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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / June 2005Nervous Nellie
Mr. Pumpkin, Aggie Marble, Victor Velcro can sense that I have changed from stalwart and steady Kitty Mom to Nervous Nellie! They are so wonderful and loving, but I am still a nervous wreck. I am going in on Tuesday (5/30) for parathyroid mini-surgery. This should be a cake walk. Great doctor! Wonderful hospital! I'm in excellent health. Not a problem! But I am still a nervous wreck. I think of Tweed and Jo and others. I'm not afraid, just nervous. Well, on to a cat problem that we could use some help with if you please. There appeared at our door(s) about six weeks ago a very interesting looking adult, long hair, airplane-eared- healthy male cat, a mix of black (tail and stripe down back) and soft beige fur (with loosely defined light black stripes). It was fighting time with Victor Velcro and Mr. Pumpkin added a swipe now and then. My DH, David, would shoo the cat away with water. He is so very concerned that the new cat could hurt or cause illness to our cats. Also when Cat #4 would sneak through the Kitty Door and eat our cats food #4 would spray on his way out! David's job takes him away for week's, sometimes months at a time. I started feeding #4 outside. He was very receptive and after a few hisses he gladly accepted his chow. Now he wants to get into the house, which I think will be alright as our three cats are no longer bothered by him. Thought that might happen this morning, but, as #4 came through the Kitty Door Mr. Pumpkin bapped him on the top of the head. #4 left for the day. What do you think? If he sprays out he goes! Otherwise? Will David, who loves his cats, especially Mr. Pumpkin, allow Mr. #4 to move in? We'll (I'll) do the posters. He is an interesting looking cat. I would guess that he has a home now but he eats so much that one family couldn't feed him enough! He is not fat or even chubby, nor is he thin. Charleen AKA Nervous Nellie > Mr. Pumpkin, Aggie Marble, Victor Velcro can sense that I have > changed from stalwart and steady Kitty Mom to Nervous Nellie! They [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > should be a cake walk. Great doctor! Wonderful hospital! I'm in > excellent health. Not a problem! But I am still a nervous wreck. Purrs for your nerves and your surgery. > I think of Tweed and Jo and others. I'm not afraid, just nervous. > [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] > > Charleen AKA Nervous Nellie I think he should be contained away from your cats until (1) you determine whether he has a home and is just wandering around mooching food (posters, calls to area shelters, etc.) and (2) has been vetted against ilnesses he might pass along to your others. Jill Jill wrote: >Purrs for your nerves and your surgery. and >I think he should be contained away from your cats until (1) you determine >whether he has a home and is just wandering around mooching food (posters, >calls to area shelters, etc.) and (2) has been vetted against ilnesses he >might pass along to your others. Have to go along with Jill.100%. -- Regards and Purrs, O J > Jill wrote: > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > Regards and Purrs, > O J Thanks OJ. It is good information. Since I now feed him I can get closer to him. He hisses but doesn't move. Stays put until I leave his bowl of food. Charleen > > Mr. Pumpkin, Aggie Marble, Victor Velcro can sense that I have > > changed from stalwart and steady Kitty Mom to Nervous Nellie! They [quoted text clipped - 48 lines] > > Thanks Jill, nerves and surgery are over. Everything is fine. I started feeding #4 in the morning. He eats and leaves until the evening when he now meows very loudly outside the door for dinner. He no longer tries to get into the house. Charleen > Mr. Pumpkin, Aggie Marble, Victor Velcro can sense that I have > changed from stalwart and steady Kitty Mom to Nervous Nellie! They [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > should be a cake walk. Great doctor! Wonderful hospital! I'm in > excellent health. Not a problem! But I am still a nervous wreck. <snip> Charleen AKA Nervous Nellie Purrs for your surgery.  SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy & Bagheera) A house is not a home, without a cat. > > Mr. Pumpkin, Aggie Marble, Victor Velcro can sense that I have > > changed from stalwart and steady Kitty Mom to Nervous Nellie! They [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Purrs for your surgery. Hey Adrian, Thanks for the purrs. Needed them. The surgery was a bit more involved than orginally expected to be. Nothing complicated just a surprise to me. Thankfully Dr. James Norman, Tampa (FL) General Hospital is the greatest doctor for this type of surgery there is. Ah, the power of the Purr. Charleen <snip> > Hey Adrian, > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Charleen I'm glad things went well. Thanks for the update. :-) SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy & Bagheera) A house is not a home, without a cat. Purrs for your surgery, and for your nerves. As you say, it should be a cake walk, but it's natural to be nervous. SignatureJoy **Don't believe everything you think** > Mr. Pumpkin, Aggie Marble, Victor Velcro can sense that I have changed from > stalwart and steady Kitty Mom to Nervous Nellie! They are so wonderful and [quoted text clipped - 35 lines] > > Charleen AKA Nervous Nellie > Purrs for your surgery, and for your nerves. As you say, it should be a > cake walk, but it's natural to be nervous. Purrs are so calming, they sure worked for me. I live 70 miles from Tampa, where I had to go and I was a cool as a cucumber the ride over there and for the whole admittance process. You guys are so wonderful. Thanks Joy for "your" purrs. Charleen > > Mr. Pumpkin, Aggie Marble, Victor Velcro can sense that I have changed > from [quoted text clipped - 43 lines] > > > > Charleen AKA Nervous Nellie >Mr. Pumpkin, Aggie Marble, Victor Velcro can sense that I have changed from >stalwart and steady Kitty Mom to Nervous Nellie! They are so wonderful and [quoted text clipped - 35 lines] > >Charleen AKA Nervous Nellie Charleen, purrs for your surgery to be a breeze. I can sure understand your nervousness, though! I hope things work out with #4 :-) Did you get my e-mail? I did write back, but sometimes they don't go through. Ginger-lyn Home Pages: http://www.spiritrealm.com/summer/ 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) > >Mr. Pumpkin, Aggie Marble, Victor Velcro can sense that I have changed from > >stalwart and steady Kitty Mom to Nervous Nellie! They are so wonderful and [quoted text clipped - 52 lines] > http://www.movieanimals.bravehost.com/ (The Violence Against > Animals in Movies Website) Hi Ginger-lyn, Thanks for the surgery purrs. They worked! I was very calm going to the hospital, about 70 miles from where I live and during the time I was there. I was nothing at all like the nerveous wreck I was when I wrote to you folks. #4 and I have worked out a system. I feed him outside morning and evening. He no longer tries to get into the house. He lets me know he has arrived by this big yowl, you would think there was a mountain lion out there. This email thing between you and me is griving me crazy! No, I didn't get yours. I sent one to you before I left for Tampa. I'm not even going to ask if you got it. I'm just going to ask you here if I can send you a card to addressed to your P.O. Box which is on your web site. Hopefully that will work! Glad that Brando is home and well, but what a "trip" to get him. There are worth it though aren't they! Charleen >Hi Ginger-lyn, > >Thanks for the surgery purrs. They worked! I was very calm going to the >hospital, about 70 miles from where I live and during the time I was there. >I was nothing at all like the nerveous wreck I was when I wrote to you >folks. I'm so glad :-) >#4 and I have worked out a system. I feed him outside morning and evening. >He no longer tries to get into the house. He lets me know he has arrived >by this big yowl, you would think there was a mountain lion out there. lol! >This email thing between you and me is griving me crazy! No, I didn't get >yours. I sent one to you before I left for Tampa. I'm not even going to >ask if you got it. I'm just going to ask you here if I can send you a card >to addressed to your P.O. Box which is on your web site. Hopefully that >will work! Yep, it will! Some spammers have taken over my glsummer addy, and I think that's why a lot of other providers are blocking it. Grrrrrr. I do have another one, and I'll try to remember to send you one from there, and I bet you'll get it. If you sent me a second e-mail, nope, I didn't get it. Darned Earthstink! >Glad that Brando is home and well, but what a "trip" to get him. There are >worth it though aren't they! They sure are! And thank you. >Charleen Ginger-lyn Home Pages: http://www.spiritrealm.com/summer/ 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) > What do you think? If he sprays out he goes! I have never rehomed a cat simply because it has sprayed in the house. Had I done this, I would have years ago rehomed my beloved Castor (RB 8 years ago) and now would be trying to rehome another of my feline family. You can see that happening ? :^) I will admit to sometimes finding it a pain to have to work out where the smell is coming from, but once I've tracked it down, warm water and a product that destroys odours soon gets rid of it :^) Sheenah > > What do you think? If he sprays out he goes! > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Hi Sheenah, If I rehomed the cats that owned me because they sprayed in the house I would lose the cat of heart, Mr. Pumpkin and the neighborhood terrorist who lives here, Victor Velcro. The problem I referred to, and perhaps not clearly, is that a stray cat male cat was coming into the house, eating our cats food and spraying on the way out. When he did that it caused Mr. Pumpkin to spray to remark his territory. I wouldn't mind at all for the stray to come on in and become part of the family if it worked out that way, BUT, until the issue of the spraying became settled he would have to stay out. And settled could very well mean me becoming more educated regarding the interaction of two adult male cats. Mr. Pumpkin was neutered at the appropriated age and both David and I were quite surprised to see that he could spray. Victor Velcro also neutered also sprays. The situation has leveled off in that #4 comes at breakfast and dinner and yowls for food now. I feed him outside. He does not even attempt to come inside. Thanks for your insight. Charleen "Charleen Welton" <ilikecats@cfl.rr.com> had some very interesting things to say about Re: Nervous Nellie: >And settled could very well mean me becoming more educated regarding the >interaction of two adult male cats. Mr. Pumpkin was neutered at the >appropriated age and both David and I were quite surprised to see that he >could spray. Victor Velcro also neutered also sprays. I've had *female* cats who sprayed. Signature"The universe is quite robust in design and appears to be doing just fine on its own, incompetent support staff notwithstanding. :-)" - the Dennis formerly known as (evil), MCFL >>> What do you think? If he sprays out he goes! >> [quoted text clipped - 36 lines] > > Charleen You could try spraying Feliway around the areas he sprays? > >>> What do you think? If he sprays out he goes! > >> [quoted text clipped - 38 lines] > > > You could try spraying Feliway around the areas he sprays? Thanks Karen, I heard of other's success with Feliway but for some reason or other have not tried it. I'll pick some up and use it for when he does his thing if he come inside the house again. Charleen Lots of purrs and best wishes for your operation to go really well. Purrs and best wishes also for Cat No4 to find his onetruehome with you or elsewhere, SignaturePolonca & Soncek > Mr. Pumpkin, Aggie Marble, Victor Velcro can sense that I have changed from > stalwart and steady Kitty Mom to Nervous Nellie! They are so wonderful and [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > be a cake walk. Great doctor! Wonderful hospital! I'm in excellent > health. Not a problem! But I am still a nervous wreck. <snip> > He is an interesting looking cat. I would guess that he has a home now but > he eats so much that one family couldn't feed him enough! He is not fat or > even chubby, nor is he thin. > > Charleen AKA Nervous Nellie > Lots of purrs and best wishes for your operation to go really well. Purrs > and best wishes also for Cat No4 to find his onetruehome with you or > elsewhere, Dear Polonca and Soncek, Thank you so very much for the purrs and best wishes. They worked wonderfully! Cat #4 comes for breakfast and dinner every day, we don't see him at all inbetween time. He is a very interesting looking cat. I will try to get a photo of him. Charleen > > Mr. Pumpkin, Aggie Marble, Victor Velcro can sense that I have changed > from [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > > > Charleen AKA Nervous Nellie Charleen, purrs and prayers that everything goes well your way. Jazz & his mama SignatureIrulan from the stars we come to the stars we return from now until the end of time > >> Lots of purrs and best wishes for your operation to go really well. Purrs [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] >> > >> > Charleen AKA Nervous Nellie > Mr. Pumpkin, Aggie Marble, Victor Velcro can sense that I have changed from > stalwart and steady Kitty Mom to Nervous Nellie! They are so wonderful and > loving, but I am still a nervous wreck. Purrs for your surgery. Can't really give advice on cat #4, but purrs for the situation to be resolved. SignatureMarina, Frank and Miranda. In loving memory of Nikki. marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki Thanks so much for the purrs, Marina. They worked super well. The surgery became a bit more involved than first thought it would be. There are four parathyroids on the thyroid gland, it was planned that one was malfunctioning and needed to be removed. It was discovered that two and a half parathyroids needed to be removed. So surgery proceeded accordingly. I am home, up and around, smurggling every cat that walks by and feeling better by the hour! I love the adventures of Miranda (I still call her Mere) When she was Mere I found the way you worked the noun and adjective (Mere, mere) into the posts was just great, looked forward to seeing them. Victor Velcro, our resident terrorist, is a Russian Blue mix. He has golden eyes instead of green, and a patch of five white hairs on his front right shoulder. Otherwise he is all RB. He is without a doubt the most intelligent cat I have every encountered. And talk about having a mind of his own, YES! Thanks again, Charleen > > Mr. Pumpkin, Aggie Marble, Victor Velcro can sense that I have changed from > > stalwart and steady Kitty Mom to Nervous Nellie! They are so wonderful and > > loving, but I am still a nervous wreck. > > Purrs for your surgery. Can't really give advice on cat #4, but purrs > for the situation to be resolved. > Thanks so much for the purrs, Marina. They worked super well. The surgery > became a bit more involved than first thought it would be. There are four [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > am home, up and around, smurggling every cat that walks by and feeling > better by the hour! Glad to hear it went so well. I had my whole thyroid gland removed in 1985, a somewhat larger operation, but necessary as there was a malignant tumour. > I love the adventures of Miranda (I still call her Mere) When she was Mere > I found the way you worked the noun and adjective (Mere, mere) into the > posts was just great, looked forward to seeing them. I still call her Mere, too. But when she does something bad, Miranda is much more effectful. ;o) Yeah, the mere punning was fun for a while. Didn't want to overdo it, though. ;o) > Victor Velcro, our resident terrorist, is a Russian Blue mix. He has golden > eyes instead of green, and a patch of five white hairs on his front right > shoulder. Otherwise he is all RB. He is without a doubt the most > intelligent cat I have every encountered. And talk about having a mind of > his own, YES! Awww. Give him a scritch from me. SignatureMarina, Frank and Miranda. In loving memory of Nikki. marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki > Mr. Pumpkin, Aggie Marble, Victor Velcro can sense that I have changed from > stalwart and steady Kitty Mom to Nervous Nellie! They are so wonderful and [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > be a cake walk. Great doctor! Wonderful hospital! I'm in excellent > health. Not a problem! But I am still a nervous wreck. Purrs for your nerves and your surgery SignatureElise (supervised by Gossamer & Jeeves) pics: http://photos.yahoo.com/dragonandthistle@snet.net > > Mr. Pumpkin, Aggie Marble, Victor Velcro can sense that I have changed from > > stalwart and steady Kitty Mom to Nervous Nellie! They are so wonderful and [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Purrs for your nerves and your surgery Hi Elise, Gossamer and Jeeves, Thank so very much for those purrs, they really worked. I was so calm the day of the surgery! Everything went well, there was a little surprise in that the doctor removed more "stuff" that he had originally planned to, but it was necessary, so be it. I'm fine and up around and chasing cats for kitty kisses and pets. Even cat #4 is behaving himself! We do see a cat #5 on the horizen also, a black and gray tiger. We'll just wait and see what happens. Thanks again very much, Charleen |
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