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Daft cat!

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greenmossgiel Sun 08-Jan-12 12:23:44

My 'new' rescue cat is a lovely wee thing, and she uses her tray properly - always! She rushes in from outside like a little girl in the middle of an exciting game - has a 'wee' or whatever - and dashes back out again. She doesn't seem to get the hang of doing what she needs to do outside. Has anyone got any hints on how to get her to do this? confused

Carol Sat 21-Jan-12 14:29:43

I can just picture Daisy green. She sounds absolutely adorable x

numberplease Sun 15-Apr-12 17:59:40

Our new rescue cat doesn`t seem to like daughter number 2, every time he sees her he digs in his claws or his teeth. I wondered if maybe he can smell her cat on her? He`s OK with everyone else, nips a bit when he`s had enough fussing, but that`s all, and we do speak sharply to him when he does it, wo hopefully he`ll grow out of the habit.

granjura Sun 15-Apr-12 18:55:45

Our cat is about 20 year old (can't be exact as she was found in a taped box, with another female and 10 kittens .. by the M69 Mway *******s)
still does that - she goes out, has a run around, lies in the sun, then comes back for her 'business'. I don't mind as I'd rather she didn't dig my flower borders and veggie patch.

numberplease Fri 25-May-12 22:51:12

Ea rlier tonight, I was in fear of several ornament breakages as our cat chased a bluebottle around like something demented! Our last cat was very dainty, she`d pick her way carefully through all the things on window ledges, but this one is like a bull in a china shop, just ploughs through everything. I moved the vase of flowers off the window because he was leaping into the air after the fly, then it flew through into the front room, which is also my daughter`s bedroom, Pepper went haring through after it, so I went and removed her elegant candle holder thingy from the window in there. I`ve neverseen him so active for so long, it went on for over an hour. We haven`t seen the fly for a couple of hours, so we`re presuming he eventually got it!

greenmossgiel Sat 26-May-12 13:25:46

And ate it with relish, number! Because our Daisy is white, she has to have her special sun-tan lotion on her ears in this hot weather. So, really, Daisy is no longer all white.....she's dusty grey around the ears where the dust from the garden has settled on her sun-tan lotion - and looks a proper mess! grin

Annobel Sat 26-May-12 13:36:51

A neighbour's cat, chasing a butterfly, didn't notice that he was heading straight for the pond. One very bedraggled cat!

whenim64 Sat 26-May-12 13:54:15

My daughter's cat loves playing with balls of rolled-up foil wrappers. He hides them under the rug, then pretends he doesn't know anything about them till he 'discovers' them, and pounces on them like they are live mice.

Now the babies have a play mat to roll around on, he's taken to hiding his foil under there instead, then the babies watch in delighted wonder as he prances and somersaults on discovery of his prey.....until my daughter comes along to spoil his fun! grin

Grannybug Sat 26-May-12 15:08:58

Looking after my sons cat for a couple of weeks and discovered hecis5terrified of our tortoises! Spent an amusing hour watching him trying to get close enough to see what exactly they are but every time the moved he ran for cover. Happy days.

numberplease Sat 26-May-12 18:52:29

Ah, bless, just picturing Daisy with her suntan lotion on, it`s a wonder swhe didn`t wash it off!

greenmossgiel Sat 26-May-12 19:00:39

She hasn't even tried, number! It says on the bottle that it's 'non-lickable'! grin