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Poor Sammy!!! Long
5-month-old Sammy, along with my three adult cats (Bandit, 14, Demi, 6, and
Jessie, 5) is cooped up in my bedroom while my mother-in-law is still here with her 3 dogs (2 large, one small) and one neutered male cat. The male cat is being kept shut up in an upstairs bedroom, and isn't really a problem (he's gorgeous - a polydactyl, all black, short-haired, and sweet as can be. [Side note: my MIL had him declawed and he stays mostly outside when they're home : ! *WHY* do people like that even get cats!??! - AAARRRRGGGGGHHHHHH!!!] The dogs, however, are not trained, have the run of the house (my MIL wouldn't dream of locking up her babies), bark constantly, pee all over the place (my MIL won't even clean it up - I have to), and the largest one even managed to get in my bedroom (following behind my MIL) and started to attack Bandit (well, you know Bandit, she laid there with a "bring it on, sucker" look on her face, hissing and spitting, so it didn't bother her, but it scared the heck out of the other three). All my cats are on edge because of this, and Sammy is... well, Sammy. She has all that excess kitten energy and no place to go with it, and she tries to get the other cats to play with her. They're having none of it and are getting really tired of her antics. When I got in bed tonight I noticed an apple-sized spot of watery blood on my sheet next to my pillow. I immediately panicked and grabbed up each cat one by one to do a head to toe, microscopic examination to see who had been bleeding (because of the above I thought maybe MIL had been careless and let one of her dogs in my bedroom while I was at work today). I got to Sammy last (and got several scratches and a few bites while she squirmed around in my hands as I was trying to hold her still so I could examine her) and I noticed a small scab right on the tip of her nose, a bit inside and a bit outside the nostril. What I figured happened is... One of my adult cats lost patience with her and swatted her nose, giving her a good scratch in the process. She immediately went to Mommy's spot on the bed and started sucking her toe to comfort herself (which was why the spot of blood was so watery - kitten slobber mixed in with the blood from the scratch on her nose). I felt so bad for her I immediate picked her up to hug and scritch her, and, of course, she bit *my* nose in the process!!! Sorry for the vent, but as much as I love my MIL (she really is sweet, but I know where my DH gets his ergonomically challenged nature from), I am *SO* tired of her animals, and I am *THIS* far from telling her off (I am really, really angry about what she did/does to her beautiful little boy cat!!!). Thanks for giving me a place to gripe - I didn't want to hit my husband with all this, it is his mother, after all. Hugs, CatNipped |
"Karen Chuplis" wrote in message
... Eee. How long do you think they will all have to stay? I can't understand why her dogs aren't trained either. Does she live with dog pee in HER house? They don't "have" to stay - my daughter, her husband, their three daughters, and their two (*EXTREMELY* well trained - which is what I'm used to) dogs left Thursday morning : because my SIL had to go back to work today. New Orleans dodged a bullet this time and there wasn't any damage to anyone's house or anything. My MIL is staying on just to miss the traffic of people going back home to N.O. this weekend, and to visit with her son a while. Yes, the dogs pee in her house. Again, much as I love her, I have to be honest and tell you - she is a huge slob and her house if pretty filthy. She just had heart problems, had to get stints(?) in her arteries, and she is very overweight. She won't exercise, and certainly won't put forth the energy to clean house (or train her dogs). When she sees me running around cleaning she just gets this puzzled look as if to say, "Why are you doing that?" God(dess) give me patience!! Hugs, CatNipped |
"Karen Chuplis" wrote in message
... Eee. How long do you think they will all have to stay? I can't understand why her dogs aren't trained either. Does she live with dog pee in HER house? They don't "have" to stay - my daughter, her husband, their three daughters, and their two (*EXTREMELY* well trained - which is what I'm used to) dogs left Thursday morning : because my SIL had to go back to work today. New Orleans dodged a bullet this time and there wasn't any damage to anyone's house or anything. My MIL is staying on just to miss the traffic of people going back home to N.O. this weekend, and to visit with her son a while. Yes, the dogs pee in her house. Again, much as I love her, I have to be honest and tell you - she is a huge slob and her house if pretty filthy. She just had heart problems, had to get stints(?) in her arteries, and she is very overweight. She won't exercise, and certainly won't put forth the energy to clean house (or train her dogs). When she sees me running around cleaning she just gets this puzzled look as if to say, "Why are you doing that?" God(dess) give me patience!! Hugs, CatNipped |
"Karen Chuplis" wrote in message
... Eee. How long do you think they will all have to stay? I can't understand why her dogs aren't trained either. Does she live with dog pee in HER house? They don't "have" to stay - my daughter, her husband, their three daughters, and their two (*EXTREMELY* well trained - which is what I'm used to) dogs left Thursday morning : because my SIL had to go back to work today. New Orleans dodged a bullet this time and there wasn't any damage to anyone's house or anything. My MIL is staying on just to miss the traffic of people going back home to N.O. this weekend, and to visit with her son a while. Yes, the dogs pee in her house. Again, much as I love her, I have to be honest and tell you - she is a huge slob and her house if pretty filthy. She just had heart problems, had to get stints(?) in her arteries, and she is very overweight. She won't exercise, and certainly won't put forth the energy to clean house (or train her dogs). When she sees me running around cleaning she just gets this puzzled look as if to say, "Why are you doing that?" God(dess) give me patience!! Hugs, CatNipped |
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"Annie Wxill" wrote in message
... Oooh, a bad case of cabin fever. I hope MIL and her entourage are soon on their way back home and you can get your household back to normal. Annie Thanks Annie! She mentioned going back Monday or Tuesday, which is better than what I feared (a week or two - she's retired and doesn't have to go back to a job), so I'm holding my tongue. Hugs, CatNipped |
"Annie Wxill" wrote in message
... Oooh, a bad case of cabin fever. I hope MIL and her entourage are soon on their way back home and you can get your household back to normal. Annie Thanks Annie! She mentioned going back Monday or Tuesday, which is better than what I feared (a week or two - she's retired and doesn't have to go back to a job), so I'm holding my tongue. Hugs, CatNipped |
"Annie Wxill" wrote in message
... Oooh, a bad case of cabin fever. I hope MIL and her entourage are soon on their way back home and you can get your household back to normal. Annie Thanks Annie! She mentioned going back Monday or Tuesday, which is better than what I feared (a week or two - she's retired and doesn't have to go back to a job), so I'm holding my tongue. Hugs, CatNipped |
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