On Cats

[Dagworth]

Put the heating on please dad

 

[Harlequin]

Facebook memory: This was T-Bag in his prime 8 years ago.

 

I lost him to kidney disease last year. R.I.P. old boy.

 

Edited January 2, 2023 by Harlequin

[steve1]

Toffy decided discretion was the better part of valour when the granddaughters were lively.

 

steve

 

 

[Compound2632]

11 minutes ago, steve1 said:

Toffy decided discretion was the better part of valour when the granddaughters were lively.

 

I remember my parents-in-law's two cats trying to climb up the chimney from the living room fireplace when my three screaming nieces came to visit.

[Craigw]

I am building a new test track to replace the one that was killed a while back. Nothing flash, a length of straight track and a crossing on another length of track. I started gluing down a length of rail today, with Venus providing invaluable assistance.

 

Happy new year everybody. I hope your furry friends let you do more than mine let me do!

 

Regards,

 

CraigW

[Compound2632]

4 minutes ago, Craigw said:

 

"It's not straight and the sleeper spacing isn't right for GW practice in the 1920s."

[franciswilliamwebb]

 

Way back in 1987, Jenny waits for the loft hatch to open.  She and her brother Jasper were hugely keen on model railways🙄

[Dagworth]

Jareth's New Year’s resolution is to lose some weight, he just doesn’t know it yet 

 

[Hobby]

Well, we have a problem with Trixie, which made itself known at 5am this morning when I only got in at nearly midnight last night!

 

It concerns the cat flap, which is in our bedroom, she likes going outside but won't use it without "assistance", i.e. we can push her through, headfirst and let her go as soon as her head starts to push it open and she'll carry on going but she won't make that initial step to headbutt the flap! Instead she sits there and "paws" it making a lot of racket until one of us comes over and shoves here through! Any ideas? (BTW it's a bit cold to leave it open as suggested online! She's not as flighty as she was earlier and I do wonder if it's connected to what happened in her first home.)

[Re6/6]

Pallas's Cat from Mongolia. Reputed to be the grumpiest feline species on the planet!

[Reorte]

3 hours ago, Hobby said:

Well, we have a problem with Trixie, which made itself known at 5am this morning when I only got in at nearly midnight last night!

 

It concerns the cat flap, which is in our bedroom, she likes going outside but won't use it without "assistance", i.e. we can push her through, headfirst and let her go as soon as her head starts to push it open and she'll carry on going but she won't make that initial step to headbutt the flap! Instead she sits there and "paws" it making a lot of racket until one of us comes over and shoves here through! Any ideas? (BTW it's a bit cold to leave it open as suggested online! She's not as flighty as she was earlier and I do wonder if it's connected to what happened in her first home.)

 

Cats in my experience won't do anything if they can get a human to do it for them!

 

You could try putting some treats on the other side of the cat flap, see if that tempts her to make a bit more of an effort. She might very well have got too used to being helped through that she thinks that's how it works; the pawing at it may be more of an attempt at "oi, come here and help me" than an attempt at using it. Perhaps with the treats just open it very slightly for her at first.

[Hobby]

We've tried treats, she doesn't like any of them! I just want to leave her outside until she gest fed up and tries to get in but Jennie won't let me!

[Reorte]

4 minutes ago, Hobby said:

We've tried treats, she doesn't like any of them! I just want to leave her outside until she gest fed up and tries to get in but Jennie won't let me!

How about a catnip toy, although not all cats react to catnip.

[37114]

38 minutes ago, Hobby said:

We've tried treats, she doesn't like any of them! I just want to leave her outside until she gest fed up and tries to get in but Jennie won't let me!

.... Is the right answer. We did a couple of days of it popped open and they were fine so we released it, one cat got the idea, the other refused to use it. In the end she lasted one afternoon and one meal before she caved in...

[grahame]

Marley, my 12yo rescue cat, likes to go out for a walk with me. Yesterday we went down to the woods. He never strays far from my side:

 

 

 

[Compound2632]

25 minutes ago, grahame said:

Marley,

 

Likes a night on the tiles?

[nick_bastable]

 

 

The Boss has decided the part built railway makes a good bed the polystyrene is to protect  the code 40 rail from her claws one day she may allow me to continue

Edited January 3, 2023 by nick_bastable
pps

[Michael Hodgson]

4 hours ago, nick_bastable said:

 

 

The Boss has decided the part built railway makes a good bed the polystyrene is to protceh the code 40 rail from her claws one day she may allow me to continue

Our four cats usually like a cardboard box to sit in, but as a new washing machine delivered today came surrounded by expanded polstyrene which I was about to chuck out, your picure meaks me realise I should give it to the cats for a while first.

[nick_bastable]

58 minutes ago, Michael Hodgson said:

Our four cats usually like a cardboard box to sit in, but as a new washing machine delivered today came surrounded by expanded polstyrene which I was about to chuck out, your picure meaks me realise I should give it to the cats for a while first.

beware the Polystyrene balls they will generate everywhere

[Markwj]

Never used to be but this one’s turning into a proper lap cat. She has been with us just over a year now and will actually lie on my knee and also seem to relax while doing it. Previously she looked ready to spring off at any minute. I do wonder how much of it is to do with sharing heat while the weather is cooler. Will see how much attention I get in the summer.

[J. S. Bach]

Raindrop helping me browse RMweb:

 

 

 

[21C123]

Hi all 

 

May I ask if the collective wisdom considers this wound worthy of a visit to the V E T ?

 

 

I’ve only just noticed it, a bit of fur missing and open wound, but Timmy is his usual purry self so I’m thinking we would just keep an eye it. 
 

Roger

 

[Dagworth]

14 minutes ago, 21C123 said:

Hi all 

 

May I ask if the collective wisdom considers this wound worthy of a visit to the V E T ?

 

 

I’ve only just noticed it, a bit of fur missing and open wound, but Timmy is his usual purry self so I’m thinking we would just keep an eye it. 
 

Roger

 

Looks like he's had a scrap with one of his neighbourhood felines. I'd just watch him for a couple of days, if he's himself, eating ok etc, then don't worry.

[doilum]

Whilst I generally don't rush off to the vet with minor knocks and scratches, this is close enough to the eye to err on the side of caution. A shot of antibiotic now might prevent a world of pain, both feline and financial if the eye becomes infected .

[Reorte]

5 hours ago, doilum said:

Whilst I generally don't rush off to the vet with minor knocks and scratches, this is close enough to the eye to err on the side of caution. A shot of antibiotic now might prevent a world of pain, both feline and financial if the eye becomes infected .

I agreed with the previous post too but I don't think yours sounds overcautious, and it might be deeper than it looks on the photo. Another option is to just give the vet a call and see what they say.

 

Definitely go to the vet if there's any sign of swelling or pus.

Edited January 4, 2023 by Reorte