General Chat

Glad that was all it was, merlin.I hope he didnt get told off!
Very windy here last night and despite some sun, still windy. jude is making my tummy rumble with her talk of roast brisket, but I cant have any. Neither OH or me are able to digest red meat anymore, and i see such good meat in the butchers in Abergavenny. Wish there was more taste to grilled chicken.

The bedroom door blew closed and he couldnt get out,my fault I like the widows open.thanks anyway. :-D

Merlin, get him checked out, he may have a urine infection and that could be his way of telling you. A clean cat that soils suddenly needs checking out, I think. Ahem, maybe its your feet that need checking! Can remember when OH's feet were so bad i threw his socks out of the bedroom window because of the smell!

I thinki I must have inadvertently upset "Muz the Fuzz" he,s the eldest, he Peed in my slippers this morning, I was late getting up. moral never have an extra lie in or it,ll cost you a new pair of slippers. :-S.He,s usually very clean.**M**.

You've got me looking at the Cat protection sites now....but don't tell Vic!!

jude

Diane, your rusty is very similar to our Lizzie, but she hasnt got quite so much white, more ginger in those places. Very hairy feet , too.

We've had cats since we married 30 years ago. We always take in rescue cats & have had a couple who just appeared from nowhere & became part of the family. The old boy we have now, Rusty, is 21 (that's him in the photo). He was originally a neighbours cat but always came round to us to play with our big ginger boy, Sandy. The neighbours got fed up with him & "replaced" him with a grey persian. You never saw such an ugly brute! Well, we couldn't leave Rusty to fend for himself & he's been with us for about 15 years now. He's got a few medical problems & his fur is a bit lumpy but we wouldn't change him for anything.

l used to dress our wire haired dachshound up in frilly pants. Her name was Bessie Brown:)

jude

The cats we have had over the years we have been married and the ones i remember as a child,I wish I could write a book. They were all so individual. We had one at home in Folkestone which was also a fluffy tortoiseshell, but a lightcoloured one, called of course, Fluff. my sister could do anything with that soppy cat. She used to dress her up in dolls clothes and push her up and down the street in a dolls pram! She didnt come with us when we were evacuated, and I have a horrid feeling Dad had to take her to be put to sleep.

We had our first cat when married in 1971, she was grey and white called Sonny, (sometimes soddy sonny..lol) beautiful, she came with us when we moved and when l was pregnant with our first child she disapeared:(((
We then had a ginger persian called Bertie, again very handsome:)

We then had a black (with bits of white) kitten called Smudge (smudge of white on tip of tail) for our son, she was so gentle and lived till 16yrs, soon after we had her we also got Jimmy, he was such a character. He belonged to sons friend and was'nt well looked after, when he first walked into the lounge he jumped up on the sofa and sort of flung himself down but landed too near the edge and fell off....his street cred went straight out the door...lol
Soon after a russian blue (not sure if he was pedigree though) turned up in back garden, sadly he only had 3 legs. He kept coming round and eventually we fed him and took him to the vets as his stump was in a bad staight. We eventually found the owner too who said we could keep him. We called him Bounce and he lived till he was 16....he was such fun. All three got on so well....and l miss them all:((((
jude x

Sharron, surely you mean you visited three cats who let your friends have accomodation with them on the understanding they were there to serve their every need.**M** :-D :-D :-D

Clawing the sofa seems to be their way of shouting"OI YOU!".

We visited a friends family who lived in a gorgeous, immaculate big house with three cats and a sofa with the stuffing hanging out the arm!

We have the cat but not the teapot! When our kitten was killed by a car we had one night before deciding it was not a home without a cat. Next day we collected our present puss; a burmese tabby cross who was unwanted. Very wanted by us tho'.

Dont like not having a dog, but cant execise myself, let alone a dog. But a house doesnt feel like home without at least one cat in it! Even if all they do is sleep! Lizzie has about five mins play , thats all, she is twelve and had been poorly treated before we had her 4 years ago.

I love this thread, we used to have three cats but they left us one by one of old age. Knowing we had our name down for sheltered housing we didn't replace them but got a cockateil instead, I can't do without a pet we have had cats since before I can remember. Our big fluffy persian used to bring birds in but always unhurt and let them go, one Christmas day we spent ages trying to catch a Robin to get it out.

Caz

Lizzigoes to bed most nights before we do and we have to adjust ourselves around her! She will often wait for me when i get up at night and then escort me back to bed, she likes to keep tabs on her flock.

My cat PUDDING has just discovered that the bed makes an excellent springboard with me in it at 2 a.m. <3

We will have to try that. My OH stapled sandpaper on the corners at the back of the settee and she left them alone, only to start further along and underneath. She also swops sleeping places from chair to chair, usually the one you were going to sit on! Wont use a bed except ours!

Seeing your remark about clawing the settee Jean reminded me of something that might help other owners with claw sharpening cats.

Our cat George use to decimate the bottom stair, no amount of deterrent spray seemed to work. After a few days he was back again, we spent a fortune on "kitty scratching posts" to no avail.

When we moved the last owner had left an old coir (coconut matting) door mat behind. George was in heaven, he could stand on it and really get stuck into a serious bit of scratching.

We bought a new one and tentatively put it down and yes he liked it just as much as the old one, result cat and stair carpet happy!

Regards,
Mayfield.

Our present one is a longhaired tortoiseshell, very dark, and she plays merry hell with the back of the setteee! She also likes a glittery toffee paper to play with, but is gettin gpast that now, but she still has a fair turn of speed when she comes out of her cat tray! I would like to get a stop watch on her.
We have another, very pretty black and white semi domesticated feral female which the Cats protection neutered for us. They also took her five kittens and rehomed them. Lizzie wont tolerate her in her part of the house, though.