Typical "Shelter" Kitty?

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On Sat, 29 Sep 2007 23:02:48 -0400, T
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"Peg Caldwell-Ott" wrote in message
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Pemberton has never vomited--yet!! VBG

They pick their moment.


It is usually about 4 am when you have only have about 3 hours of sleep and
you have to get up in an hour




And of course they're very strategic about the whole thing and they'll
vomit right in your walk path.


I just stepped in a hairball a few days ago. Ick.

Although I must say, I would rather they puke in the walkway than on
my bed. Fiona would pick the spot where all my blankets were folded
back and layered so that she could hit all layers on one shot.

And Maynard tried to puke ON me once. I was sleeping on my stomach,
and I awoke to that sound that signals a hairball coming. I realized
he was on my back, and there were no covers between us. I had the
thought of puke on my shirt and no way to get out of it, and I flipped
him onto the floor. I did apologize, but I was relieved not to be
wearing it.



Cats are funny like that. I think alot of it has to do with comfort.
They'll puke where they're most comfortable doing so.

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On Sat, 29 Sep 2007 23:05:38 -0400, T
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A waterbed! I've had bad experiences with cats and waterbeds. Angie is
not allowed in the bedroom. I still have a minor allergic reaction
though mostly it's just itchy eyes.


Yep. I've had it over 15 years now. During the first year, I did have
a couple pinprick holes that were easy to fix. Since then, nothing at
all.

I do keep a blanket below my sheet so that there is a little
protection for the matress. But the cats don't usually run around
with sharp claws on the bed. I do kepe them trimmed, and most of the
time on the bed, they are sleeping or cuddling.



When I think about it my problem was mostly kittens. They have needle
sharp little claws. But it's still a firm rule that they're not allowed
in the bedroom.

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We suspect her prior owners were college kids. There's one
other behavior which supports that suspicion. She loves the
smell of pot. If someone lights up a joint outside she'll run
to the window.

Sure, someone outside, huh? ; )

No, seriously though, I thought all cats had a predilection for
plants in general. Or is that an entirely catnip concept?



Seriously - it's a regular thing in the city lately. The cops only
bust the big time dealers but the regular users they leave alone.
And I can only see it getting enforced less and less since we now
have medical marijuana in RI.

I think cats do like certain plants. Angie went absolutely insane
over the catnip plant I had, until she got greedy one day and
managed to kill the plant. Oh well.

The pot/marijuana thing is interesting though. My other cats
wouldn't respond to it at all.

The few stories I have heard about marijuana were of dogs eating it
and cats bathing in it.

I could see the headlines now, "Local Man Charged With Intent To
Distribute To Animals." Or even "Man Claims 100 Pot Plants Were
Medicinal Cat Remedy."

"Your Honor, my cat needs this weed for the proper cat-ification of
his cat-like, cat-ness. Without it he will surely suffer a cat-
astrophe."



Laugh all you want but the way the RI Medical Marijuana law is written,
either the person using can grow up to 12 plants, or they can select
someone to grow it for them.

I can see this one attracting the attention of the feds very soon.

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I think in the case of Angie she's so new that I have to
acclimate. We'd had Emily since she was a six week old kitten with
ring-worm and real worms.

Excuse my ignorance on the matter. What do you mean, "...and real
worms."?

I assume you meant the intestinal kind as opposed to ringworm (the
fungal infection).



Yes intestinal worms. They looked like little bits of rice so at six
weeks old little Emily got de-wormed.

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Suddenly, without warning, T exclaimed (9/30/2007 12:35 PM):

A waterbed! I've had bad experiences with cats and waterbeds. Angie is
not allowed in the bedroom. I still have a minor allergic reaction
though mostly it's just itchy eyes.

It's odd though, one cat that we had named Emily didn't trigger a
reaction. I miss that cat.

I think in the case of Angie she's so new that I have to acclimate. We'd
had Emily since she was a six week old kitten with ring-worm and real
worms.


Not necessarily. I've had Meep 11 years now, and just recently
developed an allergic reaction to her. Didn't even realize it until
this vacation - a week with no itchy eyes or runny nose, as soon as I
get home, both start up. Damn. Where's that Loratadine?

jmc


Interesting. In my casae I had so many allergies as a kid and a fairly
smart allergist. I got desensitized to many of the things I was allergic
to like stone fruits, etc. In fact on the scratch test the only group
that really swells up is the trees and grasses.

"T" wrote
Cats are funny like that. I think alot of it has to do with comfort.
They'll puke where they're most comfortable doing so.


Gracie wakes me sometimes crying, with the kitty equivalent of
"hey! *poke poke poke*" When I look around I see that she
has thrownup IN the window sill where she likes to watch
the birds and chipmunks and such, so she can't sit there. She
clearly knows who serves who, regardless of her southern
lady politeness.

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Response from T :

We suspect her prior owners were college kids. There's one
other behavior which supports that suspicion. She loves the
smell of pot. If someone lights up a joint outside she'll
run to the window.

Sure, someone outside, huh? ; )

No, seriously though, I thought all cats had a predilection
for plants in general. Or is that an entirely catnip concept?



Seriously - it's a regular thing in the city lately. The cops
only bust the big time dealers but the regular users they leave
alone. And I can only see it getting enforced less and less
since we now have medical marijuana in RI.

I think cats do like certain plants. Angie went absolutely
insane over the catnip plant I had, until she got greedy one
day and managed to kill the plant. Oh well.

The pot/marijuana thing is interesting though. My other cats
wouldn't respond to it at all.

The few stories I have heard about marijuana were of dogs eating
it and cats bathing in it.

I could see the headlines now, "Local Man Charged With Intent To
Distribute To Animals." Or even "Man Claims 100 Pot Plants Were
Medicinal Cat Remedy."

"Your Honor, my cat needs this weed for the proper cat-ification
of his cat-like, cat-ness. Without it he will surely suffer a
cat- astrophe."


Laugh all you want but the way the RI Medical Marijuana law is
written, either the person using can grow up to 12 plants, or they
can select someone to grow it for them.

I can see this one attracting the attention of the feds very soon.

Wow. That seriously is NUTS. And you are right, the FBI is going to
be forced to do something. I mean, that basically allows anyone to
grow pot. Yeah, I got a prescription and I have 4 different people
growing 3 plants a piece for me. Or some other "odd" use of the law.

That is like the pipe shop in this area where the owner claimed that
everything in his shop was tobacco only, yet he also sold HUNDREDS of
pipes that could ONLY be used to smoke methamphetamines! (Or
basically ones that could not burn tobacco effectively, but rather
"cook" the chemicals.)

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I think in the case of Angie she's so new that I have to
acclimate. We'd had Emily since she was a six week old kitten
with ring-worm and real worms.

Excuse my ignorance on the matter. What do you mean, "...and
real worms."?

I assume you meant the intestinal kind as opposed to ringworm
(the fungal infection).


Yes intestinal worms. They looked like little bits of rice so at
six weeks old little Emily got de-wormed.

Ah, OK. I am still getting used to having a kitty so I was not sure
if there was another type I should be on the lookout for.

Thanks, T.

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Not necessarily. I've had Meep 11 years now, and just recently
developed an allergic reaction to her. Didn't even realize it
until this vacation - a week with no itchy eyes or runny nose, as
soon as I get home, both start up. Damn. Where's that
Loratadine?


Interesting. In my casae I had so many allergies as a kid and a
fairly smart allergist. I got desensitized to many of the things I
was allergic to like stone fruits, etc. In fact on the scratch
test the only group that really swells up is the trees and
grasses.

I am so very grateful that the only allergies I have inherited from
my mum was mild hay fever. So basically at the start of every hot
summer I sneeze six to ten times a day. *shrugs*

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"T" wrote
Cats are funny like that. I think alot of it has to do with
comfort. They'll puke where they're most comfortable doing so.


Gracie wakes me sometimes crying, with the kitty equivalent of
"hey! *poke poke poke*" When I look around I see that she
has thrownup IN the window sill where she likes to watch
the birds and chipmunks and such, so she can't sit there. She
clearly knows who serves who, regardless of her southern
lady politeness.

OK... I have seen enough puke talk to ask. What luck have you lads
and lasses had with that anti-puke (hairball) stuff I have seen
floating around.

Does it actually work?

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