BeckyFlowers
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Did your husband take Fluff to a spa?
Worst thing the cat's done.
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FinnishLapphund
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This reminded me about that Cilla the moggy had a period when she was young, when she was convinced it was possible to climb house plants. And it did work with the Benjamin ficus, although I lifted her down because I didn't want her to get any of its sap on her claws/paws (and it wasn't standing 100% stable either).
Strangely enough, even though that climb was successful from her point of view, I don't recall her ever climbing that one again. Yet she made several of my Mother-in-law's tongue plants fall down with between a few days to weeks apart, by trying to climb their big "leaves". Perhaps she was just optimistically hoping that even though the previous Mother-in-law's tongue plants had keeled over with her, this time she had found one where she could reach its top.
Rumtytum
Have Marmite, will travel
I thought exactly the same ???
ycbm
Einstein would be proud of my Insanity...
This reminds me of when we realised our 6 month old cat had climbed the ladder into the loft and been shut in.
The problem was that she was standing on the hatch, which hinged downwards onto a stair well eighteen feet deep ?
We padded the whole upstairs landing and the stairs with duvets, opened the hatch, and out she fell.
She was a crazily bold cat, I once watched her face down a car sitting in the middle of the road. It was no surprisee when we found her out there dad one day, before her second birthday
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9tails
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I bet she went back up again as soon as your back was turned. I had a really charismatic cat, called Wellard, he was amazing. I used to walk the dog and he came with us, but would climb every tree en route then sit up there yowling. The first few times, I rushed back to help him down. But of course he would then bound ahead of us and scoot up the next tree to yowl. Residents would come out of their houses to see what was going on. It soon became a game; cat runs ahead to scoot up a tree, we walk past the yowling cat and head around the corner and suddenly a flash of ginger goes past us and up the next tree. This went on for years, unfortunately long before camera phones were available because it would have been a YouTube sensation.
WandaMare
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I have a small mischievous siamese cat who never misses an opportunity to make me laugh. This morning he shot past my legs when I went out to feed the horses, just as one of our wild ducks flew down off the hay store roof. He normally doesn't chase the ducks, I think it was because it flew down right in front of his nose, so he pounced really quickly and managed to get his front legs completely over the ducks body. He didn't attack it as such, he was just draped over it and the poor duck was trying to run /fly off with a small cat on her back, quacking at the top of her voice terrified, poor girl. Luckily I managed to grab him off her before he got flown off over the fields somewhere. All a bit much when I had only just woken up. She came back a bit later for her food so hopefully she's not been scared away for good.
Crazy_cat_lady
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so my parents ragdolls have a fair few entries in this thread, well mine and OH'S kitten can now start having some entries
Not only did he catapult everything off the bedside table last weekend, breaking the lamp in the process, today at work I receive a text from OH advising he has now learnt to jump onto the kitchen unit. I've got home and he has merrily demonstrated this new found ability multiple times
He also decided to have a snack up there while no one was watching....
Not only did he catapult everything off the bedside table last weekend, breaking the lamp in the process, today at work I receive a text from OH advising he has now learnt to jump onto the kitchen unit. I've got home and he has merrily demonstrated this new found ability multiple times
He also decided to have a snack up there while no one was watching....
Rumtytum
Have Marmite, will travel
Obvious case of Starved Kitten Forced to Eat Bread ???
Thanks for posting, I’ve missed laughing at what cats get up to
TheHairyOne
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This made me laugh a lot! Cats!!!
Oh where do I start!! I now have 4 so thats
a lot of.mischief!
The absolute worst thing was one of my bengals who fell in love with Princess, a pretty black moggy who lived 5 doors down. She started having to be kept in due to an allergy, but my lovely big boy used to take her things from our house as presents. He would howl outside their window to be let in to see her!
Well about every 3 months they would bring back all of our stuff in a half full carrier bag. This was the normal cat toys, a pair of headphones, then once one of my lacey thongs!! Least they were unworn!!!!
I also came home from work to see him and his brother in my neighbours bedroom window.
He also brought me an over foot long koi carp and we were waiting for the bill for that one, which never turned up thankfully.
My 2 rescue kittens eat EVERYTHING. Ive had to get new bread storage.
They also have no idea about acceptable times to get up. It is whenever they feel like it so I only get a lie in when its raining. They wake us up by nose biting which is just a delight at 5am!
Wouldnt be without my horde of 3 gingers and a crazy bengal though.
Oh where do I start!! I now have 4 so thats
a lot of.mischief!
The absolute worst thing was one of my bengals who fell in love with Princess, a pretty black moggy who lived 5 doors down. She started having to be kept in due to an allergy, but my lovely big boy used to take her things from our house as presents. He would howl outside their window to be let in to see her!
Well about every 3 months they would bring back all of our stuff in a half full carrier bag. This was the normal cat toys, a pair of headphones, then once one of my lacey thongs!! Least they were unworn!!!!
I also came home from work to see him and his brother in my neighbours bedroom window.
He also brought me an over foot long koi carp and we were waiting for the bill for that one, which never turned up thankfully.
My 2 rescue kittens eat EVERYTHING. Ive had to get new bread storage.
They also have no idea about acceptable times to get up. It is whenever they feel like it so I only get a lie in when its raining. They wake us up by nose biting which is just a delight at 5am!
Wouldnt be without my horde of 3 gingers and a crazy bengal though.
Kay Burton
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My cat knocked over a blooming orchid. The plant survived, but it bloomed quickly. And it's a pity - the flowers on the orchid were snow-white, 14 centimeters in diameter.
ihatework
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My bloody moggy has learnt a new trick. They get a bowl of biscuits overnight, in my bedroom, because it’s out of reach of the dog and then they don’t wake me up demanding food.
Biscuits are stored on top of the chest of drawers in a sealed container.
Only if they run out in the bowl, naughty moggy has learned that if he pushes said container off the chest of drawers it smashes open and he has an all you can eat buffet.
This is not appreciated at 5am
Biscuits are stored on top of the chest of drawers in a sealed container.
Only if they run out in the bowl, naughty moggy has learned that if he pushes said container off the chest of drawers it smashes open and he has an all you can eat buffet.
This is not appreciated at 5am
peanut
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Another Ragdoll owner here (two brothers). I've had other cats but these are in a class of their own!
Why do they eat plastic bags? I simply can't work that one out
9tails
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Just yesterday, Molly brought in a mouse and let it go. Neither of us could find it but she laid in wait where it was last seen. Over 6 hours later, despite trying to entice her out from behind the TV stand with dreamies, she eventually got her prize when the mouse made a run for it. Before I could get it off her, she hurtled through the catflap to the great outside. I was fairly certain that the mouse would have a happy ending as she's rather good at letting them go and not being quick enough to catch them again, but she was closely followed by Dinky. He probably ate the freed mouse.
SJJR
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I few years ago I was working at my desk and was vaguely aware of the cat playing with my shoulder bag, batting the straps and pouncing on the bag. Next morning heading out the door for work I put my hand in to check keys/purse etc and found a dead mouse. Whether it hid in there or cat batted it in i don't know but relieved i found it before I got into the office.
Crazy_cat_lady
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Another Ragdoll owner here (two brothers). I've had other cats but these are in a class of their own!
Why do they eat plastic bags? I simply can't work that one out
Im getting one on Saturday as have moved out my parents house and there's just "something" about having a ragdoll around.
They definitely are i love how all the descriptions say how docile they are when actually they are naughty little so and so's with no regard for discipline ?
Any chance of some photos? What colours/ patterns are yours?
Crazy_cat_lady
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Its not a bad thing but....
Penny (cloud like ball of ragdoll fluff kitten) has just come into the living room Carrying the jiffy bag Shear Ease sent by clipper blades back in! With them still in it as I hadnt opened yet- she had stolen it off the stairs but if I hadn't seen it I'd have never believed she would get hold of it!!!
I then awoke in the night to what I thought was a massive skid mark on the floor- Gary (cat!!) Has had a dodgy tummy lately so I inwardly groaned. Was sat on the loo having a wee and thought I see this thing writhing next to said skid Mark. They don't go out so I'm thinking wtf. It turns out one of them had carted their fluffy "wiffle " toy up the stairs and my bleary tired brain thought we had a rodent problem but it was the reindeer head stuck to it that was "writhing!" And the skid mark was fortunately the fluffy "wiffle" part!!
Penny (cloud like ball of ragdoll fluff kitten) has just come into the living room Carrying the jiffy bag Shear Ease sent by clipper blades back in! With them still in it as I hadnt opened yet- she had stolen it off the stairs but if I hadn't seen it I'd have never believed she would get hold of it!!!
I then awoke in the night to what I thought was a massive skid mark on the floor- Gary (cat!!) Has had a dodgy tummy lately so I inwardly groaned. Was sat on the loo having a wee and thought I see this thing writhing next to said skid Mark. They don't go out so I'm thinking wtf. It turns out one of them had carted their fluffy "wiffle " toy up the stairs and my bleary tired brain thought we had a rodent problem but it was the reindeer head stuck to it that was "writhing!" And the skid mark was fortunately the fluffy "wiffle" part!!
Rumtytum
Have Marmite, will travel
brighteyes
Pooh-Bah
No, it's covering neither! The look and the corpse are there for all to see!LOL, frogs are surprisingly loud.
I forgot to mention that they worst thing was that he was always so very pleased with himself. If you tried to tell him to stop, he just did the naughty thing faster so that he was finished and pleased with his work before you made it over to stop him. Yes, a cat certainly can 'pee faster' when it wants to.
ETA - the watermark is covering his squirrel. Oh well, just imagine a dead squirrel placed carefully on the mat next to the smug little sod of a cat.
Crazy_cat_lady
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After thinking wiffle was a skid mark we've just nearly had an actual skid mark. Just heard the unmistakable sound of runny cat poo which he then goes and treads in so he's just had a shower!!! ?
I'd love a relaxing evening! I wonder if he's getting hold of even the smallest bit of Penny's food which I think is quite rich or hes eating too many biscuits. He's due a worming and is at the vet Monday for his pre op for deballing
I'd love a relaxing evening! I wonder if he's getting hold of even the smallest bit of Penny's food which I think is quite rich or hes eating too many biscuits. He's due a worming and is at the vet Monday for his pre op for deballing
brighteyes
Pooh-Bah
My old cat caught a very large vole once and was so proud of it, he placed it on the kitchen island unit, where all the food prep was done. At least I am pretty certain it was him. *begins to consider other options...*
Dasher66
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Not exactly the cat - but...
What do you do to stop the cat eating the dog food , or vice versa?
Our cat is fed or a half landing behind a fire guard where she can get along a narrow ledge and the dog (a Parsons JR) can’t.
the half landing was originally chosen because the dog isnt allowed upstairs but she learnt to sneak up to devour the lot when we were not looking.
What do you do to stop the cat eating the dog food , or vice versa?
Our cat is fed or a half landing behind a fire guard where she can get along a narrow ledge and the dog (a Parsons JR) can’t.
the half landing was originally chosen because the dog isnt allowed upstairs but she learnt to sneak up to devour the lot when we were not looking.
COldNag
Wasting my time successfully....
Same problem here - my JRTs were getting very porky due to raiding cat food.
I have ended up creating a "cat sanctuary " in the utility. Cat basket and cat bowls on the worktop in a sort of alcove. It is cosy, JRT free and the (lazy) cat can lean out of bed to eat!
FinnishLapphund
There's no cow on the ice
I have 3 cat trees over 1 metre tall in the city (+ 4 lower ones), and one of those over 1 metre tall ones, was specifically bought many years ago to feed the cats in, out of the dogs reach.
I have only 1 cat tree in my tiny summer cabin, but it is over 1 metre tall, and also used to feed the cats in, out of the dogs reach.
Both the dogs I've had before, and the ones I have now, still of course eats up any cat food that the cats happens to drop down on the floor.
The only minus with using a cat tree is for us that it was easier when all our cats ate the same food, and didn't need their own daily rations in separate food bowls. But a combination of Cilla getting spayed + getting lazier with the years + loves eating = she started to gain weight = some years ago she, and Berta, started to get separate bowls with their own daily rations on two different shelves in the cat tree.
Since 1½, 2 years ago, they also eat different types of food, and basically it is a bit of a hassle, trying to avoid Cilla sneaking over to Berta's food bowl to eat her food, too.
However, I have no problems with my dogs climbing up in the cat trees, so from that point of view, feeding the cats on the higher shelves of an over 1 metre tall cat tree works (unless you have a dog large enough to easily reach the height of the top shelves, of course).
Even though I've seen a handful of pictures online with other people's dogs up on a shelf in a cat tree, I don't think that is something most dogs would try to do/have a habit of doing.
If the cat tree is not an option for you, could you maybe try clearing a high shelf in a bookcase, and put the food bowl there? Make sure there is something in front of the bookcase the cat can use as a ladder/step on the way up/down to the shelf with the food bowl.
ETA: About the opposite problem with cat eating the dog food, I have no other suggestion than either change dog food to a food your dog will eat up when you serve it, or accept that the cat will eat dog food when it wants to.
ETA 2: Read the ETA above, and guess who's the real boss in our house? Clues: smallest in both weight + height in the house, meows...
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Crazy_cat_lady
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Gary likes to assist the football players, he now has an assistant manager as well
Rumtytum
Have Marmite, will travel
I only saw fluffy cat at first, I thought the long elongated black thing was a plant/sculpture ?
Crazy_cat_lady
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Crazy_cat_lady
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Im wfh today. I had my cup of tea on the headboard behind me as I'm lying in bed to do the work.
I already have one load of washing scattered around the house which isn't drying but its meant to rain all weekend so can't put it out
Gary clearly decided I needed more washing to sort the drying of as he's just pulled my cup of tea down off the headboard and soaked the bedding with it.
Cheers Gary, great work.
Updated!!!
Of course that lamp isn't on the floor because of me...
I already have one load of washing scattered around the house which isn't drying but its meant to rain all weekend so can't put it out
Gary clearly decided I needed more washing to sort the drying of as he's just pulled my cup of tea down off the headboard and soaked the bedding with it.
Cheers Gary, great work.
Updated!!!
Of course that lamp isn't on the floor because of me...
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FinnishLapphund
There's no cow on the ice
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Of course that lamp isn't on the floor because of me...
But Gary's laying on the bed, surely it must have been someone/something else that is responsible for the lamp redecorating.
The look of innocence! And those whiskers are impressive, too.
Crazy_cat_lady
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That one is Penny (Dreadful!) Gary is the Tuxedo in an earlier photo. Of course she wasn't responsible for the lamp like you say look how innocent she is lying on the bed!
FinnishLapphund
There's no cow on the ice
Oops, sorry. No wonder she looks innocent, if she's only the audience lying on front row to have a look at what Gary was doing/had done.