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Flying Kitty, Anyone?
On Mon, 16 Jan 2017 10:30:54 -0800, Joy wrote:
Lindy (RB) used to make me chase her around the house to give her a pill. However, after a couple of minutes of running, she would jump up on the couch or a bed and wait docilely. She didn't fight at all when I gave here the pill, but she had to have that chase first. I think somewhere there is a master list - no, make that a book - of cat idiosyncrasies, and that prior to birth, each of them gets to sit down with the maker and select its own unique mixture of these, as if ordering personality traits from a menu with which to befuddle its eventual human companion. They also receive a special auxiliary collection of quirks to be held in reserve so that whenever we start to think we have seen all of them, they present us with a brand new one! John D. Kasupski Niagara Falls, NY |
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Flying Kitty, Anyone?
On Mon, 16 Jan 2017 12:28:04 +0000 (GMT), Judith Latham
wrote: My first cat, Sweep, had to take tablets everyday usually this was in some food but when she wasn't eating it was a battle. one day DH had her wrapped in a towel (not an easy thing to achieve) and had her on his lap in the dining room to try to pill her. She was having none of this and escaped, jumping out of DH's reach and leaping into the air. As my DH was trying to catch her she was using his arms and hands to keep herself in the air. She was in effect flying around the room. This went on for several minutes until Sweep realised she was heading for the window and couldn't change direction so she just stopped. DH managed to catch her as she dropped and she took the pill no problem. Well, this confirms my suspicions, then - cats may not have wings, but at least some of them can definitely fly. I presume DH refers to Dear (or Darling, or Doting) Husband. I do hope his arms and hands didn't get shredded while Sweep was using him as an aid to aviation. John D. Kasupski Niagara Falls, NY |
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Flying Kitty, Anyone?
On 1/16/2017 3:55 PM, John Kasupski wrote:
On Mon, 16 Jan 2017 12:28:04 +0000 (GMT), Judith Latham wrote: My first cat, Sweep, had to take tablets everyday usually this was in some food but when she wasn't eating it was a battle. one day DH had her wrapped in a towel (not an easy thing to achieve) and had her on his lap in the dining room to try to pill her. She was having none of this and escaped, jumping out of DH's reach and leaping into the air. As my DH was trying to catch her she was using his arms and hands to keep herself in the air. She was in effect flying around the room. This went on for several minutes until Sweep realised she was heading for the window and couldn't change direction so she just stopped. DH managed to catch her as she dropped and she took the pill no problem. Well, this confirms my suspicions, then - cats may not have wings, but at least some of them can definitely fly. Sometimes they even teleport. You'll see them in one spot, go in the opposite direction into another room, and they're sitting there looking at you. I presume DH refers to Dear (or Darling, or Doting) Husband. I do hope his arms and hands didn't get shredded while Sweep was using him as an aid to aviation. John D. Kasupski Niagara Falls, NY |
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Flying Kitty, Anyone?
On 1/16/2017 3:46 PM, John Kasupski wrote:
On Mon, 16 Jan 2017 10:30:54 -0800, Joy wrote: Lindy (RB) used to make me chase her around the house to give her a pill. However, after a couple of minutes of running, she would jump up on the couch or a bed and wait docilely. She didn't fight at all when I gave here the pill, but she had to have that chase first. I think somewhere there is a master list - no, make that a book - of cat idiosyncrasies, and that prior to birth, each of them gets to sit down with the maker and select its own unique mixture of these, as if ordering personality traits from a menu with which to befuddle its eventual human companion. They also receive a special auxiliary collection of quirks to be held in reserve so that whenever we start to think we have seen all of them, they present us with a brand new one! John D. Kasupski Niagara Falls, NY Yep. They definitely don't want us to get complacent. One of the things I've noticed is that they'll do the same thing the same way for months, then suddenly change their routine. They keep us on our toes. |
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Flying Kitty, Anyone?
On Mon, 16 Jan 2017 16:20:06 -0800, Joy wrote:
On 1/16/2017 3:55 PM, John Kasupski wrote: Well, this confirms my suspicions, then - cats may not have wings, but at least some of them can definitely fly. Sometimes they even teleport. You'll see them in one spot, go in the opposite direction into another room, and they're sitting there looking at you. Yes...as if to say, "Glad you could make it, slowpoke - what kept you?" The one that really gets me is when I'm sitting at the computer and I feel her fur brushing up against my legs and/or feet, but when I look down to see what she wants, she's nowhere in sight - and after glancing around the dining room in confusion a bit I finally spot her sprawled out on the couch out in the living room looking for all the world as if she's been lying right there for hours. If you didn't know for a fact that's she's alive, you'd swear she was a ghost. But her playful tail-wagging gives her away - I think she does it on purpose just so she can lay over there inwardly cackling with glee and watch me looking for her. John D. Kasupski Niagara Falls, NY |
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Flying Kitty, Anyone?
Joy wrote:
On 1/16/2017 4:28 AM, Judith Latham wrote: In article , John Kasupski wrote: This kind of branches off from Joy's "Rain" post, but...anybody beside me ever have a cat that could literally go all the way around a room or from the middle of one room to the other end of the next room without touching the floor? snipped She gets downright indignant about it if I haven't opened the blinds before sitting down with my cup of coffee! This morning, I remembered to open the blinds for her. She's standing over there on the back of the couch as I'm typing this, alternately looking out the window and over at me, giving me those slow kitty-kiss winks when she catches me looking at her - but you know what? I don't get those slow winks on mornings when she has to remind me to open the blinds! I've only had her since October, but already I could write a book. John D. Kasupski Niagara Falls, NY My first cat, Sweep, had to take tablets everyday usually this was in some food but when she wasn't eating it was a battle. one day DH had her wrapped in a towel (not an easy thing to achieve) and had her on his lap in the dining room to try to pill her. She was having none of this and escaped, jumping out of DH's reach and leaping into the air. As my DH was trying to catch her she was using his arms and hands to keep herself in the air. She was in effect flying around the room. This went on for several minutes until Sweep realised she was heading for the window and couldn't change direction so she just stopped. DH managed to catch her as she dropped and she took the pill no problem. Judith Lindy (RB) used to make me chase her around the house to give her a pill. However, after a couple of minutes of running, she would jump up on the couch or a bed and wait docilely. She didn't fight at all when I gave here the pill, but she had to have that chase first. Roxy used to do that! She would run away, but the chase didn't last very long. Suddenly she would just stop and look up at me as though to say, "We both know you're going to catch me, so might as well get it over with." Joyce -- If you can't operate your turn signal, what makes you think you can drive the rest of the car? -- bumper sticker |
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