The Cat Thread

Ahh I see, so you're wearing that colander to stop the cat scratching your head. Haha, sorry, I'm towards the back of the drinks cabinet now, god help me I'll be on the Tia Maria soon.

Monty has been on Christmas holiday to the in laws, with a stop off at my sister's place on the way home. Last time we took him there he hid behind the bed for 3 days. This time he popped out of his carrier sniffed around and settled down by the window. He had a really nice time exploring and getting fussed, looking out of new windows and jumping on new furniture. I wonder if it's anything to do with driving up in the car this year instead of going on the train? Whatever the reason I am so pleased that he seemed to like his holiday :-)

Get a dog that does not tolerate cats.

these

i'm not catist or owt like that, but they always come and sit on me in owners houses and leave me itchy and swollen
but what really took the biscuit was when I got lucky one friday night, and went back to my new squeeze pad in the wilds of Penge
there in she had a kitten, fair enough
the night worn on and one thing lead to another, but whilst in the midst of an amorous clinch I smelt shite
to my alarm, the said kitten had crept up and shat on my shoulder
I sore the bastards would never have me again after that

He will get bored and give up eventually. Mine does it for about 2 hours in the morning and she would eventually realize no amount of scratching and meowing could wake me up. She. Then. Gives. Up.

Yep. Ignoring it three or four times will make it go away forever. Those few nights will feel like a right pain, but it will work and your neighbours will thank you long term.

Attach a sheet of catering foil (such as you would wrap the turkey with) to the area that the cat scratches, then report back.

This stopped James from scratching one of our doors.

This, and lemon.

They be hatin' lemon.

He just started doing it while we were watching Cast Away. We let him tire himself out - not easy to listen to a cat fucking up your door while you sit there and let him - and he padded into the living room looking for attention. We're now giving him a play and a treat. Hopefully we can teach him that if he wants attention he should come and say hi, not destroy things.

good call, he'll learn fairly fast that way.

It's weird but you've got to think like the cat, they're really simple. I caught Lucy trying to eat my dinner as my back was turned. I shouted and she jumped away, fine i thought, but what I'd accidentally taught her was 'don't get caught eating someone's dinner' which she knew anyway, as she'd been wise enough to wait 'til my back was turned.

One thing that she really dislikes is having someone blow in her face, but she's too thick to understand where the 'wind' is coming from. If she approaches my dinner I let her get close to it before blowing across the plate into her face, she now equates attempting to poach my dinner with 'eugh, wind' and not solely with being caught by me.

The crafty fucker is looking at me right now.

all cats are dicks with innocent cute looks.

just don't get me started on fucking squirrels

I find them too difficult to catch to bother with.

Hedgehogs can be risky but rewarding though.

i heard if you roll hodgiepigs in mud , then put them in a fire, the spines fall off an they taste kinda like chicken

Opened the door today and as I was taking the brompton in, Wolfie came careering around the corner followed by mini blue cat, and they both ran into the house. Mini blue cat is Wolfie's new best friend, although I'm not sure Wolfie is in full agreement with this. Mini blue cat was following him absolutely everywhere today, even pacing outside the back door for a bit when the wolf came in.
Wolfie seems to just tolerate him, but gives him a warning meow or paw if he gets too close.

I hope they stay friends, it's kinda sweet and makes a change from him fighting with other cats (witnessed a full on run-in with fat black cat yesterday)

Does mini blue cat have a home? Or could you soon be adopted by him too?

My sister gave me a cat photoshoot for Christmas, because the internet isn't already swamped with photos of my surrogate babies.

Seriously though, they'd surely hate the whole experience?!

Is that Canadian for 'Hedgehog'?

Mini blue cat has a loving home over the road with the swedes, they have young children and no cat flap though so I think they are grateful that we keep an eye on him, they've done the same for Wolfie when we've gone away
He was back in the garden this morning following Wolfie, I think either his patience will properly snap and scare him off forever or he'll just learn to put up with him. Hopefully its the latter.
Pics I took of him this morning

and 5 seconds before Wolfie jumped up and chased him across the roof.

no, the last much maligned social demographic known as 'dick eye chavie' I believe

the said hodgiepig 'recipe' would require them to be dead already, so killed humanely, not thrown on the fire live
can't abide cruelty
another from the same school of thought relates to pheasants
if out poaching, simply run a number of horse hairs through an equal amount of raisins or sultanas , and disperse liberally in their stomping ground
once swallowed, said pheasants are alleged to keel over sideways, rendering them easy to grip and take home to roast or alternatively stew
this method has been referred to by none other than Roald Dahl, possibly in "Danny, Champion of the World"

more on the pheasant/dahl method here

Pheasant lentil curry?

just don't confuse with peasant