Are Air-Beds Cat Proof

[wolf63]

I'm not sure that I need/want an AirBed but I was just wondering if they are easily punctured?

Does anybody know?

[tonyav]

Used to have two, anne. A male ( Tommy ) and a female ( Daisy ), both dead now though. I do miss them sometimes.

[Buenchico]

I often wonder what happened to my beloved Patches, Anne.

I know that something terrible might have happened to her but I still think that she simply decided to find herself a new (and quieter) home, just as she did when she arrived out of the blue in my house. She was so friendly, as so stunningly beautiful, that she wouldn't have had any problems finding a new slave:
http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=69j4u1&;s=5#.Un_WyiekRv0

[tonyav]

A lovely looking cat, Chris.

[anneasquith]

I think one day she will walk in to say hello :-)

[douglas9401]

Here puss puss, you're not well so I'm taking you to the vet to get some medicine

No problem, as long as you like infected weals and a car reeking of pish, go ahead, make me better.

You're all certifiable. :-)

[Buenchico]

. . . and a good mum too, Tony
https://img16.rajce.idnes.cz/d1602/9/9542/9542246_72ce83967c4c077c930431ba7f2bd527/images/P3120443.jpg

[wolf63]

When I first heard about declawing cats I thought it was good idea. I have since discovered just how barbaric it is. Thankfully, it's illegal here.

I try to keep them from going under my bed and have blocked off all possible ways in. Yet I regularly find a cat yelling from the dusty cave, they get in and can't get out. I understand fully Chris's cat flap problem.

[Buenchico]

I still think that she might turn up one day, Anne, but I'm not too sue that her children would actually welcome her back!

Please don't mention getting cats to the vets, Doug. I'm still nursing my wounds from the last time!

[tonyav]

A great photo that, Chris. They all look very comfortable and contented.

[anneasquith]

I'm not a cat person, I think they are sneaky ( sorry ) .

[douglas9401]

My sister-in-law is the same, Chris, and much the poorer for the deep clean.

[rowanwitch]

Snoopy fat cat who will appear when my avatar changes was never known to unsheath his claws to attack a human. Sofas, rugs,and his brother were fair game

[tonyav]

Snoopy fat cat who will appear when my avatar changes was never known to unsheath his claws to attack a human.

Wot, not even with that ' Tickle My Tum' trick that they like to play on us humans.

[Buenchico]

>>> I think they are sneaky

. . . but that's exactly why they're so wonderful, Anne!

None of my cats have ever deliberately scratched me, Rowanwitch. However a cat that's desperately trying to avoid being put into a cat carrier tends to thrash about with his claws in order to climb out of it. That's not good news for the human who's holding both him and the cat carrier!

[wolf63]

Anne - they 'are' sneaky little bullies.

Most people like dogs.
but Cats seem to have people who don't like them and those who love them.

[rowanwitch]

Put the carrier down Snoops walked in, gets out at the vets plonks himself down starts purring, my Brenda however, put carrier down, drag Brenda from behind sideboard, drop Brenda because of sudden pain in hand, retrieve Brenda from beneath bed this time wearing gardening gloves. Try to put cat with what seems like ten legs into carrier. Brenda escapes, retrieve Brenda from top of kitchen cabinets.... etc etc
Get to vets she is a little black and white angel, headsets and purring vet fetches injection Vet moves arm with cat attached by all four sets of claws plus teeth., vet suggests sedative next time.



I miss them both, the vet doesnt

[rowanwitch]

Headbutts

[Buenchico]

My cat's are fine when they get to the vet's surgery, RW. They simply freeze in fear. With them being so apparently docile, it's probably hard for the vet to see why I've had to reschedule their appointments several times (because I couldn't catch them) before finally getting them there.

Earlier this year I had to take all four of them to the vet (one at a time). The first two weren't too difficult but then things got tricky. On one occasion, after having rescheduled the appointment several times because I couldn't catch little Tablo, I had to phone the nurse from the surgery car park to say that, although I'd got the cat there I still couldn't take her inside. That was because she'd managed to break off the door of the cat carrier, resulting in me having a cat loose in my car (so I couldn't open the door). Fun, fun, fun!

[wolf63]

I have often wondered if viciousness is a girl cat thing.

The vet who got landed with Merlin last week said that some cats have a short fuse and that others, like Merlin, have a very very short fuse. She has been described as being incandescent with rage.

[tonyav]

Definitely a girl thing, Susan ;-)