Spicey at night

On Wed, 15 Oct 2014 08:59:57 +0100, Judith Latham
wrote:
I'm sure you're right about Spicey's inner world. One thing is obvious
though, she's one hell of a happy cat now.

I just like to imagine her little kitty world, and little kitty cogs going
around in her head. She's a fairly unpredictable, mysterious black box.

On Wed, 15 Oct 2014 09:39:45 -0400, ann791 wrote:
I love hearing about Spicey. She has come a long way from the cat who
sent you to the doctor from scratches.

She's settled down into a comfortable routine. She will actually still bite
if I try to excessively meddle with her, but she's definitely more tolerant
than before.

On Wed, 15 Oct 2014 17:43:34 +0100, "Christina Websell"
wrote:
You are so sensitive to her moods. I've always thought, though, that
Spicey's difficulties stem from Suz not being able to handle her at all for
9 years which made her almost a feral cat living in a house.
KFC was difficult, I've had difficult dogs that no one else would take on
and been successful with, but I'm not sure I'd have kept Spicey if I had to
dangle myself off the staircase like you had to to avoid being slashed to
bits.

One thing about Spicey is that you don't necessarily have to be sensitive
to know her moods, because she has physical ways of letting you know her
moods.

On Wed, 15 Oct 2014 18:35:53 -0400, Takayuki
wrote:

On Wed, 15 Oct 2014 17:43:34 +0100, "Christina Websell"
wrote:
You are so sensitive to her moods. I've always thought, though, that
Spicey's difficulties stem from Suz not being able to handle her at all for
9 years which made her almost a feral cat living in a house.
KFC was difficult, I've had difficult dogs that no one else would take on
and been successful with, but I'm not sure I'd have kept Spicey if I had to
dangle myself off the staircase like you had to to avoid being slashed to
bits.

One thing about Spicey is that you don't necessarily have to be sensitive
to know her moods, because she has physical ways of letting you know her
moods.

It's best to lay down the ground rules before the human gets ideas.

"Takayuki" wrote in message
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On Wed, 15 Oct 2014 17:43:34 +0100, "Christina Websell"
wrote:
You are so sensitive to her moods. I've always thought, though, that
Spicey's difficulties stem from Suz not being able to handle her at all
for
9 years which made her almost a feral cat living in a house.
KFC was difficult, I've had difficult dogs that no one else would take on
and been successful with, but I'm not sure I'd have kept Spicey if I had
to
dangle myself off the staircase like you had to to avoid being slashed to
bits.

One thing about Spicey is that you don't necessarily have to be sensitive
to know her moods, because she has physical ways of letting you know her
moods.

I'm not sure I would be up for it. Kitty would slash if she got annoyed but
not enough to make me worry about putting me in hospital. She was a real
grump with a bad temper.
Boyfie is completely different. He has no temper and is always charming
with me.
If I got another cat, I would choose a boy, purely because my girl cat had a
bad temper and my boy cat is kind and gentle.

On 10/15/2014 6:29 PM, Takayuki wrote:
On Wed, 15 Oct 2014 17:56:03 -0400, jmcquown wrote:
It does seem a bit strange considering not long ago Spicey was
inflicting serious injury! Maybe Persia sent her some gentle-cat mojo.

Persia was definitely a most gentle girl.

She most definitely was. There was only one time she scratched me
really badly (she still had her back claws, and a pox on the person who
front declawed her). It was my fault. We were sleeping and she had
rolled over on her back next to me. I was sort of half awake. I
stretched my hand out felt that soft belly fur under my fingers... She
wrapped her front paws around my arm bunny-kicked the underside of my
forearm with her back claws. Ripped me to shreds. That'll sure wake
you up! OUCH! I got up and washed the wounds in hydrogen peroxide.

I probably posted a link to a picture of it back then (it would have
been in 2001, I guess). That was when Webshots was still a viable
photohosting site. Now that pic is on a CD along with all my other old
Webshots pics. Zipped format. Not easy to find a single photo but you
get the picture, I'm sure.

Jill

"dgk" wrote in message
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On Wed, 15 Oct 2014 18:35:53 -0400, Takayuki
wrote:

On Wed, 15 Oct 2014 17:43:34 +0100, "Christina Websell"
wrote:
You are so sensitive to her moods. I've always thought, though, that
Spicey's difficulties stem from Suz not being able to handle her at all
for
9 years which made her almost a feral cat living in a house.
KFC was difficult, I've had difficult dogs that no one else would take on
and been successful with, but I'm not sure I'd have kept Spicey if I had
to
dangle myself off the staircase like you had to to avoid being slashed to
bits.

One thing about Spicey is that you don't necessarily have to be sensitive
to know her moods, because she has physical ways of letting you know her
moods.

It's best to lay down the ground rules before the human gets ideas.

there are no ground rules with difficult cat cats and dogs that have had a
bad life before you got them. It's all about whether you can tolerate a dog
breaking into your fridge and oven and cupboards and eating everything in
there.
I tolerated it. Because she'd been lost, and on the streets.
She could take a tin from my cupboard and know what was in it. She didn't
bother with fruit, only tins with meat in and then open them with her teeth.
She was a challenging dog to have, but would have defended me with her life
and often said of a visitor either 1. You seem nice, normally she would be
fine with everyone or 2. I don't like you and get the f out of here or
you'll get bitten.
She was never wrong about that.

On Sat, 18 Oct 2014 14:48:04 -0400, jmcquown wrote:
She most definitely was. There was only one time she scratched me
really badly (she still had her back claws, and a pox on the person who
front declawed her). It was my fault. We were sleeping and she had
rolled over on her back next to me. I was sort of half awake. I
stretched my hand out felt that soft belly fur under my fingers... She
wrapped her front paws around my arm bunny-kicked the underside of my
forearm with her back claws. Ripped me to shreds. That'll sure wake
you up! OUCH! I got up and washed the wounds in hydrogen peroxide.

Ouch! Buster will give me little welts when he bunny kicks me while I'm
wrestling him, but it's clear he can kick a lot harder if he wants.

On Thu, 16 Oct 2014 08:53:55 -0400, dgk wrote:

On Wed, 15 Oct 2014 18:35:53 -0400, Takayuki
wrote:
One thing about Spicey is that you don't necessarily have to be sensitive
to know her moods, because she has physical ways of letting you know her
moods.

It's best to lay down the ground rules before the human gets ideas.

Spicey's rules are strict, but they also change!

On Sun, 19 Oct 2014 21:27:47 +0100, "Christina Websell"
wrote:
there are no ground rules with difficult cat cats and dogs that have had a
bad life before you got them. It's all about whether you can tolerate a dog
breaking into your fridge and oven and cupboards and eating everything in
there.
I tolerated it. Because she'd been lost, and on the streets.
She could take a tin from my cupboard and know what was in it. She didn't
bother with fruit, only tins with meat in and then open them with her teeth.
She was a challenging dog to have, but would have defended me with her life
and often said of a visitor either 1. You seem nice, normally she would be
fine with everyone or 2. I don't like you and get the f out of here or
you'll get bitten.
She was never wrong about that.

And I imagine you wouldn't want to get bitten by someone who could open
metal cans with their teeth!