The Cat Thread

You should maybe try a bath then.

He actually quite likes water.
He’s our biggest ( at the moment) he weighs nearly 12 kilos.

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Your cat appears underbaked. Please leave under the lamp for 10 more minutes or until golden.

CHAT have got in touch with a couple of cats who they think would be suitable for us.

• One cat with FIV+, deaf in one ear, Horners Syndrome which is something to do with his eyes (not really noticeable) and has some balance/stability issues.

• 13 years old, diabetic; foster situation where they would cover the medication and check ups

• Cat with severe trauma/fear issues, apparently when they brought here in she'd just wet herself when they were trying to socialise. Apparently improved a lot, but is on a sensitivity diet...

Think #2 is out of the question, as sweet as he looks I'm not sure either me or my OH could deal with it

I think they quite like each other

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The first one you mentioned sounds best out of the three.

Given this is your / your OH's first time caring for a cat I'd suggest getting one that isn't too sick to be frank - I think it's wonderful that you're even considering getting a cat with health issues in the first place, but an animal needing daily meds / one that has severe issues will most likely be too much.

Mine do this occasionally. Usually right before violently attacking each other 😁

Yep.

Yours are arseholes from cute in less than 3 seconds too.

They do everything together though

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Hey,

As a first cat, I'd go with FIV cat out of the 3.

My logic is it will be normalish, 2 will require lots of work along with special diet, possible injections and 3 is an cat that will need a lot of attention and work to socialise that I don't know you have the time or skill as I believe it would be quite specialised.

Remember you are doing more than most to help kitty kind. Photos when they arrive.

Glitch in matrix?

Ok cute to arsehole to cute again in sub 10 seconds.

My two are brother and sister and boy cat started to hump girl cat so his balls had to go. As his sister was not happy about it...

These two have an interesting past - they are mother and daughter, mother lived wild after her owner died, daughter seems to be the only survivor of a first litter and we suspect was then effectively abandoned by mother when the second litter arrived. Daughter is gradually overcoming nerves and getting doted on by her mother who now has only one offspring to fuss over.

Higgs broke last night. Normally the belly is off limits and affection in general is lightly tolerated. For some reason the belly rubs were suddenly a magic key which made her unfold into this position. It lasted a full 10 minutes before she reset and ran off.

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Hello

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New guest bedding...cat approved!

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Aww!

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Protection of vital organs is cat priority!

Fully out! 😂

We had a chat with them on the phone about each of them, and they've also now had an older cat with no health issues other than being a little overweight. Felt quite sad about #3 who has been there for a year, poor thing. We're off to meet them all individually tomorrow and take it from there. We've ordered the basics anyway; bed, litter tray, brush, bowls etc, so reasonably well prepared.

We did kind of say to the homing officer that ideally we'd like a chilled cat that doesn't have any health problems, but appreciate there'd be some compromise with us being an indoor only home. Asking about insurance as well and they were pretty up front in saying it'd be hard for them.

Comfy?

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After 9 hours of chaos new kitten finally takes a breather ….

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Meanwhile everyone else is hiding upstairs.

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