http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdXlcXHbOQg

I love Simon's Cat - and yes, I got a paw in the face only this morning

This is one of my favourites. I adore Simon's cat.

Cat news is that we are now back up to four. I never changed my signature when went down to three as I knew it wouldn't last. Two weeks ago I refused to take a kitten the vet offered me. I told him we were full and only if he really couldn't find anyone else. Well he did. But the Great Feline Gods in the sky have got their own back and we have another rescue job on our hands. Picked up on 1st November, limping, very thin, starving, thirsty, full of worms, ear nits and fleas to say nothing of huge fur balls pulling the skin to the point where it was obvioulsy painful - and that a pedigree Chinchilla.

Since we have had him most of the furballs have been taken off, he has had a course of antibiotics because of a nasty split in his skin under one of the furballs, and he has been treated for fleas and worms. Best of all he has put on a whole kilo. Although he obviously can't remember how to play he is beginning to look a little more like Simon's cat!

Our whole family loves the Simon's Cat cartoons, we cry with laughter no matter how many times we watch them! Our favourite is the Christmas Tree one!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nn2h3_aH3vo

Lovely story, Aquarelle - poor little guy to end up in such a state. He'll be fine now !

Capriccio - I still think the Christmas tree one is the best to date. I have a Simon's Cat diary, and it's raised many a smile - I must have a look on the website, in the hope they do them again for next year.

Anyone got the Free Simon's Cat App with the piano????

I do

Cat-Bag x

Id never heard of Simons Cat till I posted that first one !

I adore Simon's Cat - he's got cats down to an absolute T and it always manages to put a smile on my face. Have already got my Simon's Cat diary for 2012 - can't wait to use it

I love Simon's Cat - unfortunately my pooter is playing up and I can't see anything on youtube at the moment..

Bag does a mean impression of his miaow!

Another Simon's cat lover here. We have two moggies, brothers now 16 years old. Neither recognise weekend lie-ins so the Simon's cat scenario happens a lot on Saturdays and Sundays!

Watch the latest one - think it's called Double Trouble, soooo funny!

There's a video on bbc-youtube
'Proof we are Kinder to Animals than People - Live At The Apollo - Series 7 Episode 2 - BBC One ' By comedian ed byrne, but contains strong language so not posting a link. I found it funny

I'm not particularly a cat person (apologies to much-appreciated Forum friends who I know are...) but I find Simon's Cat HILARIOUS. This was one of my first and best discoveries on YouTube. Keep 'em coming!

I want the Simon's Cat t-shirt Just been watching Cat Man Do - it is so funny, exactly what my cat used to do although she substituted a jar for the baseball bat but I still ended up with a mysterious black eye

I hadn't seen this one! I once found one of our cats sitting under the Christmas tree looking angelic, but with a long, sparkly strand of lametta hanging out of his mouth

Aquarelle, I'm so glad your fourth cat found you and hope he continues to improve

Crotchetymum - was said cat looking at you perchance with that air of "lametta? What lametta?" about his good self???

Understanding-Bag x

Hit-the-nail-on-the-head-Bag

Been-There-Done-That-Got-The-T Shirt-Bag x

We had another look at the Simon's cat videos on utube yesterday and even the ones we know off by heart had us rolling about in stitches. I forgot to send my sister a birthday card this year so have ordered her the 2012 Simon's Cat calender as a please-forgive-me gesture.

Cat news about our latest rescue. We have named him Theo. I took a fur ball off him and found a nasty gash in the skin underneath which the vet put two stitches in. There remained another enormous fur ball which I worked on several times but finally realised I wouldn't be able to get it off without help and also there seemed to be a problem underneath - so another trip to the vet this morning. He managed to clear some of the mess but discovered a nasty hole - looks as if Theo has at some point impaled himself on something.He had to stay at the vet's as the rest of the job has to be done under aneasthetic. We collect him this evening.

There isn't, as far as I know a Simon's cat about visiting the vet. Perhaps he should do one - it could be very amusing.

Sorry to hear about Theo, hope he is all mended this evening and you find no more nasty surprises lurking under fur balls...

We have a long history of taking in rescues too, so I know how it can be... good on you!

And a Simon's cat going to the vet would be wonderful, I agree!

Collyermum

I too love Simon's Cat. We don't have a cat flap, so that particular one is played out every morning around 5am. The requests to go out get so loud, we now refer to our cat as "Shouty Man"

I've just watched the "let me in" one. Our cat dangles from the bottom of the window part of the door, then it gradually scrapes down the wooden bit with its claws.

Theo is back - sewn up but very unhappy with the plastic collar he has to wear to prevent him ripping open his stitches. I dread to think what Simon's cat would make of that!!

Not a video, but a cartoon in Simon's Cat In His Very Own Book.
Simon is trying to entice the cat into his travelling box. A house-trashing struggle ensues, after which the cat is incarcerated and the box door secured. Simon arrives at the vet, puts the box on the table, opens the door, reaches inside...


and pulls out a teddy bear.

Best wishes to Theo

I too love Simon's Cat & have enjoyed the calendar this year.

This seems a suitable place to talk about my cat Sibelius.
He had been a stray when we took him in almost 8 years ago, & one consequence was that he had a very healthy appetite, eating enormous amounts, as I suppose he had been hungry as a stray, so took every opportunity to feed. As we had more than one cat, it was tricky to control. Anyhow, it got to the stage where he needed a dental, & the vet felt he was at risk from an anaesthetic, so he had to lose weight. After just over a year he was crowned ?slimmer of the year?. We got called into the vets for a photo shoot & his picture was in the local newspaper. He also had a display at the vets, got awarded a rosette & his prize was a large bag of diet food! He is so much livelier, & the vet reckons losing weight has added 2 years to his life.
He still has to go back every 2 months to have his weight monitored. He is on the diet biscuits for the rest of his life & has to ?work? for his food by batting a ball around so the biscuits fall out of if. My other cat has to be fed on the work surface in the kitchen. Sibelius hasn't worked out that he could jump up there yet.

Aw, I always thought we needed a cats thread

I've got a former stray who will eat anything in sight but I only have one, so I can ensure she only get fed (well, by me at least) once a day.

I got her a year ago and I'm quite amazed at the transformation from hissing thing that skulks under wardrobes to domesticated housecat.

I suspect we are going to have the same problem with Theo. He has almost doublde his weight in the couple of weeks we have had him which goes to show how undernourished he was. But I think we are gradually going to have to wean him off food a little as he is definitely now obsessed by it.

He has now managed to take off his protective collar and I don't think there is any point in putting it back on as he will only get it off again. However so far he hasn't bitten out his stitches. He just looks very very smug!!

jazzycat, I aml just going to have to buy that book one day!

Oh, you must. It was given to me one Christmas by a friend, who also has cats (and the book). Some of the pictures just make me laugh till my eyes water...

The same friend gave me Simon's Cat: Over The Fence last Christmas. I treasure both books!

Great to hear of other strays being given musical homes. Sibelius likes me playing the cello & will come in & listen to the quintet I play with, but Bess runs a mile. Neither cats like the oboe though!

If I dare to have a lie in, Sibelius reminds me that this is not acceptable by knocking over the kitchen bin - suggests his habits from his time as a stray will always be with him.

He's not the brightest cat, but obviously a survivor. Bess, on the other hand is very intelligent. If we lie in, she & Sibelius somehow manage to open the kitchen door, and she insists we get up to feed her by walking over our faces - can't be ignored. On one occasion she trod in my husband's ear!!

Anyone who likes cats should really listen to Songs of the Cats by Garrison Keillor and Frederica von Stade! The In and Out one just kills us every time. And Hallelujah I'm a Cat....And all the rest. Perfect present for musical cat lover. My daughter heard the The Cat came Back one of these on the radio when she was nearly 2 and insisted we find the CD which was very hard at that time but easier now. Its still a favourite in the car.

I like the cat's duet too!

I'm not too fond of cats this morning after mine woke me up throwing up in the bedroom at 04:45. She's been attention seeking at 20 min intervals since then. Bye bye lie-in.

Ok little Dixi cat. I have forgiven your attention seeking this morning. Please come in now it is cold and dark and I want you in before I go to bed.

I've searched the garden, called her, rattled her food etc but she went out at about 8 when I was in the bath and I haven't seen her since.

That was me last week - she came back in the middle of the night very hungry and muddy and slept all of the next day. Must have had an Adventure. Hope she comes back soon. Who knows where they go...

She's just come in and told me off loudly. I hope the gps collars come down in size/price. I would love to know how far she goes.

http://icanhascheezburger.com/

I tried it. Mine doesn't eat cheezburgers.

Fabulous! I'm listening to Cat, You Better Come on Home now. I knew absolutely nothing about Garrison Keillor other than as the author of Lake Wobegon Days

Now hunting out the CD for husband for Christmas

I'm beginning to think something spooked her last night. I've had a furry shadow all day today. She even tried attaching herself to my leg with claws earlier so I couldn't get up ( rather painful as I was wearing leggings). Oh well bit of TLC and I'm sure she'll be back to normal soon.

Found it on amazon and have ordered it for my partner for Christmas.

Not happy about Theo. He will have his stitches out in three days time and I will have a word with the vet. He remains lethargic and pot bellied though he has been wormed and is still putting on weight.

Not sure if this should be on this thread, or on the 'misreading topic titles' one. I decided that the cat-people on here would probably connect ...

I keep seeing the 'how to get a pupil to relax' title, and imagining something like
"How to get a cat to take a pill'.

(if you haven't seen this one, google it).

Aquarelle, I hope Theo picks up soon. Is it possible he has the remains of something unsuitable, that he ate while living wild, still hanging around in his gut?

Thanks maggiemay. I hadn't thought of that one. I'll mention it to the vet on Thursday.

Yes, Hope it's a positive visit & that Dixi cat regains her spirits soon.

We had guests yesterday & both cats were in "showing off" mode!

Dixi conned me into thinking she was really ill today so I booked a vet trip. She made a miracle recovery at the sight of the cat box. Vet reckons she has the tail end of a bug but as it took 2 of us to hold her to get a temperature she is back to normal.

Another amusing cat video for you (No not Simons cat)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iqmba7npY8g...feature=related

My two seem to KNOW when to show off - during one student's lesson this afternoon they decided to drape themselves on top of each other and sleep the sleep of the just in this oh-so-adorable position - then tonight they decided to play Silly B*ggers with each other and go absolutely MAD while I was teaching my group.

Aaaah!!!

Love them though...

Oh gosh...I think I need to see them...

So glad you are enjoying them Cyrilla. They are obviously getting you well trained!

Theo is a little livelier this morning and at the moment is sitting on the keyboard of my piano washing himself. I really ought to suggest that he does his toilette elsewhere but I haven't the heart.

Back again - though perhaps this ought to be in the Happy Thread because my order for the three Simon Cat books and the CD Songs of the Cat arrived today so I am very chuffed; I have hidden them from my partner as they are for Christmas stocking fillers.

Theo had his stitches out yesterday. Te vet was then able to examine him more thoroughly and says that the fact that his back legs don't work properly is due to an old injury. He has a broken bone that was never properly set - his previous owner didn't take him to the vet - but as she didn't feed him either that isn't suprising. The vet says the broken bone could have been the result of a fall but is far more likey to have been a car accident - in which case Theo is lucky to be alive. He has now reached his correct weight and when he is a little better we will ask the vet if anything can be done about the fracture. The vet says it is nolonger painful but will affect his other side as he tries to compensate. I am wondering if they could re-set it - though the operation would probably cost a mint.

Glad to hear Theo is on the mend for now, although its so sad about his long-standing injuries, good thing he has you now to take care of him!

Where did you find "songs of the cat" cd - they sound really funny but I can't find it?