Sam chillin' tonight

Christina Websell wrote:

Maine Coons are not common over here. If I wanted to buy one, they'd be a
whole lot of money, as would all pure bred cats. I'm surprised also that
another USA poster has found a Siamese at the side of the road.

Well, my voice teacher (Dorothy Warenskjold's mother) had a stray
Siamese adopt them. However, after the day I nearly kidnapped it, we
figured out how it arrived at their home. I was driving home from my
lesson when I heard that distinctive Siamese meow from under my front
seat. Evidently the cat had a habit of stowing away in parked vehicles,
if there was an open window. (Of course I drove it all the way back to
their place, but many motorists would simply have dumped it whenever
they discovered it.)

On 8/4/2013 12:28 PM, jmcquown wrote:
On 8/4/2013 12:15 PM, Christina Websell wrote:
"Cheryl" wrote in message
b.com...
He really has no fear. I don't like that he sleeps literally all day
but
I should have gotten the hint when his previous people told me he comes
out for some attention at around 9pm like clockwork. So this is not new
behavior. I'm hoping some of it might have been boredom related
since he
only had a dog to interact with. My other cats sleep all day too, but
they wake up and want attention around 5pm.

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Wow - what a gorgeous boy, and isn't he huge? !!
He's a stunner.

Tweed


Maine Coons are known for their spectacular size and their fur.
Beautiful cats. I'm glad he's fitting in so well.

Jill

Rhett is actually bigger than him. Longer, and taller to the shoulders.


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On 8/4/2013 3:01 PM, Christina Websell wrote:

I can say that Trim was one of the most challenging dogs I ever had, but I
never regretted the time to get her right.
She became obedient with training and would protect me with her life, but I
never could trust her around food. Not surprising.

Wow, what a character! I can't imagine what he'd been through to become
such a food thief but it's good you came around for him when you did.
Thanks for the story.

I've found that Sam has a bad habit with water dishes, and much worse
than Scarlett and her water bowl antics. One day I went into Sam's room
and he was on the nightstand looking out the window. I pet his face and
he was soaking wet. Where Scarlett will just dip her paws in water and
lick the water off, Sam digs it out of the bowl all over the floor.
Cats and water. Go figure.

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Christina Websell wrote:

Maine Coons are not common over here. If I wanted to buy one, they'd be
a whole lot of money, as would all pure bred cats. I'm surprised also
that another USA poster has found a Siamese at the side of the road.

Well, my voice teacher (Dorothy Warenskjold's mother) had a stray Siamese
adopt them. However, after the day I nearly kidnapped it, we figured out
how it arrived at their home. I was driving home from my lesson when I
heard that distinctive Siamese meow from under my front seat. Evidently
the cat had a habit of stowing away in parked vehicles, if there was an
open window. (Of course I drove it all the way back to their place, but
many motorists would simply have dumped it whenever they discovered it.)

Well done for that.

Pure bred Siamese cost a lot of money here, as do all pure bred cats. I
admire their appearance but not their noise.
Boyfie is bad enough about moaning "is it time yet for my dinner?" I
wouldn't want him to have a Siamese voice.

Tweed

"Cheryl" wrote in message
eb.com...
On 8/4/2013 3:01 PM, Christina Websell wrote:

I can say that Trim was one of the most challenging dogs I ever had, but
I
never regretted the time to get her right.
She became obedient with training and would protect me with her life, but
I
never could trust her around food. Not surprising.

Wow, what a character! I can't imagine what he'd been through to become
such a food thief but it's good you came around for him when you did.


She was dumped in the middle of Leicester in an Asian area and managed to
live for weeks by scavenging and finding a shed in someone's garden to sleep
in, who eventually notified the RSPCA who had a great deal of trouble
catching her even though she was limping as she'd been hit by a car.
So I totally understand why she was such a food thief, she'd been desperate.
I never punished her for breaking into the fridge or into the food cupboard.
I didn't live her life.
I did do all I could to prevent her by putting child locks on since she was
adopted here and had plenty to eat,
I guess she never forgot as she ripped the child locks off and dragged a tin
of black treacle with the lid off all over my carpets. I never said one
word.

If I can find a pic of her I will upload it to Flickr.
She was a great dog about protection, she knew if anyone came here who was
iffy and would watch them very carefully.
If a man came, she would allow it unless he got loud and took one step
towards me, then she was up with her hackles and snarling.
I really miss her - but not how she was able to get into the oven when my
meat was cooking and steal it..
Tweed

Christina Websell wrote:

Well done for that.

Pure bred Siamese cost a lot of money here, as do all pure bred cats. I
admire their appearance but not their noise.
Boyfie is bad enough about moaning "is it time yet for my dinner?" I
wouldn't want him to have a Siamese voice.

Tweed


Try a female Siamese in heat!!!!! Woman I worked with had one, also a
male dachshund that seemed to be trying to ease her distress. When the
cat was finally bred, there were jokes around the office about whether
the resulting litter would be kittens or puppies. ;-)

On 8/8/2013 2:53 PM, EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) wrote:


Christina Websell wrote:

Well done for that.

Pure bred Siamese cost a lot of money here, as do all pure bred cats.
I admire their appearance but not their noise.
Boyfie is bad enough about moaning "is it time yet for my dinner?" I
wouldn't want him to have a Siamese voice.

Tweed


Try a female Siamese in heat!!!!! Woman I worked with had one, also a
male dachshund that seemed to be trying to ease her distress. When the
cat was finally bred, there were jokes around the office about whether
the resulting litter would be kittens or puppies. ;-)

LOL! I went to a cat show a number of years ago, must have been early
2007. One of the Siamese cats went into heat. She was YOWLING like
crazy. I'd never heard anything quite like it! Loud!!! Naturally they
had to take her and leave.

Jill

On 8/8/2013 2:02 PM, Christina Websell wrote:

Pure bred Siamese cost a lot of money here, as do all pure bred cats. I
admire their appearance but not their noise.
Boyfie is bad enough about moaning "is it time yet for my dinner?" I
wouldn't want him to have a Siamese voice.

Sam talks constantly. I thought Rhett was talkative until Sam came
along. Right now I think he's vocalizing his displeasure that the door
to the outside, the screened in enclosure, isn't open all of the time.
He really enjoyed going out there. I have a panel insert for the
sliding glass door that I've never gotten around to installing. Plus I
really need to do something about the ground out there. This year is so
rainy that it's mud most of the time. I need to get a few strips of sod.

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On 8/8/2013 2:45 PM, Christina Websell wrote:

She was dumped in the middle of Leicester in an Asian area and managed to
live for weeks by scavenging and finding a shed in someone's garden to sleep
in, who eventually notified the RSPCA who had a great deal of trouble
catching her even though she was limping as she'd been hit by a car.
So I totally understand why she was such a food thief, she'd been desperate.
I never punished her for breaking into the fridge or into the food cupboard.
I didn't live her life.
I did do all I could to prevent her by putting child locks on since she was
adopted here and had plenty to eat,
I guess she never forgot as she ripped the child locks off and dragged a tin
of black treacle with the lid off all over my carpets. I never said one
word.

If I can find a pic of her I will upload it to Flickr.
She was a great dog about protection, she knew if anyone came here who was
iffy and would watch them very carefully.
If a man came, she would allow it unless he got loud and took one step
towards me, then she was up with her hackles and snarling.
I really miss her - but not how she was able to get into the oven when my
meat was cooking and steal it..
Tweed





I'd love to see a pic of her. Bonnie, too, was a feral and had to
scrounge for food and her shape shows it now that it's available all the
time. I can't imagine what goes on in her head about food. Back when I
trapped her there were two males hanging around and they were big. I
imagine she only got the scraps of what I put out for them. But with
Bonnie, she's never been able to jump up to the countertops. not sure
if she couldn't or hasn't thought to do so, but she does have some
trouble with heights.

Funny story, as in peculiar, not haha funny. She manages to get on the
couch by climbing the steps of the cat tree next to the couch, and that
can get her onto it. Then she'll sometimes go from the couch to the
coffee table and I've seen her going around and around the coffee table
trying to figure out how to get down. She doesn't like to jump and I
can only imagine its because she's getting older and it either hurts her
bones to jump or she just doesn't understand how to. No telling what
her history was before I took her in. She's never been a climber or a
jumper in the entire time she's been here. Earlier this year I bought a
set of stairs made for cats that is carpet covered, so it's three easy
steps up to get on my bed. I posted this on FB a while ago, but I'll
repost here.

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jmcquown wrote:
On 8/8/2013 2:53 PM, EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) wrote:


Christina Websell wrote:

Well done for that.

Pure bred Siamese cost a lot of money here, as do all pure bred cats.
I admire their appearance but not their noise.
Boyfie is bad enough about moaning "is it time yet for my dinner?" I
wouldn't want him to have a Siamese voice.

Tweed


Try a female Siamese in heat!!!!! Woman I worked with had one, also a
male dachshund that seemed to be trying to ease her distress. When the
cat was finally bred, there were jokes around the office about whether
the resulting litter would be kittens or puppies. ;-)

LOL! I went to a cat show a number of years ago, must have been early
2007. One of the Siamese cats went into heat. She was YOWLING like
crazy. I'd never heard anything quite like it! Loud!!! Naturally they
had to take her and leave.

Jill
Then you know what I meant! (Since show cats are usually intact because
the owners intend to breed them, that must have caused quite an uproar,
if any of the male Siamese chose to reply.)