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I know animals that usually are able to do outdoors get antsy when it
rains, just as kids do. Koala has been an indoor cat ever since I got her. She was originally feral, and has never wanted to go outdoors since. It is raining, and she is really acting goofy. She has spent a couple of minutes looking out the sliding glass door and repeatedly meowing. She has attacked her sisfur a few times (She does it occasionally, but usually not more than once or twice a day), and she has had the zoomies. The forecasters said the rain would stop by 11:00 a.m. today, but it has only 20 minutes to go, and I suspect it won't make the deadline. |
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On 1/12/2017 1:40 PM, Joy wrote:
I know animals that usually are able to do outdoors get antsy when it rains, just as kids do. Koala has been an indoor cat ever since I got her. She was originally feral, and has never wanted to go outdoors since. It is raining, and she is really acting goofy. She has spent a couple of minutes looking out the sliding glass door and repeatedly meowing. She has attacked her sisfur a few times (She does it occasionally, but usually not more than once or twice a day), and she has had the zoomies. The forecasters said the rain would stop by 11:00 a.m. today, but it has only 20 minutes to go, and I suspect it won't make the deadline. Buffy is also a former feral and shows no interest in going outside. But she does get restless when it is rainy. Perhaps the change in barometric pressure has something to do with it? She'll be sitting there quietly, then suddenly ZOOOOM! Off she goes, dashing into another room. She baps a few toys around then comes zooming back. They're fun little critters. Jill |
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On Thu, 12 Jan 2017 10:40:37 -0800, Joy wrote:
I know animals that usually are able to do outdoors get antsy when it rains, just as kids do. Koala has been an indoor cat ever since I got her. She was originally feral, and has never wanted to go outdoors since. It is raining, and she is really acting goofy. She has spent a couple of minutes looking out the sliding glass door and repeatedly meowing. She has attacked her sisfur a few times (She does it occasionally, but usually not more than once or twice a day), and she has had the zoomies. The zoomies? Joy, I'm going to adopt that word. I've been calling it Crazy Kitty Mode until now, but I like Zoomies better. So from now on, that's what I'm calling it when Minnie keeps on tearing through the house from one end to the other, usually including a few runs upstairs and back down again, and often with at least one complete trip from my computer table in the dining room all the way to the couch at the opposite end of the living room without touching the floor even once. FWIW, the above is exactly what she was doing the night before you posted this, when it was raining and very windy here. Purrfect timing! John D. Kasupski Niagara Falls, NY |
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On 1/13/2017 8:45 AM, John Kasupski wrote:
On Thu, 12 Jan 2017 10:40:37 -0800, Joy wrote: I know animals that usually are able to do outdoors get antsy when it rains, just as kids do. Koala has been an indoor cat ever since I got her. She was originally feral, and has never wanted to go outdoors since. It is raining, and she is really acting goofy. She has spent a couple of minutes looking out the sliding glass door and repeatedly meowing. She has attacked her sisfur a few times (She does it occasionally, but usually not more than once or twice a day), and she has had the zoomies. The zoomies? Joy, I'm going to adopt that word. I've been calling it Crazy Kitty Mode until now, but I like Zoomies better. So from now on, that's what I'm calling it when Minnie keeps on tearing through the house from one end to the other, usually including a few runs upstairs and back down again, and often with at least one complete trip from my computer table in the dining room all the way to the couch at the opposite end of the living room without touching the floor even once. FWIW, the above is exactly what she was doing the night before you posted this, when it was raining and very windy here. Purrfect timing! John D. Kasupski Niagara Falls, NY LOL! I didn't invent the word. I discovered it here, just as you did. It conveys a lot in a single word. I think you may be fairly new to the group. If so, welcome. It is a fun group. I'm sure you'll enjoy it. I've been a member for a number of years now. Like any group of people, cyber or otherwise, it is constantly evolving as people come and go. I've been fortunate enough to meet a few of the people who used to post here, but they've all left the group for one reason or another. Joy G Simi Valley, CA |
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On Fri, 13 Jan 2017 11:12:12 -0800, Joy wrote:
I think you may be fairly new to the group. If so, welcome. Thank you! Yes, I'm relatively new here, having just subscribed to the group in early November, soon after Minnie arrived here the week of Halloween. I didn't really want a pet at the time but if I didn't take her in her previous owner was going to leave her at a shelter, where her future prospects probably wouldn't have been too favorable, so she ended up here anyway. My plan had been to find someone else to adopt her on a permanent basis, but once her previous owner had left her here, it took her less than two hours to change my mind. I'll save that story for another thread, however, rather than hijack yours. ;-) John D. Kasupski Niagara Falls, NY |
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On 1/13/2017 1:16 PM, John Kasupski wrote:
On Fri, 13 Jan 2017 11:12:12 -0800, Joy wrote: I think you may be fairly new to the group. If so, welcome. Thank you! Yes, I'm relatively new here, having just subscribed to the group in early November, soon after Minnie arrived here the week of Halloween. I didn't really want a pet at the time but if I didn't take her in her previous owner was going to leave her at a shelter, where her future prospects probably wouldn't have been too favorable, so she ended up here anyway. My plan had been to find someone else to adopt her on a permanent basis, but once her previous owner had left her here, it took her less than two hours to change my mind. I'll save that story for another thread, however, rather than hijack yours. ;-) John D. Kasupski Niagara Falls, NY No problem. That happens all the time. We call it thread drift. Yes, cats can find a way to wiggle into our hearts, whether we want them to or not. I'm glad you and Minnie found each other. Joy |
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On 1/13/2017 4:16 PM, John Kasupski wrote:
On Fri, 13 Jan 2017 11:12:12 -0800, Joy wrote: I think you may be fairly new to the group. If so, welcome. Thank you! Yes, I'm relatively new here, having just subscribed to the group in early November, soon after Minnie arrived here the week of Halloween. I didn't really want a pet at the time but if I didn't take her in her previous owner was going to leave her at a shelter, where her future prospects probably wouldn't have been too favorable, so she ended up here anyway. My plan had been to find someone else to adopt her on a permanent basis, but once her previous owner had left her here, it took her less than two hours to change my mind. I'll save that story for another thread, however, rather than hijack yours. ;-) John D. Kasupski Niagara Falls, NY Welcome from me, too, John. Jill Saint Helena Island, SC |
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On Fri, 13 Jan 2017 19:56:24 -0500, jmcquown wrote:
Welcome from me, too, John. Thank you, Jill. I'm pleased to make your acquaintance - as well as Joy's - and as for the other regulars here, I'll be working on that. :-) John D. Kasupski Niagara Falls, NY |
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John Kasupski wrote:
On Thu, 12 Jan 2017 10:40:37 -0800, Joy wrote: out the sliding glass door and repeatedly meowing. She has attacked her sisfur a few times (She does it occasionally, but usually not more than once or twice a day), and she has had the zoomies. The zoomies? Joy, I'm going to adopt that word. I've been calling it Crazy Kitty Mode until now, but I like Zoomies better. So from now on, that's what I'm calling it when Minnie keeps on tearing through the house from one end to the other, usually including a few runs upstairs and back down again, and often with at least one complete trip from my computer table in the dining room all the way to the couch at the opposite end of the living room without touching the floor even once. Yep, that's the zoomies alright. That's my diagnosis. Joyce -- Beauty and music seduce us first; later, ashamed of our own sensuality, we insist on meaning. -- Clive Barker |
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On 1/13/2017 10:34 PM, John Kasupski wrote:
On Fri, 13 Jan 2017 19:56:24 -0500, jmcquown wrote: Welcome from me, too, John. Thank you, Jill. I'm pleased to make your acquaintance - as well as Joy's - and as for the other regulars here, I'll be working on that. :-) John D. Kasupski Niagara Falls, NY The group used to be a lot more active than it is now. I suspect many of the former regulars are on Facebook now. I can't stand FB so I won't be seeing them unless they wander back in here. Jill |
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