Snoring

Posted on December 30, 2021 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Abandoned cat, adopted cat, Asleep, Black and white cat, Cat, healthy, Sleeping cat, Snoring, Tuxedo catLeave a comment

The cat is gently snoring next to me. I wonder why he snores? None of my other cats ever have. He doesn’t appear to be ill. His nose is warm and dry, he doesn’t have any discharge. He is big and slightly overweight. But he’s also fast and able to look after himself, we often see him leaping around the garden and recently he’s started playing with cat toys.

After being abandoned and left to fend for himself he stayed in our garden until we adopted him, I guess he’s bound to have some health problems. But he does not like being picked up. I have tried getting him in a cat carrier before now and severely regretted it. If the snoring gets worse he will have to go to the vets. But at the moment I will forgive his mild snoring. X

Tummy rub pose.

Posted on March 31, 2021March 31, 2021 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Abandoned cat, Black and white cat, Cat, Friendly, Funny, Indoor cats, rolling over, Tummy, Tuxedo catLeave a comment

Well, outdoor cat has become very friendly, even rolling over and showing his belly! He doesn’t let you be friendly for long, it’s like he still can’t just trust us for long. After being abandoned by his previous owners I suppose it’s understandable.

He even let me tickle his tummy, and he still puts his paws out to touch my hand. He is still getting on well with my two indoor cats. He seems happy. X

Outside cat update.

Posted on December 20, 2020 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Abandoned cat, Bed and breakfast, Bedroom, Cat, Fun, Life, Living room, Outdoor cat, Sleeping, Thinking3 Comments

You know that feeling when you might be being taken advantage of? The outside cat came in at about 6pm. Had a meal, a good drink, then popped upstairs to sleep on our bed. Now, 11.30pm, he’s come down, come and looked at us for a minute in the living room, gone off, had a drink, then waited by the back door to be let out.

Cats, they really do have humans under their claws! I’m supplying bed, breakfast and an evening meal. I do think he’s getting more social, but he’s got the best side of the deal!

Sleeping like a baby

Posted on November 28, 2020November 28, 2020 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Abandoned cat, Black and white, Cat, Life, Love, Relaxed, Rest, Sleeping, Tuxedo cat7 Comments

He’s coming in at night more and more, he’s finding comfort and warmth. My cats are being tolerant (probably because they were rescue cats where there were twenty cats in the house). They sniff each other and then find somewhere to rest. This cat stays in longer ever night, we are his safe space. After an hour or two he goes to the back door and yowls, asks to be released. One day he might stay the whole night, but I understand he wants his freedom. In the meantime I’m getting him flea and worming treatments so he doesn’t pass anything on to my two. I’m glad he’s befriended us. X

In outdoor cat news…..

Posted on November 20, 2020 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Abandoned cat, Black and white cat, Cat, Cold, Garden, Learning, Life, Loved, Outdoor cat, Tuxedo cat, Waiting, Well fed4 Comments

Talking to a friend about our outdoor cat I explained that he’s generally in our garden which is about the size of two terraced houses and their yards…. There are lots of other cats about that come and go (I fear for the bird population but they have plenty of cover). There’s a shed and a summerhouse, two cat beds and cushions. He’s a big cat, twice the size of my other two, well-groomed. Tidy, but not a dominant cat which is why I think they can integrate…

He comes in and sleeps sometimes but he’d found a space on the settee and now the indoor boy cat sleeps there. I will have to find him a new space, it all seems to be about territory. I also think he gets too hot when we have our heating on. He will eat, then mooch over to the back door and yowl to be let out… Such is the life of an abandoned out door cat, we want to love and care for him, but he hadn’t made his mind up fully about us.

Outdoor cat asleep

Posted on November 11, 2020 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Abandoned cat, Autumn night, Blogging, Cat, Cold night, Life, Outdoor cat, Photo, Stray8 Comments

He came in, asked for a love, sniffed our boy cat. Thought about getting on my lap. Then he walked over to the settee, kicked a toy mouse for about thirty seconds (holding it with his forepaws, kicking with his back legs), then his eyes closed and he gel fast asleep!

Meanwhile my boy cat watched proceedings but remained inside a cardboard box we’ve given him to curl up in. The girl cat is lying over the radiator on her cat tree.. What happens next?

Hedgehog photos

Posted on September 27, 2020 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Abandoned cat, Catfood, Environment, Evening, Feeding, Food, Garden, Hedgehog, Life, Mammal, Nature, Night, PhotosLeave a comment

The hedgehogs are about tonight eating catfood again. I quietly opened the back door and saw one of them eating the catfood I’d left out for the abandoned cat. When it realised I was there it slowly scuttled off up the yard. When I looked again later all the cat food had gone. When the abandoned cat arrived I gave him a couple of pouches of wet cat food to make up for him missing supper.

I love out hedgehogs, I’m hoping they will weigh enough to survive winter. I think they are living in the back of the shed. My hubby says he hears snuffling in there late at night.

Trying to get the cat in.

Posted on September 25, 2020 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Abandoned cat, Black and white, Black and white cat, Confidence, Encourage cat, Home, In for winter, Indoor cats, Life4 Comments

We are trying to encourage the abandoned cat that we look after into the house as the weather gets colder. He isn’t very happy though. He struggles out of my hubbies arms and runs and yowls to be let back out again. We might have to consider opening the cat flap and having him in the bathroom over night if nothing else. We want him in a warmer situation than last winter.

I keep telling hubby that you have to encourage him in gently (the cat, not hubby) and let him settle down, until he gets confident. The two house cats don’t seem to mind him and disregard him, so that’s positive.

Cat shenanigans

Posted on September 2, 2020 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Abandoned cat, Boy cat, Cat, Cat flap, Fun?, Girl cat, Life, Living with cats, Random, ShenanigansLeave a comment

Hes just discovered the cat flap is working, so he went out into the dark night. The thing is that now both of my cats are inoculated they can go out. But there is the abandoned cat outside and he’s twice my boy cats size and even bigger than the girl cat.

So boy went out through the flap, but couldn’t get back in because the abandoned one was hanging round for food. Solution. Put a tray of cat food further up the yard to distract the abandoned one, then call boy cat in. Finally lock the cat flap for the night…. Result he can’t get out! Will open it again in the morning.

Cat integration isn’t going well.

Posted on August 31, 2020August 31, 2020 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Abandoned cat, Blogging, Boy cat, Cat, Girl cat, Integration?, Life2 Comments

Hubby decided it would be a good idea to bring the outside cat in, so he bought it into the living room. But it was not happy and struggled out of his grip. Our boy cat followed him as he’s friendly, but the outside cat turned round and hissed and swiped at him. I showed him where the cat flap was. He scarpered. Then as our female cat came to look at what was happening by the backdoor the abandoned cat lashed out again, this time from outside the cat flap. Result three confused and upset cats! So next time we will try a more gentle integration.

Mallaband-Brown

Tag: Abandoned cat