My cat hisssed at me !!!! Twice!!! how dare she!!!!!

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Kuisse0002 - 22 Nov 2003 22:42 GMT

For the first time - my cat hissed at me! Twice - about an hour between each
other. Thats because she has something stuck on her fur under her front leg and
I want it out - just in case its sharp and its hurting her so I fiddled with
the just to check it out but when I actually started to feel it and was tugging
at it - she hissed at me!!! I backed off - was alarmed at that thing stuck on
her fur and tried again a hour later and she hissed again when I was feeling it
out!

1. Is hissing right before "biting" and "lunging"/"clawing" at me through paina
nd anger?
2. What can I do to feel this thing out and remove it? I have a feeling its
some sharp burrs from the flowerbed.

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m. L. Briggs - 22 Nov 2003 23:11 GMT

>For the first time - my cat hissed at me! Twice - about an hour between each
>other. Thats because she has something stuck on her fur under her front leg and
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>2. What can I do to feel this thing out and remove it? I have a feeling its
>some sharp burrs from the flowerbed.

Do you have a blunt end scissor? Or a manicure scissor? Maybe you
could cut it out without hurting her. Good luck. MLB

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Larry Osborne - 23 Nov 2003 01:31 GMT

> >For the first time - my cat hissed at me! Twice - about an hour between each
> >other. Thats because she has something stuck on her fur under her front leg and
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> Do you have a blunt end scissor? Or a manicure scissor? Maybe you
> could cut it out without hurting her. Good luck. MLB

When Peepers gets something in his fur ( hasn't happened to Smudge yet), I
cut into directly the item, from the outside into the inside not across, and
try to cut it up into smaller pieces. I do not cut around it as it is all
to easy to slip a little and stab the cat. When the pieces are smaller I
use a brush and try to brush the pieces out. It seems to work. It works
really well with matts that can also happen on occasion. When I tried in
the past to get rid of these by trying to cut under them I unfailingly
became person non grata with Peepers.

Larry Osborne

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andr0meda - 23 Nov 2003 02:06 GMT

I wouldn't worry about hissing. Xena often hissed at me, bit me hard,
scratched me....how else is she going to make me understand how she feels,
huh? she also rubbs against my legs and purrs and 'kisses' my nose:) And
every time, she 'forgives' me whatever 'crime' I committ, because we are
very good buddies:) Don't worry. By now, that splinter is probably out,
isn't it?
Regards,
Andr0:)

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Cheryl - 22 Nov 2003 23:12 GMT

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> 1. Is hissing right before "biting" and "lunging"/"clawing" at me
> through paina nd anger?
> 2. What can I do to feel this thing out and remove it? I have a
> feeling its some sharp burrs from the flowerbed.

I hope you get it out. Don't take it personally being hissed at. It
is a reflex for them when something is happening to them that they
don't like. Shadow is the most gentle cat in the world but when he is
having his ears cleaned, or his bottom cleaned up (chronic diarrhea
problem) he will hiss at me from time to time. He's even lightly
bitten me to warn me to stop but of course I can't stop; it has to be
done. Mostly I will have a groomer or the vet shave his bottom to
spare him the stress of cleaning the fur (just the stubble or skin).
He doesn't hiss at them for some reason. I'm getting better with the
ear cleaning at home to spare him a trip to the vet for that. He just
doesn't like being touched in those ways. Same with claw clipping.

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Brandy?Alexandre - 23 Nov 2003 00:16 GMT

Kuisse0002 <kuisse0002@aol.com> wrote in rec.pets.cats.health+behav:

> For the first time - my cat hissed at me! Twice - about an hour
> between each other. Thats because she has something stuck on her
[quoted text clipped - 9 lines]
> 2. What can I do to feel this thing out and remove it? I have a
> feeling its some sharp burrs from the flowerbed.

Yeah, you might be risking some skin, but most of the time they're
bluffing. It hurts and you're messing with it--she doesn't like it.
You do need to get it out though, so stop studying it and remove. Like
a band-aid, best done swiftly.

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Iso - 23 Nov 2003 01:25 GMT

Kuisse,

Put your gardening gloves on and a long sleeve shirt. Then remove what is
stuck on her hair.

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Kuisse0002 - 23 Nov 2003 05:19 GMT

Noted all the suggestions! Good practical ones too.

Tried it again - gosh had to be so so quick! like lightning to quickly snip it
off. but alas - I dropped the scissors and now she's on to me. she didn't hiss
though but I'll try again tomorrow. Its just a small 1/2 inch burr stuck in her
fur .

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Laura R. - 23 Nov 2003 05:47 GMT

circa 23 Nov 2003 05:19:21 GMT, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav,
Kuisse0002 (kuisse0002@aol.com) said,

> Noted all the suggestions! Good practical ones too.
>
> Tried it again - gosh had to be so so quick! like lightning to quickly snip it
> off. but alas - I dropped the scissors and now she's on to me. she didn't hiss
> though but I'll try again tomorrow. Its just a small 1/2 inch burr stuck in her
> fur .

Don't use scissors. Get a small pair of pliers and crush the burr.
Then you can crumble it out with your fingers. It's much easier than
trying to cut it out.

Laura

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m. L. Briggs - 23 Nov 2003 06:01 GMT

>circa 23 Nov 2003 05:19:21 GMT, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav,
>Kuisse0002 (kuisse0002@aol.com) said,
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>
>Laura

The pliers sound like a good idea too.

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Laura R. - 23 Nov 2003 06:25 GMT

circa Sat, 22 Nov 2003 23:01:26 -0700, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav,
m. L. Briggs (mlbriggs@nospam.net) said,

> >> Tried it again - gosh had to be so so quick! like lightning to quickly snip it
> >> off. but alas - I dropped the scissors and now she's on to me. she didn't hiss
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> >Laura
> The pliers sound like a good idea too.

It works well. When I was a kid, my parents used to let our cats go
outside (they don't anymore). Getting burrs out of their fur was a
pretty common thing, and the pliers method was the most effective.

Laura

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Kuisse0002 - 23 Nov 2003 09:57 GMT

>It works well. When I was a kid, my parents used to let our cats go
>outside (they don't anymore). Getting burrs out of their fur was a
>pretty common thing, and the pliers method was the most effective.
>
>Laura

great idea too! thanks

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