****ty Kitty Update

itty (Sherry ) wrote in message ...
But plastic wrap isn't a long-term solution, it's just part of the
aversion treatment to get him to not enjoy that corner anymore. I
haven't been able to catch him in the act so I've got to do passive things.

Dally

Gawd! I can't believe this! You're actually contemplating *heating* the
bathroom floor as part of your "aversion therapy", right? Your also making it
smell unpleasant for him in there, right? You say you've made the texture
unpleasant too, right?
IMO, you're in a power struggle with a cat, and you're going to lose.
Quit while you're ahead. Right now, all you've got to do is keep the door shut
and all's well. You screw with this cat much longer and he's going to just
start peeing *and* pooping all over the house. THEN what are you going to do?
STORE the GD historically-significant door and get one that works. Or spend
whatever it takes to get a professional to *make* it work. This is
unbelievable.

Sherry

Yes it is unbelievable. The cat needs to go back to the shelter.

-L.

Dally wrote in message ...
-L. : wrote:

Dally wrote in message ...

Now I had a ****-stained, wet, angry cat in a litterbox of clumping
litter that stuck to all his wet places. (Hadn't thought about that
part.) It was impossible to pick out so now I had to give him a bath (in
the upstairs bathroom sink.)

Bingo. This is the post I was waiting for.

I know you were. You're convinced this is all my fault.

I said the problem is that the cat isn't happy with something in the
household.
Now I have an answer for what that could be. It just makes me wonder
what other "brilliant" solutions you have tried.


The 45
attempts to solve this humanely get out-weighed by the one dip into an
older bag of tricks for something inhumane. How insightful of you.

Yep. You have physically abused this cat and have made no bones about
how you feel about him with your "foul" comment. We are just seeing
the tip of the iceberg, I suspect.


And you wonder why the cat is still having behavioral problems.

You honestly think the cat displays behavioral problems like this
because once about 6 weeks ago I gave him a hard time? Mind you, he'd
already been doing this for about 2 weeks at the time... so you figure
the two weeks PRIOR to my poor behavior were caused by my future
actions, too?

The cat is in a proven hostile environment and is acting out.

Take him back to the shelter. Better yet, tell them about your
little paw/nose-rubbing in ****/throwing in the litter box incident
and let them take him away from you and cite you for cruelty.

-L.

Dally wrote in message ...
-L. : wrote:

Dally wrote in message ...

Now I had a ****-stained, wet, angry cat in a litterbox of clumping
litter that stuck to all his wet places. (Hadn't thought about that
part.) It was impossible to pick out so now I had to give him a bath (in
the upstairs bathroom sink.)

Bingo. This is the post I was waiting for.

I know you were. You're convinced this is all my fault.

I said the problem is that the cat isn't happy with something in the
household.
Now I have an answer for what that could be. It just makes me wonder
what other "brilliant" solutions you have tried.


The 45
attempts to solve this humanely get out-weighed by the one dip into an
older bag of tricks for something inhumane. How insightful of you.

Yep. You have physically abused this cat and have made no bones about
how you feel about him with your "foul" comment. We are just seeing
the tip of the iceberg, I suspect.


And you wonder why the cat is still having behavioral problems.

You honestly think the cat displays behavioral problems like this
because once about 6 weeks ago I gave him a hard time? Mind you, he'd
already been doing this for about 2 weeks at the time... so you figure
the two weeks PRIOR to my poor behavior were caused by my future
actions, too?

The cat is in a proven hostile environment and is acting out.

Take him back to the shelter. Better yet, tell them about your
little paw/nose-rubbing in ****/throwing in the litter box incident
and let them take him away from you and cite you for cruelty.

-L.

"Cheryl" wrote:

"The emails are probably flying this minute"? Good God woman, get a
grip! You're really getting hysterical here.

Um. No, I don't think so. Hyperbole? Exaggeration for comedic effect? Get
it? No?


Didn't you go get that life?

Pardon? To what are you referring?

You've spent all day trying to get some woman's cat to
stop ****ting on the floor

A worthy endeavor, don't you agree?


(and I must say you seem obsessed),

It's twoo. I have a kitty poop obsession. You have found me out.


discrediting anyone you don't like, and now making up fantasticstories
about emails flying?

So now it's time for IKYABWAI? You'd be funny if you weren't so pathetic.

You've really lost it and its sad to
see you disintegrating into this flailing flaming mess.

Psst. Um, "Cheryl?" You are the only one flailing and flaming here. I merely
described exactly what you did last week. Are you thinking that accusing me
of doing what you did will somehow change your google-frenzied past? I'm
thinking not.

You really should be embarrassed for yourself.

Well, you know, I just don't think so.


How about go get that life, you psycho freak. Your paranoia and meltdown
aren't very attractive.

Priceless. You googled up a storm trying to get the goods on me, but I'm
"paranoid?" Heh. As for "meltdown," well, I'll just let everyone else decide
on who's doing the meltdown thang.

As for what you think is "attractive," the day I worry about what a skanky
old **** like you finds attractive will indeed be a sad day.

The fact is, you did exactly what I *said* you did. Shriek and scream and
kook out all you want, but there it is anyway.

You lamented that the Good Old Days when rpch+b was a "great group" were
over. I said that was bull****, that it was the same as ever. You needed to
know how I might know that. I told you I have been reading and posting to
Usenet--including the cat groups--since 1996. You then googled yourself sill
y trying to prove or disprove that. You couldn't do either, so then you
started vacillating between "Mary must be lying! She hasn't posted since
1996 so she can't know about THE GOOD OLD DAYS" and "Mary is PLAYING us,"
e.g. that I must be someone who posted under another name etc. etc. ad
nauseum.

The fact is, you don't know. Here's another fact: you're just another
middle-aged loser who has gotten proprietary over a newsgroup. You have
demonstrated that you're a control freak extraordinaire.

And inspired even level-headed folks like M. L. Briggs to start seeing
"trolls" everywhere.


Hey, how's "Cheeky" and "Buddha" today? lol



How nice of you to ask. Cheeks is napping in her window seat, and Buddha is
here in my lap.

Now try and calm down. I really didn't mean to *cough* strike a nerve or
anything.

LOL!

"Cheryl" wrote:

"The emails are probably flying this minute"? Good God woman, get a
grip! You're really getting hysterical here.

Um. No, I don't think so. Hyperbole? Exaggeration for comedic effect? Get
it? No?


Didn't you go get that life?

Pardon? To what are you referring?

You've spent all day trying to get some woman's cat to
stop ****ting on the floor

A worthy endeavor, don't you agree?


(and I must say you seem obsessed),

It's twoo. I have a kitty poop obsession. You have found me out.


discrediting anyone you don't like, and now making up fantasticstories
about emails flying?

So now it's time for IKYABWAI? You'd be funny if you weren't so pathetic.

You've really lost it and its sad to
see you disintegrating into this flailing flaming mess.

Psst. Um, "Cheryl?" You are the only one flailing and flaming here. I merely
described exactly what you did last week. Are you thinking that accusing me
of doing what you did will somehow change your google-frenzied past? I'm
thinking not.

You really should be embarrassed for yourself.

Well, you know, I just don't think so.


How about go get that life, you psycho freak. Your paranoia and meltdown
aren't very attractive.

Priceless. You googled up a storm trying to get the goods on me, but I'm
"paranoid?" Heh. As for "meltdown," well, I'll just let everyone else decide
on who's doing the meltdown thang.

As for what you think is "attractive," the day I worry about what a skanky
old **** like you finds attractive will indeed be a sad day.

The fact is, you did exactly what I *said* you did. Shriek and scream and
kook out all you want, but there it is anyway.

You lamented that the Good Old Days when rpch+b was a "great group" were
over. I said that was bull****, that it was the same as ever. You needed to
know how I might know that. I told you I have been reading and posting to
Usenet--including the cat groups--since 1996. You then googled yourself sill
y trying to prove or disprove that. You couldn't do either, so then you
started vacillating between "Mary must be lying! She hasn't posted since
1996 so she can't know about THE GOOD OLD DAYS" and "Mary is PLAYING us,"
e.g. that I must be someone who posted under another name etc. etc. ad
nauseum.

The fact is, you don't know. Here's another fact: you're just another
middle-aged loser who has gotten proprietary over a newsgroup. You have
demonstrated that you're a control freak extraordinaire.

And inspired even level-headed folks like M. L. Briggs to start seeing
"trolls" everywhere.


Hey, how's "Cheeky" and "Buddha" today? lol



How nice of you to ask. Cheeks is napping in her window seat, and Buddha is
here in my lap.

Now try and calm down. I really didn't mean to *cough* strike a nerve or
anything.

LOL!

"Dally" wrote


And the only way to make this thread MORE graphic. With mpegs. :-)


Hey, inquiring minds and all that!

"Dally" wrote


And the only way to make this thread MORE graphic. With mpegs. :-)


Hey, inquiring minds and all that!

In the fine newsgroup "rec.pets.cats.health+behav", "Mary"
artfully composed this message within
r.com on 09 Jul
2004:


"Cheryl" wrote:

"The emails are probably flying this minute"? Good God
woman, get a
grip! You're really getting hysterical here.

Um. No, I don't think so. Hyperbole? Exaggeration for comedic
effect? Get it? No?


Didn't you go get that life?

Pardon? To what are you referring?

You've spent all day trying to get some woman's cat to
stop ****ting on the floor

A worthy endeavor, don't you agree?


(and I must say you seem obsessed),

It's twoo. I have a kitty poop obsession. You have found me out.


discrediting anyone you don't like, and now making up
fantasticstories
about emails flying?

So now it's time for IKYABWAI? You'd be funny if you weren't so
pathetic.

You've really lost it and its sad to
see you disintegrating into this flailing flaming mess.

Psst. Um, "Cheryl?" You are the only one flailing and flaming
here. I merely described exactly what you did last week. Are you
thinking that accusing me of doing what you did will somehow
change your google-frenzied past? I'm thinking not.

You really should be embarrassed for yourself.

Well, you know, I just don't think so.


How about go get that life, you psycho freak. Your paranoia and
meltdown
aren't very attractive.

Priceless. You googled up a storm trying to get the goods on me,
but I'm "paranoid?" Heh. As for "meltdown," well, I'll just let
everyone else decide on who's doing the meltdown thang.

As for what you think is "attractive," the day I worry about
what a skanky old **** like you finds attractive will indeed be
a sad day.

The fact is, you did exactly what I *said* you did. Shriek and
scream and kook out all you want, but there it is anyway.

You lamented that the Good Old Days when rpch+b was a "great
group" were over. I said that was bull****, that it was the same
as ever. You needed to know how I might know that. I told you I
have been reading and posting to Usenet--including the cat
groups--since 1996. You then googled yourself sill y trying to
prove or disprove that. You couldn't do either, so then you
started vacillating between "Mary must be lying! She hasn't
posted since 1996 so she can't know about THE GOOD OLD DAYS"
and "Mary is PLAYING us," e.g. that I must be someone who posted
under another name etc. etc. ad nauseum.

The fact is, you don't know. Here's another fact: you're just
another middle-aged loser who has gotten proprietary over a
newsgroup. You have demonstrated that you're a control freak
extraordinaire.

And inspired even level-headed folks like M. L. Briggs to start
seeing "trolls" everywhere.


Hey, how's "Cheeky" and "Buddha" today? lol



How nice of you to ask. Cheeks is napping in her window seat,
and Buddha is here in my lap.

Now try and calm down. I really didn't mean to *cough* strike a
nerve or anything.

LOL!




Now THAT is a priceless meltdown. lol

--
Cheryl

In the fine newsgroup "rec.pets.cats.health+behav", "Mary"
artfully composed this message within
r.com on 09 Jul
2004:


"Cheryl" wrote:

"The emails are probably flying this minute"? Good God
woman, get a
grip! You're really getting hysterical here.

Um. No, I don't think so. Hyperbole? Exaggeration for comedic
effect? Get it? No?


Didn't you go get that life?

Pardon? To what are you referring?

You've spent all day trying to get some woman's cat to
stop ****ting on the floor

A worthy endeavor, don't you agree?


(and I must say you seem obsessed),

It's twoo. I have a kitty poop obsession. You have found me out.


discrediting anyone you don't like, and now making up
fantasticstories
about emails flying?

So now it's time for IKYABWAI? You'd be funny if you weren't so
pathetic.

You've really lost it and its sad to
see you disintegrating into this flailing flaming mess.

Psst. Um, "Cheryl?" You are the only one flailing and flaming
here. I merely described exactly what you did last week. Are you
thinking that accusing me of doing what you did will somehow
change your google-frenzied past? I'm thinking not.

You really should be embarrassed for yourself.

Well, you know, I just don't think so.


How about go get that life, you psycho freak. Your paranoia and
meltdown
aren't very attractive.

Priceless. You googled up a storm trying to get the goods on me,
but I'm "paranoid?" Heh. As for "meltdown," well, I'll just let
everyone else decide on who's doing the meltdown thang.

As for what you think is "attractive," the day I worry about
what a skanky old **** like you finds attractive will indeed be
a sad day.

The fact is, you did exactly what I *said* you did. Shriek and
scream and kook out all you want, but there it is anyway.

You lamented that the Good Old Days when rpch+b was a "great
group" were over. I said that was bull****, that it was the same
as ever. You needed to know how I might know that. I told you I
have been reading and posting to Usenet--including the cat
groups--since 1996. You then googled yourself sill y trying to
prove or disprove that. You couldn't do either, so then you
started vacillating between "Mary must be lying! She hasn't
posted since 1996 so she can't know about THE GOOD OLD DAYS"
and "Mary is PLAYING us," e.g. that I must be someone who posted
under another name etc. etc. ad nauseum.

The fact is, you don't know. Here's another fact: you're just
another middle-aged loser who has gotten proprietary over a
newsgroup. You have demonstrated that you're a control freak
extraordinaire.

And inspired even level-headed folks like M. L. Briggs to start
seeing "trolls" everywhere.


Hey, how's "Cheeky" and "Buddha" today? lol



How nice of you to ask. Cheeks is napping in her window seat,
and Buddha is here in my lap.

Now try and calm down. I really didn't mean to *cough* strike a
nerve or anything.

LOL!




Now THAT is a priceless meltdown. lol

--
Cheryl

"Dally" wrote in message
...

Our posts are crossing, but I want to explore this a bit more. Frankly,
it would be EASIER for me to shut him in either of the two south-facing
rooms upstairs. It just seems so cruel to him - he meows and meows to
get out, to get to where WE are.


Dally


This response does not address the question of "why" your cat has chosen
just one location for inappropriate elimination. I will leave that to
others who have more experience with behavioral problems. However, I would
like to reiterate a suggestion that I think I saw some time earlier in
another post. That is (at least as a temporary "fix"), why not attach an
automatic door-closer to the bathroom door? I'm not sure what they are
really called, but they are inexpensive. They are not decorative, but they
are not very noticeable. Home renovation stores and many hardwares should
have them available.

MaryL