RMweb Gold Popular Post Dagworth Posted January 10, 2021 RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted January 10, 2021 35 minutes ago, great central said: As for the Tom, he's still living outside being fed in the shed so I lost my workshop as it has to be left open for him because we never know when he's coming for food, sometimes several days apart, others two or three times a day. He spends quite a lot of time at the moment in next doors 'garden room' so again he has shelter. We've named him, at my suggestion, (Sh)Eddy. Still can't get anywhere near him so doubt we ever will. We had a stray like that, lived for about two years in and out of our summerhouse. We borrowed a trap from Cats Protection and (after catching a neighbours cat twice) caught him and brought him indoors. He was utterly untouchable but settled down and slept. The next day we took him to CP's vet to be neutered and they recommended releasing him again as they couldn't rehome him, He came back home and settled on the spare bed purring!! He never left and spent his last three happy years with us as a big soppy lapcat! Andi 14 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RMweb Gold Popular Post big jim Posted January 15, 2021 RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted January 15, 2021 Another lockdown kitten at the rescue, got during lockdown, owner bored and locked him out of the house hoping someone else would take him in and look after him which didn’t happen, someone did take him in though and contacted the rescue got to be neutered then he will be ready to find his forever home 12 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony Teague Posted January 15, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 15, 2021 20 minutes ago, big jim said: Another lockdown kitten at the rescue, got during lockdown, owner bored and locked him out of the house hoping someone else would take him in and look after him which didn’t happen, someone did take him in though and contacted the rescue What a lovely cat, and how distressing that there are so many ignorant, uncaring and selfish people about! 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold scottystitch Posted January 15, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 15, 2021 35 minutes ago, big jim said: Another lockdown kitten at the rescue, got during lockdown, owner bored and locked him out of the house hoping someone else would take him in and look after him which didn’t happen, someone did take him in though and contacted the rescue got to be neutered then he will be ready to find his forever home What a handsome little chap. I'm sure he will grow into those ears! I never understand why people abandon animals. What does it take to phone the appropriate places and say "I can't cope, can you take him/her". Better that than lock the poor domesticating thing outside to fend for itself... Dissapointed of Aberdeenshire. BEst Scott. 1 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold scottystitch Posted January 15, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 15, 2021 On 10/01/2021 at 09:33, Dick Turpin said: What you can't see here, is that the log burner is working, and that Minstrel loves the heat from it! Wonderful! What a character! Best Scott. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Classsix T Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 1 hour ago, big jim said: Another lockdown kitten at the rescue, got during lockdown, owner bored and locked him out of the house hoping someone else would take him in and look after him which didn’t happen, someone did take him in though and contacted the rescue got to be neutered then he will be ready to find his forever home Smashing looking little fella, I'm thankful he's been picked up before anything worse could have happened. Some people eh? Hoping he finds happiness with more deserving human beings soon. Appreciate you and your colleagues work too Jim, is it Cats Protection League? C6T. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted January 15, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 15, 2021 25 minutes ago, Classsix T said: Smashing looking little fella, I'm thankful he's been picked up before anything worse could have happened. Some people eh? Hoping he finds happiness with more deserving human beings soon. Appreciate you and your colleagues work too Jim, is it Cats Protection League? C6T. no it’s a small local charity called willows way my wife gets so annoyed when pick up cats from people who turn on the waterworks and say “it’s breaking my heart.....” then they never so much as ask for an update on their progress or indeed hear anything from them again 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Classsix T Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 3 hours ago, big jim said: no it’s a small local charity called willows way Has Willows Way a website/pledge page mate, might as well give them a plug? C6T. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
didcot Posted January 15, 2021 Author Share Posted January 15, 2021 It never ceases to dismay me the way some people treat their animals. If they did the same with a child the authorities would get involved. Makes me really angry. 2 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Nick C Posted January 15, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 15, 2021 2 hours ago, Classsix T said: Has Willows Way a website/pledge page mate, might as well give them a plug? C6T. I'm assuming it's this one: https://www.willowsway.org.uk/ 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted January 15, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 15, 2021 5 hours ago, Nick C said: I'm assuming it's this one: https://www.willowsway.org.uk/ yes thats the website, thanks for putting up the link, been a bit busy today to manage it myself if you dont want to donate via the paypal link on the website you can do it by BACS, contact me for details as some have already done, thank you those who have Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cb900f Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 (edited) And we are supposed to be a nation of animal lovers . What a load of crap. Bored ,what's the matter had the mobile phone battery gone flat. How anyone could look at that appealing face and lock the cat out is beyond me. Edited January 16, 2021 by cb900f forgot apostrophe 6 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Devil Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 Another of ours is this fearsome beast..... Well actually this is Billy and she's a tiny female just caught mid yawn.....! 15 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post big jim Posted January 18, 2021 RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted January 18, 2021 (edited) Spent a few hours making a Metcalfe kit with a little friend sat on my shoulder! Quite happy purring away taking it all in! going to be gutted when this little fella gets adopted! Edited January 18, 2021 by big jim 23 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Nick C Posted January 18, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 18, 2021 Cats really are creatures of habit... Most evenings recently, around 9pm, I've been spending an hour or so sitting on the sofa catching up with RMWeb or watching YouTube, with Bonnie on my lap and Clyde on his favourite cushion on the back of the sofa. Last night I thought I'd do some modelling instead - and got told off in no uncertain terms! Lots of nuzzling, meows and stares that quite clearly said "Come on human, it's time for you to sit on the sofa for our cuddle" 9 6 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve1 Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 A quick note to say thanks for all the supportive comments about Ollie and I am pleased to report she is back to normal now, limp free and active again. It shows what fine bunch of cat people we have on here. steve 3 5 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold scottystitch Posted January 18, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 18, 2021 Just now, steve1 said: A quick note to say thanks for all the supportive comments about Ollie and I am pleased to report she is back to normal now, limp free and active again. It shows what fine bunch of cat people we have on here. steve That is excellent news. Really chuffed for you both! What was the issue in the end? Best Scott. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve1 Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 Thanks Scott. To be honest, I don't know. She spent days licking the relevant paw, so maybe it had been twisted or something. No blood visible. It must have cheered her up again when it stopped hurting. That said, we are coming to the conclusion she is probably older than we originally thought. It's difficult to age an adult rescued stray. The vet said 2-3 years when we took her in 8 years ago, but who knows? steve 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
doilum Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 (edited) On 10/01/2021 at 11:15, Dagworth said: We had a stray like that, lived for about two years in and out of our summerhouse. We borrowed a trap from Cats Protection and (after catching a neighbours cat twice) caught him and brought him indoors. He was utterly untouchable but settled down and slept. The next day we took him to CP's vet to be neutered and they recommended releasing him again as they couldn't rehome him, He came back home and settled on the spare bed purring!! He never left and spent his last three happy years with us as a big soppy lapcat! Andi Sounds like the saga of Tom. In the mid 90s a tabby Tom cat started appearing, regular as clockwork every three weeks or so. He let ihimself into the basement laundry and would wait patiently until our four cats had eaten and the would clean the bowls. They tolerated him bunking down in the corner where he would sleep for a couple of days before starting out on his rounds. Then, one new years Eve, children in the bath ready to go to grandma's, he staggered in covered in blood and dirt and kicking what was left of his eye which dangled on its nerve. We rushed him down to the vet who snipped off the eye and booked him in for neutering and a little cosmetic surgery. We were post Christmas skint and put the £70 on the credit card. A week later my wife took him to have the stitches out and was pursuaded to buy a nice clean cardboard pet carrier to replace the well used sherry box. When she returned to the car the locks had frozen and she put the box down to sort the lock. Cat bursts out of the box and is last seen heading for the railway lines. Edited January 18, 2021 by doilum 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post doilum Posted January 18, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted January 18, 2021 (edited) Epilogue. Fast forward four months, the card had been paid off and the experience written off to charity. It was the Easter holidays and due to an unseasonably warm spell the side door was open ( less security conscious back then). As we prepared lunch who should stroll straight into the kitchen than the aforementioned cat. Having demanded dinner and been fed, he walked into the dining room and settled down in an easy chair. I don't think he left the premises again in his remaining seven years. In his final year we took in another stray ( total now equals six) who soon brought forward three kittens. Sadly someone shot her and she was hit by a car trying to get home. Fortunately the kittens were almost weaned and two went to new homes. We kept one, Guinness, who is now heading for her 20,th birthday. Tom immediately adopted the orphan showing her the importance of washing and grooming. He failed to grasp the irony, for being a Tom cat, he strictly confined such activities to the square inch between his legs. We never worked out exactly how old he was but finally a heart attack ended his days. Edited January 18, 2021 by doilum Text error 1 20 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post big jim Posted January 20, 2021 RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted January 20, 2021 Hopefully this little lady may have a new home by the end of the week, the new owner is waiting on a few bits arriving from pets at home so she can settle as soon as she gets there as for this one, he was neutered yesterday, did the operation and anesthetic have any after effects, nope, still as nutty as ever, chases Hank round the house and jumps out on him like kato from the pink panther films, he’s really rough with him as well, despite Hank being bigger he’s often the loser in their battles, they do make up afterwards though and settle down for a kip together! He’s now pretty much ready to be put up for adoption 22 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium J. S. Bach Posted January 21, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 21, 2021 (edited) On 20/01/2021 at 18:31, big jim said: Hopefully this little lady may have a new home by the end of the week, the new owner is waiting on a few bits arriving from pets at home so she can settle as soon as she gets there She looks just like my Wingnut, also a rescue: Edited February 25 by J. S. Bach To add a photo 17 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post big jim Posted January 22, 2021 RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted January 22, 2021 Well she has finally gone to her forever home, Faye went out to say goodbye to her too! I can just imagine what she was saying to her - “Be good & polite & don’t forget, if it doesn’t work out you get yourself back here, okay?” 21 1 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cb900f Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 Better man than me Jim. Once they were in the house I wouldn't be able to rehome them. My wife would rather rehome me than the cat. Pete 4 2 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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