Hot Chocolate Anyone ?

Evening @Former-Member,

Short break here before I head back to the computer.

Long day today, 7am start at uni for (paid) work, stayed back after to get some resarch done for current assignment, didnt leave until 6 so lng day. Another 4 or 5 hours yet before I am done.

Hi and Bye

from me too

Hot Chocolateers. @Former-Member @Determined @Faith-and-Hope @Shaz51

Just managed to walk my son through doing practical things and he is cooking dinner. Doing practical things has been a huge obstacle for him ... but I am working on needing his muscles ...

Hi @Appleblossom@Shaz51@Former-Member@Determined

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Looking like an early night here after all, computer wont start up 😒

Its running but screen wont come on.

Yes you are so right about slow & tricky @Appleblossom

I've been trying all sorts of things for months, actually.

Sometimes with a small temporary improvement in cat behaviour, sometimes with no effect.

Jelly is the 4th cat that I've raised from a kitten.

Yet I never had to deal with anything on this scale (destructive & insistent), with the other 3...

She's driven me completely Bananas (not the tasty fruit type)...

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That is a nuisance. @AdgeSounds like you have heaps of experience.

Sometimes its temperament and sometimes its training ... I tolerate a bit of furniture scratching as I preferred to have my cats to home beautiful. Though I was dissappointed my brand new couch was looking bad after only a year. Just had to put up with a bit ...

I think I've failed on the training side, with this cat @Appleblossom

I don't really know how (or why).

Yes, scratching couches would upset me too.

She's actually scratched & shredded the plywood off the base of two of my doors.

I've never seen any cat do that before, & I cannot repair or fix it...

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Have you kept her as an indoor cat? @Adge

My vet said I had a highly strung cat and a laidback one ... Behaviourists are expensive tho ...

Yes she's been inside for her entire life (1 & 1/2 years) @Appleblossom

My previous 3 cats I let outside at about 6 months old (each one), then they were always outside cats - although much friendlier & more predictable than this one (Jelly).

My 3rd cat Rexy was stolen (cat-napped) & disappeared, only 2 or 3 weeks after he got used to being outside (2011).

Which partly explain why I was so anxious & reluctant to let Jelly cat go outside.

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Maybe she thinks doors are designed to be shred by her claws ... @Adge get her into some bark outside ... we had another inside outside cat conversation not long ago on the forum ...

I think animals are entitled to have outdoor time .... but you will work it out.

How horrible to have your cat stolen ... I would be distraught ...