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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / September 2006Robin just can't resist!
I have been on oxygen for some time now. I have an electric concentrator which we at first installed on the enclosed porch. That means the air tubing was snaking all through the house. And coiling and getting tied up in knots. But I figured as i got used to it, the snrls in the tubing would get better. For awhile Robin was good. But one day he spotted some greeblings in the tubing. The coils were moving ever so slightly and the reflection of light on the grooved plastic made it seem alive to an imaginative cat. His eyes got big and round and his whiskers and ears pointed forward. Then a paw snaked out and touched it! It moved and the reflections changed. Then he bounced around slapping and flipping the coil this way and that. What a fight it was as the greeblings tried to get away! Finally, he went for the kill. He chomped. Now the tubing is really tough; but his teeth are very sharp. He bit holes in it. This 50 footer is supposed to last 3 months. And, although I had a spare, I had Jeff to get the duct tape. And that became the routine. And the duct tape allowed claws to get a good hold on it. Finally, we dug up a squirt bottle and filled it with water. That stopped him. As long as we were in the room with him. But he is smart. He started attacking it where the coils were in another room and at night while we were asleep. So we rearranged a few things and put the concentrator in the bedroom. Now the coils don't run through as much of the house and I can keep a better ey on it. Allso, at night I coil up the excess into a basket near the bed, leaving out only enough to reach the bed. But we still have to watch him. the squirt bottle is handy. But the night-time routine gets him, as well as every morning. He and Djoser sit opposite each other as I wind up the coils. They stick out a paw to snag it as it goes by. But no more bites. Of a morning, I lift out just enough coils to reach reach the kitchen, and carefully lay the tubing out as I walk forward, watching the teeth and claws. I can hiss almost as good as a cat now. Still, it is nice that Robin makes sure no greeblings attack me from the tubing. And we have lots of duct tape. -- CATherine > I have been on oxygen for some time now. I have an electric > concentrator which we at first installed on the enclosed porch. That [quoted text clipped - 40 lines] > -- > CATherine Aw, cute story. Even if it is inconvenient for you. After all, that is a cat's main accomplishment, making his presence felt. 8^P Oxygen concentrators can be pretty loud, which is why, I assume, you had it on the porch. How about if you duct-tape the hose to the walls, out of reach? Especially when you are going to be in one room for a long time, like at night. You might sleep better too, knowing that your oxygen supply is safe. You might even have to go one further and tape it to the ceiling, so that naughty boycat doesn't try making a leap for it from the dining table or something silly. --tension >Aw, cute story. Even if it is inconvenient for you. After all, that >is a cat's main accomplishment, making his presence felt. 8^P [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > >--tension He certainly does make his presence felt! He is such a lovebug. The old concentrators were pretty loud. But the new ones aren't bad. When we moved it to the bedroom, we had the fan going all night so I didn't notice the machine noise. By the time I put the fan away I was used to it. It is not bad at all. Well, he doesn't bother it much now. Just the routine of coiling it up at night; he and Djoser snag it as it goes by them. But no more bites. -- CATherine >I have been on oxygen for some time now. I have an electric > concentrator which we at first installed on the enclosed porch. That [quoted text clipped - 39 lines] > > -- Aren't we lucky that we have them to keep an eye out for our welfare? Or at least to keep us on our toes. Jake isn't one to chase or chew much of anything. Except the wiring on my cochlear implant. He wants to kill it. Thank heaven I do have a spare. But he wants the wire that goes from the controller to the magnet behind my ear. And I had to give up using the lapel mike. He was determined he was going to kill that wire. As best we can figure there is something electrical or magnetic that he senses on those that get to him. Molly just eats phone cords. Including the one that adjusts the air pressure in our mattress. Jo > Molly just eats phone cords. Including the one that adjusts the air > pressure in our mattress. > > Jo Aha. One of those new and improved phone cords that can do anything but wash your dishes? Where can I get one of those? 8^P --tension >Aren't we lucky that we have them to keep an eye out for our welfare? Or at >least to keep us on our toes. [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > >Jo I wonder if Jake hears something in the wire that you can't hear that irritates his ears? They can hear much higher pitched sounds than we can. He sure is obcessive about it. And then again, a wire or phone cord or oxy tube is similar to a mouse tail. :-) -- CATherine > Still, it is nice that Robin makes sure no greeblings attack me > from the tubing. And we have lots of duct tape. CAThrine, you have an OCD cat much like my Rhett. He gets so obsessed with something that it's impossible to keep him away from it. Like the humidifier in the winter. That must have greeblings, too. I found a water dish (gravity; bubbler if I plug it in) and he's satisfied with that for now. I'm glad you've found a way to divert him for now. I don't believe "punishment" works for OCD. Diversion is the only way to deal with this sort of thing. Purrs that you are feeling better with the oxygen.  SignatureCheryl >> Still, it is nice that Robin makes sure no greeblings attack me >> from the tubing. And we have lots of duct tape. [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] >"punishment" works for OCD. Diversion is the only way to deal with >this sort of thing. I don't think Robin is OCD. He isn't really biting it anymore. I think he was just bored and wwanted a new play toy. The way it reflects light and moves makes it enticing. But I did get him a new catnip toy. >Purrs that you are feeling better with the oxygen. Yes. I can even think clearly now! I had no idea I was low on O2 until I got so low my behavior changed and my son dragged me to the doctor. Then I was sent to the ER where I was put on O2. That was in May. Of course I had acute bronchitis at the time (in my fogged brain, I thought i was over it). I thought the O2 was temporary from that. Little did I know it is for the rest of my life. And the very high blood sugar didn't help. It turns out that was very high for many months. I am lucky not to have nerve damage. So the last few months have been a complete lifestyle change. Very difficult. -- CATherine > Yes. I can even think clearly now! I had no idea I was low on O2 until > I got so low my behavior changed and my son dragged me to the doctor. [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > -- > CATherine At times like that, it is nice to have the loyal little ones around to adapt with you, is it not? --tension >> Yes. I can even think clearly now! I had no idea I was low on O2 until >> I got so low my behavior changed and my son dragged me to the doctor. [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > >--tension Yes. I don't know how I would have gotten through the last few months without my cats to nurse me and to just relax with and all the lovins. Not to mention the greatest healer, laughter. They can be so funny. -- CATherine > >> Yes. I can even think clearly now! I had no idea I was low on O2 until > >> I got so low my behavior changed and my son dragged me to the doctor. [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > -- > CATherine Every cat I have had so far has known, instinctively, when I was sick, even when there are no overt symptoms, ...and would always babysit me, sitting on my bed, checking my vital signs periodically. It really made me feel they were returning all the tender, loving care I had lavished on them which is quite an honor coming from a cat, and considering I didn't do it to get anything back. Except maybe a few hugs and cuddles from time to time (paying the rent)! --tension >> Yes. I don't know how I would have gotten through the last few months >> without my cats to nurse me and to just relax with and all the lovins. [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > >--tension Exactly!! And the purring is like ultrasound, so healing and comforting. I love to put my ear to Robin's belly when he is purring. It always puts such a big smile on my face. -- CATherine I am currently having great difficulty not giggling (as it makes him run) when little Muezza Glorio camps out. He is developing a habit of draping himself across the front of my neck, when I am lying in the bed with the laptop. It feels like a luxurious stole, but warmer. That's fine, he can't be two pounds soaking wet, but then he starts purring. And it *tickles*!! I can't help laughing though I try not to because apparently it tickles him and he runs off! --tension > Exactly!! And the purring is like ultrasound, so healing and > comforting. I love to put my ear to Robin's belly when he is purring. > It always puts such a big smile on my face. > > -- > CATherine >I am currently having great difficulty not giggling (as it makes him >run) when little Muezza Glorio camps out. He is developing a habit of [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > >--tension He must be tiny. He must think you are laughing aat him. For some reason cats don't like laughter. I wonder if it sounds like a dog barking? -- CATherine > >I am currently having great difficulty not giggling (as it makes him > >run) when little Muezza Glorio camps out. He is developing a habit of [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > reason cats don't like laughter. I wonder if it sounds like a dog > barking? Nah, I think they just don't like to have their dignity taken by a hyooomaaan. It's okay if they want to toss their own dignity out the window, you know, like chasing their tail until they bite themselves and then sit there busily licking as if it had been someone else doing it all along. But, you know how a person can make a racial joke of their *own* race, but it's not okay for someone else to do it? Same with cats. You can't make fun of a cat, unless you *are* a cat, then and only then is it okay! Otherwise, they take great offence! Well, that's my theory for the day anyway. --tension > -- > CATherine >> >I am currently having great difficulty not giggling (as it makes him >> >run) when little Muezza Glorio camps out. He is developing a habit of [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > >--tension Makes perfect sense to me! And I have encountered that racial joke thing. -- CATherine |
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