A word of advice...

Marina wrote:

Is she getting aggressive towards Hubert? This happened with
Kira when she went into heat and one of her male kittens was still at
home with her. I think that's just Nature's way to make sure a mother
doesn't mate with her own son.

I don't follow this, Marina. If Kira goes into heat when her male kitten
is around and available, how does that prevent her from mating with him?

Joyce

If you can help it, never, never, never sit out the dregs of a
hurricane in the company of a cat in heat.

Somehow I have a mental picture of the cat howls being louder than the
hurricane wind howls...

Cheers, helen s



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If you can help it, never, never, never sit out the dregs of a
hurricane in the company of a cat in heat.

Somehow I have a mental picture of the cat howls being louder than the
hurricane wind howls...

Cheers, helen s



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wrote:

Marina wrote:

Is she getting aggressive towards Hubert? This happened with
Kira when she went into heat and one of her male kittens was still at
home with her. I think that's just Nature's way to make sure a mother
doesn't mate with her own son.

I don't follow this, Marina. If Kira goes into heat when her male kitten
is around and available, how does that prevent her from mating with him?

My point was that the fact that she is very aggressive towards him
prevents her from mating with him. She won't let him anywhere near her.

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wrote:

Marina wrote:

Is she getting aggressive towards Hubert? This happened with
Kira when she went into heat and one of her male kittens was still at
home with her. I think that's just Nature's way to make sure a mother
doesn't mate with her own son.

I don't follow this, Marina. If Kira goes into heat when her male kitten
is around and available, how does that prevent her from mating with him?

My point was that the fact that she is very aggressive towards him
prevents her from mating with him. She won't let him anywhere near her.

--
Marina, Frank and Nikki
marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi
Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/
and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki

Marina wrote:

My point was that the fact that she is very aggressive towards him
prevents her from mating with him. She won't let him anywhere near her.

Ah.... (duh). So he won't get the idea that her need to mate is directed
at *him*.

Joyce

Marina wrote:

My point was that the fact that she is very aggressive towards him
prevents her from mating with him. She won't let him anywhere near her.

Ah.... (duh). So he won't get the idea that her need to mate is directed
at *him*.

Joyce

On Tue, 07 Sep, Marina wrote:

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Aha! Now I know why you're so good. I have always been amazed at
your command of the English language. USAians are expected to study
foreign languages, but few of us practice enough to make the
breakthrough and become able to speak and write them fluently.
Whereas, if you want to insult a European, tell them that their
English is awful.

I've almost made the final breakthrough twice, once with German and
again with Spanish. Unfortunately, I've let both of them lapse. When
do you all practice? Do you sit around at night with friends and
decide that everyone will speak some other language for the evening?
I can't conceive of any other way to get in the practice that's
needed.

Regards and Purrs,
O J

On Tue, 07 Sep, Marina wrote:

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though I am a translator ....
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Aha! Now I know why you're so good. I have always been amazed at
your command of the English language. USAians are expected to study
foreign languages, but few of us practice enough to make the
breakthrough and become able to speak and write them fluently.
Whereas, if you want to insult a European, tell them that their
English is awful.

I've almost made the final breakthrough twice, once with German and
again with Spanish. Unfortunately, I've let both of them lapse. When
do you all practice? Do you sit around at night with friends and
decide that everyone will speak some other language for the evening?
I can't conceive of any other way to get in the practice that's
needed.

Regards and Purrs,
O J

Lois Reay wrote:
You have my sympathy - sorry no words of advice I have my own
problems here with a cat (Phoebe) that thinks she should mate RIGHT
NOW - I am not ready to let her mate just yet.
I have 15 kittens in the house and don't need anymore just yet!

Lois

FIFTEEN KITTENS? (sorry but that just demanded all caps)

Jill
"LOL" wrote in message
om...
If you can help it, never, never, never sit out the dregs of a
hurricane in the company of a cat in heat.

We are supposed to call TED this week to make an appointment for
Tallulah's spay and Hubert's shots. (Today is a holiday in the US,
and TED is closed.) It's been raining steadily for two days, and all
day today the wind has been topping 50 mph. With impeccable timing,
Tallulah has decided that *now* is the perfect time to get started on
a new batch of kittens, and has gone into heat today.

We will be at TED's office, prepared to beg, first thing in the
morning, but until then, if any of you Cattish speakers could
translate a short statement for me to read to Tallulah, the gist of
which should be "I'm a different species and I'm female, so you're
wasting your time" I would very much appreciate it. ;-)

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Krista