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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / December 2007What do you give a cat...
... like Miranda, who doesn't like anything? She will be 3 years old on the 30th, and I'm racking my brain for a birthday present. She doesn't like treats. She doesn't like fancy cat food. The only thing for cats that she likes is her complement tablets. but I can't give too many of those in one day, since they contain some vitamins that are stored in the body. She doesn't care much for toys. Her idea of the perfect toy is a piece of string. Just a plain piece of string. She loves climbing the cat trees and the wall panel, but I already have three trees inside and one in the enclosure. I know she won't care about her birthday, but I would still like to give her something. It would have been Frank's 20th birthday on the 27th. I dreamed of him and Nikki again last night.  SignatureMarina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki. > ... like Miranda, who doesn't like anything? ... > > I know she won't care about her birthday, but I would still > like to give her something. Scritches. And belly rubs. And head butts. And cuddles. And vigorous brushing. What more could a cat possibly want (except, perhaps, 'nip)? SignatureMatSav > Scritches. And belly rubs. And head butts. And cuddles. And vigorous > brushing. What more could a cat possibly want (except, perhaps, 'nip)? Plus a nice new bit of hairy (rat-tail-like) string? HTH Purrs Gordon & the FF (3 of whom go mad for string. British readers may well understand why, during their enthusiastic killing of new hairy string, the 1970's "Goodies" song "String, String, String, String, Everybody loves String" invariably worms its way thought my head.) > Plus a nice new bit of hairy (rat-tail-like) string? Hairy string - good idea! SignatureMarina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki. > Scritches. And belly rubs. And head butts. And cuddles. And > vigorous brushing. What more could a cat possibly want (except, > perhaps, 'nip)? Thanks for the tips, but but... Like I said, she doesn't like anything. :P Skritches? OK, but strictly on her terms. Belly rubs? 'OK, if you must, but I don't like it. I will endure them only for your sake.' Brushing? She runs the other way. Head butts? Horror of horrors! That would bring Meowmie's face much too close to mine (luckily Caliban gives me more than my fair share of headbutts, so I am not completely starved of those). Nip is good. Except Caliban will shove her away from her share. I will have to shut him in the bathroom while I give her that. SignatureMarina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki. >> Scritches. And belly rubs. And head butts. And cuddles. And vigorous >> brushing. What more could a cat possibly want (except, perhaps, 'nip)? [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > Nip is good. Except Caliban will shove her away from her share. I will > have to shut him in the bathroom while I give her that. I suspect she would consider shutting him in the bathroom for an hour a treat in and of itself. I can hear her thinking, "l love him, but he sure is pushy" Jo >>> Scritches. And belly rubs. And head butts. And cuddles. And vigorous >>> brushing. What more could a cat possibly want (except, perhaps, 'nip)? [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > I can hear her thinking, "l love him, but he sure is pushy" Hmmm, yes. That's one idea. :) Shut Caliban in the bathroom for an hour. Check. SignatureMarina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki. >> [quoted text muted] > Thanks for the tips, but but... Like I said, she doesn't like anything. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > Nip is good. Except Caliban will shove her away from her share. I will > have to shut him in the bathroom while I give her that. My Princess\ rb16) used to love to sit in front of a mirror and visit with the "other cat" that lived in there. How does she feel about mirrors? MLB > My Princess\ > rb16) used to love to sit in front of a mirror and visit with the "other > cat" that lived in there. How does she feel about mirrors? MLB She's never shown any interest in a mirror. SignatureMarina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki. > ... like Miranda, who doesn't like anything? She will be 3 years old on > the 30th, and I'm racking my brain for a birthday present. She doesn't [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > It would have been Frank's 20th birthday on the 27th. I dreamed of him and > Nikki again last night. Holly never liked food treats, either (although she loves to play with little "mousie" toys). I once gave her some Pounce, and she proceeded to play with pieces like toys. I found one later that was as hard as a hockey puck, and Holly was batting it around the room. Duffy is like a little vacuum cleaner on four legs when it comes to any type of food, but Holly only wanted her cat food. Notice that I used the past tense. I finally found something that she likes, too, so she doesn't have to just sit there and watch Duffy eat. She likes Liv-A-Littles (freeze-dried chicken, salmon, etc. -- her favorite is chicken). I still have to be careful because Duffy will inhale his and then grab Holly's out from under her nose if I don't watch it, but at least I have a little something that she likes. I don't know if they are available in your area. If they are, it would be worth trying. MaryL > Holly never liked food treats, either (although she loves to play with > little "mousie" toys). I once gave her some Pounce, and she proceeded to [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > know if they are available in your area. If they are, it would be worth > trying. I haven't seen those here, but given that she doesn't eat anything made for cats - not dry or wet food, no treats - except those complement tablets I mentioned, I suspect she wouldn't like them. Thanks for the ideas, though. Nikki also used to reach a little paw under Frank's nose while he was eating treats, and steal some for herself after hoovering her own. SignatureMarina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki. >> Holly never liked food treats, either (although she loves to play with >> little "mousie" toys). I once gave her some Pounce, and she proceeded [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > while he was eating treats, and steal some for herself after hoovering > her own. I don'tk now. She might like those because they are just dried meat and she likes meat. >> ... like Miranda, who doesn't like anything? She will be 3 years old on >> the 30th, and I'm racking my brain for a birthday present. She doesn't [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] > > MaryL I reallymust try those. I have seen videos of cats going bonkers over them. It is the cat treat of choice for diabetics but I haven't found them around here. > ... like Miranda, who doesn't like anything? She will be 3 years old on > the 30th, and I'm racking my brain for a birthday present. She doesn't [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > It would have been Frank's 20th birthday on the 27th. I dreamed of him and > Nikki again last night. Marina, A couple of thoughts -- would Miranda like the dried Bonito fish flakes -- I've given these to my kitties and they all love them as treats. I think I'd give her lots of attention on her b'day with a long playtime with the string if that's what she loves. (Does she have any interest in chasing after a laser light?) If she like to be groomed at all, I'd buy her a nice kitty brush, too. Give her lots of scritches from us, too. I know how much you miss Frank and Nikki -- in our dreams as well as our waking moments, we can remember and celebrate what wonderful unique souls we got to share our lives with. hugs, Christine >> ... like Miranda, who doesn't like anything? She will be 3 years old on >> the 30th, and I'm racking my brain for a birthday present. She doesn't [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > after a laser light?) If she like to be groomed at all, I'd buy her a nice > kitty brush, too. Give her lots of scritches from us, too. I don't know if we have the same, but I've seen some sort of dried fish in the pet store. I might try that. She doesn't like to be groomed. I don't know if it's because her fur is so very short. Maybe it would require a special kind of brush. ;) > I know how much you miss Frank and Nikki -- in our dreams as well as our > waking moments, we can remember and celebrate what wonderful unique souls we > got to share our lives with. Thanks, Christine. SignatureMarina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki. Marina kirjoitti: > I don't know if we have the same, but I've seen some sort of dried fish > in the pet store. I might try that. She doesn't like to be groomed. I > don't know if it's because her fur is so very short. Maybe it would > require a special kind of brush. ;) Special kind of brush got me thinking about those gloves/mitts with the rubber "bristles" on the palm side. You stroke the animal with the glove and it removes loose fur. Used to have one of those for my German Shepherd mix Nera back in the 90's and it did take a lot of loose fur out of her coat. Nera stayed with my first ex and is RB by now. SignatureChristine in Laitila, Finland christal63 (at) gmail (dot) com > Marina kirjoitti: >> [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > Shepherd mix Nera back in the 90's and it did take a lot of loose fur > out of her coat. Nera stayed with my first ex and is RB by now. I have found that, if I brush Cinders with a brush, she will soon get bored and walk away. If I brush her with the glove with the rubber bristles on the palm, she considers it "petting" and will stick around much longer, meaning that I am able to brush off a lot more loose hair. 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 >>> ... like Miranda, who doesn't like anything? She will be 3 years old on >>> the 30th, and I'm racking my brain for a birthday present. She doesn't [quoted text clipped - 34 lines] > > Thanks, Christine. Yeah, dried fish might be the ticket. Here is a video of my friend breaking up dried salmon for her cats. http://s138.photobucket.com/albums/q270/Kittys14/?action=view¤t=100_1166.flv Karen wrote:> > Yeah, dried fish might be the ticket. Here is a video of my friend > breaking up dried salmon for her cats. > > http://s138.photobucket.com/albums/q270/Kittys14/?action=view¤t=100_1166.flv Wow, those cats are very, very well behaved. If I even look at The Drawer (with cat treats) Caliban goes on a mad rampage. He would have been climbing all over me. Even the calico on the table looked lame compared to Cali. :P SignatureMarina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki. > Karen wrote:> >> Yeah, dried fish might be the ticket. Here is a video of my friend >> breaking up dried salmon for her cats. >> >> http://s138.photobucket.com/albums/q270/Kittys14/?action=view¤t=100_1166.flv Wow, > those cats are very, very well behaved. If I even look at The Drawer > (with cat treats) Caliban goes on a mad rampage. He would have been > climbing all over me. Even the calico on the table looked lame compared > to Cali. :P She is the old lady. 16. She has a very raucous meow! > She is the old lady. 16. She has a very raucous meow! I had to watch it again with the sound turned up. She does have a very personal voice. :) But it still boggles me how all those cats just sit there and wait for their treat. And the fourth cat (Mouse?) didn't even show up until 3/4 of the video. OK, that would be Miranda. But Caliban would be in a frenzy, headbutting me and the container and everything in sight and walking all over me and the couch and the table and generally being in ten places at the same time. He would never wait so patiently for his treat. :P SignatureMarina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki. >> She is the old lady. 16. She has a very raucous meow! > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > generally being in ten places at the same time. He would never wait so > patiently for his treat. :P Mouse is the diabetic. She was a feral. If you click the next piture, Cindy calls it "worth doing the diabetic dance to get this". Due to hometesting and shots, Mouse is a love now with her hoomans. >> Karen wrote:> >>> Yeah, dried fish might be the ticket. Here is a video of my friend [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > She is the old lady. 16. She has a very raucous meow! She lets you know who boss > ... like Miranda, who doesn't like anything? She will be 3 years old on > the 30th, and I'm racking my brain for a birthday present. She doesn't [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > It would have been Frank's 20th birthday on the 27th. I dreamed of him > and Nikki again last night. A cushion at the top of a step ladder for a day? Marina <frankiennikki@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in news:5qpvlcF11lp20U1 @mid.individual.net: > ... like Miranda, who doesn't like anything? She will be 3 years old on > the 30th, and I'm racking my brain for a birthday present. She doesn't [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > It would have been Frank's 20th birthday on the 27th. I dreamed of him > and Nikki again last night. Beef jerky. > ... like Miranda, who doesn't like anything? She will be 3 years old on > the 30th, and I'm racking my brain for a birthday present. She doesn't > like treats. She doesn't like fancy cat food. The only thing for cats that > she likes is her complement tablets. but I can't give too many of those in > one day, since they contain some vitamins that are stored in the body. <snip> > It would have been Frank's 20th birthday on the 27th. I dreamed of him and > Nikki again last night. Come to think of it, Holly's *favorite* game could be called "attack the sheets." I sometimes have to lock her out of the bedroom for a few minutes just so I can make the bed. I can't think of anything that would please her more than for me to spend an inordinate amount of time "making" the bed (really, tossing and rearranging the sheets) just so she could roll around on the bed, catch the sheets, and attack with vigor. Would Miranda like something like that for her birthday? I sometimes have dreams about my (RB) kitties, too. I know how much you miss them, and you gave them a wonderful life. MaryL > Come to think of it, Holly's *favorite* game could be called "attack the > sheets." I sometimes have to lock her out of the bedroom for a few minutes [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > on the bed, catch the sheets, and attack with vigor. Would Miranda like > something like that for her birthday? Mir used to like that when she was younger, but she hardly helps me make the bed at all these days. I guess she's taking this 'growing up' thing too seriously. > I sometimes have dreams about my (RB) kitties, too. I know how much you > miss them, and you gave them a wonderful life. Thank you, Mary. I know everyone here knows what it's like. SignatureMarina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki. >> Come to think of it, Holly's *favorite* game could be called "attack the >> sheets." I sometimes have to lock her out of the bedroom for a few [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Thank you, Mary. I know everyone here knows what it's like. Maybe you could convince Mir that it's alright to extend her childhood. Holly is 12-1/2, and she still loves to play. Oh, well, we need to let our furbabies have their own purrsonalities -- just like people. ;o) Happy birthday, Mir! MaryL >> I can make the bed. I can't think of anything that would please her >> more than for me to spend an inordinate amount of time "making" the bed >> (really, tossing and rearranging the sheets) just so she could roll around >> on the bed, catch the sheets, and attack with vigor. Would Miranda like >> something like that for her birthday? > Mir used to like that when she was younger, but she hardly helps me make > the bed at all these days. I guess she's taking this 'growing up' thing > too seriously. Has Mir been... *confused* lately? :) Joyce > ... like Miranda, who doesn't like anything? She will be 3 years old on > the 30th, and I'm racking my brain for a birthday present. She doesn't [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > It would have been Frank's 20th birthday on the 27th. I dreamed of him and > Nikki again last night. Just spend extra time telling her how pretty she is. Stretchy string is great fun. The kind they use in sewing. Just don't leave it out where they can chew it up. Maybe tie a bit of paper on the end of it. Jo > ... like Miranda, who doesn't like anything? She will be 3 years old on > the 30th, and I'm racking my brain for a birthday present. She doesn't [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > It would have been Frank's 20th birthday on the 27th. I dreamed of him and > Nikki again last night. Well, seeing that you are in a chillier part of the world, a new fleece blanket or wool sleeping pad would be nice.They go anywhere. My cats love that. A fleece lined box hidey hole would also be nice. The fleece could be real or man made (although you may have to watch her around a real one) A new dish with her name on it. A fresh tree trunk in her cat enclosure to give her a bit of the wild side in the safety of her own yard that she can claw. Get her some fresh string. Get her a string that attaches to the top of a door and has a squeaky mowsie on it. Give her a box with some rustling tissure paper in it. Get her a paper bag with her name on it. :-) Hazel Az >> ... like Miranda, who doesn't like anything? She will be 3 years old on >> the 30th, and I'm racking my brain for a birthday present. She doesn't [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > of a door and has a squeaky mowsie on it. Give her a box with some rustling > tissure paper in it. Get her a paper bag with her name on it. :-) Those are the kind of thing she likes. I had a large package delivered a couple of weeks ago, and the carboard box has been very popular. I finally had to discard the wrapping paper that came inside the box, because the cats had spread it all over the floor while they were playing with it (OK, I stuffed it back into the box a few times, but it became so ripped and dirty, I eventually threw it out). They had so much fun, running and diving into the paper and pouncing on each other. But you did give me an idea. I could get her one of those soft-sided tent thingies. Nikki used to love hers. Actually, Mir used to love it, too, but after we moved here, no one paid any attention to it, so I got rid of it. Maybe a new one would appeal to someone. SignatureMarina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki. >>> ... like Miranda, who doesn't like anything? She will be 3 years old on >>> the 30th, and I'm racking my brain for a birthday present. She doesn't [quoted text clipped - 37 lines] > too, but after we moved here, no one paid any attention to it, so I got > rid of it. Maybe a new one would appeal to someone. Hey, what about pretty tissue paper? Like you get to stuff in gift bags? that could be fun in a box. > ... like Miranda, who doesn't like anything? She will be 3 years old on > the 30th, and I'm racking my brain for a birthday present. She doesn't [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > It would have been Frank's 20th birthday on the 27th. I dreamed of him > and Nikki again last night. A blankie? > ... like Miranda, who doesn't like anything? She will be 3 years old on > the 30th, and I'm racking my brain for a birthday present. She doesn't [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > It would have been Frank's 20th birthday on the 27th. I dreamed of him > and Nikki again last night. Soncek likes to hide in his little tent and from there he pounces on the mousie that I dangle in front of him. Best wishes, Polonca and Soncek > Soncek likes to hide in his little tent and from there he pounces on the > mousie that I dangle in front of him. > Best wishes, I looked for a cat tent in the pet shop near me, but it didn't have any. There was one covered bed for d*gs, but the colours were so ugly didn't want it in my home ;) and they would have clashed with Mir's beautiful fur, anyway. Maybe for Yule, I'll go hunt down a better tent. SignatureMarina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki.
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