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Is anyone else’s cat as neglected as mine?

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FlyingFlamingo · 20/12/2020 17:01

That is, so deprived and uncared for that she has to eat breadcrumbs put out for the birds off the grass outside?

(Disclaimer - she is not at all neglected. She was fed this morning and she’s had her advent calendar and treats since then)

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Shylo · 20/12/2020 17:05

My cat is so deprived she has to go outside and drink rainwater from a dirty play pot ..... if only she had access to clean water inside 🙄

FlyingFlamingo · 20/12/2020 17:22

Do you think they want our neighbours to pity them and take them in for a good feed? Grin

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ikltownofboothlehem · 20/12/2020 17:25

Mine too @Shylo. Funny buggers aren't they? Just been frantically looking for one (they come in when it's dark). Shaking his sweetie box, chutching, in the rain. He was asleep in my bloody wardrobe with the door shut.

Igmum · 20/12/2020 17:27

My cat drinks water from the toilet and has to visit the neighbours for food because sometimes SEVERAL MINUTES go by without him being fed 😿

Blowingagale · 20/12/2020 17:30

Could some of you neglectful owners post photos of your deprived ones? We need to see they are ok Smile

Iwantacookie · 20/12/2020 17:34

This morning my 2 had to watch out the window that next doors cat was getting the delight of drinking a rainwater filled box. Poor things had just come back in from being outside for 3 hours too where we were ready with fresh food and water.

Plussizejumpsuit · 20/12/2020 17:37

Love the idea of a vta advent calendar! My cat must also drink rainwater, preferably stagnet from empty pots outside.

FlyingFlamingo · 20/12/2020 17:45

Here she is sitting on the food crate to make sure we know just how hungry she is Hmm

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Fluffycloudland77 · 20/12/2020 17:45

Rainwater’s chlorine free.

We had a male cat so neglected he had to go to the pub on bbq nights to be fed sausages 😿. How he pulled off neglected puddy tat at 14lbs though.

Bargebill19 · 20/12/2020 17:45

This one had to sleep in the just used washing up bowl, in the sink. Because a bad slave apparently.
🙅‍♀️

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MeMarmiteYouJam · 20/12/2020 17:48

The food on offer was the wrong flavour. Horrendous.

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Glitterinthegrey · 20/12/2020 17:54

DH, aka male slave, bought the wrong food - jelly, not gravy. She literally turned her nose up, then went scrounging next door.

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Catname · 20/12/2020 17:59

One of my boys had to eat the peelings and seeds from a pepper one day last week. He also eats breadcrumbs for the birds. He is so neglected 😿

ikltownofboothlehem · 20/12/2020 18:11

Wardrobe dweller.

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ikltownofboothlehem · 20/12/2020 18:12

His brother. Who likes a cuddle.

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LittleMissnotLittleMrs · 20/12/2020 18:15

@Glitterinthegrey

DH, aka male slave, bought the wrong food - jelly, not gravy. She literally turned her nose up, then went scrounging next door.
Snap!
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theinternetmakesmyeyesfeelsick · 20/12/2020 18:19

Mine is so hungry and neglected she collapsed on my bed, too weak to walk to the food bowl.

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FlyingFlamingo · 20/12/2020 18:30

All these poor neglected kitties. It’s very sad Sad

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AnotherDelphinium · 20/12/2020 18:35

Tinkerbell is so horrifically neglected she’s become used to sleeping in cardboard boxes. Not the expensive cat tree...

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Bargebill19 · 20/12/2020 19:06

Bad slave not making it warm enough.

Is anyone else’s cat as neglected as mine?
Fluffycloudland77 · 20/12/2020 19:35

Wardrobe dweller looks like he knows stuff about stuff.

LongPauseNoAnswer · 20/12/2020 19:39

Another one forced to sleep in a discarded Amazon box. Poor deprived kitty.

IRememberSoIDo · 20/12/2020 19:42

Awww poor babies. One of mine has just sat staring at a piece of rogue tinsel which had fallen from the tree to precisely where he wanted to sit on the sofa. He sat and stared. I was watching this out of the corner of my eye. Eventually he threw his head back and howled. They like to visit the neighbours in a pair as we think they've worked out that they look even cuter when they come as a neglected pair.

Ps) the tinsel fella has taken to rolling over when he wants food. We're convinced he goes into a neighbour who has a dog and has seen the dog doing this. It is absolutely bloody hilarious and we may sometimes wait til he does it for food 🙈

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Wrongsideofhistorymyarse · 20/12/2020 19:51

My poor kitty only has two beds and a sofa but is forced to sit on my lap, and to sleep in my bed at night.

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HeyMichaelmasTerm · 20/12/2020 19:57

Mine has taken to sleeping in the corner on the wooden floor despite all sofas and beds, including the dogs bed, being at his disposal. Because no one loves him, obviously