Do Cats Like Coffee?

It might be of interest that I had one cat, Weed, who absolutely hated me but
loved Harveys Bristol Cream cream sherry. He would happily lick it off my
fingers. He never could consume enough to get plastered that way, but seemed
to really enjoy the sweet elixir.

Art

On 03/07/2012 10:57 AM, Arthur Shapiro wrote:
It might be of interest that I had one cat, Weed, who absolutely hated me but
loved Harveys Bristol Cream cream sherry. He would happily lick it off my
fingers. He never could consume enough to get plastered that way, but seemed
to really enjoy the sweet elixir.

Art


Why do you feel he hated you? Was he feral?
You have been so good to so many cats, I can't imagine any of them
"hating"-- nervous, perhaps. MLB

"Arthur Shapiro" wrote in message
...
It might be of interest that I had one cat, Weed, who absolutely hated me
but
loved Harveys Bristol Cream cream sherry. He would happily lick it off my
fingers. He never could consume enough to get plastered that way, but
seemed
to really enjoy the sweet elixir.

Art

I think it would be very dangerous to say, "Cats like ..." or "Cat's don't
like ..." anything. I'm sure that, whatever it is, if you really searched,
you could find one cat that didn't or did like whatever it is.

Joy

In article , MLB wrote:

Why do you feel he hated you? Was he feral?
You have been so good to so many cats, I can't imagine any of them
"hating"-- nervous, perhaps.

My wife found him as a quite small kitten in an abandoned lot, and brought him
home. A shorthaired black cat - often a bad sign. He never warmed up to me,
although he somewhat liked her. He turned into a lean, muscular, unpleasantly
aggressive and mean cat that would often attack me violently, drawing lots of
blood.

Weed was destructive, and after he clawed and ripped the woofer on one of my
speakers ($1600 was an expensive speaker in 1984) I made him live outside,
letting him in very, very sporadically. It worked out OK, as Santa Barbara
isn't horribly cold although the winter nights could be in the 30s.

He disappeared one night, and four months to the day later was run over on a
freeway ramp about five miles away. His collar and tag were still attached,
so the authorities were able to notify us. Presumably nobody else had
bothered to deal with him, or vice-versa, as my name and phone number were on
the tag. I wasn't particularly upset - he was a mean cat - although my wife
was distressed. He's the only cat I've had that I totally despised.

Art

Art

Art

"Arthur Shapiro" wrote in message
...
In article , MLB wrote:

Why do you feel he hated you? Was he feral?
You have been so good to so many cats, I can't imagine any of them
"hating"-- nervous, perhaps.

My wife found him as a quite small kitten in an abandoned lot, and brought
him
home. A shorthaired black cat - often a bad sign. He never warmed up to
me,
although he somewhat liked her. He turned into a lean, muscular,
unpleasantly
aggressive and mean cat that would often attack me violently, drawing lots
of
blood.

Weed was destructive, and after he clawed and ripped the woofer on one of
my
speakers ($1600 was an expensive speaker in 1984) I made him live outside,
letting him in very, very sporadically. It worked out OK, as Santa
Barbara
isn't horribly cold although the winter nights could be in the 30s.

He disappeared one night, and four months to the day later was run over on
a
freeway ramp about five miles away. His collar and tag were still
attached,
so the authorities were able to notify us. Presumably nobody else had
bothered to deal with him, or vice-versa, as my name and phone number were
on
the tag. I wasn't particularly upset - he was a mean cat - although my
wife
was distressed. He's the only cat I've had that I totally despised.

Art

It sounds as though the hate was mutual.

I don't understand your comment about black, short-haired cats. I've had
two of them - one male, and one female. Both were very sweet and loving.

Joy

"Arthur Shapiro" wrote in message
...
In article , MLB wrote:


My wife found him as a quite small kitten in an abandoned lot, and brought
him
home. A shorthaired black cat - often a bad sign.

Why is a shorthaired black cat a bad sign? I've seen this sort of
anti-black cat idea from the USA before, why is this?
A cat is a cat. What difference does the colour of the coat make?

In article , "Christina Websell" wrote:

Why is a shorthaired black cat a bad sign? I've seen this sort of
anti-black cat idea from the USA before, why is this?
A cat is a cat. What difference does the colour of the coat make?

(and similar query from Joy)

Perhaps Weed negatively affected me (after all, it's only been 28 years) but I
subsequently would sometimes encounter short-haired black cats, and found that
they'd suddenly turn on me more than any other kind of cat. Longhaired black
cats were either very shy or extremely nice creatures, but I learned to be
really wary of the shorthairs. I don't think I'll ever own another one.

Just my own body of experience.

Art

"Arthur Shapiro" wrote in message
...
In article , "Christina Websell"
wrote:

Why is a shorthaired black cat a bad sign? I've seen this sort of
anti-black cat idea from the USA before, why is this?
A cat is a cat. What difference does the colour of the coat make?

(and similar query from Joy)

Perhaps Weed negatively affected me (after all, it's only been 28 years)
but I
subsequently would sometimes encounter short-haired black cats, and found
that
they'd suddenly turn on me more than any other kind of cat. Longhaired
black
cats were either very shy or extremely nice creatures, but I learned to be
really wary of the shorthairs. I don't think I'll ever own another one.

Just my own body of experience.



I think you were unfortunate with the temperament of said cats. Coat colour
and/or length cannot have an influence on how nice (or not) cats are.
They are either nice or they aren't, regardless of colour etc.

"Christina Websell" wrote in
message ...

"Arthur Shapiro" wrote in message
...
In article , "Christina
Websell" wrote:

Why is a shorthaired black cat a bad sign? I've seen this
sort of
anti-black cat idea from the USA before, why is this?
A cat is a cat. What difference does the colour of the coat
make?

(and similar query from Joy)

Perhaps Weed negatively affected me (after all, it's only been
28 years) but I
subsequently would sometimes encounter short-haired black
cats, and found that
they'd suddenly turn on me more than any other kind of cat.
Longhaired black
cats were either very shy or extremely nice creatures, but I
learned to be
really wary of the shorthairs. I don't think I'll ever own
another one.

Just my own body of experience.



I think you were unfortunate with the temperament of said cats.
Coat colour and/or length cannot have an influence on how nice
(or not) cats are.
They are either nice or they aren't, regardless of colour etc.


I've *never* met a cat that isn't "nice". That's either because
I'm a "cat whisperer" in training, or the "un-nice" cats don't
want to be met :-)

--
MatSav

"MatSav" wrote in message
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"Christina Websell" wrote in message
...

"Arthur Shapiro" wrote in message
...
In article , "Christina Websell"
wrote:

Why is a shorthaired black cat a bad sign? I've seen this sort of
anti-black cat idea from the USA before, why is this?
A cat is a cat. What difference does the colour of the coat make?

(and similar query from Joy)

Perhaps Weed negatively affected me (after all, it's only been 28 years)
but I
subsequently would sometimes encounter short-haired black cats, and
found that
they'd suddenly turn on me more than any other kind of cat. Longhaired
black
cats were either very shy or extremely nice creatures, but I learned to
be
really wary of the shorthairs. I don't think I'll ever own another one.

Just my own body of experience.



I think you were unfortunate with the temperament of said cats. Coat
colour and/or length cannot have an influence on how nice (or not) cats
are.
They are either nice or they aren't, regardless of colour etc.


I've *never* met a cat that isn't "nice". That's either because I'm a "cat
whisperer" in training, or the "un-nice" cats don't want to be met :-)

--
MatSav

I've had (and currently have) cats that weren't fond of people, other than
me, but they tend to hide. The only time I was ever attacked by a cat was
when Waffles jumped me to protect his sister. I hadn't realized that
Pickles is claustrophobic, and I tried to stuff her headfirst into a small
fabric carrier. She let out a scream, and Waffles jumped me. I wasn't
angry at the time, just shocked. When I reasoned things out, I realized he
was protecting his sister, and I was proud of him.

Joy