Oh yes our little Rita
She doesnāt meow much, unless she is telling me she needs something. I think itās due to the fact she lives with 3 other cats and a dog. So she takes Ques off them.
Il tell you what is a spooky story I found out recently over the past few weeks the lady who passed away in this home before I moved in (I have lived here for 10 years) was called Rita I didnāt know this when we named her.
She does give a little meow in the night for me to come and find her and bring her to bed sometimes. I know sign language as it is what I did for work a while back. So I talk to them all using sign language and my voice.
Rita is loud though, itās like she likes to feel the vibrations of knocking stuff and jumping lol love her to pieces.
Iām sorry to hear Alice has lost her hearing. I think the good thing is that you have a safe peaceful home where she feels safe. I think Polly my dog is getting a little old now. Itās sad
Rita is such a little doll
That is so spooky. Rita has come back home. @Shel75
Alice may be deaf and 17 1/2 but sheās looking pretty good and doing well. We are probably going on 2 years of this subcutaneous fluids and sheās just keeps going.
She says thank you.
Sheās on me right now. Sheās always on me if Iām sitting in a chair. Or in bed. At her age and deafness sheās constantly by my side. I love it so much. I just hope itās not bad thing like sheās frightened all the time or something. I donāt know. Itās so sweet though. Sheās off to her heated bed now.
Sheās beautiful.
Betty tends to meow very loudly when she realizes sheās alone and doesnāt know where we are. Once our other cat or one of her people go to find her, sheās OK and happy again. She loves to knock things over. We no longer have nice things (actually, we put everything we value and donāt want broken in the guest room and keep the door closed). She likes to be up high, usually on the highest tier of the cat tree. I guess she feels safest up there. I also know some sign language. She recognizes some signs, especially eat. I had no idea what to expect when we got her. Itās not much different than having a hearing cat. She takes cues from our other cat and follows us around a lot
Iāve decided to start sharing some old pictures of when I used to volunteer at the Humane Society. I used to take quite a few pictures and some are worth sharing.
I also cat proofed my home
Oh yes Rita, if Iām on the loo, or a doors closed she will meow she definitely doesnāt like closed doors.
When I pop to the shops she is only happy in the hallway with the Polly .
She also likes to be high up too.
When we first got her I could see she was wary as when she would sleep she would go under the bed at the back. So when she stopped doing that I knew she knew she was safe and this is her tribe.
Iām really lucky my others are so loving and friendly if I play you tube and a cat meows they all come over like ā has she got another one ā
Iām going through a dilemma atm with mine.
They were outdoor cats, (except Rita who goes in the catio not oaming freely) since we moved out for building work for 4+months they had stayed indoors very happy.
Now we are back home with the garden one of them really wants to go out. But all I keep seeing on this nextdoor app is peopleās cats going missing and being taken by people who think they are strays - all the cat did was sit on their wall and they take them.
So Iām scared to let them back out again but feel mean.
They are happy and chilled indoors but they miss going Im sure. Iām just scared someone will take them.
So not sure what to do! Itās been since July 2023 they have been indoors. Iām thinking to wait until summer so Iām with them out there all dayā¦ watching them hehe
Edit : + since they havenāt been out the wildlife and birds are full in the trees and it would be like an episode of David Attenborough and the big cats hunting up the tree.
Itās not mean to keep them in.
Keep them in.
Itās always safer I say. Ours are always in. Unless they are in that inclosure. I couldnāt live with myself if I lost one or a predator got one.
You got enough toys and stuff for them to be happy in the house.
Google cat enclosures. See what comes up. We use to have this tent. Iāll find it for you. But when itās not nice out and we canāt be out with them watching them. They stay in.
I have quite a few catio joined on to eachother but I want to build one and make sure they canāt get out the garden but can still feel happy in an enclosure.
I always believed in letting them out, but something has changed in my thoughts. Itās not them I donāt trust its just not like it used to be.
Basil he used to hunting all day, and bringing back the hunt to show me how itās done. His the one thatās a little unhappy just looking out there. I have to take him round the house to help me do jobs, he needs to think his got jobs to do then he loves to be told his good boy his whole face changes. Like a dog that needs working, thatās Basil
Have some tuxedo kittens they told my sister. It will be fun. Hereās a snapshot made by my sis on her balcony, locked out by this little monster who managed to lock the door on the inside with sis outside. Luckily sis brought her phone so she could take this pic (and call her son who lives nearby and has spare keys).
I found out recently over the past few weeks the lady who passed away in this home before I moved in (I have lived here for 10 years) was called Rita 
I didnāt know this when we named her.
love her to pieces.
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You got it.
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