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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / July 2006Another blanket purrs and purr request
I also can't read all the posts that I've missed, but I'll keep them unread and try to catch up. In the meantime, blanket purrs for all in need right now. Shamrock's doing much better so he's purring again and would like to send them out. As for me, I wish I could go to bed right now (working too much, all on my feet all week helping "users" - today was the worst day so far). The latest of my clowder going to see TED - Bonnie. It's time for her yearly and we have an appointment for Saturday morning (gosh, I'd so love to sleep in Saturday, but morning is best to catch Bonnie). Bonnie is the cat I can't catch. 2 years ago she wasn't wise to the trick where I put the carrier in the bathtub the night before her appt, cover it, and when she follows me in the bathroom in the morning, I quickly shut the door trapping her in the bathroom with me. That didn't work last year even though I made sure she didn't see me put the carrier in the tub. She just ... knew... So I ended up chasing her around the house, and it took nearly an hour to catch her, I was exhausted, she was exhausted and the vet told me many of her claws were broken off because the place I finally caught her was in the window sill of the bathroom downstairs and when I tried to get her off the window sill, she clung to it so tightly that some claws broke. I felt bad for a long time, though she forgave me. It seems like no matter how much time passes, I just can't handle her the way I can any other cat I've known. It's her feral roots. This year I don't intend to stress her out that much, and if I can't catch her in the bathroom where I intend to, I'll just cancel and reschedule. It was too hard on both of us. So ... PURRS for Bonnie to let me catch her for her yearly TED visit Saturday morning would be very appreciated.  SignatureCheryl Cheryl I am sending some of those PURRS that helped Rumble I am directing them to you and all else who needs them. Good luck Ohh and it is easy to out smart a cat they are creatures of habit and will always do the opposite of what you want ;-) >I also can't read all the posts that I've missed, but I'll keep > them unread and try to catch up. In the meantime, blanket purrs [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > on both of us. So ... PURRS for Bonnie to let me catch her for her > yearly TED visit Saturday morning would be very appreciated. > Ohh and it is easy to out smart a cat they are creatures of > habit and will always do the opposite of what you want ;-) Heehee! I hope I can slip one by this time. She's a butterball, and while not sick and not due for shots, I want our new vet that took over for the one that retired to get to know her. Plus, she really needs her claws clipped. And probably her butt shaved. She's a very tiny-boned cat, but heavy. Not obese, but still with her short legs and short body, it seems hard for her to clean herself. Scarlett helps her out but that's just gross to me. Do all cats help each other clean their butts? I've never seen it before like with Scarlett and Bonnie. SignatureCheryl >> Ohh and it is easy to out smart a cat they are creatures of >> habit and will always do the opposite of what you want ;-) [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > other clean their butts? I've never seen it before like with > Scarlett and Bonnie. Yes they do it is in their nature to nature even if it is to one another and even if they can't stand the other Purrs and good luck wishes on the way. Joy >I also can't read all the posts that I've missed, but I'll keep > them unread and try to catch up. In the meantime, blanket purrs [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > on both of us. So ... PURRS for Bonnie to let me catch her for her > yearly TED visit Saturday morning would be very appreciated. > I also can't read all the posts that I've missed, but I'll keep them > unread and try to catch up. In the meantime, blanket purrs for all in [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > PURRS for Bonnie to let me catch her for her yearly TED visit Saturday > morning would be very appreciated. Purrs for an easy catch. Hopefully, you can get her while she is sleeping, even if you have to put her in the carrier early! (which I have been known to do.) > Purrs for an easy catch. Hopefully, you can get her while she is > sleeping, even if you have to put her in the carrier early! > (which I have been known to do.) That's what I'm thinking too. She climbs up on me in the morning and I could easily capture her then, but that is about 2 hours before her appt. But you're right, it might be worth it to lessen the stress. I could put her in the carrier then. They could even get a fecal from her, and a urine sample. I want them to get everything because I can only get her there once a year. I want all the baselines. SignatureCheryl >> Purrs for an easy catch. Hopefully, you can get her while she is >> sleeping, even if you have to put her in the carrier early! [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >her, and a urine sample. I want them to get everything because I can >only get her there once a year. I want all the baselines. One word of advice, learned the hard way: get the carrier ready the day before, preferably with the door already standing open. If she sees you holding the carrier, she is likely to go into full escape-and-evasion mode. 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 > One word of advice, learned the hard way: get the carrier ready > the day before, preferably with the door already standing open. > If she sees you holding the carrier, she is likely to go into > full escape-and-evasion mode. Thanks John. It's in the bathtub, covered. The shower curtain is closed, and she wasn't near when I put it in there, so unless the bathroom smells different with it in there, she doesn't know. To her credit, she's much better when I stroke her, and she loves back massages, almost to the point that she lets her guard down. Much better than even just last year. I've even picked her up a few times, but I have to be sitting, and she has to be on the back of the couch relaxing. She still freaks out when she sees both of my hands near her. One hand, fine, two hands must mean to her that I'm going to pick her up. Thank you guys for the purrs. Tomorrow morning will be interesting. ;) SignatureCheryl On 2006-07-21, John F Eldredge penned: > One word of advice, learned the hard way: get the carrier ready the > day before, preferably with the door already standing open. If she > sees you holding the carrier, she is likely to go into full > escape-and-evasion mode. I actually handle this problem by leaving the carrier in plain sight, rather than putting it away anywhere. That way it's always out, so there's no "bringing out the carrier" process. As a bonus, because it's always around, the carrier may be less scary when I do have to use it. It smells like everything else. Signaturemonique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca > on both of us. So ... PURRS for Bonnie to let me catch her for her > yearly TED visit Saturday morning would be very appreciated. Lots of purrs on the way. 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 <snip> > So ... PURRS for Bonnie to let me catch her for her > yearly TED visit Saturday morning would be very appreciated. Purrs on the way. SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy and Bagheera) Cats leave pawprints on your heart. http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk > So ... PURRS for Bonnie to let me catch her for her > yearly TED visit Saturday morning would be very appreciated. Purrs that you will catch Bonnie easily for her TED visit. I know what it's like to have an ex-feral that needs to go to the vet. I don't have a proper good cat carrier so I bought a cardboard one to take KFC for a balance problem a few years ago. She started to try and get out of it as soon as I set off in the car. I drove faster and faster as her claws ripped through the cardboard through the air holes. I just got there in time before she burst out. I plonked the box down on the vet's examination table just as her head came out with eyes like saucers and fit to kill. I said "Uh, I think you might have to get a nurse to handle her." He said "Hmmm, she doesn't look to be in a good mood, does she?" Understatement of the year ;-) A far cry from when she went missing and was found with a sub-normal temperature. I was able to put her on the back seat of the car without being in a box and she just laid there. I got her to the vet and was able to hold her in my arms, she was very still. That's when I realised how seriously ill she was. There is no way she would have allowed it otherwise. She recovered and is fine now. Feisty. The way she should be! Tweed > A far cry from when she went missing and was found with a > sub-normal temperature. I was able to put her on the back seat [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > There is no way she would have allowed it otherwise. She > recovered and is fine now. Feisty. The way she should be! Yup! I'd rather them feisty and fighty than lethargic and complying. It's much more cat-like. Healthy. I'm glad she trusted you to take care of her. She really sounds like a grand old girl. Shamrock is easy to get to the vet because he's very trusting and social. Very un-cat-like; almost dog-like. He loves everyone, comes out of the carrier willingly at the vets office unlike every other cat I know that you have to either pry out, or take the screws out of the carrier to remove the top. LOL He would be a good one to try to harness train because of his social nature, but he can't stand anything wrapped around him. SignatureCheryl > I also can't read all the posts that I've missed, but I'll keep > them unread and try to catch up. In the meantime, blanket purrs [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > I'd so love to sleep in Saturday, but morning is best to catch > Bonnie). Bonnie is the cat I can't catch. <snip> So ... PURRS for Bonnie to let me catch her for her > yearly TED visit Saturday morning would be very appreciated. Lots of purrs and best wishes that everything will go well at TED's and that you can take an afternoon nap, Cheryl, Polonca and Soncek > Lots of purrs and best wishes that everything will go well at > TED's and that you can take an afternoon nap, Cheryl, > Polonca and Soncek Thanks Polonca. Bonnie is healthy and chubby according to TED. She wasn't too hard to catch, but she let her guard down and I tricked her. Mean meowmie. SignatureCheryl > Thanks Polonca. Bonnie is healthy and chubby according to TED. She > wasn't too hard to catch, but she let her guard down and I tricked > her. Mean meowmie. Gotta be cruel to be kind sometimes. I'm so glad to hear Bonnie is healthy and that the capture was successful, so you won't have to go through the same exercise next weekend. Signaturemonique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca >I also can't read all the posts that I've missed, but I'll keep >them unread and try to catch up. In the meantime, blanket purrs >for all in need right now. Shamrock's doing much better so he's >purring again and would like to send them out. As for me, I wish I >could go to bed right now (working too much, all on my feet all >week helping "users" - today was the worst day so far). I'm glad that Shamrock is all right. And I didn't know that it could take an hour to chase down and catch a cat to take to TED! > I'm glad that Shamrock is all right. And I didn't know that it > could take an hour to chase down and catch a cat to take to TED! Shamrock's easy to get to TED. Bonnie, though, is almost impossible. I have to be able to get her on the first try, or it's a mad chase around the house. Last year I got her to go downstairs, put the carrier down there, shut the door to the stairs to the upstairs, but didn't effectively block the back of the sectional couch. She found her way back there. She kept running from behind the couch to under the computer desk, to the back of a recliner chair that's against the wall. It was a chase between these three barriers forever. When she finally stopped running to these places, she ran to an unfinished room I have downstairs that has a big litterbox. I caught her, but couldn't close the carrier before she got out. Then it was more chasing between the various furniture, until she finally ran in the bathroom downstairs. That's where I caught her in the window sill that's in the shower stall. Her old stomping grounds from her first two weeks in my house. http://community.webshots.com/photo/75552731/1075554664037512561AQoqTP SignatureCheryl >Her old stomping grounds from her first two weeks in my house. > >http://community.webshots.com/photo/75552731/1075554664037512561AQoqTP She's so cute. She looked surprised at everything. :) >> Her old stomping grounds from her first two weeks in my house. >> http://community.webshots.com/photo/75552731/1075554664037512561AQoqTP > > She's so cute. She looked surprised at everything. :) You know it is just amazing how far she has come. She is very cute! |
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