CInder doesn't like it when I sneeze...??

"Phoenix" wrote in message
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Cinder, who is the slightly neurotic desk-cat whose territory is my
workspace (she sits next to me, or on top of the laptop (external keyboard
and montior, natch) while I am at the 'puter. Since I work from home 2
days a week, and am the computer regularly when I'm not working anyway,
she gets a lot of my time and attention.

Lately, she has started complaining whenever I sneeze. Does anyone else's
cat do that?

I sneeze, and she makes this noise that is a combination of "growl" and
"chitter", kind of like a machine gun. Every time I sneeze. Which can get
interesting when I have those sneezing fits where I go on for 10 or 20
sneezies...

What in the world is the problem? I really don't think she is saying
"gesundheit" in cat. Besides, she looks REALLY annoyed when she does it.
It's like "Cut that out, human!"

Anyone else get this from their owners?

Deborah
slave to the Seven
My cat doesn't even blink when I sneeze - nobody can hear it. I'm one of
those closed mouth sneezers. And I have the cough that hangs on after a cold
at the moment and she's gotten used to that, too. She's not very perturbed
by most sounds... Not deaf, just selective hearing.

^. .^
Kathy and Woodgie

"Wayne Mitchell" wrote in message
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wrote:

When I sneeze, the cat who's cuddling with me at the time (could be
any one of them) gets up and leaves. The speed of the departure depends
on the cat.

I frequently sneeze explosively and without much warning. My current
pair are totally unfazed, even if they are in physical contact with me
when it happens. In fact, Heidi is sometimes sitting on my chest,
trying to convince me that it's time to get up and feed the kitties,
when I not only make a loud, rude noise but also cause an earthquake.
She just gives me an "are you *quite* through?" look of mild disgust.


All of us here have explosive allergies. We even have our own sneezing
patterns. I'm a two sneezer and Mandy is a three sneezer. Rob and Mike
both have multiple violent series of sneezes that can be heard across the
house. I swear the cats nod their heads in time to the sneezes as if to
count how many this time.

Pam S. who's allergies are acting up, again.

On Sun, 06 Jul 2008 01:34:37 +0100, Jack Campin - bogus address wrote:

I sneeze, and she makes this noise that is a combination of "growl" and
"chitter", kind of like a machine gun. Every time I sneeze. Which can
get interesting when I have those sneezing fits where I go on for 10 or
20 sneezies...

What in the world is the problem? I really don't think she is saying
"gesundheit" in cat. Besides, she looks REALLY annoyed when she does
it. It's like "Cut that out, human!"

Anyone else get this from their owners?

Most of mine do the same, but I have an exceptionally violent sneeze
(seems to be hereditary, my father did the same and he said his father
did too). The exception is Splodge. It takes a hell of a lot to bother
Splodge (vacuum cleaners? who cares, man...) and he also has a sneeze
which would scale up to being much like mine, so he can identify instead
of assuming it's a cat bounty hunter with a 12-bore snotgun.

Hmmm.... Now I have a new nickname for my nose. It is a double-barreled
snotgun. Sounds like the sort of joke particularly popular with 10-year-
olds.

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