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Henry, my brother cat
I'm back...I'm sure no one knew I was gone other than me as it's only
been a few days. I'm in the midwest visiting my mom and she has my old laptop which worked fine last time I was here but this time the security certificates had expired on the browser and I downloaded IE5 but it wouldn't work. So, while I could read the ngs with difficulty, I couldn't post or go to any website where I had to sign in. Finally, last night I d/led IE5 in a different format and it worked!!!!!! I'm so excited. I felt cut off from the civilized world...well, if this is civilized. I miss my 3 kitties but their dad is taking care of them. My mom has a huge cat named Henry. He weighs about 20 lbs. I told her to make a vet appt. for him while I was here as she can't lift him when he's in the carrier but she hasn't yet so I doubt if it will get done. He really needs to lose weight. He's about 5-6 years old. She has had him almost 2 years. The poor little guy has one of those classic dump stories. He was front declawed by his prevous owner who is my mom's hairdresser's daughter. She had 2 cats, Henry and a mean one, both front declawed, who always tormented poor Henry so he spent much of his time hiding from him. Then she got engaged and the guy doesn't like cats much, you know, same old story we hear all the time. For some reason, he decided she could keep 1 cat so she decided to keep the mean one since she didn't think anyone else would want him. She thought it would be easier to place Henry who is very sweet. She had it arranged for him to go to a local no-kill shelter but my mom decided to take him as she hadn't had a cat for a few years since their last one died (my father is now deceased also) and she felt it was time. So this is where Henry lives. My mom loves him madly. He was already obese when she got him and he hasn't gained. She thinks he has lost some but he's still a huge, huge guy. Fortunately, he doesn't have any behavioral problems associated with his declawing and is very well-behaved. The girl offered to also back paw declaw him (!), too, before my mom took him but she said no, fortunately. She did get her other cat back declawed, though. Now she has a baby but she still has the other cat, too, and apparently isn't planning on dumping him at this time. Henry doesn't care for me much, though. He's not afraid of people like 2 of my cats are so he doesn't run in fear of me but, if I come into a room, he studies me for a couple minutes and then just goes to a different room. I guess I'm disrupting the little brat's lifestyle. I'll still be here a few more days so maybe he'll warm up to me but it's like there isn't even a cat here most of the time. He's kind of a strange dude. She has a lot of windows...he never looks out of them. He's indoor only, of course, and shows no interest in the outside world but she has a really nice screened in porch/sunroom and he couldn't care less about it. He used to like it, she said, but now he has no interest. My cats would love it. It might be that the a/c is on now so the door to the porch is closed and maybe when it cools off and she turns the a/c off and leaves the door open more, he might go in and out more freely. But I think it's so odd that he doesn't look out the windows. There are tables by many of the windows and a big bay window with a window seat that most any cat would love, one would think, but not Henry. He never, ever looks out any of them. I guess in his original home, it was an apt. and there weren't any windows he could get to but I would think 2 years of a lot of windows would undo that. He doesn't play much either. He mostly eats, wants to be petted (by my mom only), sleeps, and lays around doing nothing. He's got so much more room than my cats do but he doesn't utilize it in a catlike manner, imho. Candace |
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On 2005-09-11 15:28:02 -0500, "Candace" said:
I'm back...I'm sure no one knew I was gone other than me as it's only been a few days. I'm in the midwest visiting my mom and she has my old laptop which worked fine last time I was here but this time the security certificates had expired on the browser and I downloaded IE5 but it wouldn't work. So, while I could read the ngs with difficulty, I couldn't post or go to any website where I had to sign in. Finally, last night I d/led IE5 in a different format and it worked!!!!!! I'm so excited. I felt cut off from the civilized world...well, if this is civilized. I miss my 3 kitties but their dad is taking care of them. My mom has a huge cat named Henry. He weighs about 20 lbs. I told her to make a vet appt. for him while I was here as she can't lift him when he's in the carrier but she hasn't yet so I doubt if it will get done. He really needs to lose weight. He's about 5-6 years old. She has had him almost 2 years. The poor little guy has one of those classic dump stories. He was front declawed by his prevous owner who is my mom's hairdresser's daughter. She had 2 cats, Henry and a mean one, both front declawed, who always tormented poor Henry so he spent much of his time hiding from him. Then she got engaged and the guy doesn't like cats much, you know, same old story we hear all the time. For some reason, he decided she could keep 1 cat so she decided to keep the mean one since she didn't think anyone else would want him. She thought it would be easier to place Henry who is very sweet. She had it arranged for him to go to a local no-kill shelter but my mom decided to take him as she hadn't had a cat for a few years since their last one died (my father is now deceased also) and she felt it was time. So this is where Henry lives. My mom loves him madly. He was already obese when she got him and he hasn't gained. She thinks he has lost some but he's still a huge, huge guy. Fortunately, he doesn't have any behavioral problems associated with his declawing and is very well-behaved. The girl offered to also back paw declaw him (!), too, before my mom took him but she said no, fortunately. She did get her other cat back declawed, though. Now she has a baby but she still has the other cat, too, and apparently isn't planning on dumping him at this time. Henry doesn't care for me much, though. He's not afraid of people like 2 of my cats are so he doesn't run in fear of me but, if I come into a room, he studies me for a couple minutes and then just goes to a different room. I guess I'm disrupting the little brat's lifestyle. I'll still be here a few more days so maybe he'll warm up to me but it's like there isn't even a cat here most of the time. He's kind of a strange dude. She has a lot of windows...he never looks out of them. He's indoor only, of course, and shows no interest in the outside world but she has a really nice screened in porch/sunroom and he couldn't care less about it. He used to like it, she said, but now he has no interest. My cats would love it. It might be that the a/c is on now so the door to the porch is closed and maybe when it cools off and she turns the a/c off and leaves the door open more, he might go in and out more freely. But I think it's so odd that he doesn't look out the windows. There are tables by many of the windows and a big bay window with a window seat that most any cat would love, one would think, but not Henry. He never, ever looks out any of them. I guess in his original home, it was an apt. and there weren't any windows he could get to but I would think 2 years of a lot of windows would undo that. He doesn't play much either. He mostly eats, wants to be petted (by my mom only), sleeps, and lays around doing nothing. He's got so much more room than my cats do but he doesn't utilize it in a catlike manner, imho. Candace I highly reccomend w/d for weight loss. Does he eat canned? |
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Karen wrote:
I highly reccomend w/d for weight loss. Does he eat canned? Yes, he eats dry and canned both. The thing is, she's 84, she's not going to go traipsing around getting him special food probably. He's not even been to a vet since she got him so she doesn't have one to buy it from anyway. I wish we had gone but I'm really only here 3 more days and we have plans for the rest of the time I'm here. I'll ask her again, we could possibly go next Wed. if she could get an appt. She doesn't even go to Petsmart because it's in an area she doesn't go to normally so she gets his food from the grocery store. I know it's not the best and last time I was here we went to Petsmart and got him some premium foods but I can't control the situation from 2000 miles away, unfortunately. We're going to Petsmart again while I'm here so I can get him more food but it's not going to help in the long run. Candace |
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On 2005-09-11 15:59:40 -0500, "Candace" said:
Karen wrote: I highly reccomend w/d for weight loss. Does he eat canned? Yes, he eats dry and canned both. The thing is, she's 84, she's not going to go traipsing around getting him special food probably. He's not even been to a vet since she got him so she doesn't have one to buy it from anyway. I wish we had gone but I'm really only here 3 more days and we have plans for the rest of the time I'm here. I'll ask her again, we could possibly go next Wed. if she could get an appt. She doesn't even go to Petsmart because it's in an area she doesn't go to normally so she gets his food from the grocery store. I know it's not the best and last time I was here we went to Petsmart and got him some premium foods but I can't control the situation from 2000 miles away, unfortunately. We're going to Petsmart again while I'm here so I can get him more food but it's not going to help in the long run. Candace Well, depending on your finances, petfooddirect.com has a deal where you can order a months worth of food 10% discount and it is regularly delivered to the door. Maybe you could call it a Christmas present. Even a high quality canned diet and reduced kibble could help out. |
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Good idea! I hadn't even thought of that. I'll check it out when I
get back home to a faster computer. Thanks! Candace |
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