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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / November 2007Here we go again . . . Bast, please stop!
I've said I'm not in a position to deal with rescues and strays anymore. I lost my friend Therese over the last one I tried to help (although he did get a good home). So why do I have a sleek little black boy on my (still sinking) bed? I just fed him. That's all. Yeah, I know. <grin> But while I was feeding him, my next-door-neighbor yelled "Is that your cat?" "No," I said. "Well if I see it around here again, I'm gonna kill it." Okay. Inside we go, with the cat. Phone calls to the police and Humane Society give me no help, since the a**h*le hadn't actually done anything. But I am not about to leave this cat out with a threat like that being made. Just what I needed. So on my Trill and Merlyn vet trip, I took "Pinky" along. "Pinky" because he has a pink collar on. I get him tested so he does not have to be stuck in a carrier. He's fine, no feleuk or FIV. And he's neutered and declawed (hisssssssssss). The vet suggests he ran away from home because he was just *so* embarrassed they put a pink collar on him -- lol! While it's possible he was dumped, it's still more likely he got out somehow. He's an affectionate little thing, although he's definitely a hoolikitten, too. Vet figures he was born in the spring, or perhaps last winter. So he's not a year old yet. I'm guessing 6-7 months. So I've got a flyer up at the vet, a posting on petfbi.org, checking the lost and found ads, checking the neighbors. No luck so far. Since I had him tested, he's allowed to be near my beasts, although the one time I let him out of my room to see how that went, he was pretty much surrounded by hissing cats. Poor little guy. Bast, you gotta stop sending them to me! Pics of the little guy: http://www.flickr.com/photos/sabracat/ Ginger-lyn  SignatureHome Pages: http://www.moonsummer.com http://www.angelfire.com/folk/glsummer (homepage & cats) http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~summer/index.htm (genealogy) http://www.movieanimals.bravehost.com/ (The Violence Against Animals in Movies Website) > http://www.flickr.com/photos/sabracat/ Adorable!!! 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 aw,he's a cutie,i'd LOVE to have him. > I've said I'm not in a position to deal with rescues and strays anymore. I > lost my friend Therese over the last one I tried to help (although he did [quoted text clipped - 36 lines] > > Ginger-lyn > I've said I'm not in a position to deal with rescues and strays anymore. I > lost my friend Therese over the last one I tried to help (although he did [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > feeding him, my next-door-neighbor yelled "Is that your cat?" "No," I > said. "Well if I see it around here again, I'm gonna kill it." God I hate people like that I won't say what I would have said > Okay. Inside we go, with the cat. Phone calls to the police and Humane > Society give me no help, since the a**h*le hadn't actually done anything. [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > declawed (hisssssssssss). The vet suggests he ran away from home because > he was just *so* embarrassed they put a pink collar on him -- lol! Why do people do that to male cats. They have some pride you know ;-) > While it's possible he was dumped, it's still more likely he got out > somehow. He's an affectionate little thing, although he's definitely a > hoolikitten, too. Vet figures he was born in the spring, or perhaps last > winter. So he's not a year old yet. I'm guessing 6-7 months. About that taken care of too from that shiny coat > So I've got a flyer up at the vet, a posting on petfbi.org, checking the > lost and found ads, checking the neighbors. No luck so far. Since I had > him tested, he's allowed to be near my beasts, although the one time I let > him out of my room to see how that went, he was pretty much surrounded by > hissing cats. Poor little guy. > Bast, you gotta stop sending them to me! Why she knows where her favorite cat slaves live ;-) > Pics of the little guy: > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/sabracat/ Gorgeous new master. Reminds of Phantom when he was young > Ginger-lyn >> I've said I'm not in a position to deal with rescues and strays anymore. I >> lost my friend Therese over the last one I tried to help (although he did [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] >> > Why do people do that to male cats. They have some pride you know ;-) lol! >> While it's possible he was dumped, it's still more likely he got out >> somehow. He's an affectionate little thing, although he's definitely a >> hoolikitten, too. Vet figures he was born in the spring, or perhaps last >> winter. So he's not a year old yet. I'm guessing 6-7 months. > > About that taken care of too from that shiny coat I know. I have never seen such a shiny, silky coat on a cat. Sabra came close, and he was pretty shiny and pure black. >> So I've got a flyer up at the vet, a posting on petfbi.org, checking the >> lost and found ads, checking the neighbors. No luck so far. Since I had [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >> > Why she knows where her favorite cat slaves live ;-) Yep, She does. Plus I'm sure there is an Underground Kitty Railroad that has my number. ;-) >> Pics of the little guy: >> >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/sabracat/ > > Gorgeous new master. Reminds of Phantom when he was young Ginger-lyn SignatureHome Pages: http://www.moonsummer.com http://www.angelfire.com/folk/glsummer (homepage & cats) http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~summer/index.htm (genealogy) http://www.movieanimals.bravehost.com/ (The Violence Against Animals in Movies Website) > I've said I'm not in a position to deal with rescues and strays anymore. > I lost my friend Therese over the last one I tried to help (although he [quoted text clipped - 37 lines] > > Ginger-lyn What a sleek, beautiful boy he is. > Bast, you gotta stop sending them to me! > Pics of the little guy: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/sabracat/ Eeeeee!! He's gorgeous! Purrs to find him a great home ASAP. Many-day-old litterbox offerings to your stupid neighbor. You have the worst luck with lousy neighbors. :( Joyce > > Bast, you gotta stop sending them to me! > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Joyce Thank you, Joyce. Isn't he, though? I sure do, and boy, do I wish it would stop! Ginger-lyn SignatureHome Pages: http://www.moonsummer.com http://www.angelfire.com/folk/glsummer (homepage & cats) http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~summer/index.htm (genealogy) http://www.movieanimals.bravehost.com/ (The Violence Against Animals in Movies Website) > I've said I'm not in a position to deal with rescues and strays > anymore. I lost my friend Therese over the last one I tried to help [quoted text clipped - 37 lines] > > Ginger-lyn Wow. He is sooooo shiny! He sure is in good shape. Maybe you will find his home. > Bast, you gotta stop sending them to me! > > Pics of the little guy: > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/sabracat/ He is absolutely stunning! If I wasn't half a world away, I'd be right ovber to pick him up. :) I hope you find his home, whether it is yours or someone else's. SignatureMarina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki. >> Bast, you gotta stop sending them to me! >> [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > ovber to pick him up. :) I hope you find his home, whether it is yours > or someone else's. lol! Let's see, anyone from the States heading over to Europe soon? ;-) Ginger-lyn SignatureHome Pages: http://www.moonsummer.com http://www.angelfire.com/folk/glsummer (homepage & cats) http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~summer/index.htm (genealogy) http://www.movieanimals.bravehost.com/ (The Violence Against Animals in Movies Website) >I've said I'm not in a position to deal with rescues and strays anymore. > I lost my friend Therese over the last one I tried to help (although [quoted text clipped - 37 lines] > >Ginger-lyn I don't think I've ever seen such a *shiny* black kitty before. He hasn't been outside long; he looks very healthy. I won't comment on the declawing; it just raises my blood pressure dangerously.... Perhaps you will find his humans before you get too attached to the adorable fellow. Most likely, he got into the great OUT somehow, and just got lost. I hope his humans are working as hard to find him, as you are to find them! He's lucky he found a real cat lover, to look after him. But then, it seems like cats seem to be able to do that, quite well..... Best of luck finding his humans. ~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Life without cats would be only marginally worth living." -TC, and the unmercifully, relentlessly, sweet calico kitty, Kenzie. How you behave towards cats here below determines your status in Heaven. - Robert Heinlein Life is very difficult. Once you understand that, life becomes easier. -Buddha > I don't think I've ever seen such a *shiny* black kitty before. > > He hasn't been outside long; he looks very healthy. I don't think I have, either! And he does seem to be quite healthy, with a healthy appetite to boot. > I won't comment on the declawing; it just raises my blood pressure > dangerously.... Yep, know what you mean. > Perhaps you will find his humans before you get too attached to the > adorable fellow. I'm already attached, of course, but 9 IS my hard number. So it's either find his home, or find him a new one. > Most likely, he got into the great OUT somehow, and just got lost. It's either that, or someone dumped him, although I find the latter possibility hard to imagine. I think you're right; he's a heck of a runner, and I bet he just took one fast run through a door and into the great OUT and kept going before realizing "Wait a minute! Where in the heck am I?" > I hope his humans are working as hard to find him, as you are to find > them! I sure hope so. I hope he really has humans who love him. He sure is a lovable cat. > He's lucky he found a real cat lover, to look after him. But then, it > seems like cats seem to be able to do that, quite well..... > > Best of luck finding his humans. Thanks, Gandalf > ~~~~~~~~~~~~ > "Life without cats would be only marginally worth living." [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Life is very difficult. Once you understand that, life becomes easier. > -Buddha Ginger-lyn SignatureHome Pages: http://www.moonsummer.com http://www.angelfire.com/folk/glsummer (homepage & cats) http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~summer/index.htm (genealogy) http://www.movieanimals.bravehost.com/ (The Violence Against Animals in Movies Website) > I've said I'm not in a position to deal with rescues and strays > anymore. I lost my friend Therese over the last one I tried to help > (although he did get a good home). So why do I have a sleek little black > boy on > my (still sinking) bed? <snip> > http://www.flickr.com/photos/sabracat/ > > Ginger-lyn He's very cute. Purrs that you find his home, or a new one asap. Purrs that you can renew your friendship with Therese. SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy & Bagheera) Cats leave pawprints on your heart http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk >> I've said I'm not in a position to deal with rescues and strays >> anymore. I lost my friend Therese over the last one I tried to help [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > He's very cute. Purrs that you find his home, or a new one asap. Purrs that > you can renew your friendship with Therese. Thanks, Adrian. I don't know if that's possible, but sometimes time apart will heal. A friend of mine who left my life a couple of years ago e-mailed me again this summer, and apologized for being judgmental. She told me she had learned things from me that she would carry with her throughout her life. I guess for every one that slams you, someone else says something that makes you smile like a fool :-) Ginger-lyn SignatureHome Pages: http://www.moonsummer.com http://www.angelfire.com/folk/glsummer (homepage & cats) http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~summer/index.htm (genealogy) http://www.movieanimals.bravehost.com/ (The Violence Against Animals in Movies Website) Oh I know what you mean. I have my 9 and the neighbourhood tom enjoys sitting right next to their enclosure watching them. I think cats just attract more cats. So much for them being loners. I truely hope that pink collared kitty gets re-united with his humans and that they are nice people. He is beautiful. Dewi > Oh I know what you mean. I have my 9 and the neighbourhood tom enjoys > sitting right next to their enclosure watching them. I think cats just [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Dewi Thanks, Dewi. Yeah, loners my butt -- lol! I bet your 9 do about the same as my 9. Although there are occasional spats, and one brat (Jack), I so often find two (or more!) of them curled up together, sleeping peacefully with paws and tails overlapping. Ginger-lyn SignatureHome Pages: http://www.moonsummer.com http://www.angelfire.com/folk/glsummer (homepage & cats) http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~summer/index.htm (genealogy) http://www.movieanimals.bravehost.com/ (The Violence Against Animals in Movies Website) > I've said I'm not in a position to deal with rescues and strays anymore. > Bast, you gotta stop sending them to me! > Pics of the little guy: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/sabracat/ OMG he's adorable, SO like my beloved RB Aries!!! I'd arrange purrs for his loving owners to show up but they've gone to the litterbox-offering corner for the declawing. So may I have the boys purr instead for this lovely chap to find a better home with you or a pal? Gordon & the FF >> Bast, you gotta stop sending them to me! >> Pics of the little guy: >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/sabracat/ > OMG he's adorable, SO like my beloved RB Aries!!! > I'd arrange purrs for his loving owners to show up but they've gone to the > litterbox-offering corner for the declawing. I was going to make a similar comment, but the fact is, we don't know if his former human caretakers had him declawed. Maybe he came to them that way. Joyce > > "Ginger-lyn" <glsummer@neptunelink.net> wrote: > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Joyce That is a point. My Wolfie came to me declawed. And he is as much a part of my family as the others. It is funny (not funny-funny, but you know what I mean) to have a declawed cat in the midst of a bunch of clawed cats. Especially in the beginning, I really worried about Wolfie and probably fussed over him to much. And starting thinking "I really hope I am not giving this poor cat a complex!" He was still limping when I got him, and I worked with him carefully, massaging his paws as he would let me, and encouraging him to flex. He "scratches" all the time now. The other cats figured out pretty quickly that he was missing something important, and as a general rule, everyone keeps their claws in when it comes to Wolf. I kept thinking that maybe I was overdoing it with him, and had to wonder about my attitude. I wouldn't go around saying "Oh, you poor thing! to a human in a wheelchair. I'd probably get walloped with a handbag or something if I did -- lol. So I consider Wolfie to be "differently-abled", and well able to protect himself when needed (believe me, a wallop from his paw *hurts*!) Ginger-lyn and this doesn't change the fact that I do not believe declawing is ever (unless it's a legitimate medical reason) appropriate. SignatureHome Pages: http://www.moonsummer.com http://www.angelfire.com/folk/glsummer (homepage & cats) http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~summer/index.htm (genealogy) http://www.movieanimals.bravehost.com/ (The Violence Against Animals in Movies Website) > I just fed him. That's all. Yeah, I know. <grin> But while I was > feeding him, my next-door-neighbor yelled "Is that your cat?" "No," I > said. "Well if I see it around here again, I'm gonna kill it." People like that make me sick. > So on my Trill and Merlyn vet trip, I took "Pinky" along. "Pinky" > because he has a pink collar on. I get him tested so he does not have > to be stuck in a carrier. He's fine, no feleuk or FIV. And he's > neutered and declawed (hisssssssssss). The vet suggests he ran away > from home because he was just *so* embarrassed they put a pink collar > on him -- lol! I have to agree with the vet on this one ;) What were they thinking?! A nice red or purple collar would have looked great against that shiny black fur! > While it's possible he was dumped, it's still more likely he got out > somehow. He's an affectionate little thing, although he's definitely [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > the one time I let him out of my room to see how that went, he was > pretty much surrounded by hissing cats. Poor little guy. You might also consider posting some flyers around the neighborhood (without too much of a description - maybe just mention the pink collar but no info about the cat other than that - make them describe the cat including colour, sex, etc.) Purrs you find the hoomins who lost him (and that they are decent people, despite the declawing thing). Jill >> I just fed him. That's all. Yeah, I know. <grin> But while I was >> feeding him, my next-door-neighbor yelled "Is that your cat?" "No," I >> said. "Well if I see it around here again, I'm gonna kill it." >> > People like that make me sick. That's exactly what I felt. Almost like throwing up. I know I'm too sensitive, but there it is. >> So on my Trill and Merlyn vet trip, I took "Pinky" along. "Pinky" >> because he has a pink collar on. I get him tested so he does not have [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > nice red or purple collar would have looked great against that shiny black > fur! lol! Red would be beautiful. I don't usually like putting collars on my cats (nor do they appreciate it). But when they changed the law here, where cats have to get rabies shots, be up-to-date, and wear collars with the rabies tags if they aren't chipped, I sighed and put them in collars. Sabra, who was my sleek black baby (he died of lymphoma a couple of years ago), would never have tolerated pink. Sabra was a Princess (even though he was a guy); DH and I used to joke that the perfect collar for him would be deep red with diamonds on it). I certainly was not about to put diamonds on his collar (lol! With what money would I do such an insane thing?), but he got a nice red collar that looked very lovely against his sleeky black fur. >> While it's possible he was dumped, it's still more likely he got out >> somehow. He's an affectionate little thing, although he's definitely [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > about the cat other than that - make them describe the cat including colour, > sex, etc.) I may be wrong on this attitude, but I figure if someone really cares, they will do everything in their power to find him, including putting up lost posters. I surely would. And I'm wary of bunchers and such, so I am uncomfortable putting up found posters. > Purrs you find the hoomins who lost him (and that they are decent people, > despite the declawing thing). > > Jill Thanks, Jill :-) Ginger-lyn SignatureHome Pages: http://www.moonsummer.com http://www.angelfire.com/folk/glsummer (homepage & cats) http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~summer/index.htm (genealogy) http://www.movieanimals.bravehost.com/ (The Violence Against Animals in Movies Website) >>> The vet suggests he ran away >>> from home because he was just *so* embarrassed they put a pink collar >>> on him -- lol! >> I have to agree with the vet on this one ;) What were they thinking?! A >> nice red or purple collar would have looked great against that shiny black >> fur! > lol! Red would be beautiful. Oh, c'mon you guys! Like a cat cares whether the color of his collar is the wrong gender?? I wouldn't choose pink because I think it's an ugly color, whether on a boy or girl. And black and pink just makes me think of Good'n'Plenty's. :) But other than that, you could pick almost any color. You know what they say, "black goes with everything". :) Green would be really nice, so would gold. Joyce > So I've got a flyer up at the vet, a posting on petfbi.org, checking > the lost and found ads, checking the neighbors. No luck so far. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Bast, you gotta stop sending them to me! Purrs that you find his owners soon! Signaturemonique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca > I've said I'm not in a position to deal with rescues and strays anymore. > I lost my friend Therese over the last one I tried to help (although he [quoted text clipped - 37 lines] > > Ginger-lyn He is such a cutie! I'm so sorry to hear he is declawed. Lots of purrs and best wishes that he finds a home, Polonca and Soncek |
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