Ten Cats by Graham Harrop for April 29, 2015

You’re replying to Mountaingreenery’s comment: (from yesterday)..Has anybody used Frontline..I have used frontline on cats that have had ticks, and can confirm it does work. I was advised by the vet to put most of it on the back of the neck, but a small amount directly on/around the tick. Or, you could cover the body of the tick in Vaseline, this will suffocate the tick as it breathes through its skin.

Cute kitten from more cats than sense this morning! It looks like she’s in the middle of her tumbling lesson.

I posted pics of the pregnant kitty last night.

Be sure the Frontline goes where the kitty cannot lick it off, it is a chemical pesticide. I have had many ticks on dogs and me but never on any of my cats.

Good morning, everyone!Ruth, good to see you back.Queen, the pregnant kitty looks healthy and happy in her new home.Great pictures yesterday.

Part two of cats about to sneeze

We had ‘synchronised napping’ yesterday, how about ‘synchronised yawning’?.

I think the cat bath’s have been used up so heres my offerings -Hey Grumpy, pour me a glass too!

Awwwwwwww -

Todays Random Sweetness -

And another couple of kittens yawning :-)..

Found this picture of a cat quite happily bathing :-).

HA!!!!! Chesney (AKA ‘pussy boy’) has met his match with smart mouthed FLEAS!!!! Wonderful expression on Chesney’s face in 4th panel. I almost feel sorry for him (not).

I’m loving these strips, too. We finally meet critters more obnoxious even than Chesney!Great pic posts yesterday and today.

There is also a Tick Remover that I’ve used on dogs, it’ll work on cats as well...You hook the tool under the head of the tick and then rotate the tool until the tick comes free, you then kill the tick when it’s off of the animal.

Not normally, only if you pull the tick off is that likely to happen.Just been reading up on tick removal, one site doesn’t recommend suffocating the ticks as they can regurgitate blood etc back into the host. The reason I mentioned it in the first place is that my neighbour does the Vaseline trick if he gets ticks on him when he’s out rabbiting.Here’s a quote about manual tick removal from one website.“The barbs on the mouth parts can be released by a turning action but this should only be performed with a tool designed for twisting (e.g. The O’Tom Tick Twister). Twisting with tweezers, forceps or fingers is likely to exert too much pressure to the mouth parts and they may break off”.

@Dream….your friend’s pregnant kitty is ADORABLE…such a baby face and soon to have babies of her own. Great advice from TC fans. Maybe those fans who live closer to your friend can help kitty/babies find forever homes. TC HAS come through in the past after all!

Here’s a link to removal of ticks using the removal tool..http://www.bada-uk.org/correct-tick-removal/tick-removal-tick-removal-tool

More Cats Than Sense GoComics PRO Member said, about 2 hours ago

Found this picture of a cat quite happily bathing :-)____________-

I know it is having a warm bath, but does it know it is in a pot on the stove? lol!

I’m afraind all this talk of ticks and fleas is making me queasy….The cartoon is funny though!

@ Beviek

That could be Garfeild, but have you ever seen all the cat expressions out there? In reality, they are quite expressive.Except for Grumpy cat, of course. She only seems to have one expression: Grumpy!

My neighbour is a smoker and has done the same thing, however when he was younger and would go rabbiting in shorts, he had an aversion to doing the heat trick in certain areas……the Vaseline trick was a safer option ;-)

Did a search on Amazon.com for:-.The O’Tom Tick Twister.http://www.amazon.com/J-Otom-Twister-Silicone-Handle/dp/B0037DD27U/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1430335565&sr=8-1&keywords=The+O%E2%80%99Tom+Tick+Twister.About $10 for the large/small pair, was showing limited stock though. The search did show other ones.

Another trick to get ticks to let go is dabbing them with rubbing alcohol – same idea as vaseline but less messy. We used that for deticking dogs when I lived in Saskatoon, not sure how well it’d work on cats. You do have to wipe the alcohol up afterwards so the skin isn’t irritated

Thank you to everyone who have given me advice on the nasty subject of ticks. I will try to find some Frontline. but I will look out for the collar too.

RUTH/WETANDSOGGY, GUESS WHAT DAY IT IS?

And one more!

@*morecatsthansense*Thank you for the beautiful cat getting its head scratched. I will try to think of it purring instead of tick,tick, tick- ick!

too true, we’d just drop them in a bowl of water to drown rather than squishing tho :)