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Yes, but I think dogs can be funny or strange, too. Strangeness or funnyness isn't cat exclusive.satindesire said:
But, I've had eight cats in the last 25 or so years. I can safely say they all did or do something I'd consider strange or funny...or strangely funny.
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If I use a bleach product on my surfaces or floor both of my cats will go mental, rubbing their faces around the area. Its the same if I've been swimming and haven't washed my hair, they go mental chewing and clawing at my head.
Bonnie also once managed to carry her food bowl all the way upstairs to me - very dog like !! She also plays fetch with a ball rather well.
Bonnie also once managed to carry her food bowl all the way upstairs to me - very dog like !! She also plays fetch with a ball rather well.
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The husband kitty Rocco plays fetch with his feather-mice.
He also loves to be held, cradled like a baby.
His wife Tabitha sniffs my face when she cuddles with me. That's already been mentioned before...^_^
Their son Tuesday climbs Sir's legs when he wants attention and likes to sit up on his shoulders like a cat-scarf. Tuesday is madly obsessed with Sir and won't ever leave him alone. Come to think of it, both male cats are in love with Sir and won't leave him alone.
His sister Misty doesn't really do anything odd. In being normal, she's become the black sheep of the family.
The cat I had when I lived in Cali, Chiquita (now passed on), liked to be spanked, not petted on her butt. SPANKED!! I couldn't believe it. You could really whale the tar outta that behind and she'd just stick it up higher in the air meowing for more attention.
He also loves to be held, cradled like a baby.
His wife Tabitha sniffs my face when she cuddles with me. That's already been mentioned before...^_^
Their son Tuesday climbs Sir's legs when he wants attention and likes to sit up on his shoulders like a cat-scarf. Tuesday is madly obsessed with Sir and won't ever leave him alone. Come to think of it, both male cats are in love with Sir and won't leave him alone.
His sister Misty doesn't really do anything odd. In being normal, she's become the black sheep of the family.
The cat I had when I lived in Cali, Chiquita (now passed on), liked to be spanked, not petted on her butt. SPANKED!! I couldn't believe it. You could really whale the tar outta that behind and she'd just stick it up higher in the air meowing for more attention.
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This had me LOL! (Black sheep of the family - he he he!) My Omar also likes to play fetch, although his brother Leo always ruins the game by stealing the toy. Leo also likes to be spanked in his kitty sweet spot. Sometimes he cries for it.satindesire said:The husband kitty Rocco plays fetch with his feather-mice.
He also loves to be held, cradled like a baby.
His wife Tabitha sniffs my face when she cuddles with me. That's already been mentioned before...^_^
Their son Tuesday climbs Sir's legs when he wants attention and likes to sit up on his shoulders like a cat-scarf. Tuesday is madly obsessed with Sir and won't ever leave him alone. Come to think of it, both male cats are in love with Sir and won't leave him alone.
His sister Misty doesn't really do anything odd. In being normal, she's become the black sheep of the family.
The cat I had when I lived in Cali, Chiquita (now passed on), liked to be spanked, not petted on her butt. SPANKED!! I couldn't believe it. You could really whale the tar outta that behind and she'd just stick it up higher in the air meowing for more attention.
Was Chiquita chubby? Leo is positively fat and I've always thought it was because he had extra padding that he liked the extra sensation. 
NeonP.S., Omar just started hairball yacking as he was sitting in my lap
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neonflux said:Was Chiquita chubby? Leo is positively fat and I've always thought it was because he had extra padding that he liked the extra sensation.
P.S., Omar just started hairball yacking as he was sitting in my lap
No, she did have long fluffy hair though. Maybe it was for the same reason?
P.S. Ew!
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US cat 'predicts patient deaths'
Oscar meows in protest if removed from the room of a dying patient
A US cat that is reportedly able to sense when a nursing home's residents are about to die is baffling doctors.
Oscar has a habit of curling up next to patients at the home in Providence, Rhode Island, in their final hours.
According to the author of a study in the New England Journal of Medicine, the two-year-old cat has been observed to be correct in 25 cases so far.
Staff now alert the families of residents when he sits down next to their ailing loved one.
"He doesn't make many mistakes. He seems to understand when patients are about to die," David Dosa, a professor at Brown University who carried out the research, told the Associated Press news agency.
'Premonitions'
Oscar was adopted as a kitten at Steere House Nursing and Rehabilitation Centre.
Cats often can sense when their owners are sick or when another animal is sick
Thomas Graves, feline expert
The cat is said to do his own rounds, just like the doctors and nurses at the home, but is not generally friendly to patients.
Although most families are grateful for the warning Oscar seems to provide, some relatives ask that the pet be taken away while they say their last goodbyes to their loved ones.
When put outside the room, Oscar is said to pace up and down meowing in protest.
Thomas Graves, a feline expert from the University of Illinois, told the BBC: "Cats often can sense when their owners are sick or when another animal is sick.
"They can sense when the weather will change, they're famous for being sensitive to premonitions of earthquakes."
A doctor who treats patients at the home said she believed there was probably a biochemical explanation, rather than the cat being psychic.
Oscar meows in protest if removed from the room of a dying patient
A US cat that is reportedly able to sense when a nursing home's residents are about to die is baffling doctors.
Oscar has a habit of curling up next to patients at the home in Providence, Rhode Island, in their final hours.
According to the author of a study in the New England Journal of Medicine, the two-year-old cat has been observed to be correct in 25 cases so far.
Staff now alert the families of residents when he sits down next to their ailing loved one.
"He doesn't make many mistakes. He seems to understand when patients are about to die," David Dosa, a professor at Brown University who carried out the research, told the Associated Press news agency.
'Premonitions'
Oscar was adopted as a kitten at Steere House Nursing and Rehabilitation Centre.
Cats often can sense when their owners are sick or when another animal is sick
Thomas Graves, feline expert
The cat is said to do his own rounds, just like the doctors and nurses at the home, but is not generally friendly to patients.
Although most families are grateful for the warning Oscar seems to provide, some relatives ask that the pet be taken away while they say their last goodbyes to their loved ones.
When put outside the room, Oscar is said to pace up and down meowing in protest.
Thomas Graves, a feline expert from the University of Illinois, told the BBC: "Cats often can sense when their owners are sick or when another animal is sick.
"They can sense when the weather will change, they're famous for being sensitive to premonitions of earthquakes."
A doctor who treats patients at the home said she believed there was probably a biochemical explanation, rather than the cat being psychic.
So we survived the move. I knew it would be hard on her but when I got the cat carrier outside and she realized she was no longer indoors where she belongs - she started to SCREAM. It sounded like someone was trying to pull her tail out. I just kept chanting that it would be okay and trying to sound soothing but I felt so bad for my little girl that I nearly started to cry as I got her carrier straped into the car.
She quieted down but when I stopped the car, she started up again... screaming. I hurried her inside and opened the door and let her explore on her own a bit... though mostly she just belly crawled out of the carrier very slowly and peered around her tail fluffed up and her ears flat and her eyes wide. It was pathetic and cute and funny and horrible all at once. I rushed my laundry basket and her cat toys inside and then picked her up and soothed her and walked the length of the house. she started to freak though after the first flight of stairs. She spent two days in the closet wide eyed and terrified and tense. I worried so much about her and kept trying to get her to eat a little bit and asking everyone how long she could go without eating.
She ate during her second night... which was the first night with all my furniture and her cat condo here. And it's been a week and she still has freak out moments but she's doing much better.
She used to rush to the door when I got home in the evening and hurl herself at my feet. Now she hisses at me until she realizes it's me and then hurls herself at my feet. She also raises her catly hackles at me if she's on the landing when i go up the stairs. She turns her side to me, brushes up her tail and a ridge of fur along her spine goes all mohawky and she growls. I'm not sure what to make of this behaviour as sometimes she does it in seriousness and other times it seems to be a game... wherein she pounces, makes her sideways statement and then bounds up the stairs, comes tearing back down them and bounces into her growling position. and if i make a sudden movement to her, she seems to grin and go tearing up the stairs and when i'm hidden around the corner, come back and pounce into growl position again. And then other times, she does it as if startled and then when she realizes that is' just me, she relaxes. I have no idea what her deal is. Except maybe that stairs are still a novelty for her little kitty cat brain.
She quieted down but when I stopped the car, she started up again... screaming. I hurried her inside and opened the door and let her explore on her own a bit... though mostly she just belly crawled out of the carrier very slowly and peered around her tail fluffed up and her ears flat and her eyes wide. It was pathetic and cute and funny and horrible all at once. I rushed my laundry basket and her cat toys inside and then picked her up and soothed her and walked the length of the house. she started to freak though after the first flight of stairs. She spent two days in the closet wide eyed and terrified and tense. I worried so much about her and kept trying to get her to eat a little bit and asking everyone how long she could go without eating.
She ate during her second night... which was the first night with all my furniture and her cat condo here. And it's been a week and she still has freak out moments but she's doing much better.
She used to rush to the door when I got home in the evening and hurl herself at my feet. Now she hisses at me until she realizes it's me and then hurls herself at my feet. She also raises her catly hackles at me if she's on the landing when i go up the stairs. She turns her side to me, brushes up her tail and a ridge of fur along her spine goes all mohawky and she growls. I'm not sure what to make of this behaviour as sometimes she does it in seriousness and other times it seems to be a game... wherein she pounces, makes her sideways statement and then bounds up the stairs, comes tearing back down them and bounces into her growling position. and if i make a sudden movement to her, she seems to grin and go tearing up the stairs and when i'm hidden around the corner, come back and pounce into growl position again. And then other times, she does it as if startled and then when she realizes that is' just me, she relaxes. I have no idea what her deal is. Except maybe that stairs are still a novelty for her little kitty cat brain.
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Do you know if the previous tenants had a cat or a dog? Animals have great noses and can smell another animal, even if the place has been cleaned. She might be concerned that the other animal is still there, or will be coming back.Krinaia said:
Time will calm her, I think. She's suffered a large anxiety moment, but it had to happen. Animals are always jumpy when they are taken from their safe suroundings. Until she feels safe again, she will act strange for a while. Slowlly, her reactions should calm down.
It's good to get her toys where she can smell them, and your furniture smells safe, too. But, even where she sleeps is in a new spot now, and she's just a little unhappy with it. But, some things are just necessary, no matter how difficult they are. It's too bad she was affected so.
Is this the first stairway she's seen? What you describe sounds like she's plaing. Especially if she's never seen stairs before. Not that they are always a new and exciting treat for cats, but they can be. I'd just go along with her playing and react as you think you should.
You could maybe have a toy of hers handy, so when she makes these aggressive moves toward you, toss her toy to her, and see if she attacks it instead. At least you might take her mind off of you and put it on that toy. If she ever gets too rough with you, that could come in handy.
But, I think this is just a stage she's going through. She should bore of this eventually and find her something else to do. My cats will do something I've told them not to do in the past, just to get even with me.
I once had a cat that would always get even with me, if I yelled at him for doing something he shouldn't have. He would get up on a table, wait until I was looking, then push an ashtray or something similar off the table, onto the floor. Then, he would dash out of the room, like greased lightening, only to appear later, as if nothing had ever happened.
Cats are funny, but they can also be very timid and careful, too. Do your best to make her as calm as possible, when you can. Leave doors open for her to explore the whole place, if it's possible. But, don't force her into any room or situation she doesn't want to be in.
She needs to feel OK in this new home at oer own pace. It could take some time. If this was her first move, it could take a little longer. Continue to watch her, to see how she handles the different things she comes up against. Give her a little extra love, whenever possible. She's had a rough time of it, and animals need to be cuddled, too.
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Obviously she didn't want to move and is pissed. I once knew a witch who talked to her cat and her cat called her every cat name in the book for moving her.
My girl was sweet last night following me like a puppy and staying by my side. Not asking for anything which was unusual.
My girl was sweet last night following me like a puppy and staying by my side. Not asking for anything which was unusual.
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Cats are cute, i got one as well
Her favorite place to sleep in on my breasts. Its funny cuz many times when i was busy with my man she was waiting the whole time untill we was done. Then when i lay on my back she lay down between my breasts and sleep there whole night.
Here she is, she's worst than a little baby
http://img2.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/43ad3a3f7b.jpg
Her favorite place to sleep in on my breasts. Its funny cuz many times when i was busy with my man she was waiting the whole time untill we was done. Then when i lay on my back she lay down between my breasts and sleep there whole night.
Here she is, she's worst than a little baby
http://img2.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/43ad3a3f7b.jpg
yah, i've discovered that the stairs are definitely a novelty and the only way for us to not break our necks is for me to carry her up and down the stairs sometimes or i trip over her. drives me batty. and yah, they're the first stairs she's ever seen. and she's been needy. she's going to be fine though. just still needs time to get used to things
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*scream*
does anyone else have a cat with FLUTD? Having a checkup was totally murphy's - three days after seeing the vet he's licking his junk a lot and not peeing enough.
Yes I know it's a potential ER visit. I'll bring him in in the AM unless I feel giant bladder.
does anyone else have a cat with FLUTD? Having a checkup was totally murphy's - three days after seeing the vet he's licking his junk a lot and not peeing enough.
Yes I know it's a potential ER visit. I'll bring him in in the AM unless I feel giant bladder.
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We once had a cat that had to have his junk changed in surgery so he could pee. Is that what you are talking about?
He'd sit on my Dad's foot and strain trying to pee or pee where he was sure we'd see it.
Poor thing. The surgery totally fixed him up though.
My Dad loved that cat soooo much we sneaked him into Dad's hospital room once.
*chuckles*
He'd sit on my Dad's foot and strain trying to pee or pee where he was sure we'd see it.
Poor thing. The surgery totally fixed him up though.
My Dad loved that cat soooo much we sneaked him into Dad's hospital room once.
*chuckles*
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I've never heard of FLUTD but I've had male cats that had problems because of the ash content in their diet. Male cats have a spiral shaped urinary tract, while females have a straighter one. I don't know why...Netzach said:
I've also heard of surgeries where the male received a female tract because of a major problem with urination. When my cat had a problem, they inserted a catheter for a few days. Actually, it was kind of a horror story, because the vet did some things I didn't like and this was the final straw that caused me to go to another vet.
This vet put in a catheter and also gave the cat something so his urine would be red, I guess so we'd know he was going. The catheter caused the cat to drip a little urine almost all the time and because of the dye, it was red. I had to put him in a room all of his own, to keep my carpets and furniture from being stained red dye urine.
The first week, I went back, thinking the catheter would be taken out. But, the vet said he thought it needed to be in another week. That made me start calling around for vets. And, in the mean time, my cat didn't like it either, and he pulled the catheter out on his own.
The next vet I went to said they would never leave a catheter in for longer than a couple of days. If any longer, it can cause more trouble being in that long, than it helps.
Anyway, there are low ash content cat foods that you can get, after the initial clog is taken car of, so your cat will not have the problem again. I don't think you need to feed them this food forever, but at least for a while, until the situation is cleared up.
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Yeah, it's the thing that can cause them to have to have that operation, like Fury's cat. or have to get cathed, like yours. I've got him on special diet to raise urinary PH. We're just broke right now, it can become an ER trip, and I hate watching him go to and from the box like that with no results.
Little bastard just peed finally though. I think, since my girl's pee pattern doesn't splash all the way to the back of the box from the front (that would be talented for a girl.)
Cat TMI, who'd have thought.
Little bastard just peed finally though. I think, since my girl's pee pattern doesn't splash all the way to the back of the box from the front (that would be talented for a girl.)
Cat TMI, who'd have thought.
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URINARY TRACT OBSTRUCTION
Urinary tract obstruction is an emergency! If you see your pet straining to urinate, having difficulty passing urine, and trying to urinate more frequently and in unusual places, then call the veterinarian immediately because this could be a life-threatening situation. Cats with urinary tract obstruction might also sit in the litterbox meowing and crying in pain. An animal that is unable to pass urine can die within a day or two.
Urinary tract obstruction is an emergency! If you see your pet straining to urinate, having difficulty passing urine, and trying to urinate more frequently and in unusual places, then call the veterinarian immediately because this could be a life-threatening situation. Cats with urinary tract obstruction might also sit in the litterbox meowing and crying in pain. An animal that is unable to pass urine can die within a day or two.
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Cute kitty. I love all babies at that age.BiaTcHiNFiRe said:Cats are cute, i got one as well
Her favorite place to sleep in on my breasts. Its funny cuz many times when i was busy with my man she was waiting the whole time untill we was done. Then when i lay on my back she lay down between my breasts and sleep there whole night.
Here she is, she's worst than a little baby
http://img2.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/43ad3a3f7b.jpg
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DVS said:
IMO, having had a freaking kidney stone once, (knock on wood I don't get anymore) I bet the poor kitty is hurting something terrible. What kitty may have may not be quite as bad but it's gotta hurt.
My situation was, I swear worse than childbirth because, although it only lasted 3-4 hours, there was no let up ever. At least with childbirth you have a let down before the contraction starts back up agony trail.
speaking to the low ash thing - i hear, from a semi reliable source - that adding a little wet food to the diet helps. my spoiled brat has a thing for fancy feast. she gets one can every two days. more often if she begs hard enough. she doesn't have a weight issue so i don't feel bad about giivng in.
