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Schoolmarm
Member
02-18-2001
| Wednesday, January 12, 2005 - 2:21 pm
I miss my cat! And she will probably run away from me when I finally get home on Saturday! YUP, I think that I'm a "cat person" now.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Wednesday, January 12, 2005 - 9:33 pm
LOL Who! I thought it was pretty cute, but Kassie didn't find it much amusing at all! I loved the squeaky bits! Sea, how'd Miss Critter do at that nasty doctor person's office? Hope she's OK?
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Seamonkey
Member
09-07-2000
| Wednesday, January 12, 2005 - 9:38 pm
Oh man, Miss Critter was SO pissed off when I put her in that crate.. she was emitting loud meows and evil looks as only a black cat can!! So we got into the car and I reminded her it is really a short drive and it was for her own good, and so on. So I hit the button for the garage door and eeeee! and it stopped about a food off the ground... heh.. seems one of the springs fall off and there was no way I was getting out of the garage. I carried the pissed princess inside, let her out of the crate and she flounced off for parts unknown (AKA upstairs, somewhere, where there is food and water and places to hide) Sigh.. so for $90 I now have a garage door guy I trust and will use when I have to take the plunge and have new doors and two openers installed.. he replaced all the springs and got rid of the hideous noise the opener had been making since the weather got cold... even he said it was perhaps the most hideous noise he'd heard out of an opener.. and he showed me some trouble points to watch for.. didn't try to get me to order new doors now, in fact said that whoever rebuilt the doors many years back had done a pretty darn good job.. So.. Miss Critter and I now have an 11am appointment tomorrow.. (but don't tell her) She would thank everyone for the lovely comments but she's very busy sneaking into a paper bag on the other side of the room.. lol.. she thinks I can't hear her.
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Seamonkey
Member
09-07-2000
| Wednesday, January 12, 2005 - 9:42 pm
Who.. I started that screen then still thought Critter was having a furball for a second..
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Wednesday, January 12, 2005 - 9:57 pm
Ack Sea, hope the door and kitty visit go well!!
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Wednesday, January 12, 2005 - 9:58 pm
LOL!! Don't you love it when they hide, halfway in or under something? And then think, well, cause they can't see YOU so how could YOU see THEM???? Miss Critter pulled a Kassie Princess. She's not real vocal, until I get her in her very own lovely pink flowered soft sided carrying case. Then she carries on as if I'm torturing her. All the way out to the car, in the car, on the road. I'll do anything... windows up. Windows down. Radio on or off. Me singing (which causes her to scream louder). Petting her thru a dime size opening in the zipper (any larger and she's thru it in a shot!). Sheesh. It's the only tough thing they've gotta do, like, what? Once a year? <sigh> Good luck tomorrow with the Critter Princess. Get that bag!
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Whoami
Member
08-03-2001
| Wednesday, January 12, 2005 - 10:04 pm
<thinks Critter put a hex on that garage door so you wouldn't be able to leave> And Costa....you mean you're actually brave enough to get a finger (or any other part of your body) within reach of a crated pissed off cat? Wow! I'm impressed!
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Seamonkey
Member
09-07-2000
| Thursday, January 13, 2005 - 2:29 am
LOL.. Critter must have started that hex weeks ago.. Pamy the door is in better shape now than in the past two years, I think! So quiet.. I was able to get out later in the day after the claims adjuster came to check out my collapsed ceiling.. made it to the post office, and Curves and Fry's!! Geek paradise.. your eyes glaze over and you just move from aisle to aisle.. uh anyway and then picked up some meatball subs at Togo's.. Critter is a pretty vocal, chatty kitty.. she also purrs loudly and sometimes throws in this fabulous trill sound that she can overlay, over the purr.. and of course she makes that little machine-gun noise they make when they see a bird.. She CAN hiss, but I haven't heard that in years! Who.. I usually stick my finger through the door of her crate.. she'll do head bumps on my finger.. But tomorrow she'll be more wary, for sure.. she'll have at least one shot, probably something else for the itchy/scabby thang, she'll get weighed (last year she actually stood still to be weighed) and I suspect they'll want to draw blood.. ACK.. She spent time this evening on my lap and crammed into the chair with me, so I'm at least partially forgiven.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Thursday, January 13, 2005 - 10:02 am
Ah. Nothing like the forgiveness of a kitty critter! Who, Kassie just headbutts my finger. If it's within reach, while she's yelling at me when she's in her carrier and I'm driving. She'll stop yelling for the second or two while she headbutts my finger, and then she'll start up again. I love that "chatter" they make at birds. I've been feeding our local population lately, and so I have free kitty TV running all day for 'em.
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Seamonkey
Member
09-07-2000
| Thursday, January 13, 2005 - 2:16 pm
lOL.. Well.. we made it to the vet today and no real answers... one thing I like is that they've been rethinking vaccinations.. Critter had rabies and distemper vacs last year .. the rabies lasts three years.. so we are skipping this year and then next year she'd have distemper again and the following year rabies again. She's an indoor kitty so that's it. So.. she was 9.1lb.. a year ago she was exactly 10lb -- I was really surprised that she has lost that much weight.. she certainly doesn't feel lighter .. The scabs/licking.. not sure on that. normally they'd give prednisone, or try flea meds.. he says it looks like flea allergy though there is no sign of fleas or bites and he agrees.. It seems she is 15 (my whole being is fighting this.. she's younger to ME) so we decided on bloodwork first before any treatment because, just like with Zmom, if we give her steroids of any kind it could mess with other possible treatment.. and her age and the weight loss means bloodwork is next. So she had blood drawn and we are back home.. Bad news is that we may have to make another trip tomorrow, sigh.. So any gentle thoughts for a really normal boring blood result would be appreciated. Oh vocalizations.. well today she dredged up a growl for the vet.. I'm watching him because he's new to me and she had no growls for the tech guy and that guy handled her, did the weighing, took her temp.. more invasive and she had no growls for him.. However, while we waited for the vet, there was a cat yowl/scream from another feline in the office, which she heard.. so it could just be that, but she growled as soon as the vet came in. So.. he's on probation ..
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Landi
Member
07-29-2002
| Thursday, January 13, 2005 - 2:33 pm
i bet it was a "i know you're the vet and you better be nice, cuz i'm one tough kitty, don't think just cuz i'm cute, you can MESS with me" kinda growl.
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Urgrace
Member
08-19-2000
| Thursday, January 13, 2005 - 2:42 pm
Sea, you might try the Sulfodene® lotion on Critters dry patches. I've used it on my kitties for skin problems and hot spots. They at first don't like having it put on, but don't object to it because it soothes the skin. Skin starts clearing up with one application. I never removed any fur to apply it either.
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Vee
Member
02-23-2004
| Thursday, January 13, 2005 - 3:06 pm
My daughter once asked our vet (also a family friend) how intelligent cats are. He said, "Well, I've never had one forget me." I think that cats just know something's up and Critter is only putting him on notice about who is boss. Hope that you get answers soon, Sea, before this turns into a much bigger expense with all the added visits.
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Seamonkey
Member
09-07-2000
| Thursday, January 13, 2005 - 8:03 pm
She's never seen this vet before.. and I'm sure she was being "tough" (so cute). Hmm Gracie... now I wonder... maybe I should try that before the shot. He just called a few minutes ago and says her bloodwork is perfect.. says if he had a 15 year old cat he'd be thrilled to have these blood results! (Critter of course had jumped over to the counter, as she does if I stay there when I pick up the phone and she was pretty unimpressed) So his idea is to give her a shot and also give me a dose of something I can add if she starts or keeps licking after a week and then I can get whatever that is at the drugstore. I'll think on it overnight, anyway. I'm VERY pleased that her bloodwork was so great.
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Rosie
Member
11-12-2003
| Thursday, January 13, 2005 - 8:05 pm
Yay for Critter's good bloodwork!!!!!!!
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Urgrace
Member
08-19-2000
| Thursday, January 13, 2005 - 8:32 pm
Oh Sea, they don't have it at the drugstores, around here anyway. I got it at WalMart. I tried to get it at a pet store and they didn't have any either. There is one for dogs, one for cats and one for dogs & cats. Good news about the blood work! Yay Critter.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Thursday, January 13, 2005 - 8:59 pm
Sea, just FYI... my kids don't get shots on a regular scheduled at all. And they don't get rabies shots. They are both inside-only kids, and never get exposure to anything that would cause problems. I take them in every 3 years, and the vet agrees that is often enough for the other series they get. Costa growls. Sounds like a danged dog. When I clip his toes, he'll start to growl at me about the third toe. Too funny. But.... way cool news on the normal blood work!!! Princess Critter is one kool kitty!
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Vee
Member
02-23-2004
| Saturday, January 15, 2005 - 7:13 am
Time to post another photo of Fioré enjoying her morning repose with my sis who is trying to enjoy her morning cup of coffee.
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Vee
Member
02-23-2004
| Saturday, January 15, 2005 - 7:15 am
Trying again...
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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Saturday, January 15, 2005 - 7:21 am
Vee, Fiore is just beautiful! Her coloring is so cool. And what a great face. She looks like she's posing! How old is Fiore? And what kind of cat is she?
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Vee
Member
02-23-2004
| Saturday, January 15, 2005 - 7:43 am
She's almost a year old; we've been told that she is a calico. She has lots of personality and we are enjoying her tremendously after losing our beloved Snowy last summer at age 16. There's some difference between an old kitty and a young one! LOL
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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Saturday, January 15, 2005 - 7:48 am
Oh Vee she's just a baby and so pretty! How wonderful it must be to have a pet back in the house! I can't imagine a home without a furry friend of some sort. 
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Eeyoreslament
Member
07-20-2003
| Saturday, January 15, 2005 - 11:59 am
What a GORGEOUS cat!! She looks like she's going to have the run of the house. Vee's feline prima donna...
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Herckleperckle
Member
11-20-2003
| Saturday, January 15, 2005 - 12:03 pm
Vee, she is gorgeous! I love her coloring and her face is just amazing! What a lovely baby!!!
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Nancy
Member
08-01-2000
| Saturday, January 15, 2005 - 6:19 pm
here's miss marble the other day..
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