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Puppylov3
Member

01-26-2004

Friday, March 04, 2005 - 6:43 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Gads - I think spooky is going into heat. Gonna be a loooooooooooooong couple of weeks. She was chirrping and offering me her backside this morning. sheesh.

Juju2bigdog
Member

10-27-2000

Friday, March 04, 2005 - 9:35 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I would say your surmise is correct, Puppylov3. Better call the vet and see if he won't reconsider that spaying before 6 months stand.

Julieboo
Member

02-05-2002

Friday, March 04, 2005 - 9:39 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
A spay is easier on the kitty before the first heat cycle...

Puppylov3
Member

01-26-2004

Friday, March 04, 2005 - 9:50 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
she's prolly right at 6 months. (she couldnt' have waited until next week?) we already have an appointment monday for shots - guess what the first topic of convo will be? Julie - we're prolly too late for before the first heat cycle since she seems to be in heat. And I'm without a car and relying on rides today as the car is in having the heater repaired so I'm kinda sol.

Julieboo
Member

02-05-2002

Friday, March 04, 2005 - 9:57 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Oh well. Good luck. they'll prolly wait til she is thru with her cycle then. they don't like to spay while they're in heat. More blood, so more dangerous and more expensive too.

Eeyoreslament
Member

07-20-2003

Friday, March 04, 2005 - 12:15 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Vee I love that pic of Fiore lying on her back! Hilarious. Too bad Basil doesn't get as much camera attention. (hint hint....)

Vee
Member

02-23-2004

Friday, March 04, 2005 - 12:20 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Oh, well, you know Basil doesn't live at my house the way Fioré does! C

(Edited to add: Check your folder, Hon!)

Essence
Member

01-12-2002

Monday, March 07, 2005 - 3:05 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I ran across this article and thought I'd post it here. Poor kitty...

Cat Survives 10-Mile Trip on Top of Car

INKOM, Idaho - Torri Hutchinson's cat might just have one less life to live. Hutchison was driving along Interstate 15 one day recently when a motorist kept trying to get her attention and pointing to the roof of her car.

She said she was wary of the man, but wondered if perhaps her ski rack might have come loose.

She pulled over to the side, but kept her doors locked and the motor running.

The man pulled up behind her. Hutchinson rolled down her window to hear the man frantically shouting, "Your cat! Your cat!"

He reached for the roof of her car and handed the shocked Hutchinson her orange tabby.

She had driven about 10 miles with the cat on top of the car, and didn't even notice the feline when she stopped for gas.

Hutchinson said Cuddle Bug, or C.B. for short, had climbed into the back of her car as she was getting ready to leave. She put him out, but he must have jumped on the roof while she wasn't looking, she said.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=817&e=10&u=/ap/cat_s_road_trip

Vee
Member

02-23-2004

Monday, March 07, 2005 - 3:43 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Poor Cuddle Bug!

Wendo
Member

08-07-2000

Monday, March 07, 2005 - 9:09 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
OMG! LOL!

Twinkie
Member

09-24-2002

Tuesday, March 08, 2005 - 1:25 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Squirt
Kitty In A Basket
Squirt2
This is our Squirt. He's our crazy one. LOL

Vee
Member

02-23-2004

Tuesday, March 08, 2005 - 7:14 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Squirt loves a good basket, doesn't he? I bet he knows how to make a cosy spot almost anywhere. His coloring is so handsome and debonair!

Twinkie
Member

09-24-2002

Tuesday, March 08, 2005 - 9:25 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Thanks, Vee. His favorite cozy spot is on my bed. Between him and Angel, our female cat, I never know who I'm going to wake up to. LOL

Ophiliasgrandma
Member

09-04-2001

Tuesday, March 08, 2005 - 9:33 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Twinkie, is that by any chance a Longaburger basket? If so, your Squirt has good taste.

Landi
Member

07-29-2002

Tuesday, March 08, 2005 - 10:09 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
LOL OG! that's exactly what i was thinking! my kittys don't go anywhere near my longabergers! and i have quite a few. i'd have more, but i gotta sneak 'em in as it is. the hubby saw a catalog once.

Twinkie
Member

09-24-2002

Tuesday, March 08, 2005 - 10:24 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I have no clue what those are but the basket came from Hickory Farms. A gift from DH's sister. It was filled with lots of goodies! YAAAA!

Vee
Member

02-23-2004

Tuesday, March 08, 2005 - 10:37 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Longaburger basket Edited to add: Thought I should come back and say something about cats. My kitty is currently sleeping in the shower. Cats just have a way of knowing the coziest spots. LOL!

Ophiliasgrandma
Member

09-04-2001

Tuesday, March 08, 2005 - 11:35 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Twinkie, Longaburger baskets are branded with their logo on the bottom. However, I don't think Hickory Farms uses them as they are very spendy.

Seamonkey
Member

09-07-2000

Tuesday, March 08, 2005 - 1:18 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I love love love cats!! That is a cutie you have there, Twinkie!! You all know how much my Critter loves any basket (or box, or spot next to mom on the bed).

Right now, Critter is across the bed from me, curled on the Starting Over Tote bag I got when I heard them speak..

I also have some big wicker hamper things and she likes those, too. and the cane backs on my chairs.

Anyway, Squirt is quite the handsome boy!

Puppylov3
Member

01-26-2004

Tuesday, March 08, 2005 - 6:45 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
forget cats in baskets - i have a cat in a box:

(wendy)
wendy in box

and a cat with a shaved spot on her leg from a vet visit yesterday (feline leukemia test)

spooky

Seamonkey
Member

09-07-2000

Wednesday, March 09, 2005 - 3:09 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Awwww.. so cute!

Vee
Member

02-23-2004

Wednesday, March 09, 2005 - 4:50 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Look at those sweet faces! The little one with the shaved leg appears to be taking it all in stride. C

Eeyoreslament
Member

07-20-2003

Wednesday, March 09, 2005 - 10:35 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Puppylov your kitties are really growing quickly! Such cuties!!!

Scout
Member

01-20-2005

Wednesday, March 09, 2005 - 11:50 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Can someone tell me how to get rid of cats? Now, before all you cat lovers unite to kill me, let me explain. I don't hate cats, but I am very allergic to them. For some reason, they love me. If I'm with a group of people and a cat walks in, it heads straight for me.
Anyway, the problem is our backyard. We have a fenced-in yard and no pets. Sometime back, a mother cat gave birth to kittens under our shed. The mother must be someone's pet, but the kittens seem very wild. She kept them there for awhile and then moved them somewhere else. Now that it's a little warmer, she's bringing them back, but now they've moved and every night they are sleeping on our patio. I have the furniture out and each night, there they are all curled up together on the chair cushions (the cushions are pretty big and heavy, so I can't really bring them in every night).
They must have told their other buds, because every cat in the neighborhood is now taking turns sleeping in the chairs. The only one in the neighborhood who can't use them - is me!
I don't want to do anything that would hurt them, but I sure would like to be able to sit out there after all the work we put in to be able to. Also, it's right outside our bedroom window and there is one cat in particular who sounds like he is talking to himself - and he keeps it up continually!
Anyway, any suggestions would be appreciated. I thought maybe cat-lovers could tell me things their own cats don't like and something might work here. The only thing I had heard to try was moth balls, but I hate their smell, so any other thoughts would be appreciated.


Calamity
Member

10-18-2001

Wednesday, March 09, 2005 - 12:29 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Cute kitties, everyone.

Sorry, Scout, I can't help you. I have a stray cat problem myself!

Leroy, the male stray I had to take to the vet to have his punctured eye operated on last fall, showed up again this weekend sporting some very nasty fight wounds. I cleaned him up and put warm compresses on the wounds to open them up because there were three spots that were obviously infected. Yuck. So it was back to the vet on Monday. He's okay and is already healing but I have to give him antibiotics for a while. Actually the biggest freaking bottle of antibiotic I've ever seen. Cost me $30 just for that medicine alone, apart from the other charges.