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Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Sunday, December 17, 2006 - 7:27 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
That's cute about Tucker. He's getting premium care even if he doesn't realize it!

Goddessatlaw
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07-19-2002

Sunday, December 17, 2006 - 1:38 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Goddessatlaw a private message Print Post    
Baby, Ms. Peaches is gorgeous - she looks just like our PussPuss without the white chin. If she has his personality, you are seriously in luck. A loving, snuggly, one-human lap-kitty.

Re'gee asked about the little kitten who has been trying to adopt us. At first blush, it appeared the lil' romper had an owner (kitty was not hungry when he visited initially). If he did, the owner totally abandoned him eventually.

When we got back from Cancun, baby kitten had seemingly doubled in size, was a filthy dirtball with a pair of eyes peeking out, and clearly was hungry and thirsty even though the employees at the shop had been watching out for him (outside water was frozen at this point.) He was also developing some disturbing behavioral traits (hissing, biting, scratching, very skittish) that convinced me we had to collect and socialize him or forever deal with him as the junkyard cat next door. A really BIG junkyard cat next door.

Even though Puss had vocalized his objection to the baby kitten, Colossus and I couldn't leave the sweet lil baby outside to freeze and dehydrate (he was at the door every morning crying to Colossus when he got to work), so we rigged an office in which we could stow the little fuzz-ball at night without disturbing Puss' routine (understand that Puss is Colossus' baby, and what Puss says rules around there).

Well, donchaknow the baby took to being an inside kitty like a fish to water, never expressed and interest in going outside after that and spent his days going from office to office, loving the one he was with. One of the girls at the shop took Linus (as named by Colossus) home to give him a bath last weekend, and when we saw him again on Monday he was a whole new kitten, very confident and proud and 100% tomkitty. To the extent that he tried to impress Puss with the fact that the shop was now his territory. Oh, no no no no no .....

So we took baby Linus to the vet on Wednesday with the intent to make sure he was healthy, possibly take take him home to see if Max liked him, and otherwise prepare him for a good new home. Trust Linus ain't diggin' no vets, especially not the blood test action. I heard him screaming, hissing and squawling all the way down the hallway. Interestingly, after all the shots and tests were done, he forgave me immediately and put it in the past. We took him home that night, and he wore Max out running around the house. I had to take him back down to the shop the next day so Max could get some rest.

The next two days were devoted to working us both the hell over with purrs and hand-licking and pushy-paws and nappies on lappies. Another couple of days it would have been completely over with us.

The brother of the girl in the shop who gave Linus a bath showed up to visit with her Thursday night. Turns out he and his wife have a pair of Ragdoll cats. He spied Linus rolling around a corner top speed with a catnip toy and it was love at first sight for both of them. Turns out the brother has always wanted a MaineCoon, and the Ragdolls essentially belong to his wife. He offered to pay us for the vet visit, impressed us with his desire to raise Linus in a loving and active home, and didn't hesitate a bit to offer to take him home right there and then (turns out he was very concerned that someone else would scoop Linus up before he did). Last word, Linus has the brother wrapped around his dewar's claw and they are thick as thieves.

Linus is a black and white tuxedo MaineCoon, no way to know if he is pure, but he doesn't have the pronounced muzzle that purebred Maine Coons seem to have. He is 6 months old and weighs around 7 lbs. He tested totally clean for all kitty-mayhem, and surprisingly didn't even have ear-mites. We are lucky that he was adopted by family, so we can keep up on the lil bugger and watch how he grows without totally freaking out our boys. Will post pictures later - he has the bobcat ears and feather-duster tail situations going on. Just a doll-baby. A very grateful and loving kitty whom I think has found his place in life.

And we are ready for our new batch of kittens in the spring LOL. They ALWAYS come around.

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Sunday, December 17, 2006 - 2:18 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
GAL, you and Colossus are just cat magnets, and the world is a better place because of this.. Heck you could probably even make money adopting, socializing, cleaning up.. not that you would be likely to do that, but Linus is one lucky kitty and sounds like he found the purrfect family too!

Babyruth
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07-19-2001

Sunday, December 17, 2006 - 2:37 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Babyruth a private message Print Post    
Great story! Linus sounds adorable.

Goddessatlaw
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07-19-2002

Sunday, December 17, 2006 - 2:56 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Goddessatlaw a private message Print Post    
Thanks Seamonkey and Babyruth - we both were surprised and surprisingly upset when Linus went to his new home, but this is a kitty who surely needs his own human in life and deserves not to be third kitty on the totem pole. He appears to be o' da walk where he is now, and that's going to be totally in tune with his character. The male Ragdoll is treating him as a curiosity (no aggression) and the female is totally ignoring him. Linus doesn't care, he's got his Dad and that's all he needs. He's totally ignoring the other cats LOL.

We miss the little sweetie but are sure other kittens are going to show up looking for love and a good home, that's how it is in the shop neighborhood. We are the weird cat people next door (sigh), but we are willing and able to care for the little luvbugs. PS I thought I was a sucker for kittens, Colossus is WHIPPED, boy is WHIPPED!!

Mocha
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08-12-2001

Sunday, December 17, 2006 - 4:16 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mocha a private message Print Post    
lolol

Regee
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10-09-2005

Sunday, December 17, 2006 - 9:15 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Regee a private message Print Post    
GAL:

Oh thank you so much for the update, sounds like Linus has hit the cha ching let the "Jackpot" ring.

I am so happy for everyone involed and thank you for taking the time to tell me.

I just love your stories, read them all, post very little.

Can't wait for photo's of all your human fur babies.

Whoami
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08-03-2001

Wednesday, December 20, 2006 - 8:50 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Whoami a private message Print Post    
How To Wrap Presents With A Cat In The Room

1. Clear large space on table for wrapping present.
2. Go to closet and collect bag in which present is contained, and shut door.
3. Open door and remove cat from closet.
4. Retrieve rolls of wrapping paper from their storage box.
5. Remove cat from storage box, and secure lid on box to keep cat out.
6. Go to drawer, and collect tape, ribbons, scissors, labels, etc.
7. Lay out present and wrapping supplies on table, to enable wrapping strategy to be formed.
8. Go back to drawer to get string, remove cat that has been in the drawer since last visit and collect string.
9. Remove present from bag.
10. Remove cat from bag.
11. Open box to check present, remove cat from box, replace present.
12. Lay out paper to enable cutting to size.
13. Try and smooth out paper, realize cat is underneath and remove cat.
14. Cut the paper to size, keeping the cutting line straight.
15. Throw away first sheet as cat chased the scissors, and tore the paper.
16. Cut second sheet of paper to size -- by putting cat in the bag the present came in.
17. Place present on paper.
18. Lift up edges of paper to seal in present. Wonder why edges don't reach. Realize cat is between present and paper. Remove cat.
19. Place object on paper, to hold in place while tearing tape.
20. Spend 20 minutes carefully trying to remove tape from cat with pair of nail scissors.
21. Seal paper with tape, making corners as neat as possible.
22. Look for roll of ribbon. Chase cat down hall in order to retrieve ribbon.
23. Try to wrap present with ribbon in a two-directional turn.
24. Re-roll ribbon and remove paper, which is now torn due to cat's enthusiastic ribbon chase.
25. Repeat steps 13-24 until you reach last sheet of paper.
26. Retrieve old cardboard box that is the right size for last piece of paper you have remaining.
27. Put present in box, and tie down with string.
28. Remove string, open box, and remove cat.
29. Put all packing materials in bag with present and head for locked room.
30. Once inside lockable room, lock door and start to relay out paper and materials.
31. Remove cat from box, unlock door, put cat outside door, close and relock.
32. Repeat previous step as often as is necessary (until you can hear cat from outside door).
33. Lay out last sheet of paper on the floor.
34. Discover cat has already torn paper. Unlock door, go out and hunt through various cupboards, looking for sheet of last year's paper. Remember that you haven't got any left because cat helped wrap gifts last year as well.
35. Return to lockable room, lock door, and try to make torn sheet of paper look presentable.
36. Seal box, wrap with paper and repair by very carefully sealing with tape. Tie up with ribbon and decorate with bows to hide worst areas.
37. Label. Sit back and admire your handiwork, congratulate yourself on completing a difficult job.
38. Unlock door, and go to kitchen to make drink and feed cat.
39. Spend 15 minutes looking for cat until coming to obvious conclusion.
40. Unwrap present, untie box and remove cat.
41. Go to store and buy a gift bag.

Abby7
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07-17-2002

Wednesday, December 20, 2006 - 9:07 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Abby7 a private message Print Post    
i love all the kitty photos. so precious.

from youtube/sleepy kitty (less than 30 seconds to watch):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gdhxp4zfBfI

Goddessatlaw
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07-19-2002

Thursday, December 21, 2006 - 6:01 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Goddessatlaw a private message Print Post    
Whoami that is a riot and so, so true.

Watching2
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07-07-2001

Thursday, December 21, 2006 - 10:31 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Watching2 a private message Print Post    
Baby..great photos of Peaches!! I hope Tucker knows just how "lucky" he is. LOL GAL..what a wonderful story about Linus. I'm so happy he found his special human! Who...that is so what it's like to wrap with Misha around! Heck, it's what it was like with all the cats I've had! LOL

My DS is bringing home the two kittens his roommate's GF adopted as Christmas visitors. I guess she's still afraid to bring them home w/her dog. Well, we have a DOG AND a CAT, but no matter, we'll cope. The last time they were here for just a few hours, they and Misha spit at each other and I put them on our bed in Misha's carrier since they were afraid of the dog going up to sniff them! Misha sat off the bed looking at them and they'd occasionally catch eyes and spit. LOL They're sisters and black and white, one of them has long hair. I'm wondering what the GF is going to do when they get out of school at the end of spring semester... maybe she'll just stay in her apartment for those few months or will we be having "summer visitors?!!" Anyway, DH has been really good about allowing "babysitting." There was a time when he'd freak out if I even brought another cat in the house, mainly because of the flea problems we had. We're also up for babysitting DDs pup when they go on their cruise in the spring. Now... if I can just get him to enjoy having the other pets here all the time......... ::::::plotting thoughts......:::::::: LOL

Lizziedi
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10-05-2005

Saturday, December 23, 2006 - 12:46 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lizziedi a private message Print Post    
Tremendous fun reading Whoami's Present wrapping Guide!

Loved seeing Cdbga's christmas photos, Baby's luxurious caramel Peaches and reading the saga of Linus.

And Mamie's athiest! Just before Mamie posted, Opheliasgrandma posted that cats had been revered as gods. Perhaps McKitty isn't so much an atheist, as just eliminating the competition.

Here in the Southwest, we have had a monster snowstorm. It's caused huge issues and travel problems, but it's also so exciting, not exactly rare but not common.


So this is snow? But it's cold stuff, how is this fun?



If I take a nap, it will all be gone. Right?


Alwayzmovin
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11-06-2003

Saturday, December 23, 2006 - 6:24 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Alwayzmovin a private message Print Post    
Spanky and his humans want to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Sunday, December 24, 2006 - 8:50 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
I may have posted this before, but Happy Holidays from Costa Cat and Kassie Kitty! They are dreaming of lots of catnip goodies tomorrow!

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Sunday, December 24, 2006 - 10:23 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Purrrr, Costa!! I bet they will have a wonderful Christmas, knowing their mom :-)

Mine are (separately dreaming of catnip and snuggles)

Critter (snuggles, she shrugs at catnip)

C

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Sunday, December 24, 2006 - 10:25 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Angelina (catnip, for sure!)

a

Hypermom
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08-13-2001

Sunday, December 24, 2006 - 10:51 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hypermom a private message Print Post    
Sea, seeing Critter and Angelina make me miss Holly and Samantha so much!!

Here's Elsa...trying to hide under the tree today.



Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Sunday, December 24, 2006 - 11:05 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
How CUTE she is!!

Watching2
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07-07-2001

Monday, December 25, 2006 - 12:35 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Watching2 a private message Print Post    
Awwwwwww such pretty kitties!!! I hope Santa is very, very good to all of them!!! :-)

Kristylovesbb
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09-14-2000

Monday, December 25, 2006 - 6:08 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kristylovesbb a private message Print Post    
MERRY CHRISTMAS SCOOTER

Sia
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03-11-2002

Tuesday, December 26, 2006 - 12:47 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sia a private message Print Post    
What wonderful pictures of TVCH fuzzybottoms in this thread. I just wanted to share a little holiday cheer with you all and let you know what a wonderful Christmas we almost DIDN'T have. The photo below, taken on December 22nd, will probably be self-explanatory.

TreeKnockedOverByKitten(s)

Sia
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03-11-2002

Tuesday, December 26, 2006 - 12:50 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sia a private message Print Post    
Possible culprit, Leonard:
Leonard

Sia
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03-11-2002

Tuesday, December 26, 2006 - 12:57 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sia a private message Print Post    
Second suspect/accomplice, Orange:
Orange

Dipo
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04-23-2002

Tuesday, December 26, 2006 - 1:05 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dipo a private message Print Post    
Sia, LMAO. That is way toooo funny. And they look so innocent, LOL!

Sia
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03-11-2002

Tuesday, December 26, 2006 - 1:09 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sia a private message Print Post    
The plastic tree stand was totally fractured and unusable, my husband wasn't off work yet for his week-long Christmas vacation, and he is normally completely unhelpful in matters such as cat-crises. It happened that my dear Daddy and Mommy had stopped over to visit, and Dad just whipped up a wooden tree stand in nothing flat (at his workshop, my dear), but not until after I'd stripped the tree of all decorations except for the nine strings of lights which I'd so carefully wound on it earlier in the month.

Anyway, my two dear little elves, pictured below, labored into the night after I'd gone to sleep on the 22nd and re-decorated the tree. They didn't put the ornaments on it like I would have, and they clustered them like you wouldn't believe, but the tree looked just fine anyway, and I so appreciate their help. I was just disgusted and had practically given up hope. I was actually set on putting everything back into storage when my parents stopped by, but Dad making me a tree stand convinced me that I couldn't just give up. Thinking of re-hanging a few hundred ornaments, given my back pain and other problems was terribly daunting, so awakening on the 23rd to find that the kids had re-hung the ornaments just made Christmas for me!

ElvesWithRedecoratedTree