Archive through October 23, 2003
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Archive through October 23, 2003
Bonzacat | Sunday, October 19, 2003 - 01:20 pm     Tappy -- one of my cats sleeps next to my cheek, my ear, under my chin. She's 2 1/2 now. I really think it's for warmth because she appears around my pillow in pre-dawn hours, but she might be elsewhere on the bed (or around the house) during the night. Sometimes she stands on my nose to find just the right position! Fortunately she only weighs about 7.5 pounds! (she's the one on the left in my profile pic) You are loved by your kittty!  |
Sisalou | Sunday, October 19, 2003 - 01:52 pm     Sia, I live in a small community outside of Austin at the lake. I think they have 1 police officer for every 5 citizens. Not very many people speed out here. I can handle the lizards and birds and even the one snake that the cat has brought in but I just couldn't handle the squirrel. He doesn't seem to want to kill them, just play, thank goodness! I have also been amazed at how well the cat and dog get along. They really love each other, its so sweet. |
Gidget | Sunday, October 19, 2003 - 02:06 pm     Sisalou welcome to the wonderful experience of living with a cat. To me it is not home without a cat. Pamy those are not my cats. Just cute pictures from the website I found. Tappy my last cat curled up in my hair and push pulled the first day I brought her home. Eventually she took to sleeping with ther paws around my neck and her cheek on my cheek. I miss it so much. And the very first day we brought her home that tiny kitten caught a mouse. She mangled the life out of it before we could get it away from her. My husband had to mercy kill the mouse. |
Curiouscat | Sunday, October 19, 2003 - 04:15 pm     Tappy, here's a good website: Cat Furniture: Do-It-Yourself |
Djgirl | Tuesday, October 21, 2003 - 09:15 am     The woes have begun again!!!! Doyle has been sooooo good since we brought him home after surgery three weeks ago. Well... this past week/weekend, he has peed in the livingroom in the corner where he had accidents while ill. He has also left #2 around as well, and has basically stopped using his litterbox altogether. This started last Wednesday night when we shut the kids out while there was company around (my bf's friend doesn't need to accidentally see me naked by walking past to go to the washroom), and I woke up in the morning to a mess to clean up. It's happened three or four more times! I'm about at my wits end!!! I've treated that entire corner with cat urine cleaner, and thankfully it takes the smell out (at least to our noses). I've now moved his litterbox to that spot (instead of in the basement where it belongs!) and am hoping that I can move it slowly back to the basement with him still using it over the next couple of weeks... Please give me strength!!! |
Daydreamer | Tuesday, October 21, 2003 - 09:48 am     ROFL at the squirrel stories!! Djgirl - I feel your pain with the cat using the living room as a litter box. Ever since I got my dog, my cat runs in the living room and pees/sprays whenever the dog annoys him. I haven't found any solution to this problem and have had him tested for bladder/urine problems etc. The vet said he is doing it out of spite. Great. Since I can't bear to get rid of the cat, I have put down some plastic tarp in my living room and put paper towels on it. Every day I have to pick up the paper towels and spray the plastic tarp with deodorizer and put fresh paper towels down. I don't know what else to do besides get rid of the cat, which I don't want to do. Anyone have any suggestions? Oh, I don't want to get rid of the dog either so that's not an option. |
Djgirl | Tuesday, October 21, 2003 - 11:39 am     Oh Daydreamer - you just took away another one of my hopes - an online vet has said that cats will avoid walking on plastic at all costs, but since yours is on it all the time, that shoots that theory out of the water! |
Daydreamer | Tuesday, October 21, 2003 - 11:46 am     Trust me, my cat has no problem walking on that plastic. Sorry! You could try it anyway, my cat is kind of weird, lol. Maybe it would work for you. |
Kaili | Tuesday, October 21, 2003 - 01:05 pm     Kitty Costumes for Halloween!!!
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Kaili | Tuesday, October 21, 2003 - 01:10 pm     Darn it- computer froze up... Costumes for cats...
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Sia | Tuesday, October 21, 2003 - 02:14 pm     Yikes, Kaili!! Is that a Cornish Rex disguised as a fish? LOL!! |
Daydreamer | Tuesday, October 21, 2003 - 04:27 pm     Djgirl - I just remembered something I heard somewhere. I think if you put tin foil down on the floor the cat won't go near it. In my case, I'm just afraid my cat will go pee somewhere else so I think I'm better off just leaving the plastic down but you might want to try the foil. |
Sia | Tuesday, October 21, 2003 - 08:58 pm     I've heard that, too, Daydreamer, for keeping kitties off the kitchen counters and/or table; they don't like the crinkly sound and funny feel of the foil so they quit jumping up on things. I suppose it would work on the floor, too. My kittens marked a spot in my daughter's room until I scrubbed it thoroughly, deodorized the spot, then moved their CAT-CONDO on top of the spot where they'd peed!!! |
Ruiner | Tuesday, October 21, 2003 - 10:54 pm     Deej... You can try a litter called 'Cat Attract'. It's made by Dr. Elsey(sp). I've heard good things about it... There's behavioral drugs...I use them with one of mine. I'm assuming you've spoken w/ your vet first. Make sure Doyle in physically okay... btw...how you doin'? |
Sunrisedd | Wednesday, October 22, 2003 - 03:41 am     Here are my pretty cats!!
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Curiouscat | Wednesday, October 22, 2003 - 05:07 am     Sunrisedd, very pretty cats! Trixie is 20 years old - wow |
Djgirl | Wednesday, October 22, 2003 - 09:53 am     Hi everyone, Ruiner - I'm watching for blood again, but his activity level is back to his healthy state, and I think it's all due to the fact that that was where he was going when he was ill. I don't think that the products I've used on the carpet have gotten the entire scent out. Tim & I were talking about it last night, and we've put his litterbox on that spot and will slowly move it back downstairs within the next week, week & a half. If that still doesn't work we're actually going to try the tinfoil thing. I'm going to definitely try to find that litter - thanks for the heads up! I'm really hoping that things will turn around because if they don't I'm going to have to find him a new home - as much as I love Doyle, he's a cat, and my relationship with Tim is more important. I know that sounds cruel, but what else can I do? |
Babyruth | Wednesday, October 22, 2003 - 05:23 pm      |
Moondance | Wednesday, October 22, 2003 - 05:58 pm     OMG LOLOLOL |
Gidget | Wednesday, October 22, 2003 - 06:21 pm     That's great Babyruth. |
Pamy | Wednesday, October 22, 2003 - 06:24 pm     ROTF, he looks like my Pumpkin pie! |
Moondance | Wednesday, October 22, 2003 - 07:03 pm     That could almost be Dopey too! |
Twinkie | Wednesday, October 22, 2003 - 09:08 pm     ROFLMAO!!! Too funny Baby!!! |
Daydreamer | Thursday, October 23, 2003 - 06:05 am     HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!! |
Gidget | Thursday, October 23, 2003 - 11:36 am     Pumpkin Carving Duel:
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