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Clembert's a boy!

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LOL - 12 Aug 2004 09:37 GMT
I'm pretty sure.  I scooped him up and lifted his tail, which he did
*not* appreciate.  So he is now officially Hubert.  If I am mistaken
and he becomes officially Clementine, I will post an update.  ;-)

Hubert is still afraid of me and has taken up residence behind the
couch.  He does come out to play and explore often - I'd forgotten
just exactly what those Kitten Crazies are like, and am very, very
thankful that Tallulah is here to play with him.  At 19 days, he is
climbing the furniture and leaving little trails of fire on the carpet
as he zooms around.  I believe we have a hoolikitten on our hands.

Tallulah is still very anxious, pacing and crying at the door quite a
bit.  I have been letting her out (and going with her) for short
periods every few hours.  She comes right back, since Hubert is
inside, but what she wants is to go and take him with her.  *sigh*
She is such a sweet girl, though, that crying at the door is the
extent of her protests at her sudden confinement.

I am letting Tallulah out mostly because she hasn't a clue what the
litterbox is for.  I am hoping that when Hubert learns, she will too.
When Mike was a kitten he figured it out when I cleaned up his tiny
little kittenpoop and put it in the litterbox, put him in there with
it, and took his little paw and scratched to cover it.  You could just
see the little lightbulb going on over his head.  I am supposing I
will do the same with Hubert, unless anyone has any better idea?

I stayed home from the office today to try to settle them in, but
tomorrow DH has hearings and I have to go to the dentist, and they
will have to be alone for a while.  The fact that we should be getting
fallout from one hurricane and one tropical storm may help; it will be
*terrible* kitty weather and they may be glad to be inside, but I am
just hoping that the house will still be here in its entirety when I
get back.   :-)

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Krista
Karen Chuplis - 12 Aug 2004 13:18 GMT
> I'm pretty sure.  I scooped him up and lifted his tail, which he did
> *not* appreciate.  So he is now officially Hubert.  If I am mistaken
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> ------
> Krista

Krista, since Tallulah is used to the great outdoors, put some dirt in the
box and slowly switch to litter. It will help both of them. I love that
"little trails of fire " comment :)
Marina - 12 Aug 2004 15:02 GMT
> I'm pretty sure.  I scooped him up and lifted his tail, which he did
> *not* appreciate.  So he is now officially Hubert.  If I am mistaken
> and he becomes officially Clementine, I will post an update.  ;-)

Aww, I really liked Clembert. ;o)

<snippety>

> I am letting Tallulah out mostly because she hasn't a clue what the
> litterbox is for.  I am hoping that when Hubert learns, she will too.
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> see the little lightbulb going on over his head.  I am supposing I
> will do the same with Hubert, unless anyone has any better idea?

I don't know, I've never had a problem. Frank was very well trained by the
time I got him, and Nikki understood immediately what the litterbox was for,
though she had been raised in a stables without such modern facilities. All
our other cats have been indoor/outdoor ones. The hard part was teaching
Frank to use The Great Litterbox Outside when we're on the island. ;o) We
are purring that Tallulah soon figures out what to do. Have you tried
putting her in the litterbox when she cries at the door? Karen's suggestion
sounds good, too.

Purrs, too, that Tallulah settles down to inside life soon. We hope to hear
much more about hoolikitten antics.

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LOL - 13 Aug 2004 06:10 GMT
> > I'm pretty sure.  I scooped him up and lifted his tail, which he did
> > *not* appreciate.  So he is now officially Hubert.  If I am mistaken
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> Purrs, too, that Tallulah settles down to inside life soon. We hope to hear
> much more about hoolikitten antics.

Tallulah is settling down more and more.  She still wants out, but is
having longer stretches in between where she seems happy to be inside.
She is getting relaxed enough to play with Hubert with some abandon;
it's soooooo cute to see them pouncing and chasing and wrestling!

I am letting her out, but am also putting her in the litterbox before
we go and when we get back.  She's had a box filled with potting soil
for some time, since she indicated she didn't like the smell of the
litter.  I have another box filled with a mixture of potting soil and
litter beside that one.  So far neither box has found any favor.

I know Clembert was a popular name, but I've gotten a "Hubert" vibe
from this little fellow since we met.  Besides, it's hard enough
introducing your cats as Tallulah and Hubert as opposed to something
like "Fluffy," but an amalgam of Clementine and Hubert, a name no
one's ever heard before?  Heh.  There's an official Crazy Cat Lady
here in town, so I'm not it, *yet,* but that could put me over the
edge.   ;-)

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Krista
LOL - 13 Aug 2004 06:10 GMT
> > I'm pretty sure.  I scooped him up and lifted his tail, which he did
> > *not* appreciate.  So he is now officially Hubert.  If I am mistaken
[quoted text clipped - 23 lines]
> Purrs, too, that Tallulah settles down to inside life soon. We hope to hear
> much more about hoolikitten antics.

Tallulah is settling down more and more.  She still wants out, but is
having longer stretches in between where she seems happy to be inside.
She is getting relaxed enough to play with Hubert with some abandon;
it's soooooo cute to see them pouncing and chasing and wrestling!

I am letting her out, but am also putting her in the litterbox before
we go and when we get back.  She's had a box filled with potting soil
for some time, since she indicated she didn't like the smell of the
litter.  I have another box filled with a mixture of potting soil and
litter beside that one.  So far neither box has found any favor.

I know Clembert was a popular name, but I've gotten a "Hubert" vibe
from this little fellow since we met.  Besides, it's hard enough
introducing your cats as Tallulah and Hubert as opposed to something
like "Fluffy," but an amalgam of Clementine and Hubert, a name no
one's ever heard before?  Heh.  There's an official Crazy Cat Lady
here in town, so I'm not it, *yet,* but that could put me over the
edge.   ;-)

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Krista
Jo Firey - 12 Aug 2004 19:19 GMT
Only other thing I would suggest is to put a kitten in the litter box
immediately after it eats.

Jo
> I'm pretty sure.  I scooped him up and lifted his tail, which he did
> *not* appreciate.  So he is now officially Hubert.  If I am mistaken
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> ------
> Krista
LOL - 13 Aug 2004 06:14 GMT
> Only other thing I would suggest is to put a kitten in the litter box
> immediately after it eats.
>
> Jo

This is a good idea - thanks!  Actually, I've only seen him pee once,
and Tallulah got pretty agitated, so I think she may actually still be
taking care of this herself.  I soaked up the pee in a paper napkin
and put it in the litter box with the potting soil, and put each cat
in turn in there with it.  Neither one of them had the faintest idea
what I was getting at, so I am still in wait-and-see mode.  :-)

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Krista
LOL - 13 Aug 2004 06:14 GMT
> Only other thing I would suggest is to put a kitten in the litter box
> immediately after it eats.
>
> Jo

This is a good idea - thanks!  Actually, I've only seen him pee once,
and Tallulah got pretty agitated, so I think she may actually still be
taking care of this herself.  I soaked up the pee in a paper napkin
and put it in the litter box with the potting soil, and put each cat
in turn in there with it.  Neither one of them had the faintest idea
what I was getting at, so I am still in wait-and-see mode.  :-)

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Krista
Christina Websell - 12 Aug 2004 21:37 GMT
> I'm pretty sure.  I scooped him up and lifted his tail, which he did
> *not* appreciate.  So he is now officially Hubert.  If I am mistaken
[quoted text clipped - 32 lines]
> ------
> Krista

I would really like it if you continued to call him Clembert.  I think it's
a great name.  Very special and probably unique.
You did so well to kidnap them.
Your house will be a mess when you get back but you knew that, didn't you?

Tweed
Jo Firey - 13 Aug 2004 02:15 GMT
> > I'm pretty sure.  I scooped him up and lifted his tail, which he did
> > *not* appreciate.  So he is now officially Hubert.  If I am mistaken
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>
> Tweed

Clem is also an acceptable male nickname isn't it?  Though I've no idea what
it is short for.

Jo
Jeanne Hedge - 13 Aug 2004 02:24 GMT
>Clem is also an acceptable male nickname isn't it?  Though I've no idea what
>it is short for.

Clement comes immediately to mind, as in former British Prime Minister
Clement Attlee.

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Howard Berkowitz - 13 Aug 2004 03:25 GMT
> >Clem is also an acceptable male nickname isn't it?  Though I've no idea
> >what
> >it is short for.
>
> Clement comes immediately to mind, as in former British Prime Minister
> Clement Attlee.

And the butt of many of Winston Churchill's jokes:

 "A very modest man who has a great deal to be modest about"
 "A sheep...in sheep's clothing"

I shall not post the hysterically funny, but more or less R-rated,
encounter between the two in the gentlemens' room of the House of
Commons.
Christina Websell - 13 Aug 2004 02:27 GMT
> > > I'm pretty sure.  I scooped him up and lifted his tail, which he did
> > > *not* appreciate.  So he is now officially Hubert.  If I am mistaken
[quoted text clipped - 45 lines]
>
> Jo

I've heard it too, for a boy, but like you I have no idea what it's short
for.
Clembert  is a wonderful name.  I think he should keep it!

Tweed
LOL - 13 Aug 2004 06:21 GMT
> I would really like it if you continued to call him Clembert.  I think it's
> a great name.  Very special and probably unique.
> You did so well to kidnap them.
> Your house will be a mess when you get back but you knew that, didn't you?
>
> Tweed

I kind of liked Clembert too, but the little fellow struck me as a
Hubert from the very beginning, assuming that he *did* turn out to be
a he.  And I introduced him to my mother today as Hubert, which sets
it in stone, I'm afraid.

My house was indeed a mess when I got back, but then it was a mess
before I left.  ;-)

They did very well; what I was worried about was being met at the door
by shreiking hysterical kitties, but Hubert was sleeping and Tallulah
was just lounging around when I walked in.  She came to greet me and
meet her grandmother just as if she'd been living here all along.  I
had to fish great-grandcat Hubert out from behind the couch for
introductions.  This was also the first time I'd seen them in the
company of anyone but DH and me, and Hubert was no more terrified of
my mother than he is of us all, and Tallulah was perfectly pleased to
meet her.

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Krista
Christina Websell - 14 Aug 2004 03:35 GMT
> > I would really like it if you continued to call him Clembert.  I think it's
> > a great name.  Very special and probably unique.
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> a he.  And I introduced him to my mother today as Hubert, which sets
> it in stone, I'm afraid.

Not necessarily..

> My house was indeed a mess when I got back, but then it was a mess
> before I left.  ;-)

Oh thank goodness.  You  might like this quotation:

"Housework cannot kill you, but why take the risk?"
Phyllis Diller

<vbg>

Far past bedtime here,  Good night.

Tweed
LOL - 14 Aug 2004 09:37 GMT
(snippety)

> "Housework cannot kill you, but why take the risk?"
> Phyllis Diller
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>
> Tweed

Hee hee.  I also like:  

"I hate housework.  You make the beds, you wash the dishes, and six
months later you have to start all over again."
Joan Rivers

Two women after my own heart.

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Krista
Christina Websell - 15 Aug 2004 00:03 GMT
> (snippety)
> >
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> ------
> Krista

Correction:  3 women!
I used to be very houseproud but I came to realise there were nicer things
to do.  In a hundred years time it won't matter whether I dusted every day
or not.
I'd rather spend some quality time with my pets.

Tweed
EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) - 13 Aug 2004 03:46 GMT
> I am letting Tallulah out mostly because she hasn't a clue what the
> litterbox is for.  I am hoping that when Hubert learns, she will too.
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
> see the little lightbulb going on over his head.  I am supposing I
> will do the same with Hubert, unless anyone has any better idea?

You might try scopping up some ordinary "dirt" (including her droppings)
from wherever she does her "business", and putting that in a litterbox
(with or without some commercial litter).  If she uses that, you can
gradually elimiate the outdoor product, untill there's only commercial
litter in the box.
Seanette Blaylock - 13 Aug 2004 05:04 GMT
arbitrarilyyours@hotmail.com (LOL) had some very interesting things to
say about Clembert's a boy!:

>I'm pretty sure.  I scooped him up and lifted his tail, which he did
>*not* appreciate.  So he is now officially Hubert.  If I am mistaken
>and he becomes officially Clementine, I will post an update.  ;-)

Nice to know his gender, but I still liked Clembert as his name. :-)

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badwilson - 13 Aug 2004 08:25 GMT
I had a feeling he would turn out to be a boy.  I still think you should
stick with the name Clembert, it's really grown on me.  It's very unique.
He could have many cute nicknames, such as Clem, Clemmie, Clam, and Clammy
;-)  Hubert's ok too, as long as it's not Norbert, because that's my dad's
name, LOL!
Good luck with the socializing.  I'm sure it's only a matter of a couple of
weeks and they will both be happy as clams (!) being indoor cats.
--
Britta
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in fur!
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> I'm pretty sure.  I scooped him up and lifted his tail, which he did
> *not* appreciate.  So he is now officially Hubert.  If I am mistaken
[quoted text clipped - 32 lines]
> ------
> Krista
LOL - 14 Aug 2004 09:33 GMT
> I had a feeling he would turn out to be a boy.  I still think you should
> stick with the name Clembert, it's really grown on me.  It's very unique.
[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
> weeks and they will both be happy as clams (!) being indoor cats.
> --

I had a boy feeling as well!  The little guy gets braver and braver
and is able to climb higher and go faster and farther every day - I am
starting to think we should have named him DeSoto or DaGama.  Hmmm,
Magellan McCrea has quite a ring to it, yes?   ;-)

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Krista
 
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