Get out of bed now!

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Victor Martinez wrote:

They don't get breakfast right after we get out of bed, we've learned
that lesson. We make them wait until it's breakfast time. But that
doesn't deter Fez. He's determined to rule our house with an iron paw.

Hmm... In my house, that would get the little b*st*rd kicked out of
the bedroom, with the door closed. But I guess that's harder to do in
a house of 7 cats than it is in mine. My 3 are remarkably adaptable
about being shut out of the bedroom. I often have to kick them out at
the 4-hour mark (which is when I wake up to pee, after about 4 hours
of sleep), because that's when they seem to want to play, have face-offs
with each other, tromp around my nightstand, or rattle the blinds
peering out the window, which is right next to my head. Out they go!
(Except maybe Roxy or Smudge, who is innocently sleeping on my bed -
that cat will get to stay. Licky, BTW, is *never* the "good" one. )

I know most people can't toss their cats out of the bedroom and close
the door, or the cats will howl outside the door and sleep won't be
any easier. I guess I just got lucky. And it really is dumb luck - it's
certainly not due to my brilliance at cat-training! They just go hang
out in some other spot in the house until I get up. I love my cats to
death, but I can't function if sleep-deprived.

That is amazing. I only kick Vino out if I'm really, super duper desperate.
Then I have to actually lock him into another room. If I just lock him out
of the bedroom, he will claw on the door and make a huge racket. I've only
locked him into the spare bedroom twice in recent memory and each time I've
gotten the silent treatment for the whole day after.
--
Britta
Check out pictures of Vino at:
http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album

"Victor Martinez" wrote in
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LOL!! Exactly! Victor, you *must not* give him breakfast after he does
this - or he will never stop!! You're just rewarding the bad kitty!

They don't get breakfast right after we get out of bed, we've learned
that lesson. We make them wait until it's breakfast time. But that
doesn't deter Fez. He's determined to rule our house with an iron paw.

It doesn't deter Frank, either. I never give the cats breakfast first thing
when I get up, but Frank is convinced that the earlier he wakes me up, the
earlier he will get his breakfast.

--
Marina, Frank and Nikki
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I know most people can't toss their cats out of the bedroom and close
the door, or the cats will howl outside the door and sleep won't be
any easier.

Or they open doors, like Frank. ;o)

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We have a small fish tank in the bedroom, with an eclipse top (it's a
plastic unit that has filter and lights built-in). It's not particularly
strong plastic, so we've trained the cats not to jump on it. The're
pretty good at staying off of it. Except Fez. In the mornings. When he
wants you to get out of bed. He just jumps on it and looks at you. I
yell "No!", but he doesn't move. I try again "Bad Fezie!", to no avail.
I get out of bed, and then he bolts out towards the kitchen. Breakfast
anyone?
Sigh.

--
Victor Martinez

Hey Victor!! Fish question for you. I bought two new snails. I had a yellow
one, but all they had were brown ones, so I got 2. Put them in the tank, and
they seem to be "picking on" the yellow one. Even chasing it. (Well, to the
degree snails can actually chase each other). . What gives with this? Is that
normal?

Sherry

I once had a fish - emphasis on once. Had him here in a tank on my
dresser for six days before Elmo made his move. Bam! There goes fish and

Yoda loves his fish. We started with one betta, ended up buying a 5-gallon
aquarium for it, he lived for several years. After he gorked, we got guppies
and bought a bigger aquarium. He loves watching them.
http://members.aol.com/sriddles/yodafish.jpg

"Sherry " wrote in message
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We have a small fish tank in the bedroom, with an eclipse top (it's a
plastic unit that has filter and lights built-in). It's not particularly
strong plastic, so we've trained the cats not to jump on it. The're
pretty good at staying off of it. Except Fez. In the mornings. When he
wants you to get out of bed. He just jumps on it and looks at you. I
yell "No!", but he doesn't move. I try again "Bad Fezie!", to no avail.
I get out of bed, and then he bolts out towards the kitchen. Breakfast
anyone?
Sigh.

--
Victor Martinez

Hey Victor!! Fish question for you. I bought two new snails. I had a
yellow
one, but all they had were brown ones, so I got 2. Put them in the tank,
and
they seem to be "picking on" the yellow one. Even chasing it. (Well, to
the
degree snails can actually chase each other). . What gives with this? Is
that
normal?

Sherry

It's blatant snail racism, that's what it is! If I were you, I'd put a stop
to that right now. Next thing you know, you'll have cross burnings and
lynchings in your tank and you know how that can screw up your PH balance
;-)
--
Britta
Check out pictures of Vino at:
http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album

Sherry wrote:
one, but all they had were brown ones, so I got 2. Put them in the tank, and
they seem to be "picking on" the yellow one. Even chasing it. (Well, to the
degree snails can actually chase each other). . What gives with this? Is that
normal?

What do you mean by "picking on"? They might be trying to mate...

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Victor Martinez
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What do you mean by "picking on"? They might be trying to mate...

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Victor Martinez

But...but....one is *yellow* and the other two are brown!! :-)
Well, color me stupid. I never thought of that. What I mean by "picking on" is,
they chase the yellow one, and crawl all over it. I thought they were going to
suck it clean out of its shell the other day. So I put a stop to it. Guess I
ruined their little snail fun. Oh man.

On 23 Mar 2004 09:33:26 GMT, itty (Sherry ) yodeled:

I once had a fish - emphasis on once. Had him here in a tank on my
dresser for six days before Elmo made his move. Bam! There goes fish and

Yoda loves his fish. We started with one betta, ended up buying a 5-gallon
aquarium for it, he lived for several years. After he gorked, we got guppies
and bought a bigger aquarium. He loves watching them.
http://members.aol.com/sriddles/yodafish.jpg


Wow, what big feetsies! I love it. How many toes does he have?



Theresa
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(Aldous Huxley)

On Tue, 23 Mar 2004 20:24:33 +0700, "badwilson"
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"Sherry " wrote in message
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We have a small fish tank in the bedroom, with an eclipse top (it's a
plastic unit that has filter and lights built-in). It's not particularly
strong plastic, so we've trained the cats not to jump on it. The're
pretty good at staying off of it. Except Fez. In the mornings. When he
wants you to get out of bed. He just jumps on it and looks at you. I
yell "No!", but he doesn't move. I try again "Bad Fezie!", to no avail.
I get out of bed, and then he bolts out towards the kitchen. Breakfast
anyone?
Sigh.

--
Victor Martinez

Hey Victor!! Fish question for you. I bought two new snails. I had a
yellow
one, but all they had were brown ones, so I got 2. Put them in the tank,
and
they seem to be "picking on" the yellow one. Even chasing it. (Well, to
the
degree snails can actually chase each other). . What gives with this? Is
that
normal?

Sherry

It's blatant snail racism, that's what it is! If I were you, I'd put a stop
to that right now. Next thing you know, you'll have cross burnings and
lynchings in your tank and you know how that can screw up your PH balance
;-)

Before my then-BF and I went to Australia, we read up on the local
flora and fauna around his home. He was from there, but it turned out
that he didn't know much about it before he brought me back there.
One species we discovered was something called the Giant Otway Black
Snail, which is indeed a giant snail-- I think the largest species of
snail-- and carnivorous. It has this big needle-like thing with which
it injects its prey with an anesthetic, so it can proceed to suck up
its prey which supposedly isn't the wiser until-- well, until it's
been sucked up.
We found this hilarious, and as we drove around southern Victoria, we
kept warning each other to beware of the Giant Otway Black Snail.
Have you seen any Giant Otway Black Snails? Don't fall asleep, a
Giant Otway Black Snail will get you.

We stayed at his mother's place on the shore (Apollo Bay, if anyone
knows the area), and were sitting on the beach one evening as the sun
was setting. It was a nice little campground, with a nice little
wooden deck and children's playground. And gee whiz, we saw an
enormous black snail, chugging along the deck. We laughed. Uh oh,
there it is, the deadly Giant Otway Black Snail. Five minutes later,
we saw a few more. Ten minutes-- well, if something could be swarming
with snails, that deck was. Not wanting to be needled, anesthetized,
and our innards sucked out, we beat it and left the beach to the
snails.








Theresa
alt.tv.frasier FAQ: http://www.im-listening.net/FAQ/

Single-mindedness is all very well in cows or baboons; in an animal
claiming to belong to the same species as Shakespeare it is simply disgraceful.
(Aldous Huxley)