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'Screaming' Rabid Cat Attacks 15 In Neighborhood
On Mon, 09 Jan 2006 21:40:25 -0600, Victor Martinez
wrote: CatNipped wrote: LOL! Yeah, right - tell that to Roman and Toby (Toby was the one who was standing on the back rest of my sofa, hugging the wall, and screaming "Get her away from me, get her away from me!" ; Didn't she purr when I pet her? Sounds like Bandit just knows a catslave when she meets one. Reminds me of a visit I made to my brother years ago. I was home on leave and visiting my parents in California. As I was getting ready to go up to Oregon to stay a few days with my brother Mom told me that he said he had a house cat, but that when she and Dad stayed for a few days they never saw the cat. She was amazed when I told her that the second morning I was there I woke in the morning with the cat asleep at the foot of the bed. -- Steve Touchstone, faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and Spot with loving memories of Rocky (RB) [remove Junk for email] Home Page: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/index.html Cat Pix: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/animals.html |
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'Screaming' Rabid Cat Attacks 15 In Neighborhood
"Victor Martinez" wrote in message
... CatNipped wrote: LOL! Yeah, right - tell that to Roman and Toby (Toby was the one who was standing on the back rest of my sofa, hugging the wall, and screaming "Get her away from me, get her away from me!" ; Didn't she purr when I pet her? That's right, she did! You are among the three people (including me) whom she hasn't attacked on sight. -- Hugs, CatNipped See all my masters at: http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/CatNipped/ -- Victor M. Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam he Email me he |
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'Screaming' Rabid Cat Attacks 15 In Neighborhood
"-L." wrote in message
ups.com... CatNipped wrote: "The cat came up from behind us and was screaming," cat attack victim Adam Maul said. "I mean I've never heard a cat scream so loud. The cat ran out from underneath the car and bit me in my ankle." Not to make light of this, but that's Bandit's "normal" behavior - seriously! It's also normal scared cat behavior. I need to read to read the article but I will bet this cat isn't rabid. -L. I know, but I can't tell if Bandit does this out of fear or not, though, because she has *never* taken the chance to escape over the chance to attack (IOW, with her it's not 'fight or flight', it's 'fight and fight some more'!). -- Hugs, CatNipped See all my masters at: http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/CatNipped/ |
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'Screaming' Rabid Cat Attacks 15 In Neighborhood
NMR wrote: http://www.local6.com/news/5890364/detail.html Florida, figures. When I took in a stray, the very first thing I did was have the young, pregnant lady checked for rabies and various feline diseases, surprisingly inexpensive I found. I guess I am still angry at Florida messing up our presidential election. Manipulating the election process by abusing the US Supreme Court (Scalia's logic was unusually contradictory within even his own very conservative framework) saddens and slightly terrifies me. The Republican woman, Harris?, in charge of the voting would not allow a recount. And the Democrats down there did not help by having a truly confusing ballot. Apparently the woman in charge, LePore?, could not design a simple ballot but came up with a butterfly ballot all on her own initiative, completely untested. This all may be a coincidence but often when I read about people doing things which show a lack of education or intermediate reasoning skills, Florida figures prominently. |
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'Screaming' Rabid Cat Attacks 15 In Neighborhood
CatNipped wrote: I know, but I can't tell if Bandit does this out of fear or not, though, because she has *never* taken the chance to escape over the chance to attack (IOW, with her it's not 'fight or flight', it's 'fight and fight some more'!). Does she have a history of abuse? (Of course I mean prior to you....?) -L. |
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'Screaming' Rabid Cat Attacks 15 In Neighborhood
"-L." wrote in message
ups.com... CatNipped wrote: I know, but I can't tell if Bandit does this out of fear or not, though, because she has *never* taken the chance to escape over the chance to attack (IOW, with her it's not 'fight or flight', it's 'fight and fight some more'!). Does she have a history of abuse? (Of course I mean prior to you....?) -L. No, but she is the cat I referred to in other posts that I had declawed 15 year ago - before I knew what declawing involved. She turned from a sweet, lovable kitten into a screaming, biting terror practically overnight. I endure the bites down to the bone with nary a cross word and accept it as punishment for what I did (and still it will never be enough to make up for what I did to her!) I'm just lucky she never had litterbox problems because of it - but if that changes and she does, I'll also clean up her pee without complaint. Needless to say she's always been an indoors only cat. We built a ramp up to my bed and other places because I know she must suffer arthritis - and I give her a daily massage to help relieve the pain she must be in constantly. All this because I didn't bother to research the procedure before I allowed the vet to do it (my landlord at the time said she had to be declawed in order to live there, but had I known then what I know now I would have moved in a New York second)! [Can you tell how much I beat myself up daily for this horrendous act?] Hugs, CatNipped |
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'Screaming' Rabid Cat Attacks 15 In Neighborhood
CatNipped wrote: No, but she is the cat I referred to in other posts that I had declawed 15 year ago - before I knew what declawing involved. She turned from a sweet, lovable kitten into a screaming, biting terror practically overnight. I endure the bites down to the bone with nary a cross word and accept it as punishment for what I did (and still it will never be enough to make up for what I did to her!) I'm just lucky she never had litterbox problems because of it - but if that changes and she does, I'll also clean up her pee without complaint. Needless to say she's always been an indoors only cat. We built a ramp up to my bed and other places because I know she must suffer arthritis - and I give her a daily massage to help relieve the pain she must be in constantly. All this because I didn't bother to research the procedure before I allowed the vet to do it (my landlord at the time said she had to be declawed in order to live there, but had I known then what I know now I would have moved in a New York second)! [Can you tell how much I beat myself up daily for this horrendous act?] Don't beat yourself up - you didn't know! I didn't know how bad it was until I worked for a vet. It does explain her behavior, though, and her story is, sadly, *really* common in declawed cats. How many does there have to be like her before vets accept that declawing *causes* behavioral problems?!? It just makes me sick!!!! -L. |
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'Screaming' Rabid Cat Attacks 15 In Neighborhood
"-L." wrote in message
ups.com... CatNipped wrote: No, but she is the cat I referred to in other posts that I had declawed 15 year ago - before I knew what declawing involved. She turned from a sweet, lovable kitten into a screaming, biting terror practically overnight. I endure the bites down to the bone with nary a cross word and accept it as punishment for what I did (and still it will never be enough to make up for what I did to her!) I'm just lucky she never had litterbox problems because of it - but if that changes and she does, I'll also clean up her pee without complaint. Needless to say she's always been an indoors only cat. We built a ramp up to my bed and other places because I know she must suffer arthritis - and I give her a daily massage to help relieve the pain she must be in constantly. All this because I didn't bother to research the procedure before I allowed the vet to do it (my landlord at the time said she had to be declawed in order to live there, but had I known then what I know now I would have moved in a New York second)! [Can you tell how much I beat myself up daily for this horrendous act?] Don't beat yourself up - you didn't know! I didn't know how bad it was until I worked for a vet. It does explain her behavior, though, and her story is, sadly, *really* common in declawed cats. How many does there have to be like her before vets accept that declawing *causes* behavioral problems?!? It just makes me sick!!!! -L. Yeah, me too. What made me really upset with my friend recently is that I know what I've gone through every day for 15 years because of crazy love for this cat (just today I got bitten while I was giving her a massage - I routinely get a tetanus shot every 7 years because of her) - and I know my friend won't put up with that. So they'll get dropped off at the SPCA (*if* they're lucky and not just dumped somewhere). And at the SPCA they'll legally have to label them as biters and probably won't even try to rehome them before they're euthed! *SIGH* Hugs, CatNipped |
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