Random cat chat thread

[feorag]

That made me laugh. I've always said that Orientals and Siamese make fabulous pets and love attention, but when that attention is unwanted they will fight dirty!! Luna doesn't too badly, but her mother Kosta did!!!

[Amalthea]

When Kallie was a kitten, she had an obsession with chocolate (she was never given any... prolly why she was obsessed with it) and if she saw you eating choc, she would do whatever she had to to get it... Including try her damnedest to claw her way into your mouth!!! I once had to call for help from my hubby, cuz she was hanging on to my lip with those sharp little kitten teeth. Thang GOD that is one oddity she seems to have outgrown!!!

[feorag]

Sorcha, my foundation queen was like that with any kind of mint. She would force her head into my mouth if I spoke to her while eating a peppermint!

She was a real catnip freak and has handed that down to all her children, grandchildren etc, but they have all inherited her love of mint too.

Cadbury, her grandson, sits on the bathroom windowsill every morning while my husband is in the shower, patiently waiting for him to clean his teeth so he can lick the toothbrush!! I know - very unhygienic, but he lets him!! I've had many of my kittens hanging off my lower lip due to speaking and kissing them after I've cleaned my teeth!!

[Amalthea]

Very odd!! *lol* Kallie is still a freak, but she's slightly (VERY slightly) more ladylike about it all.

And Gary has now introduced Louis to pork scratchin's... NOT impressed, I must say. The two of them will sit down to a manly football match with their scratchin's. Male bonding.

[Esarosa]

Whilst catnip's being mentioned, can anyone recommend some good catnip toys. It's never something our cats really had, but I wanted Libby to try it out. So I bought her a sisal mouse that's supposed to have catnip in it but she's less than impressed. To be honest i'm adamant the shop sent the wrong one, as it's supposed to come with cat nip tea bags and be able to be opened, and I can't open it for love nor money. Nor did any catnip teabags arrive.

So any suggestions guys?

[Amalthea]

Honestly, I have found that catnip toys in the US are much more potent than the ones here. Cosmic catnip is great!!!

[feorag]

I just buy the neat catnip spray and regularly spray the toys! It works out better because the smell eventually fades on the toys and then they lose interest.

Kookamunga catnip spray works excellent, it's much better than the 'ordinary' sprays you get.

[Amalthea]

Whener me or my friend goes back "home", we always come back with toys for the cats *lol* They have a couple that that absolutely adore and they will sit with said toys drooling for quite some. I have stoner cats *lol*

[ChrisNE]

2 bible bashers came to the door and chatted for like 3 minutes about how god is great and blah blah! Well if god is so great then why did he make 2 bible bashers come to my door just long enough to distract me so my kitten could eat my last bite of cheese, ham and beetroot sandwich! I love cheese, ham and beetroot sandwiches!

[Esarosa]

Ah good idea cheers Eileen. Hmm I may have a nosey on ebay see if their are any of the american toys on there.

Libby's getting into a very bad habbit. She uses her scratch posts perfectly, except when you come in from going out to the shops, or if you've had a shower and gone back into the lounge etc (basically whenever you've left her for a little while). She seems to get so excited that she starts clawing the sofa leg, then runs up to you purring. Just keep lifting her off the sofa and putting her on the scratch post. Would it be worth getting the anti scratching tape? It is literally only when she firsts see's you after being seperated, just don't want it to get any worse.