How is your cat affecting your life?

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THP is an older gentleman, with dental issues. For years he only ate dry food & that was at will from a dispenser. He’s no longer able for “biscuits” & supervises the opening of all pouches to make sure they’re fresh enough for his very discerning palate! If it’s not finished in one go, he’ll act as though his dish is empty. This early rising lark is a relatively new development which makes me the automatic feeder!

And, snap!

I do wash the veg. But reaching in to pull veg and getting a handful of cat sh1t is not something I would wish on even my neighbour. I think cats can fend for themselves but if it makes you feel better I will look to drop the cat off at a shelter far away with the collar etc removed.

I have just one cat now since the previous one died earlier in the year and he's become incredibly possessive and clingy since becoming the only cat of the house. He definitely doesn't miss the other cat one bit, he's revelling in having all of the attention. He insists on breakfast at 4.30am every morning (it seems to be a pattern with cats to want breakfast at that time, my cousin in Australia has cats waking him at that hour too). He is probably too affectionate if anything, he has to be sitting on top of me or at least pinning an arm or leg down for him to be happy that I'm close by. He's an ex-feral cat so is out rambling all day, he's always waiting when I get home though and in for the night then, which is I suppose how he has survived for 14 years when an outdoor cat's life span is often half that.

I've a stray that turned up at my place a few years ago and decided to stay, she is tame enough now but is an outdoor cat and a great rat catcher.

Problem is she attracts all the local toms who like pissing up against the side of the house.

They say cats can't be trained, but I've taught mine to scratch the car of one neighbour to the left of me, and poop in the veg patch of the neighbour the other side of me.

Is that you James??? 😂

You won't be laughing when your cat disappears and ends up in a shelter in Sligo. 😂

A scratching pole. You must get this for an indoor cat otherwise your furniture is going to get badly clawed.

Some toys as well as indoor gets need entertainment.

Also another tip.Cats require water and many people put a water bowl beside their food bowl.

Cat will be fine with this but if you want them a little more at ease and happy then put the water in another part of the room not near their food.

This mimics their natural instinct as a wild cat will never drink water downstream of where it has caught and eaten food as it will contaminated so having water away from their food will replicate that.

Me WFH suits her, i think.

She likes staying out at night, has her own shed. Comes in and spends the whole day asleep with me in my office, spends time with the family until dusk and then heads back out again.

Spay her unless you want a sh1t ton of kittens. Irish people have been too lazy and stingy in years gone by hence tribes of inbred feral cats back then but I had thought that had changed, silly me.

She never has kittens so I'm not one of those lazy people.