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Grooch

Tuesday, May 14, 2002 - 10:16 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Cat goes on rampage in Nova Scotia, evicts owners

DARTMOUTH, Nova Scotia, May 13 (Reuters) - A Canadian family had to flee for safety after their pet Siamese cat went on a rampage, tearing at clothes and skin and driving them out of the house, police said on Monday.

The shaken group called police in the eastern port city of Dartmouth after taking refuge on their lawn on Sunday evening.

"Earlier in the afternoon, the cat had attacked the babysitter," police Sgt. Don Spicer told Reuters. "The residents went to check on the cat and, essentially, the cat went crazy on them as well.

"It attacked the father and ripped his pants as well as the flesh underneath," Spicer said.

It took police officers, armed with a blanket and a clothes hamper, 20 minutes to corner the cat. Spicer said Cocoa the cat was eventually secured in a pet carrier and handed over to the family who took it to the veterinarian.

It was not yet known what caused the cat's frenzy.

"We've been called to deal with a snake or various animals for one reason for another. But this is the first time that I can recall an actual cat going berserk," Spicer said.

Another police officer said Cocoa was "a Siamese cat with an attitude problem."

Sia

Tuesday, May 14, 2002 - 08:12 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
This really CAN happen. My grandmother's cat--for REAL--attacked her years ago, clawing her arms badly. My brother had to kill the cat. It just went berserk and hurt my poor Grams. She'd raised it from kittenhood, and had even fed it with an eye-dropper; my brother found it at the sawmill where he worked and brought it to her. In defense of the cat, my cousin's husband had mercilessly teased the cat for several years, and no doubt that had something to do with "Chessie" losing her mind!

Moondance

Wednesday, May 15, 2002 - 12:05 am EditMoveDeleteIP
"There are no bad pets just bad keepers" - anonymous

Twiggyish

Wednesday, May 15, 2002 - 05:30 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I feel safe. Our cat doesn't move much. =)

That cat sounded like it really had a problem. I wonder if it ate something which caused the reaction?

Fruitbat

Wednesday, May 15, 2002 - 06:04 am EditMoveDeleteIP
You are right Sia, sounds like that cat had been abused terribly.

Julieboo

Wednesday, May 15, 2002 - 08:43 am EditMoveDeleteIP
For anyone who may be interested, Frosty and Pocahontas are getting along much better. They eat together in peace. Pocahontas never growls anymore. Frosty will growl (at times) slightly at Poc, but the occurances are few and far between. Pocahontas has pretty much kept her sleeping place next to me at night, while Frosty opts to sleep in his bed in the extra bedroom. Frosty is still very afraid of my husband, but I see hope there too. He let him pet him yesterday (although he growled the whole time and then ran) and he came in the same room that my husband was in (although he didn't stay long).
It is so nice because I thought we'd never get to this point. (we've had Frosty for just under 4 months.)

Grooch

Wednesday, May 15, 2002 - 08:45 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I'm glad it's working out, Juliboo. And thanks for the update. :)

Tntitanfan

Wednesday, May 15, 2002 - 10:05 am EditMoveDeleteIP
My Milli is the sweetest, most loving and social cat I have ever had. I have twenty or more people here at the Chili Supper, and she hangs out with us. However, let the vet lay a hand on her, and she is a totally different cat! She thinks she is fighting for her life there!

Webkitty

Wednesday, May 15, 2002 - 11:12 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Cats just don't go berzerk all of the sudden for no reason.
Medical problem or bad handling is usually the cause.
I bet that Siamese either ate something or had a medical problem or maybe even an injury the owners didn't know about if it was allowed outside.

Sia, that's awful that your brother actually had to kill the cat. Hope your Grandmother wasn't tramatized by that.

Julie, glad to hear about Frosty! Four months is a pretty good time frame to win over a "skidish" cat.

Titan, my cats are just the opposite when they go to the vet! They give new meaning to the word ~catatonic~ They are so afraid that they just totally freeze up and sweat thru their paws! (and shed like crazy)

Sia

Wednesday, May 15, 2002 - 02:07 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
WebKitty, funny that you mention the shedding. My cat sheds an excessive amount when she's nervous; she's done that for years. My grandmother was really upset about the cat dying, but my brother didn't give her all the gruesome details; my aunt came and cleaned up the mess upstairs because my brother had to return to work. My grandmother doesn't know to this day how bad it got.

Weinermr

Wednesday, May 15, 2002 - 02:12 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Our cat is the sweetest, kindest, gentlest cat you would ever meet. But when she goes to the vet the noise begins. She has never, and would never bite, or claw, or attack anyone, but when she is at the vet she growls, and spits, and hisses, and yowls, and screams, and makes all manner of noises to make you THINK she might do something. She SOUNDS like a terror, but never takes any action. We always laughingly try to convince the vet that our cat is the sweetest in the world anywhere else, and she believes us, but it's hard to prove under those circumstances. She's been that way since she was a kitten.

Tksoard

Wednesday, May 15, 2002 - 02:32 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
My Ebony's father was called "the cat from hell". She took that name over, but only to the dogs, other cats, the vet and my husband. In other words, I'm the only one she likes. We've had her since she was born, and she's now 12 1/2 years old. She HATES the dogs, and they are scared to death of her. She just walks by them and growls and hisses, and they move away. The neighbors had an identical black cat, but it was so friendly and loved dogs. My dogs couldn't tell the difference until the cat, which ever one it was, got close. It would either rub up to them and love on them, or attack and growl at them. The poor dogs would freak out!! The neighbors is gone now, so no problem anymore. But she is SO lovable to me!! I guess she just knows who feeds her, and gives her the cat nip!!

Sia

Wednesday, May 15, 2002 - 09:05 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Letterman just read the article Grooch quoted above on his show tonight (Wednesday). Did anyone catch the couple of Top 10 items I missed? Thanks.

Top Ten Indicators that your Cat is Trying to have you Killed:

10.You find a .22 buried in the litterbox.
9. "Fluffy" has been scratched into your will.
8. As the cat rubs against your legs, you feel the stick of a hypodermic needle
7. (?)
6. Your cat appears on Jerry Springer on the show, "I want my owner dead!"
5. Your cat begins hanging out with a dog. . . (?)
4.The local newspaper calls to confirm your obituary.
3.At the top of your basement stairs you find a slick layer of "Fancy Feast"
2.You find your cat singing to the tune of the "Meow Mix" song, "Kill, kill, kill, kill. . ."
1. You overhear your cat talking on the phone withRobert Blake's cat.

Juju2bigdog

Thursday, May 16, 2002 - 08:34 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Urgrace, Juju is an excellent name for a blue-eyed tabby cat.

Tntitanfan

Sunday, May 19, 2002 - 08:08 am EditMoveDeleteIP
When cats get nervous/frightened, their hair actually loosens. This is in case something grabs at them, the grabber will only get hair. Dogdoc could give us the technical name, but my vet explained it to me when I asked about all the shedding.

Neko

Sunday, May 19, 2002 - 08:57 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I laughed when I heard that on the radio.

I felt back that the cat had to be "destroyed"(I hate that term for it)of course but the fact they made such a big deal about it was weird.

I mean, a little cat from Dartmouth made it on Letterman.

I'm sure this happens everyday when I cat has to be put down, why this one?
Other cats must go crazy at their owners somewhere.

Oh...and 5 is "Your cat starts to hang out with the dog that wants you dead."neko

Neko

Sunday, May 19, 2002 - 09:00 am EditMoveDeleteIP
The babysitter was paying attention to the families new kitten.
That's what it said on the radio but I only heard that be said for one day, they didn't repeat it so it could have been wrongneko

Webkitty

Sunday, May 19, 2002 - 09:17 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Weird. Cats are usually not "jealous". They are independant and don't have a pack mentality (pecking order)

My cat was thrilled when we brought in the second, (a kitten) it was playtime! Maybe I was just lucky this time.

We did have a slight problem with two other cats we had years ago, much like Julieboo's "Frosty" problem, but they were both grown and got over it, no attacks on the family.

Webkitty

Monday, May 20, 2002 - 10:47 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Hi everybody!


http://community-2.webtv.net/ec1909/TheGang/

Lobster

Monday, May 20, 2002 - 05:12 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Great picture, Webkitty.

I'm just curious, but does anyone know when the Spain these things stop growing? Lightning is about 19 months old. I swear that he is bigger now than he was two weeks ago. I thought since they are considered adult cats at one year, that he would pretty much be done growing unless he gained weight. I'm not noticing a weight gain, I'm noticing growth. At this rate this cat is going to end up being the size of a rottweiler by the time he's done. LOL

Webkitty

Monday, May 20, 2002 - 05:33 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Lobster, I have noticed growth in my cats up until two years, and yes, if they are house cats they can get big!

Whoami

Monday, May 20, 2002 - 09:22 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Webkitty, my cats have always had a pecking order. The kitties we had several years ago really had a pecking order. One was the "Boss Cat," and nobody fooled with him. He was also very jealous if I held another cat (he saw me through the window one time, and would have nothing to do with me for a few days). When he was nearing his end, he was sitting in the middle of the room looking all weak and wobbly. The "second in command" cat came sneaking up on him with a "now's my chance to get the best of him" look in her eye. He sat there swaying from side to side with his eyes closed, until she got within range. Then he backhanded her and sent her into a backflip across the room! It was clear he was saying, "not yet, bi*ch!"

Riviere

Tuesday, May 21, 2002 - 03:06 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Does anybody know of a cat who loves water?? I got my first apt and some neighbors moving out asked me to take their cat, I agreed, they told me watch out, he liked to swim, being some kind of oddball breed called a Turkish Water Cat.. I thought they were kidding!! The apts had big old clawfoot bathtubs and huge deep kitchen sinks, it wasn't long before old Spook was leaping into the tub during my baths and trying to get into the sink when I did dishes! I had to fill the tub with tepid water daily so he could have his swim, what a weird cat he was.. And jealous! He was used to sitting by me watching tv most evenings but if I had a date over, forget it, he'd walk over to my coat tree and stand up, sink his claws into my date's coat and pull it down, like here's your coat, here's the door! He was smokey grey with a long body like an otter, shorthair front but longhair past his ribcage, then his tail was as long & fluffy as a Persian's.. Spook had to be the strangest breed of cat I ever had the pleasure of knowing..

Tntitanfan

Tuesday, May 21, 2002 - 06:52 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I had a Siamese that liked to swim!

Sia

Tuesday, May 21, 2002 - 04:32 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
You can get a domestic alley-cat or barn-cat (mine is the latter) USED to getting a regular bath, but, believe me, once the habit is broken, the cat will not submit to weekly bathing later. My 17-year-old cat hasn't had a bath in over six months, probably, because she just hates water now. When she was a kitten she didn't know any better and didn't seem to mind it.

As to breeds of cats that like water, a friend of mine has an exotic (translate: expensive!) cat that gets into the shower with her at every possible opportunity. When she wants to get ready in a hurry and doesn't have time to fool with a wet cat she has to shut the bathroom door to keep Mischka out! I'm thinking she is a variety of Burmese. She looks like Yoda, mostly because of her huge, bulging eyes and enormous ears. She's a skinny cat and I can't remember the name of the breed. Does this sound like a Burmese to anyone here at TVCH? The cat has shiny short black hair and has a funny miaow.