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On Mon, 07 Mar 2005 04:02:08 GMT, "Stormin Mormon"
yodeled: I wasn't all that happy with the gal at PetNot So Smart, and so wrote a message to describe it. Wel, after the very poor experience with the PestStupid people, then I go to dinner with friends. One friend of mine spent an hour or so telling me all the abuse the cats have dumped on him. From eating his food, drinking out of his glass, waking him at 6 AM, scratching his face, and jumping on counters and such. Cat litter stink. And then descriptions of kitty farts, and graphic descriptions of Kitty Turd Supreme. I spent the drive home remembering all the various problems I had with Ruffus. Mealworms in the catfood (lost a LOT of food to mealworms; many boxes of dry food, macaroni, and many boxes of breakfast cereal). Used to sit on my chest at night. Jumping on things. Knocking things off. On the counter. On the TV. On the copier. Knocking stuff off the surfaces. Defiant, on top of the copier while my back is turned and a blur of fur coming down off when I turn around. I'm quite seriously turned off about the concept of getting a cat. You're right. What a pain in the @ss. Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com |
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Ohhhhh. I never buy cheap food.
"Stormin Mormon" wrote in message .. . As I understand, it was "indian mealworms" in cheap dry catfood. -- Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus www.lds.org www.mormons.com "Karen" wrote in message ... Hmmm. Never had any trouble with worms at all. Not with 18+ cats through all my years. So I'm not sure at all what that has to do with cats. But yeah, some of this is par for the course and if that is a concern, you are probably right in thinking about not going down that road. |
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"KellyH" wrote in message ... "Stormin Mormon" wrote in message .. . As I understand, it was "indian mealworms" in cheap dry catfood. And that was the cat's fault how? Could have happened in a sack of flour, too. I would have to buy smaller bags of food more often. |
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On Mon, 07 Mar 2005 07:57:45 -0600, Karen wrote:
in article , Karen AKA Kajikit at wrote on 3/7/05 7:11AM: I had no idea that cats could be so much work... I've never had one before, and then we got two at once. One of the first things they did once we got them into the house was to break John's boat ornament and make me cry... they make messes, they run across your tummies and feet at 3am and wake you up, they pee in inappropriate places and demand gourmet kitty treats, they protest vigorously if you have to try to give them any medication... for a little while I wondered if I was cut out to be a meowmie because they kept making me cry... but I love them to bits and I wouldn't give them up for the world. Well, kittens, like babies are particularly a lot of work (although I never ever had problems with inappropriate peeing - did they have an infection? I find this highly unusual). And the main "break" I remember is Pearl jumping up on my laptop and snapping off the T key, which I had to order a replacement for. Other than demanding a lot of attention and being picky about food, I haven't found (especially with adults) anything that comes close to really annoying me. Certainly nothing like many of my coworkers (whom I really do like) and their behaviours. So I think they are pretty much a bargain. We bought them a covered litterbox... only Silver decided that she wouldn't use it! She'd wait till I took the cover off to scoop it and then she'd jump in and do her business... then a few days later she decided that I wasn't getting the message fast enough, so she looked for other places to go (ie, anything soft and absorbant-looking left lying on the floor...) I was very concerned about her health but the vet said she was fine. We went back to open litterboxes and the trouble stopped immediately. Scout's also trying to teach us a 'lesson'... we tried changing their catfood to a slightly cheaper version last week, and it took a few days to realise that she wasn't eating it! Silver is such a greedyguts that she was eating a double share, and Scout was only nibbling enough to keep from starving We got more Science Diet yesterday... ~Karen aka Kajikit Crafts, cats, and chocolate - the three essentials of life http://www.kajikitscorner.com *remove 'nospam' to reply |
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Karen wrote in message ... in article , Stormin Mormon at wrote on 3/6/05 10:02 PM: I wasn't all that happy with the gal at PetNot So Smart, and so wrote a message to describe it. Wel, after the very poor experience with the PestStupid people, then I go to dinner with friends. One friend of mine spent an hour or so telling me all the abuse the cats have dumped on him. From eating his food, drinking out of his glass, waking him at 6 AM, scratching his face, and jumping on counters and such. Cat litter stink. And then descriptions of kitty farts, and graphic descriptions of Kitty Turd Supreme. I spent the drive home remembering all the various problems I had with Ruffus. Mealworms in the catfood (lost a LOT of food to mealworms; many boxes of dry food, macaroni, and many boxes of breakfast cereal). Used to sit on my chest at night. Jumping on things. Knocking things off. On the counter. On the TV. On the copier. Knocking stuff off the surfaces. Defiant, on top of the copier while my back is turned and a blur of fur coming down off when I turn around. I'm quite seriously turned off about the concept of getting a cat. I think you have reached a wise decision. It sounds as if neither you nor the cat would be very happy, together if you were to get one right now. Yes, there are drawbacks to cat ownership, such as those you list above. If all you can see in owning a cat is smelly litterboxes, getting scratched and bad behavior (Cats can be trained with consistent negative and positive reinforcement.) I'll only say I couldn't imagine my home without the companionship and comedy of having cats around, even when Nina turns my toilet paper into confetti. Unconditional love, and beautiful living creatures greeting me at the door when I come home from work, being two of the greatest assets. For me, that more than balances out the disadvantages. Melissa |
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Stormin Mormon wrote: From eating his food, drinking out of his glass, waking him at 6 AM, scratching his face, and jumping on counters and such. Cat litter stink. And then descriptions of kitty farts, and graphic descriptions of Kitty Turd Supreme./// Normal conditions of being owned by a cat. You need to be able to deal with those before you consider getting another cat into your life. To me, the advantages/pleasure far outweighs the "nasties". Used to sit on my chest at night./// Now to me, that is a great priviledge. I consider that a BENEFIT of owning a cat. Jumping on things. Knocking things off. On the counter. On the TV. On the copier. Knocking stuff off the surfaces. Defiant, on top of the copier while my back is turned and a blur of fur coming down off when I turn around./// I like it. It reminds me I'm not the only one in the universe and that I'm the bottom of the pecking order! ;o) I'm quite seriously turned off about the concept of getting a cat./// Then maybe you should rethink whether it is the pet for you. ) Being owned by a cat is a wonderful priviledge, but also a very great responsibility. Helen M |
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"Melissa Houle" wrote in message ... Karen wrote in message ... in article , Stormin Mormon at wrote on 3/6/05 10:02 PM: I wasn't all that happy with the gal at PetNot So Smart, and so wrote a message to describe it. Wel, after the very poor experience with the PestStupid people, then I go to dinner with friends. One friend of mine spent an hour or so telling me all the abuse the cats have dumped on him. From eating his food, drinking out of his glass, waking him at 6 AM, scratching his face, and jumping on counters and such. Cat litter stink. And then descriptions of kitty farts, and graphic descriptions of Kitty Turd Supreme. I spent the drive home remembering all the various problems I had with Ruffus. Mealworms in the catfood (lost a LOT of food to mealworms; many boxes of dry food, macaroni, and many boxes of breakfast cereal). Used to sit on my chest at night. Jumping on things. Knocking things off. On the counter. On the TV. On the copier. Knocking stuff off the surfaces. Defiant, on top of the copier while my back is turned and a blur of fur coming down off when I turn around. I'm quite seriously turned off about the concept of getting a cat. I think you have reached a wise decision. It sounds as if neither you nor the cat would be very happy, together if you were to get one right now. Yes, there are drawbacks to cat ownership, such as those you list above. If all you can see in owning a cat is smelly litterboxes, getting scratched and bad behavior (Cats can be trained with consistent negative and positive reinforcement.) I'll only say I couldn't imagine my home without the companionship and comedy of having cats around, even when Nina turns my toilet paper into confetti. Unconditional love, and beautiful living creatures greeting me at the door when I come home from work, being two of the greatest assets. For me, that more than balances out the disadvantages. Melissa Beautifully put, Melissa. BTW, I have a toilet paper and paper towel shredder too! |
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On 2005-03-07, Melissa Houle penned:
I'll only say I couldn't imagine my home without the companionship and comedy of having cats around, even when Nina turns my toilet paper into confetti. Unconditional love, and beautiful living creatures greeting me at the door when I come home from work, being two of the greatest assets. For me, that more than balances out the disadvantages. I can't remember a time when I didn't have a pet, but I don't think it would have to be a cat. Even my fish and my hamsters cheered me up when I entered my dorm room in college. Hamsters have the upside of being furry, but they have a pernicious tendency to escape and get into things ... fish are beautiful, but especially in the swampy climate of Williamsburg (no A/C units in dorms without doctor's note), they seemed to succumb to the ick all too easily. I did love those bettas ... so beautiful, and I always kept them in a large aquarium. Couldn't stand to see them in those tiny globes they have at the store. -- monique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca |
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"Monique Y. Mudama" wrote:
On 2005-03-07, Stormin Mormon penned: I'm quite seriously turned off about the concept of getting a cat. If you're concerned that having a cat will be too much work, you probably shouldn't get one. They're enough work that you want to be really sure about it. Kinda like having kids. I haven't personally found having cats to involve a lot of work. There's hardly a single aspect of my life that Betty hasn't influenced, but so far it's been all pros and no significant cons. Part of that may be that I didn't get Betty as a kitten, and she hasn't had any major illnesses. |
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On 2005-03-08, Takayuki penned:
"Monique Y. Mudama" wrote: On 2005-03-07, Stormin Mormon penned: I'm quite seriously turned off about the concept of getting a cat. If you're concerned that having a cat will be too much work, you probably shouldn't get one. They're enough work that you want to be really sure about it. Kinda like having kids. I haven't personally found having cats to involve a lot of work. There's hardly a single aspect of my life that Betty hasn't influenced, but so far it's been all pros and no significant cons. Part of that may be that I didn't get Betty as a kitten, and she hasn't had any major illnesses. I can't speak to illnesses (knock on wood), but I can speak to hoolikittens! Oscar tore down, beyond repair, every set of blinds in my apartment. I ended up having absolutely no privacy unless I hid in the bathroom, because all of my windows were wide open to the world. I couldn't have open containers of water (like vases) around, because she'd knock them over. The one time she didn't make it to the litter box, it STANK to high heaven and the smell never got out of that corner. I had to take down the fun christmas lights in my office because she was threatening to bite into them, not to mention worry about broken mini-lightbulbs. I'm still finding toothmarks in various electrical cords. She knocked anything light enough to be bapped off any surface more than two feet off the ground. She declared my computer desk (which I used constantly) her domain and hissed, bit and scratched at me when I removed her because my typing scared her and she would bite and scratch me for using the keyboard or mouse. She liked reaching up and clawing at holes just *slightly* taller than her stretched-out body, so that I had to rescue her from both my computer's vents and the A/C vent on the wall. ..... man, do I miss having a kitten. But I think I'd have to rent an apartment again if I had one. Some place that doesn't mind ripping up all the carpets between tenants and has really cheap blinds. -- monique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca |
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