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Cat Forum / General Topics / November 2005Crinklephobia?
Isis, my long haired Tabby, spends gobs of time in her box which sits underneath my 250 watt office lamp. She bakes there for hours. Nothing moves her EXCEPT when I take the plastic bag out of my wastebasket. When that plastic starts crinkling she heads for the hills. I know some of you guys have cats that love to lick the plastic which also makes no sense to me. I just need someone to tell me that they, too, have a cat with Crinklephobia Disease because I cannot imagine any reason at all that crinkly plastic would make Her Majesty run for cover. Thank you. Mike in Illinois > Isis, my long haired Tabby, spends gobs of time in her box which sits > underneath my 250 watt office lamp. She bakes there for hours. [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Mike in Illinois If I were lucky enough to have a cat with Crinklephobia, I would keep a nice crinkly bag on the bedpost over night for use on those mornings when the cat and I have a difference of opinion about the best time to get up. Hi, Diana! How are things? Isis and I have been together now for about six years. I've pretty much got her number, now. I just bought a new heating pad for her since we sleep in separate rooms as she is a total bed hog. It's nice to hear from you! Mike in Illinois >> Isis, my long haired Tabby, spends gobs of time in her box which sits >> underneath my 250 watt office lamp. She bakes there for hours. [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > when the cat and I have a difference of opinion about the best time to > get up. > Hi, Diana! How are things? Isis and I have been together now for about six > years. I've pretty much got her number, now. I just bought a new heating pad [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Mike in Illinois Hi, Mike. Yes, how well I remember the bed hog thread you started on this very news group. A large number of us could relate! I'm down to one cat now. She'll be 10 in a little over a week, and I've had her since she was 9 and 3/4. I'm a sucker for letting her sleep with me anytime she wants to, now that her sister has gone where all good cats must eventually go... Fortunately by husband doesn't mind her bed hogging ways -- guess I could try a heating pad in another room for him if he did . (Kidding!) Best regards to you and Her Majesty. Hi, Diana. I wouldn't mind having her sleep with me but she picks a spot on MY side of the bed and WILL NOT MOVE. I've moved her to the other side a dozen times and a dozen times she goes right back to my side. I finally gave up, bought a kitty nest with Paw Points, put the heating pad in, and problem solved! Now when I plunk her in the pre-heated kitty nest thing she goes into a kind of zen deal and melts down into a puddle of fur. It has all worked out well. Don't kick the husband out of the bed. He'll tell his buddies at work what you did and they'll all commiserate with him. Isis must be about 6 or 7 now. Yet she still has the old zippie-doo-daa when she feels like it. Mike in Illinois > Hi, Mike. Yes, how well I remember the bed hog thread you started on > this very news group. A large number of us could relate! I'm down to [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Best regards to you and Her Majesty. >I just need someone to tell me that they, too, have a cat with Crinklephobia >Disease because I cannot imagine any reason at all that crinkly plastic >would make Her Majesty run for cover. The pair who lived with me a few years ago were both crinkle-phobic. My current housemates have no problem with it.  SignatureWayne M. Thanks, Wayne. That helps. I spend a lot of time trying to understand what goes on in the brain cells of my cat. Mostly I fail. Mike in Illinois >>I just need someone to tell me that they, too, have a cat with >>Crinklephobia [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > The pair who lived with me a few years ago were both > crinkle-phobic. My current housemates have no problem with it. No crinkle-phobia here, but aluminum foil phobia aplenty. Rexie is scared to death of aluminum foil, except when I put it on the sink to make him not jump up. That doesn't scare him at all. But when I go to wrap something in foil, he takes off for the hills! ShirleyB, Rexie's Mom <To Reply by email: remove 'nick'> Pictures of His Majesty, Rex are at: http://community.webshots.com/album/255873683SwWQZJ Mike related the following on 10/26/2005 2:25 PM: > Isis, my long haired Tabby, spends gobs of time in her box which sits > underneath my 250 watt office lamp. She bakes there for hours. [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Mike in Illinois Hi, Rexie's Mom. This is most encouraging. I think foilphobia and crinklephobia are offshoots of the same phobia! When I pull out the plastic bag full of wastepaper Isis wakens from her Coma of Joy, her eyes get real wide, and she jumps and runs, baby, for anywhere but where she is. P.S. His Majesty seems, um, a bit on the small side to be a King. <-: Mike in Illinois > No crinkle-phobia here, but aluminum foil phobia aplenty. Rexie is scared > to death of aluminum foil, except when I put it on the sink to make him [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] >> >> Mike in Illinois Actually Mike, we decided that Rexie is an emperor (that word looks mis-spelled no matter which way I type it!), not a king, not that it makes much diff. His royal a.s is totally spoiled. And I wish the vet agreed with you on his size. She wants him to lose another pound. He's 3 years old and weighs 13 pounds now. But he's lost a whole pound on his current diet, so that's good. But he thanks you for saying he looks small! ShirleyB, Rexie's Mom <To Reply by email: remove 'nick'> Pictures of His Majesty, Rex are at: http://community.webshots.com/album/255873683SwWQZJ Mike related the following on 10/26/2005 9:31 PM: > Hi, Rexie's Mom. SNIP > P.S. His Majesty seems, um, a bit on the small side to be a King. <-: > [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] >>> >>> Mike in Illinois Ooops! The pix I was seeing were the first ones with teeny kitties. I see Rex truly is regal. My mistake. Mike in Illinois > Actually Mike, we decided that Rexie is an emperor (that word looks > mis-spelled no matter which way I type it!), not a king, not that it makes [quoted text clipped - 46 lines] >>>> >>>> Mike in Illinois >P.S. His Majesty seems, um, a bit on the small side to be a King. <-: cf., Wizard of Id SignatureWayne M. i've had a series of cats whose favourite plaything was a piece of aluminium foil scrunched into a ball! even a neighbour's cat comes to visit sometimes, and we give him such a ball and he takes it home! that's a great idea to put foil on the sink to stop the jumping up. no good if it doesn't work though eh! love your photos of rex. what a regal man! the absolutely fabulous eddie and saffy can be seen here: http://www.catster.com/?75402 http://www.catster.com/?75404 > No crinkle-phobia here, but aluminum foil phobia aplenty. Rexie is > scared to death of aluminum foil, except when I put it on the sink to [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] >> >> Mike in Illinois I have to say that I have a schizo cat re plastic bags. When they are alive (i.e. I'm shaking them out to line the bin with) - he runs off, but when they're killed (i.e. on the floor, already in the bin) - he licks them and sleeps on them if he can. > Isis, my long haired Tabby, spends gobs of time in her box which sits > underneath my 250 watt office lamp. She bakes there for hours. Very common. I have a number of rooms with air conditioning, my cats bake in the hall where it is hot as heck..... Of course these are the same cats that park themselves on the heat registers. > Nothing moves her EXCEPT when I take the plastic bag out of my wastebasket. > When that plastic starts crinkling she heads for the hills. I know some of > you guys have cats that love to lick the plastic which also makes no sense > to me. Cats like to lick plastic bags because they have a fish smell. > I just need someone to tell me that they, too, have a cat with Crinklephobia > Disease because I cannot imagine any reason at all that crinkly plastic > would make Her Majesty run for cover. The cat runs becuase it expects a predator/intruder/another cat to be in that bag and to invade it's territory. Our next to oldest likes to lick the webbing in suitcases, plastic bags; when they are emptied from our forays to the grocery they will lick and lie in them otherwise they are afraid of them. There were times the cats got stuck in the plastic bags and ran around peeing. Going to places either hot as hell or cold as Alaska mean nothing to them, some sleep in the doorway or up in the attic where there is no a/c or heat. Oh and the hair dryer, all but two cats scatter if you turn that on. Signature"Other than telling us how to live, think, marry, pray, vote, invest, educate our children and now, die, I think the Republicans have done a fine job of getting government out of our personal lives." > >> Isis, my long haired Tabby, spends gobs of time in her box which sits [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > The cat runs becuase it expects a predator/intruder/another cat > to be in that bag and to invade it's territory. > The cat runs becuase it expects a predator/intruder/another cat > to be in that bag and to invade it's territory. Thus the old saying, "The cat's out of the bag!" Mike in Illinois cats' responses to sounds can be so strange. one of my cats can wake from the deepest sleep when i start to print something from the computer. as soon as she hears the printer start its test run, she dashes across to my desk and leaps right up to the printer to inspect the printing! doesn't have crinklephobia though ... > Isis, my long haired Tabby, spends gobs of time in her box which sits > underneath my 250 watt office lamp. She bakes there for hours. [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Mike in Illinois I've recommended that people buy a DeskJet 932C if they really want to give their cats a nice home entertainment center. Don't you find that your cat sticks her head into the printer and watches the ink thing go woosh-woosh back and forth? Isis does that for a while until she finally takes a whack at it. Paper starts bunching up and things get ugly! Mike in Illinois > cats' responses to sounds can be so strange. > [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] >> >> Mike in Illinois yes! that's what she does. get as close as possible to look inside the printer at what's going on! curiously not interested in the scanner. quite enjoys bird calls on cd when i play those, she sits on the desk and glares at the speakers! > I've recommended that people buy a DeskJet 932C if they really want to give > their cats a nice home entertainment center. Don't you find that your cat [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Mike in Illinois > I've recommended that people buy a DeskJet 932C if they really want to give > their cats a nice home entertainment center. Don't you find that your cat > sticks her head into the printer and watches the ink thing go woosh-woosh > back and forth? I have one and my cats have zero interest in it. Maybe it's too guiet for them? >I've recommended that people buy a DeskJet 932C if they really want to give >their cats a nice home entertainment center. Don't you find that your cat >sticks her head into the printer and watches the ink thing go woosh-woosh >back and forth? >Isis does that for a while until she finally takes a whack at it. Paper >starts bunching up and things get ugly! Heidi is very interested in the 960c, but she's very polite and keeps her paws off it. SignatureWayne M. >>I've recommended that people buy a DeskJet 932C if they really want to give >>their cats a nice home entertainment center. Don't you find that your cat [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >Heidi is very interested in the 960c, but she's very polite and >keeps her paws off it. You guys have HP DeskJets that still work? My 970 CSE bit the dust very young. HP used to make great printers and decent PCs and used to have great service. Needed a new keyboard? FedEx'd the next day. Needed a new modem because yours got fried in a thunderstorm? My only complaint was that they insisted on sending a technician out to install it. They stopped doing that years ago. >cats' responses to sounds can be so strange. I'm watching The Man Who Knew Too Much. She didn't budge when Doris Day was singing Que Sera Sera, but when the kids started whistling, she took notice. >one of my cats can wake from the deepest sleep when i start to print >something from the computer. >as soon as she hears the printer start its test run, she dashes across >to my desk and leaps right up to the printer to inspect the printing! Yep - mine is very interested in my printer too. Ya' gotta watch her though - I was printing out my resume recently and she decided to inspect it from atop the computer and managed to unplug the CPU. I've got a Canon PIXMA, which is very good because you can shut all the covers and deny access to the paper and any moving parts. I can just imagine the kind of trouble she would get into with some of my former printers - especially the NEC SpinWriter (catch the ball) >doesn't have crinklephobia though ... > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] >> >> Mike in Illinois >cats' responses to sounds can be so strange. Sure can. Take sneezing, for example. My RB kitties, Flicka and Zubie, would vie to see who could put the most distance in the smallest fraction of a second between themselves and me. Heidi or Will can be sleeping on my chest and won't even wake up for the first three sneezes. After the fourth they give me a bemused but tolerant look. SignatureWayne M. My male cat is very sensitive to any noise; grocery bags, tin foil, cheering to sporting events, the list goes on. > Isis, my long haired Tabby, spends gobs of time in her box which sits > underneath my 250 watt office lamp. She bakes there for hours. [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Mike in Illinois |
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