Dinner Guest that didn't leave!

Suddenly, without warning, Jean B. exclaimed (8/19/2008 1:28 PM):
jmc wrote:
Suddenly, without warning, J a c k exclaimed (8/17/2008 4:26 PM):
Lesley wrote:

Sadly the sort of person who would declaw a cat probably wouldn't then
regard it as cruel to turn the cat out....


Oh good, an anti-declaw Nazi. Can never have too many of them, I
suppose.


Jack

**sigh** Yup, I'm one too. D'ya know what declawing really is? I
can come over and demonstrate, if you'd like. Won't hurt much or
anything, I'm only gonna take your fingers off at the first joint.

Although, Lesley, sometimes "the sort of person who would declaw a
cat" is just ignorant. When I was 18 I had my first cat declawed. I
had no idea what the procedure entailed, nor did my vet tell me.
Wasn't till a few years later that I learned what a horrific thing I
did to poor Mouse.

jmc

I was MOST grateful that I had done some research before that question
arose when I arranged for Ming to neutered. At that point, ca 10 years
ago, the vet's office seemed to think it was routine, not bad for the
cat, etc. :-(

(MY ignorance was in getting a cat that undoubtedly came from a kitten
mill. I had never even heard that term.)

Thank goodness little Cal, has Phil!


There was no internet when I adopted Mouse. I didn't even have a phone,
or a TV, back then.

jmc

"CatNipped" wrote in message
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"cybercat" wrote in message
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"CatNipped" wrote

With grandchildren and cats (and, I confess, being the klutz that I am
and the slob that my husband it) - we don't much care about the state of
our crappy furniture. But as you get older your skin gets thinner and I
*bleed* a lot less when I keep claws trimmed (even if they aren't being
malicious, accidents can happen when you're playing with them).


I hear you. Once we made the mistake of taking Boo to the vet when it was
time to trim, her claws were long. Well, she HOWWWWWLLLLLLS piteously all
the way there, the kind of heart-wrenching, soulful, "whyyyyyy are you
torrrrrrrturing the fat little puddddddy tat that only lovvvvvvves
youoooo" howl that turns my knees to water. (Even though I KNOW I am not
torturing her, gd it! lol!) So I stick a finger in through the grated
door to comfort her, and she HOOKS me, and I mean deep. In Raleigh,
narrowlaned, rush hour traffic. She did not mean to, she was just
reaching out and upset. She was upset, I was upset. I screamed and she
got more upset.

Yes, there are many reasons why one might want to clip claws. I could
have done without that whole scene and so could Booty.

Archer, who was always a *BIG* boy even as a kitten (9 pounds!) tried
jumping up on my lap one day and didn't quite make it all the way because
my arm was in the way. When he started to fall he instinctively grabbed
on with his claws and dug them into my arm. All 9 pounds of him were
hanging from my arm by his claws. Ever since them I have RELIGIOUSLY
clipped claws every 2 weeks or more often as needed!!! ;

Hugs,

CatNipped

Yikes. That sounds painful. Sometimes Big Red will quickly roll over on his
back
while you're petting him (and ONLY if you have a long sleeve shirt on) then
grab
my arm w/his forepaws/claws, bare his teeth and begin wrassling. No
growling,
just arm wrassling.

Big Red has a 2 x 4 he loves scratching. What I don't understand is how he
doesn't get splinters in his paws from this activity.

jmc wrote:
Suddenly, without warning, Jean B. exclaimed (8/19/2008 1:28 PM):
jmc wrote:
Suddenly, without warning, J a c k exclaimed (8/17/2008 4:26 PM):
Lesley wrote:

Sadly the sort of person who would declaw a cat probably wouldn't then
regard it as cruel to turn the cat out....


Oh good, an anti-declaw Nazi. Can never have too many of them, I
suppose.


Jack

**sigh** Yup, I'm one too. D'ya know what declawing really is? I
can come over and demonstrate, if you'd like. Won't hurt much or
anything, I'm only gonna take your fingers off at the first joint.

Although, Lesley, sometimes "the sort of person who would declaw a
cat" is just ignorant. When I was 18 I had my first cat declawed. I
had no idea what the procedure entailed, nor did my vet tell me.
Wasn't till a few years later that I learned what a horrific thing I
did to poor Mouse.

jmc

I was MOST grateful that I had done some research before that question
arose when I arranged for Ming to neutered. At that point, ca 10
years ago, the vet's office seemed to think it was routine, not bad
for the cat, etc. :-(

(MY ignorance was in getting a cat that undoubtedly came from a kitten
mill. I had never even heard that term.)

Thank goodness little Cal, has Phil!


There was no internet when I adopted Mouse. I didn't even have a phone,
or a TV, back then.

jmc

Well then... Still, we manage to feel guilty.

--
Jean B.

Suddenly, without warning, Jean B. exclaimed (8/21/2008 7:13 PM):
jmc wrote:
Suddenly, without warning, Jean B. exclaimed (8/19/2008 1:28 PM):
jmc wrote:
Suddenly, without warning, J a c k exclaimed (8/17/2008 4:26 PM):
Lesley wrote:

Sadly the sort of person who would declaw a cat probably wouldn't
then
regard it as cruel to turn the cat out....


Oh good, an anti-declaw Nazi. Can never have too many of them, I
suppose.


Jack

**sigh** Yup, I'm one too. D'ya know what declawing really is? I
can come over and demonstrate, if you'd like. Won't hurt much or
anything, I'm only gonna take your fingers off at the first joint.

Although, Lesley, sometimes "the sort of person who would declaw a
cat" is just ignorant. When I was 18 I had my first cat declawed.
I had no idea what the procedure entailed, nor did my vet tell me.
Wasn't till a few years later that I learned what a horrific thing I
did to poor Mouse.

jmc

I was MOST grateful that I had done some research before that
question arose when I arranged for Ming to neutered. At that point,
ca 10 years ago, the vet's office seemed to think it was routine, not
bad for the cat, etc. :-(

(MY ignorance was in getting a cat that undoubtedly came from a
kitten mill. I had never even heard that term.)

Thank goodness little Cal, has Phil!


There was no internet when I adopted Mouse. I didn't even have a
phone, or a TV, back then.

jmc

Well then... Still, we manage to feel guilty.


That, we most certainly do.

jmc

"Phil P." wrote in message
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"cybercat" wrote in message
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I'm changing his name to Calidor "Cal".

Its back to Sly by popular demand. Actually, it does seem to fit him
better.

He's really made remarkable progress. He's not only gained back some weight,
he's gained back his dignity. He's also becoming more and more trusting
everyday. Instead of jumping up on the shelf in the closet or on window sill
when he sees me, he now chirps when he sees me and makes a nose dive down
from the window sill to greet me with a lot of chatter and the figure 8 rubs
back and forth between my feet! His eyes even seem to be brighter.

Here're some new pictures of him. Whatdaya think?

http://maxshouse.com/Mine/Sly_web_album/index.htm


Phil

Oh he is just beautiful! He looks like he's smiling. I like picture 2354 the
best. He looks like he is flirting with the camera.

Stacey

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"Phil P." wrote in message
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"cybercat" wrote in message
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I'm changing his name to Calidor "Cal".

Its back to Sly by popular demand. Actually, it does seem to fit him
better.

He's really made remarkable progress. He's not only gained back some weight,
he's gained back his dignity. He's also becoming more and more trusting
everyday. Instead of jumping up on the shelf in the closet or on window sill
when he sees me, he now chirps when he sees me and makes a nose dive down
from the window sill to greet me with a lot of chatter and the figure 8 rubs
back and forth between my feet! His eyes even seem to be brighter.

Here're some new pictures of him. Whatdaya think?

http://maxshouse.com/Mine/Sly_web_album/index.htm


Phil

"Phil P." wrote in message
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"Phil P." wrote in message
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"cybercat" wrote in message
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I'm changing his name to Calidor "Cal".

Its back to Sly by popular demand. Actually, it does seem to fit him
better.

He's really made remarkable progress. He's not only gained back some
weight,
he's gained back his dignity. He's also becoming more and more trusting
everyday. Instead of jumping up on the shelf in the closet or on window
sill
when he sees me, he now chirps when he sees me and makes a nose dive down
from the window sill to greet me with a lot of chatter and the figure 8
rubs
back and forth between my feet! His eyes even seem to be brighter.

Here're some new pictures of him. Whatdaya think?

http://maxshouse.com/Mine/Sly_web_album/index.htm



Hahaha!! He looks so happy and contented. I agree that Sly fits him. What a
great face!
Phil

"Stacey" wrote in message
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Oh he is just beautiful! He looks like he's smiling. I like picture 2354
the
best. He looks like he is flirting with the camera.


In 2265 he looks like he just won Best In Show!!

"Stacey" wrote in message
...
Oh he is just beautiful! He looks like he's smiling. I like picture 2354
the
best. He looks like he is flirting with the camera.



In 2335 he's thinking, "I must be such a gooooood boy ...."

Phil P. wrote:
"Phil P." wrote in message
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"cybercat" wrote in message
...

I'm changing his name to Calidor "Cal".

Its back to Sly by popular demand. Actually, it does seem to fit him
better.

He's really made remarkable progress. He's not only gained back some weight,
he's gained back his dignity. He's also becoming more and more trusting
everyday. Instead of jumping up on the shelf in the closet or on window sill
when he sees me, he now chirps when he sees me and makes a nose dive down
from the window sill to greet me with a lot of chatter and the figure 8 rubs
back and forth between my feet! His eyes even seem to be brighter.

Here're some new pictures of him. Whatdaya think?

http://maxshouse.com/Mine/Sly_web_album/index.htm


Phil


He's looking great! I was hoping I still had an earlier pic here,
but I don't.

--
Jean B.