"Fluffy" Sammy

"CatNipped" wrote
Well, obviously her diet is not going well! ;

http://www.possibleplaces.com/CatNipped/Sammy20/

Poor little (oops, sorry, great big) puddn!

I'm all for big healthy felines but she does seem to be going
too far. I wonder if she has a slow metabolism (worst case
scenario underactive thyroid)?

But it was good to see her update.

Purrs
Gordon & the FF

PS Snowball sez he hasn't seen the promised new pics
of Demi yet........

Is your netcom email addy still operative?
If so he has a new pic of himself to send to her.

No, after all these years on broadband, DH finally dropped the netcom
account. My email addy is lcrews (at) houston (dot) rr (dot) com.

I haven't gotten any new piccies of Demi lately because she spends all day
under my bed as long as we have houseguests. She only comes out at night
when I go to bed - then she shows up for her nightly brushing. She will
venture out briefly for morning feedings also, but as soon as she sees
anyone she'll dash back under the bed.

It's really a dilemma. I know Gypsy has to be inside because she's very old
(for a d*g), and has spent her entire life indoors (and she's really good,
she wouldn't dream of harming the cats - in fact Jessie beats her up
regularly, the little bully).

But she will eat any food left in a dish (as will any d*g). And when she
sees Demi, and Demi runs away (as Demi does from anyone), she will chase
Demi (I don't know if she just wants to play, or if it's a chase reflex that
all d*gs have, especially retrievers). So I have to keep a baby gate across
my bedroom door to protect the cats' food and provide a d*g-free haven.

That means Bandit has to stay in there because she can't / is too lazy to
jump the gate (I also have to keep two litter boxes in my bedroom). Demi
and Sammy are too afraid of the d*ggy monster to come out of there. With
Sammy, I can carry her into my office to spend the day with me, but Demi
would totally panic if I tried that with her and Bandit hates being carried
anywhere and would exact severe retribution upon my body if I dared try.

Jessie, of course, still roams the house at will (and, as mentioned, seems
to take pleasure in regularly beating up the d*g). So she'll use the two
litter boxes in the garage and eat the food in my office (along with Sammy
when I carry Sammy into my office). In fact I keep the litter boxes in the
garage and the food in my office just for Jessie since she doesn't like
being in my bedroom because of Bandit.

The kids and the dogs will be here for the next year or so, that means the g
ate will stay up for the next year or so, and *that* means that Bandit and
Demi are confined to just that one room of my house (and Sammy as well
unless I carry her out) for the next year or so. [I'm hoping Sammy will get
used to Gypsy and will feel comfortable around her after a while, but it's
been weeks already and she's still afraid of her.] They can't even look
outside because I have to keep the drapes covering the French doors in my
bedroom so that the sight of Digger in the backyard doesn't upset them too
much (for a while everyone except Sammy was losing weight because they
wouldn't eat with a Rottweiller watching them).

I'm not happy about the situation at all, but I don't know what else to do
except put up with it (as I'm putting up with the mess the kids make, the
loss of peace and calm in my life, and the ruination of every kid-unfriendly
knick-knack, carpet, or piece furniture I have/had).

Hugs,

CatNipped

"Exocat" wrote in message
...

"CatNipped" wrote
Well, obviously her diet is not going well! ;

http://www.possibleplaces.com/CatNipped/Sammy20/

Poor little (oops, sorry, great big) puddn!

I'm all for big healthy felines but she does seem to be going
too far. I wonder if she has a slow metabolism (worst case
scenario underactive thyroid)?

But it was good to see her update.

Purrs
Gordon & the FF

PS Snowball sez he hasn't seen the promised new pics
of Demi yet........

Is your netcom email addy still operative?
If so he has a new pic of himself to send to her.

Can't you cut a cat-sized hole in the bottom of the baby gate so that
Bandit and Demi can come and go?
--
Britta
"There is no snooze button on a cat who wants breakfast." -- Unknown
Check out pictures of Vino at:
http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album




CatNipped wrote:
No, after all these years on broadband, DH finally dropped the
netcom
account. My email addy is lcrews (at) houston (dot) rr (dot) com.

I haven't gotten any new piccies of Demi lately because she spends
all day under my bed as long as we have houseguests. She only comes
out at night when I go to bed - then she shows up for her nightly
brushing. She will venture out briefly for morning feedings also,
but as soon as she sees anyone she'll dash back under the bed.

It's really a dilemma. I know Gypsy has to be inside because she's
very old (for a d*g), and has spent her entire life indoors (and
she's really good, she wouldn't dream of harming the cats - in fact
Jessie beats her up regularly, the little bully).

But she will eat any food left in a dish (as will any d*g). And
when
she sees Demi, and Demi runs away (as Demi does from anyone), she
will chase Demi (I don't know if she just wants to play, or if it's
a
chase reflex that all d*gs have, especially retrievers). So I have
to keep a baby gate across my bedroom door to protect the cats' food
and provide a d*g-free haven.

That means Bandit has to stay in there because she can't / is too
lazy to jump the gate (I also have to keep two litter boxes in my
bedroom). Demi and Sammy are too afraid of the d*ggy monster to
come
out of there. With Sammy, I can carry her into my office to spend
the day with me, but Demi would totally panic if I tried that with
her and Bandit hates being carried anywhere and would exact severe
retribution upon my body if I dared try.

Jessie, of course, still roams the house at will (and, as mentioned,
seems to take pleasure in regularly beating up the d*g). So she'll
use the two litter boxes in the garage and eat the food in my office
(along with Sammy when I carry Sammy into my office). In fact I
keep
the litter boxes in the garage and the food in my office just for
Jessie since she doesn't like being in my bedroom because of Bandit.

The kids and the dogs will be here for the next year or so, that
means the g ate will stay up for the next year or so, and *that*
means that Bandit and Demi are confined to just that one room of my
house (and Sammy as well unless I carry her out) for the next year
or
so. [I'm hoping Sammy will get used to Gypsy and will feel
comfortable around her after a while, but it's been weeks already
and
she's still afraid of her.] They can't even look outside because I
have to keep the drapes covering the French doors in my bedroom so
that the sight of Digger in the backyard doesn't upset them too much
(for a while everyone except Sammy was losing weight because they
wouldn't eat with a Rottweiller watching them).

I'm not happy about the situation at all, but I don't know what else
to do except put up with it (as I'm putting up with the mess the
kids
make, the loss of peace and calm in my life, and the ruination of
every kid-unfriendly knick-knack, carpet, or piece furniture I
have/had).

Hugs,

CatNipped

"Exocat" wrote in message
...

"CatNipped" wrote
Well, obviously her diet is not going well! ;

http://www.possibleplaces.com/CatNipped/Sammy20/

Poor little (oops, sorry, great big) puddn!

I'm all for big healthy felines but she does seem to be going
too far. I wonder if she has a slow metabolism (worst case
scenario underactive thyroid)?

But it was good to see her update.

Purrs
Gordon & the FF

PS Snowball sez he hasn't seen the promised new pics
of Demi yet........

Is your netcom email addy still operative?
If so he has a new pic of himself to send to her.

"badwilson" wrote in message
...
Can't you cut a cat-sized hole in the bottom of the baby gate so that
Bandit and Demi can come and go?

Demi can jump the gate easily - she just won't because she's too afraid of
the dogs and people. Bandit probably could since she jumps up on my bed
which is higher than the gate, but I wouldn't ask her to at her age. I just
don't think she cares since she only came out before to go to the litter
boxes in the garage - having them in the bedroom is gravy! ; But I will
talk to DH about it to see if it's feasible.

Hugs,

CatNipped

--
Britta
"There is no snooze button on a cat who wants breakfast." -- Unknown
Check out pictures of Vino at:
http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album




CatNipped wrote:
No, after all these years on broadband, DH finally dropped the
netcom
account. My email addy is lcrews (at) houston (dot) rr (dot) com.

I haven't gotten any new piccies of Demi lately because she spends
all day under my bed as long as we have houseguests. She only comes
out at night when I go to bed - then she shows up for her nightly
brushing. She will venture out briefly for morning feedings also,
but as soon as she sees anyone she'll dash back under the bed.

It's really a dilemma. I know Gypsy has to be inside because she's
very old (for a d*g), and has spent her entire life indoors (and
she's really good, she wouldn't dream of harming the cats - in fact
Jessie beats her up regularly, the little bully).

But she will eat any food left in a dish (as will any d*g). And
when
she sees Demi, and Demi runs away (as Demi does from anyone), she
will chase Demi (I don't know if she just wants to play, or if it's
a
chase reflex that all d*gs have, especially retrievers). So I have
to keep a baby gate across my bedroom door to protect the cats' food
and provide a d*g-free haven.

That means Bandit has to stay in there because she can't / is too
lazy to jump the gate (I also have to keep two litter boxes in my
bedroom). Demi and Sammy are too afraid of the d*ggy monster to
come
out of there. With Sammy, I can carry her into my office to spend
the day with me, but Demi would totally panic if I tried that with
her and Bandit hates being carried anywhere and would exact severe
retribution upon my body if I dared try.

Jessie, of course, still roams the house at will (and, as mentioned,
seems to take pleasure in regularly beating up the d*g). So she'll
use the two litter boxes in the garage and eat the food in my office
(along with Sammy when I carry Sammy into my office). In fact I
keep
the litter boxes in the garage and the food in my office just for
Jessie since she doesn't like being in my bedroom because of Bandit.

The kids and the dogs will be here for the next year or so, that
means the g ate will stay up for the next year or so, and *that*
means that Bandit and Demi are confined to just that one room of my
house (and Sammy as well unless I carry her out) for the next year
or
so. [I'm hoping Sammy will get used to Gypsy and will feel
comfortable around her after a while, but it's been weeks already
and
she's still afraid of her.] They can't even look outside because I
have to keep the drapes covering the French doors in my bedroom so
that the sight of Digger in the backyard doesn't upset them too much
(for a while everyone except Sammy was losing weight because they
wouldn't eat with a Rottweiller watching them).

I'm not happy about the situation at all, but I don't know what else
to do except put up with it (as I'm putting up with the mess the
kids
make, the loss of peace and calm in my life, and the ruination of
every kid-unfriendly knick-knack, carpet, or piece furniture I
have/had).

Hugs,

CatNipped

"Exocat" wrote in message
...

"CatNipped" wrote
Well, obviously her diet is not going well! ;

http://www.possibleplaces.com/CatNipped/Sammy20/

Poor little (oops, sorry, great big) puddn!

I'm all for big healthy felines but she does seem to be going
too far. I wonder if she has a slow metabolism (worst case
scenario underactive thyroid)?

But it was good to see her update.

Purrs
Gordon & the FF

PS Snowball sez he hasn't seen the promised new pics
of Demi yet........

Is your netcom email addy still operative?
If so he has a new pic of himself to send to her.