Cats still catting Part 4

[Ollivander84]

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It's just that he sounds as if he's already got some hormones coursing through him. Or starting to. I'm a settled 4 months person. (All other things eg health and weight etc being OK.)

My two were snipped at just over 4 months. Had to go to a different vet though as the one we were registered with wouldn't do it until 6 months

Pudding cat is a hopeless sooky boy who knows which side his bread is buttered on (probably both sides).

Kisses and his squishy soft face

Awwwww MUUUUUUUUMMMMMMM!!!

Biscuit can now jump on the work tops! Proud cat mama here.

Why??

I'm not actually really proud, just appreciating the small stuff. He wasn't originally the strongest little thing so it's nice to see him growing up.

He is now snoozing on me.

Now you know he can do it, you can take action to stop it.

Or just accept it and wipe down scrupulously before you use them more than one way to, um, skin a cat (really poor choice of metaphor).

I am listening about the 4 months thing and I am a responsible, must-get-them-neutered, rescues only, kind of an animal owner. But I choose to trust my vets. And as a clinician of a non-feline variety, that trust is important. And so I'm reluctant to go elsewhere because of something that seems urgent now (ie. I am determined he has no role in bringing more kittens into the world and we have this potential window where he might and he's likely to become difficult to contain) but by Christmas really won't matter. Especially without at least discussing with them first. He has a routine health review at 20 weeks (he's 16w tomorrow) which doubles as his pre anaesthetic check so I'll take it from there I think.

Is it the being a bitey menace that makes you think there's cat-testosterone in the mix cozie? They said his behaviour would change and he'd become 'cocky' - he is otherwise just as he was except bigger and a bit more co-ordinated - I was expecting him to start trying for dominance and ignoring the basic commands he mostly follows now... none of which have happened yet.

I'm so sorry for the essay!! In other news I've got some feliway friends - and it's a continental plug!! Isn't that a bit strange?!

Like you, Eliza, I'm a wiper!

Biscuit is learning what, according to my lovely vet, are spraying-type-behaviours so we're getting him done soon. She's normally happy to do anything between 4 and 6 months.

Cat love! Cookie had a lovely brushing earlier and let me hold her like a baby and tickle her tummy.

I came across this extremely friendly random cat earlier today and gave it a thorough patting

Freya and Maisie are pure ragin' and in the huff 😂

Phineas is very pissed off with me tonight because it's raining and it's all my fault.

Side note - can anyone suggest how I get him to use his scratching post rather than my sofa? To be fair he isn't a great furniture destroyer by any means but I do wonder if he even knows what the scratching post is for and how I show him

Freya looks mightily annoyed but I reckon that Maisie is more .....interested?

Wets

I fear that I've scored a big fat zero with scratching posts - with any cat. It's always ended up being their choice. About all I've seemed to be able to do is limit them to the one sacrificial piece (of carpet, furniture whatever.)

@caoraich "pure ragin'" is a real southern Irish thing to say!

Just for Yet, he has turned into a bigger soft pudding tonight

AWWWWWWW Ollie and his most favouritist cushion :)

I love the expressions you both have in your photos :)

Miss H has just finished terrorising the house. Such speed, such agility, such demonic powers! After fraying all nerves and anything in her path, sweetness and light has returned

Oh No it hasn't. Look at that face!

Yeah my expression is mostly FFS Ollie, could you get any softer?

I always imagine you thinking 'look at this cat!' with a combination of pride, love and some faux resignation (pretend eye-rolling) at his eccentricities ...

I've been dragged into doing an extra night shift so I'm going back to bed now before the cleaners comes and starts banging about. It's hard to find room in my bed these days but I'm so over the moon that they proper love each other. I couldn't be happier. I know people go on about them being solitary animals. I'm not totally convinced.

Pretty much my face except I actually eye roll at him