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Post by everso on Nov 27, 2010 1:12:04 GMT
Cats don't understand that water is better for them than milk. They like milk. They drink water out of the toilet or out of puddles - it tastes much better.
Don't dress a cat up in a doll's bonnet. They have absolutely no sense of humour.
Don't try to take a cat to the vets without buying one of those cat carriers. The old fashioned method was to wrap the cat in an old towel so just it's head pokes out. But no matter how tightly you wrap the cat in the towel, they manage to get a paw out and before you know it they've sprung into the back of the car and are sitting on the parcel shelf yowling in fright.
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Post by aubrey on Nov 27, 2010 9:13:04 GMT
Ours are not bothered about milk, but they do like their water.
One of my mother's cats will follow you into the bathroom and insist that you turn the bath tap on at a trickle so she can have a drink from around the plug hole (she does this every time you go in there).
The big thing to remember about cats is that they're all different. Even if you get two from the same litter they will have different tastes, habits, fears, etc.
They don't have a sense of humour; but they do have a sense of fun.
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Post by bonbonlarue on Nov 27, 2010 9:22:31 GMT
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Post by aubrey on Nov 27, 2010 9:51:31 GMT
But it's true!! It is!
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Post by Patrick on Nov 27, 2010 12:08:14 GMT
Remember the old cat carriers that were just a cardboard box with ideas above it's station? Took our enormous male long haired brown tabby (so he looked even bigger) to the vets in one - he had a wee on the way there (thank god for vinyl seats in those days) and upon reaching the destination - box comes out of car and cat falls through damp patch in bottom of box. One rather stunned cat sitting on pavement. Just about grabbed him in time.
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Post by bonbonlarue on Nov 27, 2010 18:03:37 GMT
Alan is currently on the stairs...bemusedly watching my sons and their friends trying to set up the loft for an evenings...whatever it is they're doing....
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Post by housesparrow on Nov 28, 2010 7:23:38 GMT
The big thing to remember about cats is that they're all different. Even if you get two from the same litter they will have different tastes, habits, fears, etc. Don't kittens from the same litter often have different dads? Nature's way of guarding against in-breeding, I hear. We got two kitties from the same litter when we married, and they were different as chalk and cheese. Ah yes...I well remember how the littlest kitty (the runt of the litter but quite hyperactive) would hide on top of furniture or behind doors and pounce on her apparently unsuspecting big sister (the laid back and cuddly one) when she ambled into a room. As for tips; well, my cats were outdoor gals, so I don't have any experience of the other type!
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Post by aubrey on Nov 28, 2010 12:44:26 GMT
Our two who were brothers came from a breeder, so I'm pretty sure they would have had the same dad (that kind of thing is important for breeders). They were very different from each other, though (one has died). But otherwise, yes you're right: female cats seem to enjoy organising gang-bangs for themselves.
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Post by Patrick on Dec 6, 2010 7:54:19 GMT
Half past bloody five this morning. I maybe exaggerating a little but I think I've possibly had about two decent night's sleep since this little bastard came to live with us. I used to like Dogs but I've gone off them over the years. I used to like cats, but this one is turning me rapidly off them too.
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