Poor Ripley, he just wants to be like the others !

[Sue P (Paddysmum)]

Oh Clare..... 

Don't you be worritin.  Paddy sez am to tell you not to worrit.  JOR is "Speshul" and always will be, no matter how old or how independent he becomes.   Nuffink wrong wiff bein a meowmy's boy.  Paddy sez.    (I think he is, in fact, qualified to speak on this point on account of his great age....  )

Some of our companions set their own parameters, and if JOR's are being close to his Mum, well - where's the harm....?  He is like the others, but he's also special.    Very special, and there's no shame in that. 

I'm "speshul" too.      Can you tell....? 

[Gill (sneakiefeline)]

You need to do it when you are there lol

[Rosella moggy]

Can just imagine JOR aged 17 with his greying whiskers forlornly telling the young uns how he gave up all his rights to free access for his ma's peace of mind 

You'll get around to it Clare.  Have to say, he does have the sweetest little face 

[Daisymac]

No cant do it,   told myself I would be less protective over JOR,  left the cat flap open so he could come and go as he pleased today,  made sure all the gates were shut etc and took myself off to work,  got 2 miles down the road,  turned round,  went back home and locked the cat flap    the others go in and out of a window but Ripley never jumps that high,  so he will be sitting there on the windowsill all safe and sound waiting for me when I get home 

[JackSpratt]

Ember is NOT mean, she just knows her own mind....

Claire, I agree with the others. There's always one that you feel is less "capable" of dealing with outside life. The thing is, potentially that's just our view....when a cat's outside it doesn't always act like it does around people.

I'll admit to being a bit flustered when our Squonky eared ginger and white boy came in with a cut on his ear the night before last - the only thing that bothered him was me trying to clean it so I could see how bad the wound was! The girls seem to be quite sensible outside. (I spy on them out the upstairs window.... )

[Elanor3]

i can sympathise with you x

I am very protective of Indie generally (even tho he is now a HUGE fluffball) but as a baby he was so tiny and had been treated poorly by the stupid  he was covered in fleas, had lots of worms and we had weeks of running bums and vomitting with him.  Then he ingested lily pollen at 6 months (i was unaware how dangerous these are  ) and now he has a sensitivity disorder too!  We are hoping to let ours out this year (two big ones will be 4 and pudding will be about 18 months) but it scares the hell out of me!! Indie is such a dope and fig is soooo small .... they only one I dont worry about is Ember as she is feisty and can be a bit mean ( loves her to bits tho  )

I think I will be following suit and will be glued to the window!!! 

[Rosella moggy]

Methinks you may be suffering from a common crazy cat mum lurgy Clare  .  I was naturally protective of the girls until they were just over 6 months when I slowly loosed the reins and allowed them to get on with being ... well cats..... much loved cats of course   

Poor Groucho (my enormous stocky little man) is now 8 months and strictly grounded between 4pm and 9am weekdays and 5pm and 7am weekends.  He has only wandered over back gate to front of house twice to my knowledge on to our very quiet Avenue with house set back well away from the road.  I think it's to do with his start in life that I'm so protective as he was found bedraggled by a canal in an industrial area    He's the happiest most contented young boy I've ever come across and I don't know what I'd do if anything happened to him so I overprotect. 

Hopefully the summer will help me to let go a little more... for his sake....  OH thinks I should let go a little more but he's the one that sets cat flap to "In only" at 3.45pm 

[Liz]

I know how you feel I am like that with Charlie and especially Echo as he adored Sweetie and has taken over my lap

I lost a lot of sleep when the little darling Echo was stuck up a tree for 2 days so know how you feel but I have a Mummy's boy for each generation and they are proud to be Mummy's boys cause they were all ones Sweetie adored and she used to lick their heads before cuffing around head

[Gill (sneakiefeline)]

Pics pics pics!

WE need to swee this meowmy boy and Kenny to decide for you 

[Kirst]

Awww but it sounds like he LIKES being a Mummies boy , so thats fine!

[Tiggy's Mum]

Aww bless him, for little Ripples 

I feel similar with the boys, Lu is much quieter and sensitive yet Riley is bomb-proof so I feel I have to protect Lu a bit more  Love them equally though as I'm sure you do too 

[lau200]

aww poor Ripley, he'll start a mutiny soon  some cats make us feel like they need protecting more than others! and i must admit we are like that with Lucie. she only has one eye and i watch her when she's out and about, worrying she'll hurt herself

[Daisymac]

Nothing worrying me about JOR,  Kenny is so much bigger and so much more confident,  little Rips is just so sweet,  he wouldnt hurt a fly.  whereas Kenny would chase a fly,  bash it to the ground and then eat it    I just think that Ripley is more of an inside boy,  he likes to sit on the sofa and be with people at all times,  Kenny is a sweetie and loves a cuddle but only when he has run round the garden 50 times and checked for predators 

[Teresa Pawcats]

Maybe we should start a petition to remove Ripleys cottonwool 

Seriously Claire why do you feel like this about Ripley and not Kenny ? Something is obviously worrying you 
I will confess to worrying about Olly and keeping him in for 3 years but he has recently got to the stage that he is trying to escape at every given chance, have thought long and hard and decided he will be less at risk if he can get used to being allowed out rather than escaping, so he will be allowed out as soon as spring arrives.

[Daisymac]

I feel bad when it comes to Junior Officer Ripley,  most of you on here know his story and how he was found near deaths door,   hand fed by Teresa at Paws Inn and is now living with me,   he is of course healthy and he loves his life,  but I am so over protective of my little boy.  If he doesnt eat his breakfast I am on alert,  if he didnt eat his tea as well we would be down the vets,  he is never allowed out after 7PM and he never goes out if I am not home,  I have literally just said to him he cant go outside because it is raining and he is too small and may get a cold  ,  if he does ever go out,  I am manic waiting for him to come back and within 10 minutes I am calling his name out the door, the others basically do what they want and are always in and out,  even Kenny who is only 9 months,  I do of course love the others as much,  but they seem more independant.  I just cant let my baby JOR stop being a baby,   he sleeps with me every night and he is always with me,  I dread to think what he would be like if he was a human,  I would have made him into a right Mummy's boy