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My visit with Megan's Menagerie
(Pictures to follow)
Since Megan gets a lot of crap from resident psychos here, and I usually express myself so inartfully, I had decided to hold off this post until now, when I saw this latest round of hateful posts. The usual maniacs will weigh in with their invective, but I've seen first hand the great work she does, and so decided to post a little more detail. She knows what she's talking about, and lies and suspicions about her brood of kitties are utterly without merit. * First off, my sole purpose was to visit Henry (a stray we adopted that we were unable to integrate, who Megan subsequently rescued). Like a lot of folks here, finding out how many cats she fosters raised my eyebrows, but since she seemed pretty bright, knowledgeable and sane over the phone and in the first visits with Henry, I wasn't really worried that she was a hoarder. Though there are a lot of morons in this newsgroup who see her as Satan with a cat-fetish, it's pretty easy to spot their kookiness and ignore them. * In fact, after wanting to visit Henry, seeing a houseful of cats was second on my list of interests. On top of it, she was having dinner, and my son was totally into that, even though he's not as big a cat nut as most of us here ( just big. And a teenager. I need say no more). * I walked in the door and met the first wave of feline-greeters, and I was happy to see Henry among them! He was noticeably slimmer, and far-better groomed, though Megan's held off giving him a Marvin trim. With him were a gaggle of other cats, sniffing, some angling for a chance to zip out. * The first thing Megan did once we were inside was to show me the permit from the city authorizing her to have a cluster of cats. I didn't think this was necessary, but she must have known that many folks have the same reaction seeing a houseful of cats. After all, what do we see on COPS, Animal Planet, the news and other sources regarding people with multiple cats? Invariably they're in a feces-filled wreck, with dozens of kittens everywhere, and frustrated uniforms trying to trap or net them. * This was absolutely not what I saw. * The first wave subsiding, Megan introduced us to her human guests, and gave me the tour of her place. * Cats were seemingly everywhere, most of them napping or otherwise having their own little conversations or cat-fu sessions. She introduced me to everyone who was around, and gestured to the ones that were napping. * Cat trees and shelves were everywhere, and it was 3D cats in every room. Cat on a rug, cat climbing a cat-tree, cat on a perch near the ceiling watching with feigned disinterest. We passed through the kitchen and I was totally delighted to see Henry batting around Marvin's bushy tail (Henry's a big guy, about 15 lbs, but Marvin is HUGE around 23 lbs iirc. He was impressively tolerant). * We sat down to eat (rather, I joined my son as he started his second plate of spaghetti) and chatted with her other guests. The second wave of greeters came out, and sniffed and hopped on our laps. Princess fell in love with my son, and was chattering away about something very important at him, though sadly he doesn't speak cat. * I think I saw about 90% of Megan's Menagerie that night. Every single one of them was happy, contented and napping -- or curious and playful. There was no growling, no fighting, no panicked explosion of hidden cats as one came around the corner. All of their coats were beautiful and shiny (wet, premium cat food), their eyes were clear, and I took a look at ears, butts and teeth, knowing at some point I'd be testifying in front of the kooks and undecideds in this newsgroup. * No pools of urine or piles of feces, no evil smells of defecation or disease, but a bevy of clean, odor-free litter boxes. No closetfulls of kittens, no open wounds, no volumes of "How To Prepare Curried Cat" sitting on the shelves. * That I feel compelled to make this defense is a sad commentary on the warped views of the resident kooks and nutcases on RPCHB. But it occurs to me that the newbie who can't recognize a kook at first glance might actually ignore the solid advice Megan gives, or if given the opportunity to work with her would turn her down because of misinformation. * I have no vested interest. Megan doesn't pay me. She got my family and an incredibly wonderful stray (and an intransigent Bengal as well) out of a horrible predicament. She helped me move Louis back towards continence (one week and counting). Her advice is sound and verifiable, and her critics are simple Usenet kooks. * I know this may come off as a panygeric. Lord knows I can see people's issues with Megan's personality. With her, it's about the cat, and whether the owner and cat have the proper understanding of each other. * I trusted her handling Henry, and after this visit, I trust her even more. * This was a houseful of extremely varied, beautiful, happy, healthy cats. They are lucky to own a human like Megan. * BLink |
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"Brian Link" wrote in message ... She knows what she's talking about, How would you know? You couldn't tell the difference between a hairball and turd without tasting it. You rank right up there will blabbering Barry- you're another dim- witted babbling idiot. |
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On Tue, 14 Jun 2005 01:49:50 -0400, "Phil P."
wrote: "Brian Link" wrote in message .. . She knows what she's talking about, How would you know? You couldn't tell the difference between a hairball and turd without tasting it. You rank right up there will blabbering Barry- you're another dim- witted babbling idiot. Once again, I am awed by your command of logic and the reasoned rebuttal. Perhaps when you are sober, you could give me a response I could discuss with you. Looking forward to our future chats. BLink |
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"Brian Link" wrote in message ... On Tue, 14 Jun 2005 01:49:50 -0400, "Phil P." wrote: "Brian Link" wrote in message .. . She knows what she's talking about, How would you know? You couldn't tell the difference between a hairball and turd without tasting it. You rank right up there will blabbering Barry- you're another dim- witted babbling idiot. Once again, I am awed by your command of logic and the reasoned rebuttal. Rebut what, your blather? Looking forward to our future chats. If I were you, I wouldn't be. |
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"Phil P." wrote: Path: newssvr31.news.prodigy.com!newsdbm02.news.prodigy. com!newsdst01.news.prodigy.com!newsmst01b.news.pro digy.com!prodigy.com!newscon06.news.prodigy.com!pr odigy.net!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.gigan ews.com!local01.nntp.dca.giganews.com!news.giganew s.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 00:51:52 -0500 From: "Phil P." phil maxshouse.com Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats.health+behav References: Subject: My visit with Megan's Menagerie Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 01:49:50 -0400 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1478 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1478 Message-ID: AaGdne4e2Nvl7TPfRVn-1w giganews.com Lines: 13 X-Trace: sv3-Lqs6+HPhPxyDw5iRLNha3UYCUK7bE9DuCMtWzq+ZK1YTH3u/j5BiA9x80r2i/kmzmUUvOWiFVio+7b3!PAbL+e0lZ1H1nOHdjCgtU8ehWrfeC5T jX0AzKhiZzecNhgQGSabuqZ6QWfsOB/g= X-Complaints-To: X-DMCA-Notifications: http://www.giganews.com/info/dmca.html X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.32 Xref: newsmst01b.news.prodigy.com rec.pets.cats.health+behav:373228 "Brian Link" wrote in message ... She knows what she's talking about, How would you know? You couldn't tell the difference between a hairball and turd without tasting it. You rank right up there will blabbering Barry- you're another dim- witted babbling idiot. |
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Phil P. wrote:
"Brian Link" wrote in message ... She knows what she's talking about, How would you know? You couldn't tell the difference between a hairball and turd without tasting it. You rank right up there will blabbering Barry- you're another dim- witted babbling idiot. Hairballs are pepperoni sticks with hair. Turds are plain pepperoni sticks. |
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Brian Link wrote: (Pictures to follow) Please excuse me for appearing to be dialectic ~ purley co-incidental. I would have enjoyed something like that - Looking fwd to pics. Good read! I printed it and read it while I took a Phil. |
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"Brian Link" wrote: I walked in the door and met the first wave of feline-greeters, and I was happy to see Henry among them! Oh Jesus. So the reluctant woman who adopted Henry gave him back to Megan? I knew she would not keep him. You miserable son of a bitch. |
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"Phil P." wrote in message ... "Brian Link" wrote in message ... She knows what she's talking about, How would you know? You couldn't tell the difference between a hairball and turd without tasting it. You rank right up there will blabbering Barry- you're another dim- witted babbling idiot. But worse, poor Henry. The woman Megan assured Brian would grow to love him and keep him did not, just as I expected due to her cold reception of him. Poor Henry. |
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"Brian Link" wrote in message ... On Tue, 14 Jun 2005 01:49:50 -0400, "Phil P." wrote: "Brian Link" wrote in message .. . She knows what she's talking about, How would you know? You couldn't tell the difference between a hairball and turd without tasting it. You rank right up there will blabbering Barry- you're another dim- witted babbling idiot. Once again, I am awed by your command of logic and the reasoned rebuttal. Perhaps when you are sober, you could give me a response I could discuss with you. This from a man who keeps complaining that his cats keep him up by knocking beer bottles off of the table all night. |
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