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Good news, bad news, and kittens update
The good news: Snowball came home this afternoon. It's not unusual
for her to disappear for weeks at a time, but never two days short of a full month. She's healthy, happy, and hungry. The bad news: Spooky did *not* come home today. He went out yesterday during a break in the rain - that surprised me because he never goes out when it's wet, in fact, he hadn't been out at all in the last few weeks. I posted back in March that he was getting old, and he's been deteriorating rapidly lately. I think he went outside to find a place to be alone to die in peace. I will be very surprised if he returns, but I hope he does. Now, the three red tabby kittens. They are growing up rapidly. They're a bit over ten weeks old now, and all but Sieglinde have fully colored eyes. They have gotten quieter, except that Siegfried appears headed toward being a noisy face licker type lap cat. Siegmund is the only one not purring loudly when petted. They get along well with all the adults except Snowball, who just met them a few hours ago. Since they have mastered the kitchen door cat flap into the mud room and are now using the adults' food, water, and litter, I have removed the bowls and pan I set up for them in the bathroom - I'll add kitten chow to the food pan until I run out. Speaking of Siegfried, he's also showing signs of being a very demanding computer room cat - he's walking all over my hands, meowing, and licking my fingers right now ... and purring loudly enough to be heard across the room. ... A bit of petting did not calm him down for more than a minute or so. That kitten is going to be a problem. Correction: he *is* a problem. The other two are just exploring the room between wrestling matches. They still do the zoomies on the bed and toe greeble attacks thing during the night. Yesterday, one of them stepped on the off button for the UPS that powers my satellite transciever/modem and router which took my server off line for a while. -- T.E.D. ) |
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Well I certainly send purrs for Spooky. I hate the idea of a cat going
away to 'die in peace' I wouldn't want my cat to do that. If my cat was old, i would hope it would either choose a safe place here at home or let me know when he wanted to go. But that's just me. I don't know but the whole idea just gives me the willies. So i hope he comes back. Have any piccies of the red tabbies? Kristi |
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Ted Davis wrote:
The bad news: Spooky did *not* come home today. He went out yesterday during a break in the rain - that surprised me because he never goes out when it's wet, in fact, he hadn't been out at all in the last few weeks. I posted back in March that he was getting old, and he's been deteriorating rapidly lately. I think he went outside to find a place to be alone to die in peace. I will be very surprised if he returns, but I hope he does. I would be too especially since you were dumb enough to let him out - maybe you should have had a brain and kept him inside since he was ailing. Or maybe he will get a true home for his last days better than the one he had. |
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I'm so glad Snowball came home!
I'm sorry about Spooky. Purrs that he comes back to you. Please ignore the troll I just plonked. It sounds as though you really have your hands full with those kittens. Good luck with them! Joy "Ted Davis" wrote in message ... The good news: Snowball came home this afternoon. It's not unusual for her to disappear for weeks at a time, but never two days short of a full month. She's healthy, happy, and hungry. The bad news: Spooky did *not* come home today. He went out yesterday during a break in the rain - that surprised me because he never goes out when it's wet, in fact, he hadn't been out at all in the last few weeks. I posted back in March that he was getting old, and he's been deteriorating rapidly lately. I think he went outside to find a place to be alone to die in peace. I will be very surprised if he returns, but I hope he does. Now, the three red tabby kittens. They are growing up rapidly. They're a bit over ten weeks old now, and all but Sieglinde have fully colored eyes. They have gotten quieter, except that Siegfried appears headed toward being a noisy face licker type lap cat. Siegmund is the only one not purring loudly when petted. They get along well with all the adults except Snowball, who just met them a few hours ago. Since they have mastered the kitchen door cat flap into the mud room and are now using the adults' food, water, and litter, I have removed the bowls and pan I set up for them in the bathroom - I'll add kitten chow to the food pan until I run out. Speaking of Siegfried, he's also showing signs of being a very demanding computer room cat - he's walking all over my hands, meowing, and licking my fingers right now ... and purring loudly enough to be heard across the room. ... A bit of petting did not calm him down for more than a minute or so. That kitten is going to be a problem. Correction: he *is* a problem. The other two are just exploring the room between wrestling matches. They still do the zoomies on the bed and toe greeble attacks thing during the night. Yesterday, one of them stepped on the off button for the UPS that powers my satellite transciever/modem and router which took my server off line for a while. -- T.E.D. ) |
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On 18 Jun 2006 19:35:47 -0700, "Mischief"
wrote: Well I certainly send purrs for Spooky. I hate the idea of a cat going away to 'die in peace' I wouldn't want my cat to do that. If my cat was old, i would hope it would either choose a safe place here at home or let me know when he wanted to go. But that's just me. I don't know but the whole idea just gives me the willies. So i hope he comes back. Last night was the first night I can remember when he wasn't in the bed with me getting his daily dose of petting when I went to bed. For the last few nights though, Ozy has been all but pushing him aside. Have any piccies of the red tabbies? Only the first few: http://users.wildblue.net/daviste/ (link on that page). I have a few more in the camera but I haven't had time to take more or process those. -- T.E.D. ) |
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On Sun, 18 Jun 2006 19:38:06 -0700, Abraham Lincoln
wrote: Ted Davis wrote: The bad news: Spooky did *not* come home today. He went out yesterday during a break in the rain - that surprised me because he never goes out when it's wet, in fact, he hadn't been out at all in the last few weeks. I posted back in March that he was getting old, and he's been deteriorating rapidly lately. I think he went outside to find a place to be alone to die in peace. I will be very surprised if he returns, but I hope he does. I would be too especially since you were dumb enough to let him out - maybe you should have had a brain and kept him inside since he was ailing. Or maybe he will get a true home for his last days better than the one he had. I bought a place in the country so I could have free cats instead of captives. The ones that want to be indoor cats are free to be indoor cats; the ones that want to be outdoor cats can be outdoor cats; the ones that want to be both can be both, and they can change their minds whenever convenient. Many of the cats in my clowder were semiferal as kittens - most of the others were discarded or lost when I rescued them. Spooky's background is unknown - he came to dinner one night in October 1992 and stayed. He liked not having to be outside and having the freedom to go out when it suited him. -- T.E.D. ) |
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On Mon, 19 Jun 2006 03:35:24 GMT, "Joy"
wrote: I'm so glad Snowball came home! I'm sorry about Spooky. Purrs that he comes back to you. Please ignore the troll I just plonked. Some people make religious dogma out of the strangest beliefs, and like most religious fanatics, don't know when to keep their mouths shut and their hands off the keyboard. Or don't care about the effects of their rants. Fortunately, I'm an old usenet hand and always wear my asbestos underwear when on line - I'm immune to flames. -- T.E.D. ) |
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"Abraham Lincoln" wrote in message news:j6olg.33967$AB3.15479@fed1read02... Ted Davis wrote: The bad news: Spooky did *not* come home today. He went out yesterday during a break in the rain - that surprised me because he never goes out when it's wet, in fact, he hadn't been out at all in the last few weeks. I posted back in March that he was getting old, and he's been deteriorating rapidly lately. I think he went outside to find a place to be alone to die in peace. I will be very surprised if he returns, but I hope he does. I would be too especially since you were dumb enough to let him out - maybe you should have had a brain and kept him inside since he was ailing. Or maybe he will get a true home for his last days better than the one he had. One would only hope. Ted is a brutal moron who should not have cats. -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |
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"Joy" wrote in message .net... I'm so glad Snowball came home! I'm sorry about Spooky. Purrs that he comes back to you. Please ignore the troll I just plonked. So, to suggest that Ted should have kept an old, ill cat inside where he is safe is to be a troll? Idiot. -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |
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On Sun, 18 Jun 2006 23:38:43 -0500, "cybercat"
wrote: "Abraham Lincoln" wrote in message news:j6olg.33967$AB3.15479@fed1read02... Ted Davis wrote: The bad news: Spooky did *not* come home today. He went out yesterday during a break in the rain - that surprised me because he never goes out when it's wet, in fact, he hadn't been out at all in the last few weeks. I posted back in March that he was getting old, and he's been deteriorating rapidly lately. I think he went outside to find a place to be alone to die in peace. I will be very surprised if he returns, but I hope he does. I would be too especially since you were dumb enough to let him out - maybe you should have had a brain and kept him inside since he was ailing. Or maybe he will get a true home for his last days better than the one he had. One would only hope. Ted is a brutal moron who should not have cats. I suspect that the reason you are such an "indoor only" fanitic is that any cat of yours that had a chance to run away would run away at the first opportunity. I'm so brutal to cats that strays and ferals sometimes seek out my clowder and join it. When was the last time a cat *chose* to live with you? -- T.E.D. ) SPAM filter: Messages to this address *must* contain "T.E.D." somewhere in the body or they will be automatically rejected. |
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