Kittens

[Doug]

Absolutely beautiful, brings back memories of our two rescue cats brought down from the uk all those years ago.
No animals now at our age.

[Sparkle]

@Char oh er sorry but deleting cookies didn't work - yet I can see the photos on the 'eating less meat' thread

[Sparkle]

@manonthemoon2 I remember saying when he was a smaller kitty what big feet he had - has Sherlock grown into them or are they now becoming man size?

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Are they indoor cats? I can imagine them coming back from a hunting expedition with a piglet or a hare !

[hughnique]

Absolutely beautiful, brings back memories of our two rescue cats brought down from the uk all those years ago.
No animals now at our age.

Same boat here once our Dobie girl goes that will be the last dog, well until someone leaves one at the gate, she is on medication as is one of the three cats for her thyroid. Vets at least every month for her blood test, you can imaging the eye watering amount of money they are costing in medication between the two of them. Our son's lady has two of these they have never been outside, you could not let them out here with the pop gun brigade about, already lost one Abyssinian type, never ever saw the corpse, just a loud bang and never seen since.

[Spardo]

Never having had cats as pets, although I have transported a few, including my longest ever journey from Perigueux to Budapest, I am wondering how you stop them wandering, they can climb over almost anything. Of the 2 Hugh mentions 'never been outside', how on earth do you go out and come in without them squeezing past?

In 11 years of animal transporting I only ever lost one, a cat. It was one of 2 from the Lot to Lincolnshire. They were both in separate dog cages, not small carriers and when I overnighted in the port of Dieppe, waiting for the morning ferry I carefully opened the cages to push in feeding and water bowls. The first was fine but the second I could not see at all. However there was a cat-sized-shaped hump in the blankets at the far end. I cautiously opened the door and before I knew it this cat shot straight of the door, not from the hump but underneath a flattened area of blanket near the door, and was lost. It was apparently recovered a week later from under the bonnet of a car.

[Headers]

Never having had cats as pets, although I have transported a few, including my longest ever journey from Perigueux to Budapest, I am wondering how you stop them wandering, they can climb over almost anything. Of the 2 Hugh mentions 'never been outside', how on earth do you go out and come in without them squeezing past?

In 11 years of animal transporting I only ever lost one, a cat. It was one of 2 from the Lot to Lincolnshire. They were both in separate dog cages, not small carriers and when I overnighted in the port of Dieppe, waiting for the morning ferry I carefully opened the cages to push in feeding and water bowls. The first was fine but the second I could not see at all. However there was a cat-sized-shaped hump in the blankets at the far end. I cautiously opened the door and before I knew it this cat shot straight of the door, not from the hump but underneath a flattened area of blanket near the door, and was lost. It was apparently recovered a week later from under the bonnet of a car.

I know the owner of that cat. It had taken shelter in a car that had been impounded by the douaniers. They weren’t keen to let the owner recover it, but after a lot of persuading it was recovered safe and sound.

[exile]

Of the 2 Hugh mentions 'never been outside', how on earth do you go out and come in without them squeezing past?

Can't speak for Hugh but when we have to keep a cat indoors we use what we call the airlock system. Always two doors between the cat and freedom and at least one has to be kept shut.

So if the cat is shut in one area, before opening the door to that area, all escape routes from where you are to the outside world have to be shut off. You open the door and go in. If the cat escapes from the holding area, then they are still contained and you go around and collect them up and return to the holding area.

[manonthemoon2]

@manonthemoon2 I remember saying when he was a smaller kitty what big feet he had - has Sherlock grown into them or are they now becoming man size?

his feet are still huge with hairs inbetween his toes

[manonthemoon2]

Never having had cats as pets, although I have transported a few, including my longest ever journey from Perigueux to Budapest, I am wondering how you stop them wandering, they can climb over almost anything. Of the 2 Hugh mentions 'never been outside',how on earth do you go out and come in without them squeezing past?

It's like Exile says, we have built an outdoor area from the patio door in the bedroom. It is built with a special cat net that has wire through it and is secure all round, so he/they can go outside but remain in an enclosed area. He likes to sit on the shelf and watch the birds.

The breeder who has the Norwegian lets her cats (a good 50 of them) wander around in the garden because she has electric wires at the top of her fence. It's incredible when we go to visit, suddenly all these cats come to greet us and see us out when we go. They are a very friendly breed, like the Maine Coon, he likes to follow me around and trying to use the loo is quite a chore because he always jumps up on my lap for a cuddle