Boyfie lost his collar

"Christina Websell" wrote:
I like him to have a reflective one in case he goes on the road and he
came
in without it. I've bought him a new one today and he won't let me
put it
on.
He sees it in my hand and disappears.
He was at the door a moment ago, and I got near him but he heard the
bell on
it and has disappeared again.
When he sees me he goes under the furniture, he knows I'll have to
handle
him to put the collar on. He is fine with a collar and I like him to
have
one to see he is owned, but it's not easy to put a new one on.
He hates to have a new collar put on.
No luck so far. He knows I want to do it and he will not stay still
in the
house.
He is a crafty cat, but if he wants to go outside he needs a
reflective
collar. I just approached him and he went under a chair. He knows I
want
to put that collar on him and he is determined that I won't.
I have the collar in my hand and when he saw it just now he rushed up
to his
bedroom. I won't go after him there, it's his refuge. He sleeps
there and
I never disturb him when he is in his bedroom. He has his own room
upstairs
to sleep in and he loves it. He spends at least 12 hours a day
sleeping on
a double bed with a nice duvet on it just for him.





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He's not daft is he? That's part of the reason I love cats, every single
one is an individual.
--
Adrian

"CatNipped" wrote in message
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Could you place the collar in a bathroom and then, later, entice him in
there with a treat?

I managed to get it on him last night by hiding the collar up my sleeve and
catching him unawares at mealtime ;-)

Tweed

"MLB" wrote in message
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On 09/20/2011 06:39 PM, Christina Websell wrote:
I like him to have a reflective one in case he goes on the road and he
came
in without it. I've bought him a new one today and he won't let me put
it
on.
He sees it in my hand and disappears.
He was at the door a moment ago, and I got near him but he heard the bell
on
it and has disappeared again.
When he sees me he goes under the furniture, he knows I'll have to handle
him to put the collar on. He is fine with a collar and I like him to
have
one to see he is owned, but it's not easy to put a new one on.
He hates to have a new collar put on.
No luck so far. He knows I want to do it and he will not stay still in
the
house.
He is a crafty cat, but if he wants to go outside he needs a reflective
collar. I just approached him and he went under a chair. He knows I
want
to put that collar on him and he is determined that I won't.
I have the collar in my hand and when he saw it just now he rushed up to
his
bedroom. I won't go after him there, it's his refuge. He sleeps there
and
I never disturb him when he is in his bedroom. He has his own room
upstairs
to sleep in and he loves it. He spends at least 12 hours a day sleeping
on
a double bed with a nice duvet on it just for him.

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Has he lost weight? MLB

No, are you asking this because you think his collar is now too big for him,
and it dropped off?
I always buy collars with an elastic insert so if he snags it on a branch or
something it will stretch and he can pull his head out of it.
It usually happens around once a year. I've found two in the past and I
can see exactly how it came to happen both times and it worked just as it
should.

Tweed

"Bobble" wrote in message
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I'd remove the bell, which he probably hates, and it would make it easier
to sneak up on him when he's asleep to put the collar on.

I always take the bell off. Even so, it would be impossible sneak up on him
when he is sleeping, he always wakes up if I go near him - maybe a habit
left over from his past when he spent some time lost and scared.

Tweed

"Christina Websell" wrote in message
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"CatNipped" wrote in message
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Could you place the collar in a bathroom and then, later, entice him in
there with a treat?

I managed to get it on him last night by hiding the collar up my sleeve
and catching him unawares at mealtime ;-)

Tweed



I am quickly learning here that the slaves must be as crafty and sneaky as
the masters... :-)

Jay

"J J Levin" wrote in message
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He has his own room, spends at least 12 hours a day there, and you never
go there, right?

I didn't say that only that I never disturb him in there when he is sleeping
and feels safe.

As you say, he is a crafty cat. I'd check up on him, just to make sure he
has no stash of liquor up there. And since you never visit, are you sure
he doesn't sneak in a few girlfriends at night ?

No liquor seen when I vacuum in there - and as for sneaking in girls, he
already has an American girlfriendcat, Mimi, and would not dream of being
unfaithful to her ;-)
She is quite chubby and would probably smother him if he did..
Tweed

"Lisa Katt" wrote in message
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"J J Levin" skrev i meddelandet
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He has his own room, spends at least 12 hours a day there, and you never
go there, right?

As you say, he is a crafty cat. I'd check up on him, just to make sure
he has no stash of liquor up there. And since you never visit, are you
sure he doesn't sneak in a few girlfriends at night ?

:-)

Jay

I think I remember a time when ha wasn´t allowed upstairs at all. And
absolutely not on any bed. :-)
Elisabet

You remember correctly, Elisabet. It was when I was taken over by cats
after being a dog person all my life, and as I didn't usually allow my dogs
upstairs, I thought I could do the same for cats.
I discovered that cats will obey no rules so eventually I gave in to the
inevitable. Boyfie has his own bedroom, bed, and duvet and he finds it to
his liking, thank you very much. He uses it to sleep on between meals after
he's done toilet duties outside and a rat patrol. Sometime he stays out for
a while looking for rats - I saw him yesterday perched on top of the
woodheap (which is covered by a roof) looking intently at a space in it.
If the rat that appears is much bigger than a very large mouse he'll pretend
he doesn't see it and wash himself.

I don't blame him, those big boys have teeth that can go through concrete.
However he is happy to bring me baby ones and I am pleased as it prevents
them growing into adults. I also think it fulfils his natural hunting
instinct, it might be why he never plays with toys. I've bought him toys,
he ignores them. Maybe playing with toys is a displacement activity if cats
cannot hunt for real?

Tweed

"Adrian" wrote in message
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He's not daft is he?

No, he seems to be extremely intelligent. Far more than I expected. He
notes everything and puts it away for future use, for his advantage of
course.

Tweed

Christina Websell wrote:

I don't blame him, those big boys have teeth that can go through concrete.
However he is happy to bring me baby ones and I am pleased as it prevents
them growing into adults. I also think it fulfils his natural hunting
instinct, it might be why he never plays with toys. I've bought him toys,
he ignores them. Maybe playing with toys is a displacement activity if cats
cannot hunt for real?

It's what kittens do. Playing helps them develop predatory skills such as
stalking, chasing, pouncing, etc. In the wild, they stop doing it when
they reach maturity and have learned to hunt for real (I'm talking about
wild species here). Domestic cats have a peculiar relationship with humans,
where they remain in a kitten-like state their whole lives. Their human is
the mother cat, making sure to feed and play with her babies.

Maybe Boyfie has a bit of both, since he does depend on you for food. But
he's indoor/outdoor, and he also lived on his own and probably had to hunt
for much of his food, so he's not as dependent as an indoor house kitty.
So maybe, as you said, playing doesn't hold much fascination for him since
he's past that stage and hunting for real.

Joyce

--
Teach a child to be polite and courteous in the home and, when he
grows up, he'll never be able to merge his car onto a freeway.

"Christina Websell" wrote in message
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I like him to have a reflective one in case he goes on the road and he
came in without it. I've bought him a new one today and he won't let me
put it on.
He sees it in my hand and disappears.

(snippage)

Persia sometimes takes her collar off. She doesn't fight me when I try to
put it back on but she does want to let me know who is boss So I tuck it
in my pocket and give her scritches and tell her how much I love her. Then
I slip it out of my pocket and back over her head. The collar has a tag on
it, too.

Jill