48 minutes ago, Ron Attwood said:

You people! Cats are wild animals. They have learned that humans are fool enough to cater to their every whim. Which beats hunting for their food. Hunting now counts as a sport

GET A DOG.

Tell that  too your  neighbours   about the  constant  barking 🙂

Cat proofing areas using vegetables....

 

23 minutes ago, Rob_Ainscough said:

I like daags …

😂

42 minutes ago, pete_auau said:

Tell that  too your  neighbours   about the  constant  barking 🙂

Stupid neighbours that haven't the first idea about training daags

 

Whereas cats go mess in neighbours gardens, which of course the cat 'owners' are completely unaware of and couldn't care less about.

Edited January 14, 20224 yr by Ron Attwood

This makes a lovely change from arguing the toss about clouds and trees eh? 😂

41 minutes ago, Ron Attwood said:

tyrants. They stop you from getting heathy exercise. You then get fat and lazy, not going out and consequently giving more time to pandering to their evil ways.

We have 5 cats. I get plenty of exercise cleaning their litter boxes throughout the day. I also get exercise carrying 30 lb. cat litter containers from the pet supply store. I also get a workout when I empty the litter boxes & wash them every week. I get exercise when I have to carry Chewy.com packages that FedEx drops off several times a week. After I empty those boxes, I get exercise by tearing them up & putting them in the recycling bin. I also get exercise by getting on my hands & knees and scrubbing the floor/carpet/tile whenever they vomit/pee/bomb on said surfaces. When one of them is missing & my wife becomes hysterical, I get plenty of exercise going room to room, going on my hands and knees, looking under beds, chairs, furniture etc. looking for them, while the missing cat is having a whale of a time watching me from his hiding place. Why do I do it? I am Cat Staff Man! 😼

Cat proof. I'll bring my Catahoula Leopard Dog over, He'll cat proof it and the neighborhood.

17 minutes ago, Adrian123 said:

Cat proof. I'll bring my Catahoula Leopard Dog over, He'll cat proof it and the neighborhood.

cool  than i  bring  out my  leopard  cat  i managed  to get  hold  off  for  this  reason, see  who wins 🙂

We've had 8 cats in the 26 years we've lived here.  One was almost 19 years old (approximately) when she had terminal diabetes.  I took the to the animal hospital to have her put away.  I was petting her as she laid on the table.  The vet came in with two syringes.  One was a tranquilizer.  When he gave her the shot she just put her head down on her paw.  When he gave her the second, lethal, shot there was no movement at all.  It was a sad moment.

Our cats are inside-outside cats.  All three of the doors in the house that lead outside have pet doors in them so they can go outside at will.  So we do not need litter boxes.  We have a large yard for them.

Three of the cats we had were hit by cars.  They were crossing the street to go to the park across the street.

We currently have four cats.  One was a stray who just walked in on day and decided to stay.  She was pregnant at the time and had four kittens.  We gave two away and kept two.  Her two kittens are 7 years old now.

Our next cat was a feral kitten we found in our back yard.  He was a feral cat.  It took a while to tame him with food and kind words.  He's part of the family now.

The mama cat is my favorite.  She loves to sit on my desk when I am on the computer.  In fact she is here next to me as I write this.  She is a Russian Blue and head butts my hand when she wants to be petted.

I cannot imagine a house with cats.  They are like moving furniture and indeed sleep on the livng room chairs and couch.  The top of couch is ruined...caved in by the years of 7 pound cats lying on top.

They love to be high.  We have a cat castle in the living room so they can get to the top of the 6 foot book case we have along one wall.  They love to sit up there and either sleep or regally look down on us.

They are selfish but lovable creatures.  And bringing in dead birds or mice.  And the cat room (the back porch) where the water and feeding dishes are located is sometimes covered with bird feathers and I will have to search for the body.

When I brought Stubby, the last feral cat that adopted us, to the animal hospital for the first time the receptionist said, "And what is Stubby here for?"  I replied, "To have his balls chopped off."

All of our cats are neutered.  All of our cats are our friends.  All of our cats are family.

Noel

2 hours ago, pete_auau said:

GET A DOG.

Dogs are too high maintenance.  We've had dogs when the kids were home.  But I'm retired now and that means retired from cleaning up dog poop in the yard.  Cats bury theirs.

Noel

4 minutes ago, birdguy said:

Dogs are too high maintenance.  We've had dogs when the kids were home.  But I'm retired now and that means retired from cleaning up dog poop in the yard.  Cats bury theirs.

Noel

i agree  but  i didnt  say  get  a dog  though  think it  was  Ron  that  suggested  it 🙂

10 hours ago, n4gix said:

 I wonder if this cat roost affects the StarLink reception adversely...

Fr Bill,
I saw this picture in a newspaper last week - apparently Starlink dishes have to look upwards so they have a heating element in them to warm up and melt any snow or ice in the dish - the satellites watch the weather and turn on the heating as necessary - apparently!  I know you can’t trust the press - but it seems a genuine story!

Kev

7 hours ago, Rob_Ainscough said:

I like daags …

 

 

Ugga is all excited about Georgia daags playing for national championship, kept going to sleep on sidelines, no enthusiasm at all

 

8 hours ago, Ron Attwood said:

Cats are tyrants. They stop you from getting heathy exercise. You then get fat and lazy, not going out and consequently giving more time to pandering to their evil ways.

 

😧 "Cats stop you from getting healthy exercise". Really? I had no idea. Do they stand by the front door with a machine gun and prevent you from going outside for a walk or a jog? Do they block the doors to your local gym and threaten you with their needle like claws? I had no idea this behaviour was transpiring, I'm going to bring this up at the next feline master race meeting.

 

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Whereas cats go mess in neighbours gardens, which of course the cat 'owners' are completely unaware of and couldn't care less about.

 

Ah yes, but cats make a nice little hole and cover it with soil. Dogs on the other hand  deposit their enormous smelly poo poo on the pavement or someone's lawn. And then the poor unfortunate owner has to pick it up (that's right, they pick up poo with their hands) and put it in a plastic bag. The owners spend the next half an hour on their dog walks swinging a bag full of poo around. It's  strange ritual I've witnessed it first hand.  

Cats rule! 

Edited January 14, 20224 yr by martin-w

12 hours ago, richjb2 said:

 

   Use any carpet cleaner to clean up the mess and the clean the stain.  We use Resolve here in the US

 

 

Bearing in mind that some carpet detergents are dodgy for cats. 

 

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Catnip is your friend.  If kitty is raucous or stressed, a little catnip can calm them down. Catnip also helps direct them to scratching posts and scratching blankets, which saves furniture. 

 

Except that one in three cats don't respond top catnip. And my cat as a kitten had a bad reaction to it and a blister on his little lip. He's fine with it now though. 

 

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Change water twice a day. Cats like fresh water.  Jury's out on the fountains, but I do find it helps. 

 

Adding that if a cat eats mainly wet conventional cat food, they may not drink so much, as their kidneys are way more efficient than ours.  Dry cat biscuits and they will drink more. 

 

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6. Laser pointers are a lot of fun for both you and the cat, and a good way to wear a cat out so they can sleep.  

 

But use low powered laser points and DO NOT point at their eyes. Fun fact: Cats have a reflective layer at the back of the retina that acts like an image intensifier for night vision. That's why their eyes glow at night. The light bounces back out and so hits the retina twice. 

 

7 cat facts that will blow your mind!

 

 

Edited January 14, 20224 yr by martin-w