Strix Posted December 16, 2006 Share Posted December 16, 2006 So, I've been reliably informed that a cat climbed Everest of it's own accord in 1951 at the age of 5 months, and a friend of my sister's takes his cat mountain walking regularly. Litha takes her's to the seaside and feeds them candyfloss Is your cat missing out, or do you take your cat to interesting places? Where do you recommend other forumers take their kitty this year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medusa Posted December 16, 2006 Share Posted December 16, 2006 My Merlin has been lost on the roof (got out of the skylight and had to be fetched in through a skylight 10 houses up, 2 days later) and had an extended trip in 2 furniture vans that have been delivering in our street, as well as going to work with me repeatedly by stashing herself under the front seat while I was loading the car in the mornings. Tico used to go visiting too- I don't live far from Morrisons in Hillsborough, and one day I turned round to fetch something off a shelf there and when I turned back he was sitting in my trolley. He used to cross roads properly- none of the usual cat 'pelt across the middle' crossing for him. He sat on the edge of the road and waited for a gap, unless he was with me and then he walked almost to heel, wherever I went- however far from home that may have been (and if I went in a shop or someone else's house while we were out, he'd expect to be allowed in too). He went all sorts of places whilst doing publicity for the Shelter, including to churches for the pet service (he could outdo a choir and an organ during the hymns, being Burmese) and he would travel in the car watching the world going by, and walk on a harness and lead when we got to our destination. One of my friends has a cat that gets in the bath with her and has on many occasions been away with her for the weekend. She has the cat trained to come to a whistle, so that she can let the cat out while they're away and the cat won't get lost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayne67 Posted December 16, 2006 Share Posted December 16, 2006 The farthest mine have been is to Chapel St Leonards!. Bit of a bore, but they love to just play with the grass. Never experienced it at home, being indoor cats. Jayne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom3t0 Posted December 16, 2006 Share Posted December 16, 2006 ours disappeared for 2months (he had been to various shelters for cats and rspca) then came back with a purple collar and called fluffy. found out he'd been visiting a female cat on regular and bcos of him always losing his collar they took him in as a stray, bless we got him back but minus his balls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lotti Posted December 16, 2006 Share Posted December 16, 2006 My cat freaked out when I tried to put a harness on her in the house... they'd totally freak out if I took them anywhere The furthest they've been is to Hillsborough and back for the V.E.T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellowrose Posted December 17, 2006 Share Posted December 17, 2006 Our cats have lived with us in NE Derbyshire, Essex and Doncaster as well as Sheffield. When we moved back to Doncaster, we did a weekend visit before the big move, with the cats. We were staying with a relative who only let the cats in her conservatory (which was a porch really!). One escaped and we looked all over for him. Unfortunately he had the Essex tag on him and someone tried to trace us there. He had gone to the other end of Armthorpe (a couple of miles) to a lady's house who kept several cats. We caught up with him after about 7 weeks and he pretended not to know us at first!! His brother has never strayed very far and although he got out, he was too fond of his food to go far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sooz22 Posted December 17, 2006 Share Posted December 17, 2006 Ours have enjoyed a short bus journey to Hunters Bar annoying all the passengers by miaowing every thirty seconds all the way there. They were a bit subdued on the way back fortunately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Litha Posted December 18, 2006 Share Posted December 18, 2006 The farthest mine have been is to Chapel St Leonards!. Bit of a bore, but they love to just play with the grass. Never experienced it at home, being indoor cats. Jayne thats where mine go too its murder walking round ingolmells market with them tho cos everyone just wants to stop and stroke they love candyfloss and icecream, Salem has a little nibble on a donut now and again. he totally loves the beach i got one of them retractable leads so he can run about and play we are on the robin hood site ( well the bit over the road "lincoln" i think its called ) ill keep my eye open next year for someone else with a kitty on a lead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lotti Posted December 18, 2006 Share Posted December 18, 2006 thats where mine go too its murder walking round ingolmells market with them tho cos everyone just wants to stop and stroke they love candyfloss and icecream, Salem has a little nibble on a donut now and again. he totally loves the beach i got one of them retractable leads so he can run about and play we are on the robin hood site ( well the bit over the road "lincoln" i think its called ) ill keep my eye open next year for someone else with a kitty on a lead Aren't you ever worried about people out with dogs:confused: That's the one thing that puts me off taking mine out on leads - I know that they'd be by me so I could protect them if necessary but if I'm walking my dogs and another dog snaps at them my dogs will tell it where to go and ignore it and because dogs understand the same language, they're ok. I'd be concerned that my cats wouldn't be able to stand up to a dog that snapped at them. Of course the cats we have right now won't go anywhere near me when I have a harness in my hand and if they saw a dog I'd end up torn to rags Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lotti Posted December 18, 2006 Share Posted December 18, 2006 oooh just to add, my little Smudge cat always used to come out with my sister and I on bike rides... she loved it but she did get in the way - loved running under the wheels lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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