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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / December 2006Freaked out felines
Last night was strong gusting winds. Same this morning with added horizontal rain. So last night was noisy with the sound of the wind against the windows. Cue freaked out felines. My three really don't like the noise and are wide-eyed, unsettled, tail-lashing felines wandering from room to room in a most upset fashion. Poor beasties! > Last night was strong gusting winds. Same this morning with added > horizontal rain. So last night was noisy with the sound of the wind > against the windows. Cue freaked out felines. My three really don't like > the noise and are wide-eyed, unsettled, tail-lashing felines wandering > from room to room in a most upset fashion. Poor beasties! When we had some real autumn storms here lately, I was surprised to discover that Caliban loves strong winds and horizontal rain! I had the door to the enclosure ajar, but Miranda mostly stayed inside, curled up on the cat tree. Then I would get to wondering where Caliban was, peek outside, and there he would be sitting, looking at the driving rain in wide-eyed wonder. The wind in the shrubbery outside my garden wall was also irresistible to him. As long as he sat in the innermost nook, under the balcony of the flat above mine, he could stay dry and watch the storm, and there he would sit for hours.  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 >> Last night was strong gusting winds. Same this morning with added >> horizontal rain. So last night was noisy with the sound of the wind [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > the balcony of the flat above mine, he could stay dry and watch the storm, > and there he would sit for hours. Our cats don't much mind. It never gets that cold here and the wind is kind of a novelty. They will tolerate almost any weather to avoid the indoor litterbox. The wind makes things move and they love to chase leaves etc. Kayla on the other hand. Bred for generations to tend to herds in the wild weather of northern England and Scotland, hates wind. She is OK with rain, and doesn't mind the cold. But she draws the line at wind. If she was a working dog with her own herd to care for they would be flat out of luck on windy days. (Or maybe she would just drive them into the least windy place she could find and make them stay there) Jo > Last night was strong gusting winds. Same this morning with added horizontal > rain. So last night was noisy with the sound of the wind against the > windows. Cue freaked out felines. My three really don't like the noise and > are wide-eyed, unsettled, tail-lashing felines wandering from room to room > in a most upset fashion. Poor beasties! Rita loves thunderstorms, especially with lightning. She sits in the window, wide-eyed and fascinated, watching the storm outside. I've never seen a cat do that before. On the other hand, she's also not afraid of the sucky monster. Jane - owned and operated by Princess Rita >Last night was strong gusting winds. Same this morning with added horizontal >rain. So last night was noisy with the sound of the wind against the >windows. Cue freaked out felines. My three really don't like the noise and >are wide-eyed, unsettled, tail-lashing felines wandering from room to room >in a most upset fashion. Poor beasties! Aww, Stinky hates those noisy storms, too. He slinks down to the basement, creeping-Jesus fashion, and stays down there. The thing that really bothers me about the storm thing is that Stinky loves company more than anything, and it takes something really upsetting to send him off by himself. So he's miserable because he's scared by the storm, and he's miserable because he's alone. After awhile I go down there to check on him, and much of the time, he will literally fling himself into my arms. But he won't come back up with me. So a lot of the time, I end up staying down in the basement with him in my lap. Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh Make Levees, Not War > The thing that really bothers me about the storm thing is that Stinky > loves company more than anything, and it takes something really [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > me. So a lot of the time, I end up staying down in the basement with > him in my lap. What a good cat-mom!! :) Joyce > Last night was strong gusting winds. Same this morning with added horizontal > rain. So last night was noisy with the sound of the wind against the > windows. Cue freaked out felines. My three really don't like the noise and > are wide-eyed, unsettled, tail-lashing felines wandering from room to room > in a most upset fashion. Poor beasties! When we have a storm like that,I open the bedroom closet door so TuTu can go in and hide until it is quiet again. If she gets frightened while I am out, I usually find her under the covers on my bed. Scared cat! > Last night was strong gusting winds. Same this morning with added > horizontal rain. So last night was noisy with the sound of the wind > against the windows. Cue freaked out felines. My three really don't like > the noise and are wide-eyed, unsettled, tail-lashing felines wandering > from room to room in a most upset fashion. Poor beasties! It's like that in Leicestershire too, started Saturday night and kept me awake until 4 a.m Sunday, howling winds and lashing rain. My greenhouse is in poor shape now :-( My cats seem to be oblivious to scary weather, and fireworks too. We seem to having some of the same today, purrs that your cats will settle like mine. KFC is unconscious in front of the fire and Boyfie is meatloafing on the kitchen rug pointing his face towards the door, considering whether or not to go out on rat patrol. I know he's not afraid of bad weather. I remember that he accompanied me to check the chicken hut roofs a while ago during a really bad storm in the night. He's just decided the rats can wait until tomorrow and got on to the settee. Wise choice, it's a bit wild out there! Other Brits, how's your weather? Breezy? Tweed Tweed > Other Brits, how's your weather? Breezy? Strong winds and intermittent rain, yucky but not as bad as yours I think! Deb. Signaturehttp://www.scientific-art.com "He looked a fierce and quarrelsome cat, but claw he never would; He only bit the ones he loved, because they tasted good." S. Greenfield >> Other Brits, how's your weather? Breezy? > > Strong winds and intermittent rain, yucky but not as bad as yours I > think! > > Deb. Looking at the satellite pictures tonight there's more to come. SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy and Bagheera) Cats leave pawprints on your heart. http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk > >> Other Brits, how's your weather? Breezy? > > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Looking at the satellite pictures tonight there's more to come. Wow. You guys don't normally get this harsh of weather, do you? > Wow. You guys don't normally get this harsh of weather, do you? It's fairly normal for this time of year. >> >> Other Brits, how's your weather? Breezy? >> > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Wow. You guys don't normally get this harsh of weather, do you? Yes, we do. The Gulf Stream doesn't always protect us. I've experienced temperatures as low as -16C (all my water pipes in the house froze) and as high as 34C. Can't remember what that is in fahrenheit. Whatever, that is *very* cold and *very* hot. I'll rely on Adrian to convert it. Thanks, Adrian. Tweed >>>>> Other Brits, how's your weather? Breezy? >>>> Strong winds and intermittent rain, yucky but not as bad as yours I [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > and *very* hot. > I'll rely on Adrian to convert it. Thanks, Adrian. I'm not Adrian, but my trusty on-line conversion site tells me -16 C is 3.2 F, and 34 C is 93 F. We get lows of -30 C (-22 F) and more during cold winters, summers usually don't get hotter than +30 C (86 F). 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 >>>>> Other Brits, how's your weather? Breezy? >>>> [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > Tweed -16°C = 3.2°F, 34°C = 93.2°F. When it got to -16 bwhere you were was probaly the same day when it got to -17 where I was, I remember a lot of diesel vehicles got frozen fuel lines because the additives only protected them to -14, since then it's about -20. SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy and Bagheera) Cats leave pawprints on your heart. http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk >>>>>> Other Brits, how's your weather? Breezy? >>>>> [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > vehicles got frozen fuel lines because the additives only protected them > to -14, since then it's about -20. Yes, it was probably the same time, I remember the roads being clogged up with broken-down diesel vehicles. I also remember feeling pleased that I'd had the foresight to fill my car's radiator with 3/4 antifreeze/1/4 water. Started first time! Tweed >>> Other Brits, how's your weather? Breezy? >> [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Looking at the satellite pictures tonight there's more to come. Thanks for cheering me up, Adrian! <g> The cats will be staying in tonight. Old trees are falling. There is a terrific wind here. Tweed >>>> Other Brits, how's your weather? Breezy? >>> [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Tweed It won't be as bad as 1987, I woke up the next morning wondering why all the trees were on the ground. SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy and Bagheera) Cats leave pawprints on your heart. http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk >>>>> Other Brits, how's your weather? Breezy? >>>> [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > the > trees were on the ground. I hope it won't be as bad as that. I have about 70 trees here and I'm wishing that the wind will die down soon so they aren't damaged. Tweeed > Last night was strong gusting winds. Same this morning with added > horizontal rain. So last night was noisy with the sound of the wind > against the windows. Cue freaked out felines. My three really don't like > the noise and are wide-eyed, unsettled, tail-lashing felines wandering > from room to room in a most upset fashion. Poor beasties! Boy, I know that feeling! We had our heavy winds a few days ago, for a couple of days, and I never saw so many cats on the bed, wide-eyed, staring first at the window, and then at me ("Mommy! I'm skeered! Make it stop!" Poor beasties, indeed. Ginger-lyn >> Last night was strong gusting winds. Same this morning with added >> horizontal rain. So last night was noisy with the sound of the wind [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > staring first at the window, and then at me ("Mommy! I'm skeered! > Make it stop!" Ours are mostly used to it and have the sense to just stay inside and sleep. The exception is Splodge, who is an intact Persian male. He spends most of the time inside sleeping too, but occasionally he just *has* to go out on the prowl. And he did it last weekend. The gale force winds wouldn't have bothered him much, being low to the ground and with dense fur, but there were occasional violent bursts of rain and the time he picked to go out was just before one. He came back half an hour later with his ardour well and truly dampened, looking like somebody had thrown a bucket of ice water over him and wailing for a human to Do Something About It. It took a full-size bath towel to dry him off. Splodge can be *very* determined when he gets in the mood. Early this year he got a poisoned foot. We took him to the vet for antibiotics and painkillers, but the day after he was off again for some all-night partying, hopping out through the catflap on three legs before I could say "where do you think you're going?". ============== 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 >>> Last night was strong gusting winds. Same this morning with added >>> horizontal rain. So last night was noisy with the sound of the wind [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > partying, hopping out through the catflap on three legs before I could > say "where do you think you're going?". Have you ever considered getting him neutered? Tweed [Splodge, intact tomcat] >> Splodge can be *very* determined when he gets in the mood. Early this >> year he got a poisoned foot. We took him to the vet for antibiotics >> and painkillers, but the day after he was off again for some all-night >> partying, hopping out through the catflap on three legs before I could >> say "where do you think you're going?". > Have you ever considered getting him neutered? Of course. But we haven't. ============== 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 > [Splodge, intact tomcat] >>> Splodge can be *very* determined when he gets in the mood. Early [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > But we haven't. Why not? Tweed > [Splodge, intact tomcat] >>> Splodge can be *very* determined when he gets in the mood. Early this [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > But we haven't. Your cat will be fighting with other intact toms in the neighbourhood all the time. He will not always win. He will be injured if he doesn't and you will get an enormous vet bill. Get him neutered asap. It will also stop him impregnating any girlkitty that comes his way. He might even stay home afterwards. Tweed >> [Splodge, intact tomcat] >>>> Splodge can be *very* determined when he gets in the mood. Early this [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > him impregnating any girlkitty that comes his way. He might even stay home > afterwards. Do you think we don't know that? ============== 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 >>> [Splodge, intact tomcat] >>>>> Splodge can be *very* determined when he gets in the mood. Early this [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > Do you think we don't know that? If you know that, why don't you get him neutered, then? It is unfair to keep him intact to get injured from fighting, not to mention the unwanted kitten population he is certain to be contributing to. Boyfriend was an intact tom when he arrived here. It took some time to gain his confidence so I could handle him but as soon as I thought he was sure enough of his new home that he wouldn't abandon it, I took him to be neutered. He took 24 hours to get over it completely. I have never regretted "having him done." He used to get very anxious to go out to defend his territory and presumably to look for girls. He would only come in for food and would want to go back out asap. His testosterone seemed to keep him on tenterhooks. He seems happier. He is no longer driven by his hormones and goes out when he feels like it, on rat patrol or just for a general look around. He doesn't get into fights with intact toms now, so his ears aren't ripped up and he hasn't got an abcess. If the weather isn't very nice, he's glad to have a snooze on the spare bed. He would never have done this when he was intact - he was always too worried about whether another tom would come in to his garden and the necessity to go out and check, and fight it off if there was one there. No matter if it didn't happen often, he needed to check out his territory as often as he could. I'm glad I had him neutered. He's very laid back now. His life is better for it, IMO, of course. Tweed |
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