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Cat Forum / Health and Behavior / November 2005pING cYBERCAT RE: Was...Good girls gone wild!
So can I ask about your cat(s) and, if so, how are they :) any plans for more cats. > So can I ask about your cat(s) Of course! How very kind of you to inquire about the welfare of my two girly cats. :) > and, if so, how are they :) They are doing quite well. Gracie, my little 7.5 lb tabby with allergies and athsma weighed in last month at 7.5 lbs instead of the 7.25 lbs she usually is in the fall. She needed an extra Depo Medrol shot this year due to fairly heavy congestion that my vet felt might result cause or exacerbate an asthma attack, but that is only three for the year. (It is his opinon that we could have as many as six shots, one every two months without risking serious side effects, though he does urge me to keep them to a minimum.) She has had no sign of eosophilic granuloma complex since last July. (No linear granuloma, no indolent ulcers on her mouth.) I attribute this to the fact that I have found some foods that do not trigger allergic reactions in her--every cat is different this way, of course--and tothe fact that I keep her exposure to dust, perfume, smoke and other known allergens to a minimum. She has a new batch of catnip toys and is currently enjoying kicking the snot out of George Bush and Arnold Schwarzenegger, along with a variety of bug, bird, and creature toys. Boo, my tuxedo girl who will be 11 soon, has lost a total of about 9 pounds. So she is now weighing about 9 pounds, down from 18. She has lost an entire cat, and is frisky as a kitten. Her fur is amazingly silky and shiny. She is still on Tapazole for her overactive thryoid but her levels of thyroid hormone are very good--we had the bloodwork done last summer. She is still on a beta blocker to keep her heart rate slow and steady, so no more heart-wrenching kitty fainting spells. She is still pretty radical about her scheduled feedings--or, more accurately, in between them, when she slaps at our feet as we pass in the kitchen if we do not stop to feed her, and walks in to any room where we might be, gives us the little black-eyed-rat-bastard stare of death, and curses us in cat before she turns on her little kitty heel in disgust and walks away. She has also become adept at conducting stealth raids on Gracie's food dish, which we now keep where she cannot reach it. Therefore she has earned yet another name: Abu Bubu, Tuxedo Terrorist. No plans for more cats at this time as our little fambly is very happy. > any plans for more cats. > > So can I ask about your cat(s) > [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > different this way, of course--and tothe fact that I keep her exposure to > dust, perfume, smoke and other known allergens to a minimum. I like the name Gracie, it's old fashioned and strong, yet it is dainty. If you live near a busy road, keeping dust down can be a daily chore. I will never live on a busy street again...it can make you dust 2wice a day. about smoking and allergies? I know a little dog who steals cigarette butts from the ash tray, he hides under the couch and chews them. His vet says, he's addicted to nicotine. Sure! Our cats get a good dose of our vices. I heard about a study that was done; Children who are never allowed to get "dirty" have far worse allergies as adults, than children who say.."play in the dirt" and sometimes eat with dirty hands etc..it made sense to me. >She has a new > batch of catnip toys and is currently enjoying kicking the snot out of > George Bush and Arnold Schwarzenegger, along with a variety of bug, bird, > and creature toys. haha > Boo, my tuxedo girl who will be 11 soon, has lost a total of about 9 pounds. > So she is now weighing about 9 pounds, down from 18. well congratulations! I know you are proud, and I know she will probably live longer. >She has lost an entire > cat, and is frisky as a kitten. Her fur is amazingly silky and shiny. She is [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > stare of death, and curses us in cat before she turns on her little kitty > heel in disgust and walks away. Sounds like tough love to me! lol, She will probably pick up at least one pound through the winter. > She has also become adept at conducting > stealth raids on Gracie's food dish, which we now keep where she cannot > reach it. Therefore she has earned yet another name: Abu Bubu, Tuxedo > Terrorist. Cute! I wander if they sleep through the night, or do they prowl and pilfer all night. > I like the name Gracie, it's old fashioned and strong, yet it is > dainty. That is the name the shelter gave her. But, being one of my creatures, she has several names, of course! (Did you know that his wife and kids called FZ "the man who names things? :) ) > If you live near a busy road, keeping dust down can be a daily chore. I > will never live on a busy street again...it can make you dust 2wice a > day. Hepas work well, and good vacuums. > about smoking and allergies? > > I know a little dog who steals cigarette butts from the ash tray, he > hides under the couch and chews them. His vet says, he's addicted to > nicotine. Sure! Our cats get a good dose of our vices. They do. > I heard about a study that was done; Children who are never allowed to > get "dirty" have far worse allergies as adults, than children who > say.."play in the dirt" and sometimes eat with dirty hands etc..it made > sense to me. Well, I sure was allowed to get dirty! And I have moderate allergies, just dust and mold, no plants, and I did not get them until adulthood. > >She has a new > > batch of catnip toys and is currently enjoying kicking the snot out of > > George Bush and Arnold Schwarzenegger, along with a variety of bug, bird, > > and creature toys. > > haha To be fair, I presented her with Arnold and Hillary at the same time. (True story.) She prefers to kick the snot out of Arnold, and now George, but the latter might be because his catnip is fresher because he is newer. However, she does work Hillary over every now and then. > > Boo, my tuxedo girl who will be 11 soon, has lost a total of about 9 pounds. > > So she is now weighing about 9 pounds, down from 18. > > well congratulations! I know you are proud, and I know she will > probably live longer. Thank you. The challenge was, she was one of the rare FAT HYPERthyroid cats. Meaning that although most cats with overactive thyroids are skinny, she was fat when diagnosed. (My vet says it is rare, but it does happen. And wetted her throat and let me feel her enlarged thyroid when I doubted him.) SO--she was expected to become even fatter when we corrected it, because getting her thyroid hormone levels lower meant SLOWING down her metabolism. But following Phil's (and my vet's) instructions (feeding a premium canned food 12 hours apart, and reducing the portion by 1/4 when she plateaued to get her to lose) we were successful. We are very pleased. She is well loved by my whole huge extended family and my husband's too. > > She has also become adept at conducting > > stealth raids on Gracie's food dish, which we now keep where she cannot [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > I wander if they sleep through the night, or do they prowl and pilfer > all night. They do both. They sleep with us, but get to roam part of the house, too, and they sometimes play together and knock things off of tables or shelves, usually just before dawn so sometimes wake us up. They used to get to roam more of the house at night but they found a way to trip the motion detectors on the alarm system--which are supposed to be set high enough and in the right places that cats "can't" trip them. Heh. Our cats can. So now they are only allowed to play on the third floor. Did you adopt your little girl cat yet, Barry? > Did you adopt your little girl cat yet, Barry? oh it's a done deal, I just need to go over and get her. She lives right up the street (in a big ol house) but confined to several smaller rooms. so what's the holdup? :0 <shakin my head> We both know Im fixin to get pussy whipped! > > Did you adopt your little girl cat yet, Barry? > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > We both know Im fixin to get pussy whipped! <G> You better keep that baby girl inside too, unless you're watching her, too, Barry. But I know you plan on it now that you know about those dogs. > <G> You better keep that baby girl inside too, unless you're > watching her, too, Barry. But I know you plan on it now that > you know about those dogs. Oh Yeah! For sure. I put in my call tonight to Kitt's mom, she'll call me. Kitt broke a leg and recovered. Since then, Kitt will shed when she gets nervous. However; Kitt did not shed during her last trip to the vet. Now we are thinking, the stress from the broken leg is what caused it.. but hopefully that stress is behind her. She is a Tabby with very Bright eyes (so I hear). Her fur is very dense, about med to short in length, and she is a good cat; who loves people. 7 yrs old. ~~ The ferals are munching more than ever! I can't get near them. A friend of mine has a trap I can use. I've decided to use an existing cinderblock storage behind my house, it would be purrrfect for a winter shelter. ~~ > The ferals are munching more than ever! I can't get near them. A friend > of mine has a trap I can use. I've decided to use an existing > cinderblock storage behind my house, it would be purrrfect for a winter > shelter. I had not commented on this because it seems like a huge project and I don't know anything about creating or running or funding a shelter. Do you know where to find help? Barry it is a huge project to take on are you sure you are ready for it both financially and mentally Between my business and the volunteer work I do it put about 80+ hours in or more But if you are sure I will get you headed in the right direction > Barry it is a huge project to take on are you sure you are ready for it both > financially and mentally [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > But if you are sure I will get you headed in the right direction I hear ya! and Thanks, but the deal is.. I'm not screwing the cat, I'm just bagging the kittens. ~~~~~~~~~` "You set it up" my aunt says, "Then get other people to run it". Then there are these animal coalition meetings? Oh, they are hyped, I told her, I want to be involved in every way I can. She says she is going to show me how to set one up, create a budget, and get the city to pay for it. currently They adopt out 1,000's of pets per year (guilford co). multiple 1,000's. The new Target location is excellent, because the area is nothing but bored rich folk. Twill be ez to get the initial funding. Where do you work? is there a home page? No home page for ours not sure for the other groups. We are private organization. I sponsor a cat protection society in Orlando, FL ( nothing but older cats and unadoptables) I actually don't work ( as in paycheck, ) there I volunteer my services along with financial sponsor backing. There is a shelter manager there which is actually the property owner who started the cat society with a few hundred acres and buildings there. I volunteer at the county shelter nearby. We work with an animal companion service to place older cats. Our society collects cats of all ages from kill shelters and place them in the sister communities shelter for placement. I will email you Barry with details. I prefer to keep financial names and information off the usernet to many weirdo's besides us are out there. > No home page for ours not sure for the other groups. We are private > organization. I sponsor a cat protection society in Orlando, FL ( nothing [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > I will email you Barry with details. I prefer to keep financial names and > information off the usernet to many weirdo's besides us are out there. I hear ya, but check out the link I posted just now... They make it sound ez to get the city to fund you're operations. (once things are in motion). > But if you are sure I will get you headed in the right direction http://www.adoptshelterpets.org/ but hey! type on my friend... tell as little or as much as you care too! It's going to be after Jan 1st now, before I even get my feet wet with the whole pro-cess The link above is the shelter my auntie co-founded, her and her friend did it. I told this already, but just to share it again...they pay recovering addicts to do the daily routine work(s) that need done. They have 2 vets on staff...I think she told me, their budget was around 225,000 a month...over a million a year, but the city pays the bill. You actually want to start after April 15 tax day because you may depending on your area need to setup an incorporation here is some reading for you http://www.hsus.org/pets/animal_shelters/what_the_hsus_does_for_shelters/ http://www.hsus.org/about_us/humane_society_international_hsi/hsi_assist/shelter _and_advocacy_partners/ http://www.hsus.org/about_us/humane_society_international_hsi/hsis_electronic_li brary/6_humane_society_organization_and_operation.html There are plenty of city,county, state and federal programs that you can write to to receive grants to start and maintain a shelter. http://www.lesko.com/ do you have some extra cash Barry ; By the way my real name is Matthew. To get this product I have applied for grants thru this for my personal business and got them with ease. Even though I could afford them with no problem it looks good on taxes and insurance. So much money goes unclaimed every year it is pathetic. My teenagers or anyone that work for me when they get ready for college I set them down with their grades and start applying to different places you a 100 here 50 here adds up none of them have ever paid a dime for college. I just helped one of our new Orleans evacuee workers get her prescription drugs for free and her kid need braces $1800 for them Took her to a place that was listed in the books got them done for $500 > You actually want to start after April 15 tax day because you may depending > on your area need to setup an incorporation [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > her kid need braces $1800 for them Took her to a place that was listed in > the books got them done for $500 This is great stuff! I appreciate that. So I see shelters are funded through a variety of sources. As I say, I'm not sure how to get a city to put it in their budget, I just know it can be done, you know...make the locals pay for it. It just might pay to have a little chat with these ladies; see how they go about it. On the average, how many cats do you nice folk find homes for. over 2000 a year at the older cat society I would have to check with the county but somewhere about 5000 + cats and dogs A lot of good homes are needed every where Florida has an animal companion society that helps greatly place animals specially the senior citizens. > over 2000 a year at the older cat society > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > A lot of good homes are needed every where Florida has an animal companion > society that helps greatly place animals specially the senior citizens. That is phenominal... Why didn't you say so sooner! That is alot of animals finding homes! Well, you know a web page is quite easy to assemble... Maybe it is not of real interest to ya'll... You know, people could see the pets online... Like anyone needs more things to do and maintain. lol Hate to say it that is about average for a shelter here. Volusia county ( Daytona beach ) where they are having a problem with pravo adopt out about 4000 cats a year and around 3000 dogs. Fort Lauderdale and the Miami area where you see animal cops on do about 10000 a year or more but also do exotics where we don't I know website are easy to do but he shelter manager keeps private. I have asked about even volunteered to pay for it. She does not want it right now. We want people to go to the county shelters first They call us when they have an older cat or running out of room. We do this because of rabid animals; Florida has a real bad time with this and also they have the capacity to deal with animal cruelty cases considering animal control and code enforcement are tied directly to them. I also think she is afraid that all our good work would be used by someone looking for a free ride when they can afford it. The society is privately funded by well you can guess by who plus the grants the she receive for running the shelter. I know animal companions has a site I would have to look it up > I put in my call tonight to Kitt's mom, she'll call me. Is this her permanent name? > Kitt broke a leg and recovered. How did she break her leg? >Since then, Kitt will shed when she > gets nervous. However; Kitt did not shed during her last trip to the vet. Every cat I have ever had dropped hair when it got nervous. Is it really severe in some way? > Now we are thinking, the stress from the broken leg is what caused it.. > but hopefully that stress is behind her. > > She is a Tabby with very Bright eyes (so I hear). Her fur is very > dense, about med to short in length, and she is a good cat; who loves > people. 7 yrs old. You haven't SEEN her yet?? Really? > Every cat I have ever had dropped hair when it got nervous. Is it > really severe in some way? Kitt's mom seems very experienced, but it could be that this is her first experience with a nervous cat see...so maybe Kitt is quite normal in this after all. > You haven't SEEN her yet?? Really? No, not yet, I knew I would be out of town for a couple of weeks, and this was the real hold up. Kitt is not a stray, or neglected, so I hope she is happy here. I can give her run of the house (oppossed to her two rooms now)..this should make her happier. Not to mention, I am one helluva guy! :) Goot God I luv her already! > > Every cat I have ever had dropped hair when it got nervous. Is it > > really severe in some way? [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Goot God I luv her already! You will love having a girlie cat. :) They can be very delicate and feminine and they mine like creatures that smell like boys much better than they like other females. All three of the girl cats I have had flirted their little heads off with my male friends, making eyes, mewing cutely over one shoulder while swishing their long, lovely tails, etc. You know we want pics so get that camera ready. Have you already left town or are you about to go? > > > Every cat I have ever had dropped hair when it got nervous. Is it > > > really severe in some way? [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > Have > you already left town or are you about to go? no, im all up in the house! im baaaack! one of my customers has a female cat i am crazy about her (she was rescued from a hardees parking lot) everytime I go visit, the cat makes a fuss...I pick her up and pet her...she gets all into it. I think I will like a female cat. > no, im all up in the house! > im baaaack! [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > a fuss...I pick her up and pet her...she gets all into it. I think I > will like a female cat. I think you will, too. > > I put in my call tonight to Kitt's mom, she'll call me. > > Is this her permanent name? <Grin> I'm not sure, I'll have to see her first. I might name her Mary or something pretty like that. > > Kitt broke a leg and recovered. > > How did she break her leg? I did ask, but I don't remember how it happened. Seems like it had something to do with a bookshelf. > > > I put in my call tonight to Kitt's mom, she'll call me. > > > > Is this her permanent name? > > <Grin> I'm not sure, I'll have to see her first. Ahh, I see. > I might name her Mary or something pretty like that. That is a pretty name. :) Pretty, but very common. Maybe Mary Jo or Mary Lou or Mary Queen of Poo. <G> > > > Kitt broke a leg and recovered. > > > > How did she break her leg? > > I did ask, but I don't remember how it happened. > Seems like it had something to do with a bookshelf. Ahh, but you have to know. It will help you understand her little mind and heart, right? >(Did you know that his wife and > kids called FZ "the man who names things? :) ) who is FZ > who is FZ alt.fan.frank-zappa > > who is FZ > > alt.fan.frank-zappa There you go. :) One of my major heros. More due to his lyrics and iconoclasm and philosophy than his music, though he was a great guitar player and composer. > >(Did you know that his wife and > > kids called FZ "the man who names things? :) ) > > who is FZ Frank Zappa! > Of course! How very kind of you to inquire about the welfare of my two girly > cats. :) > > They are doing quite well. Gracie, You mean Cheeky/Cheeks. > Boo, my tuxedo girl who will be 11 soon, You mean Buddha. You don't need to make up new names for your cats too. They aren't mentally ill like you are and they don't lie to the cops. -L. Incase there is any doubt from the peanut gallery: Path: g2news1.google.com!news2.google.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!elnk-atl-nf1!newsfeed.earthlink.net!cyclone.tampabay.rr.com!news-post.tampabay.rr.com!twister.southeast.rr.com.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: "Mary" <rosefan@email.com> aka Mary S. <marys@catlover.com> AKA Mary <crazyaboutfelines@yahoo.com. Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats.health+behav Subject: Cheeky, Boo, and Gnarly: Cats of My House, Cats of My Heart. Lines: 19 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1437 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1441 Message-ID: <cJc%c.218$qg4.32070@twister.southeast.rr.com> Date: Tue, 07 Sep 2004 06:40:08 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.74.178.75 X-Complaints-To: abuse@rr.com X-Trace: twister.southeast.rr.com 1094539208 24.74.178.75 (Tue, 07 Sep 2004 02:40:08 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 07 Sep 2004 02:40:08 EDT Organization: Road Runner - NC If I did this right, you can click below and see them. Cheeks is the extremely polite, very bright and funny asthmatic tabby with EGC or "linear granuloma." She is the one who conquers the rubber snake and brings it to me several times a day. Boo is the tuxedo cat that is severely hyperthyroid and had fainting spells, but is now on medication and has a heart rate of 160-170 bpm, instead of 300+ bpm. She is getting fatter! (She is also the one with hyperesthesia, which makes her say "Mow mow mow" and wag her head if you pet her above the tail.) Gnarly is my girl, the blue cream tortoiseshell who died at age 20 in 2001. Softest fur in the world, not very bright, very vocal, and buckets of fun. All of these cats are adopted strays. http://photos.yahoo.com/crazyaboutfelines. Replying to my own post. I just realized something... > All of these cats are adopted strays. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ A few weeks ago she said her cats were "former ferals". More lies from a LIAR. -L. > Replying to my own post. I just realized something... > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > -L. She's .... melting down again! :) > She's .... > > melting down again! :) Haven't melted down yet, cybercunt. Do tell, though - How did it feel welling up those big 'ole coc tears for the Piggy man? Eh? Did it make you feel "all better" to tattle tell to Big Daddy? Poor, poor cybercunt. No one to love and no one to love you. That post musta really STUNG to push you that far... -L. |
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