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[William of Walworth]

All sorts of things run through your mind though when they go walkabout. I thought Meg had gone off to shuffle off away from my eyes as her son did I could cope in a way knowing attention was coming from elsewhere but it's the not knowing that hurts the most. I hope there is good news for you soon.

Very, very true that!

 

[Geri]

Our friends the other day speculated that Lost Cat is lost because he was much the most in need of strokes/affection -- and food. So he may very well be getting this elsewhere, and exclusively.

And partly, they suggested, because he couldn't deal with tne affection-competition/food-compettion from our other cats.

Some cats do prefer to be the only cat in the household, and if they get food/attention elsewhere they will go there for it. Going back a few years now we hardly ever saw Spook, and one day she came back with a note on her collar saying she had been spending a lot of time in someone else's house, but they were moving and hoped she would be alright when they were gone (the cheek of it!)

Obviously I don't know your cat and if this might be the case.

I'm a member of a lost and found pets in Bristol Facebook group and every day there are reports of missing cats - some come back after a day or so, some after weeks or even months. Some never come back at all, but I would say no news is probably good news.

You might want to think about getting them chipped though as the number of cats found that aren't chipped is unbelievable and in those cases unless the owner can be traced by other means they end up getting rehomed by rescues.

 

[trashpony]

I'm sorry your cat's missing (and about your mum too) - sounds very hard

Yes I agree it's a good idea to get all cats chipped.

In a silly tale, our chip-operated cat flap has been going through batteries at a stupendous rate. I was going to ring the manufacturer to complain and then thought I ought to read the manual. Apparently if the draught excluder strip has fur on it, the mechanism is 'on' the whole time because it thinks there's a cat in the flap. I had a look and there was enough cat fluff in there to make a small kitten

 

[Mogden]

I'm sorry your cat's missing (and about your mum too) - sounds very hard

Yes I agree it's a good idea to get all cats chipped.

In a silly tale, our chip-operated cat flap has been going through batteries at a stupendous rate. I was going to ring the manufacturer to complain and then thought I ought to read the manual. Apparently if the draught excluder strip has fur on it, the mechanism is 'on' the whole time because it thinks there's a cat in the flap. I had a look and there was enough cat fluff in there to make a small kitten

My lot are all chipped now cos I've got one of those cat flaps. It's definitely worth the investment. And I didn't realise about the fluff and the sensor but I'm glad I've been scraping it out when I've been giving it a buff so they can all see through

 

[Mogden]

Myself and the furry lot would also like to offer their condolences High Voltage. We couldn't say anything before cos we were upset about Meg.

 

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Some cats do prefer to be the only cat in the household, and if they get food/attention elsewhere they will go there for it. Going back a few years now we hardly ever saw Spook, and one day she came back with a note on her collar saying she had been spending a lot of time in someone else's house, but they were moving and hoped she would be alright when they were gone (the cheek of it!)

Obviously I don't know your cat and if this might be the case.

I'm a member of a lost and found pets in Bristol Facebook group and every day there are reports of missing cats - some come back after a day or so, some after weeks or even months. Some never come back at all, but I would say no news is probably good news.

You might want to think about getting them chipped though as the number of cats found that aren't chipped is unbelievable and in those cases unless the owner can be traced by other means they end up getting rehomed by rescues.

we tried to return midnight to her original people, only reason we could even try was that she was chipped. she'd apparently been missing 18 months.

 

[Spymaster]

Going back a few years now we hardly ever saw Spook, and one day she came back with a note on her collar saying she had been spending a lot of time in someone else's house, but they were moving and hoped she would be alright when they were gone (the cheek of it!)

There's a fun game to be had in there somewhere.

Communicating with the neighbours by cat!

 

[Geri]

There's a fun game to be had in there somewhere.

Communicating with the neighbours by cat!

Yeah, my ex husband send them a very stroppy note back!

 

[Bitter&Twisted]

Some friends of mine have a part-time cat called Wilhemina. She "belongs" to a neighbour two doors down and she goes in via the opened windows. They never feed her but she comes from a multi-cat household, she pops in for a fuss and a kip on their bed and then she goes home again.

 

[Mapped]

Some friends of mine have a part-time cat called Wilhemina. She "belongs" to a neighbour two doors down and she goes in via the opened windows. They never feed her but she comes from a multi-cat household, she pops in for a fuss and a kip on their bed and then she goes home again.

We had one of these in Walthamstow. It slept with us, sat on the sofa when we watched TV, brought us presents and then buggered off home to get fed. It never came back once we got our own cat

 

[UrbaneFox]

discobastard

dunno really. Some cleaning materials are cat friendly - vaguely remember having some recommended when I lived with kittehs.

and not sure whether a new kitteh would be more comfortable with something that smells brand new or something that has a faint smell of past cats about it. Many cats will ignore proper cat beds anyway so may be worth trying it and seeing.

ETA - and hope you and new kitteh are very happy together

Interesting bed. Where did you get it?

 

[Puddy_Tat]

Interesting bed. Where did you get it?

not my cat / cat bed / box - just a lolcat i remembered...

 

[Epona]

Because it has been hot in here the last few days, my lot have been dozing a lot during the day and occasionally glaring at me as if the temperature is somehow my fault.
Whenever the temperature drops a bit they have a "funny 5 minutes" that is more like a funny 3 hours.

 

[slightlytouched]

We got Willow's lump results back and they have puzzled the vet. Turns out it was a blister/abscess that is usually found on the surface of the skin. With this result they would fully expect to find blisters/ulcers in her mouth and skin, but she certainly doesn't have any of that!!

In relation to what others are saying above about cats that aren't home much....I have a woos of a cat called Jaspah who will not stand up for himself against the other cats of the house, so he spends most of his time in a catless house up the lane. He comes home for a feed every now and then, and sleeps here in the winter, but I don't see him for days on end. My neighbour is home most of the time so she feeds and fusses him when she see's him as I am usually at work when he drops by.

 

[Lazy Llama]

Today has been hot.

Too hot.

 

[Geri]

Today has been hot.

Too hot.

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Jimmy has been very sensible and slept on the bench in the shade all day.

 

[Lazy Llama]

Jimmy has been very sensible and slept on the bench in the shade all day.

Tilly and Ford sat under the sun loungers for some of the day, Ford spends a lot of the time deep under the honeysuckle.
The house was lovely and cool but they prefer to be outside.

 

[Geri]

The house was lovely and cool but they prefer to be outside.

Yeah, same as. I worry about Jimmy as he is mostly white, and white cats are more prone to skin cancer, although he does have black ears.

 

[colacubes]

Max isn't feeling it at all

He's v old and panting a lot poor sod

 

[fishfinger]

They really don't seem to cope very well in this weather. Leyla has not known what to do with herself. It's too hot inside or out here

 

[Puddy_Tat]

Today has been hot.

Too hot.

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i think your kittehs has melted...

 

[StoneRoad]

Hot weather has not been bothering Hilli as much as I expected. Apart from having a huge moult ........
I went to the vets for dog worming tablets, they asked me if Hilli needed any, but as she's an indoor cat I said no need this time. They then asked me if I knew how old she was - over 16 ! (1st June 1998) and how she was generally. (bearing in mind they saw her quite a lot for the first two / three years ..........)

 

[T & P]

When it's hot, one of ours simply disappears after breakfast, and is not seen again until night. The other at least sleeps around in our garden and pops in from time to time hoping for a feed. Right now he's sitting by my chair pestering me

 

[trashpony]

My cats are very excited I'm sitting outside (it was just too hot earlier and I couldn't see the screen) so are fighting in my honour I don't know how they have the energy

 

[Puddy_Tat]

 

[Epona]

Mine are very inactive when it's this hot. They occasionally lift up their heads to glare at me as if it's my fault, but otherwise find the coolest spot they can and just snooze.
A species that will cram its body on top of a piping hot radiator in winter, but doesn't really appreciate it being too hot in summer.
I have come to the conclusion that they like it best when it's cold and they have to seek out a hot spot. Having a high ambient heat doesn't seem to go down to well!

 

[ska invita]

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[colacubes]

Max isn't feeling it at all

He's v old and panting a lot poor sod

He's still not feeling it. I woke up to find the most enormous pile of vom ever Including all over the OH's shoes

 

[High Voltage]

Thanks for the ((()))'s all - a week on and I'm getting to a slightly better place, Mrs Voltz still has someway to go

Bobbie Boo is stepping up as hoped for - the Thunder and Lightning this morning had him all of a jitter (we had a MASSIVE lightening flash and an almost instantaneous crash of thunder at about mid-night last night and he just about jumped out of his skin - but he did come in later, piss wet through and wanting a cuddle, a warm up and a bit of a dry off

 

[QueenOfGoths]

He's still not feeling it. I woke up to find the most enormous pile of vom ever Including all over the OH's shoes

Oh poor thing (((Max))) and (((shoes)))