Yeah, it's not the norm. I remember, as a little kid, being at a fair with my family, watching an equestrian event, and seeing someone nearby with a pet ferret on their lap -something I'd never seen or heard of before. I said "Look, Mom, that guy has a weasel!" loud enough for him to hear me, as it turned out. He, somewhat indignantly, informed me "It's a ferret."


Actually I got the cat-leash idea from seeing a woman at a highway rest stop with her cat on a leash.

She inspired me, and maybe I've given other people the idea too -who knows?

If the cat in question will put up with wearing a harness or being on a leash (not all will!) then I think it's a lot easier/cleaner than lugging along a litter box inside your car, and you also don't have to worry about them darting out of your car when a door's open and running off while you're in the middle of nowhere on a road trip if they're on a leash.

I have a harness and leash for my cats. Generally speaking they only wear it when one of them is going to the V-E-T, but my male cat happily lets me slip it on and take him outside for a while.

Do we actually go for a walk....? Um..... Well... no.

He is a very curious kitty and has to examine everything...every blade of grass, every leaf of the tree outside the front door, every little piece of fluff...

By the time we get halfway to the gate less than 17 foot away from the door I could have walked a mile on my own!

Keep trying to enforce the keyboard rule, LB. They say cats can't be trained, but.... well, mine don't get up on the computer table very often at all due to some intense and consistent training. I find distraction works very well, but I have a cat who brings me 'gifts' of their toys and a cat who wants to walk over the desk. I simply lean down, pick up the latest offering and throw it....and off goes desk kitty!

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They are definitely a team, KT!

I have two females and a male. The boy seriously has it good - he gets cuddles from one, plays with the other and has a human to feed him! Could anyone really ask for more than that?

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I've been trying both "no!" with a shove, and distraction, ie. "Come sit on my lap here instead and I'll cuddle you." I think the second option's working better...

My previous cat lived to be 20, so for his last 5 years he was pretty sedate -not much running and jumping on things, a whole lot of sleeping. I'd rather forgotten how much more active a younger cat is!

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I recall once hearing about a program that you can install on a computer that locks it up if "cat-like typing" (ie. strange combinations of keys being pressed simultaneously) is detected -a notion that I can appreciate now!

I'll add to new pets

meet Joe Louis, my mum's new kitten, his mother is a stray and she left him at my mums and it took us 2 months before we touch him and now he has taken over, he is approx 5 months old (according to the vet, and will be desexed when his testicles are larger (he is very small for his age and slightly underdeveloped))

he adores my mum , hops on her lap for a cuddle every chance he gets

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Oooh, Joe Louis is a sweetie, LW, and he looks so happy! I have a soft spot for tabbies, with those cute stripes...

I find it advantageous to have black cats, though, as most of my clothes are black so any hair shed onto me doesn't show up much.

So many cute and adorable pets! Please give them all a loving squeeze for me!

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