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And I should let a WHAT in the house?
I wasn't all that happy with the gal at PetNot So Smart, and so wrote a
message to describe it. Wel, after the very poor experience with the PestStupid people, then I go to dinner with friends. One friend of mine spent an hour or so telling me all the abuse the cats have dumped on him. From eating his food, drinking out of his glass, waking him at 6 AM, scratching his face, and jumping on counters and such. Cat litter stink. And then descriptions of kitty farts, and graphic descriptions of Kitty Turd Supreme. I spent the drive home remembering all the various problems I had with Ruffus. Mealworms in the catfood (lost a LOT of food to mealworms; many boxes of dry food, macaroni, and many boxes of breakfast cereal). Used to sit on my chest at night. Jumping on things. Knocking things off. On the counter. On the TV. On the copier. Knocking stuff off the surfaces. Defiant, on top of the copier while my back is turned and a blur of fur coming down off when I turn around. I'm quite seriously turned off about the concept of getting a cat. -- Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus www.lds.org www.mormons.com |
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in article , Stormin Mormon at
wrote on 3/6/05 10:02 PM: I wasn't all that happy with the gal at PetNot So Smart, and so wrote a message to describe it. Wel, after the very poor experience with the PestStupid people, then I go to dinner with friends. One friend of mine spent an hour or so telling me all the abuse the cats have dumped on him. From eating his food, drinking out of his glass, waking him at 6 AM, scratching his face, and jumping on counters and such. Cat litter stink. And then descriptions of kitty farts, and graphic descriptions of Kitty Turd Supreme. I spent the drive home remembering all the various problems I had with Ruffus. Mealworms in the catfood (lost a LOT of food to mealworms; many boxes of dry food, macaroni, and many boxes of breakfast cereal). Used to sit on my chest at night. Jumping on things. Knocking things off. On the counter. On the TV. On the copier. Knocking stuff off the surfaces. Defiant, on top of the copier while my back is turned and a blur of fur coming down off when I turn around. I'm quite seriously turned off about the concept of getting a cat. Hmmm. Never had any trouble with worms at all. Not with 18+ cats through all my years. So I'm not sure at all what that has to do with cats. But yeah, some of this is par for the course and if that is a concern, you are probably right in thinking about not going down that road. |
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I'd say you and your friends are perfect candidates for not having cats.
Joy "Stormin Mormon" wrote in message ... I wasn't all that happy with the gal at PetNot So Smart, and so wrote a message to describe it. Wel, after the very poor experience with the PestStupid people, then I go to dinner with friends. One friend of mine spent an hour or so telling me all the abuse the cats have dumped on him. From eating his food, drinking out of his glass, waking him at 6 AM, scratching his face, and jumping on counters and such. Cat litter stink. And then descriptions of kitty farts, and graphic descriptions of Kitty Turd Supreme. I spent the drive home remembering all the various problems I had with Ruffus. Mealworms in the catfood (lost a LOT of food to mealworms; many boxes of dry food, macaroni, and many boxes of breakfast cereal). Used to sit on my chest at night. Jumping on things. Knocking things off. On the counter. On the TV. On the copier. Knocking stuff off the surfaces. Defiant, on top of the copier while my back is turned and a blur of fur coming down off when I turn around. I'm quite seriously turned off about the concept of getting a cat. -- Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus www.lds.org www.mormons.com |
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On 2005-03-07, Stormin Mormon penned:
I'm quite seriously turned off about the concept of getting a cat. If you're concerned that having a cat will be too much work, you probably shouldn't get one. They're enough work that you want to be really sure about it. Kinda like having kids. -- monique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca |
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One friend of mine spent an hour or so telling me all
the abuse the cats have dumped on him. From eating his food, drinking out of his glass, waking him at 6 AM, scratching his face, and jumping on counters and such. Used to sit on my chest at night. Jumping on things. Knocking things off. On the counter. On the TV. On the copier. Knocking stuff off the surfaces. Defiant, on top of the copier while my back is turned and a blur of fur coming down off when I turn around. See, if you aren't masochistic enough to find the feline abuse appealing, then you're probably not suited to having a cat. A lot of this sounds like typical feline behaviour. I've learned to like cats sitting on my chest at night, to laugh when they mess my neatly stacked piles of paperwork, and to gently remove Smokey from the scanner when his desire to be near me overcomes his knowledge that he's not allowed on the desk. If the idea is unappealing, then a cat is not right for you. --Fil, once again gently removing Smokey from the scanner |
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On Mon, 07 Mar 2005 04:02:08 GMT, "Stormin Mormon"
wrote: I wasn't all that happy with the gal at PetNot So Smart, and so wrote a message to describe it. I spent the drive home remembering all the various problems I had with Ruffus. Mealworms in the catfood (lost a LOT of food to mealworms; many boxes of dry food, macaroni, and many boxes of breakfast cereal). Used to sit on my chest at night. Jumping on things. Knocking things off. On the counter. On the TV. On the copier. Knocking stuff off the surfaces. Defiant, on top of the copier while my back is turned and a blur of fur coming down off when I turn around. I'm quite seriously turned off about the concept of getting a cat. I had no idea that cats could be so much work... I've never had one before, and then we got two at once. One of the first things they did once we got them into the house was to break John's boat ornament and make me cry... they make messes, they run across your tummies and feet at 3am and wake you up, they pee in inappropriate places and demand gourmet kitty treats, they protest vigorously if you have to try to give them any medication... for a little while I wondered if I was cut out to be a meowmie because they kept making me cry... but I love them to bits and I wouldn't give them up for the world. (add sharpening their claws on your jeans to that list. I'm sitting here at the computer chair and I feel a 'prick prick prick prick' on my back - Silver's decided it's time to work on her claws and I'm sitting in her chosen chair... ouch) but last night she came and lay on my pillow behind my head and purred me to sleep... then she moved over next to me and when I woke up I had a kitty pillow of soft plushy silver fur. I'm sorry that the guys at Petsmart were jerks... don't let them put you off having a furbaby if you really want one. ~Karen aka Kajikit Crafts, cats, and chocolate - the three essentials of life http://www.kajikitscorner.com *remove 'nospam' to reply |
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I'm sorry that your recent experience has left you so bitter. Please don't
let your bad experiences with people ruin your memories of your pets. Remember the good times you had with your cats, too. Yes, pets have their foibles and they aren't easy but they don't judge you like people will, they don't lie to you or cheat you and they do give you unconditional love. thinking of you, Christine "Karen AKA Kajikit" wrote in message ... On Mon, 07 Mar 2005 04:02:08 GMT, "Stormin Mormon" wrote: I wasn't all that happy with the gal at PetNot So Smart, and so wrote a message to describe it. I spent the drive home remembering all the various problems I had with Ruffus. Mealworms in the catfood (lost a LOT of food to mealworms; many boxes of dry food, macaroni, and many boxes of breakfast cereal). Used to sit on my chest at night. Jumping on things. Knocking things off. On the counter. On the TV. On the copier. Knocking stuff off the surfaces. Defiant, on top of the copier while my back is turned and a blur of fur coming down off when I turn around. I'm quite seriously turned off about the concept of getting a cat. I had no idea that cats could be so much work... I've never had one before, and then we got two at once. One of the first things they did once we got them into the house was to break John's boat ornament and make me cry... they make messes, they run across your tummies and feet at 3am and wake you up, they pee in inappropriate places and demand gourmet kitty treats, they protest vigorously if you have to try to give them any medication... for a little while I wondered if I was cut out to be a meowmie because they kept making me cry... but I love them to bits and I wouldn't give them up for the world. (add sharpening their claws on your jeans to that list. I'm sitting here at the computer chair and I feel a 'prick prick prick prick' on my back - Silver's decided it's time to work on her claws and I'm sitting in her chosen chair... ouch) but last night she came and lay on my pillow behind my head and purred me to sleep... then she moved over next to me and when I woke up I had a kitty pillow of soft plushy silver fur. I'm sorry that the guys at Petsmart were jerks... don't let them put you off having a furbaby if you really want one. ~Karen aka Kajikit Crafts, cats, and chocolate - the three essentials of life http://www.kajikitscorner.com *remove 'nospam' to reply |
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As I understand, it was "indian mealworms" in cheap dry catfood.
-- Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus www.lds.org www.mormons.com "Karen" wrote in message ... Hmmm. Never had any trouble with worms at all. Not with 18+ cats through all my years. So I'm not sure at all what that has to do with cats. But yeah, some of this is par for the course and if that is a concern, you are probably right in thinking about not going down that road. |
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"Stormin Mormon" wrote in message
.. . As I understand, it was "indian mealworms" in cheap dry catfood. And that was the cat's fault how? Could have happened in a sack of flour, too. -- -Kelly kelly at farringtons dot net "Wake up, and smell the cat food" -TMBG |
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