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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / October 2005Kitty Farmcat & the children
I had an unannounced visit from my younger brother yesterday, complete with his children Charlotte (5), Thomas (3), and Alexander (13 months.) I answered the doorbell and there they were! Andrew (my brother) said "You're babysitting.." My heart sank, but fortunately he was joking. Individually they are okay, but all together they are a package from hell ;-) Tom insisted about every two minutes that he wanted to see the chickens, so I said they could come and help me feed them as I was just about to do it when they came. I loaded my bucket with layers pellets and set off down the garden, brother and children following. The very first run we came to had a young cockerel in. "What's that?" said Tom. "It's a chicken." his dad replied. They have no pets and I suppose Tom just associates the word "chicken" with something that's on his plate. The two older ones seemed to enjoy "helping" with the feeding, although there were a few that have nasty tempers that I daren't let them near. Alex was carried by his father and he made no sound at all and his eyes were wide..he took everything in though. Kitty was in the house when we got back. Boyfriend had run for the hills the moment they arrived! Sensible chap! The two older ones wanted to stroke her, but they have no idea about how to do it, so I tried to show them. I did warn their dad that they might get scratched, and he said okay, go ahead. Charlotte stroked her from her back to her front, pushing her fur up the wrong way which I know she doesn't like. She just purred. I told Charlotte to stroke her the other way which she did and Kitty purred even more and headbutted her for more. Tom wanted to join in. He grasped Kitty by the tail and pulled her towards him. My heart was in my mouth, I felt sure she would lash out, but she didn't and when he patted her head and body she purred and rubbed her head on him. Alex is starting to walk, but he mainly crawls as yet. He crawled over to Kitty and grabbed her ear. Quite hard. She thought that was okay, so he grabbed her other ear, and so was that. Bear in mind that the back door was open so she could have escaped any time she wanted. It seems she didn't want to. Awww. Seems she likes children then. There is no way she would allow me to take such liberties. I would have got a slash for any of that. Tweed >I had an unannounced visit from my younger brother yesterday, complete with >his children Charlotte (5), Thomas (3), and Alexander (13 months.) [quoted text clipped - 37 lines] > >Tweed Cats can be amazingly patient with children. More than with kittens, it seems! ;) Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com Make Levees, Not War > Cats can be amazingly patient with children. More than with kittens, > it seems! ;) > > Theresa If you had asked me before yesterday if Kitty was safe with small children I would have guessed "no" because she is usually so grumpy. So she really surprised me. Like cats do ;-) She was delightful and kind with these small children. They now like cats. I doubt they ever met one up close before. Tweed >> Cats can be amazingly patient with children. More than with kittens, >> it seems! ;) [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > with these small children. They now like cats. I doubt they ever met one > up close before. Shmogg beat the living )($&^%@ out of IBKFergus when she arived, and has ripped fur out of her neck twice in the fighting. But the worse thing Cary has ever got from Shmogg has been a hiss. Cary now *sits* on Fluffy when she's lying down, and she'll calmly take it. Fluff will let us know she's had enough by a soft growl. She's never nipped or barked at Cary, even though she would have nipped and/or barked at us for doing the same thing. Heck, when Joel was telling Cary off one day, Fluffy got in between them and started growling at Joel! And IBKFergus... cosnidering the grief she gets from Cary I'm amazed he hasn't been shredded yet! She certainly likes drawing blood from me! But while he has copped a few scratches, she hasn't wreaked the damage she has the potential of doing on him. I'm quite amazed that they all innately know that he's just a hoomin kit/pup and needs to be treated gently and with a great deal of patience. Yowie [[Shmogg beat the living )($&^%@ out of IBKFergus when she arived, and has ripped fur out of her neck twice in the fighting. But the worse thing Cary has ever got from Shmogg has been a hiss. Cary now *sits* on Fluffy when she's lying down, and she'll calmly take it. Fluff will let us know she's had enough by a soft growl. She's never nipped or barked at Cary, even though she would have nipped and/or barked at us for doing the same thing. Heck, when Joel was telling Cary off one day, Fluffy got in between them and started growling at Joel! And IBKFergus... cosnidering the grief she gets from Cary I'm amazed he hasn't been shredded yet! She certainly likes drawing blood from me! But while he has copped a few scratches, she hasn't wreaked the damage she has the potential of doing on him. I'm quite amazed that they all innately know that he's just a hoomin kit/pup and needs to be treated gently and with a great deal of patience.]] I recall seeing a post a while back about Shmogg's having shown patience one day with the learning-disabled son of a friend of yours. It falls under the same category -- Shmogg tolerated a level of attention from that boy that he wouldn't have put up with from the members of the immediate family. Shmogg somehow picked up on the fact that this situation needed a different response from his usual approach, and he behaved accordingly. This is why I love fuzz kids -- humans should only master the art of unconditional acceptance the way so many of our furry, four-footed family members have. Donna, Captain, and Stanley >>> Cats can be amazingly patient with children. More than with >>> kittens, [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > > Yowie Fives years ago next door to where I lived there was a young german sheppard called Sadie, also two children aged 3 and 4. On one occasion Sadie had an injured shoulder, the kids were running round the garden and the youngest fell on her, from the look on her face it was obviously very painfull but all she did was to look sad. This was the same d*g that tried to make friends with the cats by dropping her toys in front of them, Rosie used to sit on the fence and growl at her.  SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy and Bagheera) A House is not a home, without a cat. http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk What a great visit you had! How are you feeling? I hope you are not too tired. Best wishes, SignaturePolonca & Soncek > I had an unannounced visit from my younger brother yesterday, complete with > his children Charlotte (5), Thomas (3), and Alexander (13 months.) [quoted text clipped - 37 lines] > > Tweed > What a great visit you had! How are you feeling? Not too bad, thank you, considering what the alternative was ;-) >I hope you are not too tired. That's my main problem at the moment. I waste a lot of my time at weekends and Wednesdays, when I don't work at the moment, asleep because I'm just so exhausted. I'm hoping this will improve and I'll get more energy soon. I've been told it could take a year for me to feel well again. That's not good enough for me, I want it to be now! Tweed > Best wishes, > That's my main problem at the moment. I waste a lot of my time at > weekends and Wednesdays, when I don't work at the moment, asleep > because I'm just so exhausted. I'm hoping this will improve and > I'll get more energy soon. I've been told it could take a year for > me to feel well again. That's not good enough for me, I want it to > be now! Sleep is definitely not wasted time! Sleep is good stuff, and most of us don't get nearly enough. Signaturemonique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca >> That's my main problem at the moment. I waste a lot of my time at >> weekends and Wednesdays, when I don't work at the moment, asleep [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Sleep is definitely not wasted time! Sleep is good stuff, and most of > us don't get nearly enough. YAWWWNNNNN ... Susan M Genetic insomniac Otis and Chester No problems in the sleeping department <snip> > Awww. Seems she likes children then. There is no way she would allow > me to take such liberties. I would have got a slash for any of that. > > Tweed It always amazes me how animals realise that children don't want to harm them and will tollerate so much. In so many ways they can be better than humans. SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy and Bagheera) A House is not a home, without a cat. http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk >I had an unannounced visit from my younger brother yesterday, complete >with his children Charlotte (5), Thomas (3), and Alexander (13 >months.) > Charlotte stroked her from her back to her front, pushing her fur up > the wrong way which I know she doesn't like. She just purred. I told [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > the back door was open so she could have escaped any time she wanted. > It seems she didn't want to. Aw, what a Good Girl. Sometimes the depth of their understanding leaves one in awe. Purrs Gordon & the FF >>I had an unannounced visit from my younger brother yesterday, complete >>with his children Charlotte (5), Thomas (3), and Alexander (13 months.) [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > Aw, what a Good Girl. Sometimes the depth of their understanding leaves > one in awe. Awe, yes, that's the word. I was so absolutely certain that Kitty would scratch the children, that's why I warned my brother before he allowed them to touch her. Well, the girl came good and if hadn't seen it with my own eyes I would never have believed that she would have allowed it. Ever. She is such a grumpy-arse normally ;-) and I was in two minds whether it would be safer to shut her outside while they were here. To say I was surprised by her kind and perfect behaviour with the children would be an understatement. I have a new respect for her, I really didn't think she could do it, and she did. Bless her little white feeties.. Tweed > Awww. Seems she likes children then. There is no way she would allow me to > take such liberties. I would have got a slash for any of that. > > Tweed/// It never ceases to amaze me the tolerance that adult cats show to youngsters of *any* species. HRFL Tiger tolerates baby kittens & kids taking liberties with him that would earn a very grumpy swift smack from him if I did it. Helen M > I had an unannounced visit from my younger brother yesterday, complete > with his children Charlotte (5), Thomas (3), and Alexander (13 months.) I [quoted text clipped - 34 lines] > Awww. Seems she likes children then. There is no way she would allow me > to take such liberties. I would have got a slash for any of that. Good for Kitty FC! She is a special little love. MLB > Alex is starting to walk, but he mainly crawls as yet. He crawled over to > Kitty and grabbed her ear. Quite hard. She thought that was okay, so he [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Awww. Seems she likes children then. There is no way she would allow me > to take such liberties. I would have got a slash for any of that. Awww - that's so sweet of Kitty Farmcat and a wonderful experience for your neices and nephews. Susan M Otis and Chester > Charlotte stroked her from her back to her front, pushing her fur up the > wrong way which I know she doesn't like. She just purred. I told Charlotte [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > open so she could have escaped any time she wanted. It seems she didn't > want to. Reminds me of when we take Nocturne to the vet. She purrs and bunts and polys, and the vet and his crew all think she's such a nice kitty. THEY'RE FALLING FOR HER LIES!! --Fil <snip> > Charlotte stroked her from her back to her front, pushing her > fur up the wrong way which I know she doesn't like. She just [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > allow me to take such liberties. I would have got a slash for > any of that. What a gentle KFC! She's rare to put up with so much. She must sense that they are but kittens. :) SignatureCheryl > I had an unannounced visit from my younger brother yesterday, complete > with his children Charlotte (5), Thomas (3), and Alexander (13 months.) [quoted text clipped - 37 lines] > > Tweed What a good girl!! They do seem to know that "children" don't really know better and put up with more than they would normally. It sounds like the children need "pet lessons". It's good of Kitty to provide that. She understands that they are young and don't know any better, so she puts up with it. Animals are remarkable that way. However, Boyfriend also understands that he doesn't even want to put up with it, so he left. They're so sensible. You are old enough to know better. That's why you don't get away with it. Jane - owned and operated by Princess Rita >Awww. Seems she likes children then. There is no way she would allow me to >take such liberties. I would have got a slash for any of that. > >Tweed > She understands that they are young and don't know any better, so she > puts up with it. Animals are remarkable that way. However, Boyfriend > also understands that he doesn't even want to put up with it, so he > left. They're so sensible. Otis knows he doesn't want to put up with it and runs away at the first sight of children. Chester, usually the more cautious of the two, hangs around and allows them to manhandle him. Amazing. Susan M Otis and Chester >> She understands that they are young and don't know any better, so she >> puts up with it. Animals are remarkable that way. However, Boyfriend [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Susan M All our cats have put up with an amazing amount of mauling from children. And all our cats have loved children to bits. They seem to know when the children are old enough to be nipped and clawed for bad behavior, and when they are too young to be held responsible. Of course we have taught our children to try to be gentle with pets from the time they (the children) were small too. But there is no substitute for a cat that will teach them the hard way. Jo Awww. Seems she likes children then. There is no way she would allow me to take such liberties. I would have got a slash for any of that. Tweed ======================================== Wow, I don't know if I'd be that patient. Suz&Spicey > Awww. Seems she likes children then. There is no way she would allow me > to [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Wow, I don't know if I'd be that patient. > Suz&Spicey What do you mean? Signaturemonique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca > Awww. Seems she likes children then. There is no way she would allow me > to [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Wow, I don't know if I'd be that patient. > Suz&Spicey I'm really proud of her, Suz. I never thought in a million years she could do it. Tweed >Awww. Seems she likes children then. There is no way she would allow me to >take such liberties. I would have got a slash for any of that. How absolutely adorable! KFC is such a good kitty! Cats are so complex and filled with surprises and contradictions waiting to come out. >>Awww. Seems she likes children then. There is no way she would allow me >>to [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > complex and filled with surprises and contradictions waiting to come > out. Tak - you are such an evocative writer. You have such talent for creating these wonderful images ... Susan M Otis and Chester > Awww. Seems she likes children then. There is no way she would allow me to > take such liberties. I would have got a slash for any of that. It's amazing what cats will let children get away with. I'm surprised that I lived past the age of five. :oP Good on ya, Kitty! SignatureMarina, Frank, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Nikki. marina (dot) kurten (at) iki (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki |
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