It's Caturday- Post some cats (vol 3)
Discussion
Gretchen said:
It has been mentioned in national press and I’ve had a few emails from various sources regarding it, plus (IMO quite small) posters in pet food suppliers and vet clinics.
See here for details of products
https://www.food.gov.uk/news-alerts/alert/fsa-prin...
That's the pathetic official response. From what I've been reading, it's a lot more than that, with several more products causing issues.See here for details of products
https://www.food.gov.uk/news-alerts/alert/fsa-prin...
There's more info on this Facebook page, though you need to join.
https://m.facebook.com/groups/250384740220868/?ref...
Gretchen said:
And, Baby B. She needs a name but I can’t find one to suit at the moment but Baby B is good. She is the smallest and quietest, last to open eyes. I think possibly will be long haired as super fluffy. This is the one that has the eyes for me and seems to be bonding with me the most.
If you need another billionaire it sounds to me like "Baby B" should be "Buffet".Gretchen said:
And, Baby B. She needs a name but I can’t find one to suit at the moment but Baby B is good. She is the smallest and quietest, last to open eyes. I think possibly will be long haired as super fluffy. This is the one that has the eyes for me and seems to be bonding with me the most.
I may be thinking with my stomach here, but my first thought was Shortbread!Strangely Brown said:
If you need another billionaire it sounds to me like "Baby B" should be "Buffet".
Brilliant call! I’ll try her (I think it’s a female) with it. cherie171 said:
I may be thinking with my stomach here, but my first thought was Shortbread!
Cute. And one for future use perhaps. Unfortunately these all require names beginning with ‘B’. I'm investigating the best cat food available in UK. Found this website which recommends Thrive amongst others:
https://allaboutcats.com/best-cat-food-uk
I don't own a cat but reckons she owns me. Just 13 years old, female, very active and healthy, always outside in garden and fields, still plays like a young cat. She rejects Whiskers but will eat Felix which is now a suspect product. Also enjoys dry Go-Cat. Supplements diet with fresh meat and fish shared with mere humans. Also hunts small animals.
I want to improve her diet especially as she is a geriatric now (which is unbelievable
). Your comments and advice would be much appreciated.
https://allaboutcats.com/best-cat-food-uk
I don't own a cat but reckons she owns me. Just 13 years old, female, very active and healthy, always outside in garden and fields, still plays like a young cat. She rejects Whiskers but will eat Felix which is now a suspect product. Also enjoys dry Go-Cat. Supplements diet with fresh meat and fish shared with mere humans. Also hunts small animals.
I want to improve her diet especially as she is a geriatric now (which is unbelievable
). Your comments and advice would be much appreciated.Over the many years that we've had cats they have chosen their own food by the simple expedient of refusing to eat what they didn't like. No two have been the same either. One would wolf down coley or whiting freshly cooked and nearly too hot to eat, another wouldn't get out of bed for any fish at all. Awkward creatures, cats. Our last cat (we're between cats currently) loved Classic cat food until the brand was sold to another maker and they "improved the manufacturing". They claimed to have left the recipe unchanged and altered only the manufacturing process - the product was identical, they claimed. The cat (the late lamented Boris) said in his own way "stuff that, it's horrible!". After that he would eat only Tesco's Premium own brand in jelly - not gravy. He did not die of malnutrition, poisoning, or dehydration. It was cardiomyopathy at approximately fifteen years old.
motco said:
The cat (the late lamented Boris) said in his own way "stuff that, it's horrible!". After that he would eat only Tesco's Premium own brand in jelly - not gravy.
Thanks - consistent with my experience.My cat's version when rejecting food: "If you think that's so wonderful, you can eat it".
bigothunter said:
I'm investigating the best cat food available in UK. Found this website which recommends Thrive amongst others:
https://allaboutcats.com/best-cat-food-uk
I don't own a cat but reckons she owns me. Just 13 years old, female, very active and healthy, always outside in garden and fields, still plays like a young cat. She rejects Whiskers but will eat Felix which is now a suspect product. Also enjoys dry Go-Cat. Supplements diet with fresh meat and fish shared with mere humans. Also hunts small animals.
I want to improve her diet especially as she is a geriatric now (which is unbelievable). Your comments and advice would be much appreciated.
We buy the Thrive tuna meat (off eBay) after the vet told us off for buying supermarket tuna in spring water which we thought would be fine (apparently its got added salt). The Thrive stuff is utterly horrible to serve (like a liquid) and canned tuna is one of my greatest turn-off's but ours seem to love it. Not tried the other Thrive varieties.https://allaboutcats.com/best-cat-food-uk
I don't own a cat but reckons she owns me. Just 13 years old, female, very active and healthy, always outside in garden and fields, still plays like a young cat. She rejects Whiskers but will eat Felix which is now a suspect product. Also enjoys dry Go-Cat. Supplements diet with fresh meat and fish shared with mere humans. Also hunts small animals.
I want to improve her diet especially as she is a geriatric now (which is unbelievable
). Your comments and advice would be much appreciated.AstonZagato said:
Gretchen said:
Strangely Brown said:
If you need another billionaire it sounds to me like "Baby B" should be "Buffet".
Brilliant call! I’ll try her (I think it’s a female) with it. 
They should be moving indoors next week as Prost and Piquet will be vaccinated and off to their new home. Prost then
And now
I’ll update Piquet tomorrow. He’s far too busy playing with Poppet.
Looking all sweet and innocent here, isn't she?
In the 18 or so months I've had her, the only present she brought back was a baby bird that had presumably fallen out of the nest. However, in the last couple of weeks she has been on an absolute murder spree, bringing back a constant stream of rodents including fully grown brown rats. The first of yesterday's victims, which might have been a mouse or younger rat, was still breathing when deposited on the carpet, which I assumed was its last gasps. But no, it was actually playing dead, as evidenced by the fact it sprung up and ran under the sofa as soon as she lost interest and walked off.
Not really wanting an extended chase around the house, I decided on lifting the corner and letting her get in to finish it off. Which of course she didn't do quickly, so I'm standing there holding a sofa up listening to it squeaking in terror whilst being batted around, and somehow was still twitching when I was able to get it into a bag for disposal. The second victim was at least dead, although I didn't notice her bring it back last night, so very nearly stepped on it whilst getting out of bed.
In the 18 or so months I've had her, the only present she brought back was a baby bird that had presumably fallen out of the nest. However, in the last couple of weeks she has been on an absolute murder spree, bringing back a constant stream of rodents including fully grown brown rats. The first of yesterday's victims, which might have been a mouse or younger rat, was still breathing when deposited on the carpet, which I assumed was its last gasps. But no, it was actually playing dead, as evidenced by the fact it sprung up and ran under the sofa as soon as she lost interest and walked off.
Not really wanting an extended chase around the house, I decided on lifting the corner and letting her get in to finish it off. Which of course she didn't do quickly, so I'm standing there holding a sofa up listening to it squeaking in terror whilst being batted around, and somehow was still twitching when I was able to get it into a bag for disposal. The second victim was at least dead, although I didn't notice her bring it back last night, so very nearly stepped on it whilst getting out of bed.
A Winner Is You said:
Looking all sweet and innocent here, isn't she?
In the 18 or so months I've had her, the only present she brought back was a baby bird that had presumably fallen out of the nest. However, in the last couple of weeks she has been on an absolute murder spree, bringing back a constant stream of rodents including fully grown brown rats. The first of yesterday's victims, which might have been a mouse or younger rat, was still breathing when deposited on the carpet, which I assumed was its last gasps. But no, it was actually playing dead, as evidenced by the fact it sprung up and ran under the sofa as soon as she lost interest and walked off.
Not really wanting an extended chase around the house, I decided on lifting the corner and letting her get in to finish it off. Which of course she didn't do quickly, so I'm standing there holding a sofa up listening to it squeaking in terror whilst being batted around, and somehow was still twitching when I was able to get it into a bag for disposal. The second victim was at least dead, although I didn't notice her bring it back last night, so very nearly stepped on it whilst getting out of bed.
In the 18 or so months I've had her, the only present she brought back was a baby bird that had presumably fallen out of the nest. However, in the last couple of weeks she has been on an absolute murder spree, bringing back a constant stream of rodents including fully grown brown rats. The first of yesterday's victims, which might have been a mouse or younger rat, was still breathing when deposited on the carpet, which I assumed was its last gasps. But no, it was actually playing dead, as evidenced by the fact it sprung up and ran under the sofa as soon as she lost interest and walked off.
Not really wanting an extended chase around the house, I decided on lifting the corner and letting her get in to finish it off. Which of course she didn't do quickly, so I'm standing there holding a sofa up listening to it squeaking in terror whilst being batted around, and somehow was still twitching when I was able to get it into a bag for disposal. The second victim was at least dead, although I didn't notice her bring it back last night, so very nearly stepped on it whilst getting out of bed.
- catlife
I came home years ago to a complaint that “the Internet is broken, can you fix it”
A quick bit of debug showed all sorts of problems with the router, and that it appeared to be very hot.
I went into the cupboard to hard power cycle, and found a decapitated squirrel on the router, gently cooking.
A quick bit of debug showed all sorts of problems with the router, and that it appeared to be very hot.
I went into the cupboard to hard power cycle, and found a decapitated squirrel on the router, gently cooking.
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