Dear Cat

[bmccasland]

Dear Chloe,
You have lots of lovely toys, some of them are even stuffed with catmint, therefore please refrain from picking out things from the compost bowl on the kitchen counter, such as broccoli ends or melon rinds, to play with. Yes, I know I should take the contents of the bowl out to the actual compost bin every day, but I don't. That doesn't make them your toys. Further, please quit picking off the flower buds from the plant in the kitchen window - they aren't your toys either. Tonight I'll look for the plastic easter eggs that you love to roll - did you push them to where you can't reach again?

[lph]

Dear Cat,
you are such a sweetheart sometimes. I wish you weren't such a hypochondriac and I wish you wouldn't think you were dying on a Sunday morning when a vet visit costs a fortune, but still - thanks for purring and smiling at us all the time while we're poking you to find out why you feel ill, and thanks for lapping up your antibiotics as if it actually tastes good. I've forgiven you the two dead birds last week and the rat under the couch.

[limewave]

Dear kitties,

I have been such a bad mama. All I've been seeing is the collecting cat fuzz on the furniture and floors, the puke and hair balls, the small scratches on the furniture and the $500 vet bill to take all 3 of you in for an appointment! And then I learned that one of you has cancer and kidney failure I have no words now, just an ache in my heart. I can't even imagine going through with the recommended step. But I have seen for awhile now how uncomfortable you've been and that saddens me as well.
Can we just snuzzle all afternoon? I'll gently brush your fur and I'll even let you snot all over me with your wet nose.

Love you all,
Mama

[skhill]

Dear cats,

I'm very sorry I let the dry food bowl get empty. But was it really necessary to wake me at 4:30 am to demand a refill? You know perfectly well that I get up at 5, and give you breakfast first thing. I needed that half-hour!

[Owlie]

Dear cat,

Please stop eating things you find lying around like toilet paper (WHY?) or your toys. You don't appear to have suffered any major consequences yet (apart from orange, feathery poop), but there's a first time for everything. You get expensive food and treats. What is so interesting or tasty about toilet paper, anyway? The toys I can understand. ("Kitty hunt toy! Kitty kill toy! Kitty eat toy!")

[VeganBikeChick]

My cats are into destroying my cork coasters. I bought a replacement package because I thought those would stay intact, and yet they managed to destroy the second package too.

[pll]

My cats are into destroying my cork coasters. I bought a replacement package because I thought those would stay intact, and yet they managed to destroy the second package too.

I will suggest felt coasters. Far more effective than any other type -- they catch any dripping (like condensation form an icy drink), and probably not as exciting to feline claws or taste buds.

[Eden]

My cats are into destroying my cork coasters. I bought a replacement package because I thought those would stay intact, and yet they managed to destroy the second package too.

I bought a pack of cork hot pads (like coasters, but a whole lot bigger) - they all ended up being cat toys.... my male cat loves, loves, loves to use them as scratchers. They are kind of messy though...