What pet have you got?
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cyberfairy
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yeah riiiiight
I just tried to take a picture of me 'not' singing to her but she hit me. Hard. She is now staring at me across the room in a manner which suggests I will not live through the night. She is not a tactile creature. As a persian, that must really suck.
She just doesn't want to be messed with although there's no need for violence, bad Lizzie! I'd sleep with the light on and one eye open tonight if I were you
longdog
What is it you can't face?
Badger the ex-racing Greyhound now formally known as Mr Badger due to his advancing years. He's 14 in February.
He has arthritis, a heart murmur and very few teeth but he's not showing any signs of going anywhere quite yet.
Noodle the longdog (Saluki x Greyhound) or possibly full-bred smooth Saluki. Got her three years ago as a stray and she's my baby. A very happy if slightly insane waggy-tailed dog who likes to sleep on top of people. Hates cats with a near psychotic passion.
He has arthritis, a heart murmur and very few teeth but he's not showing any signs of going anywhere quite yet.
Noodle the longdog (Saluki x Greyhound) or possibly full-bred smooth Saluki. Got her three years ago as a stray and she's my baby. A very happy if slightly insane waggy-tailed dog who likes to sleep on top of people. Hates cats with a near psychotic passion.
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
I iz TANK! I iz IMPORTANT!
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
oh HAI!
red rose
Fee-Ai-Esh-See-Oh
You haven't lived until you've seen a scruffy 19 year old boy on all fours, playing with a cat and saying things like "do you like the strokies?" in a baby voiceDo you speak in baby voices to Lizzie or am I on my own there?
Admittedly my brother has gotten that habit off of me though...
Schrodes is very vocal and I often have conversations with him along the lines of
"Meow"
"Really?"
"Meow"
"Thats very interesting"
"Meooow"
"I already knew that"
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
You haven't lived until you've seen a scruffy 19 year old boy on all fours, playing with a cat and saying things like "do you like the strokies?" in a baby voice
Admittedly my brother has gotten that habit off of me though...
Schrodes is very vocal and I often have conversations with him along the lines of
"Meow"
"Really?"
"Meow"
"Thats very interesting"
"Meooow"
"I already knew that"
ffs
you utter geek
heheYou haven't lived until you've seen a scruffy 19 year old boy on all fours, playing with a cat and saying things like "do you like the strokies?" in a baby voice
Admittedly my brother has gotten that habit off of me though...
Schrodes is very vocal and I often have conversations with him along the lines of
"Meow"
"Really?"
"Meow"
"Thats very interesting"
"Meooow"
"I already knew that"
And don't forget the dancing, not sure some cats would allow that but i get my dog on 2 legs and hold her paws as she looks up at me with a look that says "wtf are you doing mother!" Then we proceed to 'dance' around the room with me leading
red rose
Fee-Ai-Esh-See-Oh
Schrodes tends to sit in my arms with his front paws on my shoulder when we dance
I don't sing to him really but I do speak bits of french to him sometimes and whenever he yawns I say "yaaaaawn" in a high pitched voice for however long his mouth is open, I have no idea why I do that
I also tend to blame him for things when its just the two of us around, like "for fucks sake Schrodes, where have you put my keys/coat/tv remote!"
Oh and when I get the box of cat food sachets out in the morning we discuss breakfast...
"What do you fancy this morning Schrodey?"
"Meow"
"Well its your breakfast, you should choose the flavour"
"Meow"
"I know it all tastes like cat food but will you please pick one"
"Meow"
"But you had tuna yesterday!"
"Meow"
"Alright, tuna it is..."
I may need to get out more.
I don't sing to him really but I do speak bits of french to him sometimes and whenever he yawns I say "yaaaaawn" in a high pitched voice for however long his mouth is open, I have no idea why I do that
I also tend to blame him for things when its just the two of us around, like "for fucks sake Schrodes, where have you put my keys/coat/tv remote!"
Oh and when I get the box of cat food sachets out in the morning we discuss breakfast...
"What do you fancy this morning Schrodey?"
"Meow"
"Well its your breakfast, you should choose the flavour"
"Meow"
"I know it all tastes like cat food but will you please pick one"
"Meow"
"But you had tuna yesterday!"
"Meow"
"Alright, tuna it is..."
I may need to get out more.
Schrodes tends to sit in my arms with his front paws on my shoulder when we dance
I don't sing to him really but I do speak bits of french to him sometimes and whenever he yawns I say "yaaaaawn" in a high pitched voice for however long his mouth is open, I have no idea why I do that
I also tend to blame him for things when its just the two of us around, like "for fucks sake Schrodes, where have you put my keys/coat/tv remote!"
Hahaha I do that too! Especially in the mornings when her yawning is at it's most high pitched.
Oh If I'm near my dog during a yawn I attempt to slide my hand in her mouth, she gives me dirty looks if I succeed.
Glad to know I'm not the only freak then
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
Hahaha I do that too! Especially in the mornings when her yawning is at it's most high pitched.
Oh If I'm near my dog during a yawn I attempt to slide my hand in her mouth, she gives me dirty looks if I succeed.
Glad to know I'm not the only freak then
haha the old mid yawn tongue grab is one way to really piss Tank off. Also grabbing his back paw as it comes up for a big old scratch.
It's revenge for all the chewed lighters, shoes and packets of Rizla.
haha the old mid yawn tongue grab is one way to really piss Tank off. Also grabbing his back paw as it comes up for a big old scratch.
It's revenge for all the chewed lighters, shoes and packets of Rizla.
red rose
Fee-Ai-Esh-See-Oh
I was so sure I would be the only person who did thatHahaha I do that too! Especially in the mornings when her yawning is at it's most high pitched.
Oh If I'm near my dog during a yawn I attempt to slide my hand in her mouth, she gives me dirty looks if I succeed.
Glad to know I'm not the only freak then
I was so sure I would be the only person who did that
Hehe Nope. She's my own personal little yawn star
Mumbles274
running from law and the press and the parents
Cookie
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
love the middle pic. Dog seems to be saying 'Yeah, I've got a stick. And what, fucker?'
Epona
Radar 2006-2020, Sonic 2006-2022, Jakey 2007-2024
I have a Senegal parrot called Jasper who is 9 years old and of unknown gender (that species is not sexually dimorphic and as I don't breed birds it doesn't really matter - I've not done a DNA test and would certainly never consider the fibre optic camera up the whatnot to find out for sure! I think it might be male because the feathers around its vent are all yellow with no green feathers, it acts more like a male parrot than a female, and it's never laid an egg, but I can't ever be 100% certain.)
I also have 3 cats:
Radar - 3 1/2 year old neutered male Moggy x Cornish Rex cross, black bicolour harlequin pattern (ie. mostly white with irregular black markings)
Sonic - 3 year old neutered male pedigree Oriental Shorthair, blue self
Jacob - 2 3/4 year old neutered male pedigree Oriental Shorthair, lilac self
I've always been really into birds, had budgies most of my life until a couple of years ago. My last budgie was killed by rodents which had infested our block of flats so we decided to get a cat to keep down the mice, they are a bit moreish though and we ended up with 3.
The cats are more cuddly than birds but not as intelligent, they are both very entertaining and companionable animals though. All my cats are very high-energy and people-oriented, they spend most of their waking hours pestering me to play fetch
I can't pick a favourite, although my budgie Captain Beaky from a long time back (the name gives an indication of how long ago this was!) stands out in my memory, he could talk really well and spent most of his time sitting on my hand or head or trying to steal food from me chatting away to us all the time
I also have 3 cats:
Radar - 3 1/2 year old neutered male Moggy x Cornish Rex cross, black bicolour harlequin pattern (ie. mostly white with irregular black markings)
Sonic - 3 year old neutered male pedigree Oriental Shorthair, blue self
Jacob - 2 3/4 year old neutered male pedigree Oriental Shorthair, lilac self
I've always been really into birds, had budgies most of my life until a couple of years ago. My last budgie was killed by rodents which had infested our block of flats so we decided to get a cat to keep down the mice, they are a bit moreish though and we ended up with 3.
The cats are more cuddly than birds but not as intelligent, they are both very entertaining and companionable animals though. All my cats are very high-energy and people-oriented, they spend most of their waking hours pestering me to play fetch
I can't pick a favourite, although my budgie Captain Beaky from a long time back (the name gives an indication of how long ago this was!) stands out in my memory, he could talk really well and spent most of his time sitting on my hand or head or trying to steal food from me chatting away to us all the time
red rose
Fee-Ai-Esh-See-Oh
I have now been trying to shut the cat up for half an hour.
Every morning since we moved here he starts meowing at about 5am, sometimes a bit earlier, sometimes a bit later. He knows that I feed him at 6am and 6pm but he still does it. At first I tried to distract him to shut him up but he would keep meowing and run down a couple of the stairs every time I went to grab him. If I let him into my room and go back to bed he shreds the paper or climbs the shelves - things he doesn't usually do except when its 5am and I'm not paying him attention
I started shutting him in the kitchen when he did it (he has water in there and can get outside to go to the toilet) he learns fast and I thought he'd realise that he only got shut in the kitchen if he meowed before breakfast. But there's no heating in the kitchen and he caught a cold last week.
As I am writing this he has settled onto the warm patch on my bed (right in the middle so I cant lie down) and gone back to sleep. I may kill him.
Every morning since we moved here he starts meowing at about 5am, sometimes a bit earlier, sometimes a bit later. He knows that I feed him at 6am and 6pm but he still does it. At first I tried to distract him to shut him up but he would keep meowing and run down a couple of the stairs every time I went to grab him. If I let him into my room and go back to bed he shreds the paper or climbs the shelves - things he doesn't usually do except when its 5am and I'm not paying him attention
I started shutting him in the kitchen when he did it (he has water in there and can get outside to go to the toilet) he learns fast and I thought he'd realise that he only got shut in the kitchen if he meowed before breakfast. But there's no heating in the kitchen and he caught a cold last week.
As I am writing this he has settled onto the warm patch on my bed (right in the middle so I cant lie down) and gone back to sleep. I may kill him.
Epona
Radar 2006-2020, Sonic 2006-2022, Jakey 2007-2024
Hi red rose! Is there any way you can gradually move his breakfast time (and similarly his dinner time, so he's not as hungry first thing) later so he doesn't associate it with you getting out of bed? Cats are hard-wired to actively seek food, and in the absence of normal hunting activity will effectively 'hunt' you for it. Thing is that if you get out of bed and feed them straight away, they will always try to wake you earlier because it comes naturally to them to start 'hunting' (ie. engaging themselves in the acquisition of food, however that may come about!) half an hour to an hour or so before the time they eat. If you can gradually move breakfast to put it further after the time you get out of bed, you won't have so much of a problem. Or split the evening meal in 2, half at 6pm, and the other half much later, right before you go to bed.
My lot are absolute terrors in many respects, but they only try to wake me up if their first meal of the day is at least an hour late! (Radar will gently wake me if I sleep much later than I should by splurging dribbly kisses on my face - bleugh!) I don't ever feed them right away after I get up, so they don't associate my waking with getting their breakfast, and they don't try to bring breakfast forward by waking me. My cats also get their last meal at around midnight before we go to bed (I split their food into 3 meals a day, I've always felt that only 2 meals daily is less natural for a species that would eat something the size of a mouse every few hours!) and that late meal ensures that they aren't wailing for food in the small hours of the morning, they sleep through the night. I feed mine their last meal of the day about 30 minutes before I go to bed. I usually wake in the morning with cats curled up under the covers next to me, completely content and not wondering why they haven't been fed yet, I often have to wake them up!
PS. When training cats to a new schedule or if you want to ensure that they do not get any 'reward' (real or perceived) from waking you up at any time, I can definitely recommend a sturdy pair of earplugs. Don't give in, you are the human and they are the animal, it is your home, and you are in charge!
My lot are absolute terrors in many respects, but they only try to wake me up if their first meal of the day is at least an hour late! (Radar will gently wake me if I sleep much later than I should by splurging dribbly kisses on my face - bleugh!) I don't ever feed them right away after I get up, so they don't associate my waking with getting their breakfast, and they don't try to bring breakfast forward by waking me. My cats also get their last meal at around midnight before we go to bed (I split their food into 3 meals a day, I've always felt that only 2 meals daily is less natural for a species that would eat something the size of a mouse every few hours!) and that late meal ensures that they aren't wailing for food in the small hours of the morning, they sleep through the night. I feed mine their last meal of the day about 30 minutes before I go to bed. I usually wake in the morning with cats curled up under the covers next to me, completely content and not wondering why they haven't been fed yet, I often have to wake them up!
PS. When training cats to a new schedule or if you want to ensure that they do not get any 'reward' (real or perceived) from waking you up at any time, I can definitely recommend a sturdy pair of earplugs. Don't give in, you are the human and they are the animal, it is your home, and you are in charge!
red rose
Fee-Ai-Esh-See-Oh
The problem is that he wakes up my mom and my brother when he meows at this time of the morning, if it was just me I would let him keep meowing outside the door until he got the message that it doesn't work.
And I'm not sure how much moving his breakfast time would help as atyuuuuuuuuuuuuuhkkkkm* the moment I usually don't get up until much later than 6am so I set an alarm especially to get up and feed him at the time he is used to. I was going to try and move his breakfast to 7am when the clocks go back but since my mom usually gets up at 5:30am he is disturbed anyway.
I'm considering getting one of those feeders that have a timer on them hhhhhggggggggggggggj** and setting it to go off at 6am each morning, that way he will start to associate the 'ping' with his morning feed, not me getting up.
*Schrodes says hi
** Schrodes says hi again
Schrodes right now...
And I'm not sure how much moving his breakfast time would help as atyuuuuuuuuuuuuuhkkkkm* the moment I usually don't get up until much later than 6am so I set an alarm especially to get up and feed him at the time he is used to. I was going to try and move his breakfast to 7am when the clocks go back but since my mom usually gets up at 5:30am he is disturbed anyway.
I'm considering getting one of those feeders that have a timer on them hhhhhggggggggggggggj** and setting it to go off at 6am each morning, that way he will start to associate the 'ping' with his morning feed, not me getting up.
*Schrodes says hi
** Schrodes says hi again
Schrodes right now...
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