It's Caturday- Post some cats (vol 3)
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On the subject of 'offerings' the aforementioned Sockie has brought in countless mice, shrews and voles. From fully alive to completely extinct and complete to just the intestines left. We have also had, various birds including a buzzard chick which was the size of a duck, rats, moles, squirrels and he has shown an unhealthy interest in our chickens. Or he did until they fought back. He decided discretion the better part of valour. Oh, and he proudly brought me an undamaged wood pigeon egg.
AstonZagato said:
Had a phone call last night that a 15 week old kitten needed rehoming as the owners were allergic.
Meet Poirot.
Our friend was getting very stressed and upset, so we have reluctantly said they can take the kitten back.
I suspect they will now try to sell him - so if anyone sees a seal-point ragdoll male kitten advertised anywhere, please let me know - I'd like to catch them red-handed.
AstonZagato said:
The previous owners have been regretting their decision and constantly pestering the poor woman who brokered the adoption (a friend of ours). This is despite it being clear to them that it was a "no second thoughts" election to give him up.
Our friend was getting very stressed and upset, so we have reluctantly said they can take the kitten back.
I suspect they will now try to sell him - so if anyone sees a seal-point ragdoll male kitten advertised anywhere, please let me know - I'd like to catch them red-handed.
Our friend was getting very stressed and upset, so we have reluctantly said they can take the kitten back.
I suspect they will now try to sell him - so if anyone sees a seal-point ragdoll male kitten advertised anywhere, please let me know - I'd like to catch them red-handed.
I’d have given your friend instructions on how to block numbers & messages!
ali_kat said:
AstonZagato said:
The previous owners have been regretting their decision and constantly pestering the poor woman who brokered the adoption (a friend of ours). This is despite it being clear to them that it was a "no second thoughts" election to give him up.
Our friend was getting very stressed and upset, so we have reluctantly said they can take the kitten back.
I suspect they will now try to sell him - so if anyone sees a seal-point ragdoll male kitten advertised anywhere, please let me know - I'd like to catch them red-handed.
Our friend was getting very stressed and upset, so we have reluctantly said they can take the kitten back.
I suspect they will now try to sell him - so if anyone sees a seal-point ragdoll male kitten advertised anywhere, please let me know - I'd like to catch them red-handed.
I’d have given your friend instructions on how to block numbers & messages!
When we went through the adoption process, the above scenario did occur to me at the time, and I did wonder what I would do if faced with that situation.
AstonZagato said:
AstonZagato said:
Had a phone call last night that a 15 week old kitten needed rehoming as the owners were allergic.
Meet Poirot.
Our friend was getting very stressed and upset, so we have reluctantly said they can take the kitten back.
I suspect they will now try to sell him - so if anyone sees a seal-point ragdoll male kitten advertised anywhere, please let me know - I'd like to catch them red-handed.
Hello fellow cat people. After some advice about how you think an older cat (aged 7) might handle a younger kitten or two joining the fold.
We usually get our cats in pairs of siblings. This worked well and we've had success with chilled friendly personalities. Some years ago we got a brother and sister kittens from CPL, Milo was lovely but Lila always avoided human contact and yowled whenever you picked her up (and still does). We thought she might chill over time but she actually became more aloof and as they grew out of their kitten stage she got more and more stressed, particularly around her brother. She became pretty neurotic and hissed whenever he got within 2 feet.
Sadly, Milo left us aged 2 with stomach cancer We thought his absence might relax his sister a bit and indeed she gradually became less neurotic but still is not really a people person and only seeks our company at night time when she jumps on one of the kid's beds after they've gone to sleep and she thinks no one will know!
While Lila is much loved, she doesn't give much back. We are thinking about getting a kitten or two but really unsure how Lila might react. The children (aged 13-19) are very protective of her and although they'd love to have some new additions they don't want Lila to feel pushed out or regress back to a permanently stressed state. On the other hand there's a school of thought that says it might bring out her latent maternal instinct.
We don't have any direct experience of introducing new kittens to an older cat, so interested in the experiences and opinions of the PH cat massive, especially in light of Lila's general aloofness and neuroses. If it's relevant we have a very large house with a large garden and woodland in a safe semi-rural location, and there's always someone in the house, and so cat heaven really. We can keep them apart and introduce slowly, keeping a "safe zone" for Lila until she hopefully accepts the newbies.
Does this sound like it might work, or is this doomed to failure?
We usually get our cats in pairs of siblings. This worked well and we've had success with chilled friendly personalities. Some years ago we got a brother and sister kittens from CPL, Milo was lovely but Lila always avoided human contact and yowled whenever you picked her up (and still does). We thought she might chill over time but she actually became more aloof and as they grew out of their kitten stage she got more and more stressed, particularly around her brother. She became pretty neurotic and hissed whenever he got within 2 feet.
Sadly, Milo left us aged 2 with stomach cancer
We thought his absence might relax his sister a bit and indeed she gradually became less neurotic but still is not really a people person and only seeks our company at night time when she jumps on one of the kid's beds after they've gone to sleep and she thinks no one will know!While Lila is much loved, she doesn't give much back. We are thinking about getting a kitten or two but really unsure how Lila might react. The children (aged 13-19) are very protective of her and although they'd love to have some new additions they don't want Lila to feel pushed out or regress back to a permanently stressed state. On the other hand there's a school of thought that says it might bring out her latent maternal instinct.
We don't have any direct experience of introducing new kittens to an older cat, so interested in the experiences and opinions of the PH cat massive, especially in light of Lila's general aloofness and neuroses. If it's relevant we have a very large house with a large garden and woodland in a safe semi-rural location, and there's always someone in the house, and so cat heaven really. We can keep them apart and introduce slowly, keeping a "safe zone" for Lila until she hopefully accepts the newbies.
Does this sound like it might work, or is this doomed to failure?
Edited by PhilboSE on Tuesday 22 December 22:49
I'm not an expert but we had a similar-ish set up / experience with our two Bengals. Litter sisters but at some point in their teenage years they had a major falling out with each other and our little one was always aggressive / marking etc after that.
Unfortunately we lost Echo just over a year ago and we were interested to see how little Ishka faired but she fairly quickly showed signs of depression so we decided to get a second again. We deliberately went for a rescue and for a "submissive" cat. we spoke at length to the rescue centres to ensure we were getting the right companion. We ended up with Fosco who we were told was never aggressive, always subservient around food / space etc.
In the main this is true although as a youngster he's got a lot more play in him than Ishka now has. That said she has adapted wonderfully to him. They play every day although Ishka will tell him when she's had enough and (generally) he listens.
Was totally the right decision for us but was a calculated risk.
We did the "proper" introduction over a couple of weeks, kept him in a room alone for a week, slowly bringing food bowls closer and playing either side of the door, then slowly opening the door with a curtain to block line of sight, slowly lifting the curtain, moving the food back closer again etc etc. Then swapped the two for a couple of days i and out of the room to get them used to smells of each other. That slow and steady approach paid dividends we feel but does take a good couple of weeks of patience and investment.
Unfortunately we lost Echo just over a year ago and we were interested to see how little Ishka faired but she fairly quickly showed signs of depression so we decided to get a second again. We deliberately went for a rescue and for a "submissive" cat. we spoke at length to the rescue centres to ensure we were getting the right companion. We ended up with Fosco who we were told was never aggressive, always subservient around food / space etc.
In the main this is true although as a youngster he's got a lot more play in him than Ishka now has. That said she has adapted wonderfully to him. They play every day although Ishka will tell him when she's had enough and (generally) he listens.
Was totally the right decision for us but was a calculated risk.
We did the "proper" introduction over a couple of weeks, kept him in a room alone for a week, slowly bringing food bowls closer and playing either side of the door, then slowly opening the door with a curtain to block line of sight, slowly lifting the curtain, moving the food back closer again etc etc. Then swapped the two for a couple of days i and out of the room to get them used to smells of each other. That slow and steady approach paid dividends we feel but does take a good couple of weeks of patience and investment.
Wonderman said:
pinchmeimdreamin said:
Such a lovely name for a cat, do you shout at it to come into the house of night? Hoping to get a rescue post kitchen being done...
Went to the vets today for her jabs, this being the 3rd attempt since the last 2 ended with me not being able to get her in the carrier. So I cooked up a plan of feeding her in it for about a week, putting some chicken right and the back then quickly shutting the door. Only a very short drive but still spent the entirity of it Howling at the top of her lungs.
Then of course when she gets there she calmly sits there, let's herself be put back in the carrier with no resistance and is laying here like nothing happened. Because of course.
Then of course when she gets there she calmly sits there, let's herself be put back in the carrier with no resistance and is laying here like nothing happened. Because of course.
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