 

[Epona]

I do miss having a kitten in the flat. I still remember the kitten behaviours my girls got up to when they were babies.

The 2 I have currently were really well socialised kittens and mostly just affectionate with a bit of pouncing on the bed-mice, but Radar was an absolute little shit, I cried a lot the first week we had him and had to wear sturdy hiking boots around the house for the first year. I still loved him beyond all measure though.

 

[bimble]

Just got him back home. The vet said that he'd ripped out the catheter, escaped his cage and terrorised everybody for quite a while this morning, took them ages to recapture him.
He's proper traumatised but home now . Am a little bit proud, when they said they'd never had an escapee quite like that.
Just hope that we both recover from the whole experience asap.

 

[Epona]

Just got him back home. The vet said that he'd ripped out the catheter, escaped his cage and terrorised everybody for quite a while this morning, took them ages to recapture him.
He's proper traumatised but home now . Am a little bit proud, when they said they'd never had an escapee quite like that.
Just hope that we both recover from the whole experience asap.

I am sure you will as you've had a right scare, just keep an eye on him for a while (at the same time as letting him have some quiet time to recover from the trauma, if he wants that rather than attention) to make sure he doesn't get blocked again, you know to take him back in as an emergency if need be.

I usually think if a cat gets fighty at the vets it is probably a good sign overall.

 

[rutabowa]

All cats getting along fine a week in. The kitten is pretty energetic, the older cat puts up with most of it but drew the line at having his belly poked by a kitten nose.

 

[Sasaferrato]

We got a new kitten yesterday, our first in 22 years. This is Daisy.

She is beautiful.

 

[stavros]

I was quite proud that despite the extremely heavy and noisy hail earlier Missy managed to maintain her concentration on the spare room bed.

 

[Dystopiary]

My cat pissed a number 4.

 

[Epona]

I think one of the best things in my life is when I sing Jakey's theme song (the Pink Panther cartoon theme) to him, he goes absolutely nuts, pushing his little head into my hands and purring furiously. He knows it is his theme song and I am singing it just for him

 

[bimble]

Since he came home from cat hospital my rufty tufty boy who scared all the nurses just wants to be stroked constantly, that's all he wants to do and this isn't normal, usually he'd come and allow a bit of affection and then stalk off to do his own things after a minute or so. Its extremely cute obvs but I hope its just part of coming down from the sedatives they had to give him and recovering from the whole nightmare experience?