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Scottish Fold kitten seems lonely or in heat!
"Charlie Wilkes" wrote in message news On Wed, 27 Jun 2007 22:00:46 -0400, cindys wrote: "Charlie Wilkes" wrote in message news On Wed, 27 Jun 2007 05:43:45 -0700, sheelagh wrote: On 27 Jun, 08:26, Charlie Wilkes wrote: On Tue, 26 Jun 2007 23:08:46 -0700, sheelagh wrote: It taught me a very expensive lesson, & Ringo a very painful one... Glum However, I am grateful to be able to say that it was a valuable lesson to be learnt What lesson did you learn? Charlie That humans are by far the worst predators when it comes to cat abuse. Very Droll Charlie, very drll ;o) S;o) Droll? I am merely being straightforward. Does Ringo still run around outside, or do you keep him indoors now? ------- IIRC, Sheelagh went through an awful lot of trouble to build a safe outdoor enclosure. She spent a lot of time on this group providing weblinks to different designs and discussing and getting people's opinions on what type of enclosure would provide the most pleasure and security for her cats. And she provided weblinks to photos of the enclosure when it was finished. Best regards, ---Cindy S. Yes. Thank you for reminding me. I had forgotten about that. I guess the moral of the story is that it's not a good idea to let one's cats roam the neighborhood, even in Merry Old England. But they must be fwee. |
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Scottish Fold kitten seems lonely or in heat!
On 28 Jun, 03:00, "cindys" wrote:
"Charlie Wilkes" wrote in message news On Wed, 27 Jun 2007 05:43:45 -0700, sheelagh wrote: On 27 Jun, 08:26, Charlie Wilkes wrote: On Tue, 26 Jun 2007 23:08:46 -0700, sheelagh wrote: It taught me a very expensive lesson, & Ringo a very painful one... Glum However, I am grateful to be able to say that it was a valuable lesson to be learnt What lesson did you learn? Charlie That humans are by far the worst predators when it comes to cat abuse. Very Droll Charlie, very drll ;o) S;o) Droll? I am merely being straightforward. Does Ringo still run around outside, or do you keep him indoors now? ------- IIRC, Sheelagh went through an awful lot of trouble to build a safe outdoor enclosure. She spent a lot of time on this group providing weblinks to different designs and discussing and getting people's opinions on what type of enclosure would provide the most pleasure and security for her cats. And she provided weblinks to photos of the enclosure when it was finished. Best regards, ---Cindy S.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - This is true. I had to do it for peace of mind for all of my cats. Not just the pedigree cats. After all, it was the Ginger Tabby that was shot, rather than the pedigree ones, which actually suprised me.... Sheelagh |
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Scottish Fold kitten seems lonely or in heat!
On 28 Jun, 06:22, Charlie Wilkes
wrote: On Wed, 27 Jun 2007 22:00:46 -0400, cindys wrote: "Charlie Wilkes" wrote in message news On Wed, 27 Jun 2007 05:43:45 -0700, sheelagh wrote: On 27 Jun, 08:26, Charlie Wilkes wrote: On Tue, 26 Jun 2007 23:08:46 -0700, sheelagh wrote: It taught me a very expensive lesson, & Ringo a very painful one... Glum However, I am grateful to be able to say that it was a valuable lesson to be learnt What lesson did you learn? Charlie That humans are by far the worst predators when it comes to cat abuse. Very Droll Charlie, very drll ;o) S;o) Droll? I am merely being straightforward. Does Ringo still run around outside, or do you keep him indoors now? ------- On 28 Jun, 03:00, "cindys" wrote: IIRC, Sheelagh went through an awful lot of trouble to build a safe outdoor enclosure. She spent a lot of time on this group providing weblinks to different designs and discussing and getting people's opinions on what type of enclosure would provide the most pleasure and security for her cats. And she provided weblinks to photos of the enclosure when it was finished. Best regards, ---Cindy S. Yes. Thank you for reminding me. I had forgotten about that. I guess the moral of the story is that it's not a good idea to let one's cats roam the neighborhood, even in Merry Old England. Charlie- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - On 28 Jun, 03:00, "cindys" wrote: IIRC, Sheelagh went through an awful lot of trouble to build a safe outdoor enclosure. She spent a lot of time on this group providing weblinks to different designs and discussing and getting people's opinions on what type of enclosure would provide the most pleasure and security for her cats. And she provided weblinks to photos of the enclosure when it was finished. Best regards, ---Cindy S. Yes. Thank you for reminding me. I had forgotten about that. Droll? I am merely being straightforward. Does Ringo still run around outside, or do you keep him indoors now? When I made that comment, I thought you were already aware that we had built a cat run. It was a terribly painful lesson to learn from Both Ringo's & our point's of view too. This incident is something that had *never* happened to any of our cats prior to that incident, so there was no reason to feel there was any threat to them.. Hence our reason for allowing the adoptive cats to roam in the near vicinity of our house. Obviously, since Ringo was shot, things have changed. they had to. I couldn't run the risk of that happening again to our feline family.... I guess the moral of the story is that it's not a good idea to let one's cats roam the neighborhood, even in Merry Old England. Charlie, I think you want me to say this: It pains me to say this, but increasingly, people are feeling so threatened by other people/ kids, with regard to their cats, that they are choosing to ensure that their pets are safe by enclosing them within our borders of our property. There are still very few reasons to think that there is any general threat towards our cats in as far as predators, ( other animals, rabies, & most of the general threats in the USA that lead most of you to conclude that indoor life for cats is the best option for them.) I have already tried explained how abnormal other Brits think it is when you try to explain why. I can only akin it to telling a Nomad in the Sahara that he should take better care of his camels in a stable in case someone or thing might hurt them, or they are being irresponsible! If I could explain in words how odd *other people* think it is to do that over here, I would try to. You will note that *I* no longer see it as a safe option, unless I happen to be with my cats on reins. They are allowed our in my garden via a tunnel into a cat pen which takes up about half of my garden, because I feel dreadful about taking away their liberty. Maybe others wouldn't, but I felt the need to give them as much freedom as I could without putting them @ risk... However, there is a growing trend of people who are unwilling to take that chance, & I happen to be one of them. There are not that many of us that feel this way over in the UK though. It makes me angry that I should have to go to these lengths, but it is much better than finding one of feline family dead. The threat is still relatively almost negligible.. But negligible is too great a threat to me personally.... I felt it was necessary & best for me & my cat's. Nevertheless, I would never dream of imposing my point of view on other cat slaves over here, because I do understand how minuscule that threat is, & It would be wrong of me to make them feel bad about what they feel is best for their cat. I guess the moral of the story is that it's not a good idea to let one's cats roam the neighborhood, even in Merry Old England. I have read a couple of comments in this thread that have been designed & engineered to make "some" Brits rise to the bait. I see no reason to though. Why would I? I have no arguement over this issue.... What you say is actually increasingly true, & also very sad considering that cats have been allowed freedom for centuries, & there is no Rabies threat & almost no wildlife threat to them either. I am sure we will all adapt in time- It's just terribly sad to have to go to these lengths for fear of our main threat which is almost entirely, Humans.. Wouldn't you feel the same way if this was the case for you too? Sheelagh |
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On 28 Jun, 01:34, bookie wrote:
On 27 Jun, 13:48, sheelagh wrote: On 27 Jun, 13:06, bookie wrote: On 27 Jun, 07:08, sheelagh wrote: On 27 Jun, 01:46, bookie wrote: ( I have just received the last payment from the boy's parent's, yesterday- About time too!!...I'm just glad I don't have to even speak to them anymore. I feel no sorrow for them @ all- after all, I had to find the money to pay it before they even admitted liability. It makes me sick to think about it!) i hope they had to pay interest on that too since you will have lost interest form your money not being inthe bank or even more so if you had to take out a loan to pay the vet and therefore incurred fees and interest etc to pay it back. you should never feel sorry for these people, it is their own bloody fault they have not boethered to educate their nasty offspring properly and therefore they now have to pay the price for this, literally, just wish the bill was much higher. I don't think any punishment for those horrible vicious little *******s will veer really be enough for what they did to poor ringo, i hope those kids rot in hell i really do i hope they had to pay interest on that too since you will have lost interest form your money not being inthe bank or even more so if you had to take out a loan to pay the vet and therefore incurred fees and interest etc to pay it back.u should never feel sorry for these people, it is their own bloody If only!! fault they have not boethered to educate their nasty offspring properly and therefore they now have to pay the price for this, literally, just wish the bill was much higher. I don't think any punishment for those horrible vicious little *******s will veer really be enough for what they did to poor ringo, i hope those kids rot in hell i really do I don't Bookie. I hate them with passion, but I hate myself even more for allowing them to get to him..... & you and I both, hope they rot in hell! It taught me a very expensive lesson, & Ringo a very painful one... Glum However, I am grateful to be able to say that it was a valuable lesson to be learnt- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - why shoudl you have to learn a lesson? that youi should not be able to enjoy your own freedom with your cats in your own neighbourhood? the only lesson that coudl be learnt from this is that you cannot leave anything to the british justice system which is crap, these nasty kids should have been slapped with some more than just their parents having to foot the bill, especially considering previous behaviour. did you go to the local pres abotut them? you should have done you know, you shoudl have named and shamed them and their cretinous parents who obviously are nto fit to bring up kids.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I had no need to Bookie. The family that lost Wizard went to them and reported the incident & their utter outrage. They came here to confirm that this in fact did happen to Ringo. & as far as humiliation goes, there was no need to do anything there either. The family is held in contempt by most of the village now. They don't forget things like that around here in a hurry. My guess is that they move in the next 6 months, judging by the for sale sign outside BIG Grin S;o)- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - good, and i hope that their horrible children continue to ensure they get hounded out of every place they try to settle in, that will teach them to not bother bringing up their disgusting spawn properly. A good slap when they were younger would have sorted those kids out and taught them what is right and what is wrong from an early age by simople use of conditioning and negative reinforcement (ie you do something bad you get a slap, you dont do anything bad you dont get a slap, simple really, so simple I am sure even those retards coudl learn it). I bet they did the old 'reasoning with the kids' crap when the kids were very little and far too young to be reasoned with? very young kids just need to know the boundaries of what is acceptable and what is not, they cannot work it out for themselves when they are 2 or 3 years old as they have no 'theory of mind' at that age and their whole world revolves around their own pleasure and enjoyment. Very small kids don't give a thought about anyone else or their feelings, they have not developed cognitively enough to be able to do that yet, they are very egocentric. By failing to do this with their kids at a young age these people have basically failed their kids as they now have no notion of how to behave decently in modern society or how to function properly around other people either. tell me when they are actually in the process of moving out of their house and I will happily come round and throw eggs at them, run them out of town in the old-fashioned way, maybe a burning tyre round the neck for the kids? i still hope they burn in hell, even if they are moving out.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I don't think we need to. My kids tell me that the boys have paid quite dearly for what they have done already, hence the decision to move, & asap. It would seem as the price of the house has gone down in price twice in two months already!! Personally, I feel the old method is still the best one. Stick them in the stocks in the middle of the Village green, where you can buy rotten eggs & tomatoes to pelt them with. It gives us all ( the whole Village), a chance to express our feelings in a none violent way, but humiliates them & it is something that they would never forget to the end of their days as well. You know how cruel kids can be when it pleases them, & In this instance I think it might possibly be far more effective than the burning tyre method, (however tempting it feels;o) These lads really have paid dearly for what they did. They became known as the cat-Bashers, Have no friends anymore & very few people have time to speak to the Family in general. I think that is why they decided to move & try & have make a new start. Much as I hate what they did to our Ringo, &, I do find it hard to find forgiveness...I have to be honest when I tell you that the whole family paid for what thier boys did to him. When you live in a small village, life is like that. Had Ringo not made it through that incident, I might feel differently, as do Wizard's Family (who now have Paddy, the Bi-colour, Paddy, we had), But Ringo is ok now, & they did pay for it in money and kind, believe me?!! I can't forgive them, but I can move on, simply because I have to. The worst part was loosing faith in humanity, & having to take some of the cats liberty away from them. It broke my heart to have to do that, but I couldn't go through that again, so I felt I had no choice. It's sad really, isn't it? Sheelagh |
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Wow, wtf are you guys talking about? I thought this was about my cats.
Chill out, take this conversation elsewhere. |
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On 28 Jun, 18:04, "
wrote: Wow, wtf are you guys talking about? I thought this was about my cats. Chill out, take this conversation elsewhere. Your right. This is neither the time nor the place to debate this issue. Smile & chilling down fast, Lol I offer my apologies for allowing this issue spill over into your post. I would like to hope that others do too! How did you get on @ the vets when you took Rofl & Beowulf the other day. I hope that it went well & that you had a possitive outcome, with good suggestions as to how to cope with Rofl's timidness? It would be interesting to hear what their advice was? Thank you, sheelagh |
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wrote in message ps.com... Wow, wtf are you guys talking about? I thought this was about my cats. Chill out, take this conversation elsewhere. ------- Usenet groups are public, and threads do tend to go off on tangents. The incident with Ringo's being shot was a really huge deal, and a major topic for conversation on this group for several weeks. The group (as a whole) had many strong feelings then and continues to have strong feelings now about what happened to Ringo. If you want a private conversation, then use e-mail, but otherwise, you can't tell people on a public newsgroup to take a conversation "elsewhere" particularly when the conversation is totally on-topic (of cat health and behavior). Best regards, ---Cindy S. |
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Meanwhile.......
things have kinda taken a turn for the worse with the kittens. See, Beowulf is the excited, exploratory kind of tomcat, who will jump on anything, play with you whenever you want, let you touch/pet/hold him. Newly named Rofl (the scottish fold), is still as skittish as ever. She's been getting up, running around, having a blast with Beowulf; but it seems Beowulf is adopting her sense to run away whenever we go to touch him in any way. If you get too close to her, she'll immediately high-tail it for the bedroom down the hall and hang out under the very hard to access platform bed, until much later (usually a matter of hours), whereas Beowulf will just run from you until you give up, he won't even hide. I am tempted to keep them blocked off from the bedroom where it seems their safe haven is, if only to limit the number of hiding spaces they have to get away from us whenever they want. Beowulf I'm not too concerned about, he'll be fine...he's too adventurous and affectionate to not be. But Rofl...I have to chase her around sometimes to get her to let me pick her up and pet her for a while. She still struggles while being pet; I even had her in my lap for a good 30 minutes straight the other night, she tried to get away probably once a minute, every minute, for 30 minutes. Does this mean she isn't a lapcat or am I expecting too much, considering we've only had them 4 days? She just basically doesn't want to be touched, held, or pet...yet. She will immediately bolt for a safe spot so she doesn't have to deal with it. I can't in good conscience let her run away every time someone wants to be physical with her. She doesn't whine or cry any more when we're not around, so that's progress. |
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One of my cat books says scottish folds' ears don't actually fold until
they're at least a month old & sometimes only one ear folds - talk about cute! wrote: On 25 Jun, 19:43, " [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] are you sure she is a scottish fold? her ears seem to be fairly upright and pointy and not particularly folded over at all She's definitely a fold, but you can't breed two folded ears together due to health defects; so some of them end up coming out pointed, others straigfht. The pointed ones are...more affordable. Still has the same adorable face, though. -- Message posted via CatKB.com http://www.catkb.com/Uwe/Forums.aspx...ealth/200706/1 |
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On Jun 28, 1:04 pm, "
wrote: Wow, wtf are you guys talking about? I thought this was about my cats. Chill out, take this conversation elsewhere. Usenet doesn't work like that, and the persons who starts a thread has no special rights or powers when it comes to controlling the direction of it. The conversation goes where it goes. Lis |
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