It's Caturday- Post some cats (vol 3)

[Gretchen]

Trabi601 said:

But that's just contributing to the issue of unwanted cats sitting in 'feline prisons' all over the country.

We're deliberately not looking for kittens for this very reason.

You're going to disagree with me, but I think you've been irresponsible.

I feel the same way about children. And cars, furniture, to some extent clothes. There's far too much waste as there is. I'm not sure how I'm contributing to it as I've said already they have wanted homes to go to. Homes that aren't looking for older rescue cats. I'd rather they had a kitten knowing its background than one from a Gumtree or Facebook advert that's been bred purely for a cash value. So you could say I'm helping. Each to their own.

FWIW Many of my animals have come from shelters/been rescued.

[Gretchen]

AstonZagato said:

What type of cat is she and what type of cat has she mated with?

She's a Ragdoll Cross and he's my half British Shorthair.

[CR6ZZ]

Willow came home limping a day ago. Turns out she had a huge gash on the inside of her front left paw, right down to the tendons. No idea how she did it. A quick trip to the vet for tendon repair and stitches to close the wound. Now she doesn't seems too worried. More pi$$ed off at having to stay inside than anything else.

[Mannginger]

Gretchen said:

Ishka looks like Walter in this picture to me. I bought one of the springs the other day but it seems to have disappeared. Which is why I couldn't fathom how I'd posted a photo of Walter with it!

They do look very similar don't they? Daft little bugger got herself sick this week so an injection / charcoal paste seems to have done the trick. She has just about made up with my better half for taking her tot he vet to be literally prodded in every orifice!

[Trabi601]

Meet Millie (mainly white) and Lola (mainly black). Both 6-8 month old females from the same litter.

Mitzi (our 15 year old B&W shorthair) isn't impressed. She's very growly and hissy. But there's been no violence. The newbies can't understand why she doesn't want to be their friend.

We were expecting worse, so I'm relatively happy with the first few hours. She may not be so amused when she realises the catflap is locked... (tried to replace ours with a microchip flap so she could come and go whilst the newbies are locked in, but the hole in our door is too small and I don't fancy cutting a bigger hole!)

[MarshPhantom]

Cute.

[garythesign]

[quote=Trabi601]Meet Millie (mainly white) and Lola (mainly black). Both 6-8 month old females from the same litter.

Very pleased for you. They look lovely

We lasted three weeks when our previous cat died before acquiring another

[bexVN]

llewop said:

Gretchen said:

I did a tip run at the weekend and as usual had a hunt through some salvaged bits. Picked up an indoor cage for £3. Perfect for Mum and kittens. Disinfected it and cleared a space under my dressing table. It's not only a perfect fit but seems to be a hit too.

blimey - you're lucky! with our Sveta, even the rattle of the cage is enough to send her running and hiding, she really hates it and going in the car. Sadly we're going to have to go through that torture on Friday!

I bet she won't use it for her kittening, she'll probaly give birth in your wardrobe or under your bed etc, then keep moving them when you try and put them in there!!

How old is she? hope it all goes smoothly. I think you are mad but each to their own ....I know you will have done your research, sadly I deal with too many that allow their female cats to get pregnant then not want to deal with the consequences

[MrsLexxiFoxx]

Minnie the Maine Coon

[Saddle bum]

Our ginger mog, who thinks he's hard, is having his teeth cleaned today.

It requires a general anaesthetic, which is a bit worrying. The house appears very quiet today.

[S. Gonzales Esq.]

I remember a past conversation with a vet about teeth, and the options given were a bristly rubber thimble and a tube of fish-flavour toothpaste, or get the cat used to special dental dry food.

We chose the latter, and to be fair it did a very good job of tartar control.

[garythesign]

Saddle bum said:

Our ginger mog, who thinks he's hard, is having his teeth cleaned today.

It requires a general anaesthetic, which is a bit worrying. The house appears very quiet today.

Hope he is feeling better today

[garythesign]

This is Aslan, enjoying his new home in County Clare, Ireland

[Lance Catamaran]

Trabi601 said:

Meet Millie (mainly white) and Lola (mainly black). Both 6-8 month old females from the same litter.

Mitzi (our 15 year old B&W shorthair) isn't impressed. She's very growly and hissy. But there's been no violence. The newbies can't understand why she doesn't want to be their friend.

We were expecting worse, so I'm relatively happy with the first few hours. She may not be so amused when she realises the catflap is locked... (tried to replace ours with a microchip flap so she could come and go whilst the newbies are locked in, but the hole in our door is too small and I don't fancy cutting a bigger hole!)

Did you introduce them straight away? Just wondering as I have been considering getting a young cat, but not sure how mine would react to the new arrival

[IanA2]

IanA2 said:

Having had a variety of Mogs over many decades, we find ourselves recovering from the departure of the last two about two years ago, we think the time is right to "re-stock" :-)

The issue is, how many, two or three? Our last cohort started as three but one disappeared early on leaving us with two queens. Thereafter one became quite dominant. So I'm wondering if trying with three again is the best idea for a peaceful household. Also, would they be best all coming from the same litter?

Thoughts welcome.

No thoughts....?

[Trabi601]

Lance Catamaran said:

Did you introduce them straight away? Just wondering as I have been considering getting a young cat, but not sure how mine would react to the new arrival

We did. No messing, just opened the carrying cage in the middle of the lounge and let them get on with it.

We are still getting a bit of hissing and howling from the old lady, but it seems to be keeping the rightful order of seniority in the place.

The youngsters just want to make friends with her, rather amusingly.

Currently, all 3 are asleep in the lounge - the old girl on a chair, with the youngsters on the sofa with me.

[Lance Catamaran]

Trabi601 said:

Lance Catamaran said:

Did you introduce them straight away? Just wondering as I have been considering getting a young cat, but not sure how mine would react to the new arrival

We did. No messing, just opened the carrying cage in the middle of the lounge and let them get on with it.

We are still getting a bit of hissing and howling from the old lady, but it seems to be keeping the rightful order of seniority in the place.

The youngsters just want to make friends with her, rather amusingly.

Currently, all 3 are asleep in the lounge - the old girl on a chair, with the youngsters on the sofa with me.

Glad to hear it's working out well thus far. All the advice says keep them in a separate room for a few weeks, but then surely that means starving your new arrival of attention at the most critical time?

[Trabi601]

Lance Catamaran said:

Glad to hear it's working out well thus far. All the advice says keep them in a separate room for a few weeks, but then surely that means starving your new arrival of attention at the most critical time?

When there's nobody about, we do separate - just so Mitzi (the old girl) can get in and out of the catflap. We've put her favourite bean bag in the kitchen / diner, with food etc and left the catflap open for her.

The youngsters get the lounge / hall / landing - with a litter tray in the hall and some food / water.

We're breaking all the rules, to be honest - on Thursday, Mrs Trabi is going to take the youngsters out into the back garden for supervised playtime.

[Saddle bum]

garythesign said:

Saddle bum said:

Our ginger mog, who thinks he's hard, is having his teeth cleaned today.

It requires a general anaesthetic, which is a bit worrying. The house appears very quiet today.

Hope he is feeling better today

He came home looking very poorly.

This morning he yelled to go out and went missing for five hours, we were quite worried.

He eventually turned up and had some biscuits and chicken.

The poor bugger seems traumatised and is acting terrified. He's just had a long sleep on the bed upstairs.

[bexVN]

Saddle bum said:

garythesign said:

Saddle bum said:

Our ginger mog, who thinks he's hard, is having his teeth cleaned today.

It requires a general anaesthetic, which is a bit worrying. The house appears very quiet today.

Hope he is feeling better today

He came home looking very poorly.

This morning he yelled to go out and went missing for five hours, we were quite worried.

He eventually turned up and had some biscuits and chicken.

The poor bugger seems traumatised and is acting terrified. He's just had a long sleep on the bed upstairs.

Sometimes the type of pain relief meds used can leave them a bit disorientated and appear traumatised.

I am surprised they didn't tell you to make sure that he was kept in for at least 24hrs preferably 48hrs. The ga can still cause side effects during this time which means they can wander off.