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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / March 2006AHHH!!! A VULTURE!!!
I was just making myself a sandwich. A delicious HAM sandwich. I'm hearing a meow every now and then, but i don't see any cat or feel anyone rubbing against me. I'm about finished with my sandwich when i hear a louder meow and suddenly out of the corner of my eye i spot a grey figure hunched over. AHHHH!!!! I jumped back. It was Mischief, the little vulture, perched on top of the fridge and all hunched over trying to get a piece of ham. I HATE it when she does that. varmint..... Kristi bad cat slave you did not prepare a snack for the masters :-) >I was just making myself a sandwich. A delicious HAM sandwich. > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Kristi They're getting dinner in ten minutes... hmph! what you eat before the masters bad cat slave the masters come first we get to eat dinner if they allow us. We must appease the gods first us cat slaves must bow to the whim of the masters if we don't they leave special surprise on our pillow or we step in it when eyes half open in morning before morning coffee; one heck of a wake up call ;-) Just kidding mischief make a ham sandwich in my house involves tricking them into their room, making a run for it and locking door I have to do this every time we prepare meals in my house > They're getting dinner in ten minutes... hmph! hehehehehehe > what you eat before the masters bad cat slave the masters come first > we get to eat dinner if they allow us. We must appease the gods first us [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > them into their room, making a run for it and locking door I have to do > this every time we prepare meals in my house I'd think that was terrible. But the only reason we've been spared that is two cats that won't touch human food. Seems our luck has run out however. Kayla the Border is five months old today. In the last week she has taught herself to jump high enough to survey the kitchen countertops. And then to jump again and grab anything interesting within a foot of the edge. Until I can teach her that it isn't OK just because she can, I either have to stand in the kitchen, put her outside or in her crate, or clean off the entire counter. There is going to be a major problem one of these days from Jake letting his tail dangle off the counter when he is eating. At least Molly has enough sense to wrap her tail around her body when she eats on the counter. Jo >> what you eat before the masters bad cat slave the masters come first >> we get to eat dinner if they allow us. We must appease the gods first [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > I'd think that was terrible. But the only reason we've been spared that > is two cats that won't touch human food. It might be terrible but I never want one of my masters burning themselves on the stove or oven, getting into harms way. They all know not to be on the counter but still no matter what when you have people in the house that don't listen and did as they wanted when they were younger it spoils the children. It got to the point where they became little devils I had to install locks on the cabinets and even buy a frig and freezer that has lock on it. I go all out when I cook and can have all the burners going, including a indoor grill, smoker like a professional resturant would have. all I need is one deciding not to listen and jump up when I am chopping or moving something hot. I might be paranoid about it but I could never forgive myself If I hurt one of them ever > Seems our luck has run out however. Kayla the Border is five months old > today. In the last week she has taught herself to jump high enough to [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Jo >>> Just kidding mischief make a ham sandwich in my house involves >>> tricking them into their room, making a run for it and locking door I >>> have to do this every time we prepare meals in my house > It might be terrible but I never want one of my masters burning > themselves on the stove or oven, getting into harms way. I don't do a lot of cooking anymore. But I've had naughty cats for so long that it is second nature to me to move the tea kettle or something onto a hot burner if I'm moving a pan off of it. I'm always worried about careless paws. And pan handles are always in their safest rather than their most convenient position. I would probably cook more if I had a kitchen that had a door so I could keep everyone out. Then again if I had a kitchen I could keep everyone out of I'd likely be in there getting drunk on the cooking wine. Jo When I first moved in here, I thought of installing doors to my kitchen which has two entrances. Never got around to it. But Rusty only jumps on the counter when I am not in the kitchen and there is something that smells good. Winnie > I would probably cook more if I had a kitchen that had a door so I could > keep everyone out. Then again if I had a kitchen I could keep everyone > out of I'd likely be in there getting drunk on the cooking wine. > > Jo Lol! I have to feed the cats and put them to bed before we eat! I've managed to train them not to jump on benches (well, unless they think I'm not looking....) but the boys kiddie table is juts the right height for a snack....and my youngest is, of course, totally helpless in the face of attacking kittens, and will sit there and scream while they eat his food, so i cook for the cats first, then for us! My goodness they are spoilt.... > When I first moved in here, I thought of installing doors to my kitchen > which has two entrances. [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] >> >> Jo > Lol! I have to feed the cats and put them to bed before we eat! I've > managed to train them not to jump on benches (well, unless they think I'm > not looking....) but the boys kiddie table is juts the right height for a > snack....and my youngest is, of course, totally helpless in the face of > attacking kittens, and will sit there and scream while they eat his food, > so i cook for the cats first, then for us! My goodness they are spoilt.... If I want to eat in peace, I better feed Rusty first. Otherwise he would be circling underfoot looking for crumps. One time he jumped onto my lap while I was eating Swiss Chalet chicken. Guess the chicken smells so good to him. I put Rusty to bed every night in his own room and close the door. One time I forgot to close his bedroom door and he startled me by jumping on my bed at 3 am! What do you cook for your cats? Winnie >> Lol! I have to feed the cats and put them to bed before we eat! I've >> managed to train them not to jump on benches (well, unless they think I'm [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > Winnie I alternate, depending on what we have. It goes roughly 'mince, chicken, raw chicken necks'. i usually steam the mince and chicken, then mix with a little vegies and rice. I know it's not recommended to feed raw chicken, because of worms, etc, but I freeze everything before hand, and they have to be wormed for every worm known to man because of where we live (including heartworm and tapeworm) and the chicken necks are good for their teeth. You should see the kitchen at dinner time!! All six of them sit there and stare at me!! > I alternate, depending on what we have. It goes roughly 'mince, chicken, raw > chicken necks'. i usually steam the mince and chicken, then mix with a [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > should see the kitchen at dinner time!! All six of them sit there and stare > at me!! Is there any reason why you don't feed them the mince raw? Heating it destroys the taurine in it, which is essential for cats (their bodies don't produc taurine, unlike e.g. humans or d*gs). I heat poultry for the cats, too, though we haven't had salmonella or any other nasties in Finland for years. Just to be safe.  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 alternate, depending on what we have. It goes roughly 'mince, chicken, >> raw chicken necks'. i usually steam the mince and chicken, then mix with [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > cats, too, though we haven't had salmonella or any other nasties in > Finland for years. Just to be safe. Mainly as I was told by several people to NEVER feed raw meat. Possibly because of worms, not sure exactly why. All meat I give them is bought in bulk, then frozen and defrosted in the microwave immediately before cooking. That's very interesting about the taurine. In that case, if it's safe enough, I would prefer feeding it to them raw. In your opinion, considering the immediate freezing/defrosting/consumption, would it be safe to feed raw?? We also have no rabies etc here. > Marina, 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 > Mainly as I was told by several people to NEVER feed raw meat. Possibly > because of worms, not sure exactly why. All meat I give them is bought in [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > the immediate freezing/defrosting/consumption, would it be safe to feed > raw?? We also have no rabies etc here. Sorry, I don't know what your meat may or may not contain. I know that in some parts of the world pork can contain some bacteria (tricho-something? can't remember the name now) that it doesn't contain here in Finland. Maybe your health authorities have info available on the web or somewhere? Ours does. Oh, speaking of worms, raw fish can have worms. Otherwise, I can't advice you. I feed mine fresh meat (beef and pork), in fact, that is all Miranda will eat - she doesn't recognize cat food as food. 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 >> Mainly as I was told by several people to NEVER feed raw meat. Possibly >> because of worms, not sure exactly why. All meat I give them is bought in [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > can't advice you. I feed mine fresh meat (beef and pork), in fact, that is > all Miranda will eat - she doesn't recognize cat food as food. Lol!! Cougar tries that on me...I know she is eating the catfood, as she is nice and healthy, but she tries to make out as if, eeew mum, how do you expect me to eat that stuff?? I'm staaaarving to death here because you won't feed me real food...etc etc. She's really very good, she nevereats in front of me, but I have caught her eating in the middle of the night when she thought I was sleeping!! I will have to check up on the bacterias. We don't have many of the greeblies that inhabit the americas and europe. I will keep cooking my fish then!! > Mainly as I was told by several people to NEVER feed raw meat. Possibly > because of worms, not sure exactly why. All meat I give them is bought in [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > considering the immediate freezing/defrosting/consumption, would it be > safe to feed raw?? We also have no rabies etc here. A friend of mine from another group has to feed her Bengal's a raw diet. One of them cannot tolerate anything else. Do some searching for information on the internet and you will find a lot of information on feeding cats a raw, whole diet. It looks like a lot of trouble to me unless a cat really couldn't eat anything else, but it sounds like you are doing most of the work already anyway. It seems I remember when I was reading about it that you can even buy raw, frozen cat food in some of the pet chains. Just thaw and serve. Jo >> Mainly as I was told by several people to NEVER feed raw meat. Possibly >> because of worms, not sure exactly why. All meat I give them is bought in [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > Jo Yes, there's plenty of gourmet pet food here, but it's so expensive I'm better off making it myself. I still feed them dry to make sure they are getting everything they need, but they seem to do better when I cook them some food. > Is there any reason why you don't feed them the mince raw? Heating it > destroys the taurine in it, which is essential for cats (their bodies > don't produc taurine, unlike e.g. humans or d*gs). I heat poultry for the > cats, too, though we haven't had salmonella or any other nasties in > Finland for years. Just to be safe. You can get taurine and add it to the cat food. I saw it in some pet care books. A health food store I frequented carry taurine supplements for humans. Winnie >> Is there any reason why you don't feed them the mince raw? Heating it >> destroys the taurine in it, which is essential for cats (their bodies [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Winnie I'm pretty sure the dry food I give them contains added taurine. I'll have to check! > I was just making myself a sandwich. A delicious HAM sandwich. > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Kristi LOL - Felix (RB) used to the vulture routine to my husband when he was sleeping. He would slowly wake up to a large black and white face looming over him from the night stand. Just about sent him through the roof a couple of times. Fi > LOL - Felix (RB) used to the vulture routine to my husband when he was > sleeping. He would slowly wake up to a large black and white face looming > over him from the night stand. Just about sent him through the roof a > couple of times. It could be worse.... Fugazi (RB), every morning would climb onto Dave to get stroked and would have to walk over me to get to him. Manys the time I've woken up, yawned, stretched and rolled over to see my first sight of the day...her butt Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs ;0 I was just making myself a sandwich. A delicious HAM sandwich. I'm hearing a meow every now and then, but i don't see any cat or feel anyone rubbing against me. I'm about finished with my sandwich when i hear a louder meow and suddenly out of the corner of my eye i spot a grey figure hunched over. AHHHH!!!! I jumped back. It was Mischief, the little vulture, perched on top of the fridge and all hunched over trying to get a piece of ham. I HATE it when she does that. varmint..... Kristi > [-- text/plain, encoding quoted-printable, charset: iso-8859-1, 23 lines --] > ;0 Denise, I'm not sure why, but your posts always cause problems in my news reader. Does your news program insert MIME characters into your posts? I guess you're using Google? Maybe there's something on the site that would tell you what's going on. I can't read your posts because of those characters. Joyce > > [-- text/plain, encoding quoted-printable, charset: iso-8859-1, 23 > > lines --] [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Joyce Me, too. I can't read those posts. I'm ashamed to admit that I assumed they were spam and ignored them. Signaturemonique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca >>> [-- text/plain, encoding quoted-printable, charset: iso-8859-1, 23 >>> lines --] [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > Me, too. I can't read those posts. I'm ashamed to admit that I > assumed they were spam and ignored them. For some reason most of Denise's posts are HTML, I don't know why, it is very easy to set Outlook Express to post 'Plain Text Only' SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy and Bagheera) Cats leave pawprints on your heart. http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk guess i'm too fond of HTML,i can switch it,i forget some folks seem to dislike it. Monique Y. Mudama wrote: >> Denise Clere <dclere@tampabay.rr.com> wrote: >> [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > Me, too. I can't read those posts. I'm ashamed to admit that I > assumed they were spam and ignored them. For some reason most of Denise's posts are HTML, I don't know why, it is very easy to set Outlook Express to post 'Plain Text Only' SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy and Bagheera) Cats leave pawprints on your heart. http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk > guess i'm too fond of HTML,i can switch it,i forget some folks seem to > dislike it. It's more that our newsreaders can't handle it. I think mine can handle an HTML post that advertises itself as such, but if I recall correctly, it can't handle HTML posts that say they're just plain text. Or something like that. It also wouldn't be hard if clients that used HTML used the minimum amount necessary to do their formatting -- then I could easily read the actual content. But for some reason, auto generated HTML is always ridiculously complicated. Signaturemonique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca > guess i'm too fond of HTML,i can switch it,i forget some folks seem to > dislike it. I don't dislike HTML on principle or anything. :) But I use a text-only newsreader, and it doesn't like HTML. It does weird stuff with your posts, asking me if I want to use a "mime reader" to view your post, which I find to be a pain in the butt, so I just end up deleteing them. So if you were to send posts in plain texts, then I would be able to read them! :) Joyce i use OE, i guess i ought use plain text more? Denise Clere <dclere@tampabay.rr.com> wrote: > [-- text/plain, encoding quoted-printable, charset: iso-8859-1, 23 lines --] > ;0 Denise, I'm not sure why, but your posts always cause problems in my news reader. Does your news program insert MIME characters into your posts? I guess you're using Google? Maybe there's something on the site that would tell you what's going on. I can't read your posts because of those characters. Joyce > i use OE, i guess i ought use plain text more? You should make plain text the default for usenet, there is no place for HTML in any group. SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy and Bagheera) Cats leave pawprints on your heart. http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk > i use OE, i guess i ought use plain text more? Not more, *always*. Unless you're posting to a newsgroup with the word binary in it, it's a text only group and you should have html off. -- Britta
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