(06-01-2025, 10:22 AM)Oh_hunnihunni Wrote: Some of us are just harder to train than others. I am still resisting the 'breakfast at 4am'  lessons.

(06-01-2025, 11:26 AM)Jan Wrote: Good morning from freezing Hawke’s Bay - string cold winds yuk

We had a magnificent huge Abyssinian called Asher who demanded his fresh fish was heated slightly in the microwave - he too liked to eat in the early morning - at first he tried head butting my son who was unlucky enough to have the bedroom next to the kitchen - he was a big cat and his head butts were not able to be slept through - if that didn’t work he would head out to the kitchen and stretch up and repeatedly ping the microwave door - the longer he was kept waiting the more incessant the pinging became - the staffis would start whinging as they knew there was about to be much shouting about who should get up and feed that bloody cat .The old boy shifted the microwave up higher and the evil sod worked out he could jump on the top of the fridge and still reach the microwave .
Unfortunately he developed feline aids and we really missed him .

(06-01-2025, 12:22 PM)Oh_hunnihunni Wrote: Aby's are very clever beasts. I have always wanted one...

(07-01-2025, 08:02 AM)Oh_hunnihunni Wrote: I picked up some marigold seedlings at the community garden as companions for my beans, and they have turned out to be magnificent big bright orange pom poms, so that seed is going in everywhere I can put it. They make such a gorgeous blast of colour, no wonder the Hindu have adopted them as the Diwali flower they are stunning.

(06-01-2025, 06:25 PM)Olive Wrote: My dearly beloved blotched tabby Billy weighed 6.5kg at his peak.   He was an absolute unit.   Sadly his beauty and brawn didn't prevent him from coming down with a rare and untreatable bacterial infection and last month, aged only seven,  he was euthanised.   I'm heartbroken, trying not to look at SPCA photos while it's kitten season, and slowly coming to terms with the fact that we're really too old to start again with a kitten.  Also that the bacteria that killed Billy was in our soil and could infect another cat.

(07-01-2025, 02:35 PM)Lilith7 Wrote:

(06-01-2025, 06:25 PM)Olive Wrote: My dearly beloved blotched tabby Billy weighed 6.5kg at his peak.   He was an absolute unit.   Sadly his beauty and brawn didn't prevent him from coming down with a rare and untreatable bacterial infection and last month, aged only seven,  he was euthanised.   I'm heartbroken, trying not to look at SPCA photos while it's kitten season, and slowly coming to terms with the fact that we're really too old to start again with a kitten.  Also that the bacteria that killed Billy was in our soil and could infect another cat.

Oh Olive, that's awful, poor wee thing - but at least he isn't suffering. Its always really hard to get over the death of a pet.


There was nearly a dead cat here this morning; that fiend from hell disguised as Madame Le Cat didn't come in this morning when I headed out to do dreaded groceries & still no sign of her when I came back. Called & called the little sod but nothing, not a sign of her all morning.

Eventually she came strolling nonchantly in, with a brief glance in my direction before taking up a post next to her saucer & looking meaningfully at the fridge.
I did not kill her on the spot,instead I picked her up & explained how worried I & Madame Le Dog had been (I had no idea dogs could laugh!  ) & told her never to do it again & she did a bit of perfunctory purring, which I hope means she'll never do it again...don't think I'd better hold my breath though.