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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / December 2005Bonnie and her sick mousie
I've written about Bonnie and her play-n-squeak mousie toys - where she used to line them all up like kittens, then one quit squeaking, and she always put it in the kitchen no matter where she found it. Proceed to howl at it. Howl at it whenever she saw it. So, thinking it was distressing her, and she was trying to tell it to go to the bridge or something, I hid it. I didn't want to throw it away because she was clearly playing with it. But was it causing her grief that it didn't squeak anymore? I just didn't know. I recently gave it back to her after it being "dead" for a few months. She's back to treating it the same way she used to. Drag it to the kitchen and howl at it everytime she passes through and happens to see it. I still can't tell if she's distressed by the dead non-squeaky mousie. She doesn't really play with the not-broken mousie toys anymore. She's just obsessed with the broken one.  SignatureCheryl Very strange Cheryl! I don't know whether she is upset or playing. My mom's cat Gilbert goes "mow" to his stuffed pig and chicken. It sounds like he's upset and if you aren't familiar with him, you think he's in distress. He also relocates them around the house, but never when anyone is looking. They just appear in different places. Maybe she is trying to protect it because it's ill? -Kelly > I've written about Bonnie and her play-n-squeak mousie toys - where > she used to line them all up like kittens, then one quit squeaking, [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > mousie. She doesn't really play with the not-broken mousie toys > anymore. She's just obsessed with the broken one. > I've written about Bonnie and her play-n-squeak mousie toys - where she > used to line them all up like kittens, then one quit squeaking, and she [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > She doesn't really play with the not-broken mousie toys anymore. She's > just obsessed with the broken one. Don't you just wonder what goes on in those fuzzy heads sometimes? It's really kind of cute.... > I still can't tell if she's distressed by the dead non-squeaky > mousie. She doesn't really play with the not-broken mousie toys > anymore. She's just obsessed with the broken one. Aw, poor baby. Wish we knew what goes through their minds sometimes. 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 > I recently gave it back to her after it being "dead" for a few > months. She's back to treating it the same way she used to. Drag it [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > mousie. She doesn't really play with the not-broken mousie toys > anymore. She's just obsessed with the broken one. Do you think you could get away with replacing it with one the same type and color? >> I recently gave it back to her after it being "dead" for a few >> months. She's back to treating it the same way she used to. Drag it [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >Do you think you could get away with replacing it with one the same type >and color? Not a chance. SignatureDavid Stevenson Storypage: http://blakjak.com/sty_menu.htm Liverpool, England, UK <cat2@blakjak.com> Emails welcome Nanki Poo: SI O+W B 12 Y L+ W++ C+ I T+ A- E H++ V- F Q P+ B+ PA+ PL SC Minke: SI W+Cp B 3 Y L W+ C++ I T A- E H++ V++ F- Q- P B PA+ PL+ SC- >>> I still can't tell if she's distressed by the dead non-squeaky >>> mousie. She doesn't really play with the not-broken mousie toys >>> anymore. She's just obsessed with the broken one. >> >>Do you think you could get away with replacing it with one the same type >>and color? > Not a chance. I would think not! That would be like taking a child's special "blankie" and washing it!! :) Joyce > >>> I still can't tell if she's distressed by the dead non-squeaky > >>> mousie. She doesn't really play with the not-broken mousie toys [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Joyce My folks dog drove them nuts with a rubber ball she liked. They of course kept losing it. They even bought a second identical one. No way. She was only happy with the original. My parents couldn't tell them apart, but she sure could. Jo >>> I recently gave it back to her after it being "dead" for a few >>> months. She's back to treating it the same way she used to. [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Not a chance. Yerright! She already had 3 other mousies of the same type, but they didn't interest her anymore. I got a play-n-squeak hedgehog (that's what it said, but it looked more like a squirrel to me) and she throws it around, but she still howls at the mute mousie. :) SignatureCheryl >I still can't tell if she's distressed by the dead non-squeaky >mousie. She doesn't really play with the not-broken mousie toys >anymore. She's just obsessed with the broken one. Fenchurch really seems to have got it in for one particular mousie. It's been around for a while, certainly since before she arrived, but the other two aren't big players. Fenchurch, on the other hand, bats this mousie around, carries it around in her mouth, and bunny-kicks it with great vigour. Other mousies just don't seem to cut the mustard, even one which is pretty much identical in appearance. Strange moggit. SignatureCathi > I still can't tell if she's distressed by the dead non-squeaky > mousie. She doesn't really play with the not-broken mousie toys > anymore. She's just obsessed with the broken one.// I have a battered, small, mangled fluffy catnip frog sitting on my shelf. It belonged to Daisy (RB) She used to carry it around in her mouth yowling so loudly, the first time we heard her with it, we thought she had been hit by a car or something. It only ever happened with the catnip frog and Daisy. The other cats couldn't care less about that bloody frog. Helen M > I have a battered, small, mangled fluffy catnip frog sitting on my > shelf. It belonged to Daisy (RB) [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > something. It only ever happened with the catnip frog and Daisy. The > other cats couldn't care less about that bloody frog. That sounds like Nikki and her piggy. She would walk around with it in her mouth and 'sing' to it. She would bring it into bed at night, yowling loudly as she carried it. I would find it among the sheets in the morning. 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 My handsome boy, Jazz, (RB) had a yellow sock that he carried around the house while he yowled. He loved that sock, and by the time he was 12 years old it was old and ratty and filthy. He wouldn't give it up long enough for me to wash and it was filled with synthetic stuff that would not have survived the washing machine. I did buy him a different color sock (couldn't find another yellow one) which he totally ignored. It was that yellow sock or nothing else. We called it his 'doll baby'. He hugged it, bunny kicked it, slept with it, etc. He loved it until the day he died. Lily & her Mama SignatureIrulan from the stars we come to the stars we return from now until the end of time >> >> I have a battered, small, mangled fluffy catnip frog sitting on my [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > mouth and 'sing' to it. She would bring it into bed at night, yowling > loudly as she carried it. I would find it among the sheets in the morning. > My handsome boy, Jazz, (RB) had a yellow sock that he carried > around the house while he yowled. He loved that sock, and by the [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > it, bunny kicked it, slept with it, etc. He loved it until the > day he died. Lily & her Mama :) I'm so glad you, Helen and Marina have these fond memories of your furbabies to share. I bet the sock and the piggy and the catnip frog are kept as treasures. SignatureCheryl > :) I'm so glad you, Helen and Marina have these fond memories of > your furbabies to share. I bet the sock and the piggy and the catnip > frog are kept as treasures. The piggy certainly is. None of the other cats even show the slightest interest in it. 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 > I still can't tell if she's distressed by the dead non-squeaky > mousie. She doesn't really play with the not-broken mousie toys > anymore. She's just obsessed with the broken one. Maybe she's giving it heck because its the only thing in the house that doesn't do what she wants it to do :-) She wants it to squeak d*& it! Everyone else is a slave ... Susan M Otis and Chester > Maybe she's giving it heck because its the only thing in the > house that doesn't do what she wants it to do :-) She wants it > to squeak d*& it! Everyone else is a slave ... Knowing Bonnie, this must be it. LOL! SignatureCheryl |
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