Jul 3, 2026, 7:28 AMGood kitten news: one of the kittens next door has learned to come into our garden and demand attention. It is so cute when it purrs! But the got distracted chasing crickets for a while the second time.
Bad kitten news: the same kitten has learned to get onto our balcony and in through the bedroom door if we leave it open. A hyperactive kitten jumping on the bed is not ideal, especially when my partner is allergic to cats.
@david_chisnall I'd say the latter is bad partner news. But perhaps my priorities are a bit odd...
Jul 3, 2026, 7:41 AM@ives I am also not particularly keen on having a small, fast-moving, creature that has not consistently learned how to retract its claws in my bed while I’m trying to sleep.
@david_chisnall My friend is also allergic to cats but a cat moved in and then it wasn't that bad so they got a cat that wasn't the neighbour's. The allergies were pretty bad. But they are on their third cat now so I guess he likes cats more than he likes breathing.
@david_chisnall No kittens, but one of the neighbourhood cats has decided that she likes exploring our house. Main concern is going out without realising there’s a cat in there.
Jul 3, 2026, 3:42 PMI've had a similar problem with two cats. One managed to go to sleep somewhere in the house. I was about to go to sleep and heard a loud cat on the balcony. When I got up, I discovered it wasn't outside, it was on the landing looking out of the door to the balcony that I shut when I went to sleep. That cat and its brother took over a year before they stopped blaming me for locking one of them in a strange house.
More recently we had another one go downstairs and hang around, but spotted it before we went to bed.
I need to make sure the kittens don't start doing that.