An idea for a mass purr day

"Dan M" wrote in message ...

Jobs and financial:
-------------------
Seanette and hubby, Nancy and Dan, (I know there are more in this
category but can't find them on this slow connection. Please remind me!)

Dan

I remember Jill talking about a job application, and wasn't Baha asking for
job purrs for her DH Luis (sp?).

I think your schedule is perfect for me - I'll certainly join in this
Saturday and then again on our scheduled day.

Hugs,

CatNipped

"Dan M" wrote in message ...

Jobs and financial:
-------------------
Seanette and hubby, Nancy and Dan, (I know there are more in this
category but can't find them on this slow connection. Please remind me!)

Dan

I remember Jill talking about a job application, and wasn't Baha asking for
job purrs for her DH Luis (sp?).

I think your schedule is perfect for me - I'll certainly join in this
Saturday and then again on our scheduled day.

Hugs,

CatNipped

"Dan M" wrote in message ...

Jobs and financial:
-------------------
Seanette and hubby, Nancy and Dan, (I know there are more in this
category but can't find them on this slow connection. Please remind me!)

Dan

I remember Jill talking about a job application, and wasn't Baha asking for
job purrs for her DH Luis (sp?).

I think your schedule is perfect for me - I'll certainly join in this
Saturday and then again on our scheduled day.

Hugs,

CatNipped

On Tue, 07 Sep 2004 20:28:19 -0700, Seanette Blaylock
wrote:

Felix and Ava have daily purr/coo sessions.

Yes, the bird has been renamed. "He" surprised us this morning, after
20 months of acquaintance, with an egg [she's an only bird].

Guess Ava got tired of being called "he/him" and decided to provide a
little visible proof that she's a girl.

I know didn't say you wanted any advice, so feel free to ignore the
rest of this post. First off, I don't really know a whole lot about
your type of bird, both of mine are cockatiels, but the advice would
probably work for Ava. From what I've read and been told, egglaying
not really good for the bird health, since they can become eggbound
and may need an adjustment to the diet (may need calcium, which they
can get from a cuttlebone which you hang from the side of the cage).
Now that she has an egg, leave it alone until she decides to abandon
it, or she;ll jest keep laying eggs until SHE decides to stop. There
are a couple things you can do in the future to discourage egglaying
once she stops this cycle. First would be just not to provide an area
she'll think is a good nesting area. My two will lay eggs on the
bottom of a flat cage, but not a wire mesh. Limiting the about of
light is also a good bet. Back when Sunny was an only bird, she
started laying when her cage was next to a window. Over in a bird
newsgroup (unfortunately taken over by flame and spam, so I quit
reading it) they advised keeping the cage in a corner with a light on
a timer so that you can control the number of hours of light.
--
Steve Touchstone,
faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and Rocky

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On Tue, 07 Sep 2004 20:28:19 -0700, Seanette Blaylock
wrote:

Felix and Ava have daily purr/coo sessions.

Yes, the bird has been renamed. "He" surprised us this morning, after
20 months of acquaintance, with an egg [she's an only bird].

Guess Ava got tired of being called "he/him" and decided to provide a
little visible proof that she's a girl.

I know didn't say you wanted any advice, so feel free to ignore the
rest of this post. First off, I don't really know a whole lot about
your type of bird, both of mine are cockatiels, but the advice would
probably work for Ava. From what I've read and been told, egglaying
not really good for the bird health, since they can become eggbound
and may need an adjustment to the diet (may need calcium, which they
can get from a cuttlebone which you hang from the side of the cage).
Now that she has an egg, leave it alone until she decides to abandon
it, or she;ll jest keep laying eggs until SHE decides to stop. There
are a couple things you can do in the future to discourage egglaying
once she stops this cycle. First would be just not to provide an area
she'll think is a good nesting area. My two will lay eggs on the
bottom of a flat cage, but not a wire mesh. Limiting the about of
light is also a good bet. Back when Sunny was an only bird, she
started laying when her cage was next to a window. Over in a bird
newsgroup (unfortunately taken over by flame and spam, so I quit
reading it) they advised keeping the cage in a corner with a light on
a timer so that you can control the number of hours of light.
--
Steve Touchstone,
faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and Rocky

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On Tue, 07 Sep 2004 20:28:19 -0700, Seanette Blaylock
wrote:

Felix and Ava have daily purr/coo sessions.

Yes, the bird has been renamed. "He" surprised us this morning, after
20 months of acquaintance, with an egg [she's an only bird].

Guess Ava got tired of being called "he/him" and decided to provide a
little visible proof that she's a girl.

I know didn't say you wanted any advice, so feel free to ignore the
rest of this post. First off, I don't really know a whole lot about
your type of bird, both of mine are cockatiels, but the advice would
probably work for Ava. From what I've read and been told, egglaying
not really good for the bird health, since they can become eggbound
and may need an adjustment to the diet (may need calcium, which they
can get from a cuttlebone which you hang from the side of the cage).
Now that she has an egg, leave it alone until she decides to abandon
it, or she;ll jest keep laying eggs until SHE decides to stop. There
are a couple things you can do in the future to discourage egglaying
once she stops this cycle. First would be just not to provide an area
she'll think is a good nesting area. My two will lay eggs on the
bottom of a flat cage, but not a wire mesh. Limiting the about of
light is also a good bet. Back when Sunny was an only bird, she
started laying when her cage was next to a window. Over in a bird
newsgroup (unfortunately taken over by flame and spam, so I quit
reading it) they advised keeping the cage in a corner with a light on
a timer so that you can control the number of hours of light.
--
Steve Touchstone,
faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and Rocky

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"CatNipped" wrote in message
news
"Christina Websell" wrote in message
...
Try this. Shut one eye and try and pour some water into a glass.

I know exactly what you mean Tweed. I do this almost every day and I
never,
ever learn my lesson. I'll be taking off my eye makeup and I'll try to
put
the cap back on the bottle while I still have the
eye-makeup-remover-soaked
cotton ball stuck in one eye with my other hand. It never fails, I
misjudge
the depth and knock the whole bottle off of the sink and onto the bathroom
floor (when Sammy doesn't beat me to this). It's a good thing the bottle
has this little hole that you have to dab instead of a regular opening, or
I'd be buying that stuff 3 or 4 times a week!

Hugs,

CatNipped


It is almost impossible to judge depth with one eye. Even trying to put a
glass back on a table is a challenge. You miss the edge almost every time.
A lot of my crockery and glassware has bitten the dust.
With only one eye, to fill a bucket with water you have to put your finger
in to see how high the water is when you think you are near the end.

Tweed
never take your sight for granted

"CatNipped" wrote in message
news
"Christina Websell" wrote in message
...
Try this. Shut one eye and try and pour some water into a glass.

I know exactly what you mean Tweed. I do this almost every day and I
never,
ever learn my lesson. I'll be taking off my eye makeup and I'll try to
put
the cap back on the bottle while I still have the
eye-makeup-remover-soaked
cotton ball stuck in one eye with my other hand. It never fails, I
misjudge
the depth and knock the whole bottle off of the sink and onto the bathroom
floor (when Sammy doesn't beat me to this). It's a good thing the bottle
has this little hole that you have to dab instead of a regular opening, or
I'd be buying that stuff 3 or 4 times a week!

Hugs,

CatNipped


It is almost impossible to judge depth with one eye. Even trying to put a
glass back on a table is a challenge. You miss the edge almost every time.
A lot of my crockery and glassware has bitten the dust.
With only one eye, to fill a bucket with water you have to put your finger
in to see how high the water is when you think you are near the end.

Tweed
never take your sight for granted

"CatNipped" wrote in message
news
"Christina Websell" wrote in message
...
Try this. Shut one eye and try and pour some water into a glass.

I know exactly what you mean Tweed. I do this almost every day and I
never,
ever learn my lesson. I'll be taking off my eye makeup and I'll try to
put
the cap back on the bottle while I still have the
eye-makeup-remover-soaked
cotton ball stuck in one eye with my other hand. It never fails, I
misjudge
the depth and knock the whole bottle off of the sink and onto the bathroom
floor (when Sammy doesn't beat me to this). It's a good thing the bottle
has this little hole that you have to dab instead of a regular opening, or
I'd be buying that stuff 3 or 4 times a week!

Hugs,

CatNipped


It is almost impossible to judge depth with one eye. Even trying to put a
glass back on a table is a challenge. You miss the edge almost every time.
A lot of my crockery and glassware has bitten the dust.
With only one eye, to fill a bucket with water you have to put your finger
in to see how high the water is when you think you are near the end.

Tweed
never take your sight for granted

On Wed, 08 Sep 2004 14:50:07 -0700, Dan M wrote:
Here are the requests I've seen. I know I've missed some, so please let
me know what requests need to be added:

Cats:
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Skeeter (Tweed) - For CRF to be controlled
Otis (Susan M)- to get to a safe, controlled environment quickly

Humans:
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Tweed and Victor's mom - surgeries

Jobs and financial:
-------------------
Seanette and hubby, Nancy and Dan, (I know there are more in this
category but can't find them on this slow connection. Please remind me!)

Dan

I don't need any myself, but I've been thinking about Bluebird and her
Little Bit lately. I'm pretty sure she'd be tickled pick to know we're
thinking of her.

And maybe add a weather category. I'm afraid with this very active
hurricaine season the folks in the South and eastern part of the
States will nee recurring purrs.
--
Steve Touchstone,
faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and Rocky

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