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Hiya Gail.... well, there is a way.... but you really must be prepared for plaintive miaows and pathetic looks, lol... reduce plate sizes... make him work for his food by not putting the *wet* food down until the *dry* food has gone... and hide the dry food around the house so that he has to hunt it out... start the process by just moving his dish with a few bits in... let him see it the first couple of times, until he has got used to you putting it in different places... takes a couple of days.... then start hiding it for real, ie don't let him see where you have put it, so that he has to search... and if you put his days quota into one dish and put that in a cupboard out of his reach... then just take a few bits and sprinkle them in a corner at odd times throughout the day... he will get to know that he has to work for his food, and you will also be able to monitor how much he is eating!! He'll be constantly nosing around looking for his dinner, lol Result... a slimmer cat!!

Love

Daff xxxxx

Thanks everyone, for adding to my thread.

I hadn't realised that there are as many of us around. It has been great reading about all of your cats and their traits.

My newbie Tom is my 5th cat. He is the only one that I have not had since a kitten. My daughter originally got him from a rescue centre, but new job commitments meant the wee thing was being left on his own for too long.He had been reported to the SSPCA by concerned neighbours of his previous owner. Not certain why, as he is no trouble at all.

I noticed that Marion mentioned her indoor cat being nice and slim.This is my problem!

Besides his getting out of the house a few days ago, that I mentioned on my other thread, Tom does not seem interested in venturing out, at all.
Result.........a rather tubby cat.

I am taking him to the vets for a general check anyway, but wonder if anyone has any idea as to how to slim him down. Our daughter says we are over compensating for his sad past.! He eats dry cat food, tins of tuna, and cooked chicken slices. Is there a diet book for cats? lol.

Gail x

I love cats and they have been my best friends since I was a child. I always had cats until I divorced 9 years ago and where I live now is unsuitable, as I have no outside space so I don't think it would be fair. I would not like a 'house' cat

I make a fuss of everybody else's when I can, and have enjoyed reading all your posts. I have had some wonderful cats, I had a little female who liked to climb, her favourite trick was to run up the central pole of the whirly washing line and then tightrope walk around the wires on top! My favourites are ginger toms and the huge ginger tom I had was so intelligent, I had him before I had my children and they could do anything with him, he would come into the room whenever we had a house full of kids and was so patient, he put up with yanked ears, being poked and having his tail pulled, etc. he sometimes put a paw on them, as if to say 'thats enough' but never a claw! I do miss them all.

Well, my cat is sitting on the arm of my pc chair reading every word...she does not agree with igor lol. to a point....I dont either lol.

My DIL would not go near my last cat when she first started coming about the house.They were dirty nasty vicious(sp) thing's that smothered babies as she was lead to believe.
She has changed her mind but would still never have one.

I think the fact that my old cat who is no longer with us :(( and my spoilt madam beside me now have been great with my grandkids never attacked or even scratched them once lol.
I would nerver have left a cat alone with a baby though.

All the cats I have had over the years have been good natured and friendly.
This one is a bit of coward though a bit jumpy. I had her at the vet yeaterday for her flu jag yesterday and she was trembling.
The vet said she is a very healthy cat and for a house cat. Nice and lean not a fatty that some house cats can be if kept indoors.

Marion

I've just logged on, and found that my posting, just under Igors on page 3, has been deleted! Does anybody know why?

I can only imagine that it's a glitch, as I was merely telling Igor not to worry about it, no offence taken etc. - there was no negativity or derogatory content at all.

*puzzled*

Ours is a beautiful tiny tabby. Poppy is 11 years old but thinks she is a kitten. Her fur is the softest cat fur I have ever felt and she doesn't moult , so that is great!

She was the tiniest runt of the litter and we got her from an animal sanctuary. She technically still belongs to them and we get spot checked about once a year to make sure she is still well cared for.

There are a couple of bullying cats moved into our area so she prefers to be inside unless we go out with her and stand guard.

She's sweet and we love her a lot.

Sue

Aww Igor, what's wrong with a little malevolence and satanic rites?
Have you ever wondered WHY your cat seems to hate you?
Try being the boss. This is a game you will never win - but it's intriguing! LOL

maggie

ps. Maybe that's why he hates you - you're trying to be the boss!
Try submission.

HATE TO BE THE FLY IN THE OINTMENT BUT AS I HAVE JUST STATED IN A PREVIOUS THREAD , THERE NOT FOR ME , CREEPY , SINIISTER, WITH NO SENSE OF LOYALTY EXEPT TO THOSE THAT FEED THEM .
I WOULD'NT HARM THEM OR ANY ANIMAL , BUT OURS HATES ME (WELL AT LEAST I THINK IT DOE'S)
ASSOCIATE CTS WITH MALEVOLENCE AND ANCIENT GRIMUOIS, WITCHCRAFT AND SATANIC RITES, SORRY CAT LOVERS EVERYWHERE

Jean - you saying that, I read somewhere that dogs have owners, cats have servants.

I think that just about sums us lot up, eh. :-))
Night night.
x

Hello, it's great reading about everyone's feline pets. We have five in our family: Chloe (the beauty), Midge (the fatty), Pepper (3-legged), Sooty (the comedian) and Topsy (the baby). All rescue cats, some still with a bit of baggage, lol.

Oh - and, er, *whispers* a neighbouring cat sometimes comes in at night-time only (we don't feed him), and seems to appreciate a roof over his head. He has a loving family, but they have young children. His family knows he comes over here, and knows we don't feed him.

Hubby and I are also trying to get help for an animal welfare organisation in Tunisia, who deal mainly with cats and dogs - but that's another story.

Apart from all that, I hate cats! lol
*looks at Midge sat beside self* I didn't mean it, Midgey ...........
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it must be cold out tonight as all four of mine are dotted around the front room.........looking at me with eyes that say " hurry up it's time for our crunchies "............night everyone xx

Me, me me... my boys are Hermie, 18 months old, all cuddly, long haired like a slightly teddy-bearish tabby....... born on GR (well, not actually born on GR... but his and his siblings' births were monitored very closely by loads of members.... all of the litter went to live with GR members!! I went to collect him... and took his (probable) half brother... different mothers, same father... as well... he was a bit manky looking to be honest... cute, but manky... he has turned into a sleek, black miniature panther, with a very naughty streak... he is just so clever, and is convinced he is human... called Jethro after Gibbs in NCIS. He is a mummie's boy.... well, so is Hermie, really, too.

Then there are the girls.. Polgara, 16 1/2 grey and white... hand reared by me when her mum was seriously injured and still treats me as her mum... she and Jethro take it in turns to cuddle up to me at night since my diagnosis.... they chirrup to each other just as though they are having a handover, lolol

Then there is Rosy, about 14, semi wild... but beginning to spend most of her time indoors... timid and shy until you are sitting down, and then she becomes a really affectionate paddler... but doesn't know when to stop and go to sleep.. she is white with a couple of black splodges that look as though a child has had a paintbrush handy... and dipped her tail in the pot as well.

I still miss my beautiful Belle, who died aged 18 ish last summer.

I am besotted... my biggest fear was that I would be told that they would have to go somewhere else until I was well again... I honestly don't think I could have done it. They are my babies!!

Love

Daff xxxxxxxx willing slave to four felines, lol

Hi Gail

I've always had cats, both sets have been brother and sister.

My first little cat, he travelled home on my shoulder (wouldn't stay in his box), used to sit in the middle of OH's newspaper when he was lying reading it, sit on our backs or around our shoulders.

He would walk my OH half-way when he went out, then re-appear on the way back lol, escort him home safely!

His sister came into her own when he moved on, such a sweet little thing.

Last year I lost my other male,Freddie ... very young, only 11 years old. He too would sit on our shoulders, used to almost trip me up ... he'd follow me everywhere, chat with me too.

His sister ... well, shy little thing that she was when we got her hiding behind furniture ... she now rules the house and my son's dog.

I do miss my Freddie.

Hi
I have a black and white tom girl
she gets into all sorts of trouble, beats up the neighbourhood cats and will walk into anyones house if they've left their front door open but we love her dearly
sue

Mine jumps in the bath (empty) and drinks cold running water from the tap. Won't drink it from a dish

Just in case you don't realise I like cats too :-)

I have 4:

One black and white, very placid but can speak volumes with one look lolol

One dark brown sh who is a scaredy cat, very rarely leaves the house and when she does it tends to be after dark on a summers night. I often call her my vampire cat lol

One (male) tabby....he's a big baby and loves to cuddle me.

One dark brown long hair, a little madam who loves to jump into the bath and have me run the cold water tap so she can drink from it.

Definitely a cat lover...not against dogs but never had one and don't want one

Linda

Oooops , must run the master is calling!!!
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Lol, Amanda , why are you talking to a deaf cat? or can he lip read?.......LOL
Well at least he could give the meat a nasty suck!!

Lol Taff........you could be right . All he had on his mind was the one miserable slice of pork left in the bowl........he was trying to eat it ( no teeth ) as it lay amoungst the broken glass !.........I keep telling him he isn't long for this world ( but he is deaf.........lol ).