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Danger: Ferocious Ball of Fluff
St. Cloud (FL) PD 11/28/04 19:59 A woman called asking for an officer as
her kitten was out of control and they were afraid to get close to it. The woman said that the little kitten had scratched her two year old by his eye. A friend of the woman said that they had managed to trap the kitten in one of the rooms of the house. Animal Control officers headed over and managed to capture the ferocious ball of fluff. Oh, my. This is so funny although I'm sure the family didn't understand kitten behavior and that their fear was real. Hopefully all is well in their household now. The poor little kitty! Charleen |
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Here are some purrs that the kitten can be re-homed with a new family
that's a more appropriate fit for him. Poor family (for not knowing what they were getting into when they took in a kitten) and poor kitten (for landing in a home where he was misunderstood). If the family really, REALLY has their heart set on adopting a cat, maybe they can have a word with their shelter about adopting an older pet that's more settled down and less rambunctious. Presuming, of course, that its temperament would be a good match for a house with a two-year-old in it. Otherwise, my advice is "hold off on bringing pets in until the two-year-old is a bit older, and THEN seek out an older, settled-down pet that needs a home. Donna, and the VERY active Captain and Stanley |
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"Charleen Welton" wrote in message ... St. Cloud (FL) PD 11/28/04 19:59 A woman called asking for an officer as her kitten was out of control and they were afraid to get close to it. The woman said that the little kitten had scratched her two year old by his eye. A friend of the woman said that they had managed to trap the kitten in one of the rooms of the house. Animal Control officers headed over and managed to capture the ferocious ball of fluff. Oh, my. This is so funny although I'm sure the family didn't understand kitten behavior and that their fear was real. Hopefully all is well in their household now. The poor little kitty! Charleen There is no service here in the UK that would come out to a kitten that has scratched someone. Kittens scratch. If you get a kitten, get used to it. They grow out of it. We all understand this here. Tweed |
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"Christina Websell" wrote in message ... "Charleen Welton" wrote in message ... St. Cloud (FL) PD 11/28/04 19:59 A woman called asking for an officer as her kitten was out of control and they were afraid to get close to it. The woman said that the little kitten had scratched her two year old by his eye. A friend of the woman said that they had managed to trap the kitten in one of the rooms of the house. Animal Control officers headed over and managed to capture the ferocious ball of fluff. Oh, my. This is so funny although I'm sure the family didn't understand kitten behavior and that their fear was real. Hopefully all is well in their household now. The poor little kitty! Charleen There is no service here in the UK that would come out to a kitten that has scratched someone. Kittens scratch. If you get a kitten, get used to it. They grow out of it. We all understand this here. Tweed Sounds like a job for the SAS? |
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In article , "Bill Stock"
wrote: "Christina Websell" wrote in message ... "Charleen Welton" wrote in message ... St. Cloud (FL) PD 11/28/04 19:59 A woman called asking for an officer as her kitten was out of control and they were afraid to get close to it. The woman said that the little kitten had scratched her two year old by his eye. A friend of the woman said that they had managed to trap the kitten in one of the rooms of the house. Animal Control officers headed over and managed to capture the ferocious ball of fluff. Oh, my. This is so funny although I'm sure the family didn't understand kitten behavior and that their fear was real. Hopefully all is well in their household now. The poor little kitty! Charleen There is no service here in the UK that would come out to a kitten that has scratched someone. Kittens scratch. If you get a kitten, get used to it. They grow out of it. We all understand this here. Tweed Sounds like a job for the SAS? I've also heard of SAS troopers getting rather misty over pets. Do NOT, however, threaten their kids -- fur or not. |
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"Charleen Welton" wrote in message
... St. Cloud (FL) PD 11/28/04 19:59 A woman called asking for an officer as her kitten was out of control and they were afraid to get close to it. The woman said that the little kitten had scratched her two year old by his eye. A friend of the woman said that they had managed to trap the kitten in one of the rooms of the house. Animal Control officers headed over and managed to capture the ferocious ball of fluff. Oh, my. This is so funny although I'm sure the family didn't understand kitten behavior and that their fear was real. Hopefully all is well in their household now. The poor little kitty! Oh dear. Purrs for the little kitty, but I sure do have a lot of sympathy for the family. IBKFergus continues to attack Cary, but thankfully its only his hands and feet before I can get tot he squirt gun. I can fully understand a family with a young child not knowing what they were getting in for with a kitten - I certainly had forgotten and IBKFergus has come this close to going to the shelter on a number of occasions. Heck, I've given up the notion that I can eat my breakfast without a kitten nose in the milk at the same time, or that I'll ever have an uniterrupted night's sleep ever again (yawn). She can certainly be a handful. At least the family did the right thing and called someone in to get the kitty rather than dumping her somewhere. Yowie |
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"Yowie" had some very interesting
things to say about Danger: Ferocious Ball of Fluff: Oh dear. Purrs for the little kitty, but I sure do have a lot of sympathy for the family. IBKFergus continues to attack Cary, but thankfully its only his hands and feet before I can get tot he squirt gun. Try hissing at her. -- "The universe is quite robust in design and appears to be doing just fine on its own, incompetent support staff notwithstanding. :-)" - the Dennis formerly known as (evil), MCFL |
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Charleen Welton wrote: St. Cloud (FL) PD 11/28/04 19:59 A woman called asking for an officer as her kitten was out of control and they were afraid to get close to it. The woman said that the little kitten had scratched her two year old by his eye. A friend of the woman said that they had managed to trap the kitten in one of the rooms of the house. Animal Control officers headed over and managed to capture the ferocious ball of fluff. Oh, my. This is so funny although I'm sure the family didn't understand kitten behavior and that their fear was real. Hopefully all is well in their household now. The poor little kitty! When I read about a cat scratching a two year old, my first reaction is "what did the child do to the cat, first?" If the family knew so little about cats, what do you want to bet that they left child unsupervised to torment kitty as he'she saw fit? Charleen |
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Seanette Blaylock wrote:
"Yowie" had some very interesting things to say about Danger: Ferocious Ball of Fluff: Oh dear. Purrs for the little kitty, but I sure do have a lot of sympathy for the family. IBKFergus continues to attack Cary, but thankfully its only his hands and feet before I can get tot he squirt gun. Try hissing at her. Hissing is good. Also must say, it didn't do me any harm that I was scratched constantly when I was little. I don't think there has ever been a period in my life when I didn't have scratch marks on me (though these days, they're not from rambunctious kittens, they are from Nikki who doesn't realise she's too fluffy to ride on my shoulder. She thinks she can compensate for the lack of room by digging in her claws). -- Marina, Frank and Nikki marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki |
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"Charleen Welton" wrote in message ... St. Cloud (FL) PD 11/28/04 19:59 A woman called asking for an officer as her kitten was out of control and they were afraid to get close to it. The woman said that the little kitten had scratched her two year old by his eye. A friend of the woman said that they had managed to trap the kitten in one of the rooms of the house. Animal Control officers headed over and managed to capture the ferocious ball of fluff. Oh, my. This is so funny although I'm sure the family didn't understand kitten behavior and that their fear was real. Hopefully all is well in their household now. The poor little kitty! Charleen Oh dear - I do hope the kiiten is rehomed with a family who understands cats, not a family that doesn't. What did they expect? A stuffed animal doing nothing? The mother should be training her child to respect animals. I didn't find it funny, I found it very sad and an indictment of how some people fail to understand what they are taking on when they get a pet :-( Cheers, helen s |
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