Kitty Stoke

**liv2ski** · 02-16-2018, 06:31 PM

Originally Posted by KQ

I have considered a window but again, there are strays to deal with.

You really think something is going over a 10' fence made of something like this? Then razor wire the top FTMFW!!!

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**4matic** · 02-19-2018, 12:57 AM

I’m knocking here.

**JongDoe** · 02-19-2018, 06:05 AM

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**4matic** · 02-19-2018, 10:46 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9p9q6CvXG8

**JongDoe** · 02-19-2018, 11:03 AM

Damn, that cat has quick feet,

PB · 02-19-2018, 11:06 AM

Pretty sure it was a rabbit.

KQ · 02-19-2018, 01:06 PM

Originally Posted by 4matic

The one with the mustache is bitching that he's not doing it right because no one is coming to let them in.

**4matic** · 02-21-2018, 09:29 AM

Beautiful cat

sb · 02-21-2018, 03:57 PM

nice day outside

KQ · 02-27-2018, 12:35 PM

Marty the tunnel cat:

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**4matic** · 02-27-2018, 12:36 PM

Eyes looking better with every pic.

KQ · 02-27-2018, 12:53 PM

Originally Posted by scottyb

nice day outside

Nice! I'm so looking forward to the day the kittens can go outside. Marty in particular needs to do some serious tree climbing. I feel like I need to put bird spikes on everything in the house to keep him off of things.

KQ · 02-27-2018, 12:57 PM

Originally Posted by 4matic

Eyes looking better with every pic.

looks 100%

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sb · 02-27-2018, 01:48 PM

Originally Posted by KQ

looks 100%

Awwww, that's really cute. I got flowers blooming and our winter is just about done it seems. More outside days ahead.

**dark_star** · 03-04-2018, 06:50 AM

Hey, any of you jerks ever have a Siberian kitty? I would love to get a cat, but as I posted about 18 pages back developed an allergy when I was a kid after having cats my whole life up to then. My mom later bought a devon rex, which helped but which did not solve the problem. So hypoallergenic is the only option for me, sadly.

Supposedly siberians have 1/4 the level of the protein in their saliva that drives most people's allergies. Anyone?

**4matic** · 03-04-2018, 07:42 PM

My Siberian mutt was the very best cat and I’ve had a lot of cats. Smart, loyal, friendly, strong. Not sure about allergies. Miss him

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KQ · 03-06-2018, 05:12 PM

A man with 18 cats has remodelled his house into a feline playground paradise, complete with a spiral stairway, aerial walkways and climbing poles.

**Norseman** · 03-06-2018, 05:30 PM

Haha, wow, that is a sweet looking place!

**Meadow Skipper** · 03-06-2018, 05:33 PM

^Guy did a pretty nice job, I mean if you're gonna give your house over to cats.

**wyeaster** · 03-06-2018, 05:35 PM

pawsome!

sb · 03-06-2018, 06:23 PM

Lol, those cats hit the lotto.

**digitaldeath** · 03-06-2018, 06:51 PM

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https://twitter.com/MayaThejaguar/st...28590199934976

Watch the back claw!

**digitaldeath** · 03-06-2018, 06:52 PM

Originally Posted by 4matic

My Siberian mutt was the very best cat and I’ve had a lot of cats. Smart, loyal, friendly, strong. Not sure about allergies. Miss him

We had identical cat growing up. Came from a tiger mom

Snowcap his name was

**goldengatestinx** · 03-07-2018, 09:42 PM

Originally Posted by dark_star

Hey, any of you jerks ever have a Siberian kitty? I would love to get a cat, but as I posted about 18 pages back developed an allergy when I was a kid after having cats my whole life up to then. My mom later bought a devon rex, which helped but which did not solve the problem. So hypoallergenic is the only option for me, sadly.

Supposedly siberians have 1/4 the level of the protein in their saliva that drives most people's allergies. Anyone?

Check out birmans. Had a brother sister twins. Damn fine cats and supposedly low or no allergy issues. Seems strange with the longer fur but no undercoat and no grooming problems.

KQ · 03-14-2018, 09:19 PM

Warning: Long read

Can anyone tell me why my kittens (now 6mo old) are so skittish?

In anticipation of letting them out someday (oh please!) I've been taking them out on walks to show them around the outside of the house and how to get in and out. They really seem to enjoy the walks and are familiar with the one door we've been using.

Today I was walking my little girl and everything was going great then something happened to scare her and she stepped off a terrace wall she was standing on which caused her to slip out of her Kitty Holster (I was standing on the terrace with her when she went over the edge to the patio which is why I think the holster slipped off in addition to not having fastened it snug enough). Anyhoo... she got out of the holster and ran away in abject terror. All I could do was watch as she rounded the front of the house and headed for the vast wheat fields like her tail was on fire.

I called and called without any luck so I got the idea to put her brothers out on the back deck in this large dog kennel I have in their room. They are familiar with the kennel and sleep and eat in it. I put them in the kennel, opened the back door and slid it to the doorway thinking they might help her find her way back. They were fine until I exited the room, went out another exterior door and approached them from the outside. It was total mayhem! The fought like wild animals to get out of the kennel and away from me. It had only been 30secs. max since I'd left them yet they acted like I was a wolf coming to eat them and nothing I could do or say would calm them down. They bounced around in the kennel like popcorn scrambling and bloodying their noses against the wire. WTF?

I did finally find my little girl. She was under a tool box in the garage (must have moved there because I had checked earlier). She was trembling and crying but would not come to me. I finally got down on my belly so I could reach her and pulled her out by her scruff.

It's not like there isn't activity and noise in the house - music, vacuum, TV, people talking etc. but if I sneeze they run and hide as fast as they can.

I don't get it - why are they so afraid? Will they grow out of it? Should I forget about letting them out? I've always had cats that were indoor/outdoor but that was when I was a kid and my parents were in charge of them. Maybe they did something different like thew them out and hoped for the best. Since then I've had barn cats who had a mother and learned to fend for themselves. A few of them became house cats after having grown up in the barn and they were well adjusted.

Meghan happily exploring moments before "the incident"