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  • Herding cats
  • peteimpreza
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    “In one of my sci-fi books, One follows a cat the find the ‘gaps’ that allow one (and cats) to travel between the parallel universes”

    Pixel from “The Cat Who Could Walk Through Walls” Robert A Heinlein ?

    “The title of the book refers to a cat by the name of Pixel, who has an inexplicable tendency to be wherever the narrator happens to be (see Schrödinger’s cat). In one scene Pixel does, in fact, walk through a wall, and it is explained that Pixel is too young to know that such behavior is impossible”

    martinhutch
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    Or the one from Pullman’s His Dark Materials book?

    Esme
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    Photos! Of Claude, at least. Livia’s still keeping a very low profile.

    Esme
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    Esme
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    cranberry
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    Claude is a handsome chap, but he could probably do with a couple more Dreamies.

    Cat tax paid in full.

    🙂

    matt_outandabout
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    Where is the like button?

    ElShalimo
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    Looks like a small Cougar!

    Lionheart
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    Stunning cats! Great to see pics..

    immaterial
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    Good to see them settling in to their new home, without a drop of blood being shed getting them there. Claude is extremely handsome!

    swavis
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    I’m not normally a cat person that is one cool looking cat 🙂

    duffle
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    ElShalimo

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    Looks like a small Cougar!

    Where’s his laptop??

    ElShalimo
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    I’ve met Cougar, he really is that furry and has a strange cucumber phobia

    Esme
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    Claude has been for a check-up and injection this morning, so is now a bit suspicious of us. He’s very healthy, including his weight, thank goodness, so we’ll have to ration the Dreamies!

    Livia is getting more sociable, so we’ll attempt some photos of her this weekend.

    And I’ll soon be asking for advice on how to stop Claude meowing outside the bedroom door during the night . . .

    cranberry
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    And I’ll soon be asking for advice on how to stop Claude meowing outside the bedroom door during the night . . .

    2 doors between humans trying to sleep and cats trying to stop it. An auomatic feeder, like this : Petfun will also allow you to feed them a snack early in the morning so that they aren’t trying to wake you due to hunger in the early hours.

    If they are like Bengals, they may trash the feeder and make the biscuits spill all over the floor.

    😉

    brakes
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    how to stop Claude meowing outside the bedroom door during the night

    a cat flap so he can meow at the moon and catch his own snacks

    andrew1905
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    If you are going to have posh cats then they should sleep with you in your bed as our Burmese do in ours.

    precutduck
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    And I’ll soon be asking for advice on how to stop Claude meowing outside the bedroom door during the night . . .

    In our experience with a standard tabby, the best way to stop the meowing is to open the door.
    She will occasionally appear in the middle of the night, meow a couple of times and demand fuss though.

    Esme
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    Here’s a photo of Livia, although it doesn’t do justice to her beautiful green eyes.

    She’s just been for her check-up, and the vet reckons she’s very stressed, and has lost weight. So extra Dreamies for Livia, and another check-up in a couple of weeks.

    ElShalimo
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    She’s planning your demise…….

    Esme
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    “She’s planning your demise…….”
    Probably in revenge for having a thermometer stuck up her bum . . .

    footflaps
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    If she’s a highly strung cat, moving house is pretty high up there in the trauma stakes, but she’ll settle down soon enough…

    peteimpreza
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    how to stop Claude meowing outside the bedroom door during the night

    Leave the door open

    fossy
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    Lovely cats, similar eye colouring to our two Ragdolls – the white and grey male is blue, and the grey female is green.

    If we shut our bedroom door, the raggies will either scratch the carpet, or the male will tap on the door. They stop if you ignore them, but come back around 5am… hungry. Being only just 1 years old, they still charge round like idiots !

    The catit ‘kerplunk’ type feeder is a great item our cats love. You put dry food in the top, then they have to either fish it out, or knock it down three levels before they can eat. They love it.

    fossy
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    Leave the door open as they are older, they should just pop in for a look round, or even sit on the bed – just helps familiarisation.

    footflaps
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    We lock ours downstairs as they can’t come into the bedroom without waking us up and insisting we make a fuss of them. They jump up and miow at full volume to announce their arrival and if you don’t instantly stroke them they just find a hand / head and start nudging it until they get acknowledged. Really cute, but not at all conducive to a good nights sleep…

    fossy
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    Simba (white) and Luna (grey). Simba is about 2″ taller
    [url=https://flic.kr/p/2gTyzDG]20190809_191532[/url] by Anthony Fosbrook, on Flickr

    Esme
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    That’s a lovely photo, Fossy – they’re beautiful. And you’ve really captured the eyes colours.

    And lots of other pictures of gorgeous cats over the last couple of days – thank you, everyone!

    mariner
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    And another thing. How come that a hissing slashing fur ball of death when I try and put it in a cage is transformed into a big softy purring relaxed cat when a vet gets hold of it.
    Our vet tests the rear leg articulation, eyes, teeth usually removing a bit of plaque off the back molars with his thumb nail and then sticks a thermometer up its bum all without injury.
    They might make a small complaining mew but otherwise they appear to surrender to the vet. Just get it over with and I will take it out on the person who brought me here later.
    Should have chosen fur-ball and bile coloured carpets.
    Here is Mr Biggins.
    [url=https://flic.kr/p/2gRWoLS]P1140560[/url] by michaelwex10, on Flickr

    fossy
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    I just went upstairs with the phone and took a pic. Simba’s eyes aren’t as ‘blue’ as our previous ragdoll that we lost at 1 years old (run over). These don’t go out (they are, however his younger full siblings).

    Mtoto was more ragdoll (tip upside down and cuddles) but he was a lunatic. These two are crazy together, but not into cuddles. At least Leo the ginger ninja rescue cat loves cuddles (we say be more Leo to the ragdolls).

    matt_outandabout
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    This is Minerva, who accepts that we feed her when the real hosts are away.
    She occasionally takes on announcement tasks.

    loddrik
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    loddrik
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    FFS!!!!!!!!!

    matt_outandabout
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    fossy
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    Blooming nightmare attaching photos…. don’t worry…

    I love dogs and cats, but as we are out loads (work), cats it is… 4 of the buggers are easier than my sister’s lab – they need to get it as a trail dog, but he failed the training classes despite how hard they tried… he’s only one, and labs don’t settle down for 2-3 years…. he’s on the go all the time, and is a full grown dog. A ‘big’ 4kg cat is hard enough some times….

    I’d still have a dog as well, but I’d need not to be out at work 11 hours a day.

    Dogs and cats are cool…

    loddrik
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    Cheers MATT!!!👍🏻

    Esme
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    I think the vet must be a mountain biker . . . he said I should have N+1 litter trays 🙂

    Clover
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    Yay! Cat pictures at last! Thank you.

    We had Bombays (another Burmese relative) for many years. They liked to tell us our place. Loudly. And would retrieve those little toy mice if you threw them. Endless fun.

    bruk
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    Re cats at Vets. It’s just cats are pretty clever and realise that letting it happen means you get out and home quicker. Just never ask them how they felt about it. They would rather blank that out.

    N+1 transcends many disciplines. Try some horse owners and they will use that description. Makes bikes look bloody cheap.

    fossy
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    Took the other two cats for their vaccinations a couple of weeks ago. Leo, the ginger ninja had to have all his teeth out when we got him (cat flu causing gingivitis) and he’s been fine since, so we got an appointment with the main vet (who’d done all the work on Leo). She was so pleased to see him in the picture of health, and Leo even had a wander round the consulting room, and ‘bumped’ the vet’s legs, so he wasn’t a bit bothered, considering the visits he had. The other cat couldn’t wait to get back in the box.

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