Cat thread

[Trippy]

And since you can't have one type of food for one cat and another for the others.. they're all on the food.

You can, it's just a lot more work. One of my best friends as a kid had two cats and one ate dry cat food and the other was the finicky eater than only ate canned/moist stuff.

[Sky]

I find it's best to go all the way when you notice a cat having weight issues and switch their dry diet to some sort of calorie control food.

Need to use up the bag of regular food. So we're mixing for a while.

[rattran]

I'm feeding mine blend of 1/3 Buffalo Blue 'wilderness' and 2/3 Dick van Patten's 'Natural Balance' now. Both are fairly expensive (25usd/12lbs) but the cats eat a whole lot less bulk than they were on any of the other stuff, so it works out about the same cost as the 15usd/16lb stuff. Less food intake also means less poop, so it's win all around.

[Rasix]

Its basically meant to be Russian nested dolls kitties!

Sigh.  I want a kitty.  I am just afraid itll cost too much and kitty will go all Sabretooth on my stuff. 

NO WAI. 

Kittens from rescue operations are relatively cheap ($80 to take home).  One cat won't cost much to keep in clean litter and fed.  Kittens aren't puppies.  They're not going to eat your action figures.

[Merusk]

They will, however, eat your chips and jump on your keyboard when they feel like it.

[Ingmar]

Its basically meant to be Russian nested dolls kitties!

Sigh.  I want a kitty.  I am just afraid itll cost too much and kitty will go all Sabretooth on my stuff. 

NO WAI. 

Kittens from rescue operations are relatively cheap ($80 to take home).  One cat won't cost much to keep in clean litter and fed.  Kittens aren't puppies.  They're not going to eat your action figures.

(Might be a little hard to make out.)

[FatuousTwat]

The day I brought my new cat home he chewed through a pair of earbud wires.

[Engels]

I've spent over $200 bucks replacing earbud wires. The cat didn't cost as much.

[rattran]

Obviously you need to teach your cat to sing to you.

I'm trying to teach mine to say breakfast. One's getting eerily close.

[Paelos]

Ok that made me laugh for some reason.

[Sjofn]

Our cat was a bit chewy at first, but she's totally mellowed on that for whatever reason on MOST things. She still wants to chew one particular phone cord, though. Nothing else, just THAT CORD. It wronged her in a past life or something.


Really, her thing is more I HAVE TO PUT MY PAWS ON YOUR ESCAPE KEY with a side of I NEED TO CLIMB ON TOP OF INGMAR'S MONITOR.

[Merusk]

There's certain plastics and chemicals that taste good to cats & dogs and that's why they chew on 'em.  I just discovered last night mine likes licking photographs. I've had a bunch laying around as I got a new scanner and have been archiving them. Perseus walked over, gave a sniff to some and then began licking them.  Crazy animal.

[Bunk]

I have wires strung everywhere in my apartment and the cat never touches them. She has three interests - moving string, ankles, and anything small that she can bat off of the table. I do a weekly pass of lifting the couches to retrieve dice.

[Sky]

If only we had a cat thread to discuss cats.

My cat normally curls up on a blanket next to me while I play EQ2. The last couple of weeks I've been dual-boxing with a wireless keyboard in his spot. He just slides himself into the little wedge of couch not covered by keyboard and sacks out. He's the greatest cat ever.

[Oz]

gave a sniff to some and then began licking them

Be carefull, mine quickly evolved from licking to eating them...lost a few pics i really liked.

[Cyrrex]

gave a sniff to some and then began licking them

Be carefull, mine quickly evolved from licking to eating them...lost a few pics i really liked.

If I didn't know better, I'd have thought you two were talking about pussy.

[Lantyssa]

Uh, they are.

[Cyrrex]

I'll see if I can find a sufficient length of rope to pull you out of the sarchasm.

[MahrinSkel]

Really, her thing is more I HAVE TO PUT MY PAWS ON YOUR ESCAPE KEY with a side of I NEED TO CLIMB ON TOP OF INGMAR'S MONITOR.

One of my cats has yet to forgive me for switching to flat-panel widescreens a couple of years ago, until then whenever I was at the computer she was on top of the monitor.

--Dave

[Ingmar]

Really, her thing is more I HAVE TO PUT MY PAWS ON YOUR ESCAPE KEY with a side of I NEED TO CLIMB ON TOP OF INGMAR'S MONITOR.

One of my cats has yet to forgive me for switching to flat-panel widescreens a couple of years ago, until then whenever I was at the computer she was on top of the monitor.

--Dave

That's the thing, my monitor IS a flat-panel.

[Lantyssa]

Yes, but haven't y'all declared her (lizzy?) crazy?

[Signe]

My cats have mostly learned to scratch and chew what and where they're supposed to.  Of course, we had to spend a fortune in play rugs, toys and a huge kitty castle.  That's just us, though.  Well, mostly me.  They are just as happy with a ball tied to a bit of string and a stick.  They love cardboard boxes almost as much as they love their castle.  With all these toys, Magenta's favourite game is chasing a kibble around the kitchen.  Lister licks the kitchen bin while he waits for breakfast.  I don't understand why.  He even does it after I've wiped it down with white vinegar!   

[MisterNoisy]

Obviously you need to teach your cat to sing to you.

I'm trying to teach mine to say breakfast. One's getting eerily close.

Mine doesn't 'say' breakfast, but she's become the world's finest alarm clock because she's absolutely sure that she needs to be fed at 6AM and will happily jump onto me from great heights and then proceed to paw my face (with increasing urgency)  to illustrate the fact.

[Signe]

Obviously you need to teach your cat to sing to you.

I'm trying to teach mine to say breakfast. One's getting eerily close.

Mine doesn't 'say' breakfast, but she's become the world's finest alarm clock because she's absolutely sure that she needs to be fed at 6AM and will happily jump onto me from great heights and then proceed to paw my face (with increasing urgency)  to illustrate the fact.

I feel your pain, although Lister doesn't paw my face.  He meows really, really loud and if I sit up (like to throw a sock at him or something), he immediately jumps in my place and digs himself into the bed.  I'm not strong enough to pull him from it, either.  I can't remember the last time I slept until 7:00!

[Bunk]

Mine has this annoying habit of getting excited when I start pouring food in to her bowl, so she starts rubbing her cheeks on the bag as I'm pouring it in. Which results in a flood of kibble accross the kitchen floor.

[Signe]

Put a scoop in the bag. 

[MisterNoisy]

As much as pet ownership can be an annoyance, it's all forgiven when you're just sitting down and reading a book when your cat jumps onto the arm of the sofa and then headbutts you because she's happy you're home.

[Trippy]

Are you sure it's not because she wants her chair back?

[MisterNoisy]

Admittedly, that may be it too.

[FatuousTwat]

My old cat used to love menthol ointment. Like, he would come running whenever he heard me open it.

[Jeff Kelly]

Are you sure it's not because she wants her chair back?

You've obviously dealt with too many cats haven't you.

Fun things to spent your evening on Number 102:
Being in a staring contest with your cat because you sit in 'its' armchair. What exactly does it say about its 'owner' (opener of cans) when the cat wins most of the time?

[Engels]

My cat held my sock hostage this morning. His claws are so razor sharp that even a light playful tap will draw blood, so I had to wait till he lost interest in the sock.

[Signe]

You only have one sock?   

[tazelbain]

Old Woolly is a tried and true companion.

[Bunk]

My cat held my sock hostage this morning. His claws are so razor sharp that even a light playful tap will draw blood, so I had to wait till he lost interest in the sock.

My cat's had reached that level of sharpness too. I was rather shocked that she actually let me trip her claws with very little fuss. Used a pair of large toenail clippers, was just verrry careful not to trim too far back (you'll know if you do when the blood starts flowing, from the cat and most likely from you).

Took two sessions to get them all, but they are much less razor like now.

My cat has a habit of scratching a chair she shouldn't. I found the best technique to discourage her was a bottle of water I would squirt in her general direction. She was always quick enough to run before I actually squirted her. Until last night.

She just spent the next hour staring at me from across the room with a disgusted look.