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How long do kittens stay playful? Tim just can’t get enough playtime, he loves all his (many, many) toys so much he can’t wait to see them whenever he comes back to the living room. It’s such a joy.

He also loves his carrying sling. Lately after we do some pottering around the house in it, I’ve been taking him into the garden. I sit in the sun and hold him in the bag. He is totally chilled out just looking around at all the new outdoor sights and sounds and smells. I sing to him quietly. It’s also an utter joy.

Our Buttons loved playing (esp. chasing string) well into her 17th year. You keep playing with them and they’ll keep playing 😺
 
After a couple of weeks of better manners and boundaries, Tim has been a savage combination of playful toddler and razor blade factory today. Every game has tried to be “slice and puncture my hoomanmama”.

Still just playing. Not angry cat. Just the mood he’s in today - but I rather hope he’s in a different mood tomorrow.
 
After a couple of weeks of better manners and boundaries, Tim has been a savage combination of playful toddler and razor blade factory today. Every game has tried to be “slice and puncture my hoomanmama”.

Still just playing. Not angry cat. Just the mood he’s in today - but I rather hope he’s in a different mood tomorrow.

How old is he now? Some cats start to hit puberty as young as 4-5 months (been a while since I had a kitten, but I think most vets here still wait til about 6 months to neuter?) so it could be hormones starting to kick in if he's not been neutered yet. Yeah even though he still all ickle and kitteny!

OOOH he could also be teething, he's probably starting to get some adult teeth coming through.
 
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Is that the Hoover factory in W London?

no, it is (or was) the Carreras cigarette factory (their brand - or one of them - was 'black cat' fags), Hampstead Road, Mornington Crescent.

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How old is he now? Some cats start to hit puberty as young as 4-5 months (been a while since I had a kitten, but I think most vets here still wait til about 6 months to neuter?) so it could be hormones starting to kick in if he's not been neutered yet. Yeah even though he still all ickle and kitteny!

OOOH he could also be teething, he's probably starting to get some adult teeth coming through.
Only 11 weeks, but I did wonder about teething.
 
Only 11 weeks, but I did wonder about teething.

Probably starting to teethe then! They are just livewires anyway. My 2 that I had as kittens went through a stage of wiggly pouncing on my head when I was in bed which I think they all do at some stage, best way of dealing with that is covers over the head and ignore them - I had a "no play" zone of the bed and if I was in bed complete refusal to play there mostly got the message through.

Kittens are lovely but exhausting, and sometimes a bit painful.
 
Every summer, despite regular zoom grooming and picking out seeds and other detritus from her fur, Trillian ends up with matts. They tend to form around clumps of seeds, like an oyster in reverse. It’s definitely getting more of an issue as she ages.

She’s quite good natured about shaving them off so we’re finally trying a more preventative approach…

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She doesn’t look too murderous, does she?

Btw, please note there is a feathering effect between her new mane and her back, as we wouldn’t want her looking silly.
 
I had a "no play" zone of the bed and if I was in bed complete refusal to play there mostly got the message through.

i'm pleased to say that the mogs i ended up living with were fairly good about that, and regarded the bed as for sleeping, either with or without me there. think they only once had an argument while i was there - they generally each had their own side of the bed and i had the middle.

previous hooman had got them out of the habit of 'playful' biting / clawing - he would screech like a cat in pain if they did try anything while they were kittens, and that seemed to get the message across.
 
Solidarity AS! Molly and her dreads were a nightmare and Kizzy has had a few but so far we've spotted them and cut them off before getting out of control
Good luck!
 
no, it is (or was) the Carreras cigarette factory (their brand - or one of them - was 'black cat' fags), Hampstead Road, Mornington Crescent.

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That's a great article (and the website looks promising in a deep, up till 4am rabbit hole kind of way :D).

Love the little cats' faces next to the lettering.
 
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