tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post1094593095069636866..comments2023-11-22T09:11:01.567+00:00Comments on George Szirtes: London, London, Oxford - and a wild catGeorge Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08889600788146987089noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post-86728457624731495302014-05-04T11:49:44.158+01:002014-05-04T11:49:44.158+01:00Agnes Lehoczky's, Carilloneur, at the Hungaria...Agnes Lehoczky's, Carilloneur, at the Hungarian Cultural Center. Your participation by what it has and be sure that everything is good.friv 3http://www.friv3go.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post-85601278491967821642014-04-30T20:41:06.560+01:002014-04-30T20:41:06.560+01:00Sorry to hear that George and I hope Clarissa isn&...Sorry to hear that George and I hope Clarissa isn't too shaken. We've been a cat family for almost as long as yourself and it's always intriguing how different their personalities are. I started to give them decidedly human names decades ago (Claire, Paul, Hilary, Rosie, Toby, etc.) perhaps partly because of this. I've been scratched of course, as have we all, but never anything like the attack you mention. Mark Granierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09899629187771913398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post-39192486922850495192014-04-30T16:31:16.715+01:002014-04-30T16:31:16.715+01:00There wasn't going to be a box, Puthwuth. Not ...There wasn't going to be a box, Puthwuth. Not a box in sight. Our complicated arrangements are due to the fact that Pearl, the big cat, is constantly seeking food (vet told us to keep the meals down a little as she quickly balloons) while little Lily never finishes hers but keeps coming back for snacks. If both dishes were in the same room Pearl would take Lily's food the moment she left it. We can however shut Pearl inside a double room with a catflap to outside then let Lily have the run of the rest of the house. But cats being what they are Lily sometimes chooses to run out just as we'd like to separate them. A neighbour generally comes in to feed them when we're away for a night or two, though we have a couple of those time-set boxes that flip open at particular times as back-up.<br /><br />The relationship between Pearl or Alpha Cat and Lily (distinctly Beta Cat) is never cuddly. Pearl tolerates Lily except when Lily is in playful mood or when Pearl herself is in a bad mood which is most of the time. Lily needs to use a tray because Pearl dominates the small borders in the yard.<br /><br />Pearl is generally frowstier than Lily, who is a darling, though neither likes being picked up. When Lily panics, which is every time someone calls, she scampers off to hide. Pearl has rarely panicked till now (if indeed it was panic).<br /><br />Pearl covers territory outside day and night. Lily never ventures beyond the yard.<br /><br />Both come from feral stock, both from the same cattery, Pearl being a few months older.<br /><br />It's hard to know what to do. We have often enough thought of giving Pearl to a friend with more garden or near a field so she could be happy and that Lily might feel less bullied. This has, I think, resolved us to offer Pearl either to a farm or to a cattery along with a donation.<br /><br />We have never had to do this before, but the attack was frightening and quite serious. We have very small grandchildren who could be badly hurt.<br /><br />Lily will be fine by herself and, I strongly suspect, a lot less likely to scamper off into hidden corners. She is no problem at all and a lovely presence, Gwilym.<br /><br />We have had cats for over forty years and they have all been different personalities, but we have had no contrast like between these two.<br /><br />Pearl will not be shamed into abject remorse. She will do what she constantly does, i.e. mutter under her breath, give out a stifled yelplet of complaint, and flick out an occasional claw.<br /><br />I rarely do that myself.<br /><br /><br />George Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08889600788146987089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post-65427271807839336982014-04-30T10:25:52.537+01:002014-04-30T10:25:52.537+01:00As I know from experience, the realisation they ar...As I know from experience, the realisation they are about to be put in The Box can cause cats to do all manner of crazy things. Sorry to hear of this violent outburst, but hope a hastily arranged behavioural psychology talking-to can be used to shame the miscreant into suitably abject remorse. puthwuthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05606399161863289851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post-77998120521763884822014-04-30T08:14:36.821+01:002014-04-30T08:14:36.821+01:00George your wife has my sympathy. April last year...George your wife has my sympathy. April last year two cats managed to crack some of my ribs. They were neighbourhood cats which had sneaked in our house through an open window and then refused to leave. Needless to say I chased them and fell. I was out of action for 2 weeks. And then 4 weeks going with sticks. I think if it was me those cats would have to go. And the sooner the better. You can't reason with cats. Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.com