On Cats

[47137]

 

Here is Harry, no decorum at all.

 

- Richard.

[Andy Hayter]

At least he's drinking from a mug.  Ours will drink from watering cans, puddles - in fact from almost anywhere other than their drinking bowls.

[4630]

It's my sad duty to advise the forum of the passing earlier today of our beloved 'Buttons' after a short illness.

 

She wasn't an old cat - just under 9 years - but she was loved and filled our house in West Yorkshire with her 'personality'.

 

Understandably, her 'servants' are missing her, although I imagine if they could, the local avian and small furry rodent populations would be celebrating!

 

Here she is in happier times last year surveying her estate from the roof of my car.

 

 

 

RIP Buttons.

Edited April 28, 2022 by 4630
to add a missing word.

[didcot]

So sorry to learn of your loss.

[4630]

Thanks @didcot, it’s really appreciated.

 

And thanks too to everyone else who has clicked friendly/supportive. 

 

Buttons was the third cat that we’ve had in succession over the years; following on in turn from Ebony and Jasper, both of whom lived to a ripe old age.  All characters in their own right that added ‘something’ to our lives. 

There’s a lot been written about how much pets, especially dogs and cats, can help support human physical and emotional well-being.

 

Collectively, here at Chez 4630, we’ve already had discussions about should we think about ‘cat no. 4’ in a few months time.

 

When there is a new arrival I’ll be sure to post some photos to this thread. 
 

Thanks again.
 

 

[Andy Hayter]

@4630although we have at present more than 20cats, there is not one that does not add to our lives.   Your pain is well understood.  Be strong and look forward to the next life that you can enrich and that in turn will enrich yours.

[Classsix T]

54 minutes ago, Andy Hayter said:

@4630although we have at present more than 20cats, there is not one that does not add to our lives.   Your pain is well understood.  Be strong and look forward to the next life that you can enrich and that in turn will enrich yours.

I concur. I've mourned the loss of each of the feline friends I've had the pleasure of knowing (and remember them fondly) but am still enthusiastic about giving a good home and forming quality relationships with more moggies.

 

C6T.

[Classsix T]

7 hours ago, Andy Hayter said:

At least he's drinking from a mug.  Ours will drink from watering cans, puddles - in fact from almost anywhere other than their drinking bowls.

Mia is the same. I think I posted a number of pages ago, the cat senses outdoor water sources as having beneficial mineral content. Cats be cats!

 

C6T.

[47137]

9 hours ago, Classsix T said:

Mia is the same. I think I posted a number of pages ago, the cat senses outdoor water sources as having beneficial mineral content. Cats be cats!

 

C6T.

 

Harry has just sensed my finger to be a source of nutritional content. I told him this was naughty and he shrunk his head down between his shoulders and shuffled around to face into the corner.

 

He just cannot find the border between play nips and full-on bites, and I just cannot learn.

 

- Richard.

[Reorte]

2 hours ago, 47137 said:

 

Harry has just sensed my finger to be a source of nutritional content. I told him this was naughty and he shrunk his head down between his shoulders and shuffled around to face into the corner.

 

He just cannot find the border between play nips and full-on bites, and I just cannot learn.

 

If you want weird behaviour if I haven't shut the bedroom door properly and my cat gets in she has a disturbing habit of waking me up by shoving her nose in to my armpits. Note that that's before I'm up - before I've had a shower. Keep trying to tell her that's just wrong!

[47137]

 

In the early sunshine earlier this week.

 

- Richard.

[doilum]

13 hours ago, Classsix T said:

Mia is the same. I think I posted a number of pages ago, the cat senses outdoor water sources as having beneficial mineral content. Cats be cats!

 

C6T.

Perhaps they know something about water treatment that is best avoided. Or maybe it is that fashionable taste of algae!

[Michael Hodgson]

They don't seem to need the fluoride.  Same goes for the mutts.

Anyway I've never had to take a cat or dog to the dentists yet, though I had to go there on Monday myself.

Or maybe we should take up eating Cattomeat?

 

[J. S. Bach]

3 hours ago, 47137 said:

In the early sunshine earlier this week.

 

- Richard.

Wingnut is doing that right now in the entranceway. An earlier photo of her lying in just enough sunlight warmth there:

 

 

Edited April 29, 2022 by J. S. Bach
To do a minor edit.

[Hobby]

6 hours ago, Reorte said:

she has a disturbing habit of waking me up by shoving her nose in to my armpits.

 

Ours does that as well, I believe it's something to do with our scent glands, one of the strongest places is under our arms, remember cats (and dogs) rely much more heavily on smell and less on sight than we humans do.

[Sidecar Racer]

[didcot]

 

Mia has fully settled in now. Seen here in a warm conservatory. 

[Markwj]

Caught mid yawn, she is a funny one this one- likes a fuss then starts to bite, not really aggressive and we were warned about it when we got her!

[Gwiwer]

Meet Paws.  A well-travelled puss who we first met as an 18-month old at an RSPCA shelter in Australia. 
 

At the time there was no inkling that we would be heading back to the UK within the year. 
 

It is easy to bring a cat from Australia to the UK though not the other way round. No quarantine is required because there is no rabies in Australia.  So he came with me and has since lived with us SW of London. 
 

Despite being almost 8 now we still tell people he miaows with an Aussie twang; one or two might have believed us!  
 

[Michael Hodgson]

1 hour ago, Gwiwer said:

Meet Paws.  A well-travelled puss who we first met as an 18-month old at an RSPCA shelter in Australia. 
 

At the time there was no inkling that we would be heading back to the UK within the year. 
 

It is easy to bring a cat from Australia to the UK though not the other way round. No quarantine is required because there is no rabies in Australia.  So he came with me and has since lived with us SW of London. 
 

Despite being almost 8 now we still tell people he miaows with an Aussie twang; one or two might have believed us!  
 

 

When he is doing his kangaroo impression by standing on his hind legs does he jump too ?

[doilum]

Little brother took two UK rescue cats to Oz. 25 years later he returned with two Australian rescue cats.....

[Gwiwer]

20 minutes ago, Michael Hodgson said:

 

When he is doing his kangaroo impression by standing on his hind legs does he jump too ?

He's no mere cat - he's a meer-cat 🤣

 

He can jump quite well but not in the same way as a kanga.  

[pH]

42 minutes ago, doilum said:

Little brother took two UK rescue cats to Oz. 25 years later he returned with two Australian rescue cats.....

Fair exchange is no robbery!

[big jim]

Lola has been a right royal pain rhe bum the last few days, Watch these 3 videos, she’s sat happily watching me doing some bike maintenance but then spots Faye on the roof of the bungalow next door, now lola is old and heavy but she purposely climbs the fence and hets on the roof purely to push Faye off it!

 

john then went up to see what was happening and lola sneaks up on him and pushes him off the roof too, he clings onto the guttering before falling off into the path below, thankfully no injuries 

 

https://ring.com/share/1b5185dd-4e64-4318-b639-240bad2beef3

 

https://ring.com/share/804ab73c-7583-4e4e-b4b9-68d8ac4bd308
 

https://ring.com/share/4941c991-1486-435b-bae1-f7555a80122c

 

 

 

[admiles]

On 28/04/2022 at 14:05, 47137 said:

 

Here is Harry, no decorum at all.

 

- Richard.

 

That's positively civilized.....

 

Allow young Merlin here to demonstrate "no decorum at all"...... (and yes, he's fast asleep)