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Walesgang wrote:It probably varies. I assume you landlady has a regime for her cat?

Yep, her regime is wet food once a day and the dry food out the rest of the time.

I don't think TC likes his dry food at all, he always meows for wet food and treats, and only has his dry food when nothing else is available.

A former colleague of mine who is in his 60s and his wife decided to get a dog. They would show videos of the dog "playing" with their cat, everyone would be "awww, look at him playing", but I would be watching in horror thinking "poor cat" - you could tell the cat HATE...

I was wondering, how do people feed their cats? Do they take their wet food out at certain times of the day, and then give treats etc at other times? Do they leave dry food out for them to come nibble at whenever they want? Is there some standard procedure that all cat owners follow, or does it vary...

mr_frisky wrote:It wouldn't be somewhere on the Medway, would it?

More south - Tonbridge!

That is great!

Maybe you will just have to search online. I tried looking for you, there don't seem to be many in Leicestershire, there seem to be a few distance learning courses though, but I don't know how that will work out. There does seem to be a mobile pet groomer, but the courses do seem rather expensive. h...

I hate chavs. Oh, you'd hate to live where I live. I was working late in London most nights earlier this year, and on a Friday night, coming home was just a nightmare - the walk from the station to my home is about 4 minutes, but you were almost always certain to bump into some drunken chav who wan...

My only experience of the RSPCA was a great one. I was around 18 or so, and my brother and I were looking outside the window when we saw a cat grab a pigeon and run into our flats, we ran outside into the corridor and managed to make the cat let go off the pigeon, it was bleeding and couldn't fly bu...

I would put her up to her knees in water, but head down! - vile chav scum! Sadly it seems to be the chavs who have the most pets and kids. I have a colleague at work who is a really nice woman, she once told me she would have loved to have been a mother more than anything else, sadly for her, it wa...

There is just something about cats in boxes - always makes me smile!

Hmmm, so a woman puts her cat in a bath with water up to it's knees as punishment for eating her pizza, and the RSPCA don't take it away? http://metro.co.uk/2014/11/22/outrage-after-woman-locks-cat-in-cage-and-puts-it-in-the-bath-because-it-ate-her-pizza-4958294/" onclick="window.open(this...

I am sorry to hear of your loss, hopefully you will be able to get through by cherishing the happy memories.

I think you are right!

There is no need to apologise for waffling - you are hurt, and you need to share your hurt.

Please feel free to continue writing how you feel on this forum, there are some lovely people here who have suffered pain too, and I am sure they'll be happy to give you a shoulder.

Hugggggs

You gave him a good life, what little of it he did experience, showering him with love. He was lucky to have a caring slave like you and you were lucky to have a lovely owner like him. Please remember the happy memories of the time you spent together to help you get through. There are some truly won...

I am very sorry to hear of your loss - it must be difficult to get some closure given the circumstances of his passing away.

I hope you can hold onto the good memories you have him.

Ah, thanks!

I also love foxes - maybe I read too much Roald Dahl when I was a kid! When I lived with my parents in London, the builders were knocking down a building behind, and a fox appeared, and a cat saw it, and there was a stand-off. They were both keeping their distance, and I was worried the cat might di...

Hello,

Does anyone know whether this name can go to both males and females?

Thanks.

Ah, thanks - well, I think I might just lock him in his room for 15 minutes or so whilst I have my tuna, and then save a little bit for him and when I am finished, open the door and let him have it - that should keep him happy and also not damage his health!

Great - thanks! Yes, as he is showing no other signs of discomfort, I'll just let him be for the time being!

Oh, I will miss him terribly. I had never lived in a house with a cat before, well, at least not properly. My first cat interaction started when I used to go to school, there used to be a cat down the street, and my brother and I would stroke it on the way to school, and it would come and rub itself...

I have a soft spot for tortoiseshell cats with white, as that was the cat I used to stroke when going to school, but TC won me over! I have never disrupted his routine, I just get on with my own things, when he meows around a lot and is persistent he be fed treats, I give him some, I stopped allowin...

Ah - I just worry my landlady might feel offended if I say she should brush him - she is 45, and has had cats since she was a child, and might not like me telling her what she should be doing.

Hello, I thought I would post some pictures of my landlady's cat - he is 7 years old. He is a very nervous cat, but at the same time he also likes to be around humans. He just seems to get uncomfortable if you move towards him fast or look at him, so a lot of the time I try and avoid him and just st...

Oh, I did actually notice him licking a lot more "frantically" yesterday - I could actually hear him from a distance! Maybe he got some furballs because of that?

I don't think my landlady has ever brushed him - he isn't a very touchy-feely cat at all - not sure how he'd respond to a brush!

Hello, Today, on three occasions, I have heard TC make a noise. He made one right now. I don't know where it comes from, I think from his mouth. I have NEVER heard him make this type of noise before. It's actually difficult to describe the noise, maybe a cat burp? Is there anything to worry about? H...

That is right, he gets his balanced diet from my landlady and from treats, I just find saying no to him as it is a very small flat and even if I lock him in a room and then let him out after I have eaten, he knows I had it and meows away wanting some. So I either don't have it, or when I do, I have ...

Good point - I only have it in water - it's just very difficult to say no as he doesn't know the meaning of the word!

Hello, I read that "human tuna" shouldn't be fed to a cat other than the odd occasional. My issue is this, I have tuna about twice a week, and each time I have it, TC comes running and he wants some. So I tend to give half to him and have half myself - is this too much? Should I just give ...