Thread: Visiting Rag dolls - advice please

would probably agree with your last suggestion - !!!

Sorry mother would have to accept my animals,anyone who knows they are here & accepts an invite fits in with us not the other way round,as for the two visiting cats I think you have to play a wait & see game,my daughter is just about to arrive with her two MC's,the older girl swears at mine & winds them up so it is now accepted practice that she goes to daughters bedroom with her tray & is quite happy to lay on her bed with visits from everyone then when mine go to bed at night she comes down to the sitting room & we all make a fuss of her & give her special time & that is also then her bedroom, her other boy Ozzy just accepts things as they are & goes around with my lot & a look on his face that says "Look at me I'm with the big boys",I was worried about how our new babe would cope but she is so at home we are just going to carry on as normal,even when the dog arrives. Feel sorry for you though,don't tell your mum what I said but if it would be easier to confine her & let the furries get on with things I have got a spare cage I could lend you........ Don't mean that,things will most probaly work out better than you can imagine,enjoy...xxx

Thanks for that, I thought I remembered seeing posts from someone else who had visiting cats. I'm clutching onto the thought that my daughter's boys are much bigger and very laid back so fairly unlikely to cause any problem - the biggest one has a habit of just sitting on anything irritating! My two are very jumpy in fact I was just listening to a radio play when there was a wolf sfx and they both scarpered. We have built a series of shelves with hidey boxes in the alcove next to the fireplace so they could just sit up there and survey the room - more likely to live under the bath for Christmas! I wish I could take the attitude you have with my mum though sadly its either come to me or stay on her own, and she is genuinely petrified of cats. We've managed before with her and cats, but not with her, and visiting cats and home cats! Oh well - Happy Christmas!

Originally Posted by jckkerrison

if it would be easier to confine her & let the furries get on with things I have got a spare cage I could lend you........

That made me chuckle...

Still, I feel sorry for you Joolz. Hubby and I abolished Xmas and everything that comes with it ages ago. No shopping, cooking grand meals, entertaining relatives. Just us & the furries, some nice logs in the fireplace, and doing whatever we want. Bliss!