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Cat Forum / General Topics / August 2007cats in the road
I live on a low traffic road, but there are cars sometimes. How do I keep my kittens/cats out of the road? I just tossed a few (small) glasses of water on a couple of them just now, it took more than one just to chase them off! They didn't respond to anything else and they were in the middle of the road. My brother once trained a cat to look before ways before it crossed thr road, it also looked both ways in the middle of the road and after it had crossed. But that was an unusual cat in a time long long ago. Jeff > I live on a low traffic road, but there are cars sometimes. > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Jeff IF THEY ARE STUPID ENOUGH TO STAND THERE IN THE ROAD THEN THEY DESERVE TO GET RAN OVER. WHO NEEDS CATS ANYWAY. LITTLE BASTARDS. School is out! ---MIKE--- >>In the White Mountains of New Hampshire >> (44° 15' N - Elevation 1580') School is out! Nahhh, more likely the SSI welfare check came in, and he is now high on drugs & alcohol. > School is out! > > Nahhh, more likely the SSI welfare check came in, and > he is now high on drugs & alcohol. I thought about posting a "Why post on a cat NG if you hate cats" post, but realized that I already know the answer.  Signature-Gina in Italy http://www.myspace.com/ravenlynne1975 I've got the ways and means to New Orleans I'm goin' down by the river where it's warm and green Gonna have a drink And walk around I've got a lot to think about oh yeah... -concrete blonde In January my 3 year old Ginger and White cat, Tynes, went missing following some snow. I'd advertised for his return but got only vauge sighting in response. Two weeks ago ( beginning of June) however I was contacted about such a cat breaking into houses through catflaps and stealing food, about a mile from my house on the other side of the village. After a lot of trouble we have now last night trapped the cat (who has aquired a PhD in Escapology and Entrapment Avoidance) and it shows almost identical markings to my cat confirmed by photographs, though is rather thin. At first I was sure it was Tynes. But not quite now - in that some of this cats white fur areas are just slightly larger, and a couople of small ginger spots on his face have dissapeared. All my cat's other distinctive marks are there ( Broad chubby face, off centre white nose streak, Ginger spot on left leg, a thin white band over scruff of the neck etc etc) Otherwise, build, size, eye colour, ears etc etc are the same. Though very hard to catch in the neighbour's houses, he has apparently settled into my house, almost as if he knows it. ( he has not been allowed out yet) He has probably been living rough as he is very dirty and rather thin now. THE QUESTION TO THE GROUP IS ====== After a winter moult, or perhaps poor diet during the last few months, how likely is it for a cat's "definitive" colour pattern to change in these subtle ways? Is this Tynes ? -- or do I need to rename him ??? Tynes With apologies for posting this to a few other Cat groups too). > In January my 3 year old Ginger and White cat, Tynes, went > missing following some snow. I'd advertised for his return but [quoted text clipped - 35 lines] > > With apologies for posting this to a few other Cat groups too). What choice do you have? - Your original Tynes is still missing, so you might as well adopt this newer Tynes.... This reminds me of our male feral cat, "Smokey". He has been in the neighborhood for over 5 years now, and his progeny are everywhere....We found two dead "Smokey's" on our local roads last year, and sorrowfully picked them up, and buried them in our front yard, next to Missy, our loving domestic cat who died about three years ago. But then, "Smokey", or some identical feline, showed up a day or two later, and came in just like he always did and raided the cat food....So, who did we bury? - And, why does it really matter? Thanks, You are of course absolutely right, and the "new" cat will indeed have a loving home here should he decide to stay. It is the similarity of markings, size, body build etc that prompt the original question on how much, if at all, ac cats markings can change. Clive ============================== ======================================. > > In January my 3 year old Ginger and White cat, Tynes, went > > missing following some snow. I'd advertised for his return but [quoted text clipped - 46 lines] > always did and raided the cat food....So, who did we bury? - And, why does > it really matter? "Clive Sherriff" <clive.sherriff@ntlworld.com> wrote in message > It is the similarity of markings, size, body build etc that > prompt the original question on how much, if at all, ac > cats markings can change. I'd say it's completely possible up to a point. A cat being on it's own out in less than desirable weather conditions would grow a thicker coat and with that might come some colour or marking change. Of course, you know now what you have to do to prevent these questions from occurring again? Take the cat and have it microchipped. On Jun 12, 8:21 am, "Clive Sherriff" <clive.sherr...@ntlworld.com> wrote: > In January my 3 year old Ginger and White cat, Tynes, went > missing following some snow. I'd advertised for his return but [quoted text clipped - 35 lines] > > With apologies for posting this to a few other Cat groups too). If cats are like rabbits then patterns do change in size and color may also change. What was a black rabbit takes on grayish and brown color. What was a white X on the head becomes a y. Some things can change depending on age of the cat an older cat is less likely to change but a cat in there teens would get more white and some paterns would fade. A young adult cat can have some small spots get bigger and some vanish completley. While you are wondering if this is your cat think about this. It very well could be your cat but he is so tramtised it could take him months to come around to his normal self. You really should have him microchipped, vetted again to make sure that even if he isen't your cat that he won't be sick later on with some deadly disease and have him tested to make sure he isent already totoing something in his blood. You would also do better to get him nuetured as well help prevent his wanderin off and producing unwanted babies. > In January my 3 year old Ginger and White cat, Tynes, went > missing following some snow. I'd advertised for his return but [quoted text clipped - 35 lines] > > With apologies for posting this to a few other Cat groups too).
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