Bullet2012
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Ooh is that my new toy, I like iPads.
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mangocrazy
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Our cat Wilko was gone for well over 15 hours yesterday and missed his evening meal (this never happens) so I had to start scouring the neighbourhood for him. I was only about 200 yards away from the house (as the crow flies) when I heard this familiar meowing. I couldn't figure where on earth it was coming from until I realised it was above me. Quite a long way above me...
It turned out that he'd been sent up this (big) conifer by the house owners dogs, and then sent further up the tree by a pair of magpies nesting in the tree. When I found him he was about 6 foot off the top of the tree, level with the pointy bit of the gable end in the photo below. That has to be at least thirty foot up.
By now it was nearly midnight and all I could see were two cats eyes staring back at me when I shone a torch up there. In consultation with the house owner we decided he'd have to stay the night up there until we could call out the Fire brigade in the morning. I was just about dozing off at quarter to two in the morning when I got a text saying 'your cat is on his way home'. Ten minutes later and he was meowing outside the back door.
Unsurprisingly enough he's done very little apart from eating, sleeping and drinking water today...
It turned out that he'd been sent up this (big) conifer by the house owners dogs, and then sent further up the tree by a pair of magpies nesting in the tree. When I found him he was about 6 foot off the top of the tree, level with the pointy bit of the gable end in the photo below. That has to be at least thirty foot up.
By now it was nearly midnight and all I could see were two cats eyes staring back at me when I shone a torch up there. In consultation with the house owner we decided he'd have to stay the night up there until we could call out the Fire brigade in the morning. I was just about dozing off at quarter to two in the morning when I got a text saying 'your cat is on his way home'. Ten minutes later and he was meowing outside the back door.
Unsurprisingly enough he's done very little apart from eating, sleeping and drinking water today...
brightspark
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did it kill the magpies I hope so
mangocrazy
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No, unfortunately not. I think he's a bit frit of them...did it kill the magpies I hope so
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No, unfortunately not. I think he's a bit frit of them...
Well, they HAD ganged up on him..
Or is that "watch them panic as I slide it over the edge..."
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The auld yin, at 17 something years of age, is starting to get bad days now.
I’m sure he has a bit dementia, which is definitely getting worse, as yesterday he kept waking up all confused, crying, and in need of a hug.
He did settle down by the evening, and..... wait for it..... he caught a fly. He was so chuffed with himself, but personally, I think it flew into his mouth.
I’m sure he has a bit dementia, which is definitely getting worse, as yesterday he kept waking up all confused, crying, and in need of a hug.
He did settle down by the evening, and..... wait for it..... he caught a fly. He was so chuffed with himself, but personally, I think it flew into his mouth.
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That is a “I wonder if it can fly” look.
Bullet2012
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I have an app/ game on my iPad that he loves so much so we had to wean him off of it.
so even now every time he sees an I pad he looks for the game
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The challenges of home working, every time you get of your chair, someone grabs your seat:
When you or a conference call someone thinks you are talking to them so meows in your face, paws your headset and tries to chew the headset cable:
I was on a conference call with our Exec Director and the wife runs past my office (spare bedroom) chasing the cat shouting "drop it you little ****er" as the cat runs past with a large water vole in its mouth. When asked what the noise was I blamed the postie
The boss and our other cat.
When you or a conference call someone thinks you are talking to them so meows in your face, paws your headset and tries to chew the headset cable:
I was on a conference call with our Exec Director and the wife runs past my office (spare bedroom) chasing the cat shouting "drop it you little ****er" as the cat runs past with a large water vole in its mouth. When asked what the noise was I blamed the postie
The boss and our other cat.
mrsbruce
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This is not the lodger. This is the wee cat from across the road, who must be female, because the lodger is scared of her, and the auld yin is ‘cautious’. Because if this, I usually chase her out.
I put some catnip on the carpet last night, and she is completely mungo’d, while still giving me the wide eyed “but it’s lovely!” Look.
I am having a bit of trouble with the ‘chasing her out the house’ thing, she is just so cute.
I put some catnip on the carpet last night, and she is completely mungo’d, while still giving me the wide eyed “but it’s lovely!” Look.
I am having a bit of trouble with the ‘chasing her out the house’ thing, she is just so cute.
mangocrazy
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Cats and keyboards, eh?
The marks on his belly are where I'd been giving him tummy rubs earlier...
The marks on his belly are where I'd been giving him tummy rubs earlier...
mangocrazy
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Fantastic detail in the photo of 'the Tiger'. Top work...
