On Cats

[steve1]

That is one cross looking cat!

 

steve

[Jonboy]

I would sleep with one eye open tonight!!!!!

[J. S. Bach]

So just what did Snowdrop do to warrant this special attention?

 

The amazing thing is that you(?) are not wearing full body armor!

[Tankerman]

1 hour ago, steve1 said:

That is one cross looking cat!

 

steve

 

It looks more like raging anger to me.🙂

[TT-Pete]

"Snowdrop" - LOL :^)

[Classsix T]

2 hours ago, steve1 said:

That is one cross looking cat!

 

steve

Yuh, "I'm not happy" is the vibe I'm getting from those images!

 

C6T.

[Sidecar Racer]

[Michael Hodgson]

4 hours ago, J. S. Bach said:

So just what did Snowdrop do to warrant this special attention?

 

The amazing thing is that you(?) are not wearing full body armor!

Nah, she's a pussy cat!

 

We had thought it was emulsion paint she had got on her fur but it turned out to be scented wax that she must have dipped her tail into and flicked onto her side.  Fortunately she doesn't appear to have been injured by the heat, the thickness of her fur must have protected her.

 

What's odd is that she likes the bathroom - yesterday she knocked a large glass thermometer off the window cill and there was broken glass everywhere.  She's normally quite happy in water - she's been known to fall into the bath while it's being filled only to jump straight back in again for a little swim when rescued !  Whilst she wasn't as enthuiastic about being dunked in a soapy bucket, it was only when we hosed her down with the shower that she really started protesting.

 

I had to do that once to a previous cat after a little girl had vomited over him - and he shredded the bathroom curtains when I let him go!

 

4 hours ago, TT-Pete said:

"Snowdrop" - LOL :^)

 

Well you couldn't name her Blackie these days!

 

5 hours ago, Jonboy said:

I would sleep with one eye open tonight!!!!!

That photo was taken mid morning today but as soon as she had dried off she still purred when I picked her up and made a fuss of her.  So she's forgiven me - or maybe it was because I gave her some dreamies!

 

She's far too soft and spoiled by the others really.  We want her to learn to put the dogs in their place like her tabby twin brother, her ginger half-brother Macavity and big brown cousin Pooh, who are all protective of her.  Pooh is the Top Cat and he came into the bathroom and glared at us very disapprovingly while this was happening - annoy him and you'd regret it.

Edited May 20, 2022 by Michael Hodgson

[Welly]

^^^

You were very lucky Snowdrop did not knock the candle over! 😮

 

 

[Michael Hodgson]

1 minute ago, Welly said:

^^^

You were very lucky Snowdrop did not knock the candle over! 😮

 

 

With four cats I daren't have naked flames in the house ... the scented wax is heated electrically

[petethemole]

I've just come back from the emergency vets clinic having just said farewell to Tigger.  He had developed another blood clot, larger than before, that affected both legs and had lowered his temperature to a dangerous level.  He wasn't expected to last 24 hours and was in pain so it was the kindest thing to do.  I stroked him as he passed but Martyn was too upset to stay in the room.  

[Jonboy]

Very sorry to hear that, it’s an incredibly difficult time but far better than any further suffering.

[J. S. Bach]

One of the reasons that I hesitate to come to this forum; reading posts like this. Condolences to you and yours.

[Mark Saunders]

We are serial offenders when it comes to cats and dogs, share our lives and love with them but knowing they will not outlive us.

 

They are glad to see you whatever time you come in and make it all worth while.

[doilum]

Oliver.RIP 

Sadly, I have to report the death of Oliver the independent/feral Tom cat that has been part of our lives for the last eleven months or so. He first appeared within days of the passing of Guinness at the age of twenty, although I suspect he might have been sneaking in to clean the food bowls for some considerable time. He began to arrive in broad daylight and was not afraid to ask for more ( hence his name) but refused any physical contact with humans. Even pushing a saucer of best food into his two metre exclusion zone was met with hissing and spitting. During the winter he was often to be found in the armchair by the radiator through out the night leaving just before we started to move. In recent weeks his arthritic hips had started to slow him down and he had begun to spend much more time close to the house. Last night he was clearly unwell and we suspect suffered a heart attack before passing away in the kitchen. I had hoped that he would one day decide to retire and spend his final years as a house cat as he had always been very respectful to both property and our other cat Teaser. We took him down to the vet this morning just to check if he had been microchipped and all that remains is to take the unopened Amazon delivery of cat food to the food bank. Teaser is confused. She had a love / hate relationship with Oliver never missing a chance to spit at him or giving him a cheap shot whilst he was eating. Yet if he missed a few days she was clearly looking out for him and would often follow him up the garden. The vet confirmed that he was an entire male at least ten years old so we won't be surprised if son of Oliver turns up in the near future.

 

 

[J. S. Bach]

7 hours ago, doilum said:

Oliver.RIP 

Sadly, I have to report the death of Oliver the independent/feral Tom cat that has been part of our lives for the last eleven months or so.  ...snip...

Condolences to you.

[Metr0Land]

Emotional support cat:

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-61596623

[Hobby]

We had a cat who followed us to our local pub, the owners said that as long as it was on a lead we could bring it in, I'd have thought there wasn't much difference between a dog and cat in the scenario they are discussing.

[Edwin_m]

Many places ban dogs but make an exception for guide dogs, which will be specially trained and can probably be relied on to behave.  Cats are well known to be untrainable.  

Edited May 27, 2022 by Edwin_m
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[Butler Henderson]

There is the very odd cat that is happy on a lead and largely doing as it's told. It would be interesting to know the family history of such cats; it maybe they are from a chain of cats that have been neutered only after being allowed to breed while being a pet. There is a line of thought that a cats need to hunt is because because generically through neutering quickly they have not evolved to realise humans will provide all the food they could ever need.

[Compound2632]

9 minutes ago, Edwin_m said:

Many places ban dogs but make an exception for guide dogs, which will be specially trained and can probably be relied on to behave.  Cats are well known to be untrainable.  

 

Quite. It's the cats doing the training.

 

But that is missing the point at issue in this case. It would appear that since no objection has been made to the support cat at Tesco, Sainsbury's haven't a leg to stand on. They will be regretting the adverse publicity by now.

[Michael Hodgson]

2 hours ago, Edwin_m said:

Cats are well known to be untrainable.  

Nonsense.  We've trained our four to come running when we rattle a tub of dreamies.

[Jonboy]

9 minutes ago, Michael Hodgson said:

Nonsense.  We've trained our four to come running when we rattle a tub of dreamies.

Mine trained me to rattle the tub…

[Edwin_m]

7 minutes ago, Michael Hodgson said:

Nonsense.  We've trained our four to come running when we rattle a tub of dreamies.

I'd say they can be trained if the incentive is significant and immediate, whereas dogs don't need that sort of motivation or at least not to the same degree.  Having said that Gizmo knows he shouldn't be in the kitchen and will leave if I point this out to him without me needing to shout (except when there's something good cooking).  He clearly knows what is expected of him but chooses to ignore it.  

[TT-Pete]

22 hours ago, Edwin_m said:

 Cats are well known to be untrainable.  

 

Not so, but not all, requires lots of patience and a shed-load of kitty treats;

 

 

 

20 hours ago, Edwin_m said:

I'd say they can be trained if the incentive is significant and immediate, whereas dogs don't need that sort of motivation or at least not to the same degree.

 

I dunno, think it depends on the type of dog, my daughter's German Shorthair Pointer is still a bit of a nightmare even after several years of proper gun-dog training, he will react to and obey commands, but sometimes only after repeated attempts and if he feels like it, I think there's a cat somewhere in his lineage... :^)