What's your DCat up to today? (Thread 8)

[TheLongRider]

Fighting my socks!

Is that Karl or Lenny?. Beautiful eyes.

It's Basil .

Ah hes a beauty.

Thank you - I think he's a very handsome chap too

New Dcat is trying to sneak out of his prison room but we've got him a scratching post (very much appreciated) and he's let both DCs stroke him, and bitten me for not stroking him enough, I let him know that's not how we do things here. Old Dcat was a mild biter too in play so we aren't that bothered by it. He's a cat.
Oh and I had to evict him from behind my monitor during a work video chat. I'm sure the other person thought I was mad!

It's great that he sounds like a confident cat. I'd probably let him choose to explore the house sooner. One of mine strutted around the house within about 90 minutes of getting home.

Fires lit and it’s sunny.

@TheLongRider

It's great that he sounds like a confident cat. I'd probably let him choose to explore the house sooner. One of mine strutted around the house within about 90 minutes of getting home.

We are trying to keep him accessible for the carrier so he can go for a check up on Tues, after that the world, well, indoors for the moment, is his oyster.

@Bargebill19

Never thought about it before, but think I've just worked out your username .

Do the cats go outside when you are out and about?

We made the mistake of leaving some shopping bags on the hall. For the last week Sybil and the shopping bags have been inseparable.

@Grumpyoldpersonwithcats

Yes, we do allow them out, but only on harness and leads. It’s too easy for them to get lost, or wander on to the wrong boat. If they fall in, it is impossible for them to get out due to the straight sides of the canals. Fenders and tyres can be used by cats to scramble to safety- but you can’t really cover the entire boat in them! Trying to fish a wet cat out of the canal is very difficult and they hold a HUGE amount of water!

Ours are generally very good at avoiding going in the river - but one if my previous cats did deliberately go in once to catch a moorhen . He was obviously a good swimmer, when he came back in he was soaking wet underneath and bone dry on top.

Cats can swim.... although what my current pride of cats would make of it, I have no idea. They can’t stand even being out in drizzle let alone full rain!

Guardian of the coffee.

Putting muddy paw prints on the clean duvet cover, and demanding her third breakfast

Can't get a pic of mine because she's out in the howling wind and rain cos she's a numpty.

Being ornaments!

For @Grumpyoldpersonwithcats

Gorgeous grey cat in a box - what could be better

Sneaking round the house when we aren't looking and popping up all over the place!

I phoned the vet about having Colin neutured and was told someone would phone me and do a 'Covid assessment'. His vet have only just started allowing you into the surgery, so likely with the threat of a lockdown it wont happen yet.

I am surprised how much more careful they are say compared to shops. A vet surgery is much more set up to being able to sanitise than shops. Though after speaking to the vet owner, he is very Covid averse

For no very good reason I've been putting car parts onto a sleeping Basil this morning.
He didn't seem to mind (or even wake up)

Is that the cat version of buckaroo?

@Bargebill19
It might have been if Basil had bothered to wake up .

Does anyone remember the old internet site 'Stuff on my Cat"? I think its been archived.

But here's its FB page

www.facebook.com/stuffonmycat/