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Thug Cat part 2. What, has this thing appeared again tonight?

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Grumpyoldpersonwithcats · 12/12/2019 09:49

I hope the literary TC will not object to being referred to as a thing.

Link to previous thread
TC part 1

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CassandraCross · 07/01/2020 11:49

I love that picture of TC's front feet, the way they are so perfectly aligned either side of the join in the tiles.

A half mouse would not satisfy TC's appetite, so I suspect he is innocent of this particular crime.

Allergictoironing · 04/01/2020 16:58

How can you resist those eyes in the first pic? That yearning expression, that hope, that fear of disappointment!

WeBuiltCisCityOnSexistRoles · 04/01/2020 15:28

Maybe it is his tummy! He's a fine figure of a cat.

YetAnotherSpartacus · 04/01/2020 11:49

I thought it might be his tummy, but I'm on TC's side so I didn't actually say that.

WeBuiltCisCityOnSexistRoles · 04/01/2020 11:45

I thought he had his back legs crossed in the second to last picture but if you look closely it's his tail (my phone screen is small and I'm squinting in the sun to be fair)

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Grumpyoldpersonwithcats · 04/01/2020 10:22

There was also a half-mouse on the step this morning - not sure if Karl or TC was responsible.

Thug Cat part 2. What, has this thing appeared again tonight?

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Grumpyoldpersonwithcats · 04/01/2020 10:19

Coincidentally @YetAnotherSpartacus TC has reappeared this morning with no sign of a limp at all. I even stroked him several times without getting savaged.
A few shots of him on the front (behind bars again ) and then him trying to stop me getting to my front door without him.

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YetAnotherSpartacus · 04/01/2020 09:18

How is the star of the show now?

BovaryX · 02/01/2020 19:08

Happy New Year to everyone. Very sorry to hear about TC’s injury, hope he’s back on top form soon

Olinguito · 02/01/2020 14:04

Oh poor litttle TC. He's probably got repetitive strain injury from all the pawing at your windows.

AllYouGoodGoodPeople · 01/01/2020 18:48

As long as they aren't showing signs of damage from said hurt paw! But if it's not them and it's not you and it's not the chickens - is there another TC victim that you are unaware of?

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Grumpyoldpersonwithcats · 01/01/2020 15:55

@AllYouGoodGoodPeople

How could that have happened?

Basil, Sybil, Karl & Lenny are keeping mum.

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AllYouGoodGoodPeople · 01/01/2020 15:40

He's hurt his front right paw? His fighting hand! How could that have happened?

YetAnotherSpartacus · 01/01/2020 13:35

Speedy recovery TC!

JKScot4 · 01/01/2020 12:42

Speedy recovery TC, you gotta keep grumpy and the gang on their toes 😻

7Worfs · 01/01/2020 10:13

Happy New Year, Grumpy!
Even in updates without photos you really paint us a word picture!

AnneKipanki · 01/01/2020 10:09

Happy New Year @Grumpyoldpersonwithcats .
Thanks for the update. We wish TC a speedy recovery.

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Grumpyoldpersonwithcats · 01/01/2020 10:02

Apologies for the lack of TC updates. Had NDN over for NYE dinner last night and he told us that TC had developed a limp (front right apparently for those requiring some realistic verisimilitude) so is under house arrest while on metacam. He did apparently growl at the vet during the examination (TC not NDN) so is clearly on form.

I should add that when Basil was examined by the same vet for a limp last year he purred so loudly that she couldn't hear his heart beat.

So a very happy new year to all - but I'm afraid any updates for the next week or so are unlikely.

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overnightangel · 30/12/2019 00:21

Looking forward to the inevitable Attenborough documentary on TC ...

sweetkitty · 30/12/2019 00:11

Just catching up with the Christmas antics. I am slave to 3 cats, the youngest Devil-Kitten (a black rescue kitten he’s gorgeous with the sleekest black fur everyone should have a black rescue kitten) anyway he has decided he is now a dog. Despite being a house-cat, he now waits at the back door twice a day with the dog for pee-pees. He goes out with her (doesn’t pee obviously) but has a two minute mooch then comes straight back in. Miaows like mad if he gets locked out. Night-time is Dreamie time, he also got his first taste of turkey recently and has taken to trying to climb up the fridge shelves whenever they are open.

I reckon TC is a great big softie, if you tried to put a Christmas jumper on a lot of cats you wouldn’t have had a hand left!

7Worfs · 28/12/2019 18:21

Oh, and I used to wrap him around my neck like a fur collar... I wonder what would happen if someone tried this with TC. 🤔

7Worfs · 28/12/2019 18:18

Ralph was a beautiful boy, lovely photos.

I have no pets currently to contribute, but 20 years ago I had the sweetest, daftest Siamese boy who I had trained to jump and hang off my raised arm, his vertical leap was spectacular.

Lorddenning1 · 28/12/2019 16:36

Thank you @RonniePasas it was such a bad day :( I watched the car run him over and he died right in front of me, still a bit traumatic, he was Ross worthy but I thinks he got spooked by a dog (even though he lived with 2) one day we will have another but I'm just not ready yet, and we are moving soon and not near a road :)

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Lorddenning1 · 28/12/2019 11:04

Thank you @Grumpyoldpersonwithcats for both your threads, I lost my little man in September and your thread has cheered me up and made me smile, I love cats but I'm not ready for another yet, but I love reading about all yours and other posters cats. Here is Ralph 💙 he was such a sweet bit cheeky boy and also had wobbly cat syndrome, but this also added to his charm.

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