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  • Rusty Raven @aussie.zoneM
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    1 year ago

    Oh dear, did you finish the night on the floor, or did you manage to negotiate some space?

    Miss Meow spent some time sleeping on my shoulder while purring loudly in my ear. Which always sounds nice, but 3kg of cat in the wrong spot gets really heavy, and the purr directly into the ear is a bit like having someone starting a chainsaw outside, and is not condusive to sleep.

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      1 year ago

      I was hanging slightly off the edge. I managed to stay on by curling in a croissant around her, putting my shoulders and legs more on the mattress and providing counterweights.

      Oh dear. Melbcat is quieter but is around 5kg now and likes to lie on my throat. She used to be 6kg, possibly down from 7.

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        1 year ago

        5kg directly on the throat would be a bit much. Miss Meow was 2.3kg when I got her, she is now somewhere over the 3kg mark, which for her is getting a bit overweight.

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          1 year ago

          Oh yeah it’s something. My girl is actually looking really slim though at 5kg due to the size of her frame, she’s really tall and long. Probably should weigh more.

          She has to do three point turn in tight spaces and her bum hangs over the edge of a standard litterbox.

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            1 year ago

            There is definitely an advantage to having a compact model of cat, all the standard sizes of things are plenty big enough for Miss Meow. Plus she can’t jump onto the kitchen benches.

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              1 year ago

              I considered building a custom cat tree for Melbcat.

              Unfortunately the ikea stuff I’d want for the bones is expensive and I’m leery of potentially infested hard rubbish