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Twinkie

Thursday, September 11, 2003 - 05:14 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Thanks, Half! I'll talk it over with hubby and see what we can come up with.

Gidget

Monday, September 15, 2003 - 05:46 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Thank you all so much for the kind words about my grief for Sugar. Jake is settling in nicely. He has a totally different personality from any other cat I have lived with. I am enjoying him very much and I think he is enjoying me.

On a sad note though, I lost Lucky Saturday. Lucky was a canary. My husband found him in the street 14 years ago while he was out working on the car. The sweet little thing had sores on his feet and car grease on his feathers. We did not know if he would survive but he did.

He grew healthy and sang like a champ. When I would be on the phone people would ask how many birds I had. No one believed it was just one making all that music.

In his old age, Lucky had a touch of diabetes and cataracts and the last year arthritis made it nearly impossible for him to perch. We continued to give him tender loving care. Our vet specializes in birds and assured me it was not unkind to let him continue living in spite of his ailments.

He left Saturday and God's orchestra is surely blessed by my sweet boy. I cried. It hurt. But I cried for me. It was time for Lucky to go.

We buried him beside his sisters. Sugar and her predecessor Muffy. In the Spring he will get his own Hydrangaua <sp> bush like the cats.

Ophiliasgrandma

Tuesday, September 16, 2003 - 08:28 am EditMoveDeleteIP
You are blessed! It looks like you're going to have another love to meet you at the Rainbow Bridge.

Gidget

Tuesday, September 16, 2003 - 08:32 am EditMoveDeleteIP
What a lovely thing to say. Thank you.

Lucy

Tuesday, September 16, 2003 - 08:57 am EditMoveDeleteIP
{{{{Gidget}}}}I'm so sorry about the loss of your dear Lucky. It sounds like he had a wonderful home and a very good life with you.

Gidget

Tuesday, September 16, 2003 - 09:52 am EditMoveDeleteIP
He was a dear. Thank you Lucy.

Angelsluv

Tuesday, September 16, 2003 - 03:33 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
What A Night!!!


Hi!!!

Say "Cheeeeeeeeeessssseeee"

Too Funny!!

Angelsluv

Tuesday, September 16, 2003 - 03:38 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Sorry for the first mess of posting the pics

Sia

Wednesday, September 17, 2003 - 12:08 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Gidget, I've never had a pet bird, but I know how attached people become to birds--just like cats and dogs. I'm so sorry you lost your little fellow. Fourteen years is a long time to have spent with a beloved pet, and I know you're heartbroken--and this happened right on the heels of your losing Sugar. You must be so, so sad. {{{Gidget}}} Hugs and love to you, dear. If you want to post pictures of Lucky and Sugar, I'd like to see them.

Ophilia'sGrandma's sentiment about Lucky waiting for you at the Rainbow Bridge made me cry. Some of my best friends went on ahead of me, too, and I know that heartache.

Calamity

Wednesday, September 17, 2003 - 02:30 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Gidget, I'm so sorry you've had to say goodbye to your friends. Hugs to you! I could not help but get misty-eyed imagining your canary singing in heaven.

Calamity

Wednesday, September 17, 2003 - 02:33 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
On a seperate note, thanks to everyone who has posted pictures recently, especially Sia for that photo of Paige on the window sill.

Jed245

Wednesday, September 17, 2003 - 06:30 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Animals dig me :o)

Dipo

Wednesday, September 17, 2003 - 07:15 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Gidget, I am so sorry to hear of your loss of a kitty and a bird. I have lost 2 kitties in the last two years and know it is hard to go through. My prayers for you to feel better.

I have a quick question, haven't been here for a while, but here goes.

My boy kittie, Blackie, has these huge canine teeth that are so long they dont' fit inside his mouth. Is this bad for him? He is not bothered and I cant get him to knaw on a bone, which I thought might naturally trim them.

i really don't want to take him to the vet, it is so tramatizing. I have a new opinion about vet visits because the 2 kitties I now have, have not had many vet visits. I have changed my mind about vacinations since they have been so healthy and my kitties who went alot died to soon in my opinion, 12 and 11 years, of breast cancer and kidney failure. Both had a happy life after diagnosis (sp) but it was hard, I waited to long to let Mystery go, but I was better with Twinkle Toes. Anyway, Peanut and Blackie dont' go to the vet unless absolutely necessary.

Blackie boy is only only seven, totally indoors, never any association with other kitties other than his sister, Peanut, so I am not worried about kitty diseases. But just wondered about the teeth thing.

Gidget

Wednesday, September 17, 2003 - 07:19 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Cute, you have to read all the way:

Dog letters to God

Dear God How come people love to smell flowers but seldom smell one another? Where are their priorities?

Dear God When we get to Heaven, can we sit on your couch? Or is it the same old story?

Dear God Excuse me, but why are there cars named after the jaguar, the cougar, the mustang, the colt, the stingray, and the rabbit, but not one named for a dog? How often do you see a cougar riding around? We dogs love a nice ride. I realize every breed cannot have its own model,
but how hard could it be to rename the Chrysler Eagle the Chrysler Beagle?

Dear God If a dog barks his head off in the forest and no human hears him, is he still a bad dog?

Dear God Is it true that in Heaven, dining room tables have on-ramps?

Dear God When we get to the Pearly Gates, do we have to shake hands to get in?

Dear God We dogs can understand human verbal instructions, hand signals, whistles, horns, clickers, beepers, scent IDs, electromagnetic energy fields, and Frisbee flight paths. What do humans understand?

Dear God Are there dogs on other planets or are we alone? I have been howling at the moon and stars for a long time, but all I ever hear
back is the beagle across the street.

Dear God Are there mailmen in Heaven? If there are, will I have to apologize?

Dear God Is it true that dogs are not allowed in restaurants because we can't make up our minds what NOT to order? Or is it the carpet thing again?

Dear God Can you undo what that doctor did?

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Cat's Letter to God

Dear God Do you exist? I'm just curious. I don't care.

Juju2bigdog

Wednesday, September 17, 2003 - 08:12 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Hahahahaha. Excellent, Gidget!

Sia

Wednesday, September 17, 2003 - 09:49 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Wonderful post, Gidget!! That's priceless!! smiley

Dipo, have you tried the new dry cat food that promotes good dental health? I think it is supposed to help the cat keep its teeth free of tartar. It might be a crunchy food, too, which I would imagine would help to wear the teeth down a bit.

I don't know if kitties like to gnaw on rawhide bones, but they make those little rawhide flip-chips (for dogs) that your kitty might like. If he doesn't go for it right away, rub a bit of canned food onto it. That might entice him into trying it!!

I have a tomcat whose canine teeth show slightly when his mouth is closed; it doesn't seem to affect him. The same cat slobbers like a mad dog whenever I scratch him under the chin and behind the ears!! He's goofy, but I love him!

Another kitty picture:
Paige <==Paige
"Hmmm, I can't choose which one to try first."

Sia

Wednesday, September 17, 2003 - 10:10 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
What pets are really thinking:

Dog: "They keep putting the lid down on the big water
bowl."

Goldfish: "Just because I have a three-second memory, they
don't think I'll mind eating the same fish flakes ... Oh
boy! Fish flakes!"

Dog: "Man, why do they keep rubbing my nose in it? I
already KNOW whose it is!"

Goldfish: "The knight never comes out of the castle to
fight me for dominion over the fish tank. So I must
continue patrolling, for I am lord and master!"

Parrot: "Tease, tease, tease! But do those greedy clowns
ever really give me a cracker? I DON'T THINK SO!"

Cat: "Why are these people in MY HOUSE?"

Goldfish: "Oh, tap-tap-tap! There's a new one!"

Gidget

Thursday, September 18, 2003 - 05:51 am EditMoveDeleteIP
ha ha ha, cute Sia.

Ruiner

Thursday, September 18, 2003 - 08:22 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Dipo...about your Blackie's teeth...have they always been this way? Is this something recent?

The reason I ask is that sometimes kitties "get long in the tooth" and what I have noticed is that they have dental disease with an infection building up in the gums around the canines kind of pushing the tooth out.

One way to check is to see if he has any tartar buildup on his teeth. Check the uppers, that's usually where it will show.

Dental diets are meant to reduce tartar buildup. Cats aren't like rodents whose teeth continually grow and need to be worn down, (or actually trimmed). Feline teeth are alot like ours...and as far as I know we don't worry about wearing our teeth down...lol!

Dental disease can lead to serious health issues in little kitties. If you have any concerns, I would seek a vet's care even if it is traumatic, (I have a cat that requires sedation to go to the vet). Proper dental care can extend their lives.

Two more things...

1) my 1st post...so please be gentle. Now I know what everyone means when they say their heart is trip-hammering and their hands are sweaty...lol

2) I'm an animal nurse...technically a veterinary technician..if that means anything

Angelsluv

Thursday, September 18, 2003 - 11:34 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Ask A Humorous Cartoon Cat
By Petey Paws

Dear Humorous Cartoon Cat, I'm a divorced mother of three trying to get my life going again after a very painful break-up.

My kids are still resentful, and I'm having a hard time finding appropriate social channels for me to meet people. Not to mention that if I did meet someone, I can't imagine bringing him home to meet the kids. Any suggestions?
--Ready in Raleigh

Dear Ready, Ooh-hoo! I know what I'll do! I'll hide a big stick of dynamite in the cheese! Then I'll put the cheese right in Mr. Nibbles' mouse hole! Everyone knows that that mouse can't resist cheese--the smell will lure him out of his hidey-hole, and then... Ka-Plooey! The dynamite will explodificate him! Then I'll have him for supper, you betcha I will! Mmm, mmm! Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy! He won't get away this time! That is, unless that no-good, smarty-pants dog Commander Barks finds out what I'm up to. Then my name is mud! Yikes! Oh, my stars!

Dear Humorous Cartoon Cat, Our youngest just went off to college, and empty-nest syndrome has begun to set in. My wife and I thought this would be a time for us to rediscover our freedom, but instead the joy has gone out of our household. Any tips?
--Sad in Saskatoon

Dear Saskatoon, Hoo-boy! My mail-order cannon just came in the mail, along with a crash helmet and a pair of cymbals! Now I can shoot myself out of the cannon, and Mr. Nibbles won't be able to outrun me any more! Ka-Pow! Bang-Zooie! I'll smash him between the cymbals and vibrate him, but good!

But wait: Mr. Nibbles and Commander Barks are putting a funnel on the end of a long pipe--a pipe that runs into a pickle jar! Oh, brother! I gotta put this fuse out, or I'm gonna be one canned cat! Moicy!

Dear Humorous Cartoon Cat, I'm a single man who's never had a lot of luck with women. I'm fairly attactive, I suppose, but I get very uncomfortable around women I like. I've talked to a lot of people about the problem, but no one ever seems to give me any good advice. Can you help?
--Shaken in Charlotte

Dear Shaken, Drat! That lousy, rascally, good-for-nothing Mr. Nibbles did it again! He took a whole wheel of cheeses from the fridge, and when the lady with the apron found out, she shook her finger at me and tapped her foot and said, "Petey, you'd better catch that mouse... Either he goes or you go!" And the whole time, Commander Barks was standing behind her, sticking his tongue out at me!

Fiddlesticks! Ooh, I swear, when I get my hands on that no-good rodent, it's gonna be lights out for him! Splat! Blammo!
*******
*Petey Paws is a syndicated advice columnist whose weekly column, Ask A Humorous Cartoon Cat, appears in over 250 newspapers nationwide.*

Dipo

Thursday, September 18, 2003 - 02:50 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Ruiner, it's not new, I have just always wondered if it was bad for him. His sister doesn't have the same problem, but then again they don't even look like they had the same MOM. LOL. He doesn't have any tarter buildup and I will check his gums next time he is in my lap. They do have friskies dry food but seem to prefer meow mix.

Thanks for the info. I think he is probably okay, just has big teeth!!!

Ruiner

Thursday, September 18, 2003 - 03:08 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Yeah, the little guy's prolly okay.

Just trying to help, being an small animal nurse it's hard not to try and help if people have questions or concerns. I do this as a part of my regular job. Sorry if it seemed like I was on a soap box...

BTW, I have 2 cats from the same litter. One is a monster, easily 18 pounds and his sister is all of 7 pounds if that. To look at them you wouldn't think they were from the same mom but I know they are since I fostered the whole litter.

I'm new here, as stated earlier, but any questions please don't hesitate....or if they do anything cute...or if they do anything not so cute...you get the drift.

Ophiliasgrandma

Thursday, September 18, 2003 - 04:14 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Same mom, but could be different papas.

Juju2bigdog

Thursday, September 18, 2003 - 04:22 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Ruiner, good work on your first two posts. You are an old hand now. See? It wasn't that bad.

Sia

Thursday, September 18, 2003 - 08:46 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Ruiner, WELCOME to the Cats Thread!! We need someone with your expertise here!! Welcome aboard and keep on posting, okay?
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