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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / January 2006'Screaming' Rabid Cat Attacks 15 In Neighborhood
http://www.local6.com/news/5890364/detail.html "The cat came up from behind us and was screaming," cat attack victim Adam Maul said. "I mean I've never heard a cat scream so loud. The cat ran out from underneath the car and bit me in my ankle." Not to make light of this, but that's Bandit's "normal" behavior - seriously!  SignatureHugs, CatNipped See all my masters at: http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/CatNipped/ > http://www.local6.com/news/5890364/detail.html > Not to make light of this, but that's Bandit's "normal" behavior - > seriously! Not true, she's a sweetheart... ;-) SignatureVictor M. Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam here: uce@ftc.gov Email me here: pistorLITTER@BOXaustin.rr.com >> Not to make light of this, but that's Bandit's "normal" behavior - >> seriously! > > Not true, she's a sweetheart... ;-) LOL! Yeah, right - tell that to Roman and Toby (Toby was the one who was standing on the back rest of my sofa, hugging the wall, and screaming "Get her away from me, get her away from me!" ;> SignatureHugs, CatNipped See all my masters at: http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/CatNipped/ > LOL! Yeah, right - tell that to Roman and Toby (Toby was the one who was > standing on the back rest of my sofa, hugging the wall, and screaming "Get > her away from me, get her away from me!" ;> Didn't she purr when I pet her? :) SignatureVictor M. Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam here: uce@ftc.gov Email me here: pistorLITTER@BOXaustin.rr.com >> LOL! Yeah, right - tell that to Roman and Toby (Toby was the one who was >> standing on the back rest of my sofa, hugging the wall, and screaming "Get >> her away from me, get her away from me!" ;> > >Didn't she purr when I pet her? :) Sounds like Bandit just knows a catslave when she meets one. Reminds me of a visit I made to my brother years ago. I was home on leave and visiting my parents in California. As I was getting ready to go up to Oregon to stay a few days with my brother Mom told me that he said he had a house cat, but that when she and Dad stayed for a few days they never saw the cat. She was amazed when I told her that the second morning I was there I woke in the morning with the cat asleep at the foot of the bed. SignatureSteve Touchstone, faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and Spot with loving memories of Rocky (RB) 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 >> LOL! Yeah, right - tell that to Roman and Toby (Toby was the one who was >> standing on the back rest of my sofa, hugging the wall, and screaming >> "Get her away from me, get her away from me!" ;> > > Didn't she purr when I pet her? :) That's right, she did! You are among the three people (including me) whom she hasn't attacked on sight. SignatureHugs, CatNipped See all my masters at: http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/CatNipped/ > "The cat came up from behind us and was screaming," cat attack victim Adam > Maul said. "I mean I've never heard a cat scream so loud. The cat ran out > from underneath the car and bit me in my ankle." > > Not to make light of this, but that's Bandit's "normal" behavior - > seriously! It's also normal scared cat behavior. I need to read to read the article but I will bet this cat isn't rabid. -L. >> "The cat came up from behind us and was screaming," cat attack victim >> Adam [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > article but I will bet this cat isn't rabid. > -L. That's what I thought, but I read one article that says the cat was tested (which means a necropsy) and the report came back positive for rabies. Fifteen people have begun receiving rabies shots, and an alert has posted for anyone else who may have come into contact with the cat. There are also concerns for outdoor pets in the area (and wildlife, I presume). MaryL > That's what I thought, but I read one article that says the cat was tested > (which means a necropsy) and the report came back positive for rabies. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > MaryL I know - I am blown away. That's gotta be the first rabit cat in 100 years or something. Last time I looked it up, it was virtually nonexistent in cats. Now I am wondering if a cat we had at the vet one time could have been rabid. He was acting very similarly and we couldn't find a reason for it - the vet basically said he must have a brain problem we can't diagnose, and they euthanized him. I am sure they didn't check him for rabies. That kind of thing scares the bejeebus out of me. -L. >> "The cat came up from behind us and was screaming," cat attack victim >> Adam [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > article but I will bet this cat isn't rabid. > -L. I know, but I can't tell if Bandit does this out of fear or not, though, because she has *never* taken the chance to escape over the chance to attack (IOW, with her it's not 'fight or flight', it's 'fight and fight some more'!). SignatureHugs, CatNipped See all my masters at: http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/CatNipped/ > I know, but I can't tell if Bandit does this out of fear or not, though, > because she has *never* taken the chance to escape over the chance to attack > (IOW, with her it's not 'fight or flight', it's 'fight and fight some > more'!). Does she have a history of abuse? (Of course I mean prior to you....?) -L. >> I know, but I can't tell if Bandit does this out of fear or not, though, >> because she has *never* taken the chance to escape over the chance to [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Does she have a history of abuse? (Of course I mean prior to you....?) > -L. No, but she is the cat I referred to in other posts that I had declawed 15 year ago - before I knew what declawing involved. She turned from a sweet, lovable kitten into a screaming, biting terror practically overnight. I endure the bites down to the bone with nary a cross word and accept it as punishment for what I did (and still it will never be enough to make up for what I did to her!) I'm just lucky she never had litterbox problems because of it - but if that changes and she does, I'll also clean up her pee without complaint. Needless to say she's always been an indoors only cat. We built a ramp up to my bed and other places because I know she must suffer arthritis - and I give her a daily massage to help relieve the pain she must be in constantly. All this because I didn't bother to research the procedure before I allowed the vet to do it (my landlord at the time said she had to be declawed in order to live there, but had I known then what I know now I would have moved in a New York second)! [Can you tell how much I beat myself up daily for this horrendous act?] Hugs, CatNipped > No, but she is the cat I referred to in other posts that I had declawed 15 > year ago - before I knew what declawing involved. She turned from a sweet, [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > know now I would have moved in a New York second)! [Can you tell how much > I beat myself up daily for this horrendous act?] Don't beat yourself up - you didn't know! I didn't know how bad it was until I worked for a vet. It does explain her behavior, though, and her story is, sadly, *really* common in declawed cats. How many does there have to be like her before vets accept that declawing *causes* behavioral problems?!? It just makes me sick!!!! -L. >> No, but she is the cat I referred to in other posts that I had declawed >> 15 [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] > declawing *causes* behavioral problems?!? It just makes me sick!!!! > -L. Yeah, me too. What made me really upset with my friend recently is that I know what I've gone through every day for 15 years because of crazy love for this cat (just today I got bitten while I was giving her a massage - I routinely get a tetanus shot every 7 years because of her) - and I know my friend won't put up with that. So they'll get dropped off at the SPCA (*if* they're lucky and not just dumped somewhere). And at the SPCA they'll legally have to label them as biters and probably won't even try to rehome them before they're euthed! <*SIGH*> Hugs, CatNipped > Yeah, me too. What made me really upset with my friend recently is that I > know what I've gone through every day for 15 years because of crazy love for [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > legally have to label them as biters and probably won't even try to rehome > them before they're euthed! <*SIGH*> If that ends up being the case, whether or not they get euthanized really depends on space. Most HS workers I know have a soft spot for "problem" declawed cats because they know that they are a product of man's lack of kindness and understanding. A lot of them get rehomed with people who know about the behavior and work with such cats (usually somebody within the organization). There's always a softie of some sort who steps up to the plate... -L. >No, but she is the cat I referred to in other posts that I had declawed 15 >year ago - before I knew what declawing involved. She turned from a sweet, [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >of it - but if that changes and she does, I'll also clean up her pee without >complaint. I really think that's the best argrument to use with people who consider their cats as possessions/ornaments rather than family members. When someone like that asks me about declawing, I print out the stats on the problems declawing can cause. Granted, some declaws don't cause these problems, some of the members of the group have happy well adjusted cats who have been declawed - but why take the chance. I tell them it's a lot easier to train their cat not to scratch furniture than deal with the problem declawing often causes. If they don't have the time or patience to properly train their cat, and they are so concerned about scratching, they really don't need or want a cat - maybe a room full of stuffed animals is more their speed. Course I don't say that last part like that - but that's what I'm thinking. >Needless to say she's always been an indoors only cat. Wish everyone who declaws did that. I had a neighbor whose cat became a biter after declawing and she banished him to the OUT. I used to let him into my apartment sometimes. I thought he was a psycho-cat because he could go from sweet/purring lapcat to demon from hell growling in the corner in an instant. This was back before LB forced her way into my life, so before I researched declawing for myself. Once I did the research it became a lot easier to understand him. I once had to rescue him from a couple dogs who were savaging him behind my apartment. He required a couple expensive surgeries, eventually recovered from the attack - and still the neighbor let him out. >We built >a ramp up to my bed and other places because I know she must suffer [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >know now I would have moved in a New York second)! [Can you tell how much >I beat myself up daily for this horrendous act?] Purrs for the day that the US joins the rest of the civilized world in outlawing this barbaric practice. SignatureSteve Touchstone, faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and Spot with loving memories of Rocky (RB) 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 > http://www.local6.com/news/5890364/detail.html Poor thing. I feel bad for the people who were bitten, but also for the cat, who must have been really suffering. :( Joyce > http://www.local6.com/news/5890364/detail.html Florida, figures. When I took in a stray, the very first thing I did was have the young, pregnant lady checked for rabies and various feline diseases, surprisingly inexpensive I found. I guess I am still angry at Florida messing up our presidential election. Manipulating the election process by abusing the US Supreme Court (Scalia's logic was unusually contradictory within even his own very conservative framework) saddens and slightly terrifies me. The Republican woman, Harris?, in charge of the voting would not allow a recount. And the Democrats down there did not help by having a truly confusing ballot. Apparently the woman in charge, LePore?, could not design a simple ballot but came up with a butterfly ballot all on her own initiative, completely untested. This all may be a coincidence but often when I read about people doing things which show a lack of education or intermediate reasoning skills, Florida figures prominently. > > http://www.local6.com/news/5890364/detail.html > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > pregnant lady checked for rabies and various feline diseases, > surprisingly inexpensive I found. I did not have the lady checked for rabies. That apparently can only be done with an autopsy of the brain tissue. Also it would be unlikely that tests for rabies would be done since the disease is supposedly unknown in cats in USA - although the township next to mine has had two cats with rabies. So there goes that generalization. > When I took in a stray, the very first thing I did was have the young, > pregnant lady checked for rabies Unfortunately, the only way to do this is to analyze the brain tissue of a dead animal. > I guess I am still angry at Florida messing up our presidential > election. Manipulating the election process by abusing the US Supreme [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > recount. And the Democrats down there did not help by having a truly > confusing ballot. And don't forget all those people who were turned away due to Voting While Black. > This all may be a coincidence but often when I read about people doing > things which show a lack of education or intermediate reasoning skills, > Florida figures prominently. And for some reason that I can't fathom, everyone in my family moved there. We're all from Massachusetts, but none of us liked the weather. I liked the culture of Boston, though, and the San Francisco area offers a similar culture, but with much better weather. So I'm here, and they're there, go figure. I'll be in your neck of the woods soon, visiting them. Joyce |
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