Cats, cats, cats

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  • rah2464
    rah2464 Member Posts: 1,192
    edited March 2019

    My kitties love those little super balls. Remember the super bouncy ones you used to get out of a gumball machine? I have a few of those that i bounce down the basement steps. They go nuts. But Wren, just the visual on the ping pong balls in the bath tub haha

  • santabarbarian
    santabarbarian Member Posts: 2,311
    edited March 2019

    A tennis ball in tub works well too!

  • wren44
    wren44 Member Posts: 7,932
    edited March 2019

    I was looking at a book at the shelter while I waited for the vet. It said the reason a cat goes to the one person in the room who doesn't like cats because that person is not staring at it or making noise. We're so much bigger and louder that we're really intimidating, so the quiet person looking the other way seems safer.

  • m0mmyof3
    m0mmyof3 Member Posts: 9,763
    edited March 2019

    Just got home from taking Grace to get her sutures out. She was very well behaved and they said the incision healed well. As soon as we opened the door of her crate when we got home, she rocketed right out and ran around and then crashed out for a nap.

  • santabarbarian
    santabarbarian Member Posts: 2,311
    edited March 2019

    Over in the "interpreting my results" thread, a poster had the screen name "mustlovecats" -- djmammo replied to her with info *and* pictures of his cats! Three beauties: white, black, and tortoise.

  • jaboo
    jaboo Member Posts: 368
    edited March 2019

    mommyof2 - that's great she is healed!

    Santabarbarian - I looked up those pictures from DJmammo. beautiful

  • m0mmyof3
    m0mmyof3 Member Posts: 9,763
    edited March 2019

    Yep. It’s a load off my mind


  • feelingfeline
    feelingfeline Member Posts: 5,145
    edited March 2019

    Santabarbarian do invite them to come on over and post some cat pics here Nerdy


  • feelingfeline
    feelingfeline Member Posts: 5,145
    edited March 2019

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  • feelingfeline
    feelingfeline Member Posts: 5,145
    edited March 2019

    The mark of a true cat lover ...

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  • feelingfeline
    feelingfeline Member Posts: 5,145
    edited March 2019

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  • m0mmyof3
    m0mmyof3 Member Posts: 9,763
    edited March 2019

    lol

  • rah2464
    rah2464 Member Posts: 1,192
    edited March 2019

    FF those are great! Especially the one about not waking the cat up haha!

  • CG1644
    CG1644 Member Posts: 9
    edited March 2019

    Loved looking at all these posts and pictures, I love cats. I have had them my whole life but now my son is highly allergic so I cant have any! :(

  • Gumdoctor
    Gumdoctor Member Posts: 618
    edited March 2019

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    Very sorry for those with allergies. I can't even imagine...

    Woke up to this cute little cuddler next to me this morning...George.

    Gumdoctor

  • Gumdoctor
    Gumdoctor Member Posts: 618
    edited March 2019

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    Baby Sydney (George's twin brother).

    This morning he is enjoying the newly cleaned sunroom by keeping everyone's favorite chair warm...

  • BlueGirlRedState
    BlueGirlRedState Member Posts: 900
    edited March 2019

    Feelingfeline - that cat should be earning extra income, and teach yoga!!

  • feelingfeline
    feelingfeline Member Posts: 5,145
    edited March 2019

    ThumbsUp

  • feelingfeline
    feelingfeline Member Posts: 5,145
    edited March 2019

    Cg that is so sad about your son. My DS also has allergies. However for him they have improved with age (he is now 22) to a stage where he can get by fine as long as he doesn't bury his face in one or get scratched by or licked (in which case it is head straight for the antihistamines). We have also found that bringing a kitten into the house was a lot easier than a cat. When Arthur came to us at 9 months DS went through 2 weeks of symptoms (streaming like a severe cold) after which his system settled down, whereas with Elliott, who came at 12 weeks, and Alannah, who came at 5 months, he did not go through that.

  • wren44
    wren44 Member Posts: 7,932
    edited March 2019

    Feline, That's really interesting. I wonder why. Perhaps there wasn't as much saliva built up on their fur? Or perhaps it changes with age and puberty? If you start as a kitten, you can get it used to baths. Then bathing it once a week or so would keep the allergens down.

  • feelingfeline
    feelingfeline Member Posts: 5,145
    edited March 2019

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    Alannah is a great reader.

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  • kathindc
    kathindc Member Posts: 1,667
    edited March 2019

    I discovered after years of chronic sinusitis that I had allergies, one of which was cats. At that point we had two cats for about four years, only time in my life I was exposed to cats. I went through allergy shots instead of re-homing them since I needed the shots for all three ofmy outdoor allergies.

  • corky60
    corky60 Member Posts: 453
    edited March 2019

    When I was in the hospital recently for a bout of pneumonia, I had a very kind nurse who loves cats.  She has four of them, strictly indoor cats since there are coyotes and bald eagles around here.

    The hospital is in a residential area.  Someone's cat has made himself a frequent visitor in the hospital.  His name is Milo and he is a big orange tabby.  He's often seen in the foyer where the switchboard operators work.  He visits the Emergency Department and even was caught trying to hitch a ride in an ambulance.  The crew lent Milo one of their hats and posted his photo on Facebook.  Unfortunately I didn't see Milo but I'm sure if I had he would have cheered me up.

  • rah2464
    rah2464 Member Posts: 1,192
    edited March 2019

    Whats Alannah reading? Of Mice and Men? haha she is so pretty

  • santabarbarian
    santabarbarian Member Posts: 2,311
    edited March 2019

    I knew a cat who was sooooo sociable like Milo. Also an orange male. I lived across the street from a school at that time and there was a 2nd unit on the same property where I was, into which an older lady moved with her adopted 2 kittiies, one of which was this guy. Every morning he would go over to the school and greet the kids. He'd be lazing on the sidewalk right next to where the cars dropped the kids off. Soon he was spending the day there. On the weekends, he would follow people who were walking on the street. He'd follow them for miles, into town, etc. Just LOVED people. Eventually, the kids built him a house on campus. One year the art teacher had everyone draw him and they made a book about him. He was such a fabulous cat -- his spirit was too large for one person or even one family.

  • santabarbarian
    santabarbarian Member Posts: 2,311
    edited March 2019

    heres the link about a very regal and loving guy, Rex the Cat:

    http://www.independent.com/news/2012/feb/03/marymount-cat-rex-goes-viral/

  • ailurophile
    ailurophile Member Posts: 124
    edited March 2019

    Hi everyone My name is Miss Merlot😻😺

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  • Gumdoctor
    Gumdoctor Member Posts: 618
    edited March 2019

    Gorgeous!

  • feelingfeline
    feelingfeline Member Posts: 5,145
    edited March 2019

    Beautiful story about Rex Santabarbarian

  • m0mmyof3
    m0mmyof3 Member Posts: 9,763
    edited March 2019

    Miss Merlot is pretty