Cat

stirbird said:
That is a beautiful cat! :)
She really is... I have to get a pic where you can see all of her tail - she has a perfect white ring around it near the tip...
 
* Life is hard and then you nap.

* Curiosity never killed anything except maybe a few hours.

* Variety is the spice of life: One day ignore people, the
next day annoy them and play with them when they're busy.

* When in doubt, cop an attitude.

* Climb your way to the top - that's why the drapes are
there.

* Never sleep alone when you can sleep on someone's face.

* Make your mark in the world - or at least spray in each
corner.

* When you go out into the world, always remember, being
placed on a pedestal is a right, not a privilege.

* Always give generously; a bird or rodent left on the bed
tells them, "I care."
 
BlackWolf65 said:
* Life is hard and then you nap.

* Curiosity never killed anything except maybe a few hours.

* Variety is the spice of life: One day ignore people, the
next day annoy them and play with them when they're busy.

* When in doubt, cop an attitude.

* Climb your way to the top - that's why the drapes are
there.

* Never sleep alone when you can sleep on someone's face.

* Make your mark in the world - or at least spray in each
corner.

* When you go out into the world, always remember, being
placed on a pedestal is a right, not a privilege.

* Always give generously; a bird or rodent left on the bed
tells them, "I care."



LMAO, so true BW, so very true. :catroar:
 
Soliciting advice ...

There is a cat that hangs around where I live ... it is very friendly and obviously starved for attention. Also, it seems to be hungry - especially at 2 in the morning when it gets VERY loud. I'm not supposed to have pets but I'm thinking about breaking the rules (as I've already broken other rules) and taking the cat in. I'm about 80% sure somebody moved & left the cat behind (evil thing to do). It's been showing up for about a month now.

What should I be wary of if I pursue this? I figure I'll have to take it to the vet for a check up ... but I have never had a pet (my folks have though) of my own before ...

Thanks!
 
Gypsybyrd said:
Soliciting advice ...

There is a cat that hangs around where I live ... it is very friendly and obviously starved for attention. Also, it seems to be hungry - especially at 2 in the morning when it gets VERY loud. I'm not supposed to have pets but I'm thinking about breaking the rules (as I've already broken other rules) and taking the cat in. I'm about 80% sure somebody moved & left the cat behind (evil thing to do). It's been showing up for about a month now.

What should I be wary of if I pursue this? I figure I'll have to take it to the vet for a check up ... but I have never had a pet (my folks have though) of my own before ...

Thanks!
Well, you have a few things to consider, Gypsy. First, given that you'll be breaking a rule by having a pet, it may be easiest for you to turn this kitty into an indoor cat. Now, this is no simple task with a cat who is used to being outdoors, but it does make things easier in terms of hiding your new roommate. If you do that, are you ready to take on the chore of keeping up with a litterbox? If you buy good cat litter, and keep up with it on a daily basis, it's not that bad.

Yes, a checkup at the vet is an absolute must. Kitty needs to be checked for parasites, and needs shots for rabies, distemper, and I highly recommend vaccinating against feline leukemia. You will also need to find out if he or she needs to be neutered or spayed - something else that I highly recommend.

Good cat food is a necessity. There's a lot of different opinions out there, but I tend use Science Diet as their regular dry food, and they get "wet" food - canned - once or twice a week as a special treat.

All of that being said, you will never, ever find a more wonderful pet than a good cat. I have five of them - well, *we* have five. Two of our cats would best be described as *hers,* two of them as *mine,* and the fifth, well, he's his own spirit, LOL... The two who have chosen to "worship" me, so to speak, are two of my very best friends in the world. They know when I'm upset, and they immediately come to comfort me. They both "talk" to me constantly. I love them both dearly...

Kudos to you, Gypsy, for considering adopting this little creature. I'm going to say that I think you should do just that. Once you have fully bonded with this animal, you will never have a more loyal friend. Cats are wonderful creatures. Anything I can do to help, let me know. I'm no "expert," but I have lived with at least one or two cats for almost my entire life. There's nothing, IMHO, that quite compares to a good relationship with a cat...:D:D
 
BlackWolf65 said:
Well, you have a few things to consider, Gypsy. First, given that you'll be breaking a rule by having a pet, it may be easiest for you to turn this kitty into an indoor cat. Now, this is no simple task with a cat who is used to being outdoors, but it does make things easier in terms of hiding your new roommate. If you do that, are you ready to take on the chore of keeping up with a litterbox? If you buy good cat litter, and keep up with it on a daily basis, it's not that bad.

Yes, a checkup at the vet is an absolute must. Kitty needs to be checked for parasites, and needs shots for rabies, distemper, and I highly recommend vaccinating against feline leukemia. You will also need to find out if he or she needs to be neutered or spayed - something else that I highly recommend.

Good cat food is a necessity. There's a lot of different opinions out there, but I tend use Science Diet as their regular dry food, and they get "wet" food - canned - once or twice a week as a special treat.

All of that being said, you will never, ever find a more wonderful pet than a good cat. I have five of them - well, *we* have five. Two of our cats would best be described as *hers,* two of them as *mine,* and the fifth, well, he's his own spirit, LOL... The two who have chosen to "worship" me, so to speak, are two of my very best friends in the world. They know when I'm upset, and they immediately come to comfort me. They both "talk" to me constantly. I love them both dearly...

Kudos to you, Gypsy, for considering adopting this little creature. I'm going to say that I think you should do just that. Once you have fully bonded with this animal, you will never have a more loyal friend. Cats are wonderful creatures. Anything I can do to help, let me know. I'm no "expert," but I have lived with at least one or two cats for almost my entire life. There's nothing, IMHO, that quite compares to a good relationship with a cat...:D:D


Thanks BW ... appreciate the advice/info. I think I've made my mind up to take the kitty in ... I'm trying to work out the logistics ... :) We'll see how it shakes out ...

Btw ... been to the Laughter thread lately? There was another post there I figured you'd rip off & post over here ... something along the lines of Cat's Goals ... hehehe
 
Gypsybyrd said:
Thanks BW ... appreciate the advice/info. I think I've made my mind up to take the kitty in ... I'm trying to work out the logistics ... :) We'll see how it shakes out ...

Btw ... been to the Laughter thread lately? There was another post there I figured you'd rip off & post over here ... something along the lines of Cat's Goals ... hehehe
I beat you to it - I've already ripped it off, and I'm about to post it here...:D:D
 
"Cat Resolutions"


1. My human will never let me eat her pet hamster, and I am at peace with that.

2. I will not leap into my human's chair which she has temporarily vacated, and then bite my human on the bum when she sits back down.

3. I will not puff my entire body to twice its size for no reason after my human has finished watching a horror movie.

4. I will not sniff at my male human's feet after he takes his shoes off, freeze my mouth open in disgust and then sniff my private parts to compare odors. My female human might find it amusing, but my male human does not appreciate it, especially in front of company.

5. I will not slurp fish food from the surface of the aquarium.

6. I must not help myself to Q-tips, and I must certainly not proceed to stuff them down the sink's drain.

7. I will not bite my human on the rear while she is sitting on the Big White Drinking Bowl.

8. I will not eat large numbers of assorted bugs, then come home and puke them up so the humans can see that I'm getting plenty of roughage.

9. I will not lean way over to drink out of the tub, fall in, and then pelt right for the box of clumping cat litter. (It took FOREVER to get the stuff out of my fur)

10. I will not stand on the bathroom counter, stare down the hall, and growl at NOTHING after my human has finished watching The X-Files.

11. I will not fish out my human's partial plate from the glass so that the dog can "wear" it and pretend to be my human. (It is somewhat unnerving to wake up, roll over in bed, and see the dog grinning at you with your own teeth.)

12. I will not use the bathtub to store live mice for late-night snacks.

13. I will not drag dirty socks up from the basement in the middle of the night, deposit them on the bed and yell at the top of my lungs so that my human can admire my "kill."

14. I will not knead my male human's groin at 2 a.m. with claws extended. It seems to cause him some discomfort and he wakes up all grumpy.

15. I will not perch on my human's chest in the middle of the night and stare into her eyes until she wakes up.

16. We will not play Herd of Thundering Wildebeests Stampeding Across the Plains of the Serengeti over my humans' bed while they're trying to sleep.

17. Screaming at the can of food will not make it open itself.

18. I cannot leap through closed windows to catch birds outside. If I forget this and bonk my head on the window and fall behind the couch in my attempt, I will not get up and do the same thing again.

19. I will not assume the patio door is open when I race outside to chase leaves

20. I will not back up off the front porch and fall into the bushes just as my human is explaining to his girlfriend how graceful I am.

21. I will not complain that my butt is wet and that I am thirsty after sitting in my water bowl.

22. I will not intrude on my human's candle-lit bubble bath and singe my butt.

23. I will not stick my paw into any container to see if there is something in it. If I do, I will not hiss and scratch when my human has to shave me to get the rubber cement out of my fur.

24. If I bite the cactus, it will bite back.

25. It is not a good idea to try to lap up the powdered creamer before it dissolves in boiling coffee.

26. Just because I hear voices in my head, I do not have to answer them.

27. When I am chasing my tail and catch my back leg instead, I will not bite on my own foot. This hurts, and my scream scares my human.

28. When it rains, it will be raining on all sides of the house. It is not necessary to check every door.

29. Birds do not come from the bird feeder. I will not knock it down and try to open it up to get the birds out.

30. I will not stuff my rather large self into the rather small bird feeder (with my tail hanging out one side) and expect the birds to just fly in.

31. I will not teach the parrot to meow in a loud and raucous manner.

32. The dog can see me coming when I stalk her. She can see me and will move out of the way when I pounce, letting me smash into floors and walls. That does not mean I should take it as a personal insult when my humans sit there and laugh.

33. Yes, there are still two very large dogs in the backyard. There have been for several years. I don't have to act as if I've just discovered the Demon Horror of the Universe each time one of them appears in my window.

34. I will not play "dead cat on the stairs" while people are trying to bring in groceries or laundry, or else one of these days, it will really come true.

35. When the humans play darts, I will not leap into the air and attempt to catch them.

36. I will not swat my human's head repeatedly when she's on the family room floor trying to do sit ups.

37. When my human is typing at the computer, her forearms are *not* a hammock.

38. Computer and TV screens do not exist to backlight my lovely tail.

39. I am a walking static generator. My human doesn't need my help installing a new board in her computer.

40. I will not bring the city police to the front door by stepping on the speaker phone button and then the automatic 911 dial button.

41. I will not speed dial the overseas numbers.

42. I will not walk on the keyboard when my human is writing important emio gnaioerp ga3qi4 taija3tgv aa35 a.

43. Any critter that lives in the house (hamsters) stay in the house and any wild critters (frogs and earthworms) stay outside. I am not allowed to set the hamster free in exchange for finding a frog to put in the fish tank.

44. I will not stalk the deer in the apple orchard next door. They have sharp hooves and could hurt me if they weren't laughing so hard.

45. I will not watch the guinea pig constantly as the guinea pig likes to sleep once in a while.

46. The goldfish likes living in water and should be allowed to remain in its bowl.

47. I will not put a live mole in my food bowl and expect it to stay there until I get hungry.

48. I will not eat spider plants and hallucinate behind the toilet.

49. I will not drag the magnets (and the papers they are holding up) off of the refrigerator and then bat them underneath it so that they adhere to the underside.

50. I will learn to relax at the vet's office so they will start writing things in my records like "Good Kitty" and "Sweet Kitty" instead of the stuff that's there now like "MEAN!!" "BITER!!!" and "GET HELP!!!!!"

51. I will not be miffed at my human all day and then kiss her on the nose at 2:00 a.m. to tell her that she is forgiven and can now pet me.

52. I will not scratch the children of lawyers, no matter how much they chase me or how hard they pull my tail.

53. If I MUST claw my human, I will not do it in such a fashion that the scars resemble a botched suicide attempt.

54. If I must give a present to my human's overnight guests, my toy mouse is much more socially acceptable than a big live cockroach, even if it isn't as tasty.

55. I will not soak my catnip toy in the water bowl to make tea. I will not get high and sit there drinking my tea and kneading the floor afterwards. I will not then get delusions of grandeur and make tea in the toilet bowl or the tub. And I will not try to make tea with used socks, dirty panties or hair scrunches when my humans take the catnip toy away from me.

56. After my (female) human has enjoyed the company of a larger, but equally gorgeous, hairy animal, I will not leap onto the bed, smell where he's been, and then jealously pee there to eradicate his traces.

57. A warm pepperoni pizza is not a good place for a nap.
 
Okay, I've seen the second half of this before, and I've posted it here. But I've never seen the dog portion before, so I have to post this in it's entirety... As a cat lover, dog tolerator, I love this...

The dog's diary:

7 am - Oh boy! A walk! My favorite!
8 am- Oh boy! Dog food! My favorite!
9 am- Oh boy! The kids! My favorite!
Noon- Oh boy! The yard! My favorite!
2 pm- Oh boy! A car ride! My favorite!
3 pm- Oh boy! The kids! My favorite!
4 pm- Oh boy! Playing ball! My favorite!
6 pm- Oh boy! Welcome home, Mom! My favorite!
7 pm- Oh boy! Welcome home, Dad! My favorite!
8 pm- Oh boy! Dog food! My favorite!
9 pm- Oh boy! Tummy rubs on the couch! My favorite!
11 pm- Oh boy! Sleeping in my people's bed! My favorite!


The cat's diary:

Day 183 of my captivity . . . My captors continued to taunt me with bizarre little dangling objects. They dine lavishly on fresh meat, while I am forced to eat dry cereal. The only thing that keeps me going is the hope of escape, and the mild satisfaction I get from clawing the furniture. Tomorrow I may eat another house plant. Today my attempt to kill my captors by weaving around their feet while they were walking almost succeeded - must try this at the top of the stairs. In an attempt to disgust and repulse these vile oppressors, I once again induced myself to vomit on their favorite chair - must try this on their bed. Decapitated a mouse and brought them the headless body in an attempt to make them aware of what I am capable of, and to try to strike fear in their hearts. They only cooed and condescended about what a good little cat I was. Not working according to plan. There was some sort of gathering of their accomplices. I was placed in solitary throughout the event. However, I could hear the noise and smell the food. More important, I overheard that my confinement was due to my powers of inducing "allergies." Must learn what this is and how to use it to my advantage. I am convinced the other captives are flunkies and maybe snitches. The dog is routinely released and seems more than happy to return he is obviously a half-wit. The bird, on the other hand, has got to be an informant and speaks with them regularly I am certain he reports my every move. Due to his current placement in a metal room, his safety is assured. But I can wait; it's only a matter of time.
 
Well ... the taking in of the cat goes well so far. I'm never met a more affectionate cat ... but that might just be because I provide food & water :rolleyes:

Everyday she stays inside longer & longer ... the problem is ... and it's a doozy because I'm breaking rules by having her ... she's LOUD when she wants in ... & it echoes up & down the hallway. She is also very persistent when she wants out ... and I don't think it wise to ignore her b/c she won't even acknowledge the litter box.

I can, however, leave food out on a counter and she doesn't go near it ... won't jump to get to it ... good thing for the salmon I had sitting out ... :)

Anyway ... it's a good match if I could just get her to be quiet & stay in all night. I'm working on that.
 
Gypsybyrd said:
Well ... the taking in of the cat goes well so far. I'm never met a more affectionate cat ... but that might just be because I provide food & water :rolleyes:

Everyday she stays inside longer & longer ... the problem is ... and it's a doozy because I'm breaking rules by having her ... she's LOUD when she wants in ... & it echoes up & down the hallway. She is also very persistent when she wants out ... and I don't think it wise to ignore her b/c she won't even acknowledge the litter box.

I can, however, leave food out on a counter and she doesn't go near it ... won't jump to get to it ... good thing for the salmon I had sitting out ... :)

Anyway ... it's a good match if I could just get her to be quiet & stay in all night. I'm working on that.
Heh...

You have my best wishes on that one, Gypsy... If she's used to being an outdoor cat, it will take a long time to break her of it... Now... If you were to take a trip, say, in January, to the Great White North, and let her see what winter can be like, she may get the idea that it's more comfy indoors... :D:D

Congrats to you, though, for taking her in...:)
 
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