We had a cat when i stayed at my parents. It was out all the time, only used to come home for food or for an afternoon nap. Sometimes it would be gone for 3 or 4 days with no sight of it and then it'd turn up looking thin and just lounge around the house eating for a few days.
Thinking of getting a cat, some advice?
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My cats are free to roam outside but they're getting a bit old and lazier now (around 15) so spend a lot more time inside sleeping rather than being outside.
It will probably sleep while you are away.
But for the first week, it might be an idea for you to be indoors with it.
What I found was my Egyptian Mau was terrified to leave the lounge, in the first 3 days. To this end, he defacated in the lounge.
What I then did was regularly walk it to the litter tray (in my bathroom), where it learnt its location. He also learnt that it was safe to walk outside the lounge.
Had I not been indoors during the first week, I would never had known what he was getting up to.
But for the first week, it might be an idea for you to be indoors with it.
What I found was my Egyptian Mau was terrified to leave the lounge, in the first 3 days. To this end, he defacated in the lounge.
What I then did was regularly walk it to the litter tray (in my bathroom), where it learnt its location. He also learnt that it was safe to walk outside the lounge.
Had I not been indoors during the first week, I would never had known what he was getting up to.
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Who would win a fight -
An indoor cat or an outdoor cat?
An indoor cat or an outdoor cat?
I'm going to go with house cats on this one. One of my cats has savaged three people this week and I mean mini lacerations not scratches, lots of blood
. To be fair though I do warn people not to touch his stomach or rough him up to much, I guess they have to learn the hard way
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it obviously depends on the cat.....
indoor or outdoor doesnt come into it
I'd go along with that.
I've got an indoor cat at the moment, but would love to be able to let him outside (I live in a flat). He has way too much energy no matter how much we play with him, which leads to him going nuts and bolting around at high speed!
Ours is left alone for quite a while during the day, but he seems to just sleep the entire time. We did make sure we were off for a week when we got him though, to make sure he was settled in enough. I still wish we had gotten 2 cats though, so they could play together and keep each other company during the day.
Ours is left alone for quite a while during the day, but he seems to just sleep the entire time. We did make sure we were off for a week when we got him though, to make sure he was settled in enough. I still wish we had gotten 2 cats though, so they could play together and keep each other company during the day.
some people cut the claws, my mum does to her cat aparently it stops them scratching as much.
i dont bother with our ocasionaly ill find a claw stuck to the scratching post so i guess it doesnt matter they seen to snap off when they get to long anyway
i dont bother with our ocasionaly ill find a claw stuck to the scratching post so i guess it doesnt matter they seen to snap off when they get to long anyway
Ragdoll cats are the best indoor type as they are 'people' cats and love following their owners around which I think is adorable. I can't even go for a duke without him watching me! They are also the best looking cat imo (might be biased as I have a gorgeous ragdoll kitten ).
).No why would I, he bites as well should I file his teeth down
In the wild or outdoors, cats will walk on hard surfaces, will climb trees, etc. This automatically will wear down the claws and keep them in check.
However, when you have a house cat, the claws can grow at an alarming rate. Moreover, they get VERY sharp.
For the above 2 reasons, I cut or should I say, blunt, the front claws of my 2 cats. This also makes them less dangerous when I handle them.
As an example, Reflex once got excrement on his paw. He then proceeded to wipe his claw all over my bed. It was literally covered in excrement when I woke up (to his scratching).
I then saw what was going on and decided to dip his paws in water and clean them. During this process I was seriously cut up (my shoulders, my arms, my legs - covered in blood. The wound on my shoulder was quite deep as he fought me in the bathroom, while I tried to get him into the wash basin.
My mistake that day was that I had got lazy and hadn't cut his claws for a for a few weeks.
When Reflex was very young, he used to be very vicious (search my thread about my cats and I posted a video of what he did to my Bengal). As he has grown, he has calmed down a lot, but I know that deep inside, he remains a vicious cat, when he wants to be. The day I tried to wash his paw, was the day I was given a reminder of just vicious Reflex is.
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that sound like you had some fun, I had an incident with the larger one of of my two cats when we had builders round, I was putting them in the bedroom with food and there litter box but Milo the one I was carry got spooked from one of the builders tools going off and tore my t shirt and really deeply cut my back up. We were all completely shocked that he was capable of causing me such wounding but I know he didn't mean it he was just frightened, glad it was me who copped it and know one else.Is this the thread you are refuring to sunama? http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17847772&highlight=Cat+reflex+startername_sunama?
Hehehe.
Yep. Thats the one.
There are plenty of pics of Reflex when he was young. He has calmed down a lot now, however, I know he has the potential to kill other cats and therefore would never trust him around another cat, unless I was there to supervise. The problem is that his breed type is that of the most athletic domestic cat out there. (One of the reasons why the first mating of any hybrid breed usually occurs with an Egyptian Mau). This means that if he wants to harm another cat, the other cat would be unable to run away from him.
Recently, my sister brought around her 2 cats for a week and I had to be very careful Reflex didn't attack her cats.
Mr Bengal is one big fraidy cat. In fact, I never predicted he was going to behave in the way he did. He must've spent about 80% of all his time on the kitchen cupboards, he was so frightened of my sister's cats, even though they were only a quarter of the size of Mr Bengal, who is a big cat.
Yep. Thats the one.
There are plenty of pics of Reflex when he was young. He has calmed down a lot now, however, I know he has the potential to kill other cats and therefore would never trust him around another cat, unless I was there to supervise. The problem is that his breed type is that of the most athletic domestic cat out there. (One of the reasons why the first mating of any hybrid breed usually occurs with an Egyptian Mau). This means that if he wants to harm another cat, the other cat would be unable to run away from him.
Recently, my sister brought around her 2 cats for a week and I had to be very careful Reflex didn't attack her cats.
Mr Bengal is one big fraidy cat. In fact, I never predicted he was going to behave in the way he did. He must've spent about 80% of all his time on the kitchen cupboards, he was so frightened of my sister's cats, even though they were only a quarter of the size of Mr Bengal, who is a big cat.