matt303 wrote:This book makes keeping a cat seem high maintenance rather than the feed and occasional trip to the vet that most people tell me is normal.
As with any pet, it depends on many factors, such as amount of time owner and pet are together, breed of pet, etc.
e.g. Long-haired cats probably need combing (and other such care by their owners) at least once a day, whereas short-haired ones like Teifi don't need combing at all.
I only combed Teifi when he was wearing the "satalyte dysh" because he couldn't do it himself. Same about cleaning his eyes and ears during that time. He's pretty good at cleaning himself. I brush him more for fun because he enjoys it and purrs away.
A bit unrelated but the human caretaker of that cat has the particularity of being the only person in this street that joggs every morning. I have meant to ask him for a while about the origins of the cat to see if it maybe related to Teifi but i haven't because i don't want to interrupt his jogging.
skab wrote:Expect more of that. Our neighbours' cat was a real battle cat, showing off his many combat wounds like the frayed ears and scars on his nose
Well... the war for the control of the garage roof top is still going but for now it seems limited to spraying its corners. Charcoal Cat fm nxt door also seems to have given up on it a bit and found other locations. He tried to take over the garage in itself but Big Cat was less than happy about and Big Cat hissing, greowing and doubling his size was something that Charcoal decided not to mess up with. (There is some discarded furniture in the garage and Big Cat considers that to be his personnal room).