I'm studying Kitty Ju-Jitsu

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  1. PriusLewis

    PriusLewis Management Scientist

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    I used to do that with our cat under the bathroom door. Lots of fun. He was * usually * very gentle, but would sometimes go crazy. He also was addicted to chasing a laser pointer. Now that he's 15 he looks at me like "been there, done that, have the t-shirt" and ignores it most of the time. But sometimes he still becomes a kitten again and goes crazy. Those are special times for all of us, knowing he can still be a kitty.
     
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    I like how the paw *very* carefully reaches under the door, then when you lightly tap their pads, they suddenly whip their paw back under the door again.
     
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  3. Dave_PH

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    I was using the entryway because that's not her normal hangout and I wanted her to stay away from the front door.

    The problem was finally solved with hand feeding. She'll only eat her dry food but I got her used to eating that from my hand and she's such a little gobbler that I eventually tricked her into swallowing her meds. We made it thru all her antibiotics. She went to the Vets yesterday and got a clean bill of health, no more meds. She was way underweight 2 weeks ago at 8.34 pound but gained almost a full pound in that time, now she's 9.2 pounds. The Vet and the techs were pleased when they say her and said she looks like a new cat, her skin is good and her coat looks fantastic.

    The toes or hand under things won't work. She's amazingly gentle with me and won't go after my fingers or hands no matter how tempting I make the moves under a towel. But the 'Madcap Mouse' I bought her has been killed 20 times over in the last 24 hours. It's a soft little mouse you can fill with canip. I don't know if it'll survive long enough for me to even put the catnip in. She attacks, she delivers the death bite to the back of the neck as she tosses her head with it in her mouth and then throws it around the room and kills it over and over again.

    I've been hit by her paws multiple times playing with her using feathers and small objects but have never had any mark from it. She's not declawed, just very careful. Cats I've had in the past would have left me bleeding from multiple wounds from games like that.
     
    #83 Dave_PH, May 16, 2009
  4. daniel

    daniel Cat Lovers Against the Bomb

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    Great news!

    Leonardo was pretty careful with his claws. He was not de-clawed, but I clipped his claws regularly with a nail clipper. He'd purr the whole time, and then play with the clipper.
     
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    My cat doesn't play much. He thinks he is too good for it. He messes with the dog's mind pretty frequently, however.

    I'm glad to hear your kitty is doing so much better.
     
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  6. PriusLewis

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    That brought a warm smile to my face. :)

    I used to try to touch Oskar's foot so lightly that he didn't notice at first. It was almost impossible. Then ZIP! It was gone! Often the other paw would come in from the other direction for paybacks (although he was surprisingly gentle and rarely used claws).
     
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    patsparks An Aussie perspective

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    Nice kitty cat!!

    Hey Bev, I didn't know Sox was feeling poorly?
    I hope he isn't suffering.
     
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    Sox is a lot better, I have given him a good dose of 'Advocate' made by 'Bayer' for the treatment of fleas; worms; ear mites; and helps prevent heartworm. I have also changed his diet to "Advance diet nutrition' made by 'Walthams'. They are a biscuit and he loves them. He is much more contented after a meal where as before he would still be hanging around for a feed, and was losing weight. Now even after only a week he is putting on weight and his coat looks good. I will keep up the medication on a regular basis and not let that slip again. It is very easy to give because it is a paste and you put it on their skin between the shoulder blades.
     
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  9. Dave_PH

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    There's a kitty just like that who visits my back yard a lot.
     
    #89 Dave_PH, May 17, 2009
  10. hyo silver

    hyo silver Awaaaaay

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    Most of the kitties in my neighbourhood look like this.

    Now I know where all my spare masks went to. If anyone sees the one who absconded with my hat, please let me know. ;)
     

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    Cute pets. They look like the ones that stole all our spaghetti when we accidentally left it outside while camping. They left a huge mess.
     
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  12. Dave_PH

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    Some of those masked kitties just did $2,000 in damage to a friends boat at a campground. They decided their kittens would like nesting in the the materials from the bunks. That's why they keep their faces covered up.
     
    #92 Dave_PH, May 18, 2009
  13. daniel

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    All these 'possum pictures remind me of Pogo Possum. That got me to thinking of Mafalda, an Argentinian comic that I sometimes compare to Pogo. Quino is not as intellectual as Walt Kelly was, but the social commentary strikes me as similar. So I had to go to Amazon and order three Mafalda books.

    Mafalda is a little girl who hates soup and possesses wisdom far beyond her years.
     
    #93 daniel, May 18, 2009
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