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Old 04-30-2006, 10:57 AM   #16
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Old 04-30-2006, 12:16 PM   #17
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For a short time last year we had the kittens from hell - Milly and Molly. They arrived as a result of my younger son wanting a (I repeat 'a') kitten and Mrs CF deciding to become involved. Consequence? She found him two (not the specified 'one', but two) adorable looking girl kittens.

Leaving aside the fact that the Saturday concerned my wife dedicated to picking up the kittens, buying baskets, toys, food and other paraphernalia, and transporting said kittens to my sons apartment in central London, this turned out to be the mistake of the decade.

No sooner had my wife returned home from my son's place after another gruelling 2 hours in the car than my son phoned to say that he hadn't stopped sneezing since their arrival and concluded that he was allergic to them. Could we please come and collect them, as at that moment he had them shut in the bathroom being the most distant location he could find to separate himself from them. Even so, he was still sneezing.

We prepared to undertake the journey again to retrieve the kittens, and the phone went again. My son. His flat-mate, Dan, had let the kittens out and one of them, Milly, had explored the spiral staircase that leads down some 15 feet or so to their cellar kitchen (the flat was a conversion of an old pub). Milly had lost her balance and fallen into the kitchen from the top of the stairway. How was she? Dazed and a bit quiet....

That sets the scene for the life we had with the kittens which we decided to home ourselves (much to the annoyance of Calvin - the cat in the picture earlier and to Oscar, our tollerant dog, whose lives turned to turmoil as the kittens jumped on them, over them, ate their food and generally poked their combined noses into anything the other two tried to do).

We eventually found them a home elsewhere. It's not like us, but we had to. I posted the story below as an example of just one typical day in our lives in their company - think it warrants a second airing in this thread - it was a Tuesday, I think...:

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Phone call from wife at 11.15 am. 'I don't know what to do, something really terrible's happened!' Imagine wife standing next to charred remains of house.
'What????'

'One of the kittens has managed to get on top of the tall kitchen unit for the first time...' (this is terrible news???) '....and fallen down the space at the back - she's stuck behind the oven - I've tried to reach her but I can't get my arm down there it's too narrow. You'll have to come home!!' (This IS terrible news!)

Somewhat relieved that the vision of charred property remains is vanishing rapidly, I unawarely say 'yes, OK'. Then realise I've cycled to work that morning (45 minutes). Don't fancy the prospect of cycling back as temperature has now climbed up to high 80's. Secretary offers to loan me her car (thankfully - and earns big brownie points), so off I go. Twenty minutes later, I'm climbing a step-ladder to assess gap at back of unit - Jesus, it's all of two inches wide.

A pair of yellow eyes greet me, and a miaowing that is certainly saying 'for f***s sake get me out of here!' Go down ladder, and inspect front of oven - no sign of any screws. Gently prise at trim with end of screwdriver accompanied by brief argument with wife who figures I'm about to ruin it for life. Maintain confident smile while still prising, and trim comes away suddenly, so suddenly that confidence almost wanes (could hear wife about to say 'told you so') but then I see there are four screws.

Screws removed. Securing additional trim removed. Can see cooker is raised and resting on two bits of wood (that's pofessional installation for you!) - two yellow eyes now looking under cooker, but they don't look any the happier. Pull at cooker - doesn't move. Notice years of grime around feet (cooker's feet, not mine). Pull again, only much harder and it comes forward all of a sudden, and, guess what, it's really heavy. Manage to grab on to it and just about take the weight. Helpful comment from wife: 'be careful there's wiring attached at the back!' Understanding reply from me, of course (given I'm balancing half a ton of cooker against my chest) and wife goes off in huff - but comes back when realises kitten is now accessible.

Kitten is freed!! Cooker is heavy, correction, heavier! And I've now got to get it back up on to those two bits of wood. First try, zero result. Second try, ditto. Notice arms are beginning to feel weak. Wife notices grimace on face (or was it a look of despair) and also adds an arm to the job in hand, acquiring deep gash in thumb as a result. One last effort and.... no?? ....well..., actually..., YES! Cooker heaved back in place.

Job done I feel: 'Can I leave the rest to you, dear as I need to get back...' 'Can't you spare a minute???' Decide I had better and so set to replacing trim and finding bit of wood to cover gap at back of top of unit. All done (even wife agrees). Check watch. Only taken twenty minutes, feels like an hour, Back to work then. Interesting things, pets....

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It was like a cloud had lifted when they left, and I'm sure the temperature rose significantly - you know, as it normally does when something from the dark side departs. They have a nice home (well it was nice when we dropped them off - new owners are/were friends of my older son) - we left just as Milly discovered the top of their kitchen cabinets....

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Old 04-30-2006, 09:16 PM   #18
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I've always been interested in Maine Coons. Do either of yours swim?
The only breed of cat who regularly swims is the Turkish Van. I have several friends in Turkey who assure me it is absolutely true, they are known to hunt ducks and fish while swimming in the reedy shallows of the lake which give them their name.

The Rock and Sascha do not swim that we know of. Maybe they would but there is no place where they would get the chance since they live with the momster. But T'Pau, Queen of the Universe, is another story. She will try to climb into anything with more than a cup of water in it, and her habit of furiously digging in her water bowl and only drinking water from the top of her paw nearly destroyed my kitchen floor before I moved her bowl into the bath tub. I did not know this was a Maine Coon trait until I read the cover story on them in Cat Fancy a few months ago. I always assumed she was a Norwegian, but now I know. I lie there at night, listening to her romping in the water bowl and playing in the tub. There are paw prints from the water all over the wooden floors of my house.
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Old 05-01-2006, 06:08 PM   #19
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Years ago we used to have a cat called "Puss" thats what the kids called her so the name stuck.
She was the usual nosey cat that liked to look into bags that were brought into the house by us and visitors,plastic carrier bags,sholder bags any type of bag on the floor.
One night at about 2 ish I heard the most loud banging,thumping hissing and spitting growling noise I had ever heard and got such a fright I had to get up and check.
I went into the hallway,nothing front door shut went into the kids room they were sleeping thought I must have been dreaming when all of a sudden this white plastic bag comes rolling and spitting towards me,it was Puss who had got herself stuck in the bag with the handle caught around her neck and had turned the bag inside out and was stuck inside.
it was the funniest thing i had seen in years and Puss was not amused as I ripped the bag open to get her out she was soaking wet it spit and very pissed off and as soon as I had freed her she sunk her teeth into my arm as way of thanks..she is greatly missed as one mad bugger of a cat..
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Old 05-02-2006, 02:36 PM   #20
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Old 05-04-2006, 11:39 PM   #21
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I like those cattails

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Old 05-04-2006, 11:48 PM   #22
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It's really obvious how Kliban's Cat is a Maine Coon. Compare this drawing with my photo of The Rock
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Old 05-05-2006, 08:24 AM   #23
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Cats are supposed to be fat ... We have an 8 year old skinny cat and a 3 year old cat that WAS skinny till I came along and now shes fat because I leave dry food out all day for them .

This is Simon and Luna. Simon alone in last pic, and Luna(tic) chillin in the middle. And yes, for some reason she likes hanging out with her arms dangling.


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Old 05-05-2006, 12:09 PM   #24
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That cracks me up. Cats are so weird. I need to set up a video camera to catch what my cat, Mama, does EVERY night. We keep our bedroom door shut because she likes to tap-dance on my face or attack my feet while I'm sleeping. As soon as the door closes, she drags her Kermit the Frog (stuffed animal – we call him Kermie), which is as long as her, to our door. She holds the top part of his open mouth in hers and makes the most god-awful sound. It's sort of a sad, meow/cry, with a mouth full of Kermie. Sometimes she stands on his body and kneads it with her front feet. Every once in a while she does this while we're still up. It's the funniest thing. But as soon as we make eye contact she stops. Freak.

She used to make this same sound when she had babies. She'd carry them around and meow with them in her mouth. I think she misses Duffy He was the one baby we kept but he had to be put down in October. Now he's in a little cedar box on a shelf
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Old 05-05-2006, 02:34 PM   #25
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Oh Christ!! It's Cat People!!

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Old 05-05-2006, 02:38 PM   #26
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chainsaw: I know what you mean..I think thats why I like cats...they have quirks..

Luna, the one that likes to let her arms dangle, has many quirks. She was declawed before she became our cat, but she seems to think she needs to sharpen her non existant claws...she scratches the scratching post more than simon...and she loves to dig... all of which she stops immidiately if we look at her... The awesome thing that I cant catch on video is taht she has learned to navigate the kitty city without claws...she kinda wedges herself between the posts and the walls and uses her back feet to scootch up... its great...

Before I moved in with them the BF only gave them food once a day...and when they got hungry they would beow non stop... I have it on video on an old HD... I have to find it and youtube it...its hilarious.
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... Sometimes she stands on his body and kneads it with her front feet...
That's suckling/nursing behavior. One of our cats does this, two. We have a cat wet-nurse come in once in a while
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Old 05-31-2006, 09:12 PM   #28
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Old 06-01-2006, 12:16 AM   #29
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Damn, I can only hope the stray I'm feeding gets fat like that.
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Old 06-01-2006, 05:32 PM   #30
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That is one of the cutest things ever
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