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Jack update
Hi everybody,
Megan sent me a post where someone asked how Jack was doing, and I was responding when our power went out (not related to the BIG ONE, just our local ancient transformers). Now I'm back to retry and can't find the thread. Anyway, Jack and his clone Dmitri are both happy as clams! Jack just isn't the same boy who was so scared when he first got here. He's social, he's playful and he has his own personality. It still never fails to amaze me, or touch me, every time they get involved in a lick fest...or I find them curled up together on the bed, butts touching. (Jack sometimes just needs to sleep with something touching Dmitri; sometimes Dmitri doesn't want to touch and will move over, but then Jack gets up and moves so he can touch. It's sweet!) There's never been as much as a hiss between the two of them, even when they're playing musical food. Musical food occurs when one of them decides he wants the other's plate and sticks his head in and tries to push brother away. Then the other guy moves to the pusher's plate and it begins again. Back and forth. But there's never any fussing about it. Sometimes one will push his head in, and they just push heads back and forth until they decide to eat from the same plate. Then they move to the other plate and begin again. It's wacky! After they eat, they move to the living room and sit side by side, like the bookends they are, and bathe in unison. Left paw to face, right paw to face. Like mirror images! Their summer highlight has been the huge catnip plant that I'm growing out on the balcony. Oooh, they LOVE that! Fresh bouquets! Sometimes Dmitri decides he'll hog all the catnip, and will plop down on one branch, then grab the other in his hand. Jack will run to me and go Rrrrrowwwww (I call him Moo sometimes as a nickname, because he has such a deep meow and it sounds like a cow mooing). "Dmitri's hogging the catnip!" Dmitri just grins about it all, but then rolls over and lets Jack have his. Then there's "Dueling scratch box." Dmitri has always liked those cardboard scratchers, so I bought them a new deluxe model, the "Play Cavern Scratcher." They're too big to get inside the cavern, but still enjoy trying. Originally, dueling scratching was occuring on the corner of a wall. LOL. But they LOVE the cavern. Dueling scratching takes place when one gets on the box and scratches like crazy, then looks to make sure brother is watching. It seems to be a show off thing. Then he hops off and the other one gets on and scratches...but louder and harder. And back and forth until they've apparently decided the winner of the scratch off. It's really funny, because of the looks on their faces. Dmitri: scratch, scratch scratch Jack: "Oh yeah, watch this!"scratch, scratch scratch!! Dmitri: "Wait til you see this one!" scratch, scratch scratch! Jack: "Ha, that's nothing, check this out!" scratch, scratch scratch The sweetest thing is during thunderstorms. Dmitri has always been terrified of thunder, and hides under the sink in the bathroom cabinet. Jack isn't scared at all, but he usually goes in with Dmitri, just to take care of him. During one particularly bad storm, Jack got in there with him, and when I peeked, had his arms around Dmitri, like he was hugging him, saying "It's gonna be okay, brother. Just hold on." If I've got one guy on my lap and I'm sweet talking him, the other one comes running, even if he was in a dead sleep. "Me too!" Oh, and Jack LOVES tv! One night I was watching a movie and there was a sex scene. He really enjoyed that. LOL. Sat there and watched the whole thing. A few weeks ago, my neighbor's cat was out (I've scolded her for this, because her cats are DECLAWED for crying out loud!!! She's an idiot.) She's a friendly little cat, and followed me to my door, and when I opened it, Jack and Dmitri were right there, dancing around as if to say "Ohhhh, a new friend? Yipee!" She arched her back and started hissing. They were nonplussed, just kind of looked at me like "Well, she doesn't have good social skills, does she?" Anyway, Jack (and his twin) are the happiest boys in the world. He smiles so much, is very talkative (GIVE ME CHICKEN!) and has quite the personality. It feels like I've always had him. Does anyone hear anything from Catharine? I tell Jack all the time how much she loved him and how hard it was to let him go. Juls |
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[great news about how well Jack and Dimitri are doing snipped] Does anyone hear anything from Catharine? I tell Jack all the time how much she loved him and how hard it was to let him go. She's been posting recently in soc.support.fat-acceptance.moderated. Google for her latest, or it might be on your server since it's so recent. Priscilla |
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Juls quoth:
[great news about how well Jack and Dimitri are doing snipped] Does anyone hear anything from Catharine? I tell Jack all the time how much she loved him and how hard it was to let him go. She's been posting recently in soc.support.fat-acceptance.moderated. Google for her latest, or it might be on your server since it's so recent. Priscilla |
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"Juls" wrote in message m... Hi everybody, Megan sent me a post where someone asked how Jack was doing, and I was responding when our power went out (not related to the BIG ONE, just our local ancient transformers). Now I'm back to retry and can't find the thread. I think that was me who asked. Thanks to Megan for forwarding! Anyway, Jack and his clone Dmitri are both happy as clams! Jack just isn't the same boy who was so scared when he first got here. He's social, he's playful and he has his own personality. I'm so glad to hear it! They're both very lucky boys to have each other, and to have you, of course! (And all the people who helped get Jack to you!) I loved the thunderstorm story. They really love each other! rona |
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"Juls" wrote in message m... Hi everybody, Megan sent me a post where someone asked how Jack was doing, and I was responding when our power went out (not related to the BIG ONE, just our local ancient transformers). Now I'm back to retry and can't find the thread. I think that was me who asked. Thanks to Megan for forwarding! Anyway, Jack and his clone Dmitri are both happy as clams! Jack just isn't the same boy who was so scared when he first got here. He's social, he's playful and he has his own personality. I'm so glad to hear it! They're both very lucky boys to have each other, and to have you, of course! (And all the people who helped get Jack to you!) I loved the thunderstorm story. They really love each other! rona |
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Thanks for the update on those 2 sweet guys, Juls. My 3 kitties interact
cutely especially the 2 youngest ones but not to the extent of your boys. It's so terribly cute, though, I wish they would do it more. Candace (take the litter out before replying by e-mail) See my cats: http://photos.yahoo.com/maccandace |
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Thanks for the update on those 2 sweet guys, Juls. My 3 kitties interact
cutely especially the 2 youngest ones but not to the extent of your boys. It's so terribly cute, though, I wish they would do it more. Candace (take the litter out before replying by e-mail) See my cats: http://photos.yahoo.com/maccandace |
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In article , "Rona
Yuthasastrakosol" wrote: I'm so glad to hear it! They're both very lucky boys to have each other, and to have you, of course! (And all the people who helped get Jack to you!) I loved the thunderstorm story. They really love each other! Yeah, they do. I forgot to mention Jack's love of laundry. No idea why, but he LOVES to sleep on laundry, whether it's dirty or clean. If there's a pile of dirty clothes in the bathroom, I'll find him perched on top, snoozing. And when I've got a pile of clean laundry somewhere waiting to be folded and put away, he always finds that and goes to sleep. The first time he did it, he jumped up on it, sniffed around (he's very into smells, loves to sniff many things) and looked at me with that weird mouth open thing they do (the scent gland in their throats). Well, I thought sure that meant Dmitri must have peed on the clean clothes, because until then, his mouth smell thing was only for sniffing body parts. So I ran over and gave it a sniff myself, and all I could smell was Downy fresh, so guess he just wanted a good deep whiff of Downy. It's very odd. I've never seen a cat do the mouth open thing as much as he does....and it always makes me start laughing, because it's such a bizarre looking thing. (Megan splained it to me once, about the gland in their throats, all these years I just thought it was some kind of strange defect) Speak of the devil, he just woke up and waves his little gray paw to all his friends here. :::wave::: Dmitri will follow soon...he can't miss out! They're so adorable when they just wake up...such sleepy heads. Gawd, is it obvious I adore these two boys? LOL. Juls p.s. Has anyone ever heard of cats EATING catnip? Their new cat cavern came with a little bag of dried catnip, and if I sprinkle some, they rush over and start eating it. I think it must be a different kind of catnip, because the fresh that I grow, and other brands of dried, they just roll on it and sniff it. But never eat it. |
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In article , "Rona
Yuthasastrakosol" wrote: I'm so glad to hear it! They're both very lucky boys to have each other, and to have you, of course! (And all the people who helped get Jack to you!) I loved the thunderstorm story. They really love each other! Yeah, they do. I forgot to mention Jack's love of laundry. No idea why, but he LOVES to sleep on laundry, whether it's dirty or clean. If there's a pile of dirty clothes in the bathroom, I'll find him perched on top, snoozing. And when I've got a pile of clean laundry somewhere waiting to be folded and put away, he always finds that and goes to sleep. The first time he did it, he jumped up on it, sniffed around (he's very into smells, loves to sniff many things) and looked at me with that weird mouth open thing they do (the scent gland in their throats). Well, I thought sure that meant Dmitri must have peed on the clean clothes, because until then, his mouth smell thing was only for sniffing body parts. So I ran over and gave it a sniff myself, and all I could smell was Downy fresh, so guess he just wanted a good deep whiff of Downy. It's very odd. I've never seen a cat do the mouth open thing as much as he does....and it always makes me start laughing, because it's such a bizarre looking thing. (Megan splained it to me once, about the gland in their throats, all these years I just thought it was some kind of strange defect) Speak of the devil, he just woke up and waves his little gray paw to all his friends here. :::wave::: Dmitri will follow soon...he can't miss out! They're so adorable when they just wake up...such sleepy heads. Gawd, is it obvious I adore these two boys? LOL. Juls p.s. Has anyone ever heard of cats EATING catnip? Their new cat cavern came with a little bag of dried catnip, and if I sprinkle some, they rush over and start eating it. I think it must be a different kind of catnip, because the fresh that I grow, and other brands of dried, they just roll on it and sniff it. But never eat it. |
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In m,
Juls composed with style: I've never seen a cat do the mouth open thing as much as he does....and it always makes me start laughing, LOL My Marley (RB) used to do that a lot. Shamrock is starting to be the same way. |
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