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The TVClubHouse: General Discussions: 2004 Aug - Oct: Cats (ARCHIVES): Archive through October 26, 2004 users admin

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Pamy
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01-02-2002

Sunday, October 24, 2004 - 1:39 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Ya know an adult cat might be not as hyper as a kitten and better for you all as newbie cat owners, I agree with Sea, go to that place and let Z just hang out and see what he likes

Ophiliasgrandma
Member

09-04-2001

Sunday, October 24, 2004 - 2:56 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Another couple of points to keep in mind.

Cats are not dogs. Don't expect them to grovel at your feet, they won't.

They own you, not vice versa.

They were once worshiped as gods and they have never forgotten that.

Seamonkey
Member

09-07-2000

Sunday, October 24, 2004 - 3:58 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Well cats are night and day different than dogs.. and of course either is a long term committment.

(my cats from when I first got married lived to be over 19, and my last three labs lasted 15.5, 14 and 14 years..

And if the initial cost to adopt gives you pause.. rethink things because you owe them decent vet care and that isn't cheap.

All well worth it, of course. I'm just so sad seeing so many cats in our area left to fend for themselves and so many people feeding feral cats but not capturing/spaying/neutering/vaccinating.. remember what I went through at Christmas last year when a lovely little cat was being fed by my new neighbors but planted herself on my front step in the rain and wind.. I tried to save her but she was far gone with feline AIDS, full blown and due to her having been abandonned, left wild, she wasn't even treatable.

But anyway the cats from a good rescue have been wormed, vaccinated and tested for FIV and many of them are relinquished pets and they can tell you why and what sort of home they need.

Z.. it isn't the hair that causes the allergy.. some say it is danders, but I've recently heard that it can also be the saliva and cats do groom themselves (and you as well)..

Good thing about cats.. you don't end up having to take them out for a walk on a cold dark night.

Pamy
Member

01-02-2002

Sunday, October 24, 2004 - 4:49 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
LOL OG!! I find that is truer among the girl cats, er princess' I mean!

Serate
Member

08-21-2001

Sunday, October 24, 2004 - 5:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
If your gonna get a cat you should beware that cats do have a rough life.



The wait for daddy to come home seems like forever.



Momma disturbs you all the time making that thing flash in your eyes.



When you just get comfortable and fall asleep, she flashes at you again, then makes you get off the chair just so she can play on the computer.



So finally you just curl up in your basket and wait for Daddy to come home. [Maybe he'll bring you another toy, you don't have many toys. Uh, maybe if he brings more toys he'll bring a bigger basket too.]

Seamonkey
Member

09-07-2000

Sunday, October 24, 2004 - 5:47 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
ROFL!! So true!

They do love baskets, Z!!

Seamonkey
Member

09-07-2000

Sunday, October 24, 2004 - 5:52 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Serate.. that little blue step stool in the one picture by the window? We have that too, light blue.. but Critter got me to put a rectangular basket on top of that and so she has a basket with a view :-)

I see you have the cat approved LOW window sill and cat approved see through curtains, too!

Serate
Member

08-21-2001

Sunday, October 24, 2004 - 6:11 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
When we lived in the country we had a big enough kitchen that the table was in there, and it was pushed up against the window. IT was the only one he could look out of so [close your eyes Zmom, this is against advice you were given earlier] we put one of my dh's boot boxes on the table and he would lay there all the time. [we never eat at the table, why we have one I dunno]

Eddie likes to sit on the stool and look out the window. As much as he likes sitting in the back room windows - normal window height - as soon as I put those curtains up he hardly ever gets in the front windows. I think he thinks he's invisible. The window in front of the stool is the window we put the fan in also, so he loves smelling the air when the window is open. [2nd floor apartment, cheap ass window screens, only windows that get opened are ones we have fans for]

I love the 'tude Critter has. Wish she'd come visit Eddie and whip him in order. *L*

Zmom, if you do get kitties, you don't have to spend a fortune on baskets. We found this one at Big Lots for $4.99, he loves it. But to tell the truth he'd probably be happier if we put a box out for him. He loves boxes, and paper bags.

Pamy
Member

01-02-2002

Sunday, October 24, 2004 - 6:23 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Serate, your cat looks like Dopey!!!!!!!!

Juju2bigdog
Member

10-27-2000

Sunday, October 24, 2004 - 9:25 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Zmom, have Seamonkey go to the animal rescue with you. That sounds like an excellent idea. Remember you don't have to get just any cat. You need to find your cat and then bring it home to where it is supposed to be.

I agree that cats should not be let outdoors. It is a great temptation, but they just don't need it, and there is so much bad stuff they can get into out there.

Nancy
Member

08-01-2000

Monday, October 25, 2004 - 6:18 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
My new kitten is from a no-kill shelter, she was spayed while there(at 14 weeks!) and had all her shots and everything done before i got her..next week she goes in for another series of shots.

I highly recommend keeping kitties indoors only, I have had cats that went outdoors and cats that i've kept indoors(the last 3) and truly they are just as happy being indoor only..

marble(aka sweetpea) is such a good kitty accept at 5am LOL..but just the one accident on my comforter since then no more accidents..yeah! SHE
has this habit i've licking my face at 5 a.m. nice kisses but nothing like warm cat breath LOL


Julieboo
Member

02-05-2002

Monday, October 25, 2004 - 6:24 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
That's why 2 kittens is/are a good idea. They can wake each other up instead of you!!!

Djgirl
Member

07-17-2002

Monday, October 25, 2004 - 8:46 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I too am all for indoor only! Another thing that cats absolutely LOVE is wool... get an old wool sweater from the SallyAnne and leave it in a new basket for the cats - they'll go there all the time to sleep - something about wool just makes them feel all warm & cozy.

Ophiliasgrandma
Member

09-04-2001

Monday, October 25, 2004 - 9:40 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I had a cat that loved to eat wool, so if any of you go the wool route, please watch for this habit...not good, especially if it's a brand new sweater. Yeah, it happened, sigh!

Calamity
Member

10-18-2001

Monday, October 25, 2004 - 10:57 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Meggieprice: I'm so sorry but I just read your news. My most heartfelt sympathies to your family on the loss of your dear kitty cat. What a beautiful picture of him.

Albert

Seamonkey
Member

09-07-2000

Monday, October 25, 2004 - 11:01 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Oh yeah.. one of the cats we had right after I got married was a wool-eater.. and she loved his wool socks.. would chew a hole in one sock of each pair she got her little paws on.. and a big hole in the middle of a wool sweater. Sweater went pretty much unmourned, since it was scratchy, but she was banished from the bedroom for that.

Now another observation about cats for Zmom (who seems to be avoiding us, LOL, but that won't stop us cat-lovers!).. they are psychic little beings.

Last night when we were talking about baskets, I went upstairs and took a picture of her basket-o-toys:

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Critter was, that that time, downstairs, asleep behind the couch.

Hours later, after I went to bed, she went to that basket and dragged out a toy mouse with bell and started playing with it.. first time in WEEKS .. I think she just knew I had been looking at her basket.

Landi
Member

07-29-2002

Monday, October 25, 2004 - 12:04 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
sea, when i saw critter's basket, it reminded me of belle and ariel's toy box. i'm forever picking up toys and putting them back in the box! especially the pipe cleaners! what is it about those? and there is a feather pen in the box too, they love the feathers!

Seamonkey
Member

09-07-2000

Monday, October 25, 2004 - 12:10 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I love having the basket; gives me a place to throw toys when I decide they've been abandonned.. (the mouse is still in the upstairs hall and I'll leave it for awhile, fun to see where it ends up) and it is right there at her level where she can "graze" and select her next "victim".

The large pipe-cleaners are super,huh?

And yeah, they love feathers.. had I left her with the "BoaMonster" there would have been feathers everywhere..

Zachsmom
Moderator

07-13-2000

Monday, October 25, 2004 - 4:55 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I am excited about getting a kitty. I have been talking with Zachary about it a lot lately. This isn't something I want to rush into because it's a lifetime commitment. I am a huge animal advocate and don't like when people adopt pets because they are "cute".

Animals have souls and feelings and just like a child they need to be placed in the proper home. I appreciate everyone's advice and comments!

Sea..do you want to hit the shelters with us? I would love your advice. Actually I need you to come with me..lol.

Seamonkey
Member

09-07-2000

Monday, October 25, 2004 - 6:01 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I'm willing.. it always hits me really hard to see those little faces. I know in my heart Critter is a single kitty and wants it tht way.. she's 12 and I don't want to rock her boat. But I so happy I got her when I did. She was in the awful county pound and she purred and reached out and got my attention, or I wouldn't have noticed her. In fact I only looked at the kittens but something made me go back. Life-changing day.

But we can start with that place in Irvine.. find out when they have the cats on "display".

Juju2bigdog
Member

10-27-2000

Monday, October 25, 2004 - 6:39 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Yay!!!

Zachsmom
Moderator

07-13-2000

Monday, October 25, 2004 - 7:17 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Mom and I just discussed this. We want an older kitty (1 year +) and only one to begin with. I have hired a Nanny for Zachary so there is someone here most of the day. (they only leave to go to the park, errands etc)

Sea, not this weekend as it's halloween, maybe next weekend let's go adopt a kitty?

Julieboo
Member

02-05-2002

Monday, October 25, 2004 - 7:38 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Good luck.

Keep in mind a pair that has already been together is often easier/gets into less trouble than a single. They keep each other happy, entertained, etc... Just my two cents....

Ophiliasgrandma
Member

09-04-2001

Tuesday, October 26, 2004 - 8:17 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Oh, how I wish Ophelia was a 'pair'. Next time around it will most assuredly be two.

Djgirl
Member

07-17-2002

Tuesday, October 26, 2004 - 12:24 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I forgot to post my latest pic of Doyle - it's just too cute!