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Before that you need to identify if its the cat distribution system or the local feline monitoring system.

The latter is where the feline already has a home base and is simply ensuring that you are an approved individual moving into the area that the feline patrols.

Felines in such a position might accept redistribution, but previously owned servants of the feline might take offence at another servant attempting to steal their master.

Definitely Feline Monitoring.

I have lots of cushions across my two sofas. Some are especially soft.

Hence, as no Cat was found napping? I can only assume this was a recon mission.

And silliness aside? Until I spotted the exit toe bean marks? I was genuinely going to buy a bag of Dreamies, just in case Mystery Kitty had applied Stealth.

Figured no cat can resist those tasty treats.


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 Nevelon wrote:
Sounds like your next purchase needs to be a littler box, feeder, cat fountain, and some nip.

The cat distribution system is at work. Do not fight it.

Obey the Fuzzy Mistress. Let The Void into your heart.

Oh I am open to lovely fuzzballs. They seem to like me, because I know when visiting friends, you ignore Kitty until Kitty wants your specific attention. When I dropped by Trev’s to check in on the Nephloof and give him his pill? Luci, The Grand Old Dame put in an appearance, and I got adorable fuzzy headbutts, whilst I was scratching the Nephloofs’ ears in his cone of shame.


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Actually….person I bought the house from had two lovely doggies. So I’m wondering if this might actually be a Feline Land Grab? A once off limits rear garden now open to annexation.

Are you sure it was a friendly animal and not a raccoon or bobcat? Maybe a lynx? Or a feral cat looking to cause havoc?

It did knock over your Star Wars toys, maybe the animal is a Star Trek Section 31 fan? Did you think of that?

(Honestly, when I was younger, I had a Luke Skywalker Lego I left outside with my other toys.

When I came back out from eating lunch, it was missing! It had been replaced with a pink hair barrette. Stupid Crows had stolen it and given me a pink hair barrette! I'm not bitter, no sir. Not at all.

Nope.

Grrrr....

Just remember, toys and wild animals don't mix.

This is Britain. We don’t have offensive animals as a rule, as we hunted them to extinction some time ago.

 Lathe Biosas wrote:
Are you sure it was a friendly animal and not a raccoon or bobcat? Maybe a lynx? Or a feral cat looking to cause havoc?

Mad Doc is in the UK so racoons, bobcats and lynx are all not an issue (though a few more extreme re-wilding groups are trying to get lynx back in the country).

Feral cat maybe but not true wildcat unless he's in the northern reaches of Scotland.

I’m at completely the opposite end of the country for honest to goodness Wildcats.

And for a coastal town? Whilst of course present, the local Seagulls are pretty well behaved. Likely due to stringent efforts by the local council to ensure commercial rubbish is in suitable, Seagull proof containment.


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Back on topic.

Just nipped out to the hardware store nearby, picked up a ladder. Which means I can now reliably access the loft space.

I’ve stuck my head up there once before, and there’s some odds and sods of junk from the previous owner (potentially owners, that’s lofts for you), but need to properly get the space sussed out, as I need to get stuff stashed away up there, freeing up the Hobby Room. Even if the stuff doesn’t live up there on the permanent, getting that room cleared will allow me to start getting it into a workable space.

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
I’m at completely the opposite end of the country for honest to goodness Wildcats.

And for a coastal town? Whilst of course present, the local Seagulls are pretty well behaved. Likely due to stringent efforts by the local council to ensure commercial rubbish is in suitable, Seagull proof containment.

Good thing you don't live near a bay. Then you'd have issues with bagels.

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My knowledge of Scotland stops with a tour of Glasgow (with an Irish tour guide(ess) from Cork nonetheless)

From what she told me, I'm to understand that there's nothing north of Hadrian's wall.

Good gravy that loft hatch is impractically tiny! I could get up there like, so it’s not functionally too wee. But I’ll need to have a builder have a look, and give me an estimate for enlarging it.

Right now, I’m not entirely sure I’d be able to get up there what needs to go up there.

Will get my mate over to help out and see how it goes.