eastglosmog Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 14 hours ago, Captain Cuttle said: No our rescue cat Teddy real name Hercules doesnt like tap water, here he is keeping me warm, and a couple chilling out! My 8kg MaineCoon, Badger, used to to that! 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hodgson Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 4 hours ago, Captain Cuttle said: He prefers my shoulders plus my wife is quite small, only issue being sharp claws! Buy her a pair of nail scissors! You don't want the cat too be scratched. 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahame Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 This thread is certainly galloping along and attracting a lot of interest. Here's a pic of Marley (my rescue cat) stretching his back legs while sunning himself indoors this morning. 18 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hodgson Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 In the 1960s chicken in a basket was all the rage .... and he's supposed to be a brown cat! 9 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porkscratching Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 10 minutes ago, Michael Hodgson said: In the 1960s chicken in a basket was all the rage .... and he's supposed to be a brown cat! Not sure about the collar if he's a "He"... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hodgson Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 21 minutes ago, Porkscratching said: Not sure about the collar if he's a "He"... He's not sure either - and he's says he's not going back to that vet. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahame Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 1 hour ago, Michael Hodgson said: In the 1960s chicken in a basket was all the rage .... and he's supposed to be a brown cat! With a collar like that, didn't he/she have a job on Star Trek once: 5 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Cuttle Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 Here is Teddy (Hercules) earlier with his salt and pepper whiskers. I showed him a Youtube video of the two GB Railfreight 50s climbing Hemerdon but he yawned and went back to sleep! 14 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobby Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 Sensible cat.... 5 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
didcot Posted June 8, 2021 Author Share Posted June 8, 2021 23 hours ago, Michael Hodgson said: There's a sickening crunching noise when they eat frogs One of our long departed cats ate a frog. She wandered in the back door and the Wife said "hope that makes you sick". As I was calling out "careful what you wish for", Willow regurgitated said frog on the kitchen floor. At that point I retreated to the workshop! 3 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hodgson Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 2 hours ago, grahame said: With a collar like that, didn't he/she have a job on Star Trek once: I think it was his ears that swung that role ! 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alastairq Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 One of next door's cats has just waxed his tummy.....He got laid out on top of their rabbit hutch, which has netting over it, secured by velcro strips. Of course, the cat was laid on the velcro, eyeballing the rabbits, when he took off, and waxed a 3 inch strip off his tummy fur!! Apparently it ''serves him right''...seeing as none of their other cats are bothered by the rabbits?? 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Classsix T Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 On 08/06/2021 at 09:36, Captain Cuttle said: Pretty poorly when we got him very thin from Blue Cross. We wanted a young ginger tom because our adopted son has aspergers and ocd and is off the scale atm and having another cat would give us something to take our mind off the issues. When we went there they only had a ten year old long hair, we have always had short haired cats but as soon as we saw him it was an instant bond. He has no favorites, any lap will do. He prefers my shoulders plus my wife is quite small, only issue being sharp claws! Here he is March 2020 at Blue Cross. I'm so glad Ted (Herc) found a proper home with humans that obviously appreciate him. I don't want to know the answer, but it's beyond me how such a handsome lad ended up needing rescuing in the first place. Like I say, the answer to that not needed, I'll get depressed by it no doubt. C6T. 1 2 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Monkersson Posted June 12, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted June 12, 2021 I'd like to introduce my Cat, Trumpet, so named by the volunteers where I re-homed him from 2 years ago, apparently he used to fart all the time.... He's about 3 and a half, healthy. very affectionate, and likes company, even though he pretends he hates me... I had the audacity to walk up my stairs, his face says it all. He has a fantastic personality, is very protective over me and my partner. Within 20 minutes of bringing him home for the first time he was on my lap fast asleep. As you can see, he is very relaxed! He has been great company over the lockdowns when working at home (my partner is a nurse and she's been working what seems non-stop over the period - she says he's more a mans cat!) Oh, and he is terrified of my trains! 22 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkersson Posted June 12, 2021 Share Posted June 12, 2021 14 hours ago, Classsix T said: I'm so glad Ted (Herc) found a proper home with humans that obviously appreciate him. I don't want to know the answer, but it's beyond me how such a handsome lad ended up needing rescuing in the first place. Like I say, the answer to that not needed, I'll get depressed by it no doubt. C6T. I don't understand people who abandon any pets. Is it the novelty of having a new 'toy' that wears off when they grow up and start finding themselves? Is it too much hassle to look after, play and feed? Is it too expensive, or are they just too lazy? My lad was found in a rucksack at the side of a major road in Glasgow, he is the most placid, loving, and handsome beast you'll get in a cat (obviously I am biased) 4 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Cuttle Posted June 12, 2021 Share Posted June 12, 2021 14 hours ago, Classsix T said: I'm so glad Ted (Herc) found a proper home with humans that obviously appreciate him. I don't want to know the answer, but it's beyond me how such a handsome lad ended up needing rescuing in the first place. Like I say, the answer to that not needed, I'll get depressed by it no doubt. C6T. He lived in a flat with a family who had a baby and they were made homeless. We think he had things thrown at him as he was very jumpy if you raised your arms, he hadnt seen a vet for many years and never had any flea treatment. There was no fur on his tail and hind quarters because of this, his eyes were bloodshot, teeth had calculus on them and he had cat flu. Blue Cross kept him for six weeks before we were allowed to take him home, he was just over 3kg then now he is a steady 4.8kg. He loves being near or on you, i am working on my garden railway today and he loves crawling out of the tunnels at the ends of the sheds. 14 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post big jim Posted June 12, 2021 RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted June 12, 2021 5 hours ago, Monkersson said: I don't understand people who abandon any pets. Is it the novelty of having a new 'toy' that wears off when they grow up and start finding themselves? Is it too much hassle to look after, play and feed? Is it too expensive, or are they just too lazy? My lad was found in a rucksack at the side of a major road in Glasgow, he is the most placid, loving, and handsome beast you'll get in a cat (obviously I am biased) appropriately timed post… this little lady has come into the rescue today, found this morning under a car in a Nantwich car park, 6 weeks old so too young to be away from her mother and she has cat flu and an eye infection, we suspect that maybe the ‘owner’ may have seen how much it was going to cost to get her treated and dumped her as there is no way she will have escaped from a house knowing where she was found an absolutely beautiful little kitten that we hope will be ok, she’s lapping up kitten milk already so we won’t have to syringe feed her thankfully but I sure hope the person who dumped her gets their just deserts in this life or next! of course any donations to willowsway rescue would be appreciated at this time to help out! 1 1 25 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hibelroad Posted June 12, 2021 Share Posted June 12, 2021 32 minutes ago, big jim said: appropriately timed post… this little lady has come into the rescue today, found this morning under a car in a Nantwich car park, 6 weeks old so too young to be away from her mother and she has cat flu and an eye infection, we suspect that maybe the ‘owner’ may have seen how much it was going to cost to get her treated and dumped her as there is no way she will have escaped from a house knowing where she was found an absolutely beautiful little kitten that we hope will be ok, she’s lapping up kitten milk already so we won’t have to syringe feed her thankfully but I sure hope the person who dumped her gets their just deserts in this life or next! of course any donations to willowsway rescue would be appreciated at this time to help out! It’s disgusting that some people treat animals as disposable objects, and brilliant that others put their time, money and energy into helping animals in distress. Happy to chip in and hope your message raises a few bob. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post big jim Posted June 12, 2021 RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted June 12, 2021 She’s already come to life with a bit of love and affection, transfixed by fae, keeps trying to follow her! 8 18 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post big jim Posted June 13, 2021 RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted June 13, 2021 She sat watching Hank clean his paws earlier and started to mimic him by cleaning herself, we were bothered she’d have to be hand groomed but she’s picked it up already! 18 3 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
didcot Posted June 13, 2021 Author Share Posted June 13, 2021 She is lovely. Hope she finds a good home. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bigd Posted June 13, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted June 13, 2021 We said goodbye to our cat Isobel today. She was the matriarch, who would take no nonsense from anyone. She had been suffering from a liver complaint for two years. 38 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
didcot Posted June 14, 2021 Author Share Posted June 14, 2021 Cat Mint high! 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Metr0Land Posted June 16, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 16, 2021 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-57487383 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobby Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 (edited) Our previous cat, Poppy, went missing not long after we got her, hunted high and low but no sign of her. Over two weeks later she turned up at our back door thin and disheveled with her collar round her neck and under one of her front legs, digging into the flesh. She must have got herself stuck somewhere and then tried to get the collar off (it was one of the expanding types). Talking to the vet after it seems it wasn't the first he'd seen, but one of the worst. We will never, ever, put a collar on a cat again. Edited June 16, 2021 by Hobby 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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