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ROSS: YUK! I like the avatar with the kitten with the lime on its head MUCH better. The possum looks like he is looking right at me!
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A standoff with my cat
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Ross
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He is looking straight at you. Sorry, Devil made me do it!LoriSue said:
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Ross, that is much better. Now I won't have nightmares about being stalked by a possum! LOL
Lori
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Who's Boss
Who's Boss
Betty, you don't seem to realize that it is not a matter of training the cat. The cat has already trained you to wait on him. Now Ross knows his cats. While I wouldn't recommend a big dog, I be willing to bet that if your cat was outside and no one was home, when it started to rain your cat would use his cat door licky-split. Our cat uses a big dog door to go outside in the middle of the night. During the day when we are around, he will stand by the door and beg to be let out by us using the human door.
Cat love to show who is the real boss and they never tire of this game- what else do they have to do!
Who's Boss
Betty, you don't seem to realize that it is not a matter of training the cat. The cat has already trained you to wait on him. Now Ross knows his cats. While I wouldn't recommend a big dog, I be willing to bet that if your cat was outside and no one was home, when it started to rain your cat would use his cat door licky-split. Our cat uses a big dog door to go outside in the middle of the night. During the day when we are around, he will stand by the door and beg to be let out by us using the human door.
Cat love to show who is the real boss and they never tire of this game- what else do they have to do!
Progress report on Shadow
Progress report on Shadow
Well, we are about 50% there on cat door usage.
Yesterday we didn't have a big dog chasing Shadow but rather a 3 year old grandson. Shadow had no problem going through the door with no hesitation.
I've used the food lures and rubbed fresh catnip on his doors and I think they both helped.
RCB.....yes, he has me trained.
Shadow used to dine on fancy feast too but it was a little too rich for him. Now he is Iams regular but it took time to make the change over.
I love all the cat stories.
Progress report on Shadow
Well, we are about 50% there on cat door usage.
Yesterday we didn't have a big dog chasing Shadow but rather a 3 year old grandson. Shadow had no problem going through the door with no hesitation.
I've used the food lures and rubbed fresh catnip on his doors and I think they both helped.
RCB.....yes, he has me trained.
Shadow used to dine on fancy feast too but it was a little too rich for him. Now he is Iams regular but it took time to make the change over.
I love all the cat stories.
If you cats go outdoors, you want to be sure that their rabies shots are up to date. From time to time, you may also want to have your cats tested for Feline Infectious Peritonitis (FIP) which is a highly contageous disease for which there is no cure and no reliable vaccination. Our Siamese male, "Big Guy," was found to have FIP antibodies and he died 10 days later, on February 23, 2004. He just ran into the bedroom, dropped over, and died before our very eyes. Our cats are completely indoor cats, never go out for any reason other than vet visits. Although the vet does not agree, he must have come in contact with FIP in the vet's office. Three months before, to the very day, our female, Luci, died of squamous cell carcinoma in the mouth. We never had rabbies shots for our cats before, but our one remaining female got her shot last month.
Blanche
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Susan BAV
Blanche -
I had a neutered male cat (Tom II) who always came down with horrible gory (and expensively treated) pockets of infection following his shots! The infections would taper off following each batch of shots and then, "whamo," start up again the next time he'd get his shots! Something in those vaccines was affecting his immune system! I finally would only allow the rabies vaccine but I switched vets (other one retired) and the new one (was a dingdong and ignored my request and) gave the entire batch of shots to poor Tom again and... same problem!
~Susan W
I had a neutered male cat (Tom II) who always came down with horrible gory (and expensively treated) pockets of infection following his shots! The infections would taper off following each batch of shots and then, "whamo," start up again the next time he'd get his shots! Something in those vaccines was affecting his immune system! I finally would only allow the rabies vaccine but I switched vets (other one retired) and the new one (was a dingdong and ignored my request and) gave the entire batch of shots to poor Tom again and... same problem!
~Susan W
joy
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In the county that I live in, we can't let our cats outdoors, or we could get fined. It doesn't stop a lot of people, though. Our cat, Zues is 4 months old, and still very much a kitten. I have a paper route, and I don't like it when I see cats and dogs running all over the place, in front of my car...I would feel aweful if I ran over one! We had Zues declawed about a week after we got him...also had him nuetered at the same time. He was a farm cat, and we got him from these people who we thought were nice, but I guess they used to kick him, and throw him against walls, and not feed him. What jerks! The excuse was, "he cost too much to feed and buy litter for."
Anyways, he's sweet, and I think he adopted me, as his human. Every day when I come in, he is waiting for me at the door, and he follows me to my bedroom and crawls into bed with me. Kittens....They are psycho! Mine likes to have his belly rubbed and his cheeks scratched!
Anyways, he's sweet, and I think he adopted me, as his human. Every day when I come in, he is waiting for me at the door, and he follows me to my bedroom and crawls into bed with me. Kittens....They are psycho! Mine likes to have his belly rubbed and his cheeks scratched!
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Lisa in Katy
Our cat used to use the large (I can crawl through it) dog door. She would wait until the dogs were in the kennels and then go in and out freely. However, she disappeared for about a month one time, and when she came home (after we'd gotten another cat), my daughter refused to let her out. She kept the hatch down when the dogs were in their kennels. The cat seemed fine with that and never tried to go out again.
Now, dogs are a different story. They're not near as smart as cats, you know. Our Boxer (yes, Jo Boxer (female, so no e on Jo)) won't come in the open back door. She'll stand and wait for you to close the door so she can come in through the dog door. Now, if the front door is open, she's out it in a flash and off we go in the car to chase her down. Luckily, she likes to ride in the car and will jump in the passenger side for a ride.
Now, dogs are a different story. They're not near as smart as cats, you know. Our Boxer (yes, Jo Boxer (female, so no e on Jo)) won't come in the open back door. She'll stand and wait for you to close the door so she can come in through the dog door. Now, if the front door is open, she's out it in a flash and off we go in the car to chase her down. Luckily, she likes to ride in the car and will jump in the passenger side for a ride.
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LoriSue said:
Was that a lime? I thought it was a tennis ball.
Once upon a great time ago my wife had a cat named Bud and a hampster (I don't recall the name of the hampster) and from time to time the hampster would park himself on top of Bud's head for a nap or a ride around the house or just a better view of the world...
Too bad my wife never had any photos of that.
Blanche,
Shadow does get annual rabies shots and is vaccinated for everything recommended for cats around here. He has been neutered. He gets flea and tick preventative once a month and I keep stuff for ear mites in the house so if he starts scratching at his ears I can catch it early.
Even if he was strictly an indoor cat I would do all that since he does get boarded when we leave for more than a couple of days. The kitty condo he goes to is quite strict about vaccinations and I'm glad about that. Susan, that is terrible that your cat has such reactions........the poor thing.
We had a cat many years ago that died of feline leukemia and watched our other cat for a long time but he never developed it and died when he was about 17. Shadow is the first cat we've had since that one and I hope he lives a long time too.
I do know that longevity for indoor cats is much longer and maybe someday he will have to make that transition. In the meantime, I have to watch his paws when I garden since he is always right there helping me.
Shadow does get annual rabies shots and is vaccinated for everything recommended for cats around here. He has been neutered. He gets flea and tick preventative once a month and I keep stuff for ear mites in the house so if he starts scratching at his ears I can catch it early.
Even if he was strictly an indoor cat I would do all that since he does get boarded when we leave for more than a couple of days. The kitty condo he goes to is quite strict about vaccinations and I'm glad about that. Susan, that is terrible that your cat has such reactions........the poor thing.
We had a cat many years ago that died of feline leukemia and watched our other cat for a long time but he never developed it and died when he was about 17. Shadow is the first cat we've had since that one and I hope he lives a long time too.
I do know that longevity for indoor cats is much longer and maybe someday he will have to make that transition. In the meantime, I have to watch his paws when I garden since he is always right there helping me.
Gail in Ca
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We put in a dog door and were trying to teach our doggie how to use it.
Along comes our 16lb ocicat, J J, indoor cat extraordinaire, and he goes out thru the darned thing, like "What?"
When we leave for more than 8 hours, we close him up in the bedroom with his food and litterbox, so the dog can go in and out.
And if I happen to open the door to the dog door and forget, that cat has dog door radar and I hear it flapping and he is on the patio!
Gotta love cats!
Gail
Along comes our 16lb ocicat, J J, indoor cat extraordinaire, and he goes out thru the darned thing, like "What?"
When we leave for more than 8 hours, we close him up in the bedroom with his food and litterbox, so the dog can go in and out.
And if I happen to open the door to the dog door and forget, that cat has dog door radar and I hear it flapping and he is on the patio!
Gotta love cats!
Gail
