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Flower08

Dinah93 wrote: »

Nah shes too cute. NIM wants kittens though. This is an appaulingly dense question I'm sure, but why do people stop their cats having kittens, is there a medical reason for it?

I've often wondered that

But if you do decide to let your cat have kittens and one of them needs a home.....:D

I've been wanting a kitten for ages but dont think our cat would like that too much, shes getting a bit of a grump in her old age :rotfl:

Poolie

Think people don't want cats having kittens due to the extra food and vet costs. Also you have to either keep or find homes for them.

Dinah93

Flower08 wrote: »

Aww glad she is doing ok. Not so great about trying to escape :eek: has she ever bee out before?
Our cat used to go out all the time but then when we moved into our flat she couldnt go out, now shes allowed out i dont think she can even be bothered :rotfl:

If one of us is in the garden shes allowed out. She used to be happy just to explore, but two times ago she got up a tree, then got scared and cried to be got down ( about 4ft up...), but last time she understood the concept and walked along the branch and plopped herself down into next doors garden! So we need to make some kind of anti climb device for the tree.

clearmydebts

Dinah93 wrote: »

I know but thats in addition to everything else. I just want to throw my hands in the air and say 'oh to hell with it!'

Maybe you should plan a lovely evening for yourself and have a nice bath, watch a girlie DVD or chill and read a book, and get some treats for yourself (forget your diet and budgets for an evening).

You will probably feel all the better for it

wendz86

I think it is probably a money and hassle thing. Although I can't see it being expensive as the mum feeds the kittens. Hmmm.

I just rounded up my OD fund as was so near the £500 mark so now only one more installment to go woo. Is great when you reach a milestone.

Flower08

Dinah93 wrote: »

If one of us is in the garden shes allowed out. She used to be happy just to explore, but two times ago she got up a tree, then got scared and cried to be got down ( about 4ft up...), but last time she understood the concept and walked along the branch and plopped herself down into next doors garden! So we need to make some kind of anti climb device for the tree.

Aww bless her! Our cat has never been a big explorer. We lived in a garden flat about a year ago and i let her out and forgot about her she had managed to get out the garden but couldnt get back in. I only rememered about her about an hour later :othink i left her traumatised!

Flower08

Well done Wendz!!

clearmydebts

wendz86 wrote: »

I think it is probably a money and hassle thing. Although I can't see it being expensive as the mum feeds the kittens. Hmmm.

I just rounded up my OD fund as was so near the £500 mark so now only one more installment to go woo. Is great when you reach a milestone.

Well done! You are getting on great with your debt repayments!

Dinah93

clearmydebts wrote: »

Maybe you should plan a lovely evening for yourself and have a nice bath, watch a girlie DVD or chill and read a book, and get some treats for yourself (forget your diet and budgets for an evening).

You will probably feel all the better for it

Doubt it I'll feel guilty! Tonight I need to tidy the room, book train tickets, list ten things on ebay, call my grandad, sort out the accounts and the spreadsheets, do a few dooyoos, actually will stop the list now, that must be enough!

congrats wendz, very exciting stuff.

clearmydebts

Dinah93 wrote: »

Doubt it I'll feel guilty! Tonight I need to tidy the room, book train tickets, list ten things on ebay, call my grandad, sort out the accounts and the spreadsheets, do a few dooyoos, actually will stop the list now, that must be enough!

congrats wendz, very exciting stuff.

You could limit yourself to working on that for 2 hours and then take some time off.

You are responsible for looking after your mental well-being as well and sometimes we all need a night off from doing stuff. Otherwise it is easy to get caught up in a vicious cycle of feeling stressed all the time.