She's lovely! Very similar markings to my (grumpy & not so lovely) tortie, Rita.
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Oh my yes,torties are so well known I’ve had 3 buggers but I loved them so much.Attitude oh yes.She's lovely! Very similar markings to my (grumpy & not so lovely) tortie, Rita.
This was my first one oh I adored her she adopted me.Tiny was her name I didn’t name her that but we knew her so well.
I got her 1983.
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She's lovely too - I'm a tortie fan for my sins! Tiny has a look of deep concentration in this picOh my yes,torties are so well known I’ve had 3 buggers but I loved them so much.Attitude oh yes.
This was my first one oh I adored her she adopted me.Tiny was her name I didn’t name her that but we knew her so well.
View attachment 3638007My dad called her flying officer Kyte.
Jimmy had his annual check-up yesterday.
All good apart from a touch of gingivitis and I had to wait until the vet had finished cuddling him before I could take him home.
Had a grand peaceful day as Jimmy is always zonked after getting his shots.
All good apart from a touch of gingivitis and I had to wait until the vet had finished cuddling him before I could take him home.
Had a grand peaceful day as Jimmy is always zonked after getting his shots.
Does anyone have any hacks for clipping down claws? Our girl's claws get so long and she gets stuck in fabric no matter how much she scratches on her many, many posts (and our carpets!). She lets us snip her dew claw with some ease but any of her claws you'd have to push on her pads for she hates. We've tried doing it how the vet does it by putting her on a towel and clipping but she just doesn't play ball, and I'd rather not take her to the vets to do it regularly as she gets so anxious.
What about a licky mat to distract her? Or some vet nurses in my area do house visits for it, not related to the vets I think they charge around £10/15 depending on which one, I've seen them post on local Facebook groups. There is also an app you can find them called zumi. I've also seen people use them boards to file down nails by training them to scratch their own nails on it for a treat. Just realised I was on the cat not dog thread so maybe the lucky mat/board training won't work as well
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I do it one by one when my cat is sleeping though my vets opinion is that it's not the best for cats as they can lose their trust with you if you sneak up on them like that. Mine is alright with it though and i juat do one or two or however many i can get till he gets too annoyed.
Now my other cat i dont even try as i would die. A vet and a nurse+muzzle+towel is not enough to do it so i don't even attempt it
luckily his ones dont get too bad anymoreYes,I’ve never taken Whisp to vets for nails,she loves scratching on wooden fence outside,she does it a lot. loves a scratching on that fence also she lives a good scratch on huge thick scratching post I have.
Like someone else has said, I had someone come out to my house once to do my old cats nails. I found him on Facebook and he did it in my kitchen. It meant he wasnt as stressed and it was a quick job. Think it was about £10/15.
Exactly how I do it with my boy. I wait till he's sleeping on a raised area like my bed or his cat tree, and I wait until he's in a really deep sleep, with his paws accessible and then I clip. I only manage to get 2, maybe 3 done, because it has to be while he's still in the dozy stage so I do have to do it over a few days, but it works.I do it one by one when my cat is sleeping though my vets opinion is that it's not the best for cats as they can lose their trust with you if you sneak up on them like that. Mine is alright with it though and i juat do one or two or however many i can get till he gets too annoyed.
Now my other cat i dont even try as i would die. A vet and a nurse+muzzle+towel is not enough to do it so i don't even attempt it
So sorry to hear about Felix, sounds like he had the best life with you. It’s pain not everyone gets. Thinking of you 
My stupid cat just tried to climb out on the roof via the velux window in my study. Little fuzzy idiot. I'll just cook in the heat, shall I?
She maybe doing that a lot as it’s new that’s what the buggers are like,she’ll be in the cat tree for awhile then will be back to your bed,I reckonI don't think our girl has ever slept deep enough to be able to try that
Feeling a bit sad though as we bought her a cat tree recently and since then, she's stopped sleeping in our bed! She still comes in to see us every morning but I miss her little snores from the end of the bed.
I'm banking on it for sure when it gets colder out - the cat tree is in front of the half of a sliding door you can't move and downstairs is really chilly compared to our nice warm upstairsShe maybe doing that a lot as it’s new that’s what the buggers are like,she’ll be in the cat tree for awhile then will be back to your bed,I reckon
My cats don't sleep with me in summer either, they seem to spend all night just staring out of the window in the sitting room (don't let them out at night since little boy when missing last year) but they're still fascinated by whatever happens outside at nightI don't think our girl has ever slept deep enough to be able to try that
Feeling a bit sad though as we bought her a cat tree recently and since then, she's stopped sleeping in our bed! She still comes in to see us every morning but I miss her little snores from the end of the bed.
I'm sure by the time it gets cold she'll be back
i had to do this with Freddy - I used to wait while he curled up next to me on the sofa and then pounced when he wasn't paying any attention to me. I then clipped the longest nails very quickly... i clipped as many as I could before he twigged what was happening and then got annoyed with me.
It helped that i used to hold his little paws in my hand anyway so he was used to me stroking his beans and giving his little feetz kisses etc ( he was quite tolerant of me doing this really).
I also used to ask the vet to cut them when I took him in for a check up/jabs ( but wouldn't book him in just for this ).
We've tried desensitising her to holding her paws but she wants nothing to do with it
her back paws she doesn't mind much but she sassily snatches away her front paws and it triggers her bunny kicks if we try and hold onto themMy cat is poorly again 
Since Friday she’s lost her appetite, takes a couple of mouthfuls of food when before she’d practically lick the bowl clean. Then this morning she did a small very dark poo in her littler tray. Google is diagnosing the worst.
The insurance has a clause where you have to have an online consult before getting an appointment so I’ve spoken to a vet on web chat and they’ve said give her some bland food, see how she gets on and if no better take her to vet tomorrow. I just opened a can of tuna and when she smelled it she got very vocal demanding the food lol but still only took a few mouthfuls. She has eaten some dreamies this morning too. She seems sleepy but when we get her favourite toy out she has played.
We’ve also found a lump on her cheek and my husband thinks maybe it’s from a fight because she keeps getting into a fight with another neighbours cat
so really hoping maybe it’s just that putting her off eating and nothing more sinister.
We had dogs before and I swear they weren’t this stressful
Since Friday she’s lost her appetite, takes a couple of mouthfuls of food when before she’d practically lick the bowl clean. Then this morning she did a small very dark poo in her littler tray. Google is diagnosing the worst. The insurance has a clause where you have to have an online consult before getting an appointment so I’ve spoken to a vet on web chat and they’ve said give her some bland food, see how she gets on and if no better take her to vet tomorrow. I just opened a can of tuna and when she smelled it she got very vocal demanding the food lol but still only took a few mouthfuls. She has eaten some dreamies this morning too. She seems sleepy but when we get her favourite toy out she has played.
We’ve also found a lump on her cheek and my husband thinks maybe it’s from a fight because she keeps getting into a fight with another neighbours cat
so really hoping maybe it’s just that putting her off eating and nothing more sinister.We had dogs before and I swear they weren’t this stressful
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