Show us your kitty cats

^TANK^ · 24 Oct 2011 at 17:57

I would be to tempted to turn on the tap.

sunama · 24 Oct 2011 at 18:32

Forget about being tempted...I would absolutely turn the tap on.

A wash basin is not the cleanest of things, and I would like my cat sleeping in the wash basin, I would hit the cat with a full blast of cold water and hopefully it will never dare venture into a wash basin ever again.

robfosters · 24 Oct 2011 at 19:13

Yes, we will be discouraging her in future. Basin is very old and is getting changed next week so we will be guarding the new one highly.

Puppetmaster · 24 Oct 2011 at 20:59

buchtis said:
My God Bengals are beautiful cats.

They are however mine is a bit of a handful at times

But definatly worth it.

Rotty · 24 Oct 2011 at 21:17

Puppetmaster said:
They are however mine is a bit of a handful at times.

that's like saying Bin Laden was a bit of a naughty chap

Spit · 24 Oct 2011 at 21:51

Ner Ner

eyyaz · 25 Oct 2011 at 04:31

Mckenna, so cute. She even jumps onto my bed and comes under the covers when im going to sleep :3

When i first got her (2 years ago)

And now

kylew · 25 Oct 2011 at 05:14

sunama said:
So apart from chicken and tuna, do you feed her anything else? No cat food? Dry cat food?

I'm intrigued because obviously your diet is working nicely for your cat and I hold actual anecdotal evidence in higher regard than the marketing which cat food manufacturers subject us to.

I've always been told that feeding a cat natural food only can lead to lack of taurine, which in turn can lead to health problems.

My cat "Lonnie" is 15 and he really doesn't look it. He's fed mostly on chicken and tuna, and has go-cat dry food out whenever he wants it. Personally, I think "cat food" isn't particularly good for cats and definitely not good for a long life span.

Before he started eating chicken and fish he started looking and seeming really old, used to throw up regularly (and not furballs, often contained a load of the undigested catfood he'd recently eaten). So we decided to start feeding him proper food, basically outside of the go-cat dry food, we only feed him stuff we'd be willing to eat ourselves.

Since we started him on chicken and tuna he's perked up loads, looks much healthier, is more active and just looks like a young cat again. Strangely, he didn't really meow much or make much noise in the first 10 years we had him, but is now a very noisy cat since around the time we started him on the good stuff with loud purring, "chirping" and meowing, he's even developed a pathetic "feel sorry for me" meow which is nothing more than a feeble croak.

Here's one of the most recent photos of him.

Thorper · 25 Oct 2011 at 07:46

kylew said:
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Looks like a right character :D

[TFU] Thegoon84 · 25 Oct 2011 at 07:54

^TANK^ said:
I would be to tempted to turn on the tap.

Lol i wouldn't be temped... I'd turn the hot one on

cee-S-dee · 25 Oct 2011 at 08:45

Oscar loves to watch the bubbles

MeEsH BaKkA · 25 Oct 2011 at 11:34

Anyone got some advice about introducing a kitten to an older cat?

I have a 10ish year old male moggy who is very calm and does does not have an aggressive bone in his body (unless you are a pigeon or a mouse) and tonight I'm getting a 9 week old ginger boy that the owner can't look after :rolleyes:

, obviously I'm expecting my cat to be not very impressed with the kitten being in the house and him being a male as well. Is it best to keep them separated for a while, or introduce them straight away (I.e me holding the kitten and my girlfriend sitting with the cat in the same room) and keeping them separated for eating and whenever we are not around.

When my cat lived with my mum she got another kitten and my cat was fine with him then (although did sulk for about a month and wouldn't come inside for 2 days) but that was about 6 years ago and he's a fair bit older now so may be more moody? Although he has got much more chilled and lappy as he's got older...

Anyway any tips would be much appreciated

Edit: Forgot to say I will get some pics if them up later

dave_beast · 25 Oct 2011 at 11:49

Recent ones of my two

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mogwai · 25 Oct 2011 at 12:02

MeEsH BaKkA said:
Anyone got some advice about introducing a kitten to an older cat?

I have a 10ish year old male moggy who is very calm and does does not have an aggressive bone in his body (unless you are a pigeon or a mouse) and tonight I'm getting a 9 week old ginger boy that the owner can't look after , obviously I'm expecting my cat to be not very impressed with the kitten being in the house and him being a male as well. Is it best to keep them separated for a while, or introduce them straight away (I.e me holding the kitten and my girlfriend sitting with the cat in the same room) and keeping them separated for eating and whenever we are not around.

When my cat lived with my mum she got another kitten and my cat was fine with him then (although did sulk for about a month and wouldn't come inside for 2 days) but that was about 6 years ago and he's a fair bit older now so may be more moody? Although he has got much more chilled and lappy as he's got older...

Anyway any tips would be much appreciated

Edit: Forgot to say I will get some pics if them up later

Have a look at the cats protection league website as they have a few leaflets in PDF format that might be useful.

sunama · 25 Oct 2011 at 12:11

kylew said:
My cat "Lonnie" is 15

He definitely doesn't look 15.

Duff-Man · 25 Oct 2011 at 12:25

MeEsH BaKkA said:
Anyone got some advice about introducing a kitten to an older cat?

I have a 10ish year old male moggy who is very calm and does does not have an aggressive bone in his body (unless you are a pigeon or a mouse) and tonight I'm getting a 9 week old ginger boy that the owner can't look after , obviously I'm expecting my cat to be not very impressed with the kitten being in the house and him being a male as well. Is it best to keep them separated for a while, or introduce them straight away (I.e me holding the kitten and my girlfriend sitting with the cat in the same room) and keeping them separated for eating and whenever we are not around.

When my cat lived with my mum she got another kitten and my cat was fine with him then (although did sulk for about a month and wouldn't come inside for 2 days) but that was about 6 years ago and he's a fair bit older now so may be more moody? Although he has got much more chilled and lappy as he's got older...

Anyway any tips would be much appreciated

Edit: Forgot to say I will get some pics if them up later

I read up on this recently, as I was introducing a kitten to my two moggies (aged about 5 and 9; had them for over 4 yrs).

The key is to get the older cat used to the scent of the kitten. The best way is to keep them separate at first (shut the kitten into a room). Stroke the cat after touching the kitten and vice versa. Mix some toys and sleeping-places between the cat and kitten to familiarise them with each others scent. After a couple of days the older cat will know the kitten is there and will be curious (will probably be camping outside the kittens room quite a bit). Then you can start brief supervised visits (where you can expect hissing and catawalling!).

I did this with my cats (introducing an 8-week old kitten). The older of my two cats pretty much ignored it. At first it went up for a sniff and hissed at the kitten, but from then on pretty much left it alone. Only when the kitten got too close to where she was sleeping, or tried to eat her food, did she hiss at it, and she never got aggressive.

The younger of my two cats wasn't so passive... She didn't attack the kitten, but she would stalk it like crazy. For the first couple of days the kitten was roaming free, she never took her off it. She'd follow it around from room to room, and find the highest vantage point to watch it. She wouldn't eat, and barely slept - just watched the kitten!

A month or so later and they pretty much all get along. The kitten has a lot more energy than the other two cats so she still annoys them on occasion (running into them, or charging at them trying to play), and my cats show their disapproval with a hiss. But for the most part they get on fine, and will sleep together etc.

When I first started mixing them it was tough, and my existing cats would hiss at me if I smelled of the kitten. But they soon get used to it... It was interesting because when the kitten appeared it triggered some showdowns between my two original cats. It never came to fighting, but the bigger cat felt the need to demonstrate her superiority to the other one a few times.

1LANCS · 25 Oct 2011 at 12:32

kylew said:
Before he started eating chicken and fish he started looking and seeming really old, used to throw up regularly (and not furballs, often contained a load of the undigested catfood he'd recently eaten). So we decided to start feeding him proper food, basically outside of the go-cat dry food, we only feed him stuff we'd be willing to eat ourselves.

I have been thinking about feeding my cat on proper food not processed crap they put in cat food. Did you have to give your cat any supplements?

vicisthebest · 25 Oct 2011 at 12:51

Afaik you need to supplement taurine.

If you look on www.petforums.co.uk there is a sub forum called cat health and nutrition. One forum member called hobbs2004 has some brilliant advice about feeding, I think they're all stickies. I can't link because I'm on my phone but I've taken Hobbs' advice in the past.

1LANCS · 25 Oct 2011 at 13:24

Thanks.

yhack · 25 Oct 2011 at 13:26

eyyaz said:

Is your cat tripping?