Pilling the cat: 100 easy steps

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Welcome @coastergirl! Gorgeous pusscats you've got there 🥰.

This is my Leroy, making me stand where I get bitten to shit by things. I take most pictures outside 'cause I've got absolutely no excuse for the mess in my house 😂.

This is Bertie Bengal. Apple of my eye but trouble wrapped in fur.

I crop mess out, my only excuse is pretty girls are never tidy. Dh not convinced.

Asbo is a good boy.

It's lovely to see Matt and Socks getting on so well!

That photo of boycat is on the verge of being NSFW. :)

I have indeed heard Ollies Miaw! I'm imagining the song of his people to be the feline equivalent of Nessun Dorma.

Welcome, Coastergirl. I don't have any kitties so I'm living vicariously through all of yours.

Thank you all for your beautiful kitties.

Ollie slept all night until I got up at 6am and woke up with a "I'm a GOOD boy" look

Spartacus think of him being one of those little bears we used to have back in the 70's that would grip onto the sides of a mirror, or like a furry pencil topper. There is never any indication that he's getting a little OVER excited!

I have purchased a new really sheepskin pet mag. For myself. Ollie has his in his igloo
How long before he steals mine?

About 30 seconds after you unwrap it.

Also someone wanted to say hi

Paws!
What’s happening with Paws? Has he moved in or does he come and go?

He comes and goes. He missed breakfast this morning and was determined he wasn't missing tea

Bless! He’s taking his life in his hands by being on MAH windowsill. Ollie will no doubt be along in a moment to knock him off.

You all have gorgeous cats. I was searching through my phone earlier and realised I take way too many photos of my boys. Here are a couple more...

First is Bertie showing off his missing half ear, second is Walter going after my flowers, and third is my poor beautiful, petite little girl Helix who was killed by a car last year. 😢

Helix was beautiful. The missing ear just adds to the awesomeness imo.

coastergirl Your boys look look like lovely chaps - very refined. Beautiful Helix.

Paws is the embodiment of all those 'Oh, Hai' memes.

I also try (and often fail) to crop out mess. Meh. We're being very kitteny here today.

Beautiful little kitten!

Helix really was so pretty. I love the half ear. They are lovely boys but I wouldn't call them refined. Neither of them is particularly bright! They are friendly but Bertie is very shy. He had a rough start so we had to be incredibly patient when he came home. He'll still only go near me and my partner.

Loving baby Bertie's hipster goatee in smart jet black.

Up 3x in night, ham emergency. Argument at 4am when I refused to go to shop. Been sent to Coventry.

After an explosion of body fluids similar to that of Hurricane Dorian, Mr C had to be content with a miniature supper. Antibiotic reaction, we need to go easy on the snacks.

Natch he nicked a pizza crust out of the bin. I didn't have the heart to take it off him, thank the Lord he hasn't eaten it. He just marched around with it in his jaws, looking important and pointedly neglected.

On me now, rumbly purring. There is a little bit of chicken waiting for the morning, it has to be said.

Socks went to the vet for her first injection yesterday. Then we visited my mom and after initially hiding under a chair she curled up against my mom and went fast asleep. When we got home Matt washed her and they snuggled up to sleep together. So cute!
I’m ashamed to write this but Matt hasn’t been so affectionate towards his hoomans since Socks arrived. I remember similar happened when I was a teenager and our cat brought a stray home but I miss Matt’s cuddles. Oh god, I’m jealous of a kitten!

Can you not stack them? Matt on you, Socks on Matt?

Could do but Matt is so heavy by himself he gives me cramps. Weezol.
I guess Socks is such a little bit her light weight wouldn’t make much difference though!

I'm loving the Matt and Socks story. It is just so cute and heartwarming. Will DD1 want Socks back though?

The simple answer is yes, Spartacus, but I strongly feel she’s not responsible enough and that her lifestyle is too chaotic. She had a puppy last year when she moved away from home and three weeks later he was dead, as she’d taken him into a communal garden with no lead, a gate had got left open and he ran off on to a main road.
She boomerangs back and forth to home and is hoping to go into a mum and baby unit for three months at some point - her baby has been in care from one day old and is now five months.
Another problem is she has no money so I paid the vet bill. Also had to pay the vets bill when the puppy died. Socks should be neutered in another month but dd is saying she doesn’t want her done and isn’t going to let her out.
I can see trouble ahead...

Oh Lordy Papergirl. I don’t know what to say. Clearly Socks is better off with you. The bigger problem is DD - I do hope she stabilises somehow.

I know, Spartacus. Younger dd is a nightmare too. She’s been in hospital overnight after getting drunk and threatening to kill herself - a fairly regular occurrence. Hoping we can get out of hospital soon as the cats have been alone since 9ish. Matt is probably so hungry he’s eaten Socks. Thank goodness for the pair of them as they are keeping me sane!

Paper you won't have to, indeed can't, give Socks back. I take it CAHMS are about as useful as everyone thinks they are. to DD2.

Mr C has vommed all over the flat. The pills have reappeared up a wall, apparently defying the laws of physics. C'est la vie.