The CAT room!

Boss cats, yeah. Barney is the chairman of the grievance committee of my small pride.

Paddy is in the doghouse and getting a collar and bell - which he'll hate. He caught a pigeon - a Pigeon! nearly as big as himself!

The language when it was taken off him was terrible!

It was able to fly away when rescued so here's hoping it was ok

Uhoh! He's a natural born hunter!

Hmmmm, Nisse wasn't even able to catch a little bug the other day. That car sure doesn't know how cats are supposed to behave...

he's a monster

Rosie has stayed out on the tiles all night several times while it's been warm, refusing to come in at bedtime. His influence. She used to panic the moment the door was closed before we had him! she also plays with some of the neighbourhood cats including white paws - and chases them out of her garden sometimes (especially if I'm nearby for backup if needed!)

Ah well, Vivien, at least Paddy's been a very positive role model for Rosey! I can recall when leaves blowing around your yard frightened her. This is good!

Urs

Nisse is simply a pacifist a heart! A sort of Ghandi of the cat world!

Well, msolga, I guess he is just too lazy... :-)

He does like to fight with his sister...

Well, that's a start, then, Urs! :wink:

We woke up this morning at 7:53am......and it wasn't by our kitties!! We were shocked that they were so quiet!

Feline alarm clocks....can't count on 'em!

We got back from a week at the coast today and collected the cats from my parents.

Paddy had settled in comfortably as I'd expected and surprisingly hadn't gone frantic because he couldn't go outside. They think he's gorgeous.

Rosie had settled in quicker than before, spent the nights playing and thundering about the house with Paddy, played with my parents but if they tried to touch her snarled and swore and lashed out at them little minx. Even so they spoilt her rotten.

She greeted me ecstatically and then kept interspersing the cuddling up with growling about 'how dare I go away and leave her'

Getting her into the box to go home was like a Max Sennet film - get cat into box - try to fasten latch whilst missing flailing claws - catch cat again as she's slipped out before the catch can be fixed - repeat 4 times ....

She's still cross with us

Paddy is out playing

(the coast was great, got some sketches done, new gallery liked my work and took some now and hung them straight away and offered me show in September )

I'm in trouble any time I go away - even though Possum gets minded by my aunt at home. He apparently carries on really badly while I'm away - and then won't talk to me when I get home <shrug>

Gonna get a goldfish in my next life!

Lacey came last night for a few days visit, so there's a lot of hissing around here. Paddy doesn't care what she does as long as she doesn't eat HIS food, or use HIS litter box, or drink HIS water, or sleep on HIS bed. So that doesn't leave much for poor Lacey to do.

She's been out on the porch all day long, and ever since she came last night, except to come in while we sleep.

Paddy is the aggressive one, of course! He's very territorial and very stubborn, sort of typical male?

So, how old should a kitten/cat be before you let them out of the house to explore? Louis is about 15 weeks now, neutered, and he wants out. My son is afraid of losing him. I want him outside.

cjhsa ~ I'm curious as to why you want Louis to be an outdoor cat?

In any case, fifteen weeks is still a bit young. I would wait until he was at least six months old ~ not only will his skills be more developed, but he'll be a bit more endeared to your home and should come back. But there's no promise ~ cats pretty much make up their own minds once they've been introducted to the outdoors.

My cat, Lacey, would love to be an outdoor cat ~ and really, what cat wouldn't be? I would love to accomodate her, but because she's such a friendly little kitty, I'm afraid that she would adopt another owner.

Well, good morning, Rae.

Too small of a house and too gregarious of a cat. Plus I'm allergic. And it wants to eat my cockatiel.

you wouldn't leave it out totally would you?

Paddy was allowed out within about a week, supervised, with one of us looking after him and making sure he knew his way home.

If your son walks your cat and shows him around, making sure the cat knows the route home and helping him explore trees to climb etc I'd say he'd be fine to go out now. Once you are sure that the cat knows the territory he can come and go as he wants.

That's what I want to hear!!! I have no intention of kicking the cat out of the house, but it would be nice to let him out in the evening when he gets active and we want to sleep. We'll figure out something for him.

Hi Roger!

cats are nocturnal hunters and/or fighters - they should be inside in the evenings.