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If KFC cannot eat any cat food that is chunky and needs it all crushed up because of her ancient teeth, why can she eat a collared dove or a rat? With bones in, and wings and feathers and feet. Which she does. Eats the lot. Very good for her bowels ;-) She plays with me. On May 3, 4:31 pm, "Christina Websell" <spamf...@tinawebsell.wanadoo.co.uk> wrote: > If KFC cannot eat any cat food that is chunky and needs it all crushed up > because of her ancient teeth, why can she eat a collared dove or a rat? > With bones in, and wings and feathers and feet. Which she does. Eats the > lot. Very good for her bowels ;-) > > She plays with me. Personnal, I am glad the old girl is still 'catching' live stuff; her spirit is good and shows that - in spite of what she chooses to snack on, in OUR opinion....her appetite has returned and indicates complete recovery, IMHO. Long live KFC. On May 3, 4:31 pm, "Christina Websell" <spamf...@tinawebsell.wanadoo.co.uk> wrote: > If KFC cannot eat any cat food that is chunky and needs it all crushed up > because of her ancient teeth, why can she eat a collared dove or a rat? > With bones in, and wings and feathers and feet. Which she does. Eats the > lot. Very good for her bowels ;-) > > She plays with me. Personnal, I am glad the old girl is still 'catching' live stuff; her spirit is good and shows that - in spite of what she chooses to snack on, in OUR opinion....her appetite has returned and indicates complete recovery, IMHO. Long live KFC __ She doesn't catch anything any more. Boyfriend does it for her, KFC lies by the fire or in the conservatory soaking up the rays. I would still like her appetite to be better, but I suspect she needs birds and rats rather than cat food. Nature can do funny things and instinct can be a rougher master. Good for her to be able to eat what she needs. > On May 3, 4:31 pm, "Christina Websell" > <spamf...@tinawebsell.wanadoo.co.uk> wrote: [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > I would still like her appetite to be better, but I suspect she needs > birds and rats rather than cat food. > On May 3, 4:31 pm, "Christina Websell" > <spamf...@tinawebsell.wanadoo.co.uk> wrote: > > Long live KFC. I couldn't agree more. Me > On May 3, 4:31 pm, "Christina Websell" > <spamf...@tinawebsell.wanadoo.co.uk> wrote: > > Long live KFC. I second this! > If KFC cannot eat any cat food that is chunky and needs it all crushed up > because of her ancient teeth, why can she eat a collared dove or a rat? > With bones in, and wings and feathers and feet. Which she does. Eats the > lot. Very good for her bowels ;-) > > She plays with me. You are only just now asking yourself this? She has really done a number on your mind, hasn't she. Good girl KFC. Very good girl. Ours are picky, but maybe because the birds are so plentiful. They leave the wings and the lizard tails. Jo >> If KFC cannot eat any cat food that is chunky and needs it all crushed up >> because of her ancient teeth, why can she eat a collared dove or a rat? [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Jo Nanki-Poo usually leaves only a few feathers when he catches a bird. He disembowels mice and eats part of them. He doesn't eat any of the rice or gophers he catches. Naturally, all remains are deposited on my light beige carpet. Joy >>> If KFC cannot eat any cat food that is chunky and needs it all crushed up >>> because of her ancient teeth, why can she eat a collared dove or a rat? [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > > Joy A cat slave with light beige carpet should be an impossible combination.... :) show she is an eternal optimist, Lee > >>> If KFC cannot eat any cat food that is chunky and needs it all crushed up > >>> because of her ancient teeth, why can she eat a collared dove or a rat? [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > A cat slave with light beige carpet should be an impossible > combination.... :) >>>> If KFC cannot eat any cat food that is chunky and needs it all >>>> crushed up because of her ancient teeth, why can she eat a collared [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > A cat slave with light beige carpet should be an impossible > combination.... :) We don't always get to CHOOSE the color of our carpet - especially if we live in rental property. :-) > We don't always get to CHOOSE the color of our carpet - especially if we > live in rental property. :-) But the felines can soon artistically decorate it in shades they seem to enjoy.... >> We don't always get to CHOOSE the color of our carpet - especially if >> we live in rental property. :-) > > But the felines can soon artistically decorate it in shades they seem to > enjoy.... LOL! That they can! (I'm so glad I discovered "Pod" - the carpet spot cleaner put out by Woolite - it really WORKS.) >>>>> If KFC cannot eat any cat food that is chunky and needs it all >>>>> crushed up because of her ancient teeth, why can she eat a [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > We don't always get to CHOOSE the color of our carpet - especially if > we live in rental property. :-) Yeah. Mine is beige. But at least it's not SHAG! LOL Jill >> If KFC cannot eat any cat food that is chunky and needs it all crushed up >> because of her ancient teeth, why can she eat a collared dove or a rat? [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Good girl KFC. Very good girl. She does my head in, Jo. Tweed > > Good girl KFC. Very good girl. > > She does my head in, Jo. > > Tweed And you love her for it! ;o) Long Live KFC! Helen M > > Good girl KFC. Very good girl. > > She does my head in, Jo. > > Tweed And you love her for it! ;o) Long Live KFC! I'm likely to die before she does if she doesn't stop it - from a heart attack. Tweed On May 5, 9:33 am, "Christina Websell" <spamf...@tinawebsell.wanadoo.co.uk> wrote: > I'm likely to die before she does if she doesn't stop it - from a heart > attack. The medical profession tell us having a cat lowers your blood pressure What does this prove? The medical profession don't have cats! Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs On May 5, 9:33 am, "Christina Websell" <spamf...@tinawebsell.wanadoo.co.uk> wrote: > I'm likely to die before she does if she doesn't stop it - from a heart > attack. The medical profession tell us having a cat lowers your blood pressure What does this prove? The medical profession don't have cats! --- Exactly. KFC raises my blood pressure in a serious way. "I'm going to die" and comes back every time. It's not fair. Not that I want her to die of course but I so wish she would stop doing it, it's almost intolerable for me. 3rd time for "now your cat is nearly dead and now she isn't" She just smiles On May 5, 11:28 am, "Christina Websell" <spamf...@tinawebsell.wanadoo.co.uk> wrote: > 3rd time for "now your cat is nearly dead and now she isn't" > > She just smiles A lot like grandad (Dad's dad) he was forever being rushed to hospital because nan would panic at the drop of a hat and when members of the family got to the hospital the staff would be like "He's very old prepare for the worse" and the next day or so he would go home. It got to the point where the theory was if the doctor came out and said "I'm sorry but he's gone" at least one person present if not all would start laughing and saying "He put you up to this didn't he?" This went on for a few years until finally aged 93 and in hospital but not for anything more serious than usual he was sititing in the day room- gave a tip on an outsider at the 3.45 at Cheltenham and said "Wake me up when the race is on I'm just going to have a little nap" and when they went to wake him up he had died in his sleep Oh...and the 30-1 outsider he'd recommended.... Won by 12 lengths Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs On May 5, 11:28 am, "Christina Websell" <spamf...@tinawebsell.wanadoo.co.uk> wrote: A lot like grandad (Dad's dad) he was forever being rushed to hospital because nan would panic at the drop of a hat and when members of the family got to the hospital the staff would be like "He's very old prepare for the worse" and the next day or so he would go home. It got to the point where the theory was if the doctor came out and said "I'm sorry but he's gone" at least one person present if not all would start laughing and saying "He put you up to this didn't he?" This went on for a few years until finally aged 93 and in hospital but not for anything more serious than usual he was sititing in the day room- gave a tip on an outsider at the 3.45 at Cheltenham and said "Wake me up when the race is on I'm just going to have a little nap" and when they went to wake him up he had died in his sleep Oh...and the 30-1 outsider he'd recommended.... Won by 12 lengths Lovely story > On May 5, 9:33 am, "Christina Websell" > <spamf...@tinawebsell.wanadoo.co.uk> wrote: [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > The medical profession don't have cats! Actually, there have been any number of studies proving that petting an animal (dog, cat, rabbit, hamster, whatever) DOES lower blood pressure! That's one reason many senior residence facilities (whose inhabitants are not physically able to care for pets of their own) now encourage the "visiting pets" programs some rescue organizations provide. ...And why so many "independent" and "assisted living" facilities make it easy for incoming residents to move their companion animals in with them. >> On May 5, 9:33 am, "Christina Websell" >> <spamf...@tinawebsell.wanadoo.co.uk> wrote: [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > many "independent" and "assisted living" facilities make it easy for > incoming residents to move their companion animals in with them. Have you read and understood this thread, Evelyn? Can you answer what I said when I started it? ;-) Tweed >>> On May 5, 9:33 am, "Christina Websell" >>> <spamf...@tinawebsell.wanadoo.co.uk> wrote: [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > Have you read and understood this thread, Evelyn? Like MOST posters to newsgroups, I read what catches my eye, and reply to whatever of a thread's many tangents interest me! (My reading comprehension is just fine, thank you - but I don't hang upon every bit of deathless prose each person provides.) > Can you answer what I said when I started it? ;-) I thought others had already done so, adequately enough. > If KFC cannot eat any cat food that is chunky and needs it all crushed up > because of her ancient teeth, why can she eat a collared dove or a rat? > With bones in, and wings and feathers and feet. Which she does. Eats the > lot. Very good for her bowels ;-) > > She plays with me. She's a cat. That's what they do. Lindy begs for small pieces of chicken when I make my chicken quesadillas. She seems to have a hard time eating them, and sometimes she gives up and leaves one on the floor. (I only give her one at a time.) She has not trouble with dry cat food, chunk style canned food or hard treats. Joy > If KFC cannot eat any cat food that is chunky and needs it all crushed up > because of her ancient teeth, why can she eat a collared dove or a rat? > With bones in, and wings and feathers and feet. Which she does. Eats the > lot. Very good for her bowels ;-) > > She plays with me. Such is the mystery of ancient cats. ;) Lily & her mama  SignatureIrulan from the stars we come to the stars we return from now until the end of time. >> If KFC cannot eat any cat food that is chunky and needs it all crushed up >> because of her ancient teeth, why can she eat a collared dove or a rat? [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Such is the mystery of ancient cats. ;) Ahhh, that must be the reason ;-) Tweed you have your answer then, Lee > If KFC cannot eat any cat food that is chunky and needs it all crushed up > because of her ancient teeth, why can she eat a collared dove or a rat? > With bones in, and wings and feathers and feet. Which she does. Eats the > lot. Very good for her bowels ;-) > > She plays with me. > If KFC cannot eat any cat food that is chunky and needs it all crushed up > because of her ancient teeth, why can she eat a collared dove or a rat? > With bones in, and wings and feathers and feet. Which she does. Eats the > lot. Very good for her bowels ;-) > > She plays with me. It's like Waffles - she's getting on now: minus some fangs. She's minus an eye. Vet said to me, when he operated to remove the eye, that as her ability to jusge distance is now gone, she won't be hunting or climbing successfully anymore. He obviously hasn't informed Waffles of this over the years. Last evening she positively *ran* up the willow at the end of the garden, right into the high branches, where she sat contentedly, whiskers out, ears erect, sniffing the evening air. When I shook the tin of cat treats, (Helen Miles will like this) turned into a margay and ran head first down the tree to then zoom into the house to get her treats and she regularly comes in with a mouse, vole or shrew firmly clamped into her ever-gummier jaws. If Vernon or I are out in the garage, she's up there, in the rafters, leaping about having a whale of a time... go figure. > It's like Waffles - she's getting on now: minus some fangs. She's minus an > eye. Vet said to me, when he operated to remove the eye, that as her ability [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > I are out in the garage, she's up there, in the rafters, leaping about > having a whale of a time... go figure. I love hearing this! How old is Waffles, exactly? (If you know, that is.) She's just a high-spirited girl. SignatureJoyce To email me, remove the triple-X from my user name. ^..^ > > It's like Waffles - she's getting on now: minus some fangs. She's minus > > an [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > I love hearing this! How old is Waffles, exactly? (If you know, that is.) > She's just a high-spirited girl. She'll be... *thinks* about 14 now. I was doing some gardening today, down on the banks of the stream. Madam had a whale of a time next to me *encouraging* frogs to jump inot the stream... > <bastXXXette@sonic.net> wrote in message >> How old is Waffles, exactly? (If you know, that is.) > She'll be... *thinks* about 14 now. Yep, she's getting on. But she certainly could have many more years in her. Look at KFC! (Which is how this thread started in the first place.) > I was doing some gardening today, down on the banks of the stream. This sounds like the start of a one of those sing-along camp songs. :) > Madam had a whale of a time next to me *encouraging* frogs to jump > inot the stream... Sounds like she didn't understand that frogs are perfectly happy in the water. SignatureJoyce To email me, remove the triple-X from my user name. ^..^ > It's like Waffles - she's getting on now: minus some fangs. She's minus > an eye. Vet said to me, when he operated to remove the eye, that as her [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > up there, in the rafters, leaping about having a whale of a time... go > figure. That's good to hear! Best wishes, Polonca and Soncek > If KFC cannot eat any cat food that is chunky and needs it all crushed up > because of her ancient teeth, why can she eat a collared dove or a rat? > With bones in, and wings and feathers and feet. Which she does. Eats the > lot. Very good for her bowels ;-) > > She plays with me. I can't answer. She is a mysterious old girl. SignatureTheresa, Stinky and Dante drtmuirATearthlink.net Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh If I may be gross, I'm going to suggest that a bird or rat is full of blood which helps the chunks slide down (like a thick, red gravy) and also that the prey's little bones are rather easily breakable, particularly if you whack 'em around first. She may be doing a lot of "gulping chunks" (Smokey does this...our others chew, but Smokey does this "guzzle" thing involving tearing off a hunk and letting it slide down his throat. I'm convinced this is a feral thing.) I'm just glad she likes her fresh food :) --Fil > > If KFC cannot eat any cat food that is chunky and needs it all crushed up > > because of her ancient teeth, why can she eat a collared dove or a rat? > > With bones in, and wings and feathers and feet. Which she does. Eats the > > lot. Very good for her bowels ;-) > > > She plays with me. > If I may be gross, I'm going to suggest that a bird or rat is full of > blood which helps the chunks slide down (like a thick, red gravy) and > also that the prey's little bones are rather easily breakable, > particularly if you whack 'em around first. It's not gross, Fil, cats are designed to eat birds, rats, mice, not cat food in tins or in dry form. >She may be doing a lot of > "gulping chunks" (Smokey does this...our others chew, but Smokey does > this "guzzle" thing involving tearing off a hunk and letting it slide > down his throat. I'm convinced this is a feral thing.) Hmmm. You may well be right, it could be a feral thing. Now how to convince Boyfie he must provide a dove or rat every day? KFC will not "gulp down" chunks of cat food now, even if in gravy, which you would think would take the place of blood in getting it down? She wants the "real stuff" now and that's not easy if Boyfie has a few days when he can't be bothered. He was almost certainly reared on dry food wherever he came from,I hope they are not missing him too much. He hunts for pleasure, not to eat. When he gets something he always rushes back to the house with it "look what I got" Kitty really needs him to do it now. Christina Websell kirjoitti: >> If I may be gross, I'm going to suggest that a bird or rat is full of >> blood which helps the chunks slide down (like a thick, red gravy) and [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > back to the house with it "look what I got" Kitty really needs him to do > it now. Not meaning to be gross either, but do British use blood in cooking stuff, and would it be possible for you to get some blood from your local butcher (on the pretext of cooking something, if you feel uncomfortable saying it's for a cat), and drizzle this on KFC's food if Boyfie hasn't been lucky in getting any prey for her that day... Not sure for how long fresh blood keeps even in a fridge, so you might need to get it in small containers, if it's at all obtainable. Also, thinking about the butcher thingy more, you might want to try to get some intestines or leftovers from butchering or something, if she would be interested in such stuff. Just a thought, as you said she devours the mice, rats, doves and such that Boyfie brings her. It reminded me of my mum buying "cow throats" (not sure of the proper term here...) for our dog when we were kids. She cleaned the grass out of them and boiled them for the dog, who ate them happily. She said it did gross her out in the beginning but she got used to it. It might be closer to "the real stuff" that canned food... SignatureChristine in Laitila, Finland christal63 (at) gmail (dot) com photos: http://s208.photobucket.com/albums/bb108/christal63/ photos: http://community.webshots.com/user/chkr63 > Christina Websell kirjoitti: >>> If I may be gross, I'm going to suggest that a bird or rat is full of > Not meaning to be gross either, but do British use blood in cooking stuff, Hardly ever now. > and would it be possible for you to get some blood from your local butcher > (on the pretext of cooking something, if you feel uncomfortable saying > it's for a cat), and drizzle this on KFC's food Local butchers have almost disappeared, its all supermarket meat where it's not obvious its come from a real animal. Some people need to meet their meat by understanding that you've let someone kill it for you. Could you kill a cow, lamb, or pig yourself? No, neither could I. I'm not a vegetarian. I >> Christina Websell kirjoitti: >>>> If I may be gross, I'm going to suggest that a bird or rat is full [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > I I'm sure KFC would be quite happy with hoomin blood, could you bleed yourself a little each day just for her? I'm sure she believes she deserves it. ;-) SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy, Bagheera & Shadow) Cats leave pawprints on your heart http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk >kill it for you. Could you kill a cow, lamb, or pig yourself? >> No, neither could I. > > I'm sure KFC would be quite happy with hoomin blood, could you bleed > yourself a little each day just for her? I'm sure she believes she > deserves it. ;-) Lookz like I might have to.. Actually there is not a lot I wouldn't do for her but this is one. She will have to get her blood elsewhere. Maybe a c/dove or a rattie might come along soon if Boyfie would get his a into gear instead of snoozing upside-downy head style on the bed a lot of the day :P Tweed I live with a vegetarian and he doesn't like to think about things like Smokey's feral diet....so I wanted to put a warning for the squeamish on my post! (He'll talk about HUMAN SURGERY over dinner, and weird brain diseases, but meat is icky...) > Local butchers have almost disappeared, its all supermarket meat where it's > not obvious its come from a real animal. > Some people need to meet their meat by understanding that you've let someone > kill it for you. Could you kill a cow, lamb, or pig yourself? > No, neither could I. > I'm not a vegetarian. My family does this and I used to be on a "First name" basis with what was on my plate, having made its acquaintance while it was alive. I would be hesitant to try myself without some training on the use of the equipment (like the shock delivered to cattle to anesthetize them) because I would hate to do it wrong and cause the animal unnecessary suffering. My grandma had an awful story about an Ox who didn't stun properly (this was in the pre-shock days) which I will not repeat here, but it haunts me. Supermarket meat tastes nasty to me, though, and I don't even mind being a quasi-vegetarian that much. Until I get home and can pig out on fresh, naturally raised meat... One major reason Dylan quit eating meat is that between my dad and his human anatomy class, he became able to identify where the cuts came from and draw parallels to the human. Anyway, back on topic, can you feed KFC food supplemented by REAL gravy? The problem with soft cat food in gravy is that there is proportionally less gravy to chunky stuff. If you diced the cat food, then laced it with additional gravy, would that help? Or if she digs dove, could you feed her bits of chicken with gravy? --Fil > I live with a vegetarian and he doesn't like to think about things > like Smokey's feral diet....so I wanted to put a warning for the [quoted text clipped - 33 lines] > proportionally less gravy to chunky stuff. If you diced the cat food, > then laced it with additional gravy, would that help? No. I don't think so. I've tried it all really. She won't eat anything that isn't crushed to a pulp (apart from c doves and rats, of course..) She'll be going back to TED in the next few days anyway, her nose is still streaming green mucus from one side, not always but often. She gets on my knee and sneezes it out all over me ;-) There's a mega-amount of the green stuff still in there so she probably needs another long-acting antibiotic injection. We'll go from there. Tweed > She'll be going back to TED in the next few days anyway, her nose is still > streaming green mucus from one side, not always but often. She gets on my [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Tweed Have some stay-calm purrs for KFC to put in her purse for the trip to the vet. Sam, supervised by Mistletoe >> I live with a vegetarian and he doesn't like to think about things >> like Smokey's feral diet....so I wanted to put a warning for the [quoted text clipped - 44 lines] > from there. > Tweed Maybe the next time the rat man comes with his dogs you could put two or three rats in the freezer, do you think KFC would accept a defrosted rat? SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy, Bagheera & Shadow) Cats leave pawprints on your heart http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk > Maybe the next time the rat man comes with his dogs you could put two or > three rats in the freezer, do you think KFC would accept a defrosted rat? I used to know someone who bought freeze dried rats and chickens for his snakes. I think he got them through his pet store. Needless to say, I never wanted to know more about it. Pam S. > I live with a vegetarian and he doesn't like to think about things > like Smokey's feral diet....so I wanted to put a warning for the > squeamish on my post! > > (He'll talk about HUMAN SURGERY over dinner, and weird brain diseases, > but meat is icky...) Living alone, I frequently watch TV while I eat my evening dinner. It suddenly occurred to me, after an Animal Planet documentary one evening, that watching a graphic film of zoo vets performing a caesarean to deliver tiger cubs might not be everyone's idea of "dinner theater"! ;-) > Not meaning to be gross either, but do British use blood in > cooking stuff, ... Not really. There are some products such as black pudding, but generally, no. > and would it be possible for you to get some blood from your > local butcher... Very few of those left now. The animals are slaughtered at an abbatoir, and I think most of the blood goes to make fertiliser. > Also, thinking about the butcher thingy more, you might want to > try to get some intestines or leftovers from butchering or > something, ... Bovine Spongiform Encephalitis (BSE), or "mad cow disease", and the human equivalent New Variant Kreuzfeld-Jakob Disease, put a stop on much of the UK trade in offal and offal products; it became almost impossible to buy meat on the bone. Foot & Mouth and bluetongue disease have also had a big effect. SignatureMatSav MatSav kirjoitti: >> Not meaning to be gross either, but do British use blood in >> cooking stuff, ... [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > became almost impossible to buy meat on the bone. Foot & Mouth > and bluetongue disease have also had a big effect. I guess I didn't think this through properly... :/ SignatureChristine in Laitila, Finland christal63 (at) gmail (dot) com photos: http://s208.photobucket.com/albums/bb108/christal63/ photos: http://community.webshots.com/user/chkr63 > MatSav kirjoitti: >>> Not meaning to be gross either, but do British use blood in cooking [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > > I guess I didn't think this through properly... :/ Don't feel bad, this was a nice idea, and thank you. Tweed > If KFC cannot eat any cat food that is chunky and needs it all crushed up > because of her ancient teeth, why can she eat a collared dove or a rat? > With bones in, and wings and feathers and feet. Which she does. Eats the > lot. Very good for her bowels ;-) > > She plays with me. I'd say that KFC has both you and Boyfriend trained extremely well ;-) Susan M Otis and Chester |
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