Floss
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You would think they grow out of ravaging the Christmas tree but they don't mine are both ten and throughout the night I can hear the baubles bouncing off the wooden floor
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You would think they grow out of ravaging the Christmas tree but they don't mine are both ten and throughout the night I can hear the baubles bouncing off the wooden floor
littleme
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Please tell me that this isn't true?! The two older cats have never really bothered with the tree, although Sophie does like to sit underneath it. Psycho-squirrel-kitten-cat is a different matter, she cant keep out of it, or off it, or leave the baubals/tinsel/lights - alone.....she must of got right up to the top in the night as the star was bent right over!
Chick
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Cats like to go outside
Whenever we have to keep our two inside (mainly before and after trips to the vets) they just sit a growl at the cat flap bemused as to why it's suddenly stopped working
Glam
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We lost our Sweetpea when she was 18. She still climbed in the tree at that great age. Smudge, at 10, would lurch at the tree and have it on its side everyday. We now have a 2ft pink tree, safe on a table, away from all 3 cats.
Floss
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Mine are both toms (with no baubles )I've had females before but I don't find them as playful as they get older, but yes they still act up like the 5am alarm, chasing each other, bringing live mice in and swinging on the curtains. I make the most of then though they'll be no more as oh is allergic and has to take pills, or I could....no no I shouldn't
staffordjas
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Hopefully that's a good sign she's feeling her recovery has improved enough to go outside now
littleme
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Sophie-cat had her check up at the vets today, she all but refused to walk across the floor & when she did walk, she put on a terrible limp. I say 'put on' because on the few occasions she's come out of the cage at home, she's walked with only a slight limp & has stopped falling over all together!
Apart from that the vet seemed pleased that she's put on weight & that she's weeing & pooping ok. She's got another 2 weeks total cage confinement thanks to her acting ability - & back for another check up in a month.
Apart from that the vet seemed pleased that she's put on weight & that she's weeing & pooping ok. She's got another 2 weeks total cage confinement thanks to her acting ability - & back for another check up in a month.
sarsaparilla
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Really pleased she is doing so well. It must have been so hard to keep her in a cage for so long. It was hard enough keeping ours in the house for 8 weeks let alone a cage. We couldn't even get the collar on him but luckily he didn't tug at his stitches just kept licking them. When he had recovered and was able to go outside again I took him into the garden and he ran straight back in but ventured out again a few minutes later.
You've done a brilliant job with little Sophie. Well done!
You've done a brilliant job with little Sophie. Well done!
littleme
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Installment 2 billion in the Sophie saga...
In the last few days Sophie has learnt some new tricks,
1)Wailing & howling to be let out of the cage.
2)Clawing at the cage.
3)Jamming her paws in the bars of the cage to get out.
4)Dragging her blanket into the litter tray.
5)Dragging her blanket into her food bowl.
6)*Unlatching the door to the cage while I was in the kitchen & escaping. (twice)
#sigh. Only one more week until she's allowed out of the cage in the day while we are in!
*I'm not convinced that Sophie opened the cage door. Our large male cat is very intelligent, since Sophies accident we've kept him in at night, last week we caught him sitting on the kitchen radiator & pressing down the handle of the back door to get it open!
In the last few days Sophie has learnt some new tricks,
1)Wailing & howling to be let out of the cage.
2)Clawing at the cage.
3)Jamming her paws in the bars of the cage to get out.
4)Dragging her blanket into the litter tray.
5)Dragging her blanket into her food bowl.
6)*Unlatching the door to the cage while I was in the kitchen & escaping. (twice)
#sigh. Only one more week until she's allowed out of the cage in the day while we are in!
*I'm not convinced that Sophie opened the cage door. Our large male cat is very intelligent, since Sophies accident we've kept him in at night, last week we caught him sitting on the kitchen radiator & pressing down the handle of the back door to get it open!
littleme
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Day 10 trillion in the crazy cat house..
Sophie has finally been signed off at the vets - hoorah !
She went for her check up this morning & is finally allowed out of the cage permanently - I didn't think this would happen anytime soon as she developed a horrid sore on her leg over the weekend, but vet-lady says its just an allergic reaction that's not been helped by Sophie licking at it & pulling off the fur.
Bleughhh.
She's on steroids for the next 10 days (Sophie, not the vet) - if anyone's got some well trusted tips on getting tablets into a cat I would be thankful ?!
Sophie has finally been signed off at the vets - hoorah !
She went for her check up this morning & is finally allowed out of the cage permanently - I didn't think this would happen anytime soon as she developed a horrid sore on her leg over the weekend, but vet-lady says its just an allergic reaction that's not been helped by Sophie licking at it & pulling off the fur.
Bleughhh.She's on steroids for the next 10 days (Sophie, not the vet) - if anyone's got some well trusted tips on getting tablets into a cat I would be thankful ?!
littleme
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Day 10 trillion in the crazy cat house..
Sophie has finally been signed off at the vets - hoorah !
She went for her check up this morning & is finally allowed out of the cage permanently - I didn't think this would happen anytime soon as she developed a horrid sore on her leg over the weekend, but vet-lady says its just an allergic reaction that's not been helped by Sophie licking at it & pulling off the fur. Bleughhh.
She's on steroids for the next 10 days (Sophie, not the vet) - if anyone's got some well trusted tips on getting tablets into a cat I would be thankful ?!
Sophie has finally been signed off at the vets - hoorah !
She went for her check up this morning & is finally allowed out of the cage permanently - I didn't think this would happen anytime soon as she developed a horrid sore on her leg over the weekend, but vet-lady says its just an allergic reaction that's not been helped by Sophie licking at it & pulling off the fur.
Bleughhh.She's on steroids for the next 10 days (Sophie, not the vet) - if anyone's got some well trusted tips on getting tablets into a cat I would be thankful ?!
Lucy
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Oh, and get one of these to give her tablets - cats are good at pretending they've swallowed it and then spitting it out ten minutes later...
http://www.vetimed.co.uk/pet/produc...oVyNFhVfuGCakhI_r8e04WqSqXtgbbuViwaAtsE8P8HAQ
http://www.vetimed.co.uk/pet/produc...oVyNFhVfuGCakhI_r8e04WqSqXtgbbuViwaAtsE8P8HAQ
sarsaparilla
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Well, it is not easy and, when our cat had hyperthyroidism, we spent £30 per month on tablets for nearly 3 years, and it was virtually impossible to get them down her. The vet minced around when I mentioned it to him and sold me something that looked like a pair of plastic scissors for £1.99 to get them down her. It was useless, so don't be taken it by that! Cats are very intelligent animals and we must always bear that in mind .. that is what makes them so admirable and adorable.Day 10 trillion in the crazy cat house..
Sophie has finally been signed off at the vets - hoorah !
She went for her check up this morning & is finally allowed out of the cage permanently - I didn't think this would happen anytime soon as she developed a horrid sore on her leg over the weekend, but vet-lady says its just an allergic reaction that's not been helped by Sophie licking at it & pulling off the fur.
She's on steroids for the next 10 days (Sophie, not the vet) - if anyone's got some well trusted tips on getting tablets into a cat I would be thankful ?!
We tried so many different ways to get the tablets down her, including: hiding them in cheese, in corned beef, in ham, in salmon, in tuna, crushing them into cat milk, squeezing her jaws apart and dropping down her throat (and every time we thought we had managed it, we would find them spat out in the house somewhere). The upshot of it was that, being an old cat and refusing the tablets, she had to be put down, but your Sophie is not at all at that stage.
When our boy was hit by a car last year, we had the aforementioned experience to draw on, but, knowing he liked milky things, we first of all tried to get his tablets down him with fromage frais. We bought the Tesco 6 pack for 47p and crushed his tablets up in it and he couldn't get enough of it! It seems that cats love milky things like that, so try that or custard etc.
littleme
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Ooo! I'll try hiding it in cheese tonight, but if that doesn't work then this looks ideal....our old cat Smokey used to hide the tablets in his mouth for ages, then spit them out...
sarsaparilla
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We must never underestimate the intelligent of our cats ... it's hard to keep one step ahead of them but, somehow, we must!
littleme
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One day they will take over the world...probably.