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[Chromatic]

That's class.

Never had a cat sleep in the fruit bowl before, but Lexi favoured the log bin next to the fire over the winter and Poppy (my tortie) currently favours the table with the cookery books in the hallway.

At least she waited until it was empty. She tends to find a nest, as we call them, moves in and uses that exclusively for two or three weeks then moves on to another nest.

 

[Reynard]

At least she waited until it was empty. She tends to find a nest, as we call them, moves in and uses that exclusively for two or three weeks then moves on to another nest.

My two each have several favourite places that they circulate around. One of Lexi's ones is a wicker shopping basket that I used over Easter. She's taken it over, and if I dare try to put it away, she bites me.

 

[gavgav]

Bad news this morning. Rubens has had to be put down.

He has been having treatment for an aggressive cancer for much of the year and seemed to be doing well but suddenly took a turn for the worse over the last few days and couldn't eat or drink so a sad decision had to be taken.

A parting photo to remember him by:
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Was so very sorry to hear the news this morning. He was such a friendly and fun chap who will be sorely missed.

 

[Mrs M]

You kept that quiet

He's gorgeous btw

Didn't know anything about it, honest
On Saturday morning Mr M showed me his wee mugshot on the SSPCA " rogues gallery" and asked what I thought.
Then he said "lets go and get him"

 

[Mrs M]

Big brother is warming to the wee guy

 

[Reynard]

View attachment 361816 Big brother is warming to the wee guy

That pic just melts my heart

An impulse acquisition, huh? Good job the drawbridge is well and truly raised chez Casa Reynard, as we (Ely CP) have a trio of adorable 9 week old black hooligans in, plus a three month old tortie and her nine month old tortie and white mother...

 

[raleighnut]

View attachment 361816 Big brother is warming to the wee guy

 

[fossyant]

View attachment 361816 Big brother is warming to the wee guy

It's the opposite in our house. Big cat goes out as little cat want's to play fight, and his speed and agility is annoying big cat. Although big cat gives him a good wallop if he pushes it too much. He's just over 5 months old, and already 3kg - a typical adult cat's weight.

 

[raleighnut]

It's the opposite in our house. Big cat goes out as little cat want's to play fight, and his speed and agility is annoying big cat. Although big cat gives him a good wallop if he pushes it too much. He's just over 5 months old, and already 3kg - a typical adult cat's weight.

He's gonna be a big lad.

 

[fossyant]

He's gonna be a big lad.

Yep !!

 

[raleighnut]

Yep !!

I used to have a 'BIG' ginger lad, he was the son of my tricolour so I'd watched him being born too.
I moved up here to Maz's house with him and she had a German Shepherd but the dog was OK with cats (in fact Maz had one at the time) so everything was fine after a bit of settling.
After a few years the old guy next door died and his daughter sold the house and a right little sh*t bought it and he had a Jack Russell, after a couple of weeks this fecker said to me "I should watch your cats mate, my dog will kill cats", anyway a couple of weeks later they were going out and the dog (off the leash) ran into our front garden to be confronted by Tommi (who was twice the size of their dog) who hissed and swatted it's snout. Needless to say the dog ran off yelping with blood dripping off its nose, I told him the dog was lucky that Tommi hadn't done more and he looked very upset. Quite made my day.

 

[fossyant]

I used to have a 'BIG' ginger lad, he was the son of my tricolour so I'd watched him being born too.
I moved up here to Maz's house with him and she had a German Shepherd but the dog was OK with cats (in fact Maz had one at the time) so everything was fine after a bit of settling.
After a few years the old guy next door died and his daughter sold the house and a right little sh*t bought it and he had a Jack Russell, after a couple of weeks this fecker said to me "I should watch your cats mate, my dog will kill cats", anyway a couple of weeks later they were going out and the dog (off the leash) ran into our front garden to be confronted by Tommi (who was twice the size of their dog) who hissed and swatted it's snout. Needless to say the dog ran off yelping with blood dripping off its nose, I told him the dog was lucky that Tommi hadn't done more and he looked very upset. Quite made my day.

Tiggy is the same - she's a 6kg Tortie, so you don't mess. She just stands her ground with dogs, and walks slowly past them - really messes with the dog's instincts as she doesn't run, they don't know what to do. She doesn't fight with other cats, hence the 'oh no' when the new cat arrived. She likes an easy life of pottering about.

The neighbour's Cavalier didn't know what to do when he escaped and ran up to Tiggy - she just stood their (similar size). You could see the confusion as he didn't know what to do. Our other two cats were typical 3-4kg Tabbies.

We were pestered by two young girls at the weekend at the caravan when they saw our two cats - most surprised to see cats at a caravan. Tiggy's used to it there now, and isn't phased by all the dogs. Mtoto was a bit of a celeb as I was walking him on a lead - not quite old enough yet !!

 

[Mrs M]

I used to have a 'BIG' ginger lad, he was the son of my tricolour so I'd watched him being born too.
I moved up here to Maz's house with him and she had a German Shepherd but the dog was OK with cats (in fact Maz had one at the time) so everything was fine after a bit of settling.
After a few years the old guy next door died and his daughter sold the house and a right little sh*t bought it and he had a Jack Russell, after a couple of weeks this fecker said to me "I should watch your cats mate, my dog will kill cats", anyway a couple of weeks later they were going out and the dog (off the leash) ran into our front garden to be confronted by Tommi (who was twice the size of their dog) who hissed and swatted it's snout. Needless to say the dog ran off yelping with blood dripping off its nose, I told him the dog was lucky that Tommi hadn't done more and he looked very upset. Quite made my day.

 

[Reynard]

I used to have a 'BIG' ginger lad, he was the son of my tricolour so I'd watched him being born too.
I moved up here to Maz's house with him and she had a German Shepherd but the dog was OK with cats (in fact Maz had one at the time) so everything was fine after a bit of settling.
After a few years the old guy next door died and his daughter sold the house and a right little sh*t bought it and he had a Jack Russell, after a couple of weeks this fecker said to me "I should watch your cats mate, my dog will kill cats", anyway a couple of weeks later they were going out and the dog (off the leash) ran into our front garden to be confronted by Tommi (who was twice the size of their dog) who hissed and swatted it's snout. Needless to say the dog ran off yelping with blood dripping off its nose, I told him the dog was lucky that Tommi hadn't done more and he looked very upset. Quite made my day.

Love it!

I used to have a black boy called Toby who used to terrorise the neighbourhood dogs. And he wasn't big at all, he was around 4.5 kg, the average for a non-ped boy, but he used to sure put dogs in their place. And you could see he enjoyed messing with the dogs' heads.

 

[Reynard]

It's the opposite in our house. Big cat goes out as little cat want's to play fight, and his speed and agility is annoying big cat. Although big cat gives him a good wallop if he pushes it too much. He's just over 5 months old, and already 3kg - a typical adult cat's weight.

Raggies can grow to quite a size. Some of the neuter boys I handled at the Eastern Counties were mahooooosive.