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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / February 2006TED visit
I took Miranda and Caliban in for their final (I hope) ringworm test. it's pretty cold here (-10 C + wind chill factor making it -20 C (15 - -5 F)) and I put a woolly blankie in each cat's carrier. Miranda was the perfect angel as usual. She weighed the same as in January, so she's definitely stopped growing now. She's a long but skinny 3.4 kilos (about 7.5 lbs). Then came Caliban's turn. When I lifted his carrier onto the examination table, we heard a lot of hissing coming from inside it. What the...? Poor Caliban seemed very upset, but I don't see why. He's only gone in for ringworm tests lately, and they are certainly not painful: TED just brushes him for a few minutes with this little brush like a toothbrush. But Caliban was upset about something. When I left TED's office, I could feel him shivering in his Sherpa bag. Poor little boy! "Little" boy indeed. Caliban weighed 5.1 kilos (10.3 lbs) now, so he's put on about half a kilo since January. He's only about 10 months old, so he's still growing. TED said definitely don't give him kitten food any more. ;o) She's worried that he's starting to put on some of that neutered-tom flab. I cut back his food a little, and he seemed quite content anyway. Such a happy little chappie. Now I'll just have to wait two weeks again to hear the final verdict on the ringworm.  SignatureMarina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki. marina (dot) kurten (at) iki (dot) fi Stories and pics at http://koti.welho.com/mkurten/ Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki > I took Miranda and Caliban in for their final (I hope) ringworm > test. it's pretty cold here (-10 C + wind chill factor making it > -20 C (15 - -5 F)) and I put a woolly blankie in each cat's > carrier. Good luck with the ringworm diagnosis! Rhett was full grown earlier than a year, but I didn't feed them kitten food regularly at all once they came here. There just aren't good ones out there, and some "maintenance" foods have enough fat content to be kitten food. I'm so pleased to read that Mir weighs such a good bit! Scarlett started out like her, and she's now just about 9 pounds, but she's so long and skinny, it really doesn't show. I worried so much about her in the early months. Caliban reminds me of Rhett, so big ... Rhett is nearly 15 pounds. :)) Good luck with the ringworm test! Maybe all the trips to the little OUT have helped to kill it. SignatureCheryl > I took Miranda and Caliban in for their final (I hope) ringworm test. > it's pretty cold here (-10 C + wind chill factor making it -20 C (15 - > -5 F)) and I put a woolly blankie in each cat's carrier. That's nothing! My SIL emailed yesterday from Bismarck, North Dakota saying it was -28 C with a wind chill of -40!!! I'm so glad I don't live there. :) > But Caliban was upset about something. When I left TED's office, I could > feel him shivering in his Sherpa bag. Poor little boy! Awww... poor baby! > any more. ;o) She's worried that he's starting to put on some of that > neutered-tom flab. I cut back his food a little, and he seemed quite > content anyway. Such a happy little chappie. Do they sell Innova Evo over there? It doesn't have any grains, so it's better for the cats. > Now I'll just have to wait two weeks again to hear the final verdict on > the ringworm. Purrs for it to be over with. Scritches to the most photogenic kitties on that side of the pond. :) 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 >> I took Miranda and Caliban in for their final (I hope) ringworm test. >> it's pretty cold here (-10 C + wind chill factor making it -20 C (15 - [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > saying it was -28 C with a wind chill of -40!!! I'm so glad I don't live > there. :) I was more worried about the cats than myself. :o) I forgot to tell the rest of the story about the woolly blankies. When we got home, I left the carriers open on the floor and with the blankies inside. But as we know from experience, Miranda has some very fixed ideas about where those blankies should be. Sure enough, in the morning I found the purple blankie in the shower and the red blankie under my bed. :oP > Do they sell Innova Evo over there? It doesn't have any grains, so it's > better for the cats. I can't find it on any Finnish webpages, so probably not. Is it a dry food? I only give him a few pieces of dry food in the evening as a treat, and it's Waltham's Sensitivity Control formula, which doesn't contain grains (unless tapioca is a grain, I don't really know what it is, never seen tapioca here). Otherwise Caliban eats only premium wet food (and any meat he manages to pilfer from Miranda). SignatureMarina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki. marina (dot) kurten (at) iki (dot) fi Stories and pics at http://koti.welho.com/mkurten/ Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki > (unless tapioca is a grain, I don't really know what it > is, never seen tapioca here) Hi Marina - It's a root, so nothing to worry about: http://www.desert-tropicals.com/Plants/Euphorbiaceae/Manihot_esculenta.h tml (watch the line wrap) Deb. Signaturehttp://www.scientific-art.com "He looked a fierce and quarrelsome cat, but claw he never would; He only bit the ones he loved, because they tasted good." S. Greenfield >>(unless tapioca is a grain, I don't really know what it >>is, never seen tapioca here) [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > tml > (watch the line wrap) <lightbulb goes on over head> Oh, cassava, OK. SignatureMarina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki. marina (dot) kurten (at) iki (dot) fi Stories and pics at http://koti.welho.com/mkurten/ Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki >>> (unless tapioca is a grain, I don't really know what it is, never seen >>> tapioca here) [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > <lightbulb goes on over head> > Oh, cassava, OK. Tapioca is cassava? Wow. I didn't know that. >>>> (unless tapioca is a grain, I don't really know what it is, never >>>> seen tapioca here) [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Tapioca is cassava? Wow. I didn't know that. It's made from cassava. It has to go through a bunch of processing, etc. But the raw material is cassava. There are cassava fields all around where I live in Thailand and down the street is the tapioca factory. SignatureBritta "There is no snooze button on a cat who wants breakfast." -- Unknown Check out pictures of Vino at: http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album > > Tapioca is cassava? Wow. I didn't know that. > It's made from cassava. It has to go through a bunch of processing, > etc. But the raw material is cassava. There are cassava fields all > around where I live in Thailand and down the street is the tapioca > factory. Does the cassava grow in those little balls? :) Seriously, is that its natural shape, or is that what happens in the processing plant? Joyce >>> Tapioca is cassava? Wow. I didn't know that. > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Joyce That must be what they turn it into at the processing plant because cassava is pretty much like a sweet potato. It looks just like a sweet potato or yam (can't ever tell them apart), bigger than a regular potato, longer and kind of pointy on the ends. The above ground part of the plant grows quite high, up to 6 feet, and has these pointy leaves that remind me of pot. SignatureBritta Purring is an automatic safety valve device for dealing with happiness overflow. - Anonymous Check out pictures of Vino at: http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album >>>> Tapioca is cassava? Wow. I didn't know that. >> [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] >the plant grows quite high, up to 6 feet, and has these pointy leaves >that remind me of pot. Also, the cassava plant is poisonous until processed. According to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassava, some varieties merely require cooking, whereas other varieties, with up to 50 times more of the cyanogenic glucosides (which convert to cyanide in the presence of an enzyme found in the plant) require grinding into flour, a repeated soaking in water/squeezing dry process, and finally toasting. Whoever worked out how to make cassava edible must have been doing so under famine conditions, given that early attempts were probably still poisonous after being cooked. SignatureJohn F. Eldredge -- john@jfeldredge.com PGP key available from http://pgp.mit.edu "Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria > know from experience, Miranda has some very fixed ideas about where > those blankies should be. Sure enough, in the morning I found the purple > blankie in the shower and the red blankie under my bed. :oP She's such a decorating kitty! > I can't find it on any Finnish webpages, so probably not. Is it a dry > food? I only give him a few pieces of dry food in the evening as a They have both canned and dry food. I wish our cats loved the wet food as much as they love the dry food, specially Fez and Rufous. Those guys just don't like canned food for some reason. They eat a little of it, but they mostly eat kibble. :( > treat, and it's Waltham's Sensitivity Control formula, which doesn't > contain grains (unless tapioca is a grain, I don't really know what it > is, never seen tapioca here). Otherwise Caliban eats only premium wet > food (and any meat he manages to pilfer from Miranda). Well, he's growing just fine. :) Our vet also recommended we took Quetzie (RB) off from kitten food when he was about 10 months old. He was getting big. 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 > That's nothing! My SIL emailed yesterday from Bismarck, North Dakota > saying it was -28 C with a wind chill of -40!!! -40 is the only Fahrenheit temperature that I automatically know how to express in Centigrade. :) And that's COLD!!! Joyce, in temperate Northern California > I took Miranda and Caliban in for their final (I hope) ringworm test. <snip> > Now I'll just have to wait two weeks again to hear the final verdict on > the ringworm. We are sending lots of purrs and best wishes that this really is the last ringworm test, Polonca and Soncek
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