Show us your kitty cats

sunama · 4 Jun 2011 at 12:22

He is like a ball of fur.
His face looks very moody.

PGdude · 4 Jun 2011 at 22:06

How does one make a kitten less rough when he's playing? He is playful but sometimes he can be hurty,

sunama · 4 Jun 2011 at 22:15

PGdude said:
How does one make a kitten less rough when he's playing? He is playful but sometimes he can be hurty,

What part of his body is hurting you?

His teeth?
His claws?

PGdude · 4 Jun 2011 at 22:21

sunama said:
What part of his body is hurting you?

His teeth?
His claws?

Ah this is for a friend. His claws just need clipping, the biting is the main issue.

sunama · 4 Jun 2011 at 22:49

If your cat bites you hard (not play biting), slap him around the face, with 2 fingers. Do it immediately, so that he knows exactly why he is being reprimanded. You can also make a loud noise when he bites. This further reinforces the idea that his action is hurting you.

Had the cat been with its mother, if he got out of line, he would've received a similar slap around his muzzle, by his mother.

If you don't discipline these animals at a young age, they will grow up to scratch and bite humans - something which I think is unacceptable. At an older age, when they bite/scratch, it will be a lot more painful.

Discipline is VERY important and it is unfortunate that most pet owners have no idea about this.

ins0mn1ac · 4 Jun 2011 at 23:06

Finally uploaded a couple of my cats :-

This is Bella, this is where she spends her day, seriously almost all day...

Another of her favourite haunts!

This is Radley, he likes to bring in things he's found, its normally half eaten mice but this time..

And finally under the stairs, they go here to hide from us all, lazy gits!

Eddietop · 4 Jun 2011 at 23:24

sunama · 5 Jun 2011 at 00:30

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Finally uploaded a couple of my cats :-

This is Bella, this is where she spends her day, seriously almost all day...

Is Bella a pedigree cat?

Phate · 5 Jun 2011 at 00:35

Cat house and litter box has turned up, it's all very exciting

- Along with collar saying 'please do not feed me' - although we are going to have to have a word with next door, crazy old bint who feeds nion anything with 4 legs and a mouth that goes in her garden

^TANK^ · 5 Jun 2011 at 00:58

andy_mk3 said:
Not mine but I had to post

I have a pretty good sense of humour but thats such a ****ty thing to do.

sunama said:
If your cat bites you hard (not play biting), slap him around the face, with 2 fingers. Do it immediately, so that he knows exactly why he is being reprimanded. You can also make a loud noise when he bites. This further reinforces the idea that his action is hurting you.

Had the cat been with its mother, if he got out of line, he would've received a similar slap around his muzzle, by his mother.

If you don't discipline these animals at a young age, they will grow up to scratch and bite humans - something which I think is unacceptable. At an older age, when they bite/scratch, it will be a lot more painful.

Discipline is VERY important and it is unfortunate that most pet owners have no idea about this.

I find a tap on the nose of the cat with a firm alpha NO to do the job. I agree with you about disciplining a cat when they're younger but not all cats bite when they're kittens, some start when they're adults.

Robbo · 5 Jun 2011 at 01:06

Puppetmaster · 5 Jun 2011 at 01:18

We are looking after a Bengal (i think) cat that was in a bad way, he had major surgery the other day and is currently recovering. Hes kept in our bathroom at the moment (have 6 other cats in the house) except he escaped earlier out the small window. Wasnt expecting him to return as hes about 10 miles away from where he was found before but he did come home

Will try to get a pic up tomorrow of him.

Muzza1875 · 5 Jun 2011 at 02:32

Murray said:
Ya Cat named after me!

Think he was named after me m8 not you

ins0mn1ac · 5 Jun 2011 at 08:27

sunama said:
Is Bella a pedigree cat?

I have no idea, we got her from a lady who couldn't cope with her cats, she was a very small kitten and has remained quite small compared to our other cat, her markings are stunning but I've no idea of breed etc.

sunama · 5 Jun 2011 at 09:17

Well, the colouring of her fur, is referred to as smoke. But as far as I am aware, only Egyptian Maus have smoke coloured fur.

The smoke coloured Egyptian Maus are truly stunning looking cats. I've seen pictures of them, but wasn't impressed, but when I saw them in the flesh, they appear almost ghostly.

Here's an excuse to post a pic of my bronze Egyptian Mau:

And here he is doing battle with a cat 50% larger than him:

Tefal · 5 Jun 2011 at 09:22

I want a kitty

GothicGhost · 5 Jun 2011 at 11:09

You can have mine

they eat to much lol.

wannabedamned · 5 Jun 2011 at 20:26

I loooove my cats. But I could have launched one of them across the room last night....

I know its love, I know its affection, But when you open your eyes at 2am in the morning to a little cat purring and meowing because shes proud of bringing you a spider....Its enough to make you fallout with her...

I have never gone from asleep to awake so fast in my life...

Behemoth · 5 Jun 2011 at 22:27

wannabedamned said:
I loooove my cats. But I could have launched one of them across the room last night....

I know its love, I know its affection, But when you open your eyes at 2am in the morning to a little cat purring and meowing because shes proud of bringing you a spider....Its enough to make you fallout with her...

I have never gone from asleep to awake so fast in my life...

Try a soaking wet frog on your chest at 3am in the morning.

New picture of my sisters cat, say hello to TC (Top Cat)

vicisthebest · 5 Jun 2011 at 22:33

^^ He is GORGEOUS!