Update: Tweaker/Bathroom Cat

Charlie Wilkes wrote:
TWEAKER
BATHROOM CAT -- BEYOND FERAL?

The bathroom cat has thwarted my attempts at capture to the point
where I have backed off and am now using hunger (but not excessively)
as a taming force. This is one hostile, ferocious animal, and not a
small one either. I wonder if she is not a natural lynx hybrid. Take
another look at these pix:

www.geocities.com/wallofgrays/catcam.htm

And then look at this link:

http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/town/pl...90/canlynx.htm

Charlie: Your cat looks like a cat that is looking at a Lynx. LOL

In article ,
Charlie Wilkes wrote:

She is apparently not pregnant, but I think I have solved the mystery.
It turns out there is another cat who looks almost identical living on
or around my property. I trapped the wrong one.

Aha! Mystery solved! Now, has the real pregnant cat delivered her
kittens yet?

Priscilla
--
"You can't welcome someone into a body of Christ and then say only
certain rooms are open." -- dancertm in alt.religion.christian.episcopal

In article ,
Charlie Wilkes wrote:

The other day I reached into the shower for a bar of soap, not
realizing she was perched on the stub wall. She freaked out, jumped
down onto the wash stand and snarled at me in a manner that was not
like that of any housecat I have seen. Her thighs are more muscular,
and she is all-around a more powerful animal.

Yup, she's a feral.

Priscilla
--
"You can't welcome someone into a body of Christ and then say only
certain rooms are open." -- dancertm in alt.religion.christian.episcopal

Charlie Wilkes wrote:
I haven't named her, and if she wants to be my pet, she will have to
show more initiative than she has so far. I'll feed her if she
sticks around after I release her, and she need never warm up to me.
I will be happy to admire her from a distance -- as long as I know
she isn't producing more feral cats!

Charlie

If it comes to spaying, and you have to pay out of your pocket, I'd be
willing to send something towards it, I think it's admirable what your
doing, an interesting development.

On Sat, 07 May 2005 13:51:19 GMT, "Philip"
wrote:

Charlie Wilkes wrote:
TWEAKER
BATHROOM CAT -- BEYOND FERAL?

The bathroom cat has thwarted my attempts at capture to the point
where I have backed off and am now using hunger (but not excessively)
as a taming force. This is one hostile, ferocious animal, and not a
small one either. I wonder if she is not a natural lynx hybrid. Take
another look at these pix:

www.geocities.com/wallofgrays/catcam.htm

And then look at this link:

http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/town/pl...90/canlynx.htm

Charlie: Your cat looks like a cat that is looking at a Lynx. LOL


No go on the lynx theory, eh? That's a bummer. For a little while
there, I thought I had a lynx in my bathroom, and it was a great
fantasy. It was also a convenient cover story. The fact is, I am
afraid to tangle with this critter, which is why I have put off the
inevitable vetting. I'd rather be scared off by a lynx than a
housecat.

A bobcat hybrid perhaps??? Or maybe a once-normal housecat from
Hanford, east of the mountains, exposed to gamma rays like the
Incredible Hulk.

Charlie

On Sat, 07 May 2005 14:13:19 GMT, Priscilla Ballou
wrote:

In article ,
Charlie Wilkes wrote:

She is apparently not pregnant, but I think I have solved the mystery.
It turns out there is another cat who looks almost identical living on
or around my property. I trapped the wrong one.

Aha! Mystery solved! Now, has the real pregnant cat delivered her
kittens yet?

Priscilla

I have only glimpsed her, but she must have by now.

I should notch the bathroom cat's ear when I take her in, but she's
such a beautiful animal I hate to do it.

Charlie

On 7 May 2005 09:47:57 -0700, "bigbadbarry"
wrote:


Charlie Wilkes wrote:
I haven't named her, and if she wants to be my pet, she will have to
show more initiative than she has so far. I'll feed her if she
sticks around after I release her, and she need never warm up to me.
I will be happy to admire her from a distance -- as long as I know
she isn't producing more feral cats!

Charlie

If it comes to spaying, and you have to pay out of your pocket, I'd be
willing to send something towards it, I think it's admirable what your
doing, an interesting development.

Keep the money for the cat that shows up in your life. I used to
smoke 3 packs of cigarettes a day, but I quit, so I'm rolling in
dough.

It's a hobby.

Charlie

In article ,
Charlie Wilkes wrote:

A bobcat hybrid perhaps??? Or maybe a once-normal housecat from
Hanford, east of the mountains, exposed to gamma rays like the
Incredible Hulk.

Don't get her angry... you don't want to see her when she's angry! ;-)

Priscilla
--
"You can't welcome someone into a body of Christ and then say only
certain rooms are open." -- dancertm in alt.religion.christian.episcopal

On Sat, 07 May 2005 20:51:24 GMT, "Diane L. Schirf"
wrote:

In article ,
Charlie Wilkes wrote:

Charlie: Your cat looks like a cat that is looking at a Lynx. LOL


No go on the lynx theory, eh? That's a bummer. For a little while
there, I thought I had a lynx in my bathroom, and it was a great
fantasy. It was also a convenient cover story. The fact is, I am
afraid to tangle with this critter, which is why I have put off the
inevitable vetting. I'd rather be scared off by a lynx than a
housecat.

A bobcat hybrid perhaps??? Or maybe a once-normal housecat from
Hanford, east of the mountains, exposed to gamma rays like the
Incredible Hulk.

Charlie, I'm going to send you Hodge, and then you'll find out what a
sweet, domesticated kitty you've got in your bathroom. LOL.

Oh come on. I looked at your pictures. I saw Hodge in the bag, Hodge
in the box. If you can get those photos, Hodge is tamer than my
bathroom cat.

Charlie

On Sat 07 May 2005 04:46:14p, Charlie Wilkes wrote in
rec.pets.cats.health+behav
):

No go on the lynx theory, eh? That's a bummer. For a little
while there, I thought I had a lynx in my bathroom, and it was a
great fantasy. It was also a convenient cover story. The fact
is, I am afraid to tangle with this critter, which is why I have
put off the inevitable vetting. I'd rather be scared off by a
lynx than a housecat.

A bobcat hybrid perhaps??? Or maybe a once-normal housecat from
Hanford, east of the mountains, exposed to gamma rays like the
Incredible Hulk.

LOL I had a wild panther in my bathroom.

http://community.webshots.com/photo/...75554664AQoqTP

2 years later (May 17 2003 was when I trapped her) this former
feral is a great pet. I still can't pick her up, though.

--
Cheryl

"The clever cat eats cheese and breathes down rat holes with
baited breath." - W.C. Fields