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cold night and cats
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California Girl
About 30 yrs. ago I killed a kitten who was sleeping in the fan housing of my car when I started it. There was a litter of strays who hung out at our apartment complex and they slept wherever they could. I couldn't look under the hood of my car, but a nice Vietnam vet took my car and hosed it down for me. After that, the rest of the kittens were adopted by the residents, and we adopted one of them, too. We had her for 20 yrs!
Growing up in the country (Travilah, Darnestown) we had numerous dogs, cats, horses, a few goats, and every year a couple of steers. The cats and dogs stayed outside. Now I live in the city and the cats stay outside. They learn to move within a territorial range, and run from all strangers. The cat boxes on the back porch are lined with old pillows and rugs. Dry food is always in the bowl and they get canned food twice a day. Sometimes they come in at night and sleep on the bed. They are happy chappies.
One of our neighbors has a Siamese cat that he takes for walks - on a leash. The cat always looks humiliated. Poor cat.
One of our neighbors has a Siamese cat that he takes for walks - on a leash. The cat always looks humiliated. Poor cat.
When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.
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i have to say i have only had one problem in 40 plus years of being owned by cats
that was this year when big stooopid adolescent cat went and did --something--or got into it with something--came in with the back two inches of his LOVELY tail (longest damn tail i have ever seen) hanging off late on a saturday night. Lest we risk infection (and my husband does alot of small animal surgeries in his job-so he pretty much knows what he is doing--but let me also say that neither of us is a vet)) we got a very sharp blade sterilized it and finished the cut through --cleaned him up and the next morning brought him to the vet (where the vet told us we did the right thing--never want to have to do that again)--so he's been in alot more. and he is sitting at the door right now, BEGGING , but he AINT GOING OUT--least not tonight!
that was this year when big stooopid adolescent cat went and did --something--or got into it with something--came in with the back two inches of his LOVELY tail (longest damn tail i have ever seen) hanging off late on a saturday night. Lest we risk infection (and my husband does alot of small animal surgeries in his job-so he pretty much knows what he is doing--but let me also say that neither of us is a vet)) we got a very sharp blade sterilized it and finished the cut through --cleaned him up and the next morning brought him to the vet (where the vet told us we did the right thing--never want to have to do that again)--so he's been in alot more. and he is sitting at the door right now, BEGGING , but he AINT GOING OUT--least not tonight!
< leaving on the 22nd of march...but too lame to figure out the ticker thing again!>
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California Girl
The kitty we adopted from that litter I mentioned got about 2" of her tail lopped off, too. We figure she got into someone's apartment and as she was shooed out, they slammed the sliding door too soon! We hadn't adopted her yet when that happened, but I took her to the vet to have her tail looked after and that's when we adopted her. We named her Stubby. 
Its all an act, don't be fooled! The cat only wants you to think he is humilated!Chet wrote:Growing up in the country (Travilah, Darnestown) we had numerous dogs, cats, horses, a few goats, and every year a couple of steers. The cats and dogs stayed outside. Now I live in the city and the cats stay outside. They learn to move within a territorial range, and run from all strangers. The cat boxes on the back porch are lined with old pillows and rugs. Dry food is always in the bowl and they get canned food twice a day. Sometimes they come in at night and sleep on the bed. They are happy chappies.
One of our neighbors has a Siamese cat that he takes for walks - on a leash. The cat always looks humiliated. Poor cat.
As an owner of two Siamese, one who used to walk me on a leash, they are masters of manipulation.
We have had four cats in total and two of the current three were poor lost strays that we adopted. We never let our cats out until the last “adoptee”. It is our first male (I don’t know if that makes a difference) but we did have him neutered when we decided to take him in. Well, he had other ideas! We did our best to keep him inside, but he becomes an absolute orangutan if we don’t let him out. I mean he will run straight up the wall, back down and over to the next one. He has pulled the screen right out of the window and jumped out. Happily it was on the ground floor. So, although we hate it and worry while he is out, we do let him. During this cold weather he doesn’t stay out long and sometimes he sticks his nose out and backs into the house. That makes me happy!