Michael Hodgson Posted March 12, 2021 Share Posted March 12, 2021 1 hour ago, Porkscratching said: Easy, sit there looking at you.. then bash it with a paw. There's an old piano here that's main purpose is to have stuff on top dashed to the floor... We've got one that plays the piano ... all the right notes, not necessarily in the right order. He usually practices at about 3 am 1 8 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastglosmog Posted March 12, 2021 Share Posted March 12, 2021 1 hour ago, Nick C said: Do they then do the same as one of ours does, and run away in a panic thinking the item they've just knocked off is attacking them? No, either just sit there with a "Who, me?" expression on their faces, or attack it! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porkscratching Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 On 12/03/2021 at 16:40, Michael Hodgson said: We've got one that plays the piano ... all the right notes, not necessarily in the right order. He usually practices at about 3 am One of these tried that, and terrified himself...he was expecting the keyboard lid to be shut as usual... 2 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porkscratching Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 It gave me a nasty shock too as I was having a "nap" on the sofa about 3ft away..!! 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Reorte Posted March 17, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 17, 2021 On 12/03/2021 at 16:40, Michael Hodgson said: We've got one that plays the piano ... all the right notes, not necessarily in the right order. He usually practices at about 3 am My bedroom is so full of stuff at the moment (decorating another room, so it's all piled up in there) that when the cat darts in just before I go to bed it's impossible to get her out again - too many places to hide out of my way. So I gave up and went to sleep, only just as I was nodding off I got woken up when the cat somehow managed to turn the radio on. 1 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hodgson Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 16 minutes ago, Reorte said: So I gave up and went to sleep, only just as I was nodding off I got woken up when the cat somehow managed to turn the radio on. Our previous cat didn't like travelling by car. Number ones in the first village we reached, number twos in the second and puke in the third. The only way to get him to settle down was by putting his favourite radio station on - Classic FM. 5 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Nick C Posted March 17, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 17, 2021 47 minutes ago, Reorte said: My bedroom is so full of stuff at the moment (decorating another room, so it's all piled up in there) that when the cat darts in just before I go to bed it's impossible to get her out again - too many places to hide out of my way. So I gave up and went to sleep, only just as I was nodding off I got woken up when the cat somehow managed to turn the radio on. Shaking a bag of treats usually works for ours when they get somewhere we don't want them... 3 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johann Marsbar Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 17 minutes ago, Nick C said: Shaking a bag of treats usually works for ours when they get somewhere we don't want them... Mine has an aversion to jangling keys - presumably dating from something that happened before she ended up at the Blue Cross centre. Always does the trick though! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRman Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 36 minutes ago, Nick C said: Shaking a bag of treats usually works for ours when they get somewhere we don't want them... That often works for some things with our two delinquents, but if either of them gets into the train room, they just ignore the treats. Changing tack a bit, I managed to get a rare shot of Sykes showing his colours. A tri-coloured male is fairly unusual. A couple of weeks ago we had a rather hot spell, so the last thing one needs is a hot, fluffy cat cuddling up to one. Hattie shows that she knows how to relax. (Yes, that's me wearing shorts!). 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwin_m Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 Ours swiped my face when my wife was cutting my hair with a clipper. He was shaved at least once for vet attention while in the rescue place, so we think he had a reaction to that. 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Andy Hayter Posted March 17, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 17, 2021 5 minutes ago, SRman said: That often works for some things with our two delinquents, but if either of them gets into the train room, they just ignore the treats. Changing tack a bit, I managed to get a rare shot of Sykes showing his colours. A tri-coloured male is fairly unusual. Not just uncommon. Theoretically impossible. Black and Orange come from the same set of genes on the X Chromosome. Males only have on X Chromosome so in theory can either have Orange or Black colouring but not both. We also have one but nothing like as pronounced as your boy. Genetically they are called XXY males. 2 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johann Marsbar Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 19 minutes ago, SRman said: A couple of weeks ago we had a rather hot spell, so the last thing one needs is a hot, fluffy cat cuddling up to one. Hattie shows that she knows how to relax. (Yes, that's me wearing shorts!). One of mine used to delight in doing the "Dead cat routine" by laying on her back, but that tended to be underneath a small coffee table rather than on a chair! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hodgson Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 10 minutes ago, Johann Marsbar said: One of mine used to delight in doing the "Dead cat routine" by laying on her back, but that tended to be underneath a small coffee table rather than on a chair! Pisicuta (Romanian for Pussy Cat apparently, he's a rescue) does a very good dead bluebottle impression, lying on his with all four feet in the air. The other one is called (Pooh) Bear, and is not allowed out. However when he has escaped I have got some rather odd looks when trying to call them back in ... "Poo! Pissy! Poo!" 1 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
admiles Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 On 12/03/2021 at 16:40, Michael Hodgson said: We've got one that plays the piano ... all the right notes, not necessarily in the right order. He usually practices at about 3 am We found quite early on in the life of the current Mogs that putting the lid of the piano down overnight was essential! 2 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hodgson Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 3 hours ago, admiles said: We found quite early on in the life of the current Mogs that putting the lid of the piano down overnight was essential! with the cat inside it? 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porkscratching Posted March 18, 2021 Share Posted March 18, 2021 On 17/03/2021 at 10:57, Reorte said: My bedroom is so full of stuff at the moment (decorating another room, so it's all piled up in there) that when the cat darts in just before I go to bed it's impossible to get her out again - too many places to hide out of my way. So I gave up and went to sleep, only just as I was nodding off I got woken up when the cat somehow managed to turn the radio on. We've got a room crammed with junk like that ..on the odd occasion a cat "escapes" into there you've got no chance, not even for crunchies...it's too intriguing and too many hidey holes..... 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johann Marsbar Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 Contented cat this morning..... 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porkscratching Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 He doesn't ambush trains then..? (or chew through elec. cables ! ) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johann Marsbar Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 32 minutes ago, Porkscratching said: He doesn't ambush trains then..? (or chew through elec. cables ! ) She has a bit of a fit when lying on the ground in the sun directly under the raised track areas and a train goes over the top, but otherwise she seems to have a lack of interest in G Scale stuff. A bit different compared to N Gauge, which is sort of mouse sized when you are testing locos on a track away from the main layout and more at cat height! One of my previous cats did demolish a significant proportion of the overhead wires when I had an N layout so fitted many years ago. I just have the masts up now, with no wires..... 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastglosmog Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 Old cat, young rats? As I mentioned up thread, my Mainecoon Tilly has retired from the rat catching business. Seems like the rats have found out and there has been an outbreak of them three doors up. Tilly would have dealt with it in short order in her prime, but now she can't be bothered - she spends her time sleeping in the sun or by a radiator rather than watching some drafty hole! 2 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Prism Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 This Is Just Purrfect 7 1 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
didcot Posted April 1, 2021 Author Share Posted April 1, 2021 One of the Didcot cats getting a stroke from Sam, my youngest. 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hodgson Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 I don't know Sam has passed her PTS but you need to get that cat a hi-vis jacket. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobby Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 The station cat at the narrow gauge station at Radeburg near Dresden, Germany! Didn't want to be photographed!! 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johann Marsbar Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 Buffer Stop residents at Once station in Buenos Aires..... The nearest (hydraulic) buffer was built by Ransomes & Rapier in 1961.... 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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