Sid-rep: Tues

[lizwilliams]

Sid has now been here for just over a week. He has started to explore, although Outside is still a bit big and he is wary of it. Yesterday, on my way to work, I said to T: 'He's on the stairs. I think he's about to go onto the bookcase - you know that pile of books that's standing on it? Well, if you hear a - ' CRASH! Indeed.

Last night we played 'bashing people' through the bannisters, that well-known form of feline amusement. When I'd had enough and was en route to bed, the Rottweiler took up position at the top of the stairs. I came out of the bathroom to find Sid pouncing on her feet. She has been desperate to play with him all week - she follows him about, meeping and wagging her stump of a tail. So last night was fun, according to her. Sid caught her with a claw and she barked, but she didn't snap and Sid stood his ground. He's a bold little cat.

Could have done without the overturned litter tray this morning, however. I think one of the dogs skidded into it. You haven't lived until you've had to pick kitty litter out of the top of a skirting board. It looked as though someone had thrown a grenade into it.

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[autopope.livejournal.com]

Could have done without the overturned litter tray this morning, however. I think one of the dogs skidded into it. You haven't lived until you've had to pick kitty litter out of the top of a skirting board. It looked as though someone had thrown a grenade into it.

You need a covered tray, with a cat-flap on the front.

Better commission on specially, made out of sheet steel rather than the usual plastic.

[lil-shepherd.livejournal.com]

And put quite a lot of litter in said covered tray. Or else some cat will stand with its front paws on the entrance and turn the whole thing upside down (possibly on top of it.)

I speak from experience - and the cat who accomplished this weighs about four pounds...

[mevennen.livejournal.com]

I think you're right. I'm going to sort something out today. The other tray is behind a locked door, so the dogs can't get at it, but this won't work for Sid for logistic reasons.

I remember coming into the living room of my parents' house one morning, to discover that the cat had not only shredded all the newspaper around his litter tray and piled it in, but had hauled all the cushions off the chairs and put them on top too (obviously he REALLY wanted to get rid of something), so that there was a huge mound in the middle of the floor. Bizarre.

Sid is now trying to prise open the dishwasher. Sigh.

[inamac.livejournal.com]

One of my retirement projects is to build a scale model TARDIS to fit over the litter tray in the living room, on the 'if you can't hide it, flaunt it' principle. Not that every kitty litter tray isn't a TARDIS in its own right - this can be the only explaination for the cats being able to throw more litter out of them that you put in...

[stevenagy.livejournal.com]

One of our three cats does the "bashing" with me in the morning. Though it's more "pat the hand that feeds me" than anything else. Started when I was going downstairs to get their water and food in the morning. The stairs wrap around in a typical zig-zap pattern and I touch the upper flight for support. She touches my hand every morning. It's our thing.

[juliabk.livejournal.com]

Sounds like Sid and Tara have a lovely friendship going. The Alsatian might join in, but he'd have to remember Sid exists. Or Tara, for that matter. (Sill giggling over him not knowing he was on fire. That's as good as my Mighty Huntress story.)

[desperance.livejournal.com]

Last night we played 'bashing people' through the bannisters, that well-known form of feline amusement. When I'd had enough and was en route to bed, the Rottweiler took up position at the top of the stairs. I came out of the bathroom to find Sid pouncing on her feet.

Damn. They are definitely the same cat, yours and mine. Not just the playing through the banisters, which we do daily; but Barry has just recently invented tickling my feet, which he thinks is completely the best thing ever. Clearly he's importing it you-wards.

Want I want to know, though - is Barry wearing a false tail, or is Sid wearing a false absence of tail?

[tanaise.livejournal.com]

Our boxes are all covered--they're *slightly* more attractive that way, and more importantly, it makes it harder for the cats to throw litter all over the place. I do like the idea of building covers for them, though. We could frame in the upstairs one, and it would keep the area cleaner, and maybe even keep the dogs out. hmm.

[juliabk.livejournal.com]

I noticed this weekend that my Tribble is apparently suffering from dog envy. She's been sleeping on our copy of Cujo for the past few days.

Though, I must question her taste since she continues to hurl "Eats, Shoots & Leaves" onto the bathroom floor at every opportunity.

[mevennen.livejournal.com]

I promise not to tell Lynne Truss if heavily bribed. Chocolate will do. ;-)

[juliabk.livejournal.com]

Now, Liz, you know I'd share chocolate with you for no reason at all. :-);-)

My darling 13 year old bought me a copy of E., S. & L. for my birthday. We're both reading it by virtue of it currently living on the drawer unit next to the tub. Some people have magazines, some have comics, I have a book on punctuation. I'm not sure why it upsets Tribble so, except that we each *used* to pet her while otherwise occupied. Guess she's jealous. :-):-)