Get yer cats out for the lads!

[EJG1980]

Bloody Oscar. We gave him a collar with a bell on it to try and curb his killing machine tendencies, save a bit of the local wildlife population, but it just seems to have spurred him on to show nothing can stop him. I had to stop work as I was interrupted by a very weird and awful sounding noise from the hall... he'd caught a huge Magpie and brought it inside!

He caused quite a stir too; we shooed him back outside with it and there was an army of Crows circling above squarking at him, and about three other Magpies sitting on the garden fence squarking at him and flying over him trying to distract him and save their buddy. Worked in the end as the Magpie managed to get a little run and fly off to safety.

As it managed to run and fly hopefully it has no injuries that'll cause it any problems. Oscar can't be stopped though, he's like a Cat version of John Matrix!

[egparadigm]

Our cat Shadow died suddenly this evening, we're totally devastated, it came completely out of nowhere.

We had the same thing about 18 months ago. Our cat Puff Daddy accidentally licked some lilly pollen from the stamens he'd brushed up against. Lilly pollen is apparently fatal to cats, but this was the first we'd heard of it. We've kept lillies and cats for donkey's years.

[teddymeow]

Got in from work the other day, walked into the bedroom to be greeted by this!



Then I got this.

[EDDIE M0NS00N]

Got in from work the other day, walked into the bedroom to be greeted by this!



Then I got this.

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It is your cat, right?

[Kit]

Oscar can't be stopped though, he's like a Cat version of John Matrix!

Hehe ;p

I had a similar problem with my old cat Magic. We used to live near a meadow so every so often he’d bring back rabbits (some bigger than he was) and would drag them 500 feet across the green - he must have been exhausted.

I feel bad now as my reaction was always to tell him off.

Reading about cat behaviour later, it seemed he was only dragging them back to gain my approval.

Thankfully my current cat (aptly named Bear ;p) is soft as a brush so it’s not an issue.

[teddymeow]

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It is your cat, right?

Indeed. Poppy. I'll have had her 4 years tomorrow and the rescue centre say she was 10 when I got her. She still plays like a kitten though. Shes made recent events easier to deal with by being there for a cuddle when I need it.

[EDDIE M0NS00N]

Bloody Oscar. We gave him a collar with a bell on it to try and curb his killing machine tendencies, save a bit of the local wildlife population, but it just seems to have spurred him on to show nothing can stop him.

Lol.
A mate of mine had a cat. They put a bell on his collar too to stop him killing, but eventually he worked out that if he rolled around in the mud he could fill it with dirt to stop it making a noise, allowing him to carry on killing! Clever little bugger!!

I feel bad now as my reaction was always to tell him off.

Cats are domesticated wild animals. They're always gonna have that wild part left inside & will hunt. Not your fault & not the cats fault either mate.

[kryss]

Got in from work the other day, walked into the bedroom to be greeted by this!



Then I got this.

*cold heart melts*
Cute as!


Kyuui, my first cat. She lives with my ex now


Bug, my second. I chose to keep her over Kyuui as Bug is more used to me than she is my ex.

I love both of them just as much and not a day goes by when I don't miss Kyuui. They had to be separated as Kyuui (now 5) used to attack Bug (now 1 3/4).

[EDDIE M0NS00N]

*cold heart melts*
Cute as!


Kyuui, my first cat. She lives with my ex now


Bug, my second. I chose to keep her over Kyuui as Bug is more used to me than she is my ex.

I love both of them just as much and not a day goes by when I don't miss Kyuui. They had to be separated as Kyuui (now 5) used to attack Bug (now 1 3/4).

Your cats are lovely too.
I know how you feel about being spearated from 1 of them. Me & my ex had 2 tuxedos & I loved both of them to bits. It killed me having to leave them behind, & I still miss them every day

[Darwock]

I haven't had cats since I was a kid, turned allergic in my teens which might possibly be the worst thing to ever have happened to me

However, I am making the most of Japan's enormous stray cat problem, and have befriended a couple of local moggies. One of them comes running out to greet me after dark if I pop out to the convenience store - she usually appears from underneath a parked car somewhere and starts walking beside me, if I don't stop she will run full speed to get ahead and then roll onto her back as I approach. It never fails, I can't resist stopping to rub her tummy. She's not mangy, I think someone else round here is feeding her (I never do). She's usually just grubby, which I think comes from rolling in the dirt for strange men.

Another one was a little kitten that I spied raiding rubbish bins a few months ago when it really was a tiny little thing. Saw him/her a few times since then and she always looked ready to bolt, so I moved on. A couple of weeks ago it had the courage to come closer, turned out to be one of the friendliest cats I've ever met! I think it's been run out of the neighbourhood since then though, it was only a young 'un and there are a lot of meaner bigger cats claiming the territory round here. So cute though, really wanted to take it home

[EDDIE M0NS00N]

However, I am making the most of Japan's enormous stray cat problem, and have befriended a couple of local moggies.

Oh no. Sounds like youre turning into a weirdo like me!
You'll be taking photos of them with your phone next, & scrolling thru them every now n then to cheer u up!!

[Kit]

My cat 'Bear' striking a pose.

[EJG1980]

Our cat Smudge likes that pose too

Oscar doing his thing: I reckon he thinks he's the Cat of the Baskervilles. I should douse him in fluorescent paint so he can give the local rodents and birds an even bigger scare.

[dataDave]

Our cat Shadow died suddenly this evening, we're totally devastated, it came completely out of nowhere.

One moment he was fine, his usual self, then just after dinner my brother went into the kitchen and found him lying on the floor panting, making wheezing noises, drool coming out of his mouth. He would try and walk a few paces but then he'd lay back down again, like it was too much effort.

We got him straight into the carry case and set off for the vet but he died in the car before we even got there. The vet said it's pretty much impossible to tell what happened; could have been a heart attack because of a defect, a few possibilities but we'll never know.

He was only seven years old He's never been ill before. The shocking thing is the speed, the fact we had no warning. From one hour to the next he went from being completely fine to being gone. He would often sleep on my bed, come in the home office and sit on the corner of the desk, he was the friendliest of all our cats. Gonna miss him like mad.

Give all your cats a big hug cos you never know what might happen in this life.

That's a bit strange. Could he have possibly eaten something he shouldn't?

[EJG1980]

That's a bit strange. Could he have possibly eaten something he shouldn't?

Possibly, we did catch him eating some polystyrene a few years ago so you never know what rubbish he might have eaten! Vet seemed to think that a random heart defect might have been the cause, but sadly we'll never know.