The Chillout Zone (Off-Topic Thread)

angeldaisy · 20-09-2015 6:10pm

For some reason Elly has decided only to go outside for wees if I open the door for her!!
If my son opens the door for her, she'll just sit and look at him - an unbelievable pain in the you know what!

tk123 · 20-09-2015 9:11pm

My mum got new cushions during the week and put one on either end of the couch.. Bailey is now whinging at the couch until we put the cushions on it for him lol!! Lord Muck!

reallyrose · 21-09-2015 1:55pm

Henry has started peeing on piles of laundry and in his bed. He pooped on his radiator bed at the weekend.

Any ideas?

mymo · 21-09-2015 10:39pm

Usually it's a sign of stress, or sometimes pain, as in painful to urinate causing them to go on "soft" surfaces.

Any strange cats around or anything out of the ordinary?

Is the pee strong smelling? Or any sign of blood?
Don't mean to scare you, just asking most obvious signs of urinary infection.

Is he out of sorts, sleeping more, eating less or anything?

Cows Go µ · 21-09-2015 10:47pm

It might be worth a trip to the vet. It's possible there is a psychological reason like a change in environment (a change in the family dynamic or new more aggressive cats in the area) but any time there is a sudden change in behaviour, you should bring your cat to the vet to make sure there isn't a physical reason. Especially for something like peeing and pooing in the house if there is no previous history of it, as mymo said, it could something along the lines of a urinary infection. It's best just to rule illness or injury out first

reallyrose · 22-09-2015 12:23pm

mymo wrote: »

Usually it's a sign of stress, or sometimes pain, as in painful to urinate causing them to go on "soft" surfaces.

Any strange cats around or anything out of the ordinary?

Is the pee strong smelling? Or any sign of blood?
Don't mean to scare you, just asking most obvious signs of urinary infection.

Is he out of sorts, sleeping more, eating less or anything?

Cows Go µ wrote: »

It might be worth a trip to the vet. It's possible there is a psychological reason like a change in environment (a change in the family dynamic or new more aggressive cats in the area) but any time there is a sudden change in behaviour, you should bring your cat to the vet to make sure there isn't a physical reason. Especially for something like peeing and pooing in the house if there is no previous history of it, as mymo said, it could something along the lines of a urinary infection. It's best just to rule illness or injury out first

He just got the snip so maybe he's reacting to that. He's new to us so technically the change in family dynamic is him.
He's not out of sorts otherwise, exactly the same as normal, running around at 50 miles an hour, eating everything, licking everything else. He's been playing fetch and everything.

His post-snip vet check was fine, no signs of infection.

hmm. I'll give the litter trays a good scrub out this evening, disinfect them good and see if that helps, maybe he's just being fussy.
(Can't get to the vet til Thursday due to work, etc. Late opening on Thursday.)

FelineOverLord · 22-09-2015 6:42pm

Felix was back at the vets yesterday after a fight with Toby, the day after we had Toby at the vet for his booster last week, that led to an abcessed ear for Felix and 90 euro in vet fees for us, sigh. He was booked in tomorrow for an anaesthetic to get the wax in his dodgy ear removed. As a last resort I've put a few drops of lavender essential oil on a Q tip taped out of their reach on the living room door frame(a flash point for them), weirdly enough it seems to be making a difference. Toby's calm and playful, Felix is coming into the room and not sitting outside it making meeping noises and neither Jazzy or Poppy have tried to slap each other.

mymo · 22-09-2015 11:59pm

FelineOverLord?
Those cat names sound like pumpkinseeds?
Did I miss something? Haven't been online much lately.

tk123 · 23-09-2015 11:27am

mymo wrote: »

FelineOverLord?
Those cat names sound like pumpkinseeds?
Did I miss something? Haven't been online much lately.

Hehe I was the same the other day when it dawned on me lol!!

FelineOverLord · 23-09-2015 5:02pm

mymo wrote: »

FelineOverLord?
Those cat names sound like pumpkinseeds?
Did I miss something? Haven't been online much lately.

New username, same moggie issues.:D

reallyrose · 23-09-2015 6:57pm

FelineOverLord wrote: »

New username, same moggie issues.:D

Suspicious. I think these poor cats have been stolen. We should stage a rescue.

FelineOverLord · 24-09-2015 2:13pm

Poppy is wrecking my head today. She's going out the cat flap in the kitchen, around to the front garden and then meowing at the living room window to be let in 5 minutes later. I've let her in twice already and I'm determined to ignore her or she'll turn it into a door. Jesus, she's fricking loudly determined.

mymo · 24-09-2015 7:24pm

Toby does the same, if you leave the window open he goes in circles, out the back door, under the gate, in the livingroom window, and repeat about every 3 minutes!

I shut the window and he waves at me, then sits staring, looking all hard done by!

I am not getting a cold, I have too much to do, that tickling nose and throat, the sneezes, every bone in my body hurting, it's all in my head. I'm going to bed with a hot water bottle and a mug of tea!
I have to be up at 4.30

SillyMangoX · 24-09-2015 9:13pm

I went and got my cats the most expensive of the own brand foods where I work, all natural grain free stuff. Tried them with the wild boar and lamb flavour tonight and the two boys dived straight in delighted with it, of course miss fussy Peach turned her nose up. Hopefully she'll like the other flavours! Also got them the dog treats which are basically dehydrated pure cuts of fish (they're actually dog treats) and I think I've created addicts!

FelineOverLord · 24-09-2015 9:48pm

mymo wrote: »

Toby does the same, if you leave the window open he goes in circles, out the back door, under the gate, in the livingroom window, and repeat about every 3 minutes!

I shut the window and he waves at me, then sits staring, looking all hard done by!

I am not getting a cold, I have too much to do, that tickling nose and throat, the sneezes, every bone in my body hurting, it's all in my head. I'm going to bed with a hot water bottle and a mug of tea!
I have to be up at 4.30

We've only ourselves to blame by creating the problem in the Summer.:D Feel better soon.:)

VonVix · 25-09-2015 12:15am

Just got the flippin' heebiejeebies my bloody puppy was sleeping with his eyes open. AGH.

Dandelion6 · 25-09-2015 6:39am

In the past 12 hours my two cats have suddenly developed a fascination with a plastic bag full of stuff that's been sitting in my living room for longer than they've been with me. Last night they just sat in front of it and stared at it for about an hour, not moving except for pawing at it occasionally. This morning when I let them into the living room again they did the same thing. I cannot for the life of me figure out why it's got their interest all of a sudden

aonb · 25-09-2015 10:22am

Dandelion6 wrote: »

In the past 12 hours my two cats have suddenly developed a fascination with a plastic bag full of stuff that's been sitting in my living room for longer than they've been with me. Last night they just sat in front of it and stared at it for about an hour, not moving except for pawing at it occasionally. This morning when I let them into the living room again they did the same thing. I cannot for the life of me figure out why it's got their interest all of a sudden

might be a fly or moth or spider "rustling" inside there?!
Or your fastidious cats may be telling you its time to get rid of the plastic bag full of stuff thats been sitting there since they've arrived?!?!?

Feng-shui Cats!!!

tk123 · 25-09-2015 2:22pm

Yooooooooooooooo just signed Lucy up for her first workshop... I hope she doesn't snooze through it lol! :pac:

FelineOverLord · 25-09-2015 3:23pm

Dandelion6 wrote: »

In the past 12 hours my two cats have suddenly developed a fascination with a plastic bag full of stuff that's been sitting in my living room for longer than they've been with me. Last night they just sat in front of it and stared at it for about an hour, not moving except for pawing at it occasionally. This morning when I let them into the living room again they did the same thing. I cannot for the life of me figure out why it's got their interest all of a sudden

They might just be trying to freak you out for giggles. Like when they stare at a random part of the wall or just stare in fascination at nothing and you're left wondering if there's something in the room with you.

mymo · 25-09-2015 3:33pm

What time is acceptable to go to bed early?

Oliver raided the bin last night, got me up at 2am and I had to clean it up, then went back to bed and couldn't sleep, got up at 4.15. Just got home and dogs want a walk, I want to sleeeeeep!

I remember the days when 4.15 was to early to go home, now it's a riciculus hour of the morning...I'm getting old

FelineOverLord · 25-09-2015 3:45pm

mymo wrote: »

What time is acceptable to go to bed early?

Oliver raided the bin last night, got me up at 2am and I had to clean it up, then went back to bed and couldn't sleep, got up at 4.15. Just got home and dogs want a walk, I want to sleeeeeep!

I remember the days when 4.15 was to early to go home, now it's a riciculus hour of the morning...I'm getting old

I had a very broken sleep last night and my eyes are closing as I'm scrolling, but I can't justify going for a nap at this time of the day, try as I might.:D

tk123 · 27-09-2015 4:45pm

I shouldn't laugh....but I'm just glad it wasn't Bailey!! :pac:

We had the dogs on a beach this morning, Rebel headed past us into a cove and I was about to snap a photo of him (I had my DSLR for a change) when we realised there was a man sitting on the rocks butt naked (it's a local swimming spot)... Well he gave Reb a fright and he decided to have a little bark at him - my friend had to go over and get him not knowing where to look! :pac: :pac: :pac:

Kovu · 27-09-2015 10:06pm

tk123 wrote: »

I shouldn't laugh....but I'm just glad it wasn't Bailey!! :pac:

We had the dogs on a beach this morning, Rebel headed past us into a cove and I was about to snap a photo of him (I had my DSLR for a change) when we realised there was a man sitting on the rocks butt naked (it's a local swimming spot)... Well he gave Reb a fright and he decided to have a little bark at him - my friend had to go over and get him not knowing where to look! :pac: :pac: :pac:

^^^^LOL:D:D

Squeak likes to sleep on feet things, she can't be the only cat to do this, slippers, my boots left open lying on the floor, a bunch of socks next to the washing machine. Now it's odd as she's female and does this all the time, then begs for knees to lie on.
Kovu is the total opposite, he won't sleep on/around anyone except on my bed (yay 4am jumpies) but he switches his sleeping areas around so much it's hard to keep up. Today when I left he was on one of my hoodies in the sitting room, yesterday it was on top of the fridge where he pawed all the AI dockets up.
His worst habit is finding my parents room open and going into my mothers lockers, he shredded up ever single bit of paper in mums and fell asleep, did it again a couple of weeks ago. He knows how to tip open the magnet closed doors, little ass.

Cats........:pac::D:confused:

FelineOverLord · 28-09-2015 3:25pm

Kovu wrote: »

^^^^LOL:D:D

Squeak likes to sleep on feet things, she can't be the only cat to do this, slippers, my boots left open lying on the floor, a bunch of socks next to the washing machine. Now it's odd as she's female and does this all the time, then begs for knees to lie on.
Kovu is the total opposite, he won't sleep on/around anyone except on my bed (yay 4am jumpies) but he switches his sleeping areas around so much it's hard to keep up. Today when I left he was on one of my hoodies in the sitting room, yesterday it was on top of the fridge where he pawed all the AI dockets up.
His worst habit is finding my parents room open and going into my mothers lockers, he shredded up ever single bit of paper in mums and fell asleep, did it again a couple of weeks ago. He knows how to tip open the magnet closed doors, little ass.

Cats........:pac::D:confused:

Sounds like our house. Jazzy can open kitchen drawers and the filing cabinet and climb in so we have to leave a weight against the filing cabinet so he doesn't throw files out and use the drawer as a nest. Felix loves to sit on slippers and stick his front paws in them, goes insane if you dangle a toy in an empty slipper. Toby doesn't sit on laps but follows me to bed and sleeps at my feet on the bed. Nothing is safe from Poppy sleeping on it. But all 4 are congregating in the living room since the evenings are a bit cooler so we had to buy some new pet beds for the living room so my husband and I could sit next to each other.:D

Kovu · 28-09-2015 8:16pm

Try dropping a bouncy rubber ball into an open shoe........Squeak goes co-co crazy for it and will then stick her hear into the show and try to get it out for the next few seconds, which she does. And repeat

Um....Kovu likes live things. And pens. And earbuds. He's also managed to fcuk up his legs again, have any of you heard of the eosinophilic granuloma complex? Because it seems so similar to what he's going through.

Dubl07 · 28-09-2015 8:20pm

Got the Fido micro-chipping cert the other day and an invite to apply for a free bag of Royal Canin. The voucher should come soon - it'll be for 500g-4kg (?) from Petstop in Carrickmines. Anyone suggest a worthy rescue?

ShaShaBear · 28-09-2015 9:36pm

Trying my best to crochet a slouch beanie here, Opie keeps licking my hand like it's slathered in chocolate and then rubbing his hairy face and neck all over it.

I see why so many crafters make their office a pet-free zone. Thankfully this hat is for me, or else some poor client would be getting a piece of douge as a surprise gift :pac:

mymo · 28-09-2015 10:04pm

ShaShaBear wrote: »

I see why so many crafters make their office a pet-free zone. Thankfully this hat is for me, or else some poor client would be getting a piece of douge as a surprise gift :pac:

I make soap and stuff, I have to hoover and wipe down the kitchen, then lock soap into a spare room to cure away from animals or I'd have hairy soap, or body butter!

FelineOverLord · 29-09-2015 12:22pm

I gotta say I'm really delighted with the calming effect the lavender oil is having on our 4 cats. I'm not really a fan of that kind of thing but after things flared up between Felix and Toby again I was willing to try anything. My parents have 4 cats of their own and at least 3 neighbours cats that visit multiple times every day and they all get on with little or no squabbles:eek:, she puts it down to the lavender bushes they have. So I got a bottle of pure lavender oil and put a few drops on a Q tip and taped it on the living room door frame, out of their reach and it's amazing what a difference it's made.

Kovu · 29-09-2015 1:43pm

I forget if I showed you this or not but.....I got bored one day.

FelineOverLord · 29-09-2015 1:54pm

Kovu wrote: »

I forget if I showed you this or not but.....I got bored one day.

You can come to our house and trim Poppy's claws if you like:D She's such a nightmare when it comes to her paws but the nails have to be trimmed because her pads are so large the claws don't wear down and because she's so panicky I have to get her when she's sleepy. Usually I'll only get one at a time before she starts tucking the paw under herself:rolleyes:

tk123 · 30-09-2015 2:51pm

So boldface Bailey had brunch at the beach on Sunday morning and ate a ton of seaweed - every time I told him to leave it he did and then waited until my back was turned to gobble more of it. He puked some of it up yesterday and the rest is coming in explosive diarrhoea.. the thing is it's mostly gas/water and it sounds like somebody is squeezing a whoopie cushion/making cartoon fart noises. He was out 3 times during the night - silence and then FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAART. I had to run in last night so I wouldn't roar laughing outside lol!! :pac::pac::pac: I'm home now to keep an eye on them because Lucy had an upset tummy yesterday/last night too but seems fine now. Both panned out asleep on my bed and dare I type it - haven't asked for dinner...which is brilliant because I don't want to give Bailey anything for the time being.

OH and this morning we were walking along in the park 'hey who's that dog?! Holy crap a FOX' - it was HUGE - really fluffy looking and did a double take at us then took off with Lucy running behind.. Jumped thru the railings, across the main road and up a quite road - and Lucy's head sticking out the railings looking! Both dogs were in shock after it running around sniffing the grass thinking WTF was that!?!

borderlinemeath · 30-09-2015 3:05pm

^^

While not a fox - our three cornered one of next doors cats into the kennels yesterday:eek:, They're not it use at the minute and one of the cats had come in and settled onto a corner of a tarpaulin that was covering a table. All I could hear was hissing and spitting from the cat and crazy barking from the dogs, it was like they couldn't believe it, it was a mixture of excitement and disbelief, and a little bit of "oh crap, we've cornered something and now we've been caught with it"

Eventually after getting the dogs inside I managed to get the cat to go too, it was quite small, so I assumed female, I was just delighted there wasn't a litter of kittens there as well. Hopefully the cat will think twice before using one of our buildings for a nap, even with our three it's been unusually quiet at our place so it must have gotten brave.

tk123 · 30-09-2015 3:35pm

I'd only just put my phone into my backpack after taking photos of the mandarin ducks - would have loved a photo or video of it because it was so big!! The last one we saw was much smaller!

muddypaws · 06-10-2015 3:31pm

We're heading over to Scotland this weekend to represent Ireland at the ECF European canicross championships. We're in bikejoring and scootering, and will probably take part in the team relay on Sunday, I have a feeling I'm going to draw the short straw and will have to do the running bit of it. Really looking forward to meeting people from other European countries, but the nerves have started, and I'm wondering why the hell I thought I could do this with two rescue huskies. :eek:

sdp · 07-10-2015 6:03am

Best of luck Muddypaws, is there any way we can follow progress? would love to see it
as they say nerves are always a good thing

aonb · 07-10-2015 11:04am

muddypaws wrote: »

We're heading over to Scotland this weekend to represent Ireland at the ECF European canicross championships. We're in bikejoring and scootering, and will probably take part in the team relay on Sunday, I have a feeling I'm going to draw the short straw and will have to do the running bit of it. Really looking forward to meeting people from other European countries, but the nerves have started, and I'm wondering why the hell I thought I could do this with two rescue huskies. :eek:

Post some pictures when you get back of the dogs in the rigs? GOOD LUCK to you all. Lovely to think that huskies that were rescued, are getting to compete like this - lucky dogs to have been rehomed with you

Zapperzy · 07-10-2015 12:59pm

Anyone else having problems with the site on mobile? Threads are disappearing, getting weird 404 errors and I can't see pictures, been happening since before the weekend?

tk123 · 07-10-2015 1:29pm

Zapperzy wrote: »

Anyone else having problems with the site on mobile? Threads are disappearing, getting weird 404 errors and I can't see pictures, been happening since before the weekend?

Yep just on the touch site

FelineOverLord · 07-10-2015 6:27pm

We're getting some new neighbours, hopefully they won't hate cats or have dogs they leave in the back yard to bark. Our next door neighbour had someone visit with a dog that barked and barked one afternoon during the Summer and our cats were freaking out at the sound of the dog so close to them. I've lost track of how many barking dogs we have within a few hundred metres of our house.

Dubl07 · 07-10-2015 8:35pm

tk123 wrote: »

Yep just on the touch site

Been going on for a while now but it's sporadic.

Cherry Blossom · 07-10-2015 10:20pm

Dubl07 wrote: »

Been going on for a while now but it's sporadic.

Thread about it in the feedback forum.

ShaShaBear · 08-10-2015 12:06am

It's happening me now tonight on my desktop while browsing!

ShaShaBear · 09-10-2015 10:06am

Doggie mail today

FINALLY (after much confusion and errors on the website) managed to get him his own EasyWalk harness. Got a new grooming glove as the other one was less "groomy" for want of a better word and we want to step it up closer to a brushing feel.
Ordered a Kong Wubba as well. He got so excited this morning when I showed it to him, leaping and jumping EVERYWHERE...

Then I squeaked it.
If his ass hit the floor any harder, he would have opened a vortex :pac:

aonb · 09-10-2015 10:41am

ShaShaBear wrote: »

Doggie mail today
FINALLY (after much confusion and errors on the website) managed to get him his own EasyWalk harness. Got a new grooming glove as the other one was less "groomy" for want of a better word and we want to step it up closer to a brushing feel.
Ordered a Kong Wubba as well. He got so excited this morning when I showed it to him, leaping and jumping EVERYWHERE...

Then I squeaked it.
If his ass hit the floor any harder, he would have opened a vortex :pac:

Is there anything funnier than that reaction?!?!?

tk123 · 11-10-2015 7:21pm

Ah poor Bailey is camped out on the landing in his Thundershirt and Adaptil collar after fireworks were going off earlier. I think I'll have to set up a crate for him upstairs so he has a den at night for the next few weeks!

muddypaws · 14-10-2015 3:45pm

Home from Scotland, came 6th in bikejoring and scratched from the scooter class, as I felt it was too warm for Clancy, was 99.7% humidity at our start time. Had a fantastic weekend, Ireland got a gold and a bronze and I think we made lots of new friends. Great sportsmanship shown by all the Irish competitors over the weekend, and we took over managing the finish chute on the Sunday afternoon as the home nation didn't have enough volunteers helping out. Ireland was made a full member of the ECF at a meeting on the Thursday, so who knows, maybe one day we'll hold the Euros.

Alun · 14-10-2015 3:56pm

FelineOverLord wrote: »

We're getting some new neighbours, hopefully they won't hate cats or have dogs they leave in the back yard to bark.

Yes, having pet-friendly neighbours is a big plus. We're very lucky where we are, and I dread the day any of them decide to move. Our elderly female neighbour on one side doesn't even mind cats climbing in through her window and sleeping on her bed

She claims it's one of ours but I'm not sure.

aonb · 14-10-2015 7:20pm

muddypaws wrote: »

Home from Scotland, came 6th in bikejoring and scratched from the scooter class, as I felt it was too warm for Clancy, was 99.7% humidity at our start time. Had a fantastic weekend, Ireland got a gold and a bronze and I think we made lots of new friends. Great sportsmanship shown by all the Irish competitors over the weekend, and we took over managing the finish chute on the Sunday afternoon as the home nation didn't have enough volunteers helping out. Ireland was made a full member of the ECF at a meeting on the Thursday, so who knows, maybe one day we'll hold the Euros.

Photos??!
How much is the dog "pulling" during the Bikejoring? Is the cyclist issuing commands constantly or at all? Is the dog trained to choose routes (e.g. closest to a barrier, or whatever)? Is Bikejoring usually just one dog, or can there be more? Are the dogs trained to stop when the cyclist falls off??

The Chillout Zone (Off-Topic Thread)

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