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Abby7

Tuesday, April 08, 2003 - 05:01 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Lobster, I always have to keep a blanket on my lap just in case. My cat always lightly pokes us on the arm with his paw to let us know he wants attention (usually when I'm on the computer and he wants to politely jump up....just before he pounces on the table anyway). It's so cute.....just like a human patting you on the shoulder to get your attention.

Kady

Tuesday, April 08, 2003 - 07:05 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Thanks for all the info. It is time for my kitty's regular checkup and shots. I'll ask about the aids shot. He has had the feline leukemia vaccine already. I had a kitty die from that 12 years ago so when we got this one I asked for the vaccine.

Lobster

Tuesday, April 08, 2003 - 07:35 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Abby, that's a good idea. He is just looking for attention and does it when I'm on the computer. However, he doesn't want to be picked up, or jump up on the table. He just seems to enjoy sticking his claws in my knee. LOL

Serate

Tuesday, April 08, 2003 - 07:40 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Sometimes when I'm on the computer Eddie will be in the other room and just cry pitifully. I KNOW what is going to happen next, but just can't not go check on him. I go check on him and ZOOM he goes and plops into the computer chair. Then gets a big attitude when I try to get him off. I keep telling myself the next time he does it I won't go running after him but when it happens I think "maybe something IS wrong". Who ever said cats were dumb? We have a hard time training them but they sure train us easily.

Moondance

Wednesday, April 09, 2003 - 12:06 am EditMoveDeleteIP
LOL Serate... I am constantly struggling to fit on MY office chair... I bought a nice wide one hoping we both could fit but alas, Sabastian rules and wins most of the space!... and he has his ways of getting me off the chair when I am on it alone.

Serate

Wednesday, April 09, 2003 - 12:19 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Oh and Lobster the tenectomy info was for you. [but hope others can use it too]. I cried like a baby when I dropped him off cuz to me it's just unnatural for a kitty not to be able to scratch. THEN I called the Vet's office 3 times making sure that all they did was his front paws. The vet herself called me as soon as the procedure was over to reassure me that all they did was the front ones. And when I went to pick him up they had a copy of Chicken Soup For The Pet Owner's Soul for me. Not that I've been able to read it. Everytime I read one passage I bawl my eyes out *L*

Ddr1135

Wednesday, April 09, 2003 - 01:50 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I have an office cat, Rosie, who is the *itch from hell. When she wants attention, she'll jump up on my desk and sit on all my paperwork.

The other day while trying to make copies, she jumped up on the copier and would swat my hand everytime I'd try to press the start button.

Djgirl5235

Wednesday, April 09, 2003 - 04:45 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Serate - vets don't regularly declaw/perform the tenectomy on the back claws - simply because the back claws are their defense mechanism. There's also a new procedure out for declawing your cat which is 150% more comfortable for the cat than either the tenectomy or regular declawing - it's performed with a laser which cauterizes the end of the toe, and within an hour from waking from surgery they're up and running. With the traditional method it takes about a week before they walk normally again - I know, both of mine have been declawed, one traditionally, one with laser, and only one (traditional) still shakes his paw every now and again...

Conejo

Wednesday, April 09, 2003 - 07:03 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I had to have my sweet little Violet put to sleep 3 1/2 years ago because she contracted Feline Infectious Peritonitis. She was my companion of 13 years. This is a horrible disease.

Moondance

Wednesday, April 09, 2003 - 04:42 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Friskies cat food wants to find America's friskiest feline. Your cat could have what it takes to win the title - and a $10,000 makeover of his favorite room that you'll help design. The Friskies Design Dream Team, featuring Frank Bielec from TV's Trading Spaces, will create this purrfect retreat. The winning entrant also will receive a $10,000 cash prize AND a lifetime supply of Friskies cat food for the winning cat.

You know any project that includes Frank Bielec will be filled with creative concepts - his unique design expertise keeps winning fans across the country. Also on the Friskies Design Dream Team is noted cat behaviorist Pam Johnson-Bennett, who looks at design from a cat's point-of-view - she wrote the book "Think Like a Cat." And, Lou Manfredini, the Today Show's Mr. Fix-It, who has the know-how needed to bring his teammates' innovative ideas to live. The final member of the dream team is Friskies the Cat, a beautiful 4-year-old Maine •••• who will put his paw print on the final design.

These designers are creating the first-ever Friskies Cat Habitat filled with ideas for providing frisky felines with the variety, entertainment and stimulation they need to be happy and healthy. If your cat is America's friskiest, she could win the lion's denof her dream - a personalized version of the cat habitat!

The competition runs April 15 - June 1. You'll be able to enter by mail or from our new Friskies Web site - featuring greatfeeding and training tips and a new online menu builder - also launching April 15. So get your cameras ready - you'll want to catch your frisky feline in action! Sharpen a pencil too, so she can describe her ideal family room gone feline.

More details are coming soon -

Babyruth

Wednesday, April 09, 2003 - 04:56 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Hmmm. Angie chases her tail in circles for about 6 hours nonstop every night, usually getting dizzy and bumping into walls. All she would need is a rubber padded room.

Moondance

Wednesday, April 09, 2003 - 04:57 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
LOL now that's a pix!

Lobster

Wednesday, April 09, 2003 - 07:57 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
OMG, Babyruth!! Could you maybe videotape that some night and send it to all of us? LOL

Serate

Wednesday, April 09, 2003 - 07:58 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Djgirl5235 - my fiance's brother and sister-in-law have 7 cats and all 7 have been declawed front and back, my aunt has 3 cats who have been declawed front and back, and my ex boss had 12 [in the time that I worked for him] all had front and back paws declawed. 3 different states too - Iowa, Missouri, and Kansas. I looked long and hard for the vet I used to have [we moved 5 months ago and miss her terribly] because the 5 vets in the town near where I lived told me I HAD to get Eddie declawed when I got him neutered, or they would not neuter him. [at that time there was no scratching problem] The vet I found was only 10 minutes farther away, alot cheaper, and much nicer.

I wanted to get the laser thingy done but the closest place that did it was 5 hours away. Eddie is terrifed of car rides so I wasn't about to put him or us thru that. He was up and moving about when I came and checked on him 2 hours after the surgery and didn't seem to have any pain when I sat him on my lap [tho per that vet's rules, he had to stay the night - she did that with any surgery procedure]. Only pain he seemed to have was when I took the bandages off one stuck on dried blood.

Moondance

Wednesday, April 09, 2003 - 08:08 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
OK I can only take the declawing talk so long ... please visit this site
http://www.pawproject.com

Declawing is the MOST painful, inhumane & physiological devastating thing we can do to cats. Thanks.

I don't want to come down on anyone but I needed to speak up for my fur friends:)

Abby7

Wednesday, April 09, 2003 - 08:11 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Moondance: I feel the same way.

Moondance

Wednesday, April 09, 2003 - 08:12 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Thanks Abby:)

Bookworm

Wednesday, April 09, 2003 - 08:19 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Hi Moonie! I'm sorry to interrupt this thread, but if you get a chance in the next 24 hours, please check your folder for a task I would like for you to perform. Thank you so much!!

Moondance

Wednesday, April 09, 2003 - 08:20 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I already did it for you!:)

Serate

Wednesday, April 09, 2003 - 08:21 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Moondance, in my case I thought my only options were declaw Eddie or put him to sleep. My vet did a tenectomy, which does NOT remove the claws. Just severs the tendons so he can'd claw. He still has his claws, I have to trim them once a month or so. We put up with the destructive clawing for 2 years [losing our deposit] but then we had to move and the only place that would let us have Eddie inside insisted on delcawing [the vet talked to him about the tenectomy and he agreed to that]. I was in tears even with the less painful alternative. But I thought a tenectomy was better than declawing or death.

Lobster

Wednesday, April 09, 2003 - 08:33 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Moon, I actually started this whole thing because I want to poke Thunder with a pin every time he puts his claws in my knee. I would never get him declawed or even do the tenectomy. I won't poke him with a pin either, but I want to. I would just like him to stop putting his claws in my knee!

Moondance

Wednesday, April 09, 2003 - 08:38 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
LOL MsLobster... I have had some fantasies too!

Babyruth

Thursday, April 10, 2003 - 08:12 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Easter Lily
Easter is on its way...please read:

Easter Lilies Can Be Deadly For Your Cat!!

MORE INFO

Serate

Thursday, April 10, 2003 - 08:50 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Anybody know any plants that AREN'T poisionous to cats? I'm tired of just growing oatgrass. My kitty doesn't get into the plants all the time but every now and then.

Thanks!

Babyruth

Thursday, April 10, 2003 - 08:56 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
This list was on that website: :)

Non-Toxic House Plants