The Cat Thread

@Bad_Science

Do Maine Coons get fur all over the house? my two cats have fairly short hair yet everything they touch gets covered in fur. I can't imagine what its like to have a long hair cat.

Yes, they do take a bit of looking after. You do end up with hair everywhere, but it's dealable with. They do need help with grooming though, especially when they get old. They tend to get hairballs, a lot, and they can start to get the beginnings of dreadlocks in the places they can't quite reach to groom themselves. Usually they can be combed out, but sometimes I used to clip them off as it was quicker.

they're beautiful cats but I'm not sure I could deal with that level of grooming, I can barely brush my own hair.

This made me laugh.

I just did a lol. Office is looking at me odd, can't quite explain what I'm laughing at..

Oh, funny spreadsheetz

Gabriel Orozco, Cat in Jungle, 1997

I haz Maine Coon and the fur is not awful but he does need a good amount of brushing to stop him getting dreadlocks. They are very friendly animals

^^Does toilet cat have an issue with splashback?

I hope everyone here is aware that jazz supremo Charles Mingus has been instrumental (ha) in the feline toilet training movement (ha).

Here is his personal guide.

Thats awesome, time to train mine to use the toilet.

Yeah can see that working.

Is anyone's cat toilet trained?

Here is his personal guide.

Awesome! Have never read a guide like that.
Like Mingus even more now!
: ]

Apparently it works quite well if you have the patience, can get kits too to make it a bit easier

Tomorrow is cat going home day.

Figured out that some cats like having the inside of their ears cleaned with a tissue. For the past few days have only appeared home for a few hours, which have been great to have a reason to escape but the joy of the furball happy to see you. Even got slept on twice this week as I fell asleep with the bedroom door open, well not closed properly, and awoke with a cat around my head.

The full ish video...

http://knowyourmeme.com/videos/96531-cats

Have to leave London for a while, will the cat forget me when I come back? No, not moving her anywhere, she stays put and still being treated like a princess, but I am worried that she will forget me when I come back... anything I can do?? I will skype 'her' when I can, but she is not a dog, so...

No, patch won't forget you. In actual fact, patch will remember that you haven't given her enough worshipping and ignore you till she deems that you have made contrition.

Meowingtons is being quite clingy, or wanting lots of fuss. This maybe that she likes me after being sort of ignored, not getting as much attention as she likes. Since I have been home she has been a bit annoying by going on to the keyboard. Then the cat seems to want to be touching me. Getting up means I get followed where ever I go.

Relented and let her on the bed again as it is her last day.

Well I am not in her good book at the moment - have to make an urgent trip tomorrow so had to being forward her vet appt with her annual jabs to yesterday and then just gave her her worm pill now, it usually takes a day or 2 before we are best friends again, but I am leaving tomorrow so I don't know if she will forgive me before that.

No, the cat will not have forgotten you. She might act like a total tart whilst you're away but when you come back it will be like you never left.

She is totally ignoring me... Think she knows I am leaving her... I hope she also knows that it won't be forever... She doesn't like the boyfriend very much... wish I could take her with me...

your cat will never be as cool as mine. ever.

Someone has got a scratch across his face. Guess it must have been that yowling I heard at 6am this morning.

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He don't look too pleased about it ha!

He was quite grumpy first thing. But I don't think he was too pleased with me taking the photo with the Ipad instead of letting him play cat fishing on it.