I seem to be picking Newboy up tonight......

[cozietoesie]

Currently in the middle of making arrangements to meet - he's a breed rescue - and yet to check over the house for 'breakability' issues etc. (He's only young - and it's a good few years since I had a cat that could potentially leap living with me.)

Yikes!!

Of course
I have a very sulky cat after I tried to inspect his overgrooming. Back to the vets

I'm just not used to a Siamese who doesn't come to bed and sleep through. I have to give it a lot longer for that, I reckon.

I can offer you a grumpy one? Currently sat with his back to me but I can feel the glaring from here
Yep, it'll come in time

I can offer you a grumpy one

If you really gave him away you'd cause a stampede of Mumsnetters wanting to claim him that would outdo the rush to the boxing day sales ...

Yet they would all be posting him back express delivery!

... you seem to think that you are the only one not immune to Those Eyes :)

He's off to the vets today one very expensive set of huge bog eyes!

I had to get Newboy's meds yesterday afternoon. My cc is already packing its knapsack. (I'd forgotten how much cats can cost. )

£47 today, I'm with you! That was for drops and injection

Oh woe for the terrifying expense :)

But everything is looking really, really good. Of course Newboy would be exceptionally bright and beautiful you deserve nothing less.Bet he speaks English by the end of next week.

On Newsnight :)

He's certainly very very beautiful. That he's also very very bright, I can only surmise at the moment.

No, he sounds super-smart.

It's Halycon days here - got 2 reduced chicken roasts in a tin from M&S for 60p each. Mr C making roary noises and pulverising the tin as I speak. He tripped me over getting it out of the oven but I forgave him, exceptional circs and all that. He's now shredded every scrap of aluminium and gone to bed. I shall be called in shortly for The Cuddle.

I miss The Cuddle. All I have right now are slurping sounds from across the landing. He'll be the size of a house if he keeps this up!

He's just sneaked into the room and is now under the bed.

Where did he sleep with his original owners?.

Eyeing up his rightful place on top of the bed

Make the most of it, tonight's your last unbroken kip for decades.

In a fortnight's time you'll be watching mattress ads with humans showing how much space they've got with a look of pure wonderment and longing.

I know this is naughty but what about a few treats on the bed. Nothing like a nutritional opportunity to relax a little lad.

You could leave a trail of Dreamies rather like Hansel and Gretel!

Well. Not with them, Fluffy.

Yes, the no-sleeping on the bed thing must have been awful for Newboy, No wonder he's a bit wired.

I know ASBO doesn't do co-sleeping but most cats can and I think it's a really vital part of the pal-pet relationship, v soothing and grounding.

Mind you, one human I know was nutted so hard at dawn her nose has swollen up a bit. Blame M&S. He's all right now, gone back to bed while I totter off to do good works.

Have a brilliant day Cozie and take it easy - are you on Netflix? If you lie down long enough you might get company.

It took mine the best part of 2 months to do anything other than sneak out of his hiding place to eat, drink and trash the house in the dead of night!
When he did decide to emerge it was as a fully fledged puppy cat who was attached like velcro. No in between stage at all!
Early days yet cozie , you'll get there soon.

DBro was round today but was not allowed to see Newboy. (And to be fair, it gave me a reasonable opportunity to introduce Newboy to the 'Aw Gooaaan' phrase when DBro left. )

Well done for not giving in to DB's pleas of "Aw goooaaan"! Newboy may well interpret that as you protecting him. Well, you were really, protecting him from anything that may make him nervous. Anyway, I'm sure that won't go unnoticed.

Had to laff Lana, Mr. C nutted you on the nose, yet, "he's alright now".

Well you have to be utterly consistent in your use of language with cats, in my experience. He's picked up several phrases already and I'll aim for a load more.

In fact, I just went in to give him some fresh treats in his food ball - except said ball has disappeared somewhere. Still, having announced 'Treats' as I went into the room, he was coming out of his cupboard hidey place and was looking at me very accusingly, so I had to leave 3 or 4 on the paper and retreat. I'll look for the treat ball later.