The Cat Thread

Why thank you. She's a cinnamon point bsh. They're fairly uncommon compared to the other colour schemes. After 2 months she's now settling in well but def a quiet, aloof kitteh as opposed to a cuddle monster but she's very much made our home complete.

Always in the fucking middle, stretching out horizontally or even worse diagonally . Sounds familiar? Thought so.

so after a full Saturday of us being in the back garden, our little Princess watching us from behind the window, we decided to let her out on Sunday for her first walk-a-bout. lasted about 30mins - i think we were more scared than her, she had a good sniff about, lots of talking and after 30mins grabbed her back and put her back in the house - she seems ok with it all, might give it another go mid week with a view to a longer time out this friday when we are both at home all day...............

yes! and my girlfriend refuses to chuck them off the bed, no matter how uncomfortable I end up being

lol

Awww she looks well happy there, such a cute one

Cat netting, yep that right cat netting, Im starting to foster cats here in HK but we have a small balcony and I want to rig up a DIY netting / cage to stop them from plummeting 30 floors. Has ony one built something similar, my searches just come up with Oz styled cat pens and runs.

It is very nervy letting them out at the start. We too let our youngest cat Maggie out for the first time on Saturday and it went well. One thing i would say is that practice makes perfect, the more they are out the quicker they get used to it. We have been letting her out whenever she wants basically, night and day and she seems to be loving it. I actually came down this morning while it was still dark, to find four cats (two of our own) in the back garden. I felt like i had walked in on some secret cat society meeting, it was crazy.

Our little 19-year old Brockie has started changing a bit recently, and we're fearing she may be close to passing.

She's shat and pissed in her feeding area and has stopped eating meat - she'll lick off gravy or jelly, but leave the pieces (she'll also still eat dry treats, though). She's becoming more affectionate and demanding attention, which is something she rarely did before, and the gf is convinced this means she's dying. Occasionally, she seems to be having minor balance problems.

These could just be old age, and she's been underweight and had a heart murmur for years, but does anyone know much about behaviour of a cat in the latter days? I've only had her for three years and had no cats before, so no previous knowledge.

The packing order is as follow:

• Cats
  
• Dogs
  
• Girlfriend
  
• Yourself
  

came down this morning while it was still dark, to find four cats (two of our own) in the back garden. I felt like i had walked in on some secret cat society meeting

lol

Did you go to the vet with her to check her out?

Ours, when getting ill (or just very old) were not demanding attention, rather the opposite - guess cats indeed are different when it comes to this.
When it was time they went away without "saying goodbye" to find a quiet spot usually..

Not yet, but it'll be the next step if things get worse. She doesn't seem unhappy or in pain, so see no strong need - yet. Problem will be convincing gf to go - she's had the cat for 19yrs and it'll be really hard to say goodbye.

I have stolen a cat.

Well the cat that I give fuss to and comes running when I call. It is really cold and she was out. Have brought her in and no idea if I have done the right thing.

Have you considered this is a honeytrap? Cat version obviously...

I would say cuddles is fine but food a definite no-no (not suggesting you would). I know our cat would try to charm food out of absolutely anyone, and still act super hungry when we get home.

I would say cuddles is fine but food a definite no-no (not suggesting you would). I know our cat would try to charm food out of absolutely anyone, and still act super hungry when we get home.

plus you don't know if they have special dietary requirements. We took in what looked like a malnourished stray cat - turned out it was our neighbours cat that had some kind of stomach issue so had to be fed special food.

MY CAT NOW hahahaha

In justification it was frosty last night and it was later than I have seen her. Have seen her catch and kill rats, pigeons and squirrels. All I did was bring her in to the warm. Watched her all night in case she was stressed or upset. She just explored and sniffed things. But seemed happy with some not cold water. Let her go at 8 this morning and she was being a pain and running back in to the flat.

looks like you got a cat :)

Found a cat who is not our cat in our kitchen eating noms with a Staywell magnet on its collar. Any solutions except new spendy digital flap?

I'm afraid a chip cat flap is the way to go. It also is meant to withstand more force than a magnet cat flap.
My neighbours cat (Sammy Too) used to come in with his magnet. Then when he lost his magnet he regularly forced his way in, until he broke the mechanism. He tried a couple of times with the new chip cat flap and then gave up.