Kitty Farmcat & the children

I had an unannounced visit from my younger brother yesterday, complete with
his children Charlotte (5), Thomas (3), and Alexander (13 months.)
I answered the doorbell and there they were! Andrew (my brother) said
"You're babysitting.." My heart sank, but fortunately he was joking.
Individually they are okay, but all together they are a package from hell
;-)
Tom insisted about every two minutes that he wanted to see the chickens, so
I said they could come and help me feed them as I was just about to do it
when they came.
I loaded my bucket with layers pellets and set off down the garden, brother
and children following. The very first run we came to had a young cockerel
in. "What's that?" said Tom. "It's a chicken." his dad replied. They have
no pets and I suppose Tom just associates the word "chicken" with something
that's on his plate.
The two older ones seemed to enjoy "helping" with the feeding, although
there were a few that have nasty tempers that I daren't let them near. Alex
was carried by his father and he made no sound at all and his eyes were
wide..he took everything in though.
Kitty was in the house when we got back. Boyfriend had run for the hills
the moment they arrived! Sensible chap!
The two older ones wanted to stroke her, but they have no idea about how to
do it, so I tried to show them. I did warn their dad that they might get
scratched, and he said okay, go ahead.
Charlotte stroked her from her back to her front, pushing her fur up the
wrong way which I know she doesn't like. She just purred. I told Charlotte
to stroke her the other way which she did and Kitty purred even more and
headbutted her for more.
Tom wanted to join in. He grasped Kitty by the tail and pulled her towards
him. My heart was in my mouth, I felt sure she would lash out, but she
didn't and when he patted her head and body she purred and rubbed her head
on him.
Alex is starting to walk, but he mainly crawls as yet. He crawled over to
Kitty and grabbed her ear. Quite hard. She thought that was okay, so he
grabbed her other ear, and so was that. Bear in mind that the back door was
open so she could have escaped any time she wanted. It seems she didn't
want to.

Awww. Seems she likes children then. There is no way she would allow me to
take such liberties. I would have got a slash for any of that.

Tweed

On Sun, 2 Oct 2005 20:59:32 +0100, "Christina Websell"
yodeled:

I had an unannounced visit from my younger brother yesterday, complete with
his children Charlotte (5), Thomas (3), and Alexander (13 months.)
I answered the doorbell and there they were! Andrew (my brother) said
"You're babysitting.." My heart sank, but fortunately he was joking.
Individually they are okay, but all together they are a package from hell
;-)
Tom insisted about every two minutes that he wanted to see the chickens, so
I said they could come and help me feed them as I was just about to do it
when they came.
I loaded my bucket with layers pellets and set off down the garden, brother
and children following. The very first run we came to had a young cockerel
in. "What's that?" said Tom. "It's a chicken." his dad replied. They have
no pets and I suppose Tom just associates the word "chicken" with something
that's on his plate.
The two older ones seemed to enjoy "helping" with the feeding, although
there were a few that have nasty tempers that I daren't let them near. Alex
was carried by his father and he made no sound at all and his eyes were
wide..he took everything in though.
Kitty was in the house when we got back. Boyfriend had run for the hills
the moment they arrived! Sensible chap!
The two older ones wanted to stroke her, but they have no idea about how to
do it, so I tried to show them. I did warn their dad that they might get
scratched, and he said okay, go ahead.
Charlotte stroked her from her back to her front, pushing her fur up the
wrong way which I know she doesn't like. She just purred. I told Charlotte
to stroke her the other way which she did and Kitty purred even more and
headbutted her for more.
Tom wanted to join in. He grasped Kitty by the tail and pulled her towards
him. My heart was in my mouth, I felt sure she would lash out, but she
didn't and when he patted her head and body she purred and rubbed her head
on him.
Alex is starting to walk, but he mainly crawls as yet. He crawled over to
Kitty and grabbed her ear. Quite hard. She thought that was okay, so he
grabbed her other ear, and so was that. Bear in mind that the back door was
open so she could have escaped any time she wanted. It seems she didn't
want to.

Awww. Seems she likes children then. There is no way she would allow me to
take such liberties. I would have got a slash for any of that.

Tweed


Cats can be amazingly patient with children. More than with kittens,
it seems!

Theresa
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My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com

Make Levees, Not War

Kreisleriana wrote:
On Sun, 2 Oct 2005 20:59:32 +0100, "Christina Websell"
yodeled:



Cats can be amazingly patient with children. More than with kittens,
it seems!

Theresa

If you had asked me before yesterday if Kitty was safe with small children I
would have guessed "no" because she is usually so grumpy.
So she really surprised me. Like cats do ;-) She was delightful and kind
with these small children. They now like cats. I doubt they ever met one
up close before.

Tweed

Christina Websell wrote:
snip
Awww. Seems she likes children then. There is no way she would allow
me to take such liberties. I would have got a slash for any of that.

Tweed

It always amazes me how animals realise that children don't want to harm
them and will tollerate so much. In so many ways they can be better than
humans.
--
Adrian (Owned by Snoopy and Bagheera)
A House is not a home, without a cat.
http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk

What a great visit you had! How are you feeling? I hope you are not too
tired.
Best wishes,
--
Polonca & Soncek

"Christina Websell" wrote in message
...
I had an unannounced visit from my younger brother yesterday, complete
with
his children Charlotte (5), Thomas (3), and Alexander (13 months.)
I answered the doorbell and there they were! Andrew (my brother) said
"You're babysitting.." My heart sank, but fortunately he was joking.
Individually they are okay, but all together they are a package from hell
;-)
Tom insisted about every two minutes that he wanted to see the chickens,
so
I said they could come and help me feed them as I was just about to do it
when they came.
I loaded my bucket with layers pellets and set off down the garden,
brother
and children following. The very first run we came to had a young
cockerel
in. "What's that?" said Tom. "It's a chicken." his dad replied. They
have
no pets and I suppose Tom just associates the word "chicken" with
something
that's on his plate.
The two older ones seemed to enjoy "helping" with the feeding, although
there were a few that have nasty tempers that I daren't let them near.
Alex
was carried by his father and he made no sound at all and his eyes were
wide..he took everything in though.
Kitty was in the house when we got back. Boyfriend had run for the hills
the moment they arrived! Sensible chap!
The two older ones wanted to stroke her, but they have no idea about how
to
do it, so I tried to show them. I did warn their dad that they might get
scratched, and he said okay, go ahead.
Charlotte stroked her from her back to her front, pushing her fur up the
wrong way which I know she doesn't like. She just purred. I told
Charlotte
to stroke her the other way which she did and Kitty purred even more and
headbutted her for more.
Tom wanted to join in. He grasped Kitty by the tail and pulled her
towards
him. My heart was in my mouth, I felt sure she would lash out, but she
didn't and when he patted her head and body she purred and rubbed her head
on him.
Alex is starting to walk, but he mainly crawls as yet. He crawled over to
Kitty and grabbed her ear. Quite hard. She thought that was okay, so he
grabbed her other ear, and so was that. Bear in mind that the back door
was
open so she could have escaped any time she wanted. It seems she didn't
want to.

Awww. Seems she likes children then. There is no way she would allow me
to
take such liberties. I would have got a slash for any of that.

Tweed

"Christina Websell" wrote in
message ...
I had an unannounced visit from my younger brother yesterday, complete
with his children Charlotte (5), Thomas (3), and Alexander (13
months.)

Charlotte stroked her from her back to her front, pushing her fur up
the wrong way which I know she doesn't like. She just purred. I told
Charlotte to stroke her the other way which she did and Kitty purred
even more and headbutted her for more.
Tom wanted to join in. He grasped Kitty by the tail and pulled her
towards him. My heart was in my mouth, I felt sure she would lash
out, but she didn't and when he patted her head and body she purred
and rubbed her head on him.
Alex is starting to walk, but he mainly crawls as yet. He crawled
over to Kitty and grabbed her ear. Quite hard. She thought that was
okay, so he grabbed her other ear, and so was that. Bear in mind that
the back door was open so she could have escaped any time she wanted.
It seems she didn't want to.

Aw, what a Good Girl. Sometimes the depth of their understanding leaves
one in awe.

Purrs
Gordon & the FF

"Christina Websell" wrote in
message

Awww. Seems she likes children then. There is no way she would allow me to
take such liberties. I would have got a slash for any of that.

Tweed///

It never ceases to amaze me the tolerance that adult cats show to
youngsters of *any* species. HRFL Tiger tolerates baby kittens & kids
taking liberties with him that would earn a very grumpy swift smack from
him if I did it.

Helen M



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"Christina Websell" wrote in message
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Kreisleriana wrote:
On Sun, 2 Oct 2005 20:59:32 +0100, "Christina Websell"
yodeled:



Cats can be amazingly patient with children. More than with kittens,
it seems!

Theresa

If you had asked me before yesterday if Kitty was safe with small children
I would have guessed "no" because she is usually so grumpy.
So she really surprised me. Like cats do ;-) She was delightful and kind
with these small children. They now like cats. I doubt they ever met one
up close before.

Shmogg beat the living )($&^%@ out of IBKFergus when she arived, and has
ripped fur out of her neck twice in the fighting. But the worse thing Cary
has ever got from Shmogg has been a hiss. Cary now *sits* on Fluffy when
she's lying down, and she'll calmly take it. Fluff will let us know she's
had enough by a soft growl. She's never nipped or barked at Cary, even
though she would have nipped and/or barked at us for doing the same thing.
Heck, when Joel was telling Cary off one day, Fluffy got in between them and
started growling at Joel!

And IBKFergus... cosnidering the grief she gets from Cary I'm amazed he
hasn't been shredded yet! She certainly likes drawing blood from me! But
while he has copped a few scratches, she hasn't wreaked the damage she has
the potential of doing on him. I'm quite amazed that they all innately know
that he's just a hoomin kit/pup and needs to be treated gently and with a
great deal of patience.

Yowie

On Sun, 02 Oct 2005 20:59:32 +0100, Christina Websell wrote:

I had an unannounced visit from my younger brother yesterday, complete
with his children Charlotte (5), Thomas (3), and Alexander (13 months.) I
answered the doorbell and there they were! Andrew (my brother) said
"You're babysitting.." My heart sank, but fortunately he was joking.
Individually they are okay, but all together they are a package from hell
;-)
Tom insisted about every two minutes that he wanted to see the chickens,
so I said they could come and help me feed them as I was just about to do
it when they came.
I loaded my bucket with layers pellets and set off down the garden,
brother and children following. The very first run we came to had a young
cockerel in. "What's that?" said Tom. "It's a chicken." his dad replied.
They have no pets and I suppose Tom just associates the word "chicken"
with something that's on his plate.
The two older ones seemed to enjoy "helping" with the feeding, although
there were a few that have nasty tempers that I daren't let them near.
Alex was carried by his father and he made no sound at all and his eyes
were wide..he took everything in though.
Kitty was in the house when we got back. Boyfriend had run for the hills
the moment they arrived! Sensible chap! The two older ones wanted to
stroke her, but they have no idea about how to do it, so I tried to show
them. I did warn their dad that they might get scratched, and he said
okay, go ahead. Charlotte stroked her from her back to her front, pushing
her fur up the wrong way which I know she doesn't like. She just purred.
I told Charlotte to stroke her the other way which she did and Kitty
purred even more and headbutted her for more.
Tom wanted to join in. He grasped Kitty by the tail and pulled her
towards him. My heart was in my mouth, I felt sure she would lash out,
but she didn't and when he patted her head and body she purred and rubbed
her head on him.
Alex is starting to walk, but he mainly crawls as yet. He crawled over to
Kitty and grabbed her ear. Quite hard. She thought that was okay, so he
grabbed her other ear, and so was that. Bear in mind that the back door
was open so she could have escaped any time she wanted. It seems she
didn't want to.

Awww. Seems she likes children then. There is no way she would allow me
to take such liberties. I would have got a slash for any of that.



Good for Kitty FC! She is a special little love. MLB

"Christina Websell" wrote in message
...

Alex is starting to walk, but he mainly crawls as yet. He crawled over to
Kitty and grabbed her ear. Quite hard. She thought that was okay, so he
grabbed her other ear, and so was that. Bear in mind that the back door
was open so she could have escaped any time she wanted. It seems she
didn't want to.

Awww. Seems she likes children then. There is no way she would allow me
to take such liberties. I would have got a slash for any of that.


Awww - that's so sweet of Kitty Farmcat and a wonderful experience for your
neices and nephews.

Susan M
Otis and Chester