One toy mouse found for PB........

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.....so temper tantrum forestalled for 10 minutes. Edited by MNHQ at OP's request

He was shut in CT while the groceries were delivered but is now out and very about.

IE - something is being given laldy downstairs.

Friday night, innit.

Black beetles

Not cockroaches thank God. And they just might have escaped from the hyacinths I brought in off the balcony. Whatevs, Mr C won't touch them, he's more into duck strips for his crunchy snack this week. How ASBO?

I had lunch with my cousin who was unwillingly dumped with two Bengals. He was late because they were asleep on his head. He's nicked them.

Blanket has finally been consented to, along with heated throw, hot water bottle and my leg.

Ollie is having a cuddle. Too WET outside to go out

Ollie has such a serious expression on his face!

Cuddling is serious business!
Definitely speaking to the vet, he was sat outside today in pouring rain as he refused to jump back in

Oh dear. Lets just hope that it is a desire for full butler service.

How old is he again?

Around 9. He's doing zoomies, jumping on and off the sofa and bed etc. And out the window. Just not in

He may just have pulled a muscle or something and be reluctant to jump because he thinks it will hurt.

Mr C says Why jump when you can be carried?

Oh he won't be picked up. Ever!
That's one thing I can't do, he panics, screams and fights

Dyou know, same with Mr C. He lets me do it in emergencies eg when our block of flats was on fire, I grabbed my valuables (him) and ran for our lives, but that's it.

I suspect trouble in a previous life for them both. I do one thing - every now and then I lift him up, which he loathes and despises, and hold him in front of the mirror for a bit so he can see it's me not Godzilla. Training, see, he's got to be pick-up-able in times of crisis. He hates it and I get covered in blood but it works.

A cat has been run over in the main road
My neighbour came hammering down my door shouting if Ollie was home - I let her in and showed her Ollie and she's smothered him in kisses (she thought it was him)

Oh how grim - thankfully Olli is lovely and safe.

Mr C is pigsick, supper is yellow sticker tomato soup. Vegetables? What fresh hell is this?! Everyone knows my meals are his snacks.

Total lack of home comforts in this home apparently

I pick asbo up every day, I refuse to have a cat who can't be handled. From the noise you'd think I'd picked him up by his whiskers.

Fluffy
I can't risk the scratches (neutropenic) but he properly panics, really frightened by it. Think probably something from his previous life

It's not nice to be out of control like that, you never know what's gone before with a former stray cat.

None of the Persians ever minded.

To be fair I never need to pick him up as he's usually sat on me anyway
Do wish he could talk sometimes and tell me how he ended up where he was
I can just about drag him into the cat carrier while he screams at me and digs his claws in the carpet !

Neither of mine tolerate being picked up, though Boycat is improving over time & will lie passively in my arms for a couple of minutes if I pick him up while sitting next to him on the sofa.

I'm dreading getting them in to the vets for their MOTs next month - I've booked 2 appointments 10 days apart in the hopes that whichever one I don't take the first time, may have forgotten about the other one being dragged off to Guatanamo Bay. New Feliway refill and extra Zylkene on order, I intend to have them both drugged up to the eyeballs for about a fortnight solid!