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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / November 2006Where's the fire?
Miranda was meatloafing on the desk, under the desk lamp, squished in beside my laptop. This is her tanning salon (in case you missed the pictures, there are 3 pics starting here: http://pets.webshots.com/photo/2085157190058511339RplEOj). I had set up my laptop from work beside my own laptop, because I had to check some things on it (Microsoft has its own language, and I needed to check what they call different things in Swedish, and I have a Swedish OS on my work laptop). Suddenly I thought I could smell something burning. I thought something was happening with one of the laptops, and I turned them off and turned them over and checked them all over. Nothing. In the brahoo, Miranda was disturbed and left the desk. The next day, I set up the two laptops the same way. Miranda was meatloafing beside me on the desk again. I was working away, when I smelled that smell again. Something burning. I was sure it wasn't coming from the computers. I looked around - TV wasn't turned on, I hadn't forgotten to turn off the stove... Then I realized Miranda was laying under that desk lamp again. I felt her. I could barely touch her, she was so hot. I lifted her up and smelled her fur - definitely a smell of burning. OMG! It was coming from Miranda! Well, she wasn't on fire, but I can't believe she stayed under that lamp until she was so hot that she smelled like burnt fur. Now I try to shift her away from the lamp every time she starts meatloafing there. But she loves her tanning salon, and doesn't want to budge.  SignatureMarina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki. 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 > Miranda was meatloafing on the desk, under the desk lamp, squished in > beside my laptop. This is her tanning salon (in case you missed the [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > her away from the lamp every time she starts meatloafing there. But she > loves her tanning salon, and doesn't want to budge. That's scary. I remember Luthien lighting her whiskers up and instantly melting them in a candle flame, when she was a kitten. She had no eyebrows for a few months after that. What about putting five or six books under the lamp so that it is a bit higher and not so close to Miranda's back? Small distance will make big effect on heat intensity. --tension >> Well, she wasn't on fire, but I can't believe she stayed under that >> lamp until she was so hot that she smelled like burnt fur. Now I try [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > --tension I think this is an excellent idea. Miranda may love the heat but she could also get burned before you know it. > Miranda was meatloafing on the desk, under the desk lamp, squished in > beside my laptop. This is her tanning salon (in case you missed the [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > to shift her away from the lamp every time she starts meatloafing > there. But she loves her tanning salon, and doesn't want to budge. Figaro, the cat I grew up with, used to put her head under the electric heater so it was close to the elements. More than once she singed the back of her head, the scorch marks could last for weeks. I don't think it did a lot of harm, she lived to be 21. http://pets.webshots.com/photo/1419691937075823146KIHJrK SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy and Bagheera) Cats leave pawprints on your heart. http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk > Figaro, the cat I grew up with, used to put her head under the electric > heater so it was close to the elements. More than once she singed the > back of her head, the scorch marks could last for weeks. Ishmael still had crispy tips to his whiskers when he died, from trying to eat fish scraps off a hot grill pan. His son Mingus almost never had a full set of whiskers for the same reason - he also liked sharing the ironing board with a hot iron, which took almost all the whiskers off one side once. > I don't think it did a lot of harm, she lived to be 21. > http://pets.webshots.com/photo/1419691937075823146KIHJrK Obviously a highly evolved cat practicing her photosynthesis. ============== j-c ====== @ ====== purr . demon . co . uk ============== Jack Campin: 11 Third St, Newtongrange EH22 4PU, Scotland | tel 0131 660 4760 <http://www.purr.demon.co.uk/jack/> for CD-ROMs and free | fax 0870 0554 975 stuff: Scottish music, food intolerance, & Mac logic fonts | mob 07800 739 557 > Figaro, the cat I grew up with, used to put her head under the electric > heater so it was close to the elements. More than once she singed the back > of her head, the scorch marks could last for weeks. I don't think it did a > lot of harm, she lived to be 21. > http://pets.webshots.com/photo/1419691937075823146KIHJrK Such a sweet-looking girl! SignatureMarina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki. 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 >> Figaro, the cat I grew up with, used to put her head under the >> electric heater so it was close to the elements. More than once she [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Such a sweet-looking girl! I still dream about her even though she crossed the bridge in 1973. SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy and Bagheera) Cats leave pawprints on your heart. http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk > I still dream about her even though she crossed the bridge in 1973. Awww. I had the most vivid dream about Frank and Nikki last night. They were both healthy and I was playing with them. SignatureMarina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki. 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 >Figaro, the cat I grew up with, used to put her head under the electric >heater so it was close to the elements. More than once she singed the back >of her head, the scorch marks could last for weeks. I don't think it did a >lot of harm, she lived to be 21. >http://pets.webshots.com/photo/1419691937075823146KIHJrK So cuuuute! > Well, she wasn't on fire, but I can't believe she stayed under that lamp > until she was so hot that she smelled like burnt fur. Now I try to shift If Basho had his way, he would sit *inside* the chimney, right next to the fire. > her away from the lamp every time she starts meatloafing there. But she > loves her tanning salon, and doesn't want to budge. Perhaps it's time to go find a fluorescent bulb for that lamp? Those don't get quite as hot as incandescent, and they save $$$ in the long run. SignatureVictor M. Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam here: uce@ftc.gov Email me here: pistorLITTER@BOXaustin.rr.com >> Well, she wasn't on fire, but I can't believe she stayed under that >> lamp until she was so hot that she smelled like burnt fur. Now I try >> to shift > > If Basho had his way, he would sit *inside* the chimney, right next to > the fire. LOL! >> her away from the lamp every time she starts meatloafing there. But >> she loves her tanning salon, and doesn't want to budge. > > Perhaps it's time to go find a fluorescent bulb for that lamp? Those > don't get quite as hot as incandescent, and they save $$$ in the long run. I wish I could find a fluorescent bulb for it. I use fluorescents in my other lamps, but this one has a special socket, and I haven't found a fluorescent bulb to fit it. SignatureMarina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki. 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 >> Well, she wasn't on fire, but I can't believe she stayed under that >> lamp until she was so hot that she smelled like burnt fur. Now I try [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > don't get quite as hot as incandescent, and they save $$$ in the long > run. I think the new generation of LEDs are even better though they're only recentley available. SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy and Bagheera) Cats leave pawprints on your heart. http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk >Miranda was meatloafing on the desk, under the desk lamp, squished in >beside my laptop. This is her tanning salon (in case you missed the [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] >her away from the lamp every time she starts meatloafing there. But she >loves her tanning salon, and doesn't want to budge. Wow! Miranda is truly smokin'. ;) Cats are heat-seeking missiles. Little Mimi used to make me nervous sitting on the radiator, and the two boys love lamps. Stinky sticks his head up under the lampshade and looks every bit the party animal. ;) Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh Make Levees, Not War > >Miranda was meatloafing on the desk, under the desk lamp, squished in > >beside my laptop. This is her tanning salon (in case you missed the [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > two boys love lamps. Stinky sticks his head up under the lampshade > and looks every bit the party animal. ;) > Theresa LOL, yes, makes you wonder what she's thinking. Maybe "Sweet! I've found the ultimate sunbeam." Sherry > Wow! Miranda is truly smokin'. ;) Cats are heat-seeking missiles. > Little Mimi used to make me nervous sitting on the radiator, and the > two boys love lamps. Stinky sticks his head up under the lampshade > and looks every bit the party animal. ;) Nikki used to do that, too. She looooved lamps. Mir often puts her nose to the bulb, and I expect her to burn it, but she keeps her nose there ever so long. I don't know, is there something wrong with her heat receptors? Her nose doesn't look burned, though. SignatureMarina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki. 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 OMG! I knew some people who had the old fashioned heating with vets flat on the floor. Their old cat would lay right on top of it and it got HOT. I never understood how she didn't combust. > Miranda was meatloafing on the desk, under the desk lamp, squished in > beside my laptop. This is her tanning salon (in case you missed the [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > her away from the lamp every time she starts meatloafing there. But she > loves her tanning salon, and doesn't want to budge. >Well, she wasn't on fire, but I can't believe she stayed under that lamp >until she was so hot that she smelled like burnt fur. Now I try to shift >her away from the lamp every time she starts meatloafing there. But she >loves her tanning salon, and doesn't want to budge. What an unusual kitty! I'd watch her carefully, but if she's been okay all this time... With a head of black hair, I know that my head can become burning hot when walking outside in the summer, but my scalp is cool - it's just the hair that gets hot. As long as she doesn't end up getting burns like Bandit. >Miranda was meatloafing on the desk, under the desk lamp, squished in >beside my laptop. This is her tanning salon (in case you missed the [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] >her away from the lamp every time she starts meatloafing there. But she >loves her tanning salon, and doesn't want to budge. My father used a wood stove for a good part of his winter heat, and his cat would flop down only a few inches away from it. When the air would start to smell of scorched fur, he would reach down and roll the cat over to her other side, and say, "Time to turn the cat again." Apparently, her fur was a good enough insulator that she wasn't bothered by the intense radiated heat, even though it was enough to scorch her fur. I have seen Cinders brush up against a turned-on light bulb on several occasions, and such bulbs get hot enough to give a human a first-degree burn if you have more than momentary contact with them. 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 > My father used a wood stove for a good part of his winter heat, and > his cat would flop down only a few inches away from it. When the air > would start to smell of scorched fur, he would reach down and roll the > cat over to her other side, and say, "Time to turn the cat again." Hahaha!!! :) That's hilarious. Joyce |
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