I've read quite a few things about settling down with the dogs in tow but was just wondering if anyone else has taken their cat over and how are they coping now with the heat, wildlife etc???

My cat is quite a big stocky fellow (British Shorthair) and is total boss over the 2 dobes.

He tends to bring things like magpies and black birds in for me to play with and has been known to bring in a huuuuuuuuuuuge adult rat (still alive of course) and then promptly let it go inside the house. I'm still getting over the nightmares now!!!!

:eyes mouth:

I dread to think what he might bring in for me out there.

Terri.xxx

There is a split about cats over here......one side loves em, the other side wants to shoot them.
There are big problems with feral and domestic cats killing all the little nice marsupials and endangered parrots, lizards etc.
There are quite a few people who keep their cats in sort of cages (bit like a zoo might with lions!) in their back yards.

I personally am not a huge cat lover

Andy

Anybody else out there with cat experience?????????????

I'm getting a bit worried about this now although I had already decided he would be kept in at night which is when he does his hunting.

Would really appreciate some more opinions, be them good or bad, at least I will know in advance.

PLEEEEEEEEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :(

Thanks Terri.

p.s. Geoff (hubby) has already arranged lots of homes over here for the cat to go to little does he know they would be willing to take hubby too. B)

Hi there - I do know that when we went out to Adelaide we did not see any cats, I guess, as Andy says, most people that have them keep them in a 'run'.

I have tried a search for 'cats in Adelaide' but seemed to come up with some football team :blink:

Came up with this though...http://www.courier.net.au/local_news.htm
thought it might be of interest.

Anne X :thumbs up:

I saw a black cat tonight by the side of my house. It had a collar on so I guess it was a pet.

It was definately on the prowl for something.

Tracey :dance:

It does state that there are considered to be 15,000 cats in the district so I'm sure your 'one' wont make much difference - it may mean building a 'run' though...

Anne X :medium smiley:

Thanks for the link Anne.

He is in fact already neutred and will be chipped too by the time he comes over so will be ok on that front. Will have to bear the run thing in mind when looking for houses too.
Still we've a long way to go before that so no need worrying for now (easier said than done!!). :eyes mouth:

Terri.xx

Hi There
We know what you are going through as we had 2 cats which we very sadly left behind with my mother in law (which incidentely they now rule the roost at her house and have total control over her dog.).
We looked into bringing them over but were worried as they did like to bring in and catch all sorts of wildlife in the uk and we thought they might get bitten over here by a spider etc very easily and weren't sure if they would cope well with change in heat. It's also quite expensive to bring them over with the 2 of them.
However, on one hand I'm glad we haven't got them especially with the fact that we moved into meet and greet then into rented and will prob move into a bought house before too long. But you do see lots of cats around just walking about as you would in uk.(our way anyway) so I wouldn't worry if you are set on bringing your cat. And I miss mine, especially as being around the house a lot with the kids, I would talk to them :lol: and I miss that and just having something else in the house with me.
Good luck in your decisions
Rach :bouncing smiles:

Thanks Rach,

Feeling a bit happier about it now.
The worst case would be he has a massive pen built in the garden, it's not such a hardship out there I don't think as the properties tend to have a tad more land than they do over here.

I am really not even considering leaving him behind as it took me over 10 yrs to be in a position to get him and need him to keep the dogs under control. :loopy:

It is also going to be important for the girls to have what pets they have left around them once we get out there.
As you have probably guessed they are mad about animals and they are going to find it very hard leaving the others behind. :(

They like the pics. of the horse riding and are already planning that. (Bit premature I know as we haven't even got the TRA back yet!!)

Anyway thanks for the info most appreciated as always.

Terri.xxx :thumbs up:

i left my cat behind in england and felt really bad about it. A few years later we got a cat, i was worried about the snakes. There has been two in our garden. The cat is out most of the time and is ok, its over a year old, copes with the heat and is still alive! dont worry abou it. melanie x :D