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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / June 2004Two Lumps
I'm not talking about Two Lumps the comic strip, although I've bookmarked that site and I really like it. :) Today in one of the cages in the treatment room there's a bunch of blankets, a water dish and a litter tray. No cat can be seen, but there are two lumps under the blanket. According to the cage card, there were two cats boarding for the weekend. later in the day, I noticed the blanket was in the water dish, so I opened cage to retrieve the blanket so I could replace it. As soon as I opened the cage a tri-colored head poked out from under the blanket. "Mrrr?" Awww, a cute tri colored cat. I removed the blanket and found the other lump, a big gray and white cat; who upon seeing that his hiding place was no more proceeded to curl up in a tight ball in hopes he could disappear. heeheeheeheehee So I got a new blanket and as soon as I put it in the cage the two cats disappeared under it and soon there were two lumps again. Later on after the hospital had closed and we were cleaning up. The tri-colored cat cautiously poked his head out again. When I left there were two lumps again. I'll probably see them again when I go into work tomorrow. kristi "Mischief" <krysfamulan@yahoo.com> wrote > When I left there were two lumps again. I'll probably see them again > when I go into work tomorrow. Aww! Give them a few scritches from me when you see them.  SignatureMarina, Frank and Nikki Email marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/frankiennikki >later in the day, I noticed the blanket was in the water dish, so I >opened cage to retrieve the blanket so I could replace it. As soon as [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >place was no more proceeded to curl up in a tight ball in hopes he >could disappear. heeheeheeheehee That's so cute! Betty also sometimes naps as a blanket lump. If I peek underneath, she does that questioning trill. Sometimes, I'll pull her out from under the blankets to relocate somewhere else. I feel like an obstetrician. :) Was the tricolor really a boy? I thought male tricolors were very rare. > >later in the day, I noticed the blanket was in the water dish, so I > >opened cage to retrieve the blanket so I could replace it. As soon as [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > pull her out from under the blankets to relocate somewhere else. I > feel like an obstetrician. :) Shmogg only rarely goes under the blankets to sleep (it rarely gets that cold here). But when he does, I think of him as a "bed potato" (a large, solid, buried, lump). Yowie "Yowie" <yowie9644.DIESPAMDIE@yahoo.com.au> had some very interesting things to say about Re: Two Lumps: >Shmogg only rarely goes under the blankets to sleep (it rarely gets that >cold here). But when he does, I think of him as a "bed potato" (a large, >solid, buried, lump). No matter how cold it is here, Felix *hates* being under the covers. We think he's a bit claustrophobic, which is going to make putting him in a carrier and transporting him 360 miles a real adventure [I'm considering a tranquilizer for the poor kid]. Signature"Don't mess with major appliances unless you know what you are doing (or unless your life insurance policy is up-to-date)." - John, RCFL > No matter how cold it is here, Felix *hates* being under the covers. > We think he's a bit claustrophobic, which is going to make putting him > in a carrier and transporting him 360 miles a real adventure [I'm > considering a tranquilizer for the poor kid]. Poor baby. Is there any way you could fit in some sort of bigger crate for him? Many purrs for the trip. SignatureMarina, Frank and Nikki Email marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/frankiennikki "Marina" <frankiennikki@yahoo.co.uk> had some very interesting things to say about Re: Two Lumps: >> No matter how cold it is here, Felix *hates* being under the covers. >> We think he's a bit claustrophobic, which is going to make putting him >> in a carrier and transporting him 360 miles a real adventure [I'm >> considering a tranquilizer for the poor kid]. >Poor baby. Is there any way you could fit in some sort of bigger crate for >him? Many purrs for the trip. We're going to be building a carrier for him with two same-size laundry baskets, one inverted onto the other. We've done this with him before, and it seems to be adequate space. There's just the issue of how much he hates car travel [he trembles, pants, grumbles, and tends not to control his bladder well]. Signature"Don't mess with major appliances unless you know what you are doing (or unless your life insurance policy is up-to-date)." - John, RCFL > "Marina" <frankiennikki@yahoo.co.uk> had some very interesting things > to say about Re: Two Lumps: [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > how much he hates car travel [he trembles, pants, grumbles, and tends > not to control his bladder well]. Can you sit in the back seat with him so he can see you? When we've taken Vino on long car rides, he always yowls when his carrier is turned so he can't see me, but when I turn it so he can see me, he becomes quiet and content. He even shared my fries with me! I think it would be calming for Felix to be able to see his meowmie in the car. -- Britta Sandpaper kisses, a cuddle and a purr. I have an alarm clock that's covered in fur! Check out pictures of Vino at: http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album "badwilson" <BW@yahoo.com> had some very interesting things to say about Re: Two Lumps: >Can you sit in the back seat with him so he can see you? When we've taken >Vino on long car rides, he always yowls when his carrier is turned so he >can't see me, but when I turn it so he can see me, he becomes quiet and >content. He even shared my fries with me! I think it would be calming for >Felix to be able to see his meowmie in the car. I'm going to be driving, and probably the other vehicle [we're dealing with our car and a moving truck, which DH will probably be driving]. I think I'll give him the socks I wear the day before to cuddle with [as fond as he is of my sneakers, which I'll have to be wearing, I think that might help]. Signature"Don't mess with major appliances unless you know what you are doing (or unless your life insurance policy is up-to-date)." - John, RCFL >Can you sit in the back seat with him so he can see you? When we've taken >Vino on long car rides, he always yowls when his carrier is turned so he >can't see me, but when I turn it so he can see me, he becomes quiet and >content. He even shared my fries with me! I think it would be calming for >Felix to be able to see his meowmie in the car. Betty seems to hate car rides whether she's in a carrier or not. One time last year, she was acting like a pest, so I thought I would see if a little change of scenery would get her interest. I took her out to the car, plopped her onto lap, and we went for a drive around the block. How she cried and cried! She hated being in the car. > Betty seems to hate car rides whether she's in a carrier or not. One > time last year, she was acting like a pest, so I thought I would see > if a little change of scenery would get her interest. I took her out > to the car, plopped her onto lap, and we went for a drive around the > block. How she cried and cried! She hated being in the car. One time many years ago, I thought I'd take the family cat for a ride in my car, without a carrier. He got so scared he pooped in my lap - diarrhea all over the place. You can bet I never tried that again!! Joyce > > Betty seems to hate car rides whether she's in a carrier or not. One > > time last year, she was acting like a pest, so I thought I would see [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >my car, without a carrier. He got so scared he pooped in my lap - diarrhea >all over the place. You can bet I never tried that again!! Ewwww. Yes, I think it was a mistake to assume that things that work on human babies would work on a cat. You can take babies on car rides, and that will cause them to nap. It only caused Betty to shed an entire cat in about 5 minutes, but your result was worse. :) Takayuki <Takayuki9z@yahoo.com> had some very interesting things to say about Re: Two Lumps: >>One time many years ago, I thought I'd take the family cat for a ride in >>my car, without a carrier. He got so scared he pooped in my lap - diarrhea [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >rides, and that will cause them to nap. It only caused Betty to shed >an entire cat in about 5 minutes, but your result was worse. :) Felix pants, whimpers, trembles, and has been known to lose bladder control [we've decided to use puppy housetraining pads in the floor of his carrier for our trip]. Signature"Don't mess with major appliances unless you know what you are doing (or unless your life insurance policy is up-to-date)." - John, RCFL >Betty seems to hate car rides whether she's in a carrier or not. One >time last year, she was acting like a pest, so I thought I would see >if a little change of scenery would get her interest. I took her out >to the car, plopped her onto lap, and we went for a drive around the >block. How she cried and cried! She hated being in the car. My sweet old girl Misty, who was an only cat most of the time we had her with us (RB), loved car rides. I've channeled her in a message to Pine Cone about how he should insist on going along on the cross-country trip. She had been in twenty-two states after going with us cross-country. We kept a cat box in the back of the pickup truck and the rear window of the cab opened to the bed of the truck so she could wander all over the truck. Naturally, we had the bed covered with a camper shell. She was pretty good about not getting under foot and after the first few blocks would settle down to watch the scenery. One of the funny things I remember was the time we pulled up next to someone with a d*g in the car. The d*g looked over and did a true double-take. It then proceeded to start barking and pawing the driver like crazy. It really wanted to chase that cat. Regards and Purrs, O J Gritmon >No matter how cold it is here, Felix *hates* being under the covers. >We think he's a bit claustrophobic, which is going to make putting him >in a carrier and transporting him 360 miles a real adventure [I'm >considering a tranquilizer for the poor kid]. None of mine would like being in a carrier for that length of time. Rocky is terrified - as for as he's concerned being in the carrier means a trip to TED. Little Bit starts out crying, but settles down after 15 minutes of so to an occassional pitiful "Are we there yet?" meow. Sammy likes riding, now that she's used to the truck again. She starts put watching the scenery, but after a while lays down in the carrier and naps. She has to be allowed to stand up and take an look at the scenery every so often. When we go for rides I tie her leash to the carrier, which opens on top so that she can stand and look out. The way I tie it allows her to stand, but not get out, since she'd prefer to nap on the floorboard between my feet as I drive. Course I also strap the seatbelt around the carrier. Little Bit can't go on our rides, if Sammy hears LB'c complaints she decides it must not be fun and won't settle down. SignatureSteve Touchstone, faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and Rocky stouchst@JUNKsirinet.net [remove Junk for email] Home Page: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/index.html Cat Pix: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/animals.html >Was the tricolor really a boy? I thought male tricolors were very >rare. I have a client with two long-haired tri-colors that are boys. They are a year and a half old with most of their full growth. But their little "nubbins" have not grown at all. So these boys are sterile. And they are built more like girls, more delicate with lovely faces. And, yes, males are rare. But fertile males are far more rare than that and would be worth some money to a breeder. -- CATherine >> Was the tricolor really a boy? I thought male tricolors were very >> rare. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > yes, males are rare. But fertile males are far more rare than that and > would be worth some money to a breeder. Since the black gene and the orange gene are alternative forms of the same gene on the X chromosome, the only way to have both orange and black on the same cat is to have two X chromosomes... IOW, an XX female OR an XXy male. The additional X chromosome makes most XXy males sterile. Katrina -- >Since the black gene and the orange gene are alternative forms of the >same gene on the X chromosome, the only way to have both orange and >black on the same cat is to have two X chromosomes... IOW, an XX >female OR an XXy male. The additional X chromosome makes most XXy >males sterile. Thank you for the explanation. That makes a lot of sense. >> Since the black gene and the orange gene are alternative forms of the >> same gene on the X chromosome, the only way to have both orange and [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Thank you for the explanation. That makes a lot of sense. You're welcome.... I find genetics fascinating. As an added piece of the picture, the white in a tricolor cat is a different gene on a different chromosome. You can have a black and white male, or an orange and white male, while females can have all three colors at the same time. There's still a different gene that dilutes the colors, making the black and orange fade to grey and apricot. Katrina -- > >> Since the black gene and the orange gene are alternative forms of the > >> same gene on the X chromosome, the only way to have both orange and [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > same time. There's still a different gene that dilutes the colors, > making the black and orange fade to grey and apricot. And yet another gene for the "Siamese" style of colour in the colder parts of the coat. Indeed, there are two types of black cats - there are solid black, and tabby black, although you can only see the tabby stripes in a black tabby in very very bright light. And an all-white cat can also be a genetically all-black cat - the white gene overrides the colour genes. Cat genetics is fascinating! Yowie > Indeed, there are two types of black cats - there are solid black, and tabby > black, although you can only see the tabby stripes in a black tabby in very > very bright light. Laku is apparently a tabby black, as his tabby stripes are only visible in direct brigth sunlight or very bright lamp light. I apparently haven't managed to catch the stripes in a pic tho, as I couldn't see them on any of the pics in my Yahoo! album. It takes a certain amount of light and a certain angle to see them, they show up in a reddish or coppery hue among the black. SignatureChristine in Vantaa, Finland christal63 (at) yahoo (dot) com photos: http://photos.yahoo.com/christal63 Catcodes: Laku: DS B G 4.11 Y L W C+ I+++ T++/- A+ E H+ S+ V++ F Q+ P- B PA PL >>> Since the black gene and the orange gene are alternative forms of the >>> same gene on the X chromosome, the only way to have both orange and [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > >Katrina There's a tabby-repressing gene too. Cat color genetics makes my head explose. Theresa My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com alt.tv.frasier FAQ: http://www.im-listening.net/FAQ/ >I'm not talking about Two Lumps the comic strip, although I've >bookmarked that site and I really like it. :) [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > >kristi Awww, give them some extra scritches for me. Hope they just like napping under the covers and aren't really scared. LB crawls under the blanket for cuddinling sometimes, but Sammy only does when she's hiding. SignatureSteve Touchstone, faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and Rocky stouchst@JUNKsirinet.net [remove Junk for email] Home Page: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/index.html Cat Pix: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/animals.html The tri colored one likes to nap and every now and then peeks his head out to see what's going on. The gray/white one is mainly scared. I came into school and checked on the two lumps. I lifted up a corner of the blanket and the tricolored cat came out to say hi. The gray/white cat let out this high pitched meow and turned to try to scurry back under the blanket. They're boarding for a week. They are really cute though. kristi >The tri colored one likes to nap and every now and then peeks his head >out to see what's going on. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > >They're boarding for a week. They are really cute though. aww, sorry to hear gray kitty is scared. Wonder if it would help to put up some type of curtain or screen so that he wouldn't see other animals or activity. Course that wouldn't help any if it's the smell or sound that's causing the fear. SignatureSteve Touchstone, faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and Rocky stouchst@JUNKsirinet.net [remove Junk for email] Home Page: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/index.html Cat Pix: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/animals.html What a lovely story! Thanks. Best wishes, SignaturePolonca & Soncek > I'm not talking about Two Lumps the comic strip, although I've > bookmarked that site and I really like it. :) > > Today in one of the cages in the treatment room there's a bunch of > blankets, a water dish and a litter tray. <snip |
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