First of all, many thanks to all of you who've purred and prayed for me
and my newest little girl, and for listening to a frantic, overreacting
cat-mama go batsh*t.
Okay, okay, y'all are right. She's pulling a nasty little feline trick
for the sole and specific purpose of scaring the pants off her mama.
About an hour ago she came out of our bedroom, squeaked at me, and took
off. And Louie had been having fits about her getting into the rafters!
I'll give him the what-for about spooking me like that! A bit later I
went and put some stuff in the dryer, turned it on, and she darted from
behind the machine like a cat out of hell, which she may be if this
keeps up. Being pitch-black has not helped us, even with a flashlight;
she's an expert, my little Black Russian, and had no doubt been a KGB
secret agent in a past life. I'm just glad my husband was wrong about
her getting stuck, and that she's hiding but safe. I was more scared
that she snuck out while I was checking the hallway for a package I was
awaiting. That girl's carrying camo in her makeup bag, the little devil!
Blessed be,
Baha
Jo Firey - 21 Oct 2004 03:32 GMT
> First of all, many thanks to all of you who've purred and prayed for me
> and my newest little girl, and for listening to a frantic, overreacting
> cat-mama go batsh*t.
Told ya she was going to be a brat.
Now, be nice to Louie. Charlie does the same thing when he gets worried
about the animals. He gets upset and then he decides I need to be more
upset than I am already so starts telling me all that could/might be wrong.
Like I don't know how to worry properly without help.
Jo
Steve Touchstone - 21 Oct 2004 05:17 GMT
>First of all, many thanks to all of you who've purred and prayed for me
>and my newest little girl, and for listening to a frantic, overreacting
[quoted text clipped - 14 lines]
>that she snuck out while I was checking the hallway for a package I was
>awaiting. That girl's carrying camo in her makeup bag, the little devil!
Claming purrs coming to the worried hoomins, along with purrs for the
wayward kitten to stop worrying her hoomins

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LOL - 21 Oct 2004 08:30 GMT
> First of all, many thanks to all of you who've purred and prayed for me
> and my newest little girl, and for listening to a frantic, overreacting
[quoted text clipped - 17 lines]
> Blessed be,
> Baha
Heh. Lil stinker. I read this post before I posted in the thread
about her being missing, and I'm glad to know that she's safe. Tiger
and Tallulah are good, sweet kitties most of the time, so I'm having
them send out behave-yourself purrs to Odessa. I am afraid that such
purrs from Ozzy or Hubert would be too full of hypocrisy to be
effective.
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Krista
Ginger-lyn Summer - 21 Oct 2004 17:48 GMT
>First of all, many thanks to all of you who've purred and prayed for me
>and my newest little girl, and for listening to a frantic, overreacting
[quoted text clipped - 17 lines]
>Blessed be,
>Baha
So glad she's around :-) Hopefully you can find that mysterious
button I'm convinced is somewhere on all kitties, and turn it off for
a bit ;-)
Ginger-lyn
Kreisleriana - 21 Oct 2004 18:51 GMT
>First of all, many thanks to all of you who've purred and prayed for me
>and my newest little girl, and for listening to a frantic, overreacting
[quoted text clipped - 17 lines]
>Blessed be,
>Baha
Happy dances all around here!
Theresa
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Enfilade - 22 Oct 2004 02:20 GMT
> >keeps up. Being pitch-black has not helped us, even with a flashlight;
> >she's an expert, my little Black Russian, and had no doubt been a KGB
> >secret agent in a past life.
Y'know what? I think Odessa and Nocturne need to get together for an
evil contest. Nox is also black, delights in tormenting her lesser
creatures (read, everyone else) and is likely a third world dictator
reincarnate.
*sigh* and we are the lucky enablers who serve them.
--Fil
polonca12000 - 21 Oct 2004 22:33 GMT
So glad Odessa decided to show up!
Best wishes,

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> First of all, many thanks to all of you who've purred and prayed for me
> and my newest little girl, and for listening to a frantic, overreacting
> cat-mama go batsh*t.
>
> Okay, okay, y'all are right. She's pulling a nasty little feline trick
> for the sole and specific purpose of scaring the pants off her mama.
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Howard Berkowitz - 22 Oct 2004 15:50 GMT
> First of all, many thanks to all of you who've purred and prayed for me
> and my newest little girl, and for listening to a frantic, overreacting
[quoted text clipped - 17 lines]
> Blessed be,
> Baha
It was not that many weeks ago that Ding went walkabout. I still don't
know if:
1. He got out. There were many gray cat sightings. Arguing
against this is that he lost no weight.
2. He was hiding. Probably the best possibility, although the
other cats seemed agitated.
3. He teleported to the MotherShip for consultations.
Still, I was immensely worried.
Kreisleriana - 22 Oct 2004 16:08 GMT
>> First of all, many thanks to all of you who've purred and prayed for me
>> and my newest little girl, and for listening to a frantic, overreacting
[quoted text clipped - 23 lines]
> 1. He got out. There were many gray cat sightings. Arguing
> against this is that he lost no weight.
One thing that sometimes gets on my nerves is the sheer genetic
prevalence of BW cats. They are all over my neighborhood. One day
when I was coming home, I saw a petite little tuxedo girl in the
street, who was a dead ringer for my Mimi (RB). On closer inspection,
of course it was another cat, but just the sight put my heart into my
mouth. Much to Mimi's bewilderment, when I got home, I picked her up,
and said "DON'T YOU EVER DO THAT AGAIN!" ;)
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Steve Touchstone - 22 Oct 2004 18:26 GMT
>One thing that sometimes gets on my nerves is the sheer genetic
>prevalence of BW cats. They are all over my neighborhood. One day
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>mouth. Much to Mimi's bewilderment, when I got home, I picked her up,
>and said "DON'T YOU EVER DO THAT AGAIN!" ;)
Back in the '60s we rescued a tiny six toed tuxedo tom kitten. Before
we brought Mittens home there were no tuxedo cats in our neighborhood.
By the time he died, I think all the neighborhood cats were 6 toed
tuxedos. In those days, we were pretty ignorant about neutering, in
fact ignorant about proper health care about pets in general -
undoubtedly why our pets only lived half as long as they do now a
days.
Now, LB and Sammy both have a look alikes who lives across the street.
LB's twin is missing the black spot next to her nose, but Sammy's is a
virtual twin. Both mine are inside kitties, except for supervised
visits, while those across the street are outside cats. At least a
couple times a week I see the neighbor cats and think mine have
managed to get out somehow.

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Steve Touchstone - 22 Oct 2004 18:31 GMT
>It was not that many weeks ago that Ding went walkabout. I still don't
>know if:
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
> 2. He was hiding. Probably the best possibility, although the
> other cats seemed agitated.
Well, if your kitties are like my, they can get very agitated when
someone is hiding. LB is especially bad when Sammy is hidden in a
cupboard. Sammy regularly inspects all the cupboards she can reach.
Mine have doors which will shut ocassionaly shut by themselves. She
can get out if she whenever she wants, but sometimes Sammy sometimes
just stays put and naps. When her momma, LB, realizes it's been a
while since she's seen Sam, she gets agitated and goes through the
apartment calling and pawing at all the doors.
> 3. He teleported to the MotherShip for consultations.
>
>Still, I was immensely worried.

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