Dear Cat

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Originally Posted by winddance

Dear Mira,

Darling, I know you're a rocket-scientist type and I really do sense the worry on your face at the sudden cancellation of whatever it is you were planning when I show up at home off-schedule. I know you believe you've found the means to your plan for world domination, but your obsession with screens has got to be toned down.

I bought "Game for Cats" for you as a toy, which you and your not-brother seem to enjoy. But "Game for Cats" is only SOMETIMES on the screen of the iPad. It is NOT on my phone, in the laptop, or in my paperback. Paperbacks don't even have screens, even though they look like a Kindle app.

I'm sorry to get in the way of your plans, but I can only give you use of the iPad sometimes and only under my supervision. I do not want to find it on the floor when I come home. It is unnecessary to force your paws underneath it while I am using it. I am sure it loves you too, but repeated head-butting makes it difficult to read. When I am using it, I am not playing, "Game for Cats."

I'm sure you understand.

Love,
Your adoring mother

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Hahaha. We play "Pocket Pond" on my iPhone. It's just a little pond that makes splashing noises when you touch it and these little fish swim around and around. It's absolutely fascinating...if you're furry.

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Originally Posted by winddance

....I'm sorry to get in the way of your plans, but I can only give you use of the iPad sometimes and only under my supervision. I do not want to find it on the floor when I come home. It is unnecessary to force your paws underneath it while I am using it. I am sure it loves you too, but repeated head-butting makes it difficult to read. When I am using it, I am not playing, "Game for Cats."

I'm sure you understand.

Love,
Your adoring mother

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Thank you for the belly laugh you just gave me while I envisioned all of this, thank you :)

Dear Aki,
Why do you put your toy's in the toilet? It's gross!

she thinks she's a raccoon, she's washing them.

@Brandi & Biciclista - Thanks for making me nearly choke on my coffee due to laughing.

...snort...!

And she put's my hair bands in the toilet too!

Dear cats -

Thank you for all curling up in bed with me and adding some heat on this nasty afternoon. Even though I know two of you are here to cuddle and the third one is only here to make trouble (no, you aren't having any of my tortilla chips. I know you like them, but you'll leave crumbs all over my bed since you chew with your mouth open!)

Sincerely,
Icicle mom

Dear greedy boy

There's a can of food in one hand and your plate in the other-- breakfast is on the way. Yelling at me as loud as you can isn't going to make it come any faster! Shhh, it's only 5 am and we don't want to wake up the whole neighborhood...

Love, the can-opener

Dear junior cat

Yes, with our dog's death the pet heirarchy needs adjustment. But remember, even though you're all grown up now, you are still the smallest and youngest member of the household. As we've seen, senior cat is not interesting in giving up his position just yet. And don't forget that senior cat is six pounds heavier than you. Hang in there, you won't be junior forever, you just need to wait 5-10 years....

Love, the referee

Dear Figaroe,

Could you please stop howling at the top of your lungs at 1 a.m. 2 a.m.,3 a.m. etc. At 1 a.m. I got up and put you in your room with your bowl of food, closed the door and went back to bed. At 1:15 a.m. I hear you howling and banging on the door. I crawled out of bed, opened the door, put your food away and it starts over at 2 a.m. Now, we know you are not hyperthyroid as you were treated for this 7 years ago. Thyroid check last week was fine! Are you afraid of the dark? Do you have kitty Alzheimer's? Could we please have a night of solid sleep?

Your beloved humans!

Dear Chloe Kitten,
I am not your enemy, really. But you do need to take your meds. Dr. C and I are trying to help your lungs clear and get you to feeling better.

Dear Gods of KittyKats - please don't let Chloe have chronic lung problems. I already went through this with Erin Cat. :( She's up there with you, she can tell you all about it.

Sign me,
Worried Mom

(((Beth and Chloe))). I hope she starts cooperating and gets better soon.

Dear Cat,

I don't know who took you into the lift when you were sniffing around our lift lobby and took you to basement 3 where you were found 12 hours later with the holy c**p beaten out of you by another cat. But if I find that person, and there HAS to be a person involved considering how the lift is the only way to get there and you are pathologically afraid of the lift, I will beat the stuffing out of him/her. I hope your little kitty mind is loopy with sedatives and painkillers at the vet while they stitch your lip up and let your missing claw heal. And that you get to eat something in the IV. And also, that you start peeing soon. When you come home, I'll cook you some shrimp.

Love,
Your Tante

Makbike, my mother actually swears that our cat is afraid of the dark and leaves nightlights all over the house for him. You could try that with your kitty. :D

Dear Kitty

You are on my lap, and I am petting you. Just because I am not looking at you as I pet you is not a reason to rise up, meow and paw my face.

Sincerely, the person who is never more than a foot or two away.

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Originally Posted by jessmarimba

Hahaha. We play "Pocket Pond" on my iPhone. It's just a little pond that makes splashing noises when you touch it and these little fish swim around and around. It's absolutely fascinating...if you're furry.

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ooooh, thank you - it's free!

Dear Laverne,

You have now lost your "going out when I take the trash out" privileges. Running to the other end of the building and expecting me to chase you, then running the opposite way to the other end of the building is not amusing.

Signed,
The person who will be locking you in the bathroom during trash removal from now on.

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Originally Posted by skywalkerbeth

Dear Kitty

You are on my lap, and I am petting you. Just because I am not looking at you as I pet you is not a reason to rise up, meow and paw my face.

Sincerely, the person who is never more than a foot or two away.

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Priceless! :D

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Originally Posted by pll

Priceless! :D

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Ahh... he/she is just reaching up to give you love pats and stroke your cheek. My maine coon does that all of the time and I find it so sweet.

marni

Dear Rory,

Welcome to our family. You're adjusting perfectly and I can't believe you're already friends with Sasha, our dog!

congrats on the new fur child, Azfiddle!! they match! (the cat and the dog)

Yes, they really are a good pair. I am amazed that they are so compatible in such a short time- but then the dog was trained by the two previous cats....

Awww, such a sweet photo!

Since I can't have a cat, I have considered getting something like a hamster but somehow that doesn't sound like a good replacement...It isn't like they can roam the apartment, interact with me, nor curl up on my lap and purr. I am sure they probably do interact but not in the same way a cat does.

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Originally Posted by marni

Ahh... he/she is just reaching up to give you love pats and stroke your cheek. My maine coon does that all of the time and I find it so sweet.

marni

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No, I know. I think it's sweet too. She REALLY loves her Mommy. It's just funny that I am RIGHT there, petting her, but since I'm not looking at her it means I'm ignoring her.

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Originally Posted by Catrin

Since I can't have a cat, I have considered getting something like a hamster but somehow that doesn't sound like a good replacement...It isn't like they can roam the apartment, interact with me, nor curl up on my lap and purr. I am sure they probably do interact but not in the same way a cat does.

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How about a rabbit? :D

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Originally Posted by Catrin

Awww, such a sweet photo!

Since I can't have a cat, I have considered getting something like a hamster but somehow that doesn't sound like a good replacement...It isn't like they can roam the apartment, interact with me, nor curl up on my lap and purr. I am sure they probably do interact but not in the same way a cat does.

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Rats make really great pets :D The shelters are usually loaded with them.They are like tiny little dogs and they have unique personalities and love to play. My 4 boys wrestle with my fingers and just hang on the side of the cage when they hear me come home from work......waiting for a treat. The only downside is that they only live 2-4 years. It's hard when they go cause I do get attached to the little fuzz butts but there are always more in need of rescue!

I think a rat's a better pet than a rabbit... and 100 times better than a hamster.

Gerbils are great pets. They do best with some gerbil company, are fun as heck to watch (especially after their cage/habitat has been cleaned), will respond if you play with them/hand train them, and are easy to care for. And they are really cute. My son had gerbils when he was small; they were a lot of fun.

And if you get a bunch of cages/habitats, reconfiguring the gerbil abode becomes an interesting engineering project! :D We had nine cages in all, and would have has many as eight at a time making up the gerbil complex. (We always kept at least one cage separate in case of illness/need to transport/stashing for the complex cleaning spree.) Lots of tubes and levels and places for the gerbils to be. :)

I have a friend who used to have rats as pets and liked them a lot. (Now she has cats, so ... no rats.) But gerbils... are definitely cuter!

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Originally Posted by owlice

Gerbils are great pets. They do best with some gerbil company, are fun as heck to watch (especially after their cage/habitat has been cleaned), will respond if you play with them/hand train them, and are easy to care for. And they are really cute. My son had gerbils when he was small; they were a lot of fun.

And if you get a bunch of cages/habitats, reconfiguring the gerbil abode becomes an interesting engineering project! :D We had nine cages in all, and would have has many as eight at a time making up the gerbil complex. (We always kept at least one cage separate in case of illness/need to transport/stashing for the complex cleaning spree.) Lots of tubes and levels and places for the gerbils to be. :)

I have a friend who used to have rats as pets and liked them a lot. (Now she has cats, so ... no rats.) But gerbils... are definitely cuter!

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I'll admit gerbils are cute but rats have more personality.:D They also need to have friends of the same sex to keep them company or they become depressed.

I want a pet rat! I don't think the management would approve, and I think it would freak out my boyfriend, though. :(

Azfiddle, Rory looks like DBF's cat, only Pooh has more white on his face. Congrats on the new kitty!

Dear psychocat:

Would you just chill? I don't understand how one five-pound critter can make so much noise! And neither do the other two cats. If you keep that up you're getting shut out of the bedroom tonight.

P.S. If you're acting up because of the snowstorm, we're in for a looooong winter.

Dear cat, I thought all cats LIKED smelly fishy food? I know you have a tooth gone now, but the vets at the hospital said you ate canned food great! And you HAVE to eat this one because there's your dose of antibiotics mixed in and if you don't eat it you're gonna have a fever again and back you go to the hospital where you'll have that cage above the crazy high strung sausage dog and DO YOU REALLY WANT THAT?!?!?! :confused:

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Originally Posted by alexis_the_tiny

Dear cat, I thought all cats LIKED smelly fishy food? I know you have a tooth gone now, but the vets at the hospital said you ate canned food great! And you HAVE to eat this one because there's your dose of antibiotics mixed in and if you don't eat it you're gonna have a fever again and back you go to the hospital where you'll have that cage above the crazy high strung sausage dog and DO YOU REALLY WANT THAT?!?!?! :confused:

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Hope your little one is cooperating and feeling better! I've given up on trying to hide pills in cat food-- these days, it's just grab the cat and stuff the pill down his throat and make sure it isn't spit out. Too bad your vet doesn't have a separate area for cats!

Apparently, this cat would not touch wet food for his life. I gave up this morning and stuffed the pill down his throat with the good old blowing on nose trick. Despite having only three cracked canines left, he's demanding his kibble and refusing to have anything to do with that Science diet high calorie prescription stuff. And the vets swore he was an angel and ate all the canned food they gave him. HAH. :rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by skhill

Hope your little one is cooperating and feeling better! I've given up on trying to hide pills in cat food-- these days, it's just grab the cat and stuff the pill down his throat and make sure it isn't spit out. Too bad your vet doesn't have a separate area for cats!

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Originally Posted by alexis_the_tiny

Apparently, this cat would not touch wet food for his life. I gave up this morning and stuffed the pill down his throat with the good old blowing on nose trick. Despite having only three cracked canines left, he's demanding his kibble and refusing to have anything to do with that Science diet high calorie prescription stuff. And the vets swore he was an angel and ate all the canned food they gave him. HAH. :rolleyes:

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Thanks for reminding me that I have to pill Chloe this evening. :rolleyes: Chloe and Calypso have been at a pet hotel all week while I was out on a business trip, and are currently wandering around the house meowing most pittifully, with time outs for chasing each other.

I seriously suspect that the canned food at the vets has "good stuff in it" since my cats eat wet food like hogs when they are kenneled but won't ouch it at home. Maybe it's when in rome syndrome.

My old cat Cappy had some horrible jaw infections as a baby before I got him and as a result had to have all but one rear incisor, his 4 canines and the nipping teeth in the front removed when he was 2. He quite happily crunched dry food until his death last year at 19 years old.

marni

Marni, ok, now I'm wondering what is in the canned food at the vet's. They sold me the exact same stuff so I could feed him at home.

Beth, good luck. I just received big ole claw across my chest this morning for trying to pill him. Yeowza :mad:

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Originally Posted by alexis_the_tiny

Marni, ok, now I'm wondering what is in the canned food at the vet's. They sold me the exact same stuff so I could feed him at home.

Beth, good luck. I just received big ole claw across my chest this morning for trying to pill him. Yeowza :mad:

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Greenies pill pockets have worked for me (until the cat learned to eat the pocket and leave the pill behind). Well, and then we discovered the gluten connection.

Now it is the mix it with wet food for the boy's daily meds. Some days it can become quite the war of wills. When he gets stubborn, I sprinkle a little bonito flakes on top of his food. He loves them and that usually gets him to eat it. You can buy them in pet stores as a cat treat or for about 1/4 the price in the asian section of your grocery store.

I had the pill on the end-table in the living room. Chloe jumps up for some petting, snoozes, gets more petting, pop the pill, more petting, snoozes some more, then, OH LOOK Calypso needs chasing!

It's the morning pill which is more difficult, I don't have time to sit and wait. Fortunately her current Rx is a pill every 3 days.

Dear cats,
Would y'all be okay with having a new doggy sister? I met a nice young dog at the humane society; I'm sure she'd enjoy playing with you. But you'll have to teach her to respect you; your claws will come in handy for that. We can put up the gate to stairs, so you can have a dog-free space, if you like. Let me know what you think!