Worst thing the cat's done.

[Fransurrey]

We have three new rescue cats. Two young brothers and one older cat, unrelated but introduced at the rescue so I could adopt all three. The older one comes from a criminal household and it shows. I was given a lot of sachets and litter to take to my local CP branch recently, and my older boy was taking at least one sachet a day when we turned our backs in the kitchen. It got to the point where I had to make an unnecessary trip as they were being depleted over time. If I try telling him off he pulls the racist card, because he's black.

One of the brothers is called Wilson and is much smaller than his brother, so I call him Little Willy. Little Willy is not as innocent as his kitten features suggest and is turning out to be the hunter of the three. Three rodents so far, plus a mangled rat down the yard. We threw an unfortunate shrew out this morning, only for him to bring it in whilst I was working, chewing and licking it as I ate a late morning breakfast. Nice.

@Cloball I've used compost in the past for a cat with a UTI. A bit messy, but it did do the job (as did he!).

 

[Cloball]

Your pee dances were successful!! OH is off today so has stayed at home with him and offered him his usual litter tray which has a big step up but is enclosed and he has hopped right in!

 

[Cloball]

M is now using his water bowel to clean his feet! This is the only explanation I can think of

 

[Peregrine Falcon]

Shadow cat attacked my leg for no reason whatsoever. He just come up for a head rub outside, purred and wound round my leg, took a few steps away then launched himself at me. Bit it and dug his claws in. Needed 3 plasters!!

 

[Ratface]

We have three new rescue cats. Two young brothers and one older cat, unrelated but introduced at the rescue so I could adopt all three. The older one comes from a criminal household and it shows. I was given a lot of sachets and litter to take to my local CP branch recently, and my older boy was taking at least one sachet a day when we turned our backs in the kitchen. It got to the point where I had to make an unnecessary trip as they were being depleted over time. If I try telling him off he pulls the racist card, because he's black.

One of the brothers is called Wilson and is much smaller than his brother, so I call him Little Willy. Little Willy is not as innocent as his kitten features suggest and is turning out to be the hunter of the three. Three rodents so far, plus a mangled rat down the yard. We threw an unfortunate shrew out this morning, only for him to bring it in whilst I was working, chewing and licking it as I ate a late morning breakfast. Nice.

@Cloball I've used compost in the past for a cat with a UTI. A bit messy, but it did do the job (as did he!).

Little Willy is also now reflecting upon whether to sue you for sex discrimination and also drafting a complaint to Cat's Protection Society because he's not getting paid in the Dreamies of his choice for his hunting achievements.
Rodriguez Catto says that he will assist in this matter, if required.

 

[Squeak]

Nearly died of a heart attack yesterday when I woke up to find my cat sitting on my bedside table a couple of inches away from my face staring at me because he wanted his breakfast.

 

[IfWishes]

Eggs are sometimes dodgy here, so always break them into a cup. Turned to check the frying pan and found kitten with his head in the cup. Result... Dry toast for supper - was the last egg....

 

[Ratface]

Nearly died of a heart attack yesterday when I woke up to find my cat sitting on my bedside table a couple of inches away from my face staring at me because he wanted his breakfast.

I've got his twin! Especially annoying when I have just managed to get to sleep . . .

 

[Crazy_cat_lady]

Scratched my nipple and made it bleed during nail clipping

Multiple expletives exited my mouth!

 

[Fransurrey]

Nearly died of a heart attack yesterday when I woke up to find my cat sitting on my bedside table a couple of inches away from my face staring at me because he wanted his breakfast.

Jerry the drug baron likes to announce breakfast/cuddle time with snotty kisses whilst lying on my chest. He's so forceful with his headbumpfs I'm beginning to wonder if that's why he has a flat nose!

 

[Tiddlypom]

Black cat hanging around on the yard supervising me at work again. She’s sitting in the hoof picking out skip.

 

[Rumtytum]

Black cat hanging around on the yard supervising me at work again. She’s sitting in the hoof picking out skip.

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Her expression suggests she’s a hard taskmaster

 

[Burnttoast]

Here is the scene this morning and the culprit. Don't know why I didn't take photos of the trail of damp feathers from catflap right across the ground floor to my office/kitten playroom. Anyway there were many of them ....

 

[Ratface]

Here is the scene this morning and the culprit. Don't know why I didn't take photos of the trail of damp feathers from catflap right across the ground floor to my office/kitten playroom. Anyway there were many of them ....

Rodriguez Catto is observing carefully. He's plonked on the newspaper preventing me reading. He sends feline felicitations to your cat. He's been up all night, due to high winds and torrential rain. A lot of the time he was whirling around, stopping briefly to bite and do co-ordinated back leg kicks. I'm exhausted. He's not.

 

[WBGG]

When we had first got our cats aged 6 months, we had only just finished redecorating the hall stairs and landing with textured wallpaper...shredded in seconds! Particularly impressive were the claw and scratch marks ABOVE the door sills! How???

My old cat also used to wee in the bath when she couldn't be bothered to go outside. Once she used a pair of my partner's Birkenstocks as a cat loo, without spilling a drop! (Pretty impressive really ) Needless to say they went straight the bin!)

 

[Boulty]

Horrid wants to know why I didn’t bring any for him (he always brings his “fast food” home to share!) and is no doubt plotting his revenge!

 

[Lady Jane]

It always amazes me how many feathers are scattered but the bird doesn't look bald?

 

[Ratface]

Rodriguez Catto wishes to know how to wheedle "More Fresh Fooood! NOOOW!!!" out of Cat Slaves. He's had first and second breakfast, (0400hrs and 0900hrs) wet and dry food, fresh water, and a couple of token Dreamies. He's been up most of the night (No sleep for the wicked Cat Slave) tearing around like a mad thing. Flying up and down perpendicular stairs, crashing around the wheelhouse, jumping in and out of the rain-catching plasterer's bucket to the right of my head when I'm in my bunk. He's had several sessions with his various toys, The Fevver on A Stick, and rolled up newspaper batons. He's been out (closely supervised) and experienced being dive-bombed by gulls, a particularly annoyed cormorant, and stalked some mallards. He's seen off the wimpy black mongrel and sneered at a random stray cat. The latter went and hid on a convenient little yacht. He's fifteen months old. Any ideas when he might become a little less manic?

 

[Ratface]

Part Two: in the time it's taken me to type this, he's gone up into the wheelhouse and is crashed out asleep in front of the wheel.

 

[Ratface]

Rodriguez Catto has severely blotted his copybook.
About 1900hr, I got back from seeing Old Horse, grooming him and his girlfriend next door, skipping out and setting fair their beds: giving bag of carrots to YO for the whole herd and taking her rubbish back to the boatyard to put in our bins, which are three times the size of her home ones.
RG has had lots of supervised and a short period of unsupervised freedom on the pontoon today. When I got back from the visit to Old Horse, I let him out and watched him carefully. No cat to be seen I went to find him and he'd gone right down the far end of the pontoon and was crouched down eyeing up an adolescent male swan. Bad idea.
I rattled the Dreamies bag at him. No response. Swan getting ready to rear up at him. I grabbed RC by the scruff of his neck and wedged his body against mine, carrying him back to the barge, with him biting, violently kicking and scratching at me the whole way. Plonked him in the galley, gave him a few more Dreamies and his supper and retired to disinfect all the deep, blood-dripping wounds that he'd inflicted on me.
He's fifteen months old. Apparently, he will "settle down" when he's approaching two years old.
Little Fiend.

 

[poiuytrewq]

Not terrible but made me laugh.
My sister was confused by the odd clothes appearing on the floor in their flat. None of it belonged to them.
She put the baby camera up and caught this! It’s not a great picture but this is Percy the cat and culprit dragging another random T-shirt into the flat

 

[Ratface]

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Not terrible but made me laugh.
My sister was confused by the odd clothes appearing on the floor in their flat. None of it belonged to them.
She put the baby camera up and caught this! It’s not a great picture but this is Percy the cat and culprit dragging another random T-shirt into the flat

The Killer Burmese used to go onto other boats where we were moored and steal underclothes left hanging up to dry in their wheelhouses! I used to creep out at dead of night and arrange them on a convenient hedge in front of the Yacht Club!
Much speculation about who the vile human might be, during which I participated with much enthusiasm . . .

 

[Tiddlypom]

From this morning.

The black cat sat on the mat. That figures .



Followed a few minutes later by the black cat sprawls out on the stony yard surface Looks like a rather uncomfortable lounging spot to me, but apparently it’s a good place to have dust baths in.

 

[poiuytrewq]

I find it funny the way they like to sit on random things. I bought and wanted to return a fly mask so it was folded to a small square on the table and our cat was carefully sat on it....tables lava

 

[poiuytrewq]

Also, just saying to Mr P, who replied it’s his house, he owns it and will sit where he wants

Why do they just collapse and lie in the middle of a room or walk way?
The dogs lie against something, a sofa or wall, or under the table. The cat…. Here. I will lie here and you minions will walk around me

 

[Ratface]

The vile Rodriguez Catto has seriously blotted his copybook. Was taking a planned rest day in the bunk with assorted library books and cups of tea. RC duly fed, watered, groomed, litter tray skipped out. Twenty minutes of playing with The Fevver on A Stick. Not let out today as the river was heaving about and RC seems to think that he is indestructible at the moment.
So - all clear to settle down with a book. RC comes flying in and does his Wall Of Death act whilst uttering eldritch screeches. Tried ignoring him. The Fiend throws himself onto the library book and starts to devour the pages with pointy dragon teeth and claws. Gets swatted with a newspaper. RC doubles down on his bad behaviour. Gets shut in the galley and saloon. Throws himself against the door. Crashes in and repeats Fiendish behaviour. Gets shouted at. Fiend sits there with squinty-eye murderous intent. Then leaps over me and shins up the curtains and gets stuck with his claws in them. Disentangle cat. Cat slopes off and goes to sleep in his favourite cushioned settle. Peace.
Fiend is fifteen months old. Research indicates that this behaviour is likely to continue until he's two. Anyone have any kind ideas on how to minimise the onslaught?

 

[Cloball]

Found mouse bit under the bed ... M has been on box rest for 6 weeks so goodness knows when he left them there. Really should check under the bed more often.
Found another ancient mouse in a suitcase under the bed which I had tucked my wedding shoes into. Now my shoes smell vile

 

[Cloball]

If anyone has any tips on deodorising/cleaning velvet shoes it would be greatly appreciated in case the febreeze doesn't cut it

 

[Burnttoast]

Do I feel smug or not when reporting that the kitten (now 2 weeks off a year and a 4.5kg solid chunk of muscle with pointy bits) is charming and the epitome of a Good Cat? although he did catch my nostril with his canine the other day while giving me kisses, that was a bit ouch. Perfect otherwise

 

[Rumtytum]

Do I feel smug or not when reporting that the kitten (now 2 weeks off a year and a 4.5kg solid chunk of muscle with pointy bits) is charming and the epitome of a Good Cat? although he did catch my nostril with his canine the other day while giving me kisses, that was a bit ouch. Perfect otherwise

He’s just storing it up