KFC latest news: The Groom-a-thon :-) this might be long..

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God you are an arrogant prick aren't you

On Aug 16, 12:40*am, "Matthew"
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God you are an arrogant prick aren't you

You know Matthew, I have not resorted to namecalling and have
presented a cogent and coherent argument out of concern for the
wellbeing of an elderly, debilitated kitty. I find it interesting that
you come here with an agenda and your own personal vendetta and make a
concerted effort to call me names, yet you have nothing to say about
the subject at hand. This type of behavior is childish and certainly
doesn't help KFC. Do you advocate the use of a human product on an
animal that is not good for them? It's too bad that you feel that
concern for an animal should result in namecalling.

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On Aug 16, 12:40 am, "Matthew"
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God you are an arrogant prick aren't you

You know Matthew, I have not resorted to namecalling and have
presented a cogent and coherent argument out of concern for the
wellbeing of an elderly, debilitated kitty. I find it interesting that
you come here with an agenda and your own personal vendetta and make a
concerted effort to call me names, yet you have nothing to say about
the subject at hand. This type of behavior is childish and certainly
doesn't help KFC. Do you advocate the use of a human product on an
animal that is not good for them? It's too bad that you feel that
concern for an animal should result in namecalling.

Here you go again you just don't learn

Too bad that you have not learned after many of a person has told you to
back off and learn how to deal with people

You treat people as if they are stupid and you assume that they are. For
that you are an arrogant @$$@$

I have stated that you are an intelligent person and have a lot of knowledge
about cats but you lack any couth or people skills and you constantly show
that in your post.

You did it with me you did it here I guarantee you will do it again

On Aug 16, 9:00*am, "Matthew"
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On Aug 16, 12:40 am, "Matthew"
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God you are an arrogant prick aren't you

You know Matthew, I have not resorted to namecalling and have
presented a cogent and coherent argument out of concern for the
wellbeing of an elderly, debilitated kitty. I find it interesting that
you come here with an agenda and your own personal vendetta and make a
concerted effort to call me names, yet you have nothing to say about
the subject at hand. This type of behavior is childish and certainly
doesn't help KFC. Do you advocate the use of a human product on an
animal that is not good for them? *It's too bad that you feel that
concern for an animal should result in namecalling.

Here you go again you just don't learn

Too bad that you have not learned after many of a person has told you to
back off and learn how to deal with people

You treat people as if they are stupid and you assume that they are. *For
that you are an arrogant @$$@$

I have stated that you are an intelligent person and have a lot of knowledge
about cats *but you lack any couth or people skills *and you constantly show
that in your post.

You did it with me *you did it here I guarantee you will do it again

Thank you, Matthew, for proving my point. You did a fantastic job. :-)

Christina Websell wrote:
Hi, folks

In the last thread I started about Kitty FC's amazing progress from being a
no-hoper with RB fast approaching to a diva who had gained a lot of weight
and insisted on roast chicken, I mentioned how her fur had got into a bad
state, partly because she stopped self-grooming some time ago, partly
because I was unable to help her with it for three months due to my own
injuries but mainly because even before that she just *would not allow it*
or at least not often enough to keep her up to scratch (pardon the
unintentional pun.)
So we needed to get the cavalry in, in the form of my friend June. I said
she would be up for it, didn't I, and she certainly was!
So June came yesterday to visit KFC, who knows her very well. They spent 10
minutes admiring each other, KFC being ecstatic at seeing Auntie June again,
purring up a storm and rubbing herself all over her and Auntie June talking
to her in a silly voice (which KFC loves) saying "you aren't going to say
this to me in a hour or two, little girlie.."
The hoomins felt the need for a cup of tea then. Most Brits will know what
I mean. We discussed our strategy over our tea. Poor KFC had no idea what
was coming.
June had come equipped with battery-operated clippers, hairdressing scissors
etc in case it was necessary. I said I would prefer us to try teasing out
her horribly felted undercoat if possible and groom it out.
I got a towel to put over her head, but June had a better idea. She twisted
the towel and put it round her neck and took in her front feet with it too.
OMG, did poor Kitty swear when I got to work on her, teasing out all this
stuff! What a potty-mouth ;-) but no pain no gain. I jumped away every
time she growled and swore. Auntie June said to KFC "your mummy is nervous"
and I said "so would you be, if you'd been trying to do it on your own!" She
agreed.
Thanks to June's skill at handling difficult animals (and I was able to get
the matts away from her tummy too) I had a snowballs chance at that - KFC
is far more comfortable now. There is a little bit more to do (not much and
we have agreed June will come back in ten days so we can do that)
We didn't get the bath done, obviously. It took one and three-quarter hours
to get what seemed enough felted stuff out to make at least one more cat and
we decided we'd all had enough. That's for next time.
Both hoomins got slightly injured during the process. KFC sank one footful
of front claws into June's hand before we got the towel idea going properly.
Fortunately she merely removed Kitty's foot from her hand very carefully
without flinching or trying to pull it away so just puncture marks. I got
kicked by the back feet when I was removing the awful mats from her tummy.

But yay! She looks pretty again. I think she knows it. Sing I look
pretty, I look pretty

I'm so pleased. June was the only person amongst my friends who would have
been capable of this, and I've had to hold off asking as her husband had a
heart by-pass op earlier this year. "Will you help me groom my very old
cat?" didn't seem appropriate at that time.

Tweed

You are a brave soul! I'm glad you and June were able to help KFC with
her mats. I have the same problem with three of mine, but I'm just
doing it a little teeny bit at a time, since I wouldn't even know who to
ask for help in this department. I just get out either my mat-breaker
comb or battery-operated razor (aren't those great?), and if Cosmo or
Trill are calm, I just do a couple of minutes on them. Wolfie is much,
much more difficult. My brother-in-law was crazy enough to try to do
some work on Wolfie the last time he was here, and he actually did work
on him for a decent amount of time before Wolfie said "GRRRRROOWWWLLL -
I don't *Think* so!" Maybe I can borrow him again.

Anyway, cheers, and if I had a bravery medal, I'd send it to you!

Ginger-lyn

"Debby Hanoka" wrote in message
m...
snip wonderfully funny story

I suspect Kitty Farm Cat could have given lessons (telepathically, of
course) to Capt. Midnight (RB). He LOVED being brushed, but he wouldn't
let any of us near his claws.


I'd love to see a photo of KFC, if you've got one to send me. My working
email address is below.

Debby Hanoka
dhanoka at gmail dot com

I have quite a nice pic of her which I will send you in a few minutes.

Tweed

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Christina Websell wrote:
Hi, folks

In the last thread I started about Kitty FC's amazing progress from being
a no-hoper with RB fast approaching to a diva who had gained a lot of
weight and insisted on roast chicken, I mentioned how her fur had got
into a bad state, partly because she stopped self-grooming some time ago,
partly because I was unable to help her with it for three months due to
my own injuries but mainly because even before that she just *would not
allow it* or at least not often enough to keep her up to scratch (pardon
the unintentional pun.)
So we needed to get the cavalry in, in the form of my friend June. I
said she would be up for it, didn't I, and she certainly was!
So June came yesterday to visit KFC, who knows her very well. They spent
10 minutes admiring each other, KFC being ecstatic at seeing Auntie June
again, purring up a storm and rubbing herself all over her and Auntie
June talking to her in a silly voice (which KFC loves) saying "you aren't
going to say this to me in a hour or two, little girlie.."
The hoomins felt the need for a cup of tea then. Most Brits will know
what I mean. We discussed our strategy over our tea. Poor KFC had no
idea what was coming.
June had come equipped with battery-operated clippers, hairdressing
scissors etc in case it was necessary. I said I would prefer us to try
teasing out her horribly felted undercoat if possible and groom it out.
I got a towel to put over her head, but June had a better idea. She
twisted the towel and put it round her neck and took in her front feet
with it too.
OMG, did poor Kitty swear when I got to work on her, teasing out all this
stuff! What a potty-mouth ;-) but no pain no gain. I jumped away every
time she growled and swore. Auntie June said to KFC "your mummy is
nervous" and I said "so would you be, if you'd been trying to do it on
your own!" She agreed.
Thanks to June's skill at handling difficult animals (and I was able to
get the matts away from her tummy too) I had a snowballs chance at that -
KFC is far more comfortable now. There is a little bit more to do (not
much and we have agreed June will come back in ten days so we can do
that)
We didn't get the bath done, obviously. It took one and three-quarter
hours to get what seemed enough felted stuff out to make at least one
more cat and we decided we'd all had enough. That's for next time.
Both hoomins got slightly injured during the process. KFC sank one
footful of front claws into June's hand before we got the towel idea
going properly. Fortunately she merely removed Kitty's foot from her hand
very carefully without flinching or trying to pull it away so just
puncture marks. I got kicked by the back feet when I was removing the
awful mats from her tummy.

But yay! She looks pretty again. I think she knows it. Sing I look
pretty, I look pretty

I'm so pleased. June was the only person amongst my friends who would
have been capable of this, and I've had to hold off asking as her husband
had a heart by-pass op earlier this year. "Will you help me groom my
very old cat?" didn't seem appropriate at that time.

Tweed

You are a brave soul! I'm glad you and June were able to help KFC with
her mats. I have the same problem with three of mine, but I'm just doing
it a little teeny bit at a time, since I wouldn't even know who to ask for
help in this department.

I know how difficult it is when you live alone. It's so easy to cope with
serious grooming if you have someone living with you and often impossible if
you don't and don't have a friend brave enough to help. I am more than
lucky to have June. I swear that woman could handle a mad elephant, she is
so skilled.

I just get out either my mat-breaker
comb or battery-operated razor (aren't those great?),

June brought a battery operated razor but I did not want to use it. I
thought it would take more time to do it "by hand" but it would be better if
we didn't use the razor.

and if Cosmo or
Trill are calm, I just do a couple of minutes on them. Wolfie is much,
much more difficult. My brother-in-law was crazy enough to try to do some
work on Wolfie the last time he was here, and he actually did work on him
for a decent amount of time before Wolfie said "GRRRRROOWWWLLL - I don't
*Think* so!" Maybe I can borrow him again.

It's difficult if they are not grooming themselves properly, isn't it?

Anyway, cheers, and if I had a bravery medal, I'd send it to you!


Thanks. We will need another medal when we give her a bath for the first
and only time in her 20 plus years. I don't think cats need bathing as a
rule ever, but trust me, KFC does.
I'm not responding to the disagreement about the shampoo. I will decide
what I think is best for her. ~ that is due to my intelligence. Sometimes I
am so intelligent that I surprise myself at being able to decide what best
to do ;-)

Tweed

"Christina Websell" wrote in message
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"Debby Hanoka" wrote in message
m...
snip wonderfully funny story

I suspect Kitty Farm Cat could have given lessons (telepathically, of
course) to Capt. Midnight (RB). He LOVED being brushed, but he wouldn't
let any of us near his claws.


I'd love to see a photo of KFC, if you've got one to send me. My working
email address is below.

Debby Hanoka
dhanoka at gmail dot com

I have quite a nice pic of her which I will send you in a few minutes.


It will not attach, sorry.

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On Aug 16, 12:40 am, "Matthew"
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God you are an arrogant prick aren't you

You know Matthew, I have not resorted to namecalling and have
presented a cogent and coherent argument out of concern for the
wellbeing of an elderly, debilitated kitty. I find it interesting that
you come here with an agenda and your own personal vendetta and make a
concerted effort to call me names, yet you have nothing to say about
the subject at hand. This type of behavior is childish and certainly
doesn't help KFC. Do you advocate the use of a human product on an
animal that is not good for them? It's too bad that you feel that
concern for an animal should result in namecalling.

Here you go again you just don't learn

Too bad that you have not learned after many of a person has told you to
back off and learn how to deal with people

You treat people as if they are stupid and you assume that they are. For
that you are an arrogant @$$@$

I have stated that you are an intelligent person and have a lot of
knowledge about cats but you lack any couth or people skills and you
constantly show that in your post.

You did it with me you did it here I guarantee you will do it again

I think I love you, Matthew. But all of you are right, all this getting
angry with each other does not help KFC at all.

Tweed

"Christina Websell" wrote in
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I know how difficult it is when you live alone. It's so easy to
cope with serious grooming if you have someone living with you and
often impossible if you don't and don't have a friend brave enough
to help. I am more than lucky to have June. I swear that woman
could handle a mad elephant, she is so skilled.

I have to brag on my ten year old grandson. His mother is very
skilled at handling animals. But as you point out, there is a limit
to what one person can do.

Their 3 lb Chihuahua has been having a terrible time with her toe
nails. She got nicked by a groomer as was so traumatized that we
could barely touch her feet. Forget clipping nails.

And the vet said she was going to have to be knocked out to do them.
Not something you want to have to do with a tiny dog that is only a
little over a year old.

She was getting to the point where you could see her feet hurt and
having trouble walking.

Last week, Vicki was trying to work on her with as little luck as
usual. She had the dog on her back and fairly calm but couldn't touch
her with the clippers. Her son Ryan got some treats and joined them
to help. The dog switched her attention to the kid and the treats.
She got a bit of a treat each time the clipper got close enough to do
its job, and Ryan helped to hold her as well as putting the treats in
her mouth.

They got all ten nails. Ryan is so pleased with himself. And Camille
is running around like crazy and enjoying her new pain free feet.

Jo