Boyfie is cross

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He's forgotten how lucky he is. I rarely leave him and he moans about
eating at 6 p.m instead of 3.45!
I've decided I've spoilt him far too much.
He will now not be allowed to have his own bedroom and sleep on his duvet
all day. He will have be out all the time on rat patrol until evening
when
he will be allowed another meal, after that he can sleep in the
conservatory
which will be opened at 11 pm. Until when I get up,and he will have to
have
earned his breakfast by catching a few rats. Otherwise he will get none.

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That's rather harsh, don't you think? Persia is spoiled (obviously) but
I wouldn't (for example) banish her from my bedroom at night if she cried
for dinner and she didn't get it at (in her kitty mind) the appointed
time. Nor would I shut her out of the guest bedroom, which she thinks of
as "hers".

So Boyfie got a little cross. Now he has to be a successful ratter
otherwise he doesn't get fed? Honestly, words fail me.

Jill


It was a joke, Jill.

Tweed
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Next time try a smiley It didn't come across as a joke.

Jill


So after 9 years of loving him, and posting about him, you actually believed
I was serious?
FGS!!

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He's forgotten how lucky he is. I rarely leave him and he moans about
eating at 6 p.m instead of 3.45!
I've decided I've spoilt him far too much.
He will now not be allowed to have his own bedroom and sleep on his duvet
all day. He will have be out all the time on rat patrol until evening
when
he will be allowed another meal, after that he can sleep in the
conservatory
which will be opened at 11 pm. Until when I get up,and he will have to
have
earned his breakfast by catching a few rats. Otherwise he will get none.

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That's rather harsh, don't you think? Persia is spoiled (obviously) but
I wouldn't (for example) banish her from my bedroom at night if she cried
for dinner and she didn't get it at (in her kitty mind) the appointed
time. Nor would I shut her out of the guest bedroom, which she thinks of
as "hers".

So Boyfie got a little cross. Now he has to be a successful ratter
otherwise he doesn't get fed? Honestly, words fail me.

Jill


It was a joke, Jill.

Tweed
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Next time try a smiley It didn't come across as a joke.

Jill


So after 9 years of loving him, and posting about him, you actually believed
I was serious?
FGS!!
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I wasn't the only one to misunderstand. I apologize.

Jill

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Christina Websell wrote:

I've decided I've spoilt him far too much.
He will now not be allowed to have his own bedroom and sleep on his
duvet
all day. He will have be out all the time on rat patrol until evening
when
he will be allowed another meal, after that he can sleep in the
conservatory
which will be opened at 11 pm. Until when I get up,and he will have to
have
earned his breakfast by catching a few rats. Otherwise he will get
none.

Seriously - don't do this to him. Especially with the harsh weather at
the moment and winter ahead. Let him sleep in comfort and privacy, as he
is used to, and feed him at the usual times. Cats like routine and he
was probably wondering what was happening yesterday when you weren't
there, and asked you about it, at length, later.

Deb.

You should all know me better than that. It was a feeble attempt at a
joke.

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I'm glad to hear that. I took it seriously (as did some others), and it
disturbed me. Thanks for clarifying it.

MaryL


Now, how long have you all known me? so how likely is it that I would do
such a thing? It was a joke.
I love my boy very much and he is indulged to the n'th degree. He has his
own armchair downstairs and bedroom upstairs and acres outside to roam. I
don't think I can give him a better life than that. And I got him neutered
way back when he first came. It did take a while to get him in the house so
I waited a while for him to trust me, and then I took him for his snip.

I resent being accused of not giving him a kind home by someone on the group
who doesn't neuter their males and lets them run around outside impregnating
every unspayed female.

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Christina Websell wrote:

I've decided I've spoilt him far too much.
He will now not be allowed to have his own bedroom and sleep on his
duvet
all day. He will have be out all the time on rat patrol until evening
when
he will be allowed another meal, after that he can sleep in the
conservatory
which will be opened at 11 pm. Until when I get up,and he will have to
have
earned his breakfast by catching a few rats. Otherwise he will get
none.

Seriously - don't do this to him. Especially with the harsh weather at
the moment and winter ahead. Let him sleep in comfort and privacy, as he
is used to, and feed him at the usual times. Cats like routine and he
was probably wondering what was happening yesterday when you weren't
there, and asked you about it, at length, later.

Deb.

You should all know me better than that. It was a feeble attempt at a
joke.

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I'm glad to hear that. I took it seriously (as did some others), and it
disturbed me. Thanks for clarifying it.

MaryL


Now, how long have you all known me? so how likely is it that I would do
such a thing? It was a joke.
I love my boy very much and he is indulged to the n'th degree. He has his
own armchair downstairs and bedroom upstairs and acres outside to roam. I
don't think I can give him a better life than that. And I got him neutered
way back when he first came. It did take a while to get him in the house so
I waited a while for him to trust me, and then I took him for his snip.

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I think the problem is that your message was so long and detailed that it
sounded serious to several of us. A short statement about "rat patrol"
might have given us a clue, but your message was the type that probably
needed a voice behind us for us to understand. On the other hand, I have
had the same problem on occasion when I have said what I *intended* to be a
joke to someone, only to have them take it seriously. I did respond to
someone else on this group that I know you love Boyfie and hoped the threat
was only a momentary reaction in anger (or words to that effect). I'm glad
we were all wrong, but I hope you can also understand that we were all
worried when we saw that message. We do sometimes see someone react "out of
the norm" if they are not feeling well or if something unexpected has
happened.

MaryL