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Cat General => General Cat Chat => Topic started by: betsy on December 08, 2007, 18:54:36 PM
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Ive got him a christmas stocking and so far he has a vibrating mouse and some catnip (which i havnt tried him with yet !) :sneaky:
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Well, I have bought a covered tray, catnip spray and cat tree so far, but this is the second year in a row I have bought a specific cat a present and they haven't been here for X Mas, so sticking to general presents in the future.
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I've gone a bit overboard this year but it's the boys first Christmas :) They have a pet spa, peek a prize, tick tock teaser, a Whiskas cat head bed, purrnip bone and another pawbreaker each. They did have some catnip bubbles and a slicker brush but I couldn't resist giving them to them early :shy:
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I'm afraid mine just get a specially nice can of cat food - to keep them distracted while I scoff my dinner :naughty:
I reckon they get presents all the time and since they are not baptised, they don't know its christmas :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
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I used to be like that BC, and prob should do from next year, as they get so many things throughout the year - the cat tree was purely cos it was on offer last week and Molly has already had a new bed this year. I dont know what mine are having for their X Mas dinner yet.
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The things I have bought Max I have given him so far :rofl: but still got his whiskas stocking and new feeding dishes from petplanet still to be picked up from the post office special cat food and that will prob be it
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Max has:- A purrnip bone (on its way lol), a new industrial strength wiggly waggler made on special order by Ann at CosyCats, a new Kitty Collar (met Marla today at the show, lovely lady!), a special Christmas Stocking from CP with a new catnip cusion, refills, toy etc, and some tiny meeces Leigh gave us today (which have also gone in the stocking!)
I'm sure I might find another few bits and pieces though :evillaugh:
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If I had the spare cash I'd like to get them all new beds [there are some lovely ones at PAH] but as I haven't got any spare money - thanks Lily ;) - they'll be having something lovely to eat on Christmas Day as well as lots of fusses :Luv: :Luv: :Luv: :Luv: :Luv:
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Never baught mine Christmas pressies (I know I am a bad meowmy) they will have gourmet pearl pouches over the festive season though as that is their favourite treat but otherwise they will have to make do with what they have :shy:
oh to be a millionaire :shify:
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A whiskers stocking and a helping of turkey will have to do - Xanthe desperately needs a new scratching post as she has half demolished her existing one but that might have to wait until January.
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oh I will stretch to a stocking,but they'll have to share it,same with the dogs :evillaugh:
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umm.... i got jasper some catnip treats, some catnip, a da bird with a da puff and a da mouse (which is really teeny tiny btw???). and i honestly doubt he'll appreciate any of it!!!!! he'll get some prawns for christmas dinner and i'm sure some bits of chocolate and ice cream over the few weeks. oh and of course he gets his mummy home to hassle him for 3 weeks!!!!!!!!!!!! hehe!!!
whats a cat spa helen??? cant wait to see the photos!!!
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I have bought Archie a whiskers stocking so far and will have to get a replacement Da mousey and Da birdy ;D
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My boys are getting a new cat tree to share but I'm sure they'll get lots of smaller toys too.
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My three are going to get *checks around to make sure no-one is looking what I'm typing* ....
Christmas dinner ... some of the roast meat, mixed in with Nature's Menu pouches (I use these as a VERY special treat ... they love NM more than 'treats'!!) plus a little cat milk.
For pressies: an Ikea cat tent, and an Ikea mini chest of drawers ;D You know, those small wooden boxes with nine wooden drawers, with little finger holes to open them. Several smallish toys, a few treats, some scrunched paper and the like, all hidden in the drawers! They absolutely LOVE opening the drawers of mine to extract everything that's in there lol! So they're getting one of their own :)
I'm also considering getting a little water fountain, but I've got to do a little research about that one first.
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thats so sweet cj!!!
are you hoping they'll tidy up after themselves? :evillaugh:
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Hi folks,
The cats have been having a bit of a toy fest lately but so far I've got them the following for Christmans, one wiggly waggler, one Dabird and DaMousie, several small mousies, two new ardboard scratching pads and turbo scratcher thingy. I've still got to get them some treats etc. for their Christmnas stockings. I'll be wrapping their bigger pressies soon when I can find somehwere in the flat where I can't be observed :) I expect that I'll be getting them some other stuff as well so that they've got something to open on Boxing Day :).
I think that this year my biggest present to the cats is by taking leavr from the 17th so that I get an extra week with us all together so we can enjoy each other's company for an extended Christmas holiday, of course this is also a rare treat for me too as I've only taken two weeks leave this year since March and I love us all being together days on end, I expect to be pinned to the sofa by one of the boys for extended periods, "bliss" :)
Cheers
Leigh
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a da mouse (which is really teeny tiny btw???).
Don't underestimate the power of da mouse, it's the boys' favouritest toy in the whole wide world :wow:
whats a cat spa helen??? cant wait to see the photos!!!
One of these....
http://www.hagen.com/uk/publicity/cats/catspa.html
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a da mouse (which is really teeny tiny btw???).
Don't underestimate the power of da mouse, it's the boys' favouritest toy in the whole wide world :wow:
Oh yes - da mousy is the best! Goes down well here too, esp with Jaffa.
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Da Mousy rocks! Even off the rod, its tackled, kicked and loved (I get growled at if I try take it away). Teeny but powerful.
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God I feel mean just filling by cats bellies up for christmas and not getting them any toys,think I'll have to invest in da mousie I think :evillaugh:
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Memphis has curley purrlies, Da Bird (with replacement feathers and Da Puff), a Purrnip bone and a white reindeer on a dangly.
I also got him a new bed which is red and white and a scratching post with 3 mouses but he's got those already.
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Mine aren't getting their Christmas present until the end of March (they're having their own bedroom in the new house) I have discovered that seeing what colour on the Dulux colour charts they put their paw on is *not* a good way to decide what colour to paint their room :evillaugh:
I might get them some catnip toys so they have got something to open on Christmas Day though.
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Mine don't get anything for Christmas, I know you think I am mean but there is nothing Santa can bring them as they have all I think their heart desires at all times. Every day is Christmas to them.
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One of these....
http://www.hagen.com/uk/publicity/cats/catspa.html
We have had one or two of those donated to our charity shop. The cats of the owners who donated them were not too impressed.
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I think the greatest gift we can give our cats is quality time.
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I think the greatest gift we can give our cats is quality time.
What a wonderful sentiment
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I am so happy to see that Catjane's kitties are being made to wait till Chrimbo for their Ikea cat tent too, and not just Bertie, the most deprived cat on Purrs :rofl: Aside from the controversial cat tent, we're having Da Bird, a new Whiskas cat stocking so that we can finally throw out last year's shabby Sheepmouse, new personalised bowls and a new bed for Minnie, since she's never had anything of her own ... it's her first Christmas indoors after 7 years of being kept outside by her previous owner, so we're going to make a biiiiiiiig fuss of her ;D
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Well ours are getting hopefully all the things from the auction - oh this is going to cost me a lot!
They also get afew Whiskas and Felix cat stockings, the dogs get Bonio's and lots of doggy treats but current favourite for jazz and Sky is the bones I have been getting from the butcher and cooking and giving them whilst we are at work due to me working 1 - 9.30pm they are only in the outside runs for about 5 hours but Dear baby Sky is a one person Border Collie wrecking machine and now this week no trashing and happy doggies so thanks to our local butchers one gives me bones for free the other charges 25p each they now get this for being outside (The dog run is a triple garage!)
They will also have parents for nearly a week before the visitors arrive and may be getting a new baby brother in the form of another BC but we are waiting for Sky's breeder to phone s she had some red tricolour boys!
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Ooooo red tricolour sounds fab :Luv: I will need to 'borrow' him :evillaugh:
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- they'll be having something lovely to eat on Christmas Day as well as lots of fusses :Luv: :Luv: :Luv: :Luv: :Luv:
Thats what makes them happy and what better gift can we give but love and affection the rest is only material realy, if it comes straight fom the heart then I will have it by the bucket load any day :hug:
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Good sentiment T, I might not bother with presents next year, and just give them food and love.
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- they'll be having something lovely to eat on Christmas Day as well as lots of fusses :Luv: :Luv: :Luv: :Luv: :Luv:
Thats what makes them happy and what better gift can we give but love and affection the rest is only material realy, if it comes straight fom the heart then I will have it by the bucket load any day :hug:
You're right there, I think my three will be most pleased with having me home for a few days, rather than with their pressies! They do hate me going to work, bless 'em :Luv:
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There is nothing better in the whole wide world than being made to feel the most special thing on the planet be it Christmas day or any other day,
be it us fussing our babes or them being purry and cuddly to us, oh I;ve went all mushy now sorry :Luv2: :Luv2:
Let be honest do they know its Christmas Day or not.................
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Mine will be pleased, i get two weeks off, so lots of time to jsut sit and chill with them and a good book or film, rather than limited time, especially if I dont have any more fosters.
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Unfortunately, food and love aren't enough for Mosi - he needs a plentiful supply of toys too! And if I want to have a fighting chance at not being woken up in the night I'll go along with that! But I'm sure they'll appreciate having me at home and not being in a cattery this year, and will get lots of extra cuddles and treats ;D
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You cant beat a bit of quality time :hug: that works both ways doesnt it :rofl:
I sometimes think Max gets a bit of peace and quiet when I go out to work :Luv2:
I dont know if he goes to the window to see where im going or to check that I have actually gone :naughty:
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My OH leaves for work two hours later than me and complains that when he stays over, he always ends up getting out of bed not long after I've left because Bella sits at the front door crying after I've gone ... :Luv:
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Lucifer and Kali will be getting lots of me time as ill be off work for a while over christmas, but unfortunatly i have to go back to the human family for christmas eve, day and boxing day :(
so to make up for my appaling behaviour lucifer and Kali will be getting
a good girl stocking, a PAH stocking, a whiskers stocking,a willow feather chaser, a different feather chaser wand thingy, ikea mice stuffed toys, some peahen feathers, a new da bird and a chicken and prawn dinner and probaly another sack full of toys and treats if i know my mum :evillaugh: mind you she says theyve already got more toys than most children :rofl:
oo and im being very tempted by the purrnip fishy etc from the purrs shop. :shify:
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I think the greatest gift we can give our cats is quality time.
Too true and money can't buy that,like the song says,the best things in life are free :Luv:
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oo and im being very tempted by the purrnip fishy etc from the purrs shop. :shify:
Before you buy one make sure you read this thread - you have been warned :evillaugh:
http://www.purrsinourhearts.co.uk/index.php?topic=9599.25
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oo and im being very tempted by the purrnip fishy etc from the purrs shop. :shify:
Before you buy one make sure you read this thread - you have been warned :evillaugh:
http://www.purrsinourhearts.co.uk/index.php?topic=9599.25
thats whats tempting me so much!! the boys look like theyre having so much fun
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thats so sweet cj!!!
are you hoping they'll tidy up after themselves? :evillaugh:
Haha ... can't see that happening any time soon! Meesha especially, delves into the drawers and pulls out the contents, randomly chucking them all over the floor! :rofl: Buttons, keys, receipts, takeout menus, rizla packets, you name it!
I have a week and a half off at xmas, so I'm also looking forward to some quality time with my furries :)
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We have bought them each a new bed, a few new toys, and........A HUGE new cat tree, costing us £90! :shocked: Our original budget was £60, and we trawled the web as well as every petshop within about a 5 mile radius.....finally, our local petshop was good enough to show us their order catalogue - and we saw the perfect cat tree, so of course we had to have it! :evillaugh: Not that our babies are at all spoiled.... :rofl: It won't arrive for christmas day, but that's ok as the tree will keep them entertained until then! :evillaugh:
They will also be getting an assortment of treats, which kind of goes without saying, really!
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I really hope we can get our handmade cat tree done by then, but it is quite dubious as Cristiano, who HAS to take charge of the whole thing has got his office moving by the 20th and he has got a million and one things to do by then... I wish I weren't such a DIY eejit so I could take care of it myself without creating an askew tree that will tip over the moment Oliver hops on, or pounding a nail on my own finger... :( :scared:
If this can't be done, I would love to find a sheepskin rug like Leigh got for his puds :)
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Hi Licia,
The sheepskin rugs are still very popular with the boys, there's hardly any time during the day or night that one or the other rug hasn't got at least one of the boys asleep on it ;D
The strange thing is that sheepskin is quite cool in summer, when it was 35 degrees plus in my flat last year the boys liked my small sheepskin rug to curl up on and when I felt it it was suprisingly quite cool to the touch so they seem to work equally well in hot and cold weather, I suppose that's why sheep don't pass out in the summer because, unlike synthetic fabrics the wool breathes ;D ;D.
I found this interesting fact : "Sheepskin is able to absorb sweat immediately and can submit it in to the air seven times faster than synthetics". Nature knows best ;D
All the best of luck with the cat tree.
Cheers
Leigh
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To be honest, my lads have got everything they could want or need - two beds each (one for upstairs, one downstairs), loads of toys they just ignore ... what I'm going to do is invest in a new Wiggly Waggler for em, rustle them up their favourite grub (biiiig prawns for Billy, medium rare beef for Bagginspants) , and give the money I would have spent to cats that have nowt.
Well obviously not DIRECTLY to the cats, that'd be daft with cats not having opposable thumbs to hold it, but them who care for em :)
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Alfie like prawns Carl,
This is fun :)
http://www.petplanet.co.uk/shop_store/Gourmet_Christmas_Hamper_p4328.html (http://www.petplanet.co.uk/shop_store/Gourmet_Christmas_Hamper_p4328.html)
Cats Gourmet Christmas hamper and they'd enjoy the hamper and the straw just as much ;D
Cheers
Leigh
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The way Ollie hoovers up his food I don't think he notices its eve n in a bowl. :rofl: I'm doing the same as Carl cos Ollie has loads of toys and he won the bug jar last night. But he will have lots of foodie treats, even if he has to help himself, which is not unknown. :Luv:
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what I'm going to do is rustle them up their favourite grub (biiiig prawns for Billy, medium rare beef for Bagginspants)
Yup, my guys will be getting a christmas dinner, too - unfortunately they get fresh prawns, squid and scallops pretty much weekly (OH works in fisheries), so we will be getting them some lovely steak and venison ;)
Our Xmas donation will be going to PAWSS (Pet & Animal Welfare Support Society), as that is where both of our babes come from, and they do great work here in Aberdeen. ;D
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Im getting mine "da bird" one problem though, 5 cats 1 da bird, I'm gonna have to ask Santa for 3 extra limbs lol.
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I've got a few things from the purrs shop one of them is da bird, they will also end up with something nice to eat!
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Well I like to spoil 'em rotten as "mes chats sont mes enfants" and the only Christmas pressies under the tree this year will all have labels saying to Alfie, Suzie or Frankie etc. from Leigh ;D ;D
Come to think of it that was the same last year ;D
I'm gonna have to ask Santa for 3 extra limbs lol.
If they're like my lot then you will need 'em CC ;D
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Picked up a parcel from the sorting office this afternoon, the boys Nan has sent a few pressies for them, all wrapped up and waiting to be pounced on :wow: Am wondering who 'Lewis' is that half the pressies are addressed to though :evillaugh:
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I think I am going to do that next year Carl (although have already given food and toys to the 2 rescues I am fostering for!!), mine get things all year round, and dont appreciate most of them, so might stop buying and give it to cats who might alctually care!! One advantage of helping rescues, means I can always find homes for the unwanted toys and food.
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well, a stocking - obviously!
...but I think their biggest treat will be having us (and our laps) home for the best part of two weeks with the central heating permanently ON!...plus a few extra treats. They'll be in kitty heaven.
They get so spoilt the rest of the year that I'm not inclined to go overboard at Christmas, especially given there are so many that won't have what they've got - the best pressies in the world - a safe, warm home, lots of food'n'drink, toys etc, and someone to love and who loves 'em back! ;D
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Well.....mine were going to get a new FIV foster cat......due at the weekend but just had a call and FINGERS CROSSED he might have a home!!!
So (as if Buffy and Bobby would have been impressed with him anyway :rofl: ) They will just have to make dowith some nice new chasy toys and treats (and a tin of tuna with panacur granules on!!)
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Hey you could make a Gourmet hamper yourself, although the only difference to my cats would be the basket lol.
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Hey you could make a Gourmet hamper yourself, although the only difference to my cats would be the basket lol.
And if you adorn the basket with some shiny colourful ribbons & bows, that may well be the most interesting part for your cat... they are always Oliver's favourite!! :wow:
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My Smudge would never play with any of the toys or eat any of the treats in a stocking. So his Christmas present was just a few more kisses and cuddles and a few more prawns than usual!!! Mary :ahh: :yawn:
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I hope to get them some more 'zoom around the room' catnip, even though it's more like a 'gentle waddle around the room and then fall asleep again' catnip these days.
Plus I'm hoping that a loo roll will bring out the artist (artiste more like lol) in da Max. He occasionally humours us with one of his unique sculptures. I thought about the Turner prize for one of them actually but then OH chucked it out :rofl: I've ordered da Bird to see if that can get Swampy to play (he's played 3x now for a few seconds after his vitamin B supplements, bless him).
Does anyone know if Xmas trees (real: branches more like in my flat as no room for a tree) are safe for cats as they will chew it/eat it. I haven't bought one yet but am eyeing a small one. I daren't buy a plastic one as the Max is a terrible plastic chewer. :Crazy:
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No idea about the real tree. However, the other day I was reading a topic on Christmas trees and there are lots of ideas on it. I think it's title is something on the lines of putting up the Christmas Tree and Baubles - hope it helps more than I am!!!
:sorry:
Mary
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will have to get a plastic one and hope the Max doesn't munch it :Crazy: The real ones are all too big. Know what you mean about the baubles. We had a weird looking Xmas tree when I was younger, cos our burmese destroyed any baubles or tinsel he could reach - so it had deco only on the upper bits :evillaugh:
Mind you, the dogs were worse. On Xmas day once they got at the table while no-one was looking and ate the starter. My late Mum arrived and thought she was having a mad moment..."I'm sure I put out the starter?!" only to realise that the staffies had scoffed all 10 and were snoring it off under the table.
No cat would ever do that though, right? :shify: :innocent: