OT: Getting a cat

leedsmjh

gbsahne wrote:

Had to play chase the rodent around the lounge last night, with Mrs GB cowering under a cushion; the cat was her idea but it's my fault that she's bringing in rodents.

Ah, chase-the-rodent. One of the many joys of cats. Chase the rat climbing up the curtains being my favourite variation of that game.

thegibdog

Mr Cat doesn't need a caption to say how brilliant he is:

jawooga

I have two cats, sisters called Spike and Dora. Unfortunately they're both mousers. Sometimes we'll open the kitchen door to find all or part of a dead mouse first thing in the morning.

Sometimes well go out and trust them to behave and stay on our bed. Said trust was shown last night and a mouse fell out of my clothes when I put them on this morning!

Butter wouldn't melt...

jonny_trousers

Another thought, I'd advise you to go for a tom cat. My present cat is a female and I absolutely adore her, but in my experience males are generally friendlier. Piglet is great with me, but she is rather aloof with my fiancée, which is sad for her.

rick_chasey

Jonny_Trousers wrote:

Another thought, I'd advise you to go for a tom cat. My present cat is a female and I absolutely adore her, but in my experience males are generally friendlier. Piglet is great with me, but she is rather aloof with my fiancée, which is sad for her.

Just make sure you get the males neutered.

Stops 'em getting testicular cancer and impregnating other cats.

veronese68

Poxy animals. Chewed up frog and cat puke to greet me this morning. Still no takers on my offer of 2 free cats?

rjsterry

Rick Chasey wrote:

Jonny_Trousers wrote:

Another thought, I'd advise you to go for a tom cat. My present cat is a female and I absolutely adore her, but in my experience males are generally friendlier. Piglet is great with me, but she is rather aloof with my fiancée, which is sad for her.

Just make sure you get the males neutered.

Stops 'em getting testicular cancer and impregnating other cats.

And the females speyed for that matter, unless you want Tiddles to be the village bike, and have a few more kitties too.

woodnut

+1 on female cats. I had a non speyed one, she had a lovely character but was an absolute tart when in season. Would recommend a castrated Tom. Or a dog, as they are better

rick_chasey

gbsahne001

Rick Chasey wrote:

Jonny_Trousers wrote:

Another thought, I'd advise you to go for a tom cat. My present cat is a female and I absolutely adore her, but in my experience males are generally friendlier. Piglet is great with me, but she is rather aloof with my fiancée, which is sad for her.

Just make sure you get the males neutered.

Stops 'em getting testicular cancer and impregnating other cats.

also stops them spraying their scent around the house.

Ours has now moved onto flying prey; had to prise a live sparrow from her jaws this morning.

rjsterry

gbsahne wrote:

Rick Chasey wrote:

Jonny_Trousers wrote:

Another thought, I'd advise you to go for a tom cat. My present cat is a female and I absolutely adore her, but in my experience males are generally friendlier. Piglet is great with me, but she is rather aloof with my fiancée, which is sad for her.

Just make sure you get the males neutered.

Stops 'em getting testicular cancer and impregnating other cats.

also stops them spraying their scent around the house.

Ours has now moved onto flying prey; had to prise a live sparrow from her jaws this morning.

Live enough, or in need of sending on its way?

gbsahne001

Live enough that it hopped onto my finger more like a Budgerigar than sparrow and after being set down outside, flew off.

First.Aspect

Whole rat the other week (thankfully dead).

Back end of a rabbit last night.

Couple of magpies over the years (survived - standoff) and a couple of collared doves (did not survive).

Once came home to find a sparrowhawk had been wrestled in through the catflap. It had rigor mortis, so I assume it flew into a window or something during the previous night's storm.

Note: When they bring stuff home alive and release it, its not a present. They are trying to teach you how to hunt. It cat, this is telling you that you are a lazy bastard and need to pull your weight around the garden.

Agent57

Won't inline this as it has a rude word in it. But it made me laugh.

http://i.imgur.com/6IBxr.gif

Anyway, my two as kittens:



The vet keeps asking if the tabby is a Maine coon. As far as I knew, she's just a domestic long-haired cat, but she's big, and looks a lot like the Maine coons I've seen on the Internet. Maybe the father was.

UndercoverElephant

On a slightly related note: I just got a friend request on Facebook from my Sister's cat. Now I'm a dog person, and know that any cat - no matter how much you love them - if they were big enough, would eat me. As such, it seems rather insincere to me that this cat should wish to befriend me, and I worry that it's going to bombard me with game requests, but I don't want to cause a rift in the family.

Any advice?

SimonAH

Do not book your face. It is bad.

As are cats, little furry balls of malice and random dealers of death that disguise their razorblade sharp corners and malevolent intent whilst draining the familiy finances by (very) occasionally deigning to sit on your lap, purr and distribute unwanted hair. We fall for this! We even sit there blinking back tears of agony as we let the pint sized sabre toothed tigers ram their needle sharp claws into our bodies whilst we stroke them!

This is evil and malignant mind control folks. Not only have they got us so hoodwinked and hypnotised that WE EVEN PAY MONEY FOR THE HONOUR OF LETTING THEM INTO OUR HOUSES.

They are also getting technical. They are now taking over the web, slowly usurping the dominance of free pornography. Be afraid, be very afraid.

rick_chasey

SimonAH wrote:

Do not book your face. It is bad.

As are cats, little furry balls of malice and random dealers of death that disguise their razorblade sharp corners and malevolent intent whilst draining the familiy finances by (very) occasionally deigning to sit on your lap, purr and distribute unwanted hair. We fall for this! We even sit there blinking back tears of agony as we let the pint sized sabre toothed tigers ram their needle sharp claws into our bodies whilst we stroke them!

This is evil and malignant mind control folks. Not only have they got us so hoodwinked and hypnotised that WE EVEN PAY MONEY FOR THE HONOUR OF LETTING THEM INTO OUR HOUSES.

They are also getting technical. They are now taking over the web, slowly usurping the dominance of free pornography. Be afraid, be very afraid.

Pfft.

Dogs have got their owners picking up their sh!t.

SimonAH

Yeah, but they don't do it in the house!

And when did a tabby last deter a burglar eh? Answer me that Rick. In fact, suggest one premortem use for a cat in modern Britain, I dares ya.

rick_chasey

SimonAH wrote:

Yeah, but they don't do it in the house!

And when did a tabby last deter a burglar eh? Answer me that Rick. In fact, suggest one premortem use for a cat in modern Britain, I dares ya.

My cat doesn't sh!t in the house! He goes outside and buries it somewhere. None of my business.

Only weird owners let their cats sh!t in the house.

SimonAH

Rick Chasey wrote:

SimonAH wrote:

Yeah, but they don't do it in the house!

And when did a tabby last deter a burglar eh? Answer me that Rick. In fact, suggest one premortem use for a cat in modern Britain, I dares ya.

My cat doesn't sh!t in the house! He goes outside and buries it somewhere. None of my business.

Only weird owners let their cats sh!t in the house.

Any of your neighbours got kids and sandpits Rick? They do so love those little 'presents'.

rick_chasey

SimonAH wrote:

Rick Chasey wrote:

SimonAH wrote:

Yeah, but they don't do it in the house!

And when did a tabby last deter a burglar eh? Answer me that Rick. In fact, suggest one premortem use for a cat in modern Britain, I dares ya.

My cat doesn't sh!t in the house! He goes outside and buries it somewhere. None of my business.

Only weird owners let their cats sh!t in the house.

Any of your neighbours got kids and sandpits Rick? They do so love those little 'presents'.

Nope.

Occasionally see him using a flowerbed.

rick_chasey

You'll get Toxoplasmosis if you spend too much time near cat sh!t. Don't want that in the house.

graeme_s-2

First Aspect wrote:

Whole rat the other week (thankfully dead).

Back end of a rabbit last night.

Couple of magpies over the years (survived - standoff) and a couple of collared doves (did not survive).

Once came home to find a sparrowhawk had been wrestled in through the catflap. It had rigor mortis, so I assume it flew into a window or something during the previous night's storm.

Our cat is a real hunter. So far (she's 7) she's managed a few worms, a couple of large moths, 2 small frogs (one I found sat on the kitchen floor and returned to the garden, the other we found in a dessicated state under the fridge when we moved house) and the occasional daddy long legs.

A friend of my Mum's once heard a commotion coming from her kitchen and went down to find her cat in a stand off with a very pissed off looking male mallard that it had managed to drag in through the cat flap.

greg66_tri_v2.0

SimonAH wrote:

Do not book your face. It is bad.

As are cats, little furry balls of malice and random dealers of death that disguise their razorblade sharp corners and malevolent intent whilst draining the familiy finances by (very) occasionally deigning to sit on your lap, purr and distribute unwanted hair. We fall for this! We even sit there blinking back tears of agony as we let the pint sized sabre toothed tigers ram their needle sharp claws into our bodies whilst we stroke them!

This is evil and malignant mind control folks. Not only have they got us so hoodwinked and hypnotised that WE EVEN PAY MONEY FOR THE HONOUR OF LETTING THEM INTO OUR HOUSES.

They are also getting technical. They are now taking over the web, slowly usurping the dominance of free pornography. Be afraid, be very afraid.

Evolution, innit. Stand aside, or get trodden on.

cjcp

Greg66 wrote:

SimonAH wrote:

Do not book your face. It is bad.

As are cats, little furry balls of malice and random dealers of death that disguise their razorblade sharp corners and malevolent intent whilst draining the familiy finances by (very) occasionally deigning to sit on your lap, purr and distribute unwanted hair. We fall for this! We even sit there blinking back tears of agony as we let the pint sized sabre toothed tigers ram their needle sharp claws into our bodies whilst we stroke them!

This is evil and malignant mind control folks. Not only have they got us so hoodwinked and hypnotised that WE EVEN PAY MONEY FOR THE HONOUR OF LETTING THEM INTO OUR HOUSES.

They are also getting technical. They are now taking over the web, slowly usurping the dominance of free pornography. Be afraid, be very afraid.

Evolution, innit. Stand aside, or get trodden on.

Brilliant.

But I still hate cats.

Asthma-inducing, flea-ridden ingrates.

rjsterry

UndercoverElephant wrote:

On a slightly related note: I just got a friend request on Facebook from my Sister's cat. Now I'm a dog person, and know that any cat - no matter how much you love them - if they were big enough, would eat me. As such, it seems rather insincere to me that this cat should wish to befriend me, and I worry that it's going to bombard me with game requests, but I don't want to cause a rift in the family.

Any advice?

I like cats. I'm not that bothered about dogs, but cats do not have facebook pages: their (rather too twee for my liking) owners have facebook pages. They are not little furry people; they are animals. With all due respect to your sister, I think if she has a problem with you not accepting a friend request from 'her cat', then there are bigger problems.

cjcp

rjsterry wrote:

UndercoverElephant wrote:

On a slightly related note: I just got a friend request on Facebook from my Sister's cat. Now I'm a dog person, and know that any cat - no matter how much you love them - if they were big enough, would eat me. As such, it seems rather insincere to me that this cat should wish to befriend me, and I worry that it's going to bombard me with game requests, but I don't want to cause a rift in the family.

Any advice?

I like cats. I'm not that bothered about dogs, but cats do not have facebook pages: their (rather too twee for my liking) owners have facebook pages. They are not little furry people; they are animals. With all due respect to your sister, I think if she has a problem with you not accepting a friend request from 'her cat', then there are bigger problems.

Accept the cat as a friend, then set up a dummy account, posing as a rottweiler. Then send a friend request to the cat. When the cat accepts, start taunting the cat.

veronese68

I think I'm going to post one of my cats to UE and the other one to SiAH. Then I can deny all knowledge of their deaths, but be quietly confident.
Maybe the OP should contact the bloke on Crudcatcher that has to get rid of 2 cats as they're making his kid ill.

UndercoverElephant

cjcp wrote:

rjsterry wrote:

UndercoverElephant wrote:

On a slightly related note: I just got a friend request on Facebook from my Sister's cat. Now I'm a dog person, and know that any cat - no matter how much you love them - if they were big enough, would eat me. As such, it seems rather insincere to me that this cat should wish to befriend me, and I worry that it's going to bombard me with game requests, but I don't want to cause a rift in the family.

Any advice?

I like cats. I'm not that bothered about dogs, but cats do not have facebook pages: their (rather too twee for my liking) owners have facebook pages. They are not little furry people; they are animals. With all due respect to your sister, I think if she has a problem with you not accepting a friend request from 'her cat', then there are bigger problems.

Accept the cat as a friend, then set up a dummy account, posing as a rottweiler. Then send a friend request to the cat. When the cat accepts, start taunting the cat.

I like this idea. I like it a lot.

bails87

Errr.....Cats taunt dogs. They sit on fences/roofs/up trees and go to sleep, safe in the knowledge that the dog is going mental!