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Ow! Help! (Not OT)
Off work today, Dave up and yours truly lying in bed with a cup of
coffee and to my surprise both cats on the bed with me- Sarsi always comes up for her morning skritchies but Dunzi doesn't do it very often. They get jealous if one gets more attention than the other- I almost have to make sure they get exactly the same number of pettings because I have a suspicion Sarsi can count -wondering how I am going to get to my coffee before it gets cold since both hands are now taken up with skritchie duty before long they settle down to some serious kneading of Meowmie.... OW! It's so hot I only have a sheet on the bed (I cannot get to sleep unless I have something over me) so I am getting double doses of claws one on each side. Mental note-claw clipping needs done- after this it DEFINITELY needs done....but somehow I manage to double fold the sheet under their claws so it gets about as bearable as it is ever going to get. Anyway it's rather relaxing to be surrounded by loud, happy purring cats and somehow despite the multiple needles applying their own specialised form of acupuncture I start to doze off.... At this point just as I am falling into the arms of Morpheus for some reason they both jump up and commence some serious wrestling...on my stomach...with claws out! HELP! Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs |
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Ow! Help! (Not OT)
On Jun 8, 11:06*am, Lesley wrote:
Off work today, Dave up and yours truly lying in bed with a cup of coffee and to my surprise both cats on the bed with me- Sarsi always comes up for her morning skritchies but Dunzi doesn't do it very often. *They get jealous if one gets more attention than the other- I almost have to make sure they get exactly the same number of pettings because I have a suspicion Sarsi can count -wondering how I am going to get to my coffee before it gets cold since both hands are now taken up with skritchie duty before long they settle down to some serious kneading of Meowmie.... OW! It's so hot I only have a sheet on the bed (I cannot get to sleep unless I have something over me) so I am getting double doses of claws one on each side. Mental note-claw clipping needs done- after this it DEFINITELY needs done....but somehow I manage to double fold the sheet under their claws so it gets about as bearable as it is ever going to get. Anyway it's rather relaxing to be surrounded by loud, happy purring cats and somehow despite the multiple needles applying their own specialised form of acupuncture I start to doze off.... At this point just as I am falling into the arms of Morpheus for some reason they both jump up and commence some serious wrestling...on my stomach...with claws out! HELP! Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs Ha! I misread the header to read "Owl Help." Having had the experience of untangling a wounded great horned owl from a fence, and trying desperately to save the poor thing, I thought "Oh. I might know something about her owl problem." I know a lot more about "ow!!" problems, but I don't have a solution either! I usually don't clip claws, but they clipped Frank's at the vets (for their own safety I suspect)....he loves to come up to me and sink his claws in my leg to get my attention. After the clipping, it was lovely for a while. I thought. He probably didn't! I think if you just even clip the hooky part at the very end, it *really* reduces the "ow" factor. Sherry |
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Ow! Help! (Not OT)
Sherry wrote:
On Jun 8, 11:06 am, Lesley wrote: Off work today, Dave up and yours truly lying in bed with a cup of coffee and to my surprise both cats on the bed with me- Sarsi always comes up for her morning skritchies but Dunzi doesn't do it very often. They get jealous if one gets more attention than the other- I almost have to make sure they get exactly the same number of pettings because I have a suspicion Sarsi can count -wondering how I am going to get to my coffee before it gets cold since both hands are now taken up with skritchie duty before long they settle down to some serious kneading of Meowmie.... OW! It's so hot I only have a sheet on the bed (I cannot get to sleep unless I have something over me) so I am getting double doses of claws one on each side. Mental note-claw clipping needs done- after this it DEFINITELY needs done....but somehow I manage to double fold the sheet under their claws so it gets about as bearable as it is ever going to get. Anyway it's rather relaxing to be surrounded by loud, happy purring cats and somehow despite the multiple needles applying their own specialised form of acupuncture I start to doze off.... At this point just as I am falling into the arms of Morpheus for some reason they both jump up and commence some serious wrestling...on my stomach...with claws out! HELP! Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs Ha! I misread the header to read "Owl Help." Having had the experience of untangling a wounded great horned owl from a fence, and trying desperately to save the poor thing, I thought "Oh. I might know something about her owl problem." I know a lot more about "ow!!" problems, but I don't have a solution either! I usually don't clip claws, but they clipped Frank's at the vets (for their own safety I suspect)....he loves to come up to me and sink his claws in my leg to get my attention. After the clipping, it was lovely for a while. I thought. He probably didn't! I think if you just even clip the hooky part at the very end, it *really* reduces the "ow" factor. Sherry We have been having stormy weather here and last night TuTu crawled into bed with me about 2AM. She has been sleeping either in front of the bathroom heat register or in my computer chair for a long time now. The bed really isn't big enough for both of us. So I felt those little needle sticks this AM as she made biscuits on me. Our weather turned hot Sunday, so we do have flooding around the rivers and creeks. It cooled off some last night so that may be why TuTu wanted to use me for a heating pad. Best wishes. MLB |
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Ow! Help! (Not OT)
"Lesley" wrote in message ... Off work today, Dave up and yours truly lying in bed with a cup of coffee and to my surprise both cats on the bed with me- Sarsi always comes up for her morning skritchies but Dunzi doesn't do it very often. They get jealous if one gets more attention than the other- I almost have to make sure they get exactly the same number of pettings because I have a suspicion Sarsi can count -wondering how I am going to get to my coffee before it gets cold since both hands are now taken up with skritchie duty before long they settle down to some serious kneading of Meowmie.... OW! It's so hot I only have a sheet on the bed (I cannot get to sleep unless I have something over me) so I am getting double doses of claws one on each side. Mental note-claw clipping needs done- after this it DEFINITELY needs done....but somehow I manage to double fold the sheet under their claws so it gets about as bearable as it is ever going to get. Anyway it's rather relaxing to be surrounded by loud, happy purring cats and somehow despite the multiple needles applying their own specialised form of acupuncture I start to doze off.... At this point just as I am falling into the arms of Morpheus for some reason they both jump up and commence some serious wrestling...on my stomach...with claws out! Very familiar with the problem. And we don't trim claws here. Fortunately there are several forty foot tall maple scratching posts in the yard. I actually dress with claws in mind. There are a couple of sweaters that are Jake's favorites. I avoid those on days we are likely to both be in the house together for hours. And I've learned that several thin layers prevent puncture wounds better than one thick layer. Kind of like you would design a bullet proof vest. Jo |
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