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Cat Forum / General Topics / October 2005Sneezing Biting Cat <thanks all>
Thanks for the past replies everyone! After weeks of sneezing, several trips to the vet, antibiotics, usenet posts, arguments with trolls who act concerned about animals but show their true colors when private emails are considered, and more sneezing, I asked my vet about antihistamine, as a responder mentioned. The vet said she gives her cat half of an over-the-counter antihistamine every day during allergy season and that I should try that. I wonder how many visits she was going to try to get in before letting me in on that one but I can't blame her as I would have hated to have to answer the question "what color and texture is the stuff he sneezes" with anything other than "nothing comes out." Back to the point, the antihistamines worked, allergy season is almost over and kitty is off of the drugs and only sneezes once every few days now. On the biting topic, letting kitty sink his teeth in to a blanket-covered hand when he feels frisky has helped greatly! He does not bite bare skin anymore and has become much more touchy-feely; he now sleeps on laps for hours daily. Through all the solutions mentioned, spraying, nose-flicking, tapping, yelling, ignoring, and any others I might have forgotten didn't work, but a 5-minute blanket wrestle holds him over for a good week! Now if only I could understand why he has decided that it is appropriate to take the little spongy balls that he plays fetch with to his water dish, let them soak for a minute, and then return to the bed with them and drop them... I don't mind waking up and tossing a ball, but waking up and grabbing a ball only to have what I pray is water drip all over the place is not what I would consider happy (he still happily fetches it). Many other things end up in the water bowl as well, and when presented with fresh water, he chooses to drink the older water. I suppose this beats his older habit of burying everything in his litter box for a day! > Thanks for the past replies everyone! > > After weeks of sneezing, several trips to the vet, antibiotics, usenet > posts, arguments with trolls who act concerned about animals but show > their true colors when private emails are considered, wasn't me, but usually e-mail is for personal correspondence, not newsgroup stuff unless you see a "contact me off-list about this" sort of thing. > the antihistamines worked, allergy season is almost > over and kitty is off of the drugs and only sneezes once every few days > now. cool > On the biting topic, letting kitty sink his teeth in to a > blanket-covered hand when he feels frisky has helped greatly! He does [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > others I might have forgotten didn't work, but a 5-minute blanket > wrestle holds him over for a good week! even better. > Now if only I could understand why he has decided that it is > appropriate to take the little spongy balls that he plays fetch with to > his water dish, let them soak for a minute, and then return to the bed > with them and drop them... Might be just me, but I'd write that one off as eccentric. Moving the dish or getting him a new one might change it but probably not. Maybe he thinks you're dehydrated in the morning. pat >> Now if only I could understand why he has decided that it is >> appropriate to take the little spongy balls that he plays fetch with to [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > dish or getting him a new one might change it but probably not. Maybe he > thinks you're dehydrated in the morning. I was thinking it was a great practical joke.. and what a good sense of humor he has. But I do remember reading something recently that cats like to put their toys in the food or water because its a 'home base' sort of thing. Its pretty typical and common apparently. > >> Now if only I could understand why he has decided that it is > >> appropriate to take the little spongy balls that he plays fetch with to [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > to put their toys in the food or water because its a 'home base' sort of > thing. Its pretty typical and common apparently. That's interesting... One if my cats, Maxi, likes to keep a AA battery in his food bowl. If I remove it, as soon as someone leaves a dead AA battery lying around (rather than throwing it immediately in the trash), it quickly ends up in his food bowl. We jokingly call him "Electro-Maxi" :) ~Chuck Per Chuck: >One if my cats, Maxi, likes to keep a AA >battery in his food bowl. If I remove it, as [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >up in his food bowl. We jokingly call him >"Electro-Maxi" :) Ours is crazy for drinking straws and stick pens. You leave a pen lying around and it's *gone*.  SignaturePeteCresswell > Per Chuck: >>One if my cats, Maxi, likes to keep a AA [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > around > and it's *gone*. Mine too! I have an ink stain on the carpet to prove it! > Per Chuck: > >One if my cats, Maxi, likes to keep a AA [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > -- > PeteCresswell Does he keep a "stash"? :) ~Chuck Per Chuck: >Does he keep a "stash"? :) Haven't found one yet. Seems to hide them here and there instead - more likely, just drops them here and there when it's attention turns to something else, like a nice juicy spider... SignaturePeteCresswell Aren't they the funniest little things? I tried a rolled up towel in front of the fridge because Angus kept losing his toys under it. I thought he would be pleased but nope, pulled it away in 2 secs. The next day I came home and he'd buried his food dish under the towel. I've also *never* seen him drink from his water bowl. He occasionally has a quick lap from the toilet but favourite is the bottom of the shower just after I get out. Kate > Aren't they the funniest little things? I tried a rolled up towel in > front of the fridge because Angus kept losing his toys under it. I [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Kate Perhaps cats have something going on in their heads about water faucets... I'm trying to think of one of mine that dosen't attack any faucet accidently left dripping, like it contained cat mana from heaven. Ot is it possible waterbowles make the water less attractive to them? ~Chuck --- Freddie is "nosing" my arm as I type, telling me "get off the computer and pay some attention to me-- Now!" <g> > Per Chuck: > >Does he keep a "stash"? :) [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > -- > PeteCresswell Big Butchie likes to jump on my lap when I'm sitting at the computer, to demand his due attention. If my response is inadequate he will use his mouth to try and pull a pen or other such object off the desk onto the floor. If the mission is successful, he then jumps to the floor, commenting with a "raaa...," then swaggers away... In any case, who needs pest control when one has cats... eh? <g> ~Chuck > >> Now if only I could understand why he has decided that it is > >> appropriate to take the little spongy balls that he plays fetch with to [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > to put their toys in the food or water because its a 'home base' sort of > thing. Its pretty typical and common apparently. I thought a couple of those miniature remote controlled cars would be a hoot with my cats. But my male siamese, Replay, just picks them up by the antenna and dumps them into the water bowl. Doesn't even try to play with them, just picks them up immediately and drowns them. And of course this ruins them. Sigh. LT Per davidd31415: >and when presented with fresh water, he chooses to drink the >older water. The neighbor's cat ignores the water bowl we have on the patio and drinks out of the bird bath (about 10 feet away). My initial reaction was that the bird droppings give the water a little flavor.... but now that I'm thinking about it, maybe after water stands for awhile whatever chemicals that were added to it for public health reasons evaporate. When I kept tropical fish as a kid, the word was that before adding water to a tank, it had to sit for a couple of days - for that reason. SignaturePeteCresswell > Per davidd31415: > >and when presented with fresh water, he chooses to drink the [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > -- > PeteCresswell I keep a large water bowl for my outside cats, but several prefer to drink out of the spa, which is chlorinated. Occasionally, one will slip and fall in-- though it's very easy for them to get out-- they get real indignant afterwards... lol On the other hand, the inside guys come a-running when I replace their water-- it seems they like it when is has a slight chlorinated smell. Weird. eh? ~Chuck > Now if only I could understand why he has decided that it is > appropriate to take the little spongy balls that he plays fetch with to [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > older water. I suppose this beats his older habit of burying > everything in his litter box for a day! First, I gotta say that my cry-meow sound at my cat is the only thing that got her to not bite at skin! She knows it hurts now! Mine also likes to attack my feet and do a little blanket covered foot/hand wrestling from time to time. Congrats on that being all it took! But, on the topic of the ball in the water dish....my cat does that with her food dish! She has a little yellow beanie baby type toy that she STOLE from my bed one day and claimed as her own. The poor thing used to have clothes and hair...not anymore :) She drops it in her food dish and eats around it. It cracks me up. Then she picks it up and continues to play. She never puts it in her water fountain but she used to put it beside her water bowl before I got her the fountain. At least she doesn't try to bathe the poor little yellow guy. My cat loves rubber bands. She will walk around the house with it in her mouth and toss it into the air. She always drops them in her water bowl, My kitten likes the new feather toy I bought for my older cat. He claimed it for his own. He pulls the feathers off and drops them into his water dish. He also likes to cover his food with the placemat under th bowl. |
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