Cats and Kittens

[Zkribbler]

Wherever they are, it has to be warm. Yes, it's summer, but they need someplace soft, cozy, warm,

Lo26C - Hi29C pretty much year round.

house plants...

They're in the 2nd-floor hall of the little house. No plants there, but there are plants all around it.

Any plastic bags around?
Ditto any small bowls or jars.
...any dangling, loopy cords
elastic bands, balloons, and other such stuff.
very small openings.

Nope, nope,nope.

Be sure that the floors they'll be walking on are reasonably clean,

Tile floor, cleaned at least once a day

If you have furniture that is adjustable (bed or recliner)

I think there's a chaise longe there. If so, we'll move it to my 3rd-floor patio.

Thanks, Valka.

 

[Berzerker]

A stray has been hanging around so I've been leaving water and food outside. Found out it was a raccoon eating the food. I left it on a table thinking that would keep non-cats from getting to it, I was wrong.

 

[Zkribbler]

Raccoons are wily.

 

[rah]

Yeah, we have one living in the storm sewer on our street that must weight 40 pounds. Largest one I've ever seen. No garbage can defeats it.

 

[Birdjaguar]

Raccoons are wily.

Like coyotes?

 

[Zardnaar]

Kora at my father inlaws. He doesn't own a cat however.

Kora visits and makes himself at home.

He loves laps and drools.

 

[Zardnaar]

And Rex. Rex is a young cat (less than a year).

He may not be smartest kitteh.

 

[tjs282]

It's a cute photo, but if he makes a habit of that, I hope you have some way of securing the lid, so it can't fall shut while he's in there? (Best would be to leave it closed when the washer's not being used, so he can't climb inside in the first place — but I guess it needs to dry out?).

 

[Valka D'Ur]

It's a cute photo, but if he makes a habit of that, I hope you have some way of securing the lid, so it can't fall shut while he's in there? (Best would be to leave it closed when the washer's not being used, so he can't climb inside in the first place — but I guess it needs to dry out?).

Agreed. It is extremely dangerous to allow cats to get inside of appliances, because they can become trapped or killed if the appliance is turned on when they're inside. And don't say you'd know if the cat was there. It's so easy to miss a sleeping cat and toss clothes on top of it, close the lid, and turn the machine on. The cat would drown very quickly, not to mention suffering other injuries.

 

[Cutlass]

 

[Birdjaguar]

None of the 25+ cats we have had would ever have put up with that let alone slept.

 

[Zardnaar]

It's a cute photo, but if he makes a habit of that, I hope you have some way of securing the lid, so it can't fall shut while he's in there? (Best would be to leave it closed when the washer's not being used, so he can't climb inside in the first place — but I guess it needs to dry out?).

Not my kitteh family friends cat. She keeps lid closed he jumped in in front of her.

 

[Zkribbler]

Like coyotes?

No. They don't buy from Acme mailorder.

 

[tjs282]

None of the 25+ cats we have had would ever have put up with that let alone slept.

It's like a massage-chair for cats.

In fact, that's probably the intended purpose, and it's only those dum hoomans who think a piano is for making music.

 

[Valka D'Ur]

It's like a massage-chair for cats.

In fact, that's probably the intended purpose, and it's only those dum hoomans who think a piano is for making music.

Based on the behavior of the two cats, it would not surprise me if the grey one is hearing-impaired and is enjoying the vibrations. The other cat reacted as I'd expect.

Cats and dogs do react in odd ways to music sometimes. My first cat and my grandfather had something in common: Both of them hated the soundtrack to Oliver!, specifically the song "Consider Yourself." But that same cat loved Strauss waltzes, and would hang around and listen whenever I played my Strauss record.

When I got my first spinet organ, the dog decided to investigate it one day. He ended up jumping when he discovered that the Middle C pedal is loud if it's stepped on while the expression pedal is opened up. That same dog freaked out when he saw a guitar leaning up against a neighbor's garage (no idea why it was there; it was just something we saw when I took the dog for a walk). Snoopy started growling at it, so I reached over and twanged a couple of strings (I know nothing about playing guitars). When the dog saw that it didn't do anything aggressive and just sat there, he calmed down.

 

[Zkribbler]

Our kittens are now named Poseidon (because he came from the sea) and Boots (from Puss and Boots).

 

[Zardnaar]

My wife's Aunty lost her kitteh a few weeks ago. After a suitable amount of time here's Willow.

Willow is a rescue kitteh, 12 weeks old born during lockdown. She has been neutered a few days ago so is a bit sore.

 

[Arwon]

My old boy (11 years) needs chemotherapy pills to stop some skin tumours reoccurring, they seem to knock him around the poor thing. He gets really sleepy and cuddly for a couple hours afterwards, here he is resting his head on my mouse hand while I try to work.

 

[Zardnaar]

My old boy (11 years) needs chemotherapy pills to stop some skin tumours reoccurring, they seem to knock him around the poor thing. He gets really sleepy and cuddly for a couple hours afterwards, here he is resting his head on my mouse hand while I try to work.

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Awwww think he likes you.

 

[Valka D'Ur]

My wife's Aunty lost her kitteh a few weeks ago. After a suitable amount of time here's Willow.

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Willow is a rescue kitteh, 12 weeks old born during lockdown. She has been neutered a few days ago so is a bit sore.

WANT!

*splort*

(btw, female cats are spayed; male cats are neutered)