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Saxywildcat
Member

05-30-2005

Thursday, July 14, 2005 - 12:24 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Julie, that must be a very patient and loving cat to sit there like that! VERY cute picture!! That looks like a cat I'd get along with! hehehe

Julieboo
Member

02-05-2002

Thursday, July 14, 2005 - 12:30 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
He is an awesome cat! None of my other kitties ever let my son hold them. Especially not on their back like that. He is the mellowest kitty I ever met. He is my total favorite cat ever.

Sillycalimomma
Member

11-13-2003

Thursday, July 14, 2005 - 12:40 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
awwww.....what a great picture Julieboo!! If I had a cat like that growing up I probably wouldn't mind having one now...unfortunately all of the cats I have come in contact with were the psycho kitties!

Seamonkey
Member

09-07-2000

Thursday, July 14, 2005 - 11:53 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Very cute, Julie!! Both of them.

Wendo
Member

08-07-2000

Thursday, July 14, 2005 - 11:53 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Julie, Great pics!

Calamity, wow, your experience sounds awful! Yikes. No freaking out here, but thanks for the concern.

I think I've figured out why Boo's upset and not acting completely normal sometimes. She seems to have a LARGE build up of wax in her right ear. I mean, there's a ton of it. And, when she was at the vet awhile ago I had mentioned something was up. They cleaned her ears but said the didn't see any infection or ear mites.

I've read about how to clean a cat's ear and decided to take the plunge (no Q-tips, I know.) First, I wrapped her up like a burrito. I love her, but when she gets mad she gets evil! LOL! So, I mix half water with half hydrogen peroxide, dip some cotton balls and start trying to clean away. I have success cleaning some of the wax (it's dark brown btw), but I can see with a flashlight that there's a lot down in the canal and I just didn't think I could get down in there.

Of course, Boo's getting madder and madder, going from hissing to growling, and starting to squirm in her giant towel burrito. I'm sure you all can guess what happened next...LOL!

She gets out, I go to get her to wrap her up again and she FREAKS out; just like two weeks ago. As I'm reaching to get her she's flinging her rear claws all over the place, meowing loudly and angrily, and lunges with her teeth. Yep, d*mn if she didn't get me again; three scratches and two punctures on my right forearm from her two front teeth. (At least it's the other arm and I'm already on the antibiotics, heh.)

So, it's apparent that she's probably uncomfortable and maybe in a bit of pain which explains this behavior which she really has never shown before. Can't say I'm digging the biting action, but I do understand it. After she bit me I reflexively whacked her on her head; feel really bad doing that, so didn't mean to. (Only made her more pissed off.) But I did back off and leave her alone immediately after that.

Anyways, I wasn't able to clean her right ear completely so, it's a call to the vet in the morning to get her ear cleaned and checked, again. Her left ear is completely clear, no wax, no nothing. (In fact, she's never had ear wax problems ever so, I dunno what's going on.)

Calamity
Member

10-18-2001

Friday, July 15, 2005 - 9:43 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Belle passed away sometime during the night. I stopped at the vet's yesterday after work and stayed with her for about an hour and she was the same - so weak but bright-eyed and purring as I stroked and petted her. It breaks my heart that she was alone and spent her last days at the vet. If they couldn't help her, I wish she had been at home.

She was a such beautiful cat and so smart. And only 9 years old. She had the greenest eyes and would constantly talk and chirp at you as soon as you came in. Her mother lives nearby but had Belle and her 2 brothers in my dad's garage so I've known her her whole life. Her mom still comes by to visit.

She was stronger before the surgery than after. I keep thinking maybe we could have done something sooner but...I had stopped crying but here I go again. I just wanted to thank everyone for the kinds words and prayers for Belle this past week as I don't know when/if I'll be back here. I hope there is a heaven because it's not fair otherwise.

Thank you all again.

Hermione69
Member

07-24-2002

Friday, July 15, 2005 - 9:54 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Oh Calamity, I'm sitting here just hurting for you. I am so, SO sorry. {{{{{Calamity}}}}}

Vee
Member

02-23-2004

Friday, July 15, 2005 - 10:01 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Oh no, I am so sorry to hear this. I know your heart is aching, Calamity, and that you are second-guessing things now, but you did all that you knew to do for Belle. Hugs to you...

Saxywildcat
Member

05-30-2005

Friday, July 15, 2005 - 10:01 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I'm so sorry Calamity. I know you will miss her a lot. I am glad that you got to spent time with her after work yesterday.

Ophiliasgrandma
Member

09-04-2001

Friday, July 15, 2005 - 10:05 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    


IN MEMORY OF BELLE

Landi
Member

07-29-2002

Friday, July 15, 2005 - 10:49 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
oh calamity, i'm so so so sorry for your loss. it has been hard hearing about belle, as my baby has the same name. please know that you did all you could for her. don't beat yourself up. and always remember her chirps and purrs as her love for you.

Twinkie
Member

09-24-2002

Friday, July 15, 2005 - 11:05 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I'm so so sorry, Calamity. I know its not fair. My heart aches for you.

Froggiegirl621
Member

02-14-2003

Friday, July 15, 2005 - 11:27 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I'm so sorry ((((Calamity))))

Julieboo
Member

02-05-2002

Friday, July 15, 2005 - 12:00 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
(((Calamity)))

Jimmer
Member

08-30-2000

Friday, July 15, 2005 - 12:46 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
My deepest sympathy to anyone who loses a little friend like that. We lost our little cat Sammy about a couple of months ago. Sammy had a wonderful life but it never seems long enough does it?

The hardest part for me is my little four-year-old daughter misses her so badly. She used to give her little cat treats and a little bowl of milk every evening before she went to bed. She still talks about her every day and it almost breaks my heart. She keeps asking me if Sammy is okay and if she’ll be lonely where she has gone without her.

Anyway, Sammy was a wonderful cat. We’ll definitely be getting another cat eventually. Of course, our new cat won’t be a replacement for Sammy but a new little friend that we can all love.

Sammy

Weinermr
Member

08-18-2001

Friday, July 15, 2005 - 12:48 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
So very sorry Calamity. {{{{{Calamity}}}}}

Froggiegirl621
Member

02-14-2003

Friday, July 15, 2005 - 1:01 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Oh Jimmer, so sorry for you too. Sammy was such a beautiful cat. Hugs to you and your daughter.

Vee
Member

02-23-2004

Friday, July 15, 2005 - 1:20 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Hope that you'll be able to get a new kitty very soon, Jimmer, so that your little girl will have a new pet to love and care for. Pets are such a big help teaching children about empathy and how to care for another living creature. Sammy looks as if she was a sweetheart.

Eeyoreslament
Member

07-20-2003

Friday, July 15, 2005 - 1:33 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Oh Calamity, I'm so sorry to hear about Belle. At least now she's super comfortable prancing and purring up in kitty heaven, chasing mousies, and eating all the birdies and fish she wants!

Native_texan
Member

08-24-2004

Friday, July 15, 2005 - 1:45 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Calamity, ditto what Eeyore says.

At 4:00 this morning, I was disturbed from a very deep sleep to find Sarabelle, the paper fiend, on top of the printer, which sits on the top shelf of my computer desk, with her head stuck in one of those square Kleenex boxes. Seeing as how I've lost 2 rolls of toilet paper this week because she figured out how to open the cabinet door in the bathroom, my first thought was to let her figure it for herself. However, I quickly freed her and as I was going back to sleep, I realized it would have made a great picture.

I'm getting some childproof whatchamacallits this weekend.

Jimmer
Member

08-30-2000

Friday, July 15, 2005 - 2:09 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Froggiegirl and Vee thank you for the nice thoughts about Sammy. I would have posted earlier about Sammy but I was pretty broken-up about it (as I know you understand all too well) and everyone deals with these things differently. Every time I read about someone losing a little friend, I want to reply but it’s so hard to know what to say to console someone in that situation.

I agree that pets are a wonderful way for children to learn about life and love. We will be getting another kitten (and we would have done so already) but we are also considering taking a two week vacation and we want to wait until we return.

Wendo
Member

08-07-2000

Friday, July 15, 2005 - 3:19 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Calamiy, so sorry about the loss of Belle.

Jimmer, to you, as well, my sympathies for Sammy.

Juju2bigdog
Member

10-27-2000

Friday, July 15, 2005 - 4:21 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
So sorry for your loss, Calamity.

Halfunit
Moderator

09-02-2001

Friday, July 15, 2005 - 5:18 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    


Wink
Member

10-06-2000

Friday, July 15, 2005 - 7:46 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Calamity