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Dealing with Terrorists (Nocturne Wins)



 
 
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Old April 12th 08, 05:14 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
Lesley
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On Apr 11, 12:28*pm, Enfilade wrote:
We have had no choice but to concede to the Phantom Piddler.



I was about to ask if the Phantom Piddling had stopped

Nocturne wins again!

Lesley

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Old April 13th 08, 12:13 AM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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On Apr 11, 12:28 pm, Enfilade wrote:
We have had no choice but to concede to the Phantom Piddler.

Last month, Nocturne's peeing by the front door got well and truly out
of hand. Every day she peed the spot. Feliway did nothing. Herbal
spray did nothing. Tinfoil did nothing. Nothing could stop her.

(She went to the vet for extensive urology testing. There is nothing
physically wrong with her.)

She doesn't pee anywhere else on the floor if we keep soft things
(like clothes and rugs) off of it, but that ONE SPOT, she peed the
bare floor, right by the front door, 8 days in a row.

There was really only one thing to do.

We moved the litterbox out of the hall closet and put it right by the
front door, right over the pee spot.

And it's now been three weeks and not a SINGLE strike by the Phantom.
Nothing!

Sigh. It's gross having a litter box be the first thing visitors see
when they walk in. It's annoying not to be able to put shoes by the
door because the area is coopted by a litter box. It's frustrating to
realize that we just conceded to her unreasonable little demands.

On the other hand, it's great not cleaning up cat pee every day.

Nocturne wanted a litter box there. Nocturne demanded that it be so.
Nocturne committed acts of terrorism, and treated the spot as her own
personal toilet until we made it so.

Nocturne = 1 Humans = 0.

Sigh.

--Fil


Ya know when I first got Imp I had a similar problem trying to get him
to use the litter box in the bathroom. He kept going on my laundry
bag near my bedroom door.

So I put the litterbox there and let him use it.

Then every few days or so, I would move the box about a foot closer to
the bathroom. Imp would still use it

And then eventually got it inside the bathroom door and under the sink
where I wanted it.. and Imp then used it in its proper spot.

It might work, at least to get the litterbox over to the side.

Then again, Imp is not the smartest kitty. And Nox has a mind like a
steel trap, soooooo not sure if she would fall for it.

Just a thought. hehehehehe

Kristi
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Old April 13th 08, 01:46 AM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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Did you try putting a food dish in the spot?


Yes.

Nocturne peed in it.

Nocturne is hard core.

--Fil
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Old April 13th 08, 01:56 AM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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On Apr 12, 8:46 pm, Enfilade wrote:
Did you try putting a food dish in the spot?


Yes.

Nocturne peed in it.

Nocturne is hard core.


Oh, my.

Oh, MY.

This sounds like she has detected an architectural error and the
bathroom, or at least HER bathroom, should have been THERE.

If she is willing to be an expert witness, you may have grounds for a
lawsuit.


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Will in New Haven
This would be a better world for children if the
parents had to eat the spinach.
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Old April 13th 08, 10:21 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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If she is willing to be an expert witness, you may have grounds for a
lawsuit.


I don't let her in court anymore. She demands cases be tried under
feline law.

Yeah, I couldn't believe she peed the food.

--Fil
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Old April 14th 08, 03:31 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
Lesley
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On Apr 13, 2:21*pm, Enfilade wrote:

Yeah, I couldn't believe she peed the food.


After the lamp on the head and the cactus eating- you couldn't believe
it ? As you say Nocturne is hard core!

Lesley

Slave of the Fabulous Furballs

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Old April 14th 08, 08:50 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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Nocturne was always a very dignified lady who didn't even like to be
seen in the box and was very fastidious. For her to squat and pee the
floor right in front of us (!) is...well, it's like using nuclear
weapons--previously too horrible to contemplate.

It was appparently vital to the interests of the FWO that a toilet be
created at that precise location.

--Fil

Yeah, I couldn't believe she peed the food.


After the lamp on the head and the cactus eating- you couldn't believe
it ? As you say Nocturne is hard core!

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Old April 15th 08, 04:44 AM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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Enfilade wrote:
Nocturne was always a very dignified lady who didn't even like to be
seen in the box and was very fastidious. For her to squat and pee the
floor right in front of us (!) is...well, it's like using nuclear
weapons--previously too horrible to contemplate.


Speaking of which, one more for the FWO:

http://www.unitedmedia.com/comics/pe...-20080411.html

--
Marina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki.
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Old April 15th 08, 07:32 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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OMG Miranda...SO FAMILIAR.

--Fil


Speaking of which, one more for the FWO:

http://www.unitedmedia.com/comics/pe...-20080411.html


 




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