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Lucy

Tuesday, September 02, 2003 - 10:16 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Thanks for the info on the digital camera, Sia. Glad your hubby is such a 'safe' worker, too!!! Keep up the great kitty pics!

Gina8642

Thursday, September 04, 2003 - 09:16 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Ok, BB is starting to make me sick. I had to come look at some cute kitties. Sia, yours are adorable. My kitty used to love to sit in my lap and watch the mouse cursor go all over the screen. I'd always get bored of the game long before he did. LOL

I'm hoping to get two new kittens around Christmas time. I'm soooooo looking forward to it. It's impossible living without a cat!!!!

Gidget

Friday, September 05, 2003 - 06:15 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I just got a new kitty. My Dad rescued him from a job site. He's about 8 months old. He just came home tonight. He's been at the vet since Wednesday.

We've officially named him Jake, but I am calling him Jamie.

He looks like an oriental short hair, which is really a solid color Siamese. He's gray.

He's very lovable. In fact, I've never had a cat hang about me so. I think we are going to get along nicely.

I lost my dear Sugar last October and had no intention of replacing her, but Jamie needed a home as my Dad does not go to the site everyday now.

I don't have a digital camera. My husband took it with him when he moved out. But as soon as I can get pictures of Jamie I will post.

He stole my heart in 10 seconds flat.

Pamy

Friday, September 05, 2003 - 06:19 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Congrat on your new baby Gidget! Rescued cats seem to be more loving, like they know you rescued them and they are sooo thankful!!

Lucy

Friday, September 05, 2003 - 10:34 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Gidget, I once had a sweet kitty named Sugar, too. I'm so sorry for your loss, but I'm also happy that Jamie found a good home with you.

Sia

Saturday, September 06, 2003 - 09:43 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Gina, I hope you'll get some darling Christmas kitties this year!! Happy hunting! I think strays/rescued kitties and barn kitties (anything non-pedigreed) make the best pets.
kittens

Gidget, this must have been a long, hard year without your beloved Sugar. I'm very happy that you and Jamie found each other!!
kitty

Here's what my little snot did earlier:
Paige

Sia

Saturday, September 06, 2003 - 09:49 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Now, before you go "Aww, that's adorable," look at the following picture. In order to get into the window, Paige knocked a plant out of it, spilling wet dirt all over the counter and my daughter's basket of hair accessories!!
kittytrouble

Gidget

Monday, September 08, 2003 - 06:51 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Thank you Pamy, Lucy and Sia. My Sugar looked a lot like Sia's Chiffy. I was extremely devasted when I lost her because it was so sudden. Sugar suffered from Xenophilic syndrome. It is not a well understood disease and is basically an immune system problem. She was on medication from a very young age and the medication that gave her the best help was steroids. I knew all along the medications would shorten her life, but as long as she had a reasonably comfortable existence, I was ok with that. I expected to be looking at diabetes and kidney problems. Last summer she seemed to be having trouble breathing. We had her in and out of the vet for several months. The last trip in, October 8, was Suggy's last day on earth. She was diagnosed with congestive heart failure. She had not shown the typical symptoms on the previous xrays and it would not have made much difference if she had, in terms of what I would have wanted for her. My vet was not able to do much for her and he did not believe she would survive the trip to a more advanced facility. In his opinion, there was little different they could do at the specialist but delay the inevitable. In some ways, I am fortunate to have a better understanding of this than most lay people. My husband is a veterinarian. He does not, however, practice on animals. He teaches cardiovascular surgery. Having had a sick animal for so many years, I always said I would not put her through extensive suffering just to keep her alive. Open heart surgery would have been an option but the odds of success and the subsequent difficulty of recovery made me say enough. And I let her go. As I said, I always knew she would not have a normal cat life span. But I had expected a few more years with her than I got. She was just 10. I am crying here writing this. This is why I did not want another cat. Sugar's predecessor, Muffy had been gone 3 years before Sugar came into my life. I had mourned Muffy completely and was ready to give my heart again. I can't tell you how much it means to me to be able to pour my heart out this way to others who clearly love cats as much as I do. Jake/Jamie is a joyous little fellow. It's so delightful to have a cat in the house again. But he's not Sugar. This is so hard. Having accepted him, I now have to be fair and love him completely, but it is hard.

Gidget

Monday, September 08, 2003 - 06:53 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I don't know what happened to my paragraph breaks??

Ddr1135

Monday, September 08, 2003 - 07:00 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Sia, LOL! That is exactly what I was thinking "Awwwwwww...look how cute!"

Ddr1135

Monday, September 08, 2003 - 07:02 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Hugs to you Gidget.

Lucy

Monday, September 08, 2003 - 09:08 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Gidget, thanks for sharing your story about Sugar. Again, I'm so sorry for your loss. I think adopting Jamie will help heal that sad place in your heart.

Lucy

Monday, September 08, 2003 - 09:16 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Sia, I got the biggest laugh out of the pictures you posted. Most cats would have run away after causing such a racket, but not Paige. I see 'Trouble' written across her forehead!!! Good thing she's such a cutie (kind of looks like my Lucy kitty).

Grannyg

Monday, September 08, 2003 - 02:03 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
opps.

Grannyg

Monday, September 08, 2003 - 02:06 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I don't have a cat but if I did, this is what she would look like!!

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Whoami

Monday, September 08, 2003 - 03:28 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Sia, don't you know that window sills (and laps, for that matter) were made for cats, and cats alone? What the heck were you thinking cluttering up a window sill with plants and hair accessories?

Pamy

Monday, September 08, 2003 - 06:03 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Gidget, I am glad you found this place too! I know in time you will love all the things your new baby does, it won't be the same but it will be good in it's own way. I wish you many years of kitty happiness!!

Sia. ROTF seeing the 2nd pic! Paige looks so innocent in BOTh pics!! LOL

Love that pic Granny!!

Sia

Monday, September 08, 2003 - 10:48 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Gidget, your dear Sugar sounds like the best buddy you could have had. I'm glad that you found this thread because it is indeed frequented by real cat-lovers. We all love our pets as much as we love family members. They're such a big part of our lives. I've never heard of Xenophilic Syndrome, but it sounds really complicated and rare. I'm so sorry you lost your Sugar. heart{{{Gidget}}}heart

I totally agree with Lucy. No one can replace Sugar, but having Jamie can help bring a smile to your face like only a cat can, and he can help your heart to ache a little less. You'll grow to love him in different ways than you loved Sugar, and he's forever grateful that you adopted him.

Granny, LMBO @ that picture you posted!!! What a mad-looking cat that is. Reminds me of "Mr. Tinkles" after he gets a bath in Cats and Dogs.

Who, you're right, I have had plants knocked out of every window sill in the house where I have plants and the other day Liz broke the chimney on one of the old electric hurricane lamps that sit in my kitchen window. Thank goodness she didn't break the lamp itself, because the pair of lamps belonged to DH's grandmother, and my m-i-l would have been fit to be tied if my cat had broken the lamp or the shade!!!

Darn, I cleaned up the mess without taking a picture of it because I was really scared that my kids would step on the glass that was all over the floor!!

Um, uh-oh. Is that an electric Christmas-candle in my bathroom window in September? Yup, it is. I never put it away. Sometimes it works as a night-light if the regular night-light burns out. Do you buy that as an excuse? I like the look of welcome-lights burning in every window in a house, but my cats would knock them over, so I've never done it. Any suggestions as to how to fasten them securely? Thanks in advance?

Denecee

Tuesday, September 09, 2003 - 01:34 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
We already have 2 cats, a dog and a fish. About a month ago, a stray tomcat came into the neighborhood(I think his people moved and didn't take him with them). All the neighbors have been trying to figure out who's cat it is, every time we see one another we'll say "hey, there's your cat" and the reply is always "no, that's your cat". Anyway, who's house has he adopted? We have to leave food out for him and we had to worm him but he's not our cat! His name is Thomas and he now answers to it. He's black & white, looks like he is wearing a mask. He's the most lovable little guy, but he's not our cat! My husband tried spraying him with water everytime he sees him but Thomas doesn't seem to mind. He plays well with our youngest cat, Kia, but Patches would just as soon scratch his eyes out. He gives Hudson, our 120 lb black lab/golden retriever, kisses on the nose. He's sooooo cute! but he's not our cat!

Ddr1135

Wednesday, September 10, 2003 - 02:57 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Denecee, sounds like he is your cat, LOL.

Sia

Wednesday, September 10, 2003 - 10:48 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Denecee, I hear what you're saying, but I think he's your cat now.

Denecee

Thursday, September 11, 2003 - 02:48 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I'm looking for a home for Thomas, but it's not helping that my mother made him a comfy bed under the carport. He's fixed too! I cannot believe someone would leave this cat here. He had a collar but no name tag or phone #. Poor little guy.

Kady

Thursday, September 11, 2003 - 02:58 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I think Thomas has already got a home.

Twinkie

Thursday, September 11, 2003 - 04:04 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
HELP!!! Lately I've had a problem with the cat's bowls. After they have eaten and the dry food is almost all gone from their bowls I'm finding these teensy, tiny bugs that look sort of like ants but much smaller and they are brown. They are so small that they look like the "dust" that settles from dry food except they are moving! Does anyone know what they might be and how I can get rid of them? I don't want to use any kind of bug spray because of the cats. I don't even know where they are coming from because I don't see them anywhere else but the cat's food dishes.

Halfunit

Thursday, September 11, 2003 - 05:07 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Twinks - the only thing I can think of off the top of my head is to elevate the bowls somehow. I think with all of the rain we've had in the area lately has caused many more little critters to seek refuge in our homes.

If I were to describe those lap style tv dinner trays, would that ring a bell? I'm thinking that they would have minimal contact with the floor, but still be low enough for Angel and Squirt to eat out of the bowls.

You could put some duct tape or something sticky side up underneath the tray legs to act like those hanging fly trap thingies.

I hope someone else can come up with some ideas too! Good luck, and remember that the bugs will die soon enough.