The adventures of Newerboy

[Lanaorana2]

I've got a Siamese cat. He was abandoned by his owner and is living in state - three nests made by neighbours - in our garden. He is absolutely beautiful, aged 11, and a white/cream colour, brown eyes I think. So far we have blinked at each other, me flat on face behind bush in garden.

The lady who feeds him is going away for 6 weeks. She is in a royal state of anxiety so I stepped in. Have been trained to do the feeding, leg massage, etc.

His history is shameful. He has been coming to us for food for ages, finally taken to Battersea, where his so-called owner collected him in 90 minutes. Then left him to starve. So you see I can't not.

Any words of wisdom? I need them.

It's OK. I deliberately didn't use the word 'Fattypuff'.

I'm being smothered with kisses

Is it wrong I am most entertained by a new thing I have found out?
If you stroke the inside of ollies back leg, it shoots up in the air like he's posing 😂😂😂 ten minutes later I'm still doing it and he's still looking bemused and blinking at me

It's probably not wrong. I may need photographic evidence to be sure.

Oh god is it a tabby thing? Mine is adapting to my barrel shape bless her. She begs me for her dinner three times a night so I give her three different dinners as she doesn’t eat them all. I’m doing it wrong aren’t I? She gets right into my face until I go to the kitchen.

I'm just saying, You never see a slim one. Black cats on the other hand seem to be much more stable re weight.

O I'm not sure I believe you :)

Any chance of a snap?

Each gorgeous, just lovely.

Just busy organising this weeks menu

Fortnum's for cats.

Goodness, Each. There's no 'it' to do wrong. You must go through a great deal of cat food, though.

I do and it stinks the bin out. They love Puritzon dry which is 80% meat it says 50 grams on the packet should I cut that down? I found an old packet of James Beloved the other day and she wolfed it down. Funnily she’s not bothered eating in the day it’s from 6pm onwards. I’ve stopped putting Lik e Lix on their food they would literally sit and wait for that to come out. The little (????) one has always preferred dry right from the rescue my larger girl likes her wet.

I would certainly stop this 'three times a night' business. Cats are great pragmatists - who learn. If you keep on giving her food, she'll keep on asking.

What has the vet said about her weight?

Each Mr C tries it on too. He is also a night eater. I have found that leaving a bowl of dry biscuits down with water constantly cuts down on the sheer size of the range of wet foods required to tempt the little lad's palate.

Then they get sick of the dry food, but that's a separate point. :)

Each Mr C tries it on too. He is also a night eater. I have found that leaving a bowl of dry biscuits down with water constantly cuts down on the sheer size of the range of wet foods required to tempt the little lad's palate.

Then they get sick of the dry food, but that's a separate point. :)

Each Mr C tries it on too. He is also a night eater. I have found that leaving a bowl of dry biscuits down with water constantly cuts down on the sheer size of the range of wet foods required to tempt the little lad's palate.

Then they get sick of the dry food, but that's a separate point. :)

Ive just really snapped at her im trying to get ready for a night shift shes eaten half a shredded chicken sachet then shes climbed all over me for a lic e lix to put on the remainder of the chicken which shes licked off and left the chicken. Now shes just climbed on my shoulder and dug her nails in me til i shot to the kitchen and frantically looked for a packet of food (zooplus coming tomorrow) found a hilife from when she was a kitten thank god. Im so glad im on a night so i dont have to feed her again. I cant remember the last time i had a g and t in peace.

She weighed 4.7 six months ago when she was 14 months. Im taking them both to the vet on Monday for a check up.

Please tell me the 'dug-in' nails weren't deliberate?

Sometimes you've got to snap, it happens. I bawled at Mr C last week for tripping me deliberately, they can be highly irritating. Boundaries are healthy :)

Have a G&T in peace, that's an inalienable human right, even as far as cats are concerned.

Don't work too hard :)

Has he amended his behaviour at all?

Oh would they do it deliberate? I do t think she’s that type. I was trying to eat my tea and catch up on Corrie before I left and she was climbing all over my back then her claws cams out. She was 4.7 six months ago I’ve made an appointment for Monday. My friend puts her tabby on a diet before she takes him to the vet.

You're best to just take her 'as is' and take what (if anything) the vet says on the chin. Slimming diets for cats have to be real gradual - for medical reasons - and are best done with veterinary oversight if there's a real problem.

Good luck, anyway.

I wonder if it’s because she knows I’m going to work I have to say she follows a nurses eating plan! I sometimes think she’s turning into me.

PS - 4.7 at 14 months (?) - we'll, it depends on the cat. PBoy would be a patapouf but there are other cats that would be quite normal at that weight..........

Sorry. well........(My autocorrect having a fit of enthusiasm.)

Mr C was underweight at 4.5 but he is a very large cat. He isn't underweight now.