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Cat songs by
Tigger[_2_]
Stray Cat Strut: "...I got cat class and I got cat style..."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8KFJn_WjHQ
Alley Cat by Bent Fabric
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmCsdqs-lLU
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New Scratcher and a question by
jmcquown[_2_]
Most of you know I've had a fight with Buffy's claws and her tearing up
the chairs in my living room. (Funny, she was so good about letting me
clip them the first couple of times.) She ignores the sisal rope
scratcher completely.
A neighbor gave me a big wide roll of two-sided sticky tape for...
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Millie the hair stylist by
Robert Catt
I woke up this morning with a tingling in my scalp. It was our little tabby
Millie, washing my hair with her tongue! When she'd finished the job she
backed off to admire her work. Thanks, Millie, but I didn't need your
services. I just washed my hair yesterday!
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Is anybody there? by
Joy[_3_]
I haven't seen a post since March 3. Has everybody deserted this newsgroup?
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A great idea! by
Joy[_3_]
This was posted on another newsgroup:
Chicago animal shelter Tree House Human Society dispatched “Morticia,”
“Eberkanisis” and “Kevorkian,” to help local resident Paul Nickerson
deal with a rodent problem in his garage.
Don't bother petting these cats -- they're working
About five...
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Radio Kitty by
John Kasupski
Because of the fact that I'm both a ham radio operator and a cat lover, this
item caught my eye in one of the radio-related newsgroups I read:
http://bit.ly/2kGkv89
Twice since I got Minnie, I've seen her with her mouth around the power/volume
knob on my most frequently used radio receiver as if...
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Wild Minks in South Carolina by
jmcquown[_2_]
In the last week there have been a number of sightings of wild minks on
the island where I live. I've lived here for nine years and had no idea
minks were indigenous critters. Alligators, snakes, raccoons,
oppossums, river otters, marsh rats (tiny little benign creatures) yes.
Minks,...
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Advice Shamelessly Solicited by
John Kasupski
Minnie is going to the vet tomorrow to be spayed, get her shots, and be
microchipped. It'll be her first time ever going to a vet so I don't expect her
to be happy about it. I hope she won't hate me forever after we get home.
She'll get plenty of attention if she'll tolerate it, and I won't be too...
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Sleeping Habits and Kitty Kisses by
jmcquown[_2_]
Buffy curls up next to me when I go to sleep. That's nice. When I turn
over, she feels she has to leap over me and curl up on the other side.
It seems she has to be on the same side of the bed I'm facing.
I love that she wants to sleep next to me. Truly! But it's bad enough
I'm rather...
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On the subject of litterbox habits... by
jmcquown[_2_]
Is your cat delicate or a digger? (Those of you with multiple
cats/boxes will likely have varying answers.) Sometimes I think Buffy
is trying to dig her way to China!
Buffy's litterbox, like her predecessor Persia, is in the master bath
where the toilet and the tub are located. (The...
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Pilling The Cat Revisited by
John Kasupski
The subject of pilling a cat came up recently in another thread, and it got me
to thinking about this:
If you and your cat are sitting in the living room and you get up off the couch
to go out to the kitchen and feed your cat, the cat will already be out in the
kitchen waiting next to the food...
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How to weigh a cat by
Tigger[_2_]
There is the obvious way, get on the scales with and without
holding the cat, or...
When they're hungry, have some food handy, plae the scales
by it, then place the cat on the scales. Mine is so intent
on the food I get a good reading (my scales read off in .2
of a pound).
I'm also able to trim...
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How do you put a cat on a diet? by
jmcquown[_2_]
Buffy is a tad plump. We have a lot of play time (fishing wand toy, I
toss golf balls and glitter balls and she chases them). She also runs
around playing all by herself with the golf balls.
She generally gets a half a can of Sheba pate a day. I dole out 1/4 cup
dry kibble (Purina One...
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Another Buffy Photo by
jmcquown[_2_]
After having a bit of wet food this morning she decided it would be nice
to relax in the sunshine.
https://s23.postimg.org/itbtvko3f/buffy_pillow.jpg
That "pillow" is a furry ca toy. She mostly ignores it but it seemed
like a good place for her to lay her head. :)
Jill
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Spoiling My Cat By Doing Nothing by
John Kasupski
Back on Halloween 2016, the first post I read upon subscribing to this newsgroup
was posted by Joy, who told us about wanting to strip her bed to wash the sheets
only to find one or both of her cats sleeping on the bed every time she looked
and deciding to wait.
Right now, I know just how she...
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Post-RTFM Minnie Picture by
John Kasupski
Here's a picture of Minnie after I found and read the manual for my camera to
remember how set it to shoot low-light scenes without using the flash.
https://s29.postimg.org/a2mwngg3b/fuzzy.jpg
Got her looking right up at me. It's a little fuzzy. I failed to hold the camera
perfectly still because...
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And another pic by
jmcquown[_2_]
Buffy likes to jump on the rather narrow decorative trim work along the
corner of the window behind my desk. It's not wide enough for a perch.
Today she discovered she could get behind the stretchy attached from
ceiling to floor drapery pull... and use it to support herself and not
fall....
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Minnie Is Almost 7 Months Old by
John Kasupski
Not a new picture, but...
https://s30.postimg.org/dm71v44n5/DSC00989.jpg
....in that photo, Minnie is sitting at the end of the kitchen counter on that
side of my kitchen. See that cabinet door on the left? I took a measuring tape
out there yesterday. The bottom edge of the door is exactly five...
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The Water Incident - And More by
John Kasupski
As any cat lover knows, our feline friends must always have access to fresh
water. Some of us, however, have cats whose opinion of just what qualifies as
"fresh" and what doesn't differs from that of others.
When I first got Minnie, she'd often try to jump up onto the kitchen counter
next to the...
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