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by Lilith
Sun Jan 04, 2015 6:52 pm
Forum: General Cat Chatting!
Topic: Ooooops ...... one more foster!
Replies: 243
Views: 54727

Re: Ooooops ...... one more foster!

Your Pugwash does remind me of my old Finn (now sadly passed on) though Finny was a ginger. Once he came in off the street after neutering, he developed the same portly build - and the same appetite. I too thought that it was anxiety about life on the street and shortage of food that caused Finn to ...
by Lilith
Sun Jan 04, 2015 11:53 am
Forum: General Cat Chatting!
Topic: Cobra Cat!
Replies: 0
Views: 1445

Cobra Cat!

Some 'funny' cat videos aren't always, if they make the cat look undignified, but the guy in this brief clip is having an argument with another chap and just, well, gets a bit above himself lol! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqfXBhsM5ME" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; ps -...
by Lilith
Sat Jan 03, 2015 7:53 pm
Forum: Rescue & Rehoming - General
Topic: Queens behaving badly - and a cat called Mouse
Replies: 4
Views: 2147

Re: Queens behaving badly - and a cat called Mouse

Thanks Honeychild - it feels like it only happened yesterday - after a re-read I realise I've left out a lot about the love and bonding that went on between these girls and me (even before her kittens left, Emily would jump over the gate on the back bedroom door and I'd wake to find her beside me on...
by Lilith
Sat Jan 03, 2015 6:04 am
Forum: General Cat Chatting!
Topic: my older cat is crying every night
Replies: 5
Views: 1427

Re: my older cat is crying every night

Hi, Karen, I've heard that this can happen with elderly cats who are becoming deaf - I had a little old cat once who did the same thing, and read an account in a cat magazine about a cat who, the owner reckoned, was adapting herself to a newly-silent world and had developed 'an early howling system'...
by Lilith
Sat Jan 03, 2015 5:43 am
Forum: Health and Behaviour Queries, Help and Advice
Topic: Cat moving when asleep
Replies: 5
Views: 11414

Re: Cat moving when asleep

Hi Ahmed - yes, they do do this - I've often heard them smack their lips in their sleep and seen them twitch and move about, though never as dramatically as TC. I've seen dogs wave their legs about while sleeping. Apparently there's a part of the brain that inhibits much movement while an animal's s...
by Lilith
Fri Jan 02, 2015 5:18 pm
Forum: Rescue & Rehoming - General
Topic: Queens behaving badly - and a cat called Mouse
Replies: 4
Views: 2147

Re: Queens behaving badly - and a cat called Mouse

Thanks Crewella, and Emily and Mouse say thanks too miaow! :D
by Lilith
Fri Jan 02, 2015 5:17 pm
Forum: Health and Behaviour Queries, Help and Advice
Topic: Acute Kidney Failure
Replies: 117
Views: 30880

Re: Acute Kidney Failure

Very very sorry to hear x
by Lilith
Thu Jan 01, 2015 8:50 pm
Forum: Rescue & Rehoming - General
Topic: Queens behaving badly - and a cat called Mouse
Replies: 4
Views: 2147

Queens behaving badly - and a cat called Mouse

The story begins in 2000 when a local busybody complained to me that a neighbour had got two kittens ('And he won't get them neutered!') As it turned out, I was forced to become a busybody myself but at the time I made some neutral reply... 2002. Well, the kittens hadn't been neutered, but they seem...
by Lilith
Thu Jan 01, 2015 1:41 pm
Forum: General Cat Chatting!
Topic: Feeding cat boiled chicken
Replies: 31
Views: 30566

Re: Feeding cat boiled chicken

Bless him - that is one pampered cat! :) Unless you plan to share the chicken with him, I'd stick a couple of the fillets in the freezer - one cat might not work his way through 4 in a couple of days - though if he's a greedy lad he might. Put them in the pan, add just a little water, just to half c...
by Lilith
Wed Dec 31, 2014 9:33 pm
Forum: General Cat Chatting!
Topic: HNY
Replies: 6
Views: 2014

Re: HNY

Happy meow wow owmiaow yow! :D
by Lilith
Wed Dec 31, 2014 9:23 pm
Forum: General Cat Chatting!
Topic: Feeding cat boiled chicken
Replies: 31
Views: 30566

Re: Feeding cat boiled chicken

When I'm cooking chicken breasts only, my faddy little devils like, insist on, them grilled...

Just saying. Miaow miaow nom nom nom :D

(My old tomcat Finn - sadly departed - when I had chicken and chips, used to say - let's share. I'll have the chicken and you have the chips...)
by Lilith
Wed Dec 31, 2014 7:27 pm
Forum: General Cat Chatting!
Topic: Feeding cat boiled chicken
Replies: 31
Views: 30566

Re: Feeding cat boiled chicken

Ah funny you should ask that - this afternoon I've pot-roasted a chicken in honour of new year's - that is, put it into a casserole with about an inch of water and (although this varies) no seasoning - so the meat is perfect for cats. Youngest cat Molly got very excited about the smell and beat up s...
by Lilith
Wed Dec 31, 2014 3:08 pm
Forum: General Cat Chatting!
Topic: Tabby or Bengal Cross
Replies: 3
Views: 1745

Re: Tabby or Bengal Cross

It's quite feasible, given the amount of entire pedigrees who roam - almost all 'moggies' these days have that interesting soupcon of pedigree blood. If he is, then what you've got is a Toyger! I knew a Toyger a few years back - she was quite a one. They do tend be rather dictatorial, adventurous an...
by Lilith
Wed Dec 31, 2014 11:08 am
Forum: Rescue & Rehoming - General
Topic: Feral toms in the house
Replies: 8
Views: 3607

Re: Feral toms in the house

Hi, Crewella - yes they were, I still think about them so much. Some people say, oh cats only come for food, they're cold etc. But of course we know that's not true and when a cat who was truly wild, living on its wits and avoiding people, comes and snuggles up to you and gives you its trust, well, ...
by Lilith
Wed Dec 31, 2014 10:57 am
Forum: Health and Behaviour Queries, Help and Advice
Topic: Cat i adopted after it was abandoned
Replies: 5
Views: 2333

Re: Cat i adopted after it was abandoned

Hi Susan - we have a bit in common I think - I'm 62 and have had cats forever too :) However, there are some cats who just don't like handling. I once bred a Siamese girl, loved and cared for all her life, who hated human contact, despite every attempt to socialise her. Two of my present cats have t...
by Lilith
Wed Dec 31, 2014 10:28 am
Forum: General Cat Chatting!
Topic: Kittens from a travellers site?
Replies: 17
Views: 3649

Re: Kittens from a travellers site?

Hi there - I got involved with a feral group a good while back and took 4 kittens from a derelict garage. Their mother and an older sister and aunt were already coming for food. The kits must have been 6 weeks old or so and had never had human contact (I got well bitten by one for my pains lol.) Bef...
by Lilith
Tue Dec 30, 2014 6:27 pm
Forum: Rescue & Rehoming - General
Topic: Feral toms in the house
Replies: 8
Views: 3607

Re: Feral toms in the house

Hi 8lives - wondered if you did - that's a doubly difficult job, settling in new and often troubled cats and vetting prospective owners and homes. Sadly there can be some oddballs out there...

Your little lad sounds like my youngest cat - a total pain in the whatsit :)
by Lilith
Tue Dec 30, 2014 12:22 pm
Forum: Health and Behaviour Queries, Help and Advice
Topic: Kitten Pooping - Michevious!!!
Replies: 4
Views: 2011

Re: Kitten Pooping - Michevious!!!

Hi, Heather, this can be a difficult one! I've had numerous mucky kittens in my time (as well as incredibly well behaved ones) but in the end (with one exception who was just plain awkward) they did get there...to the tray I mean lol. In my experience there can be one or more basic causes: The tray ...
by Lilith
Mon Dec 29, 2014 7:35 pm
Forum: Rescue & Rehoming - General
Topic: Found a cat - can I neuter??
Replies: 8
Views: 2469

Re: Found a cat - can I neuter??

honeychild wrote: Love your story lilith x
Thanks honeychild :)

Again good luck with the lads, deerleap - hope they settle with you and your cats - cats are very good at adapting to and organising themselves and I'm sure these will find the right solution :)
by Lilith
Mon Dec 29, 2014 12:52 pm
Forum: Rescue & Rehoming - General
Topic: Found a cat - can I neuter??
Replies: 8
Views: 2469

Re: Found a cat - can I neuter??

Hi - pleased to meet a feral tom lover - they're great guys aren't they? I definitely agree with Kay - neuter. They'll adapt and probably move in with you (have just written a thread on the subject btw - 'feral toms in the house'.) As for the legal aspect...I'd had my Ali Kat neutered before I learn...
by Lilith
Mon Dec 29, 2014 7:45 am
Forum: Health and Behaviour Queries, Help and Advice
Topic: Please help! Cat pees all over house when left home alone.
Replies: 5
Views: 5338

Re: Please help! Cat pees all over house when left home alon

Hi there. I had a similar experience a couple of years back, and though there will be far more knowledgeable people than me who can help you, I thought I'd add my two cents lol. I had 4 cats at the time, 3 girls and a very elderly lad, Finn. Ironically he'd come to live with me as a feral tom and af...
by Lilith
Sun Dec 28, 2014 11:53 am
Forum: Health and Behaviour Queries, Help and Advice
Topic: Is it wrong to keep a cat indoors?
Replies: 27
Views: 9068

Re: Is it wrong to keep a cat indoors?

Hi, nice to meet you - I'm new here myself. :) I've had cats all my life and two of my current cats literally grew up on the street; the third, who's a right handful, was destined for the street; she can be totally manic and I think they chucked her out of doors when they got sick of her dangling fr...
by Lilith
Sat Dec 27, 2014 8:04 pm
Forum: Health and Behaviour Queries, Help and Advice
Topic: Cat Litter Issues
Replies: 6
Views: 2781

Re: Cat Litter Issues

I use Sainsbury's ultra-clumping - and does it clump! Both upstairs and downstairs trays have to be provided with those metal wallpaper scraper spatulas in addition to scoops - leave a wee 5 minutes and it's like chipping out concrete! It also claims to be 99.9% dust-free. Never having lived with a ...
by Lilith
Thu Dec 25, 2014 5:36 pm
Forum: Rescue & Rehoming - General
Topic: Feral toms in the house
Replies: 8
Views: 3607

Re: Feral toms in the house

Thank you 8lives - I enjoyed writing the lads' stories and keeping their memories alive. I'll always mourn Ali Kat - how he disappeared just like that I can't understand. He was difficult but so lovable - I was studying Urdu at the time and idly looked up the Urdu for 'bite'...kat! Well it would be ...
by Lilith
Wed Dec 24, 2014 8:11 pm
Forum: General Cat Chatting!
Topic: A VERY HAPPY CHRISTMAS!
Replies: 13
Views: 3870

Re: A VERY HAPPY CHRISTMAS!

Love the artwork! Best wishes to everyone here - from Emily, Mouse (sorry you haven't met Mouse yet and I know it's a silly name but it was a nickname that stuck) and Molly, 15 snakessssss and me. Christmas day will be spent curled up reading - unless my ginger laptop Emily dictates otherwise. It's ...
by Lilith
Wed Dec 24, 2014 4:27 pm
Forum: Rescue & Rehoming - General
Topic: Feral toms in the house
Replies: 8
Views: 3607

Re: Feral toms in the house

Hi Bobbysgirl - your Tommy's a gorgeous guy, congrats :) Not surprised you love him to bits.

If I can get to grips with photobucket I'll try to post pics of my lot - but might take some time lol.
by Lilith
Tue Dec 23, 2014 5:26 pm
Forum: Rescue & Rehoming - General
Topic: Feral toms in the house
Replies: 8
Views: 3607

Feral toms in the house

Before I begin - I'm no expert. But I lived with these two guys for many years; they were adult ferals when they arrived on my doorstep; I fed them, neutered them, and in the end they lived with me, slept on the bed and were 'cats of the house'. 2002 was a busy year, cat-wise. I'd moved to this inne...
by Lilith
Tue Dec 23, 2014 1:14 pm
Forum: General Cat Chatting!
Topic: Anyone tried this? Acupressure for your cat in heat...
Replies: 3
Views: 27021

Re: Anyone tried this? Acupressure for your cat in heat...

Ohh yes! Happy days! Fond memories of my Siamese, I had one who started calling at 4 months! But no, I've never tried it, although I once read about gently inserting a cotton bud into the queen's vagina to simulate mating and stimulate ovulation (I consulted my vet about this first but it was agreed...
by Lilith
Mon Dec 22, 2014 11:12 pm
Forum: General Cat Chatting!
Topic: Living with a 'wildie'
Replies: 2
Views: 1504

Living with a 'wildie'

I'm new to this forum and live in an inner city area and although in the past I bred Siamese cats, my present cats are all 'rescues' - all have their stories to tell but for now I'll start with Molly. Winter of 2011/12. Just settling back for a lie-in, heard an anguished kitten-screaming in the stre...