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[Puddy_Tat]

There is some very complex cat politics going on.

Cat Chess

"This needs, as the playing area, something the size of a small village. Up a dozen cats can take part. Each cat selects a vantage point - a roof, the coal house wall, a strategic corner or in quiet villages, the middle of the road - and sits there. You think it's just found a nice spot to sun itself until you realise that each cat can see the other cats. Moves are made in a sort of high-speed slink with the belly almost touching the ground. The actual rules are a little unclear to humans, but it would seem that the object of the game is to see every other cat while remaining unseen yourself. This is just speculation, however, and it may well be that the real game is going on at some mystically higher level unobtained by normal human minds, as in cricket."


The unadulterated cat, a campaign for real cats, Terry Pratchett, 1999

 

[Rompipalle]

I am currently finding myself absolutely bewildered by kitten food, a lot of it is all different brands than it was last time I ordered some!

They're eating me out of house and home, I don't know where they are putting it all.

Ultimately, the litter box.

 

[Rebecca Riot]

There is some very complex cat politics going on.

I'd barely seen another cat in the garden before last week and suddenly 4 have started visiting. A black and white one, which I think lives behind and chased Carrie around a bit, a black one and a ginger one I'd never seen before and this morning ginge came back with a tabby mate to stare at her through the window.

Carrie is rather than so far. It's not full on warfare unlike with the fox.

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Image description: a ginger cat and a tabby cat sitting on a wall staring in through the window. Carrie, inside, gets down from the windowsill. The tabby comes right up to the glass.

At least they look well fed so they're not likely to be strays looking for new lodgings.

That tabby one's a cheeky beggar looking right in through your window.

 

[LeytonCatLady]

At least they look well fed so they're not likely to be strays looking for new lodgings.

That tabby one's a cheeky beggar looking right in through your window.

A Peeping Tom cat!

 

[Happy Tree]

Tuna with seaweed or tuna with prawns? Decisions, decisions.

 

[ddraig]

Kizzy has been sick and diarrhea today but now seems better after a lot of rest and a bit of food, phew, even a bit of ribbon killing

 

[Epona]

I've had to get up for a bit, it's like kitten Brands Hatch in the bedroom right now.
And Ani managed to push a food plate right under the bed and was bashing it against the radiator pipes for (noisy) shits and giggles, I hope we don't get any noise complaints.

 

[LeytonCatLady]

"It's time to get up. The time is breakfast o'clock."

 

[LeytonCatLady]

"I'm afraid I can't allow you to get your coffee yet."

 

[seeformiles]

Vic has nicked my chair

 

[oryx]

The contrariness of cats #1345:

Paddy demands to be groomed about five times a day, by going to the end of his our bed, with his back facing into the room, and shouting at us.

His fur is about three-quarters of an inch long. He gets his wish once a day, occasionally twice, or he'd look like this, rather than a standard domestic brown tabby.



Our old cat Tiggy needed regular grooming as she was long-haired and in later years got a bit matted. I could manage about thirty seconds of gently combing her head (to get her used to it) before the claws came out.

 

[Agent Sparrow]

Vic has nicked my chair

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Whilst doing some impressive yoga!

Trillian is too old for that shit these days. But here she is cuddling my youngest’s favourite teddy.

 

[stavros]

"This is good, please continue."

 

[Epona]

Finally managed some sleep today, they seemed to have worn themselves out by about 1pm.
I got up when it looked like they were preparing for their next onslaught and will play with them after a cuppa and getting my head together.

 

[Numbers]

Our old boy Ti chillin on my lap.

 

[Shippou-Sensei]

Failing to use a cat bed...

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This does look more and more like a statement

 

[Cloo]

Uhoh, think I spotted a flea hopping along the bathroom tiles. Vastra has been grooming a lot lately, but she always over-grooms so it's hard to tell if she has fleas or not! But I think I'd better get some flea treatment tomorrow.

 

[May Kasahara]

Mah cushions.



For balance, here's Viv giving me the wink.

 

[Rebecca Riot]

Finally managed some sleep today, they seemed to have worn themselves out by about 1pm.
I got up when it looked like they were preparing for their next onslaught and will play with them after a cuppa and getting my head together.

They've certainly come a long way in a week!

 

[Happy Tree]

Ahh Sammy. Sammy Sam Sam. She hates me going anywhere near her bum. But today needs musted as she hit the jackpot. Big squishy poop which it seems she sat on rather than bury in the litter. Then wandered about with a poopy bum. Even with my blocked nose I could smell something had gone awry. Lifted the tail to inspect and got a grrrrrrrrrrr-slash. Cut away as much as I could in her long fur. She sulked under the bed for an hour after that indignity, lol.

The "hold the scruff of the neck" bit doesn't work, truth be told.

 

[moose]

Uhoh, think I spotted a flea hopping along the bathroom tiles. Vastra has been grooming a lot lately, but she always over-grooms so it's hard to tell if she has fleas or not! But I think I'd better get some flea treatment tomorrow.

We found a flea yesterday - did no one tell them it's bloody January?

 

[pogofish]

It's the coldest night of her life so far and she is well snuggled under a wooly rug over my lap!

 

[RubyToogood]

We found a flea yesterday - did no one tell them it's bloody January?

Yep, when investigating the tick I also found a flea. I've Frontlined her. I suspect it won't work but I'd like to postpone the first vet trip if possible.

I did at least take the opportunity to also buy a better carrier than the one I bought online.

 

[ddraig]

Tonight's ribbon antics
Almost back to "normal"
Not gone out in the snow sleet yet

 

[Epona]

On N's doughnut blanket from work.
And no, I can't work out which legs belong to which cat either

 

[High Voltage]

We had snow last night / this morning, so the usual twin cat bed invasion early this morning was to be expected

I've just spent the last half hour to an hour lying on my side, head cocked back at an unnatural angle, with Casper curled up under my nose, cheek, chin, throat and upper chest, initially purring his little head off. Surprisingly not as uncomfortable as it either sounds or could have been

Though whilst he was as happy and contented as the proverbial Larry, I spent the last 20 minutes or so bustin' for a piss

 

[fucthest8]

...spent the last 20 minutes or so bustin' for a piss

Relatable, Mitten often comes and sits in the spot that places most pressure on my bladder, so I spent the next ten minutes vacillating from "oh but she looks so comfy" to "yeah, but how long til I actually wet myself?"

 

[fucthest8]

Well, this is convenient.



(Chin scratching ended up...here)

 

[Happy Tree]

Looking a bit miffed, but with a clean botty lol

 

[RubyToogood]

Slumming it in the shop bought cat bed because the knitted one is in the wash/freezer for defleaing. I enticed her in with treats.

I need to knit a couple more I think so I can wash them regularly. I can see why the knitted one is superior, it fits her perfectly and moves around with her so she's always snug.