Author Topic: The Chronicles of Pete (Read 72501 times)

Eccentrica Gallumbits · « **Reply #325 on:** 05 January, 2016, 06:35:05 pm »

Pete almost never drinks - he has mainly wet food, and I often add a bit of water to it. He was lively enough tonight to jump onto the kitchen worktop in search of treats, having just been fed.

Eccentrica Gallumbits · « **Reply #326 on:** 27 January, 2016, 07:48:50 pm »

My friend Norma has given Pete a present of a spider cat toy. It's got a rough pink body, green teeth, and glittery purple legs, and a thing to pull to make it move. He loves it/hates it - spent ages biting it, then took it up to the top of his climbing tower, bit it some more, then spent ages throwing it on the floor and glaring until I picked it up and gave it back to him (over and over again), then ran round the flat with it in his mouth for five minutes.

TimO · « **Reply #327 on:** 28 January, 2016, 01:34:20 pm »

It does seem rather unpredictable what toys cats seem to love the most! Zev has a green (!) mouse, which she loves to "kill", and which she also carries around the house, so I find it in various random locations. Luckily she doesn't seem to have realised that she can carry toys outside. I did find a very soggy and "dead" catnip flavoured sausage that Kai loved, in the back garden, under some weeds. That disappeared before Zev had outdoor privileges, so Kai must have taken it outside, and forgotten that he'd left it there.

ian · « **Reply #328 on:** 29 January, 2016, 09:45:32 am »

Bad Cat has a stupid, sparkly and brightly coloured fly-thing that she loves, so there might be a theme here. It appears at random places around the house, and after a good scrap she usually ends up snoozing with it on the bed. Little Monster cat, on the paw, prefers socks and other items of clothing, though she'll also randomly distribute the contents of the toy box about the living room on a daily basis.

redshift · « **Reply #329 on:** 07 February, 2016, 03:00:20 pm »

Charlie's current favourite is the 99p Wilko catnip rat, in a fetching brown velour finish, with bonus teethmarks in the ear and a missing eye. This is when he can't attack my foam roller, which is his bestest-ever-favouritest toy, but it cost 15 quid and I'm not about to let him destroy it.

Eccentrica Gallumbits · « **Reply #330 on:** 09 February, 2016, 12:33:07 pm »

Worms in the poo, worms in the poo.

Kim · « **Reply #331 on:** 09 February, 2016, 04:51:42 pm »

Quote from: Eccentrica Gallumbits on 09 February, 2016, 12:33:07 pm

Worms in the poo, worms in the poo.

Best place for them.

Eccentrica Gallumbits · « **Reply #332 on:** 05 March, 2016, 08:29:18 pm »

We went out for a little walk today. He got all excited by some littery shrubbery.

https://youtu.be/I2uRFIXkK28

Then he decided to jump onto the wall behind the shrubbery and then couldn't work out how to get down because of the railings.

https://youtu.be/5V2h-THa9zU

After he fell off the railings, he climbed a tree, couldn't work out that he could get down the same way he came up, ended up jumping from the tree to one of the pillars between the railings, couldn't get down from there, and I had to leg it round the other end of the flats to get into their back garden, climb up the wall, balance on the railings and lift him down with one arm. Neither of us enjoyed it.

https://youtu.be/b7W2QvoXjI4

Last week was easier.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-0wCfF7W4g

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #333 on:** 06 March, 2016, 12:46:32 am »

Quote from: Oscar's dad on 11 March, 2015, 06:04:10 am

What's required here is for some clever sod to invent a cat holding attachment that could be used with a Black & Decker Workmate.

I reckon the ACME Dog Spigot might work for cats.

Eccentrica Gallumbits · « **Reply #334 on:** 12 March, 2016, 07:34:30 pm »

Pete and I went for a stroll this afternoon

https://youtu.be/-WB4kP4ignU

https://youtu.be/R3byIvzmNk8

https://youtu.be/Oi9ZCtJIWKM

https://youtu.be/-WB4kP4ignU

https://youtu.be/R3byIvzmNk8

Eccentrica Gallumbits · « **Reply #335 on:** 05 April, 2016, 08:35:12 pm »

Pete climbed a couple of trees today, did some good acrobatics when he was struggling to get down again, and then stalked and very nearly caught a hen pheasant.

Eccentrica Gallumbits · « **Reply #336 on:** 21 April, 2016, 05:35:02 pm »

National Pet Month have done a piece on Pete. Fingers crossed it encourages people to use Lothian Cat Rescue.

http://www.nationalpetmonth.org.uk/blog/2016/04/21/from-street-life-to-a-loving-forever-home-pete-packs-a-powerful-punch-with-kirsten/

Mrs Pingu · « **Reply #337 on:** 21 April, 2016, 05:56:01 pm »

Dibdib · « **Reply #338 on:** 21 April, 2016, 06:20:26 pm »

Aw that's wonderful

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #339 on:** 21 April, 2016, 06:48:23 pm »

I hope this new-found fame isn't going to go to his head.

(Has he got an agent?)

Pingu · « **Reply #340 on:** 21 April, 2016, 07:02:14 pm »

Can I get his pawtograph?

Eccentrica Gallumbits · « **Reply #341 on:** 23 May, 2016, 09:55:56 pm »

Fed up of being smacked awake at dawn, I got an automatic feeder and set it to dispense at 5am. I got two weeks of not being smacked awake at 5am until he worked out he could break into it.

Mrs Pingu · « **Reply #342 on:** 24 May, 2016, 12:02:06 pm »

Haha, clever boy

Eccentrica Gallumbits · « **Reply #343 on:** 24 May, 2016, 01:22:31 pm »

It's just brute force. He bashes it with his giant head and forces his huge hands into it.

Eccentrica Gallumbits · « **Reply #344 on:** 02 June, 2016, 07:44:20 am »

I was about to leave for work yesterday when my neighbour chapped on the door and asked to borrow my cat carrier because she was going to get a kitten. I went in to see him last night and he's gorgeous. He's 8 weeks old and he's called Rico. His markings are very similar to Pete's, but instead of black, he's grey with a bit of tabby. He's so teeny.

I'm really worried that Pete will hurt or possibly kill him. So we've agreed I'll take Pete through there in his carrier at the weekend and begin the process of introductions.

TimO · « **Reply #345 on:** 03 June, 2016, 01:18:52 pm »

Quote from: Eccentrica Gallumbits on 02 June, 2016, 07:44:20 am

... I'm really worried that Pete will hurt or possibly kill him. So we've agreed I'll take Pete through there in his carrier at the weekend and begin the process of introductions.

It seems unlikely to me. Kai was always incredibly well behaved with Zev, even though she was a complete arse. Once she was an adult cat (sized), he was prepared to whack her if she got to be too annoying, but as a kitten he just got annoyed and swished his tail, but never tried to be even slightly aggressive towards her.

I guess there's a natural instinct with some mammals, that we don't attack younger versions of our own species (albeit not always the case, especially with unrelated offspring).

Nevertheless, careful introduction seems to be a sensible approach.

Kim · « **Reply #346 on:** 03 June, 2016, 02:46:23 pm »

And sometimes the cute little kitten turns out to be a secret murderous bastard and puts the older cat in their place.

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #347 on:** 03 June, 2016, 02:53:29 pm »

Or vice-versa.

Eccentrica Gallumbits · « **Reply #348 on:** 04 June, 2016, 11:01:06 pm »

I put Pete in his carrier today and took him through to meet Rico. Pete seemed completely uninterested. Rico was intrigued, kept coming close, making himself big and hissing and running off, then coming back for another look. We're going to keep introducing them a couple of times a week.

TimO · « **Reply #349 on:** 05 June, 2016, 09:04:14 am »

Quote from: Eccentrica Gallumbits on 04 June, 2016, 11:01:06 pm

... Rico was intrigued, kept coming close, making himself big and hissing and running off, then coming back for another look ...

That's interesting, Zev and Kai were nothing like that, they both just behaved very cautiously, like cats do when meeting each other. I guess two male cats vs one male and one female cat, is going to be different behaviour.

It sounds like Pete is very laid back.

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Author Topic: The Chronicles of Pete (Read 72501 times)

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