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Mark R 3

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I just thought I'd make a topic for all you lovely cat owners on here. What breed are they? Moggies or pedigree? What do you like most about them etc etc.
 
I always thought I was a dog person and we did have a dog for 14 years a long time ago, and we adored him. About 18 months ago a young cat started popping into our garden and I would give him some bits of chicken. He was very timid and would always run away when I came out. I presumed he belonged to a nearby house, but after a while we realised he was probably a feral cat. Anyway, cut to a year later and he continued to visit us, so we got him a cat house in the garden which he loves and he's pretty much our cat now, or we're his humans. He's a cute wee thing. He's not really one for being stroked, but he rubs himself up against the outside window when he sees me inside and comes up to me all the time now squeaking at me. His name is Kitty O'Shea(I thought he was a girl cat at first 'til I saw his kitty ballz, so we kept the name).

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Same. I adore cats more than any other animal but even that level of commitment scares me.

My favorite breed is British Shorthair.

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Had cats all my adult life, it has always been street cats that I either took in, or looked after. Both boys and girls, I find boys tend to be a bit more child-like in the sense of over-trusting and neediness and girls more independent and weirdos and fascinating and I tend to bond better with the later. And them with me as well. But aside from this basic trend, no cat has the same personality with another, each comes with their own. They are extremely expressive species and have excellent communication skills both with humans and fellow cats and I've come to understand them very well by now, the mannerisms, the sounds and everything. Many times my bf asks why did she do this? What now? And I realize that somehow most of the time I know the answer. Currently having two, a boy and a girl (siblings) that we carry along between the city and the island. When we are in the city we can't risk letting them out in the balcony so they stay indoors, when we're on the island we let them out mostly as they please on the condition that if we're off to go swimming or shopping or to bed they need to get in. We get rewarded with alive mice, grasshoppers and lizards on a daily basis so we are always alert when they return so that they don't bring their new friends inside. Other than ours, we take care of a tiny black female and a sleepy tuxedo male that seem to like being in our yard most of their time. But we have set up shelters for cats to sleep if they want, and cushions and there's always food and water in the yard so we get occasional new visitors now and then. The pain of losing a cat is heart-ripping and caring for a sick cat can be physically, emotionally and in some cases financially exhausting and many times you'll find yourself thinking that it's the last time am taking a cat in. But as soon as the tiredness wears off you have a new cat without realising it or without having had the time to heal first. But cats are excellent healers to help you with the trauma. Anw that's enough with my morning rambling.
 
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Cleo. Curious, adventurous, always observant and wants to be in the middle of everything happening. Adores her stomach being tickled. No strong preference for either of us.

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Fredrik. Docile, affectionate ⁸and chilled usually, but equally the one who is most likely to get the zoomies at 4am. Clumsy and forever misjudging jumps. Has a marked preference for Mr L.

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Mila. Very petite, high maintenance and haughty. Has no time for Mr L unless he's feeding her but adores me and will always run to meet me when I come in, and will want to sit with me if I'm watching TV. Doesn't particularly like the other two much.


They are brother and sisters. We only intended getting two, but we got them through a friend of a friend and their cat had a litter of three - clearly we weren't going to go there and leave one behind.
 
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RIP to my first cats. Fluffy the tabby was my brother’s cat. She ate my gerbil. Died in 1998. Jane the Tux was mine and is Fluffy’s daughter. Died around 2002.

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RIP to Lenny. Born 1999 and died 2019. I do not have photos at hand to his sister Milly, or our other beautiful cat Picola :(

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This is Daquiri - we didn’t name him. He is living with my dad after our evil neighbour’s son abandoned him. He’s not the most friendly but has come leaps and bounds since they clearly didn’t treat him very well.


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My best friend’s cat Adey. She is about 17 now and still absolutely beautiful. I’m obsessed with her.
 
As for me, I have four cats - two moggies, a ragdoll and a British short hair cross and I've found my moggies to be much more affectionate than my pedigree two. They are called Snowy, Emily, Tabitha and Tilly and are 8, 7, 6 and 5. I won't get any more until they have passed but I'm obsessed with seeing which kittens are available where I live. I would love a persian, exotic shorthair or a main coon next. Or maybe just go for another good old moggie.
 
We will get a new cat at some point. Losing Kitty was rough, because he was a very special little boy, but I'm than ready. We're looking after two at the end of the week.
 
How often do people feel their cats? I'm always worried I'm not feeding them enough. They get half a pouch of wet food in the morning and then another half pouch in the evening mixed in with dry food. Their evening meal is their main one. Should be enough?
 
Half a pouch at each meal sounds a bit stingy to me Mark, mine gets a full pouch or tin when I get up, and another around 9-10pm, along with dry food left available at all times. And he's not chubby.

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This is my Tofu, who when he was less than a year old, got stuck on our roof and the other half helped him down, whilst I opened the door and invited him in. Wasn't chipped, wasn't neutered, no collar, weren't going to leave him to fend for himself outside as we're just a few houses in from a dual carriageway. Tried to locate an owner (posts on FB and NextDoor etc), no 'missing cat' posters went up in the local area, and I was only too happy for the cat distribution system to strike. Been with us over four years now and is so loving and affectionate. Can also be the loudest and chattiest cat you'll ever hear.
 
We have dry food left out all day (and top it up whenever we see it empty), and then pretty much feed on demand as far as wet food is concerned, only giving small amounts as I don't like seeing it left uneaten, particularly in this weather.

If we had only one I think I'd try to be more rigid with meal times, but as the boy eats a lot more than the girls, and one of them won't eat any wet food, it gets more difficult to know who has had what when, unless you give it to them when they ask. It's only the boy that we've ever had any concerns about in terms of being overweight. The vet told us to not let him go above 4.5kg, so we just make sure to keep him the right side of that.
 
The boys are big and hungry. They get a pouch each at breakfast (they essentially start jumping on my head any time from 4am onwards to alert me to the need for this) another each at lunch and 1.5 each at dinner. Vet says they are not over weight. Also there is dry on tap.
 
Mark R 3 said:
How often do people feel their cats? I'm always worried I'm not feeding them enough. They get half a pouch of wet food in the morning and then another half pouch in the evening mixed in with dry food. Their evening meal is their main one. Should be enough?
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Ι give them half a pouch of wet food each twice a day too, but also have regulated portions of dry food available at all times, so they can have a snack if they feel like it but at the same time not that much that will make them throw up or become very fatty ones.
 
I would say all my cats are slim but not skinny and they never seem hungry (after I've fed them), so maybe my feeding routine is OK for them. I might increase it to a full pouch though.
 
Mine are on 1 and a half pouches each a day atm, and limited access to dry food, as one of them needs to lose weight.
 
ExcitableWoof said:
The boys are big and hungry. They get a pouch each at breakfast (they essentially start jumping on my head any time from 4am onwards to alert me to the need for this) another each at lunch and 1.5 each at dinner. Vet says they are not over weight. Also there is dry on tap.
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I wouldn't say your cats are overweight but they're definitely chunky. You can tell they like their food!
 
Mark R 3 said:
Oooh he looks adorable. :disco:
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He's a good boy. We've harness trained him as we live in a top floor flat so he doesn't have direct access outside. So when we have time we take him to the beach, or to the local abbey and grounds.
 
Mark R 3 said:
How often and how much do you feed him? I'm still thinking I don't feed mine enough.
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I'm not really tracking it at the moment, he's only young. Once he's a year I'll track it more.

But he has a handful of Thrive biscuits a day and he grazes on them all day. Then he probably has 1.5-2 pouches of Blink wet food a day.

I always feed him first thing in the morning and before I go to bed, the rest of the time it's just as and when I'm around.

How old is yours and what's your routine?
 
Rachey said:
I'm not really tracking it at the moment, he's only young. Once he's a year I'll track it more.

But he has a handful of Thrive biscuits a day and he grazes on them all day. Then he probably has 1.5-2 pouches of Blink wet food a day.

I always feed him first thing in the morning and before I go to bed, the rest of the time it's just as and when I'm around.

How old is yours and what's your routine?
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They are 8, 7, 6 and 5. I feed them half a pouch each of wet food in the morning and then another half pouch at night mixed in with dry food. Their evening meal is their main meal.
 
Mark R 3 said:
They are 8, 7, 6 and 5. I feed them half a pouch each of wet food in the morning and then another half pouch at night mixed in with dry food. Their evening meal is their main meal.
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Do you ever see a vet? And if so have they commented on you underfeeding them? If not, and if they aren't showing signs of hunger, I wouldn't worry about it.
 
Mark R 3 said:
They are 8, 7, 6 and 5. I feed them half a pouch each of wet food in the morning and then another half pouch at night mixed in with dry food. Their evening meal is their main meal.
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Check what the food packaging says about feeding them, I usually go by that. But if they're a decent weight and don't look skinny I wouldn't worry too much. Or like Lolly says, see what the vet thinks.
 
Yep they've been to the vets and they didn't say they were too thin or anything. It's just me worrying over nothing lol.
 
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