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Eccentrica Gallumbits

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Re: The Chronicles of Pete
« Reply #75 on: 09 July, 2014, 06:31:41 pm »
Not too bad today. I still sneeze, and he doesn't like that  ;D, but keeping him out of the bedroom and going to work today has reduced the symptoms. I will have  talk with him about me staying at home and him going to work, when he wakes up.
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Eccentrica Gallumbits

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Re: The Chronicles of Pete
« Reply #76 on: 10 July, 2014, 07:56:21 am »
Well, I won't make the mistake of leaving the box of catfood pouches on the worktop again. Somebody has spent the night dragging three pouches out of the box and across the floor and eating the contents of one of them. No wonder he hadn't eaten all of his overnight biscuits.
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Eccentrica Gallumbits

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Re: The Chronicles of Pete
« Reply #77 on: 11 July, 2014, 06:41:24 pm »
He likes hummus.  ;D
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Re: The Chronicles of Pete
« Reply #78 on: 11 July, 2014, 06:50:00 pm »
Pete is a classy cat. More photos, please.

Re: The Chronicles of Pete
« Reply #79 on: 11 July, 2014, 06:50:29 pm »
He likes hummus.  ;D

Garlicky cat farts.......  :sick:
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Re: The Chronicles of Pete
« Reply #80 on: 15 July, 2014, 11:15:34 pm »
He likes hummus.  ;D

Have you tried him with taramasalata, or as it's know by our mobs as "Oh gods pink fishy egg paste want moar NAO!"
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Eccentrica Gallumbits

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Re: The Chronicles of Pete
« Reply #81 on: 16 July, 2014, 08:05:38 am »
No, and he's not getting at the hummus again either!

Because I love him so much, and because I am very tragic, and because not everybody wants endless facebook updates of "this is what my cat did," Pete now has a blog.

https://thechroniclesofpete.wordpress.com/

 :-[ :facepalm: ;D
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Re: The Chronicles of Pete
« Reply #82 on: 16 July, 2014, 09:18:08 am »
^^^^^^^^
Mad Cat Lady

 ;D ;D :D ;D
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Eccentrica Gallumbits

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Re: The Chronicles of Pete
« Reply #83 on: 16 July, 2014, 07:30:51 pm »
Pete has discovered that where the cushions overhang the base of the sofa, there is a gap between the base of the sofa and the throw that's over it, which is ideal for hiding in and pouncing on things.  ;D
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Re: The Chronicles of Pete
« Reply #84 on: 16 July, 2014, 11:21:39 pm »
Pete now has a blog.

https://thechroniclesofpete.wordpress.com/

 :-[ :facepalm: ;D

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Eccentrica Gallumbits

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Re: The Chronicles of Pete
« Reply #85 on: 17 July, 2014, 04:45:41 pm »
Tesco had prawns in the clearance bit of the fridge, so he's had fresh prawns for tea. He likes them.  ;D
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Re: The Chronicles of Pete
« Reply #86 on: 17 July, 2014, 06:38:02 pm »
You are totally a mad cat lady now! :D
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Eccentrica Gallumbits

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Re: The Chronicles of Pete
« Reply #87 on: 17 July, 2014, 08:14:42 pm »
Not totally. I didn't give him the dipping sauce.
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Re: The Chronicles of Pete
« Reply #88 on: 17 July, 2014, 08:20:42 pm »
You are going to end up with a very fussy, picky Pete.
Daf is lucky if he gets chips with curry sauce once a month.

Really.  He lurves chip shop curry sauce.  We've never tried him on the real thing.
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Eccentrica Gallumbits

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Re: The Chronicles of Pete
« Reply #89 on: 17 July, 2014, 09:01:20 pm »
Nah, he's too greedy to be picky.  ;D
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Eccentrica Gallumbits

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Re: The Chronicles of Pete
« Reply #90 on: 22 July, 2014, 08:16:05 pm »
Tonight Pete spent about half an hour running round the house like a mentaller, with a catnip mouse in his mouth, interspersed with crouching in his current favourite cardboard box then bursting out of it like a greyhound from a trap and starting all over again.  ;D
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Re: The Chronicles of Pete
« Reply #91 on: 22 July, 2014, 08:37:15 pm »
Never mind the catnip mice,  he's supposed to be ridding the place of real ones   ;D   Has you caught any yet ?
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Eccentrica Gallumbits

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Re: The Chronicles of Pete
« Reply #92 on: 22 July, 2014, 09:41:40 pm »
No, but I haven't seen or heard any evidence of them since he arrived. I'm hoping they know he's here and they've fucked off next door. Next door say they're going to get TWO CATS and send the mice back to me.  ;D
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Re: The Chronicles of Pete
« Reply #93 on: 22 July, 2014, 11:13:26 pm »
No, but I haven't seen or heard any evidence of them since he arrived. I'm hoping they know he's here and they've fucked off next door. Next door say they're going to get TWO CATS and send the mice back to me.  ;D

MOAR cats to spoffle  :D   As long as they don't fight with Pete..
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Eccentrica Gallumbits

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Re: The Chronicles of Pete
« Reply #94 on: 23 July, 2014, 07:38:20 am »
They were joking.
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Eccentrica Gallumbits

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Re: The Chronicles of Pete
« Reply #95 on: 24 July, 2014, 12:03:43 pm »
The first two days I had Pete, I was on annual leave from work and by the end of the second day I was confident he was settled enough that I had no need to worry about him while I’m at work. I’ve continued to believe that for the last two weeks. As I start to unlock the door, I can usually hear him jump to the floor and run to meet me. He waits by the door for me to come in, lets me rub his head, and then he does that big stretch cats do when they’ve just woken up from a long sleep. So I’ve assumed he’s quite happy during the day.

But I saw my neighbour yesterday and she says she heard him crying on Monday. It was about lunchtime, and he was sitting behind the front door and meowing very loudly, and for quite a while. So now I’m worried that he does that every day.

It’s only another week till he gets his second lot of jags. I’m hoping that once he can come in and out freely, that might keep him a bit happier during the day. I hate to think of him crying alone all day every day.

McBobb arrived last night and he and Pete are getting to know each other. Pete was a bit uncertain at first, but within ten minutes was asking for a headrub. This morning he looked a bit surprised when he saw bobb - I think he'd forgotten he was here - but he's fine now.

I'm really struggling to work out how much to feed him. The shelter said they gave him a wet pouch and biscuits twice a day. The vet weighed him and said 5.8kg was fine. I've been giving him a pouch when I get up and 20-25g biscuits when I leave for work, a pouch at teatime, and 20-25g biscuits when I go to bed. And if he's been a really good boy, he gets a couple of Dreamies, and now and again I defrost a couple of prawns as a treat for him. He gobbles the pouches down in seconds, and when I put the biscuits down, he gobbles about 3/4 of them and eats the rest little by little. But he seems to be hungry so much of the time, he spends a lot of time meowing for food, winds round my feet hopefully as soon as I go near the kitchen and tries to eat anything left out on the worktop that looks likely. And when he doesn't get anything he lies down next to his bowl and looks sad. I don't want to over feed him, especially just now when he's not getting much exercise, but I don't want to starve him. I gave him 30g biscuits this morning after his wet food and he ate most of them and has been snoozing contentedly ever since.

He's a big strong cat, but he's not fat, and you can feel but not see his ribs along his sides. How do I tell if he's genuinely hungry and needs food, or if he's just being greedy?
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Jaded

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Re: The Chronicles of Pete
« Reply #96 on: 24 July, 2014, 12:10:56 pm »
They lose and gain weight pretty quickly, so if he gets fat you can always go back to lower rations. More biscuits in the bowl with soft food as a treat when you get back.
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Re: The Chronicles of Pete
« Reply #97 on: 24 July, 2014, 12:49:15 pm »
Weigh him: assuming you have scales, weigh yourself then pick Pete up and weigh both of you. Keep a note of his weight and watch for any major changes.

Re: The Chronicles of Pete
« Reply #98 on: 24 July, 2014, 01:50:03 pm »
They will ask for food when they don't need it (but won't usually gorge themselves).

It's a way of getting reassurance. I think it is best to stick to fixed feeding times.
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Eccentrica Gallumbits

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Re: The Chronicles of Pete
« Reply #99 on: 24 July, 2014, 02:50:44 pm »
That makes sense. He'd been much better about not begging until last night, so perhaps he was feeling insecure with bobb being here. We just went out and got food for lunch, and he woke up when we came back and asked for food, although there are plenty of biscuits in his bowl. He lay by his bowl looking sad, but now he's back in his favourite cardboard box. And Pete's doing ok too.  ;D
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