Edited September 23, 20214 yr by martin-w

Love it! That led me to a bunch of Owl Kitty videos. They're great.

 Sue

Cats are much cooler than wrinkly old dinosaurs that haven't even got fur. Can't meow either. 

I wonder if my four cats would still love me if they were that big?

Noel

Sure hope so. The key is the can opener. If they ever learn how to open the cat food can...

I keep them loving me with Temptations, Sue.  They have learned what, "Wanna treat kitty?" means.  They come running.  

Noel

 

Edited September 28, 20214 yr by birdguy

7 minutes ago, birdguy said:

I keep them loving me with Temptations Sue.  They have learned what, "Wanna treat kitty?" means.  They come running.  

Noel

 

Same with the kitty I was taking care of for a couple of years.  Just shake the bag and all hell breaks loose.  Keep in mind, that no more that one or two of those treats at a time!  They are very bad for kitty if given too many.

Uh,  Noel.....ya may want to edit your post and insert a comma between Temptations and Sue, otherwise Sue's got a new nickname! 🤔

Yeah Charlie, my bad.  I fixed it.  

I give them two or three at a time.

I have one black cat that just sits and stares at me when he wants his treat.

Noel

My cats being very naughty at the moment. Since moving location and to a rented cottage, he's been an indoor cat. Has adapted to a litter tray in a flash, no issue.

Just switched to natural clumping litter though and he's gone on strike. Even put sprinkles of his old litter on top and still no dice.

Watching him carefully in case he leaves a p...

Literally as I was typing above he squated down on the carpet, just stopped him in time. 😔

He did a small pee on some papers on lounge floor. 😳 had to replace his new litter with some old stuff I had. 

 

My cats are indoor-outdoor cats.  We don't need litter boxes since they all go outside when they need to do their business.  We have 3 pet doors cut into three of our doors that lead outside.

Two of our cats were feral cats we put food out for.  Eventually they came in the house and decided to stay.  One of them was pregnant and had four kittens.  We gave two away and kept two.  That was seven years ago.

They each a different personality.  The mama cat is mine.  She sleeps most of the day behind the monitor of my computer.  She peeks out every once in a while when she wants to get petted.  

Noel

36 minutes ago, birdguy said:

My cats are indoor-outdoor cats.  We don't need litter boxes since they all go outside when they need to do their business.  We have 3 pet doors cut into three of our doors that lead outside.

 

That's the standard arrangement for us too. At the old house in the UK he had a flap into the garage and then a flap to the outside. Not feasible here really as its rented and the door arrangement would mean we wouldn't hear him if he wanted to get back in. 

I did try to pick him up and put him in the litter tray with the new litter and got a claw slash on the leg for my trouble. He's the typical feline hard as nails tough guy and soft as butter combination.

He's gone straight in the tray now and used his old litter. 😄 Fussy devil.

 

Edited September 28, 20214 yr by martin-w

Cats know what they want, and they don't do "second best"

15 minutes ago, Christopher Low said:

Cats know what they want, and they don't do "second best"

 

Spot on! When a cat says no, he means no. Unlike dogs who enjoy being told what to do by a pack leader, cats 🐈 like to make YOU do what they want you to do.

If the foods not right... put it right.

If the litter isn't right... put it right.

6 hours ago, martin-w said:

cats 🐈 like to make YOU do what they want you to do.

And they succeed.  They own us and we love it.

Noel