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Lobster

Tuesday, May 21, 2002 - 05:10 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Thanks, Webkitty! He's part Maine ••••, so I expected him to be a bit big. I was just surprised when I noticed that he was bigger than a couple of weeks ago. If he gets much bigger, poor Tiger is in trouble.

Lobster

Tuesday, May 21, 2002 - 05:12 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Those red dots up there are for Maine raccoon type cat. I forgot that I can't post that word.

Webkitty

Tuesday, May 21, 2002 - 06:34 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Lobster, lol! There you go, I think a Maine c00n cat is the largest breed there is. You can probably look this up on the internet, if you do and find out there is one bigger could you let us know? That would be interesting.

Sia, the cat you decribed doesn't sound like a Burmese to me, but I could be wrong. Now I'm curious about both of these cats, maybe I will look them both up!

Webkitty

Tuesday, May 21, 2002 - 08:16 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Lobster, I looked it up for you.
According to the CFA, the Ragdoll is the largest breed. The Main C00n cat is a ~larger~ breed than most but not the largest.

Sia, I'm stumped on yours! Sorry

Hippyt

Tuesday, May 21, 2002 - 08:23 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Cats... I have a cat. Mockingbirds taunting my docile little kitty,walk into my kitchen yesterday,dead mockingbird on the floor. Cats do what they want,don't piss off a cat!!!

Tntitanfan

Monday, May 27, 2002 - 06:19 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Sia - Burmese look a bit like Siamese with a tan. Golden eyes in stead of blue. I have recently heard about a cat that sounds like your friends but will have to ask the name again as I have an advanced case of CRS disease!

Lobster

Monday, May 27, 2002 - 09:39 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Webkitty, I forgot to come back here. Silly me. Thanks for looking that up. I did check for info myself the other day, and found out that those Maine thingamabobs can continue growing til they are 3 or 4. I'm afraid. Very afraid. LOL He's gonna be HUGE!

Cinnamongirl

Monday, May 27, 2002 - 01:17 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
A story worth reading........


Everyone nearby where I lived knew Ugly.
Ugly was the resident tomcat. Ugly loved three things in this world:
fighting, eating garbage, and, how shall we say... loving?

The combination of these things combined with a life spent outside had
their effect on Ugly. To start with, he had only one eye and where the other
should have been was a gaping hole. He was also missing one ear on the same
side, his left foot appeared to have been badly broken at
one time, and had healed at an unnatural angle,
making him look like he was always turning the corner.
His tail has long been lost, leaving only the smallest stub,
which he would constantly jerk and twitch.
Ugly would have been a dark gray tabby, striped-type, except for the sores
covering his head, neck, even his shoulders with thick, yellowing scabs.
Every time someone saw Ugly there was the same reaction: "That is one UGLY
cat!"
All the children were warned not to touch him, the adults threw rocks at
him, hosed him down, squirted him when he tried to come in their homes, or
shut his paws in the door when he would not leave.
Ugly always had the same reaction. If you turned the hose on him, he would
stand there, getting soaked, until you gave up and quit. If you threw things
at him, he would curl his lanky body around your feet in forgiveness.
Whenever he spied children, he would come running, meowing frantically and
bump his head against their hands, begging for their love. If you ever picked
him up, he would immediately begin suckling on your shirt, or on your
earrings, or whatever he could find.
One day Ugly shared his love with the neighbor's huskies.
They did not respond kindly, and Ugly was badly mauled. From my apartment I
could hear his screams, and I tried to rush to his aid.
By the time I got to where he was laying, it was apparent,
Ugly's sad life was almost at an end.
Ugly lay in a wet circle, his back legs and lower back twisted
grossly out of shape, a gaping tear was in the white strip of fur that ran
down his front.
As I picked him up and tried to carry him home, I could hear him wheezing
and gasping, and could feel him struggling. It must be hurting him terribly,
I thought.
Then I felt a familiar tugging, sucking sensation on my ear. Ugly, in so
much pain, suffering and obviously dying, was trying to suckle my ear. I
pulled him closer to me, and he bumped the palm of my hand with his head,
then he turned his one golden eye towards me, and I could hear the distinct
sound of purring.
Even in the greatest pain, that ugly battle-scarred cat was asking only
for a little affection, perhaps some compassion. At that moment I thought
Ugly was the most beautiful, loving creature I had ever seen.
Never once did he try to bite or scratch me, or even try to get away from me,
or struggle in any way. Ugly just looked up at me completely trusting in me
to relieve his pain.
Ugly died in my arms before I could get inside, but I sat and held him for
a long time afterwards, thinking about how one scarred, and deformed little
stray could so alter my opinion about what it means to have true pureness of
spirit, to love so totally and truly. Ugly taught me MORE about giving and
compassion than a thousand books, lectures, or talk
show specials ever could, and for that I will always be thankful. He had been
scarred on the outside, but I was scarred on the inside, and it was time for
me to move on and learn to love truly and deeply. To give my all to those I
cared about.
Many people want to be richer, more successful, well liked,
beautiful, but, for me, I will ALWAYS and forever try to be Ugly.

Author unknown

Moondance

Monday, May 27, 2002 - 02:34 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Very sad
Very disappointing
VERY disturbing

True story or not
SHAME on the people who do these things to animals
SHAME on the people who let this happen
SHAME on the girl who did not step in sooner

Shame Shame Shame
People suck ... animals are so much closer to God than we could ever hope for.

Lessens like this in the story are much easier learned if people would just live with a friggin open heart!

I have had a rough 2 weeks ...

Stories like this are too sad for me to take or to think about.

Jbean

Monday, May 27, 2002 - 03:08 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
how sad! made me bawl! i agree with moon. this cat never did anything to hurt anyone and they were so mean to it! i don't get it. animals are even more helpless than children are. i know it was supposed to be a story about kindness, but as a cat lover it was about more than i could take too. jmo

Cinnamongirl

Monday, May 27, 2002 - 03:16 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I'm sorry Moondance! I wouldn't have posted it if I had know how upsetting it would be for you.

It's not a true story, but I'm sure there are too many stories out there that are somewhat similar (& true).

It reminded me of a few stories from Chicken Soup for the PetLovers Soul. I loved that book, from the heartbreaking to the heartwarming.

Webkitty

Monday, May 27, 2002 - 05:24 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Cinnamongirl, that was a hard story to read.

I watch Animal Planet and just have to turn the channel sometimes when I see things like this. (the show about NYC SPCA)

~love and life to all the "Ugly's" of the world~

MsMoon, I know you have been having a rough couple of weeks, give your babies a hug and kiss from webkitty and babies, ok?

Tntitanfan

Monday, May 27, 2002 - 06:46 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
When my friends lend me books that involve ANYTHING distressing about an animal - even if it turns out okay in the end - they put a post-it note to skip to page soandso after the event is over. I am such a softie! The Chicken Soup book was done like that when I got it as a birthday present! How's that for great friends?

Urgrace

Monday, May 27, 2002 - 07:40 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
This is about a post a couple weeks ago regarding the cat that attacked the owner - My neighbor is a cat lover. She has always had several cats and will take in any stray, have the pet spayed or neutered and try to find a home for the kitty. One day she came home from work, entered the house and one of her long beloved cats attacked her violently, it seemed without cause. She ran to my house for refuge. We found out that a stray had been hanging around, looking in the windows, and apparently upsetting the house pet. The owner did not do anything to cause her own cat's attack, except allow other cats to eat from a bowl of food and water placed on her patio every day. She had to take her pet to the vet for treatment later that day, once the pet allowed her to enter the house.

On a lighter note, my two new kittens and Buddy are doing very good. Buddy will not have to deal with a pecking order, I don't think, because the new kittens are both female and younger. They are all getting to know each other, but for now, Buddy is mostly indifferent. I'm hoping he will have a change of attitude soon, because he has always been loving to the neighborhood cats even inviting them in for a snack.

Yes, Juju2bigdog, Juju is a fine name suggestion for one of the kittens. I will take it under consideration along with the names my DIL suggested of RPM (rapid purring motion) for the all black one and Marshmallow (for the soft and sweet buff furball). Anyone else have any suggestions?

Pamy

Monday, May 27, 2002 - 07:42 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Great friends, Tntitanfan!!!
I can not read/watch/hear anything bad about any animal, I even have a hard time watching Bambi, and all they did was stop 'drawing' the Mom!!!

Webkitty

Monday, May 27, 2002 - 08:10 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I vote for Juju, love it! (I might use it myself someday if MsJuju doesn't mind)
For that next little lucky critter that wanders into my life.

For an all black cat, I kind of like Velvet.

Juju2bigdog

Monday, May 27, 2002 - 10:57 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Oh no, Webkitty, the more tvch pets named Juju the better! Juju is a very good name for a velvety black kitty. Juju2littlekitty has a nice ring to it.

Theowl

Tuesday, May 28, 2002 - 06:07 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Juju, I name all of my pets, even the cows and their calves. Our cow Dawn is going to have a calf in about a month. Can I call it Juju? Would That offend you? Juju is a generic name, right?

Juju2bigdog

Tuesday, May 28, 2002 - 08:43 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Juju is an androgynous name, good for either sex. That is why it is so versatile. I think a cute little calf named Juju would be very nice. And of course later, a great big bull named Juju would be terrific.

Urgrace

Tuesday, May 28, 2002 - 12:14 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Hehehe, Juju2littlekitty is really cute! Hey since it is androgynous, is that why all new posters - including me, I was also guilty - somehow refer to you as 'he' until we are corrected? My grandson refers to all the kitties as Bud, since that is his way of saying Buddy.

Juju2bigdog

Tuesday, May 28, 2002 - 03:42 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Gender has never been all that important to me in the cyberworld.

Tntitanfan

Wednesday, May 29, 2002 - 07:16 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Sia - I think your friend may have a Bombay cat. Search "Cat Breeds" and go to the cat fanciers page and check it out. Another possibility is a breed that starts with "K" that I can't remember at the moment -

Grooch

Friday, May 31, 2002 - 02:05 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I found this site and thought I would pass it along in case anyone could use it or knows someone who could use it also. It lists by state places where you can get your cat spayed for free or at a low cost.

Link

Kady

Friday, May 31, 2002 - 08:05 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I wonder if I could talk my hubby into a new kitty just so I could name it Juju??

Sia

Friday, May 31, 2002 - 08:07 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Urgrace, in the past I had a problem with my two adult female (spayed) cats attacking EACH OTHER after being spooked by a stray tomcat who stared in our patio door at them. The vet prescribed "Ovaban," which I've used successfully for the fighting and also for times when they refused to use their litter-boxes. Usually that behavior was precipitated by a major upset like the stray cat coming around. Ovaban was in pill form when I used it last for my cats, but even those tiny pills are a trial for me to get down a cat's throat! They just spit out any pills.