Scratched!

On 10/3/2013 2:27 PM, Christina Websell wrote:
"jmcquown" wrote in message
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Persia would beg to differ when it comes to vet checkups! LOL

I agree with her, it's not nice but it has to be done.
Boyfie hates it but I still make him do it every year. He gets his jabs and
a check up for heart and teeth and stuff.
As does Tigger (which would not happen if I don't insist he goes along with
Boyfie for their injections and check-up)
It also wouldn't have happened about Maisie but luckily I insisted that we
got her injections, she is a good dog spoilt and my sister in law was afraid
to take her to the vet.
It's done. Maisie will not like me for ever but I don't care.
TBH, I would ashamed of her if she was mine.
She has no manners and that's my brothers fault, not hers.
Well, if she was mine it would have been quite different as she cannot even
walk on a short lead which annoys me.

On Friday, October 4, 2013 1:50:48 PM UTC-4, Christina Websell wrote:




I'd agree with the telepathy idea except that I wasn't annoyed so there was

nothing to "read". It was a pure reflex action to grab my leg as he was

falling and I didn't say a word to him about it. Like Persia, he kept away

from me for a day. He's always somehow known things. He sometimes jumps on

the kitchen worktop to see if there is food there, but never when I am in

the room, and he jumps down immediately if he hears me approaching. "What

me? on the worktop? no chance.."

I've never corrected him for doing it, he just *knows* somehow that it's a

bit naughty.

He also "knows* he isn't allowed in my bedroom and when I found him in there

once (years ago) he nearly fainted. He used to faint at the vets, so that

suggests that me finding him in my bedroom was a stressful experience.

I keep my bedroom door shut 24/7 because I am a really bad sleeper not

because I wouldn't like him there. But I left it slightly open one day and

as cats do, he was exploring the unexplored.

Poor chap. It was "OMG, I'm not supposed to be here"



Tweed

Rusty also knew he when did something I didn't like.
He would jump down and ran away looking qilty when I caught him
on my dining table licking leftover stuff from my dinner
plate, or licking drips from the bathroom sink.
One time I was upset and told him to go to his room.
And he did, just like a kid.

I also had my bedroom door closed all the time except at night
when Rusty slept in his room with the door closed.
Otherwise he would come bang on my bedroom door.
One time I didn't closed his door properly. He came into my
room in the middle of the night and jumped on my bed.
Gave me quite a scare.

Winnie

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Christina Websell wrote:

Boyfie accidentally scratched me once. He was well asleep on my lap,
stretched and fell off, grabbing me on the way down.
Of course, like Persia, he didn't mean to scratch me and like her he kept
away from me for a day.
Interesting. Do gentle cats know that they shouldn't scratch and if they
do, even accidentally, are afraid about having done so?
If so, why? I have never raised my voice to Boyfie, and certainly never
punished him in any way. He has no reason to worry about accidentally
scratching me, but it was obviously of some concern to him.
He just "knew" somehow that scratching meowmie was bad. How?

Tweed

Telepathy? (I think most of us are convinced that cats read our minds.)

I'd agree with the telepathy idea except that I wasn't annoyed so there was
nothing to "read". It was a pure reflex action to grab my leg as he was
falling and I didn't say a word to him about it. Like Persia, he kept away
from me for a day. He's always somehow known things. He sometimes jumps on
the kitchen worktop to see if there is food there, but never when I am in
the room, and he jumps down immediately if he hears me approaching. "What
me? on the worktop? no chance.."
I've never corrected him for doing it, he just *knows* somehow that it's a
bit naughty.
He also "knows* he isn't allowed in my bedroom and when I found him in there
once (years ago) he nearly fainted. He used to faint at the vets, so that
suggests that me finding him in my bedroom was a stressful experience.
I keep my bedroom door shut 24/7 because I am a really bad sleeper not
because I wouldn't like him there. But I left it slightly open one day and
as cats do, he was exploring the unexplored.
Poor chap. It was "OMG, I'm not supposed to be here"

Tweed

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I think cats also recognize when we are sick or not feeling well. There
were times when I would get annoyed at *myself* and say something loud in
annoyance. My wonderful Holly used to run *to* me (never *away*) when that
happened, and it really made me feel good. I fell head-first off a step
ladder last December and screamed as I fell. I could not move for a couple
of minutes. Holly came running and licked me on my cheek. That was such a
loving gesture! Incidentally, I was really lucky. The next day, I looked
like someone had punched me in the face. I still have a very light red mark
on my forehead where I landed, but it is almost gone. I'm really lucky I
did not get a concussion.

I had Holly cremated, and I scattered her ashes around a mahonia holly right
outside the sunroom. It had symbolic meaning--first, the name (Holly and
holly); second, the holly I used is right outside one of Holly's favorite
places when she would lie on the top "edge" of the little sofa beside that
window.

MaryL

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You may not have been annoyed, but you were shocked, and it probably hurt.
He could certainly pick up on that.

Joy

Well, I have to admit it did hurt a bit and I might have said "Ow!"
Boyfie seems to be a very sensitive cat.

Tweed

On 10/3/2013 2:27 PM, Christina Websell wrote:

"jmcquown" wrote in message
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Persia didn't mean to do it. She jumped up on the arm of the sofa.
Well, she was attempting to. She made a slight miscalculation.
She landed awkwardly, missed her mark. She extended her back claws
to get traction, digging into my shoulder. They're just scratches,
not puncture wounds. But I yelled, "OUCH!" (I also got a face full
of soft belly fur when she scrambled up.)

I've cleaned the scratches with hydrogen peroxide. She didn't mean
to scratch me. This might be why she didn't sleep with me last
night. Maybe she thought I was upset with her. I did hear her a
couple of times in the middle of the night, eating her dry Rx
food.

Of course, after daylight, she joined me on the bed and gently
tapped me on my nose. Time to wake up! It's so sweet.

Jill

Boyfie accidentally scratched me once. He was well asleep on my
lap, stretched and fell off, grabbing me on the way down. Of course,
like Persia, he didn't mean to scratch me and like her he kept away
from me for a day. Interesting. Do gentle cats know that they
shouldn't scratch and if they do, even accidentally, are afraid about
having done so? If so, why? I have never raised my voice to Boyfie,
and certainly never punished him in any way. He has no reason to
worry about accidentally scratching me, but it was obviously of some
concern to him. He just "knew" somehow that scratching meowmie was
bad. How?

Tweed

You guys are lucky! I often get intentional scratches from Shamrock.
Bites, too. He often swipes at my legs when I walk past him, and this
is something he's done ever since he's been here. At first he used to
scare me because it was intentional. The same with the biting. I can't
imagine why he does this. He gets the most love of any of my cats.

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