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Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Sunday, June 17, 2007 - 9:44 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
Weinermr, she is not fuzzy. I mean yes, she is. She is fuzzy because she is supposed to be fuzzy. So you need not apologize for Brussels who is fuzzy by nature coming out fuzzy.

<spins head backwards>

I mean, she sure is cute.



Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Monday, June 18, 2007 - 5:37 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
Awww Weinermr, Brussels is one absolutely adorable little fuzzybottomed sprout! (Brussel sprout - get it...? haha I crack myself up!) And ITA with Juju that the pix aren't fuzzy at all - they are very clear and VERY cute. My faves are the 2nd pic and the last one.

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Monday, June 18, 2007 - 5:39 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
Hey Costa - Costa-fuzzybottom is gorgeous!

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Monday, June 18, 2007 - 7:24 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
Yeah, he is, isn't he, Mame? He's a handsome little man.

And Sea, yeah, I can't believe Kassie was that small. I couldn't wait for her to grow up... I kept losing her in the most bizarre places cause she was so tiny. She'd crawl into the folds of a blanket folded on the bed, and I'd crawl around the house for an hour looking for her. Then she'd finally peek out -- hello mom, you lookin' for me? She was pretty timid, too, but I think she was just too young to be away from her momma.

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Monday, June 18, 2007 - 7:25 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
P.S. "Costa-fuzzybottom"!!! LMBO!!!!! That's gonna be his new nickname!

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Monday, June 18, 2007 - 8:11 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    


Serate
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08-21-2001

Monday, June 18, 2007 - 8:27 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Serate a private message Print Post    
Awww what cute kitties!

Forgot to check back in re: water fountain. We got one for the boys about 5 weeks ago. We were going to convention, so the put water in it but not plugged in for about 4 days. After that plugged it in and turned it on for a few hours, off for a few hours, left it on all night. Did that for a few days along with setting a regular bowl of water out. After 3 days of the fountain being turned on and off we noticed no water was gone from the regular water bowl. So turned it on 24/7 but still left a bowl of water out for a week or so. The boys just love it, it's not noisy unless I put too much water in, and it's easy to add water to as long as you don't read the directions. *L* Best purchase we've made for the kitties since the cat spa & cat tree.

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Monday, June 18, 2007 - 8:56 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
Costa-fuzzybottom just decided to try and share mom's office chair! He's bigger 'n he looks!

Thanks for reminding me Serate! When I was in Colorado, they have a fountain. And I thought it'd be great for my brats, who love to drink from the running tap. Where'd you get yours at?

My little ones loved that cat spa when I first got it. They've been ignoring it for the last few months, but then again they tend to go in cycles as to what they like. And their cat tree is getting ragged but the peeps who make it say you shouldn't replace 'em since they really like the one that has their scent all over it.

Watching2
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07-07-2001

Monday, June 18, 2007 - 12:52 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Watching2 a private message Print Post    
Gorgeous kitty pics!!! Congratulations, Weinermr!! I just love kittens! (and cats of course!!)

I know I'm very late to the discussion, but we used to feed cat food that you could buy in the grocery like Purina, but many years ago, we switched to Nutro products for both our dog and cat. They are more expensive, but the mess is far less and there is far less additives. Nutro is just one of the many "premium" foods. We got into it because our SIL worked for them and we got samples. My brother calls it "kitty cocaine" because they love it so much. I also have not given any of my cats milk for the last 29 yrs. Misha just licked a bit of milk out of my cereal bowl a while ago and she promptly puked. Yuck. When we got her, she was so young that we did use the milk made for kittens/cats to moisten her hard food until she could chew it on her own. We also stopped the wet food after that. One of the thing she loves best is when I'm cutting up cucumbers. She and the dog sit there begging for a piece. She's not one that cares much for kitty treats, but give her a bit of cucumber and she's in heaven. LOL

Retired
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07-11-2001

Monday, June 18, 2007 - 1:26 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Retired a private message Print Post    
Weiner, you did fine with the pics. Brussels is a very pretty girl with beautiful coloring.

Costa, cute pics.

Moondance
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07-30-2000

Monday, June 18, 2007 - 2:19 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Moondance a private message Print Post    
Brussels is soooooo cute and sweet... awww Weinermr & wife, I am sooooooo very happy for you!!

Halfunit
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09-02-2001

Monday, June 18, 2007 - 5:51 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Halfunit a private message Print Post    
Aw, I love Brussels!

Is she a polydactyl? It looks like it in those photos.


Cdbga
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10-04-2004

Tuesday, June 19, 2007 - 4:32 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cdbga a private message Print Post    
ITA with everyone: Brussels is adorable! And the pics look good, WeinerMr, not fuzzy at all (and it can be hard to get a photo of an active kitty without some blur!).

The harmony in our little home is being disrupted lately by Naiya's behavior towards Whitney. She's actually slightly bigger than Whit now and she seems to enjoy bullying her. I'm really not sure whether she is a bully...or she just doesn't get that Whitney doesn't view her attacks as playing. And Whitney has gotten so timid. When Naiya was little I'd fuss at Whitney for being mean to her (which she only ever did when she'd just had enough of Naiya messing with her), and now it is like Whitney is afraid to defend herself. Like last night - usually, whenever I go in my bedroom, Whit follows right behind me and runs around to her steps and gets on the bed. If Naiya is around, she will always try to beat Whitney to the steps, then attack her. Which Whitney always just kind of shook off when Naiya was little. Last night, when I went to my bedroom, Whit was behind me, but just sitting on the floor in the doorway and would not come in and go around the bed to her steps. I looked by the foot of the bed and there was Naiya, just lying in wait, in the only space there was for Whitney to get through. And Whitney just would not go that way. So, she just sat on the floor looking up at me. I called her over, picked her up and put her on the bed. *SIGH* Whitney has no interest in Naiya whatsoever, I just wish Naiya would adopt the same attitude. It was fine when she was little, because Whitney would only seem a bit annoyed, but now Whit seems actually scared and gets pretty agitated. And I really don't know what to do about it. Naiya is probably still going to get a bit bigger, Whitney isn't. I've started encouraging Whitney when she does defend herself (which is mostly just doing her growly-snap thing...or a sharp bark...in Naiya's direction), but I don't really want them fighting, either. I'm not looking for real friendship...would be fine if they went back to just ignoring each other. In her "tweens" Naiya had pretty much learned to leave Whitney alone. She just started up again when she got bigger than Whit. And now she'll just attack her really any time she moves. If she runs up the hall, Naiya attacks. We come in from our walks, Naiya attacks. Yesterday morning, while I was getting dressed and Whitney was just lying on my bed quietly, Naiya ran in jumped on the bed and attacked. She won't do it when she knows I'm watching. In fact, when she jumped up on the bed, I saw her in the bathroom mirror and walked into the hall so that she could see me. As soon as she saw me, she laid down and gave me her innocent look...but as soon as I was back in the bathroom where she didn't think I could see her, she got up and made her move on Whitney. Anybody have any advice on how to handle it? As it is, Naiya is confined to her playpen whenever I'm not home. Since I started doing that, I find that Whitney is much calmer when I get home.

(I use a fountain for the girls, too. Its a Drinkwell fountain and I ordered mine from Drs. Foster & Smith. They had a really good sale at the time! I do love a sale.)

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Tuesday, June 19, 2007 - 5:42 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
C, you can try a few things. Remove all catnip toys, as catnip can make some cats aggressive. Try kitty pheromones, such as FeliWay. Try timeouts for the attack cat (they really do understand timeouts... if you put her in a room with the door closed after she attacks, she'll eventually get it; and if you give her treats when she DOESN'T she'll get it faster!)

Cdbga
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10-04-2004

Tuesday, June 19, 2007 - 6:53 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cdbga a private message Print Post    
Thanks for the suggestions, Costa. There are a couple of catnip toys that I will put away when I get home. As for the timeouts, because she already has to stay in her playpen during the day and is closed in a bedroom at night, I'm thinking it would be better to find a different sort of confinement for her time-outs (I don't want her to think she's being punished the other times.)...like putting her in Whitney's old crate...or her pet carrier. How long should a time-out be? And if we do work up to some good behavior, there will definitely be treats!

Moondance
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07-30-2000

Tuesday, June 19, 2007 - 1:30 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Moondance a private message Print Post    
HI Cdbga!! Maybe Naiya isn't getting enough exercise? I know my enthusiastic kids are always better behaved when I have extra time to play with them (laser light etc...) Can she get more access to the house?? Hope things get better!!

There are calming herbs(drops) that can be put in their water - stress relief for both of them.

Jedisan
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01-11-2002

Tuesday, June 19, 2007 - 4:15 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jedisan a private message Print Post    
Cdbga: Try Valerian Root - liquid form - and put a drop to rub on the back of the neck of your cats. I have only found it at GNC, but I am sure you can get it on line or somewhere else.
It is a natural herb that is calming.
good luck, and don't worry. They will be thick as thieves before long.

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Tuesday, June 19, 2007 - 6:55 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
When Costa used to get aggressive, I'd put him in my room with the door shut for about 10 minutes. Not too long, but long enough for him to realize something was up.

He's no longer aggressive. I think he did learn!

And he does love treats. As does his sister. Heck, all I have to do is yell TREAT and they come thundering up! :-)

Cdbga
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10-04-2004

Thursday, June 21, 2007 - 7:23 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cdbga a private message Print Post    
Thanks to all of you for the advice. I will definitely try some of the suggestions. I don't know if Naiya reads the forum posts or what, but she's pretty much left Whitney alone for the past couple of days. The only interaction has been a gentle morning greeting and even gentler attempt at grooming, which she gave up on pretty quickly. Probably caught on that there was trouble and is lulling me (and Whitney) into a false sense of security so she can make her big move. She's such a sweetheart when she's pretending to be an angel.

Moon, I hope I didn't make it sound like she's closed up all the time. She's only in her playpen when I'm not there and Whitney is. When I take Whitney with me, she either has the whole apartment (except my bedroom) or is closed in her bedroom (just depends on whether I've got things out I don't want her to get into) and when I go to bed at night I close her up in her bedroom. But, I let her out when I get up. I know she doesn't care for being closed up, but she'll just hang out in her playpen or in that bedroom on her own. Usually whenever I wonder where she is, that is where I find her. She has a little play center thing in there that my aunt bought her and she plays in it all the time. Every morning I find her toys in different places and she has a different toy "hidden" in the play center. And I leave the blinds up so she can sit in the window and look out.

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Thursday, June 21, 2007 - 8:14 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
Funny, but cats really do catnap almost all day, and a good part of the night. Although they are supposed to be nocturnal critters, if I keep mine up during the day, they'll sleep (mostly) thru the night. I do know that they wander around looking for food sometimes, since Costa brings toys over to where his food bowl would be. And Kassie brings the odd toy into bed with us.

Funny things... (I miss my brats and can't wait to get home tonight to give 'em a big hug!)

Weinermr
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08-18-2001

Sunday, June 24, 2007 - 6:47 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Weinermr a private message Print Post    
Brussels went to the vet yesterday for her first official checkup. The vet said she is very pretty (already knew that) and very healthy. She got her second vaccination of her young life while at the vet.

Since our last cat suffered from chronic kidney failure (but didn't die from it) we asked the vet what we could do to minimize the risk. Besides some of the obvious things, she suggested after the initial vaccinations, that Brussels' blood could be tested every year to see if her antibodies are strong enough, and if so, that annual vaccinations wouldn't be necessary. If the antibodies fell below a comfortable standard, then she would get the vaccinations. In this way, we can limit unnecessary vaccinations. I like the idea.

Brussels has been a crazy person this weekend. She has picked a particular plant to keep jumping into, and the more I try to keep her out of it, the more she jumps into it. I have a barrier up in front of it at the moment, but I'm sure she'll find a way.

And no Halfunit, she is not a pteradactyl.

Cdbga
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10-04-2004

Sunday, June 24, 2007 - 8:53 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cdbga a private message Print Post    
Yesterday Naiya was up to her old tricks again. Amusingly, when I was about to grab her and give her a "time-out", she apparently could tell what was coming, so she beat me to the punch - ran into her bedroom and straight into her playpen before I could even get to her! Of course, I hadn't planned to punish her in there, was going to put her in her pet carrier for a few minutes. But, I certainly wasn't going to drag her out of there just to try to get her into the carrier. So she served out her 20-minute sentence in her playpen.

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Sunday, June 24, 2007 - 9:08 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
Mr W, if there is something you dont want Brussel's to get into that is the very something she will seek out to play in!!! It's a cat rule! LOL

Watching2
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07-07-2001

Sunday, June 24, 2007 - 11:12 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Watching2 a private message Print Post    
Totally, Pamy!!!! LOL

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Monday, June 25, 2007 - 12:33 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Weinermr, my vet has been into fewer vaccinations as the years go by. The last time I took Critter in, I forget what was "due".. rabies? And she said since Critter never goes outside and is 17.. just take her home, no shots (she had bloodwork, urinalysis, physical exam and xray.

Sounds like Brussels is on a plan to keep her around for a long long time.

I must say when I got Critter I had 50 houseplants. That soon dwindled to 0 houseplants. They all moved outside.

I agree that cats read your mind and they KNOW whatever it is you are protecting and.. like a moth to a flame... (but the kitten is the flame that goes to torch the moth).