Cat thread

[MuffinMan]

Muffinman - awesome photo. Is that your cat?

Nah just a picture from the internets. I don't think my fatty could ever stand up like that.

[Maledict]

I dated a girl in college that had a pet bunny and a cat, they got along fine. And my experience with having rats and cats, it only took about 2 weeks for even my feral cat to understand that the rats were family, not food.

We have two cats and 2 house rabbits, and they get on fine. In fact, it's the male rabbit that is the dominant animal in the house - if the cats piss him off he grunts, and then charges at them, ears flopping everywhere madly. It's very silly considering he's much smaller than them and then could easily turn him into a kebab.

Apparently it's something to do with the being in their house. They don't see them as prey like they would an animal outside, and apparently rabbits and cats get on great in the same house. Sometimes they play tag which is a strange site. (dogs and rabbits however is a big no. Always a risk no matter how long they have known each other)

[Sand]

Cat teaches kid a lesson!

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10150368718357020

[Bunk]

Probably the last time he ever winds up and hits his cat. Reminds me of the one an only time I tried throwing my cat in to a kiddy pool as a child.

[Sjofn]

I dated a girl in college that had a pet bunny and a cat, they got along fine. And my experience with having rats and cats, it only took about 2 weeks for even my feral cat to understand that the rats were family, not food.

We have two cats and 2 house rabbits, and they get on fine. In fact, it's the male rabbit that is the dominant animal in the house - if the cats piss him off he grunts, and then charges at them, ears flopping everywhere madly. It's very silly considering he's much smaller than them and then could easily turn him into a kebab.

Apparently it's something to do with the being in their house. They don't see them as prey like they would an animal outside, and apparently rabbits and cats get on great in the same house. Sometimes they play tag which is a strange site. (dogs and rabbits however is a big no. Always a risk no matter how long they have known each other)

The bunny grunt + charge is scarier than it sounds. Our rabbit did that to Ingmar once (he was trying to get her out from under the couch) and the sound was not a sound bunnies should make. Usagi also taught Lizzie "do not harrass the bunny" while Lizzie was a kitten, but she (Usagi, that is) passed on from something entirely unrelated not long after we got Lizzie, alas.

[Lantyssa]

Found the crystal kitty litter.  Mom likes it.  Kitty does not.

How does it handle being mixed with clay litter?  I'm thinking if I put a layer on top, maybe she'll adapt to it.

[Sjofn]

So Lizzie has been gimping around lately. If she was old, I would think she has arthritis in her front left leg (she gimps most when she's been laying down a while, then eventually it gets worked out as she wanders around/chases Jack on three legs and then she's fine). We took her to the vet today. She did not enjoy it, and right now the diagnosis is "fuck if we know." And she gets to go back for x-rays tomorrow! 

[Hawkbit]

Fair chance that's a pulled muscle from playing too hard.  Not much to fix and should heal over a few weeks.  We get that once a year with one of ours.

 If it were me, I'd still get the xrays though.  Good luck!  poor kitty.  :(

[Sjofn]

Yeah, I thiiiink they just want to make sure there's nothing hugely obvious on the x-rays, but she probably just landed stupid or something. It's her elbow that she's bitchy about people squeezing, although it was kinda hard to tell with her being so fucking pissed this VET was MANHANDLING HER like he was some sort of DOCTOR.

[Hawkbit]

It's funny how that works out.  I took my most docile cat to a new vet and told her that he's really sweet and nice, just don't manhandle him.  He'll do whatever is needed as long as he is made to feel comfortable, even sitting nearly still when the air-gun pop vaccination goes off.  All they have to do is gently grab his scruff and he goes limp and calm.

Of course, I was told that they have "procedures in place to protect the staff".  So they have two people holding down my cat, and he gets pissed off because they're being dicks and aren't talking to him at all.  The tech walked away with a six inch scratch on the forearm and the vet was the proud recipient of 3-4 full extended back claw digs to the chest and bicep. 

All I could do was smile.  I mean, I TOLD YOU. 

[Sjofn]

Yeah, Lizzie isn't like that. At all. She will take you all down with her, and if you're gentle, it just makes her job easier.

JACK is good. He'll let them flop him around like a ragdoll.

[01101010]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkOQw96cfyE

[01101010]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vw4KVoEVcr0

Sorry for the back-to-back, but this one should stand alone.

[Sky]

So Lizzie has been gimping around lately.

I missed this update, how's she doing?

I'm very worried about Bart as he gets older, he likes to jump and I've had older cats with foreleg issues that DIDN'T weigh 21lbs.

[Ingmar]

Spent a bunch of money on x-rays, exams, etc., she was limping really bad for a while, then mysteriously stopped right around the time the vet called back to say that the orthopedist didn't see anything in the x-rays. She's doing her usual badger run again, seems fine. Guessing she just pulled it somehow, again.

[Cyrrex]

What exactly is a badger run?  Doesn't sound healthy 

[Ingmar]

Lizzie is sort of wide and hairy and short legged so when she runs around she looks more like a badger or maybe a raccoon than a cat.

She's like a dwarf girl!

[Cyrrex]

 

hah, okay, I read it more as a "going out on a badger run" and that sounded dangerous!

[Sjofn]

If you've ever played Viva Pinata (AND EVERYONE SHOULD PLAY THAT GAME IT IS AWESOME), she runs like a macaraccoon.

[tgr]

Oscar the blind kitten.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNpeTCEPrRk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_QT0G7hWsk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElzPZNSdd5w
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aF7dDM5Yu40

[JWIV]

Well, today is turning out to be fun.

[Engels]

 

[Hawkbit]

Our condolences.  FWIW, we told our 3yr old that living things have batteries and sometimes the batteries run out, like her toys.  It worked, but we had to come up with creative answers about rechargeable batteries. 

[Minvaren]

One of my cats (presumably the naughty tortie) has now figured out how to get up on top of the fridge.

At least, I'm presuming so, as half of the contents from there were on the floor when I got home.  Along with several cabinets opened and rummaged through.   

[CmdrSlack]

If you've ever played Viva Pinata (AND EVERYONE SHOULD PLAY THAT GAME IT IS AWESOME), she runs like a macaraccoon.

My daughter is almost a strong enough reader to play this on her own. I'm kind of excited as her garden from age two to present is in serious need of a reboot.

[Lantyssa]

One of my cats (presumably the naughty tortie) has now figured out how to get up on top of the fridge.

I think her and Dancer are conspiring.  She's now been caught trying to drink from my water glass several times in the last two days.

[Bunk]

That's ok, I've reached the point of just putting my cat's water in a mug for her. Refuses to drink it out of a bowl. If I don't give it to her in a glass or mug of some type, she just ignores the bowl and stalks people, waiting for them to leave a drinking glass unattended.

[01101010]

That's ok, I've reached the point of just putting my cat's water in a mug for her. Refuses to drink it out of a bowl. If I don't give it to her in a glass or mug of some type, she just ignores the bowl and stalks people, waiting for them to leave a drinking glass unattended.

Top it with 151 and she'll stop for sure... or develop into a raging alcoholic. I say this because my one cat I had used to timidly poke his head into drinks for a taste. One of them was some mixer I had in a coffee cup with 151 on top. I doubt he even got into the cup before the vapors alone drove him off. Sadly, the candle gave no smell warning. That was hilarious and terrifying at the same time. But I leave that story for another time.

[Lantyssa]

She loved my eggnog and Godiva.  Considering I use a quarter to a third Godiva, I don't think alcohol dissuades her.

[Sjofn]

If you've ever played Viva Pinata (AND EVERYONE SHOULD PLAY THAT GAME IT IS AWESOME), she runs like a macaraccoon.

My daughter is almost a strong enough reader to play this on her own. I'm kind of excited as her garden from age two to present is in serious need of a reboot.

It sort of cracks me up that the game is for kids. What better way to teach children about the vicious circle of life than making them have certain pinatas for the express purpose of luring a pinata they want onto their property to devour it?

I am still sad about my very first bunny pinata. I named it after our bunny. A fox ate her about two minutes later. That's when I learned to only name pinatas from the top of the food chain. 

So uh. Cats! Jack had a cold. He was pretty pathetic when he wasn't feeling so great, he just curled up on Ingmar's desk and slept for two days (except when it was time to eat, apparently no amount of Sick will make him stop being a gigantic pig). He's mostly better now, though, so it's back to waking me up at 6am because he gets fed at 7am and ohgod what if Sjofn sleeps through it(!) and begging to play fetch at weird hours.

And since we're talking about it, he also likes to steal my milk from my glass. He's fast, too, I only have to turn my head for a second and he's got his damn head in it.

[apocrypha]

She's now been caught trying to drink from my water glass several times in the last two days.

Sputnik does this *all the time*. For several years now I've been in the habit of putting a large, heavy book on top of the glass of water on my bedside table when I get up for a pee or something.

Couple of times I've come back to discover that she's knocked book & glass over in the process of trying to get at my water anyway and I've now got a full pint glass of water spilt all over the place.

[tgr]

I'm glad mine don't do this, but what Luna has been known to do is start hinting that it's high time I start filling up their water bowl by dragging it along the floor.

I've become well trained to respond properly to her commands in that area.

[rattran]

I have two fountains set up in the house, yet they still all want to drink from my cup. One lap of coffee is usually enough to get them to make wrinky faces and fuck off, but water they'll drink until they can't fit their face down the glass far enough. Then they spill it.

Unless it's beer or whiskey, then Random knocks it over to start so he can drink it faster.

[Miasma]

I always thought your avatar looked drunk.  I'm surprised it would go for whiskey.

[rattran]

That was Oscar, he was stoned out of his mind for that picture due to tooth extractions. Random loves the smell and taste of beer and whiskey, and will try to steal bread but has a grain allergy so gets limited ingredient food. No grains for him!