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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / October 2004My cat scared me
Yesterday my old cat Patches http://www.mary.cc/patches/ was sitting next to my feet in my home office. I decided to let my midget skunk in the house to run around. I'm training him to be an educational animal for my wildlife rescue group. Here's a pic of him and Patches. He's grown a little since then but is still the size of a 7 week old kitten. http://www.animaladvocates.us/images/areyoumymommy.jpg Anyway, the skunk is in the house running around and having fun. Now Patches doesn't like the skunk. He will hiss and growl at him, then he'll slap his paw in front of the skunk on the ground. The midget skunk understands this and walks a wide circle around him. Patches is four times the size of the skunk so maybe the skunk thinks he's a big skunk. Well yesterday Patchy is sleeping and the midget skunk comes up to him...and pokes him. Then he licks his tail and sniffs his face! Patchy's eyes are closed and he isn't moving. Patchy should have woken up and at least waved a sharp paw over the skunks head. I go over to Patchy and say "Patchy, Patchy, are you okay!" He doesn't move and seems stiff! I look at his eyes. Only the whites are showing! I said to my husband a little loud "I think Patchy had a heart attack!" then Patches wakes up with a look on his face like "I just had a heart attack? When did this happen?" Then he sees the skunk and waves a sharp paw in his direction, tries to hiss but ends up just coughing. He's kind of old. I guess he was just sleeping super soundly. He sure scared me. Darn cat. Oh Mary, it's kind of sad and funny at the same time!! I think it's very funny that he did the paw waving even though it was way too late. How old do you think Patchy is? I know other posters here have had incidents like that and their cats weren't that old. I love that picture of Patch and the skunk. Karen > Yesterday my old cat Patches http://www.mary.cc/patches/ was sitting next to my > feet in my home office. I decided to let my midget skunk in the house to run [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > > I guess he was just sleeping super soundly. He sure scared me. Darn cat. What great photos! TBird <--- ha! cute skunk! > Yesterday my old cat Patches http://www.mary.cc/patches/ was sitting next to my > feet in my home office. I decided to let my midget skunk in the house to run [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > > I guess he was just sleeping super soundly. He sure scared me. Darn cat. > Yesterday my old cat Patches http://www.mary.cc/patches/ was sitting next to my > feet in my home office. I decided to let my midget skunk in the house to run [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > > I guess he was just sleeping super soundly. He sure scared me. Darn cat. My TuTu did that about a month ago. I really had trouble awakening her. When she finally stirred, she stretched out and yawned as much to say "I had the best dream". For a minute or so, I was sure she was at the Bridge. MLB >> Yesterday my old cat Patches http://www.mary.cc/patches/ was sitting next >> to my [quoted text clipped - 41 lines] > had the best dream". For a minute or so, I was sure she was at the > Bridge. MLB I've had that happen on a couple of occasions with my dogs when they were very elderly. It might be to do with that their hearing isn't too good, and noises which might once wake them, don't. It's very scary. I was once so sure that Daisy was dead that I lifted her up and she was still floppy. I blew in her ears and eyes. "Eh? Eh? Put me down, I was *so* comfy" Talk about relief! Tweed > http://www.animaladvocates.us/images/areyoumymommy.jpg Great picture! Patches does kind of look like the skunk's mommy. I know what you mean about getting scared when the cat doesn't respond at all. Especially when they're old! It's a special kind of b*stard cat trick which could almost give *you* the heart attack. Joyce >Yesterday my old cat Patches http://www.mary.cc/patches/ was sitting next to my >feet in my home office. I decided to let my midget skunk in the house to run [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > >http://www.animaladvocates.us/images/areyoumymommy.jpg <squeal!> Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com > Yesterday my old cat Patches http://www.mary.cc/patches/ was sitting next to my > feet in my home office. I decided to let my midget skunk in the house to run [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > > I guess he was just sleeping super soundly. He sure scared me. Darn cat. LOL! From that picture, it looks like Patches is at least a "cousin" to the skunk herself. MaryL ---------------------<snip>---------------------- >Anyway, the skunk is in the house running around and having fun. ---------------------<snip>---------------------- If I might inquire, I've know of it but never heard the 'how' of de-scenting a skunk. How is it done, starting from when you have a skunk in a humane trap? Regards and Purrs, O J >If I might inquire, I've know of it but never heard the 'how' of >de-scenting a skunk. How is it done, starting from when you have a >skunk in a humane trap? I rehab ill, injured and orphaned skunks, squirrels, opossums... then release them back to nature when they are able. Every once in a while you get an animal that can't be released back to nature because of a deformity, disability or illness. Booger my midget skunk is a little deformed and has major nasal issues. He's also allergic to the outdoors. I can either euthanize him or use him for education. As he's a happy guy, I decided to use him for education. He is not descented. He just doesn't realize he has a butt that can spray. I may get him neutered. When they descent them, they just remove their anal glands. Dogs, cats, opossums, squirrels, skunks all have anal glands. The skunks just have the ability to empty their anal glands with perfect aim to about 15-20 feet. Their glands have a yellow thick oily STINKY burning liquid that they can squirt out. It will burn your eyes and you can smell it for a long time at a long distance. I didn't trap Booger. He was only three weeks old when found abandoned. I just picked him up like a little tame kitten. >> If I might inquire, I've know of it but never heard the 'how' of >> de-scenting a skunk. How is it done, starting from when you have a [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > long distance. I didn't trap Booger. He was only three weeks old when found > abandoned. I just picked him up like a little tame kitten. Well, what happens when he gets startled one day and instinct kicks those glands into gear? Eeew. He is awful cute. >Well, what happens when he gets startled one day and instinct kicks those >glands into gear? Eeew. He is awful cute. I've startled him quite a few times. I gave him shots, took him to the vet for a booger swab, trimmed his nails, big skunks smacked him around, Patches smacked him once...The worst he has done is get scared and poo. He hasn't even shown his butt or jets. His jets are the anal gland openings. When they get startled normally their anus gets real wide and they show the "red eye," then two red jets come out on either side of the anus. All he does is make the baby yell which sounds like "eeeeeeeeeeee!" He may be a little retarded too. Someone said his face looks like he has down syndrome. It does. But he's a happy little guy and loves playing, eating, living. > I've startled him quite a few times. I gave him shots, took him to the vet for > a booger swab, trimmed his nails, big skunks smacked him around, Patches [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > said his face looks like he has down syndrome. It does. But he's a happy little > guy and loves playing, eating, living. Aww! What a cutie! That picture of him and Patches is a classic.  SignatureMarina, Frank and Nikki marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki > >Well, what happens when he gets startled one day and instinct kicks those > >glands into gear? Eeew. He is awful cute. [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > said his face looks like he has down syndrome. It does. But he's a happy little > guy and loves playing, eating, living. He sounds really sweet. He may be a real late maturer. You need to take more pics of him!! Reminds me of a story a friend told me regarding a pet skunk his family had when he was a child. The skunk was supposedly de-skunked at the time of neutering. One day, years after the surgery, the friend's dad was playing & rough-housing with the skunk too much for its liking. Dad pointed at the stamping lil critter and laughed, as it turned and raised its tail. He bent down to stroke it and the skunk let him have it at point blank range! Eeeeek!!! Gennie >>>If I might inquire, I've know of it but never heard the 'how' of >>>de-scenting a skunk. How is it done, starting from when you have a [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > Well, what happens when he gets startled one day and instinct kicks those > glands into gear? Eeew. He is awful cute. >Reminds me of a story a friend told me regarding a pet skunk his family >had when he was a child. The skunk was supposedly de-skunked at the time [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >He bent down to stroke it and the skunk let him have it at point blank >range! Eeeeek!!! Moral: Don't laugh at the skunk. ;) Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com > Moral: Don't laugh at the skunk. ;) > > Theresa > Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh > My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com Yeah, the skunk *will* always get the last laugh!!!! ;> Hugs, CatNipped > Reminds me of a story a friend told me regarding a pet skunk his > family had when he was a child. The skunk was supposedly de-skunked [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > He bent down to stroke it and the skunk let him have it at point blank > range! Eeeeek!!! ROTFL SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy & Bagheera) A house is not a home, without a cat. > He is not descented. He just doesn't realize he has a butt that can > spray. I may get him neutered. When they descent them, they just remove > their anal glands. Dogs, cats, opossums, squirrels, skunks all have > anal glands. The skunks just have the ability to empty their anal glands > with perfect aim to about 15-20 feet. It's interesting, though, that the stuff that comes out doesn't smell at all like feces. To those of you who have "expressed" a cat's anal glands, does the stuff smell like feces, or is it a different (but nonetheless horrible) odor? The odor of skunk spray is different from anything else I've ever smelled. Joyce Mary had something important to tell us on 01 Oct 2004 02:57:14 GMT: >I rehab ill, injured and orphaned skunks, squirrels, opossums... then release >them back to nature when they are able. Every once in a while you get an animal >that can't be released back to nature because of a deformity, disability or >illness. Booger my midget skunk is a little deformed and has major nasal >issues. He's also allergic to the outdoors. I can either euthanize him or use >him for education. As he's a happy guy, I decided to use him for education. He Poor baby! He's lucky that you were there for him... maybe his rear end doesn't function according to manufacturers specifications? Or maybe he really does think he's a cat... :) SignatureKaren AKA Kajikit Here kitty kitty kitty... visit http://www.catslaves.org! Come and visit my part of the web: Kajikit's Corner: http://www.kajikitscorner.com Allergyfree Eating Recipe Swap: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Allergyfree_Eating Ample Aussies Mailing List: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ampleaussies/ OMG, how cute is that?!? Sorry that Patches scared you though. Bastard cat trick. SignatureBritta Sandpaper kisses, a cuddle and a purr. I have an alarm clock that's covered in fur! Check out pictures of Vino at: http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album > Yesterday my old cat Patches http://www.mary.cc/patches/ was sitting next to my > feet in my home office. I decided to let my midget skunk in the house to run [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > > I guess he was just sleeping super soundly. He sure scared me. Darn cat. > I guess he was just sleeping super soundly. He sure scared me. Darn cat. I used to have a Sheltie that did that when he got older. Sure can be frightening! |
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