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Post by owdboggy on Dec 6, 2014 20:36:55 GMT
Things are a bit better with her and Ben, but she still chases poor Bill. Instead of ignoring her, which is what Ben does, he runs away, so of course she joins in the game. Disposable cat?  |
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Post by Ladygardener on Dec 7, 2014 6:03:57 GMT
owdboggy, the cutest little face. Good to hear things have evened out a bit. csmile
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Post by Rosefriend on Dec 7, 2014 8:57:55 GMT
She has lost that "small kitten" look hasn't she owdboggy,...she is growing up and quickly !! |
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Post by owdboggy on Dec 10, 2014 12:42:56 GMT
We have had some problems up in the roof space, so I have been going up there to deal with them Guess who wanted to join me?   |
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Post by Rosefriend on Dec 10, 2014 13:55:47 GMT
Oh lovely pics owdboggy, - you've got a friend for life I bet. Did you get rid of your rats, was it rats?, in the loft?? |
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Post by Chuckles on Dec 18, 2014 22:34:04 GMT
She is such a beautiful cat owdboggy, just look at that cute innocent face you could forgive her anything  |
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Post by Ladygardener on Dec 19, 2014 7:15:45 GMT
She's not afraid of heights anyhow is she owdboggy,  . |
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Post by owdboggy on Dec 19, 2014 11:01:27 GMT
She is running wild this morning. She seems to do that when we have been out for the day. Poor Bill is getting very stressed by her attacking him. He sat cuddled up to me last night so I could protect him from her. Not easy, she is as fast as lightning. She is up on to him and off again before either of us can move.
Still not decided whether we are going to keep her after she has been neutered.
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Post by Tig on Dec 19, 2014 12:22:07 GMT
Perhaps she'll calm down a bit when she's been neutered. Poor Bill
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Post by Ladygardener on Jan 11, 2015 15:05:29 GMT
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Post by owdboggy on Jan 11, 2015 17:42:26 GMT
Just as bad. She attacks poor Bill constantly. We have to lock her in the kitchen when he is trying to sleep. We tried putting her in the Dining room, but she just dug up the carpet by the door.
No decision about her future yet. She will be neutered sometime in the middle of February, then we will see. It may well be that she will be turned into a 'barn cat' ie she will live permanently outdoors with a warm secure sleeping place made for her in the sheds.
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Post by Ladygardener on Jan 12, 2015 6:41:19 GMT
Thanks for the update owdboggy. Perhaps when she's neutered she'll calm down. |
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Post by owdboggy on Feb 18, 2015 20:49:32 GMT
She was neutered today. 10 days before the stitches come out. She really hates the collar and Bill and Ben are terrified of her in it.  |
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Post by Rosefriend on Feb 19, 2015 7:58:42 GMT
Oh that brings back memories of many moons ago when I took my cat in to be done... I wonder what kind of cat she will become - will she stay the Maverick that she is or will she kowtow...it will be interesting to watch owdboggy!! |
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Post by owdboggy on Feb 19, 2015 9:31:45 GMT
Bill and Ben are utterly terrified of Jemma with the collar on. They refuse to come in even for food and it is pouring with rain. She has had to have a harness on as she can get the collar off otherwise. For some reason she wants to stand in the water bowl and empty it out all over the floor. She can drink as we have seen her doing it. Not a happy cat today!
We are hoping that once she can go out she will be a lot less wild in the house and leave poor Bill alone, otherwise she will have to be re-homed. He is a nervous wreck.
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Post by Ladygardener on Feb 22, 2015 7:35:09 GMT
Hope things are a bit calmer now owdboggy,. |
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Post by owdboggy on Feb 22, 2015 10:20:17 GMT
Best described as 'fraught'. She is not really eating as much as she should, but she refuses to partake of anything, even treats. She still frightens the other two so they are not happy. She is also very 'cling'. Every time one of us sits down she comes and sits on us,something she did not do before. Tried her without the collar, but she immediately began licking the stitches so we had to put it back on.
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Post by Ladygardener on Feb 22, 2015 11:15:43 GMT
It's brilliant that she will come and sit on you owdboggy. theinsidegardener has a new kitten and she'd just love for her to sit on her lap. She's too skittish, do you have any tips? She will eat when she really needs to I'm sure owdboggy. You're right to keep the collar on, they all hate it but it's necessary. |
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Post by Rosefriend on Feb 22, 2015 11:24:29 GMT
The whole procedure could have flung her back to having been chucked out...she won't have forgotten that - she is unsure of herself. Those collars are hated by all animals I think - my cat and dog both went mad with them..got really nasty but they hadn't been through what Jemma has.
I think Bill and Ben will always be frightened of her - they have accepted being bullied - they need to lash out....as I say it will be interesting to see what happens when her hormones have calmed down..
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Post by owdboggy on Feb 22, 2015 12:16:21 GMT
Sorry, no. We have friends who would have loved their cats to sit on them, but they have only just started and they are old cats now. Ben has only just begun to sit on me and I think that is only because I am between him and the chair rather than any desire for company. Bill, now has always been a lap cat. Difficult for me in that I cannot sit still for very long without extreme pain, so the animal gets disturbed and gets off in disgust.
All I can suggest is patience and sitting still!
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Post by Ladygardener on Feb 23, 2015 6:20:52 GMT
owdboggy, thanks for your input anyhow. At present she can now get herself onto her lap but jumps right off again, perhaps in time....
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Post by owdboggy on Feb 28, 2015 11:05:10 GMT
Jemma has had the last of the stitches removed this morning. She had a major accident in the carrier on the way there and had to be virtually bathed when she got there before they could get to the last remaining stitch. She is now very subdued, but that won;t last. She is not licking the scar, yet, so if that carries on we will be able to let her go walkies outside.
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Post by Ladygardener on Feb 28, 2015 17:00:52 GMT
At least that's another hurdle jumped owdboggy.  |
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Post by owdboggy on Feb 28, 2015 17:59:48 GMT
 Can I really go out?  Well here goes nothing.  A giant leap for cat kind.  What are you doing out here?  This is my part of the world, now go in! Jemma came in then and has not tried outside again.........There is always tomorrow. |
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Post by Rosefriend on Feb 28, 2015 18:20:11 GMT
At least she tried owdboggy, - a big wide world for her and good memories she really has not had of it....plus the pain of the OP and being frightened - I think she did well... Thanks for sharing OB... |
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Post by Ladygardener on Mar 1, 2015 6:48:54 GMT
Such beautiful cats you have owdboggy. Glad she at least made a bit of effort to go out. |
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Post by owdboggy on Mar 17, 2015 17:54:26 GMT
Jemma has been outside most of the last few days. She is still a bit timid, especially when next doors cat is around, or when traffic goes past. She is better when one of us is out there with her. She did catch her first mouse though.  |
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Post by Ladygardener on Mar 17, 2015 18:28:54 GMT
Wow, well caught owdboggy. Do they eat the mice they catch or just play with them? |
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Post by owdboggy on Mar 17, 2015 20:09:25 GMT
Ben does, Bill rarely catches anything. She played with this one for ages then left it lying. I think the magpies finished it off for her.
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Post by Ladygardener on Mar 18, 2015 7:01:59 GMT
Magpies will eat pretty much anything. We have a couple who last year and again this year have built their nest over by the elderberry bushes and they terrorise all the other birds while defending their territory.
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