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Cat Forum / Health and Behavior / June 2004Neighbor's cat is a mean old bitch
Late last summer the house next door was sold. Shortly after the new people moved in I noticed they had a black and white "tuxedo" girl cat. They let the cat out during the day while they are at work and bring her in when they get home. This is a very quiet, cat-friendly neighborhood, so it's perfectly safe. My old boy lived here with me for 19 years and one month, always coming and going as he pleased with his cat flap. Last November I adopted Cat-Boy from the local county animal shelter. (Some may remember the story of Old George, whom I was trying to adopt, and who died.) Cat-Boy is the friendliest, sweetest cat ever. He loves everyone, including the girl kitty across the street who comes over to visit and the girl next door. The problem is the girl next door. I have seen her five or six houses up and down the street, so she is the kind of cat who gets around. Before Cat-Boy came to live here this house had no cats and she appropriated it as part of her territory. I never paid much attention, although when they first moved in I took pains to make friends with her so she wouldn't be afraid of me. The problem is how she treats Cat-Boy. Today I was out in the back yard getting the flower beds cleaned up. Cat-Boy was out there with me, of course. He loves to get his Papa to go outdoors with him. While I was working I noticed the girl kitty from next door come wandering into the back yard. She went to the patio and sat down under a chair. Cat-Boy saw her immediately and went over to see her. He went up to within a couple meters of her and sat down. She looked at him and hissed. He just sat there for a moment, then lay down and rolled over on his back, stretching out, keeping one eye on her. It was clear to me that he was trying to show her how cute he was and that he wouldn't hurt her. She just continued muttering cat curses at him. Today was nothing new. I have seen them this way several times in the past as well. Cat-Boy would really like to be friends with her, but she is such a bitch she won't allow it. He never cares if other cats come into our yard, or even into the house. He's very amiable. My question is, does anyone have any suggestions for ways to get the neighbor kitty to warm up to Cat-Boy? He's been here since November, and she still hisses at him. I know Cat-Boy would love to have a kitty friend next door. Anyone have any ideas? -- Bogus e-mail address, but I read this newsgroup regularly, so reply here. > Late last summer the house next door was sold. Shortly after the new > people moved in I noticed they had a black and white "tuxedo" girl [quoted text clipped - 41 lines] > -- > Bogus e-mail address, but I read this newsgroup regularly, so reply here. We can't all be friends. Sometimes, behaviour like this, when it is just hissing, becomes kind of time honored game. You know, like bad mouthing with your friends. Karen > Today was nothing new. I have seen them this way several times in the > past as well. Cat-Boy would really like to be friends with her, but > she is such a bitch she won't allow it. He never cares if other cats > come into our yard, or even into the house. He's very amiable. As long as she doesn't attack him, it's all good. Cats have their little rituals. She may never like him. She may actually like him, but hisses anyway, like kids who pull each other's hair as a way of flirting. As long as your cat doesn't feel threatened and no one's attacking anyone, let them work it out on their own. You can always adopt a friend for Cat-Boy. :)  Signature-- ~kaeli~ Never say, "Oops!"; always say, "Ah, interesting!" http://www.ipwebdesign.net/wildAtHeart http://www.ipwebdesign.net/kaelisSpace First let him choose his name. I can't imagine it is really good for him to be called Cat-Boy. Second you can't force cats to like each other. It is up to the cats to decide whether or not they are going to co-exist. SignaturePanther TEK: Staying On Top Of All Your Computer Needs! www.members.cox.net/catprotector/panthertek Cat Galaxy: All Cats, All The Time! www.catgalaxymedia.com > Late last summer the house next door was sold. Shortly after the new > people moved in I noticed they had a black and white "tuxedo" girl [quoted text clipped - 41 lines] > -- > Bogus e-mail address, but I read this newsgroup regularly, so reply here. > First let him choose his name. I can't imagine it is really good for him to > be called Cat-Boy. Second you can't force cats to like each other. It is up > to the cats to decide whether or not they are going to co-exist. Why isn't it good for the cat to be called Cat-Boy? You are so weird. About the cats getting along: It might actually be a good idea for Cat-Boy and the neighbor cat to keep their distance, unless you are certain that the neighbors have her up-to-date on vaccines and vetting. She might stop hissing at him in time, once she sees he's not a threat. She may be a loner cat who doesn't like any cats, not just him. Signature-Kelly kelly at farringtons dot net Check out www.snittens.com Would you want to be known and be called Cat-boy your entire life? It sounds so humanly forced. Cats should be able to decide their names. SignaturePanther TEK: Staying On Top Of All Your Computer Needs! www.members.cox.net/catprotector/panthertek Cat Galaxy: All Cats, All The Time! www.catgalaxymedia.com > Why isn't it good for the cat to be called Cat-Boy? You are so weird. > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > hissing at him in time, once she sees he's not a threat. She may be a loner > cat who doesn't like any cats, not just him. > Would you want to be known and be called Cat-boy your entire life? It sounds > so humanly forced. Cats should be able to decide their names. As soon as my cats make their preferences known, I'll take them to the DMV for state issued ID cards. > Would you want to be known and be called Cat-boy your entire life? It sounds > so humanly forced. Cats should be able to decide their names. They already have. What we call them is irrelevant. Signature-- ~kaeli~ Support your local medical examiner: die strangely! http://www.ipwebdesign.net/wildAtHeart http://www.ipwebdesign.net/kaelisSpace Would you want to be known and be called Cat-boy your entire life? It sounds > so humanly forced. Cats should be able to decide their names. MORON. Wanna tell us exactly how Isis chose her name? Why are you calling me names? That isn't very nice or adult. For those of you non nasty people who are curious, Isis chose her name in the following manner. I had a list of names when I first brought her home. I read the list to her and asked her which one she liked. She then responded to Isis so I must have hit on something. I don't try to think too human when it comes to cats. Just because they have four legs and a tail doesn't mean they can't make decisions or think for themselves. I'd not rather think too human. It is too limiting. SignaturePanther TEK: Staying On Top Of All Your Computer Needs! www.members.cox.net/catprotector/panthertek Cat Galaxy: All Cats, All The Time! www.catgalaxymedia.com > MORON. Wanna tell us exactly how Isis chose her name? > Why are you calling me names? That isn't very nice or adult. For those of > you non nasty people who are curious, Isis chose her name in the following [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > make decisions or think for themselves. I'd not rather think too human. It > is too limiting. What if she really wanted a name that wasn't on the list, but thought she had to choose one of them? Signature-- ~kaeli~ The definition of a will?... (It's a dead giveaway.) http://www.ipwebdesign.net/wildAtHeart http://www.ipwebdesign.net/kaelisSpace >What if she really wanted a name that wasn't on the list, but thought >she had to choose one of them? :-) Then keep asking the cat. I for one did not know Jade's name when I first rescued her but I kept seeing her name in my head. Jade was telling me her name. Open up your mind and talk to the cat. They will tell you their name. SignaturePanther TEK: Staying On Top Of All Your Computer Needs! www.members.cox.net/catprotector/panthertek Cat Galaxy: All Cats, All The Time! www.catgalaxymedia.com > > >What if she really wanted a name that wasn't on the list, but thought > >she had to choose one of them? > > :-) > Then keep asking the cat. I for one did not know Jade's name when I first > rescued her but I kept seeing her name in my head. Jade was telling me her > name. Open up your mind and talk to the cat. They will tell you their name. I tried that, but I kept getting an image of a mouse. Should I have named her Mouse? Signature-- ~kaeli~ If it's tourist season, why can't we shoot them? http://www.ipwebdesign.net/wildAtHeart http://www.ipwebdesign.net/kaelisSpace >> Then keep asking the cat. I for one did not know Jade's name when I first >> rescued her but I kept seeing her name in my head. Jade was telling me her >> name. Open up your mind and talk to the cat. They will tell you their name. > >I tried that, but I kept getting an image of a mouse. >Should I have named her Mouse? Hmm. I'm also getting "Hurry up, slow-a.s, and open that can." It must be a universal signal they send out. Sherry >>> Then keep asking the cat. I for one did not know Jade's name when I first >>> rescued her but I kept seeing her name in my head. Jade was telling me her [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Sherry ROFL!!!! "Meep" was supposed to be a temporary name. When we brought her home, that's what she kept saying. We jokingly said she was telling us her name, but we fully intended to change it to something more... normal. But somehow, it was never changed. Maybe she really was telling us her name! Yes, she still says "Meep", but not as often as she used to. She gets positively chatty when she comes in here and starts kneading my grey lambskin rug though :) jmc >>> Then keep asking the cat. I for one did not know Jade's name when I first >>> rescued her but I kept seeing her name in my head. Jade was telling me her [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > >Sherry >Open up your mind and talk to the cat. They will tell you their name. I've opened my mind, but the only thing they're telling me is "hurry up and open the tin, slow a.s. Oh, and get rid of that dog while you're at it". > >Open up your mind and talk to the cat. They will tell you their name. > > I've opened my mind, but the only thing they're telling me is "hurry up and > open the tin, slow a.s. Oh, and get rid of that dog while you're at it". Heh. If I let my cats name themselves, they would be called "mrrp, Myoooooo and chchchchchchchch." Or the ever-popular vocal yawn: "RrrOWWWWlllmmmp." > Heh. If I let my cats name themselves, they would be called "mrrp, Myoooooo > and chchchchchchchch." Or the ever-popular vocal yawn: "RrrOWWWWlllmmmp." Mary, That's about how it happened with one of our cats. Instead of the usual meow, Mac would say, "Ma-aak," so we called him Mac. Annie "Annie Wxill" <Annie_Wxill@hotmail.com> wrote: Instead of the usual > meow, Mac would say, "Ma-aak," so we called him Mac. > Annie That's cute. I swear I have heard Cheeks say Maaaama! > "Annie Wxill" <Annie_Wxill@hotmail.com> wrote: Instead of the usual > > meow, Mac would say, "Ma-aak," so we called him Mac. > > Annie > > > That's cute. I swear I have heard Cheeks say Maaaama! My mother's cat says "Maaaama!" and he also says "water" when he wants her to turn the faucet on for him. Signature-Kelly kelly at farringtons dot net Check out www.snittens.com circa Wed, 26 May 2004 20:33:24 GMT, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav, Mary (rosefan@email.com) said, > > >Open up your mind and talk to the cat. They will tell you their name. > > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Heh. If I let my cats name themselves, they would be called "mrrp, Myoooooo > and chchchchchchchch." Or the ever-popular vocal yawn: "RrrOWWWWlllmmmp." Oscar would be zzzZZZzzth-ZZZZZzzzthhh-snork-zzzzthhhh. Laura SignatureI am Dyslexia of Borg, Your a.s will be laminated. > Then keep asking the cat. I for one did not know Jade's name when I first > rescued her but I kept seeing her name in my head. Jade was telling me her > name. Open up your mind and talk to the cat. They will tell you their name. I guess you will be very offended by the fact that one of my cats is named NewCat. She came to us named Muffy, but we really didn't like that name. So, in the meantime we called her NewCat, as in "where's the new cat?" She seems to like her name OK. This will really make you think I'm a bad person: At the shelter, I do most of the paperwork for the incoming cats, so I have to think up names for all of them. Sometimes when it's a slow intake day, I can study the cat and think up a good name. Other days, like yesterday, when we got about 20 kittens, I just bring a list of names, usually based on some kind of theme. I go through the list and randomly pick the names and assign them to a cat or kitten. GASP!! Most of the people who adopt usually change the cat's name anyway. But, when they don't, then the cat has a randomly selected name for the rest of its life!! OMG!!! Signature-Kelly kelly at farringtons dot net Check out www.snittens.com >This will really make you think I'm a bad person: >At the shelter, I do most of the paperwork for the incoming cats, so I have [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >some kind of theme. I go through the list and randomly pick the names and >assign them to a cat or kitten. GASP!! OH, man. I used to have to do that. I found that I'd recycle the same names I liked over and over. All the calicos were Callie or Stella. Lots of Abbeys. If the cat already had a name, we kept it. Unless it was something hideous. Then we tried to keep the same lilt and rhyme, just in case the cat already knew its name. So Booger became Sugar. Snot became Spot. Another cat came in with an awful racial slur, which became Tigger. Sherry >This will really make you think I'm a bad person: >At the shelter, I do most of the paperwork for the incoming cats, so I have [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >usually change the cat's name anyway. But, when they don't, then the cat >has a randomly selected name for the rest of its life!! OMG!!! So you're the one! When I went to the shelter I was looking for Old George (who actually disappeared and was so old and arthritic that he is presumed deceased.) Cat-Boy is much the same color, so as I scanned the cages my eyes lit on him. It was only afterwards that I decided to adopt him. However, the name tag on his cage said "Theresa." No wonder he was so anxious for someone to take him out of there. :):) -- Bogus e-mail address, but I read this newsgroup regularly, so reply here. > So you're the one! > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > However, the name tag on his cage said "Theresa." No wonder he was so > anxious for someone to take him out of there. :):) I do assign them gender-correct names! If I don't know their gender yet (sometimes with wee kittens I have trouble telling), then they get a neutral name like Scooter or Fluffy. Signature-Kelly kelly at farringtons dot net Check out www.snittens.com circa Thu, 27 May 2004 20:05:20 -0700, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav, Marek Williams (abc@example.com) said, > So you're the one! > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > However, the name tag on his cage said "Theresa." No wonder he was so > anxious for someone to take him out of there. :):) Was this before or after he was castrated? Maybe he was holding out hope that they'd grow back... Laura SignatureI am Dyslexia of Borg, Your a.s will be laminated. > circa Thu, 27 May 2004 20:05:20 -0700, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav, > Marek Williams (abc@example.com) said, [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > Was this before or after he was castrated? Maybe he was holding out > hope that they'd grow back... LOL for the third time today. You're in rare form today, Equilaura. >> Was this before or after he was castrated? Maybe he was holding out >> hope that they'd grow back... >> >LOL for the third time today. You're in rare form today, Equilaura. ^^^^^^^^^ BWAAAAAAAAHHAAAAHHAAAHHAAAAA!!!! >--- >Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. >Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). >Version: 6.0.688 / Virus Database: 449 - Release Date: 5/18/2004 > >> Was this before or after he was castrated? Maybe he was holding out > >> hope that they'd grow back... > >> > >LOL for the third time today. You're in rare form today, Equilaura. > ^^^^^^^^^ > BWAAAAAAAAHHAAAAHHAAAHHAAAAA!!!! Oh come on "man," you've been OUTED! ;) circa Wed, 02 Jun 2004 21:41:39 GMT, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav, Mary (rosefan@email.com) said, > > >> Was this before or after he was castrated? Maybe he was holding out > > >> hope that they'd grow back... [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > > > Oh come on "man," you've been OUTED! ;) I am Usenet. Fear me. :-) Laura SignatureI am Dyslexia of Borg, Your a.s will be laminated. > circa Wed, 02 Jun 2004 21:41:39 GMT, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav, > Mary (rosefan@email.com) said, [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > > I am Usenet. Fear me. :-) I knew it. Although your "anonymous" detractor intended to discredit you, I'm thinking we should build a shrine to Laura Who Is Everyone and Everywhere. We need a new cult. > Laura circa Thu, 03 Jun 2004 16:16:36 GMT, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav, Mary (rosefan@email.com) said, > > > > >> Was this before or after he was castrated? Maybe he was holding out > > > > >> hope that they'd grow back... [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > We need a new cult. Yeah, but in order to have a cult, we need a premise, and having just had my foot sawed apart in two places, I'm too doped on painkillers to come up with anything good. Hmm. Then again, maybe I can come up with my own version of Scientology while I'm on Vicodin... Laura SignatureI am Dyslexia of Borg, Your a.s will be laminated. circa Thu, 27 May 2004 02:30:54 GMT, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav, KellyH (Kelly@whatever.com) said, > I guess you will be very offended by the fact that one of my cats is named > NewCat. She came to us named Muffy, but we really didn't like that name. [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > usually change the cat's name anyway. But, when they don't, then the cat > has a randomly selected name for the rest of its life!! OMG!!! My aunt had two cats. They were named "Kitty" and "Doggy". I wonder if they had an identity crisis. Laura SignatureI am Dyslexia of Borg, Your a.s will be laminated. >> Why are you calling me names? That isn't very nice or adult. For those of >> you non nasty people who are curious, Isis chose her name in the following [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >What if she really wanted a name that wasn't on the list, but thought >she had to choose one of them? Boy, I missed this "place"..... eq circa Wed, 26 May 2004 12:46:29 -0500, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav, kaeli (tiny_one@NOSPAM.comcast.net) said, > > Why are you calling me names? That isn't very nice or adult. For those of > > you non nasty people who are curious, Isis chose her name in the following [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > What if she really wanted a name that wasn't on the list, but thought > she had to choose one of them? Hey, don't throw logic around here; his head will explode. Laura SignatureI am Dyslexia of Borg, Your a.s will be laminated. LMAO!! You are priceless. But then I remembered you're the one who had the birthday party for a cat and bought her some lame movie, cus that's exactly what a cat wants for her birthday. Yeah. I took the boys to Wal-Mart and we went through the movies one by one. They finally chose Powerpuff girls and Laredo. Uh huh. Oh wait, I made that up. LOL I think that *you* are limited. Mentally. Hailey > Why are you calling me names? That isn't very nice or adult. For those of > you non nasty people who are curious, Isis chose her name in the following [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > make decisions or think for themselves. I'd not rather think too human. It > is too limiting. >I took the boys to Wal-Mart and we went through the movies one by one. They >finally chose Powerpuff girls and Laredo. Oh wow. I took my boys to Wal Mart and they chose Chicago. Which was exactly the movie *I* wanted to buy & watch. What a coinky-dink, I thought. They wanted to stop at a kitty bar on the way home, but I told them that's where I draw the line. I'm hiding the car keys from them tonight, too. Sherry circa 27 May 2004 03:00:39 GMT, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav, Sherry (sriddles@aol.comkitty) said, > >I took the boys to Wal-Mart and we went through the movies one by one. They > >finally chose Powerpuff girls and Laredo. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > to stop at a kitty bar on the way home, but I told them that's where I draw the > line. I'm hiding the car keys from them tonight, too. Oscar is always whining to drive the car, but he sure won't move it for alternate side of the street parking. Bastid. Laura SignatureI am Dyslexia of Borg, Your a.s will be laminated. I named my non-furry children, so why should my furred children be any different? After they develop their personalities they usually get nick-named also, just like my biological kids, so... Demi ("Little Ghost", not because she's pure white, but because she a scaredy cat and nobody ever gets to see her as she hides under something almost all the time. [BTW, we've had her since she was 5 weeks old and she has always been pampered wth never even a harsh word directed her way, so we can't figure out why she's this way, she's just naturally shy.]) Jessie ("Jet Ski" because she never just walks anywhere, she tears through the house like she's been turbo-charged.) Samantha / Sammy ("Minnie Me", not only because she looks like our eldest, but because she's in training to act like her too - <a href="http://www.gcmensa.org/Sammy">see pictures</a>.) Bandit (Originally "Bandit" because she just walked into our house when she was 6 weeks old and took possesion of it, us, and everything else in her universe, but later "Bitch Cat From Hell" because she terrorizes every person or animal who comes near her. [She's left scars on my body and she LOVES me!!]) Hugs, CatNipped CatMom to: Bandit, 14, DLH Tabby Demi, 5, DLH Pure White Beauty Jessie, 4, DSH Tortoiseshell Samantha / Sammy, 2 months, DLH Tabby >I named my non-furry children, so why should my furred children be any >different? After they develop their personalities they usually get >nick-named also, just like my biological kids, so... We have Yoda, a/k/a Double-Yo-Seven, the International Cat of Mystery. Bootsie a/k/a Booty-girl. Her Royal Boot-ness Frank the Siamese (when he's outside he pretends he's feral and insists we call him "The Masked Man" Biskit. Just Girl-girl, a dainty little thing. We haven't had her long enough to hang too many names on her. Sherry > We have Yoda, a/k/a Double-Yo-Seven, the International Cat of Mystery. > Bootsie a/k/a Booty-girl. Her Royal Boot-ness > Frank the Siamese (when he's outside he pretends he's feral and insists we call > him "The Masked Man" > Biskit. Just Girl-girl, a dainty little thing. We haven't had her long enough > to hang too many names on her. I had Gnarly, Gnarly Jean, Gnarlita Marie, Gnarly Yamacatta, Snarlita, and Gnar Lee Chinese Cat, and Gnarlita Louise, Cat of Hell and Hearbreak. circa Wed, 16 Jun 2004 21:04:35 GMT, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav, Mary (rosefan@email.com) said, > > We have Yoda, a/k/a Double-Yo-Seven, the International Cat of Mystery. > > Bootsie a/k/a Booty-girl. Her Royal Boot-ness [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > I had Gnarly, Gnarly Jean, Gnarlita Marie, Gnarly Yamacatta, Snarlita, and > Gnar Lee Chinese Cat, and Gnarlita Louise, Cat of Hell and Hearbreak. I think we did this before, but in case I missed any... ;-) Jacob: Jake-Jake, Jakie-Jakie, Chakey-Chake, Deet, Ti-Ti, Noodle ('cause he's about as malleable as a boiled noodle). Oscar: Oca Wabbit (Oscar Rabbit, 'cause he's spring-mounted), Wabbit, Wawit, Babbit, Oca, Nudeboy, Chubba Wubba, OSCAR! (when he's picking on Camille). Camille: Mee-mille, Meelie Meelie, Bunny, Honey Bunny, Girly Girl, Girl-Girl, Guh Gurl, Meele Alex had the more creative names: Satan Spawn, Monster Kitty, Aweks, Monstoo Kiddy, Saaaatan, and, of course, the names by which other people in the veterinarians' offices referenced him: oh-my-god-what- do-you-HAVE-in-there-a-TIGER? and holy-shit-what-was-THAT? BTW, I love "Snarlita" (and I think just plain "Yoda" is a hoot). :-) Laura SignatureExperience is the name every one gives to their mistakes. -Oscar Wilde > circa Wed, 16 Jun 2004 21:04:35 GMT, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav, > Mary (rosefan@email.com) said, [quoted text clipped - 31 lines] > > Laura We did do this before but I did Cheeky's names, not Gnarly's. :) And I don't think you gave us all of them. Since then Cheeks has a new name: E.T because she looks like him when I hold her ears back. Just think, if we could have bred Gnarlita Louise Cat of Hell and Heart Break and Alex Satan's Spawn we might have ruled the world. Or at least scared the bejesus out of part of it. circa Wed, 16 Jun 2004 22:30:49 GMT, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav, Mary (rosefan@email.com) said, > Just think, if we could have bred Gnarlita Louise Cat of Hell and Heart > Break and Alex Satan's Spawn we might have ruled the world. Or at least > scared the bejesus out of part of it. I'd have had to start wearing chainmail. Laura SignatureExperience is the name every one gives to their mistakes. -Oscar Wilde >We have Yoda, a/k/a Double-Yo-Seven, the International Cat of Mystery. hahaha! I have a 'Yoda' too. a.k.a. Yoda Bug >>We have Yoda, a/k/a Double-Yo-Seven, the International Cat of Mystery. > >hahaha! I have a 'Yoda' too. a.k.a. Yoda Bug HA! Add Yo-Man, O-Man, Yodi, Odie, Otis. He acquired the "Otis" nick-name because of his habit of lying in the carrier with the door open. Like Otis on the old Andy Griffith Show in his jail cell. Sherry You are thinking too human and these are cats. SignaturePanther TEK: Staying On Top Of All Your Computer Needs! www.members.cox.net/catprotector/panthertek Cat Galaxy: All Cats, All The Time! www.catgalaxymedia.com > I named my non-furry children, so why should my furred children be any > different? After they develop their personalities they usually get [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] > Jessie, 4, DSH Tortoiseshell > Samantha / Sammy, 2 months, DLH Tabby circa Wed, 16 Jun 2004 14:47:23 -0700, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav, Cat Protector (catprotector@cox.net) said, > You are thinking too human and these are cats. How would you know what it's like to think "human"? Laura SignatureExperience is the name every one gives to their mistakes. -Oscar Wilde Re-reading my note I realized I just posted pictures of my eldest and youngest. Here are pictures of my two 'tweenies - http://www.gcmensa.org/Cats.html. Also, I do a "Meowy Kiss-a-mouse" card every year featuring my babies. Here's 2000's card - http://www.gcmensa.org/images/cats/xmascard3.html, (I can't find 2001's card which was the funniest!), here's 2002's card - http://www.gcmensa.org/images/cats/xmascard1.html, and here's 2003's card - http://www.gcmensa.org/Card1.htm. Hugs, CatNipped CatMom to: Bandit, (a.k.a. "Bitch Cat From Hell"), 14, DLH Tabby Demi, (a.k.a. "Ghost Cat"), 5, DLH Pure White Beauty Jessie, (a.k.a. "Jet Ski"), 4 DSH Tortoiseshell Samantha / Sammy, (a.k.a. "Mini Me"), 2 months DLH Tabby They are all so beautiful! And geniuses too! Wow! > They are all so beautiful! And geniuses too! Wow! Wellllllll, Demi is not too bright - we tell a lot of "blonde" jokes about her - her being all white and all. She's lived with us 5 years now and still doesn't know her own name. Not long ago she was sitting on the floor a few feet away from my husband and me, grooming herself, and my husband kept calling and calling her name to get her attention and she didn't once look up. He remarked, "You know, she may be deaf - I've heard that some white cats are deaf [even thought she doesn't have blue eyes Ben???]." And I said, "Dumb, yes, deaf, no," and made a loud hissing noise - at which point she suddenly crouched down and darted her eyes every which way looking for an attacker (she's VERY paranoid)! Hugs, CatNipped CatMom to: Bandit, (a.k.a. "Bitch Cat From Hell"), 14, DLH Tabby Demi, (a.k.a. "Ghost Cat"), 5, DLH Pure White Beauty Jessie, (a.k.a. "Jet Ski"), 4 DSH Tortoiseshell Samantha / Sammy, (a.k.a. "Mini Me"), 2 months DLH Tabby circa 17 Jun 2004 13:28:28 -0700, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav, CatNipped (lcrews@houston.rr.com) said, > Not long ago she was sitting on the floor a few feet away from my > husband and me, grooming herself, and my husband kept calling and [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > point she suddenly crouched down and darted her eyes every which way > looking for an attacker (she's VERY paranoid)! She may be smarter than you think- I'd be pretty entertained by ignoring my humans when they called my name and then listening to their theories about why I wasn't responding. ;-) Laura SignatureExperience is the name every one gives to their mistakes. -Oscar Wilde circa Fri, 18 Jun 2004 06:16:07 GMT, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav, Laura R. (UseFirstInitialPlusRobinson@technologist.com) said, > She may be smarter than you think- I'd be pretty entertained by > ignoring my humans when they called my name and then listening to > their theories about why I wasn't responding. ;-) Er, if I were a cat, that is. <G> Laura SignatureExperience is the name every one gives to their mistakes. -Oscar Wilde In the fine newsgroup "rec.pets.cats.health+behav", Laura R. <UseFirstInitialPlusRobinson@technologist.com> artfully composed this message within <news:MPG.1b3c57767474944398aa6a@news.verizon.net> on 18 Jun 2004: > circa Fri, 18 Jun 2004 06:16:07 GMT, in > rec.pets.cats.health+behav, Laura R. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Laura LOL SignatureCheryl > Would you want to be known and be called Cat-boy your entire life? It sounds > so humanly forced. Cats should be able to decide their names. Quite so. I asked my cat, 'what do you want to be called?' and he said 'miaow'. My other cat gave the same reply when asked. My parents' cat, friends' cats, random cats in the street, all either miaowed or just looked at me all funny, like. I hereby name all cats 'miaow' or '...'. HTH, Steve. > Would you want to be known and be called Cat-boy your entire life? It sounds > so humanly forced. Cats should be able to decide their names. Well, thats what it was! The cat was choosing a name when it said "kill me, kill me". Oooooops! James Marz Born in lust, turn to dust. Born in sin? come on in! - Stephen King >Would you want to be known and be called Cat-boy your entire life? It sounds >so humanly forced. Cats should be able to decide their names. He did. He chose "Cat Boy". eq >First let him choose his name. I can't imagine it is really good for him to >be called Cat-Boy. I think Cat-Boy is a great name and am rather jealous I hadn't come up with it myself. Cats deserve to be treated like royalty. Lucky for me my cats have solid names. Cat-Boy seems like this human is feeling that the cat needs to be treated like a dog. SignaturePanther TEK: Staying On Top Of All Your Computer Needs! www.members.cox.net/catprotector/panthertek Cat Galaxy: All Cats, All The Time! www.catgalaxymedia.com > I think Cat-Boy is a great name and am rather jealous I hadn't come up with it > myself. > Cats deserve to be treated like royalty. Lucky for me my cats have solid > names. Cat-Boy seems like this human is feeling that the cat needs to be > treated like a dog. Yes, calling a cat 'cat' implies that the human will treat it as a dog. I usually call my cat 'fish', which implies that I will treat it like a marmoset, unless I call the said cat 'fish matey' which suggests that I shall treat the cat like a capybara. Your cats have solid names? What, you mean like 'cylinder' or 'metal cube'? HTH, Steve. Cats deserve to be treated like royalty. Lucky for me my cats have solid > > names. Cat-Boy seems like this human is feeling that the cat needs to be > > treated like a dog. [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > HTH, > Steve. LOL that's funny! H circa 26 May 2004 11:18:21 -0700, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav, Steve G (news@stevethepsycho.co.uk) said, > > Cats deserve to be treated like royalty. Lucky for me my cats have solid > > names. Cat-Boy seems like this human is feeling that the cat needs to be [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > Your cats have solid names? What, you mean like 'cylinder' or 'metal > cube'? No, like Black Hole, where the rest of his synapses are. Laura SignatureI am Dyslexia of Borg, Your a.s will be laminated. circa Mon, 24 May 2004 08:32:27 -0700, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav, Cat Protector (catprotector@cox.net) said, > First let him choose his name. I can't imagine it is really good for him to > be called Cat-Boy. Second you can't force cats to like each other. It is up > to the cats to decide whether or not they are going to co-exist. Oh, FFS, shut up. Laura SignatureI am Dyslexia of Borg, Your a.s will be laminated. > Late last summer the house next door was sold. Shortly after the new > people moved in I noticed they had a black and white "tuxedo" girl [quoted text clipped - 38 lines] > and she still hisses at him. I know Cat-Boy would love to have a kitty > friend next door. Anyone have any ideas? Shoot the neighbor and steal/adopt their cat. > Late last summer the house next door was sold. Shortly after the new > people moved in I noticed they had a black and white "tuxedo" girl [quoted text clipped - 38 lines] > and she still hisses at him. I know Cat-Boy would love to have a kitty > friend next door. Anyone have any ideas? I love that name! Cat-boy! I wish I had thought of that! Cat boy sounds a lovely kitty . I don't think your neighbours cat is a bitch, she just doesn't like her personal space invaded.:) I think as time goes by she'll let him get closer. Maybe she's had a hard time from other cats and she's not ready to trust him yet. Alison > Late last summer the house next door was sold. Shortly after the new > people moved in I noticed they had a black and white "tuxedo" girl [quoted text clipped - 41 lines] > -- > Bogus e-mail address, but I read this newsgroup regularly, so reply here. >Cat boy sounds a lovely kitty . I don't think your neighbours cat is a >bitch, she just doesn't like her personal space invaded.:) I think as >time goes by she'll let him get closer. Maybe she's had a hard time >from other cats and she's not ready to trust him yet. Thanks to you and the others who gave more or less the same advice. Problem is, he's been here since November. She's sure taking her time. I did come up with one idea. Cat-Boy won't touch canned food. When I was trying to adopt Old George, canned food is all he would eat. So I have at least a dozen cans left over that Cat-Boy won't eat. I think I'm going to take some of it out next time the both of them are out there. Maybe she'll get the idea that when Cat-Boy is around she gets food. I know if you want me to like you, feeding me works well. -- Bogus e-mail address, but I read this newsgroup regularly, so reply here. > I did come up with one idea. Cat-Boy won't touch canned food. When I > was trying to adopt Old George, canned food is all he would eat. So I > have at least a dozen cans left over that Cat-Boy won't eat. I think > I'm going to take some of it out next time the both of them are out > there. Maybe she'll get the idea that when Cat-Boy is around she gets > food. I know if you want me to like you, feeding me works well. That's a good idea. Also if you don't already, transfer your cat's scent, stroke your cat and then let her sniff you and stroke her. Alison >That's a good idea. Also if you don't already, transfer your cat's >scent, stroke your cat and then let her sniff you and stroke her. Unfortunately, since Cat-Boy has lived with me since last November, I now reek of Cat-Boy. She now won't let me get any closer than him. :( But this morning they were both out in the back yard, so I took a can of cat food out and left it in the patio where I could see it from the kitchen window. A few minutes after I was back in the house she was chowing down on it. Cat-Boy was watching, but left her alone. I had placed it very close to Cat-Boy, so she had to come close to get to the food. We're nowhere near cuddling yet, but the first step was positive. -- Bogus e-mail address, but I read this newsgroup regularly, so reply here. circa Thu, 27 May 2004 20:38:24 -0700, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav, Marek Williams (abc@example.com) said, > I know if you want me to like you, feeding me works well. I think that's a chromosomally-linked trait. Laura SignatureI am Dyslexia of Borg, Your a.s will be laminated. >He just sat there for a moment, then lay down and rolled over >on his back, stretching out, keeping one eye on her. It was clear to [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >Today was nothing new. I have seen them this way several times in the >past as well. She's probably sick of your male whore always trying to come on to her by showing her his cat penis. Teach him some manners! ;-) circa Sun, 23 May 2004 19:28:28 -0700, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav, Marek Williams (abc@example.com) said, > The problem is how she treats Cat-Boy. Today I was out in the back > yard getting the flower beds cleaned up. Cat-Boy was out there with [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > and she still hisses at him. I know Cat-Boy would love to have a kitty > friend next door. Anyone have any ideas? Alex and Camille did that routine for...let's see...ten years. She loved him. He hissed at her. She tried to snuggle with him. He biffed her. On the occasions when he'd let her get close enough to JUST touch him with her paw while they slept, she was in heaven. I think it was some weird S&M thing. ;-) So, I have no real advice, it seems. <G> Laura SignatureI am Dyslexia of Borg, Your a.s will be laminated. |
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