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@Yrkoon Sorry for your loss. Ted the Tuxie had great socks,
I had some help going through my games cupboard the other day:
This seems to be his new favourite spot - some shelves in the landing that were full of crap but there's now just a couple of boxes up top so he seems to sleep there a lot and also look down on everyone like this:
And finally one where he just sat looking at me - after having brought his toy up all by himself. He'll often wander around with it in his mouth (furry snake thing on a stick) with it dragging behind him but of course he always seems to stop as soon as I get my phone out.
When you cant let the cat go outside, in case he invades Poland
I had some help going through my games cupboard the other day:
This seems to be his new favourite spot - some shelves in the landing that were full of crap but there's now just a couple of boxes up top so he seems to sleep there a lot and also look down on everyone like this:
And finally one where he just sat looking at me - after having brought his toy up all by himself. He'll often wander around with it in his mouth (furry snake thing on a stick) with it dragging behind him but of course he always seems to stop as soon as I get my phone out.
My next door neighbour and good friend has got a pair of kittens (sisters) to keep her older cat company. They are Ragdoll crosses (mother is a Ragdoll, god knows what the father is) and were 10 weeks old when she got them. They must be coming on for 20 weeks now and they are hooligans. They climb her walls (wallpapered) and if I didn't see it myself wouldn't have believed it. I have never seen anything like it!! She first noticed it when she came down one morning and noticed a load of white bits on the floor. Wondering what it was and where it came from she was staggered when one of them came up behind her and just started climbing up the wall and then she noticed the shredded wallpaper. I was in there a couple of weeks ago and they just walk up to the wall put their front paws on it and just climb effortlessly. Once at the top I thought they would jump back down but these heathens climb back down. They don't even slip going up or back down. I thought my two youngest were accomplished climbers but these two take the biscuit. They are going to have some fun with the cherry blossom tree out the front when they eventually get out.
I think he is being stupid rather than malicious. This is one of the dangers of Youtube and the like. There are countless videos on Youtube recommending using moth balls to repel pests. It is utterly irresponsible. And using moth balls in that way is illegal. It may be possible to report him to the Environment Agency?My knob neighbour has sunk to new lows. Yesterday he spread some little pouches around in his gravel on his side of his ridiculous fence, right where all the neighbourhood cats jump down to get into the field and nowhere else in his garden. Thinking the worst I nabbed one and did a reverse image search. They are Rentokill Moth Balls and going by the data sheet he is breaking the law as it specifically states do not release into the environment. There are some nasty warnings in the data sheet and it now has me worried yet again that he's trying to kill my babies. It's not just mine either as there are 14 cats that live around here and others that visit. Then theres the friendly badger that comes around most night and the hedgehogs that are always in everyones gardens, not to mention all the birds. This stuff is toxic when ingested, causes skin and serious eye irritation, may cause damage to respiratory system, may cause damage to organs and a load of other nasties. It's raining at the moment so hopefully they will break down although the packets will protect them to a extent. No doubt he has seen somewhere that they are a cat deterrent, they are not as one of the other neighbours cats were there this morning on their way to the fields.
It's a waste of time confronting him as it will just descend into a shouting match and I will end up doing something I will regret later. The guy's been a nightmare since he moved in three years ago. He hates gardening yet he bought a house with a massive garden and has since ripped almost all of the plants out. He hates cat's so he should have done his homework before he bought the place, the cats have all been here a damn sight longer than he has. He has aggrieved most of his neighbours since he moved in and there are only one or two that will have anything to do with him now.
Do I report him to the SSPCA or something? I can't let this go as I am worried sick.
Fortunately little chance of this as he's about to turn 18 so hunting days are over. Thanks .When Ronnie has nill by mouth we have to take him in the night before as we can't control what he eats as he goes outside a lot and plays hell if we keep him in.
Best of luck for Winston