Stupid, stupid Boycat!

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Well it's been all drama this morning at Allergic Towers. I was woken during the night briefly by plasticky rustling sounds and a couple of thumps, assumed that one of them had leaped from a great height onto something plastic.

This morning neither came in for morning treats, & Boycat didn't come in for his cuddle. Neither appeared when I served breakfast, so I got worried. Saw both behind the sofa, tempted Girlcat out with treats. Eventually had to haul the (v heavy) sofa away from the wall to get to Boycat who had managed to get his thick fat head and one foreleg though the handle of a plastic Asda bag for life!

Naturally as soon as I picked him up he panicked even more & tried to escape - I have lovely puncture wounds in my upper arm now. I had to grab a pair of scissors while holding a terrified struggling Boycat with one arm to cut the handle of the bag.

I have no idea where he's fled to now, I'm going to leave the poor thing in peace until he settles a bit. He can't be badly hurt, not the speed he vanished upstairs at once I'd freed him.

Oh No! Poor boycat! They do say that bags can be deadly for cats and that they should all be stored away or have their handles cut. And what about girlcat staying with him instead of saying 'well aren't you a doofus, I take it I can eat your breakfast too?'.

Hopefully, only his ego is damaged and he comes down when he is hungry enough.

I hope that your arm heals soon too and does not require a trip to the human vet! there is no escaping that I forgot to say this initially is there?

Oh dear... what more can I say!

Girlcat has always been quite protective of him (apart from when they are wrestling of course!). I think she realised very early on that he really isn't overburdened in the brains department .

Arm isn't too bad, just a bit of antiseptic cream, and stain remover for the top I was wearing at the time to get the small amount of blood out. Cats still haven't come downstairs, but they did spend a bit of time on the bed. Boycat has now retreated to his "comfort zone" in the bottom of the wardrobe bless him.

Careful with your arm. I know you hear it all the time but cat bites and scratches can turn nasty. Dd was bitten and scratched by our boy cat a couple of weekends ago. Cleaned and iodined immediately, and seen to at the clinic within 40 minutes - still became unpleasantly infected, requiring a week of antibiotics.

I will keep a close eye on it, but thanks for being concerned .

I'm guessing Boycat is asleep, because Girlcat came downstairs looking a bit subdued - until I gave her treats, when she cheered up a bit. My main worry is that it's taken them 16 months to get them to where they are for confidence, and this will definitely be a bit of a set back for him especially.

This is the thanks we get for rescuing them. I had a nasty bite to a finger that bled profusely after finding dcat dangling by the back leg from the blinds. No infection luckily.

How's Boycat doing Allergic?

Hiding in the bottom of the wardrobe, asleep. i THINK he may have sneaked down when my back was turned, because more breakfast was eaten than Girlcat usually has. Poor love must be shattered - I can't see him sleeping last night all caught up the way he was.

So out of character for him too. Both mine are excellent about non-cat objects, they don't eat human food and don't normally touch anything that isn't "theirs" e.g. toys, they don't even steal Dreamies from an open bag on the coffee table! And Boycat is the much less adventurous one of the two, took him 14 months to learn about sleeping on the bed during the day!

Phew, went into the living room just now to find both kitties looking soulfully at the wet food bowls (15 mins after earliest supper time). Got food & sprinkled some Zylkene on it, and Boycat ate with his usual gusto. Both have now gone back upstairs, but I think that's because she chased him up!

Ahh, good to hear!

He's probably scared you will laugh at him. Girl cat has probably given him a lecture about severe loss of cool and damaging feline reputations already.

Oh dear! poor boy spending the night huddled behind the sofa. Sweet that GirlCat watched over him. A dearly departed cat of mine came a cropper with a paper bag once. I just watched astounded as the bag seemingly thump-hopped across the living room floor. She'd got caught in the string handles and wasn't at all happy!

Well he seems to have mostly got over it - just had a 15 minute session of him lying on his back & drooling while I tickled his tummy & under his chin.

Yes I was well impressed by Girlcat. Him all tangled up in that bag must have been frightening for her too, but she stuck with him.

Spartacus I think like me she realised long ago that Boycat is a bit of a special needs kitty - soo thick, soo clumsy and soo frightened of anything he doesn't know & understand well (i.e. most things!)