How many cats do you see? - Page 2

Hoof Hearted · 11-30-2006, 12:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Shawnee123

LOL--Squirrely Jo looks guilty in that pic!

She does, doesn't she?
UT, I like the caption!

Shawnee123 · 11-30-2006, 12:59 PM

What a cute cat!

Hoof Hearted · 11-30-2006, 04:17 PM

Oh, you think she's cute?
Let me tell you about "cute". "Cute" cost us over $400.

She knocked over my first Betta bowl and ATE the Betta.

Let me set the scene:
It was a quiet Sunday morning. I had just woke up, got breakfast and sat down at the computer. I didn't hear the fish bowl go over, but I heard a cat making the 'herking' sound that precedes throwing up, so I got up to get a wad of tissue to clean up the impending mess, and saw the Betta bowl knocked over in the bathroom...and no fish to be seen.

Well, S-Jo was only about 10mo old at the time and the Betta was a bit too big for her. She threw him up in the hallway. I didn't know if the blood was her or Cid (the Betta) and then she was having trouble breathing. Snorting and snarking with foamy bubbles coming out of her mouth. I yelled towards the garage for hubby (I thought he was out there) and ran back and forth between the phone and (dial up) computer.
The damn computer would NOT log off and I kept running to the phone to check for dial tone and kept getting that annoying squeal. I was panicking. I know I was panicking because the phone is cordless, and I continued to hang it up in the receiver and run back to the office to check the computer when I could have just carried the thing with me. I yelled (panicky scream) for Hubby again and when there was no response again, I ran into the garage and noticed my car was gone. My heart fell. We had bought a new truck for him when we moved here and I was unfamiliar with it and I just knew that if I had to do an emergency drive to the vet, I would wreck his truck because I was used to driving my 'vette, not the new truck. I was ready to yank the computer lines/plugs out of the wall when it finally freed up the phone line.
We had just moved to Georgia from across the country and I called the first vet I came across in the phone book. Closed, but they gave a number for an emergency vet which I called. The girl was trying to tell me how to get to the Emergency Vet office...someone who had never been in the STATE before...so it took a while. As we were on the phone, S-Jo began to calm down and wasn't so distressed and had stopped foaming. EV girl told me to bring her in if she continued to be distressed.
We ended up taking her in a few hours later. Her breathing wasn't distressed, but you could tell something was partially blocking it. They sedated and scoped her. Found nothing and sent her home at midnight. We got home and she had a bandage on her front leg, when we removed it...there was a FREAKIN' catheter in her vein! I called them up and they told us to bring her back in. I said no way, we both have to work tomorrow and it is already 1:30am! Talk me through this, if we experience problems THEN we'll bring her back. So, we removed it without incident. Without incident because S-Jo was still punch-drunk from the tranquilizer. She was still sounding like something was in there and she was having to breathe around it.
The next day, we kept her seperate from the kitties and when I came home at lunchtime to check her...perfectly fine!

I think a part of Cid got lodged in her nasal something and partially obstructed her breathing. Either a shake of the head or a sneeze dislodged it and she was back to normal.
I greatly dislike her interest in the Betta fish.

Hubby worked out that at $400 for S-Jo's vet visit, Cid would have cost about $7,000.00/pound at a fish market.

Tonchi · 11-30-2006, 07:37 PM

OMG, she IS an expensive little devil, isn't she? I adore the little furballs but i could never handle 11 of them. As I said on another thread, it is a full time job serving ONE Queen of the Universe, and it was not easy to memorize all those prayers. Her imperial pussyness is quite a handful too, but so far nothing got eaten except a National Geographic.

I had to cat-proof my house the best I could when T'Pau, Queen of the universe, arrived. My bettas survived only because I surrounded their bowls on the kitchen cabinet where they lived with mousetraps. In fact, there are still mousetraps in strategic places around the house, because I have a valuable collection of ironstone food moulds and I'm sure she she would just love to pitch them off the shelves. Unfortunately I forgot where I put them, and while reaching into the greenhouse window to pull out a plant, one of them found me. Dang, that smarts!

11-30-2006, 07:40 PM

My basset just turned my dental appliance, that was less than two months old, into a chew-toy.
Took us two days to find the case for it.
I know expensive.
It has not been replaced... we are in a broke place now. My ears and head hurt.
I am starting to wondering how he would be in a white wine caper glaze.

WabUfvot5 · 11-30-2006, 09:16 PM

The local Shadow being rather menacing.

Hoof Hearted · 11-30-2006, 10:52 PM

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Originally Posted by rkzenrage

My basset...
I am starting to wonder how he would be in a white wine caper glaze.

Oh, I've threatened my kitties with the Wok MANY times! It does no good. They never listen.

Tonchi, gotta poke a stick around for the mousetraps before you probe with tender fingers! I'm sorry, but your finger-snapping-tale made me LOL.

...and Jebediah, what EYES your Shadow has! Are some of his whiskers white? My Shadow has ONE white whisker.

CaliforniaMama · 12-01-2006, 04:49 PM

It's the "who me?" look!

Edit: I mean the kitties in the bathroom

This last one is the "make my day" look.

WabUfvot5 · 12-02-2006, 03:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hoof Hearted

...and Jebediah, what EYES your Shadow has! Are some of his whiskers white? My Shadow has ONE white whisker.

He does have some piercing eyes, eh? Sometimes that's all I can see of him when it's dark. His whiskers come in white but get black the older they get... the flash may have been adding to that effect.

12-02-2006, 01:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hoof Hearted

Oh, I've threatened my kitties with the Wok MANY times! It does no good. They never listen.

Tonchi, gotta poke a stick around for the mousetraps before you probe with tender fingers! I'm sorry, but your finger-snapping-tale made me LOL.

...and Jebediah, what EYES your Shadow has! Are some of his whiskers white? My Shadow has ONE white whisker.

Hounds are very cat-like in that way.
Unlike most other dogs, they do NOT care what you think, as long as they get what they want & they pull the "cute" card.

xoxoxoBruce · 12-03-2006, 10:47 PM

Cat? You want cats? You can't handle the cats.

http://www.amazingcatcollection.com....e=32&disp=date

Beestie · 12-04-2006, 12:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CaliforniaMama

How many cats do you see?

Well that depends on a number of things. Like: how many drinks I've had and whether or not I'm using a scope.

Flint · 12-05-2006, 12:22 PM

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RellikLaerec · 12-06-2006, 09:25 PM

Here's a cool like to some cats pics

My Cat Hates you!

Personally I can't stand cats right now. I stayed at my sisters place about 8 years ago for about 6 months. She had 10 cats in a one bedroom apartment. Was not fun. So its going to take a while before I get over my dislike for cats.

Q baby · 12-06-2006, 09:54 PM

i believe my cat is the fartin'est cat in the world.
he likes to jump up on my lap and love on me, fart, and then walk off.
sashaying while he goes.
his name is T.B.

11-30-2006, 12:59 PM	#17
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	What a cute cat! __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

11-30-2006, 04:17 PM	#18
Hoof Hearted ...you smell something? Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Monroe, GA Posts: 420	Oh, you think she's cute? Let me tell you about "cute". "Cute" cost us over $400. She knocked over my first Betta bowl and ATE the Betta. Let me set the scene: It was a quiet Sunday morning. I had just woke up, got breakfast and sat down at the computer. I didn't hear the fish bowl go over, but I heard a cat making the 'herking' sound that precedes throwing up, so I got up to get a wad of tissue to clean up the impending mess, and saw the Betta bowl knocked over in the bathroom...and no fish to be seen. Well, S-Jo was only about 10mo old at the time and the Betta was a bit too big for her. She threw him up in the hallway. I didn't know if the blood was her or Cid (the Betta) and then she was having trouble breathing. Snorting and snarking with foamy bubbles coming out of her mouth. I yelled towards the garage for hubby (I thought he was out there) and ran back and forth between the phone and (dial up) computer. The damn computer would NOT log off and I kept running to the phone to check for dial tone and kept getting that annoying squeal. I was panicking. I know I was panicking because the phone is cordless, and I continued to hang it up in the receiver and run back to the office to check the computer when I could have just carried the thing with me. I yelled (panicky scream) for Hubby again and when there was no response again, I ran into the garage and noticed my car was gone. My heart fell. We had bought a new truck for him when we moved here and I was unfamiliar with it and I just knew that if I had to do an emergency drive to the vet, I would wreck his truck because I was used to driving my 'vette, not the new truck. I was ready to yank the computer lines/plugs out of the wall when it finally freed up the phone line. We had just moved to Georgia from across the country and I called the first vet I came across in the phone book. Closed, but they gave a number for an emergency vet which I called. The girl was trying to tell me how to get to the Emergency Vet office...someone who had never been in the STATE before...so it took a while. As we were on the phone, S-Jo began to calm down and wasn't so distressed and had stopped foaming. EV girl told me to bring her in if she continued to be distressed. We ended up taking her in a few hours later. Her breathing wasn't distressed, but you could tell something was partially blocking it. They sedated and scoped her. Found nothing and sent her home at midnight. We got home and she had a bandage on her front leg, when we removed it...there was a FREAKIN' catheter in her vein! I called them up and they told us to bring her back in. I said no way, we both have to work tomorrow and it is already 1:30am! Talk me through this, if we experience problems THEN we'll bring her back. So, we removed it without incident. Without incident because S-Jo was still punch-drunk from the tranquilizer. She was still sounding like something was in there and she was having to breathe around it. The next day, we kept her seperate from the kitties and when I came home at lunchtime to check her...perfectly fine! I think a part of Cid got lodged in her nasal something and partially obstructed her breathing. Either a shake of the head or a sneeze dislodged it and she was back to normal. I greatly dislike her interest in the Betta fish. Hubby worked out that at $400 for S-Jo's vet visit, Cid would have cost about $7,000.00/pound at a fish market. __________________ I have the ability of single-minded determination and focu...Hey, look! A horse!

11-30-2006, 07:37 PM	#19
Tonchi Victim of gravity Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Hiding in plain sight Posts: 1,412	OMG, she IS an expensive little devil, isn't she? I adore the little furballs but i could never handle 11 of them. As I said on another thread, it is a full time job serving ONE Queen of the Universe, and it was not easy to memorize all those prayers. Her imperial pussyness is quite a handful too, but so far nothing got eaten except a National Geographic. I had to cat-proof my house the best I could when T'Pau, Queen of the universe, arrived. My bettas survived only because I surrounded their bowls on the kitchen cabinet where they lived with mousetraps. In fact, there are still mousetraps in strategic places around the house, because I have a valuable collection of ironstone food moulds and I'm sure she she would just love to pitch them off the shelves. Unfortunately I forgot where I put them, and while reaching into the greenhouse window to pull out a plant, one of them found me. Dang, that smarts! __________________ Everything you've ever heard about Fresno is true.

11-30-2006, 09:16 PM	#21
WabUfvot5 Operations Operative Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 634	The local Shadow being rather menacing. Attached Images

12-01-2006, 04:49 PM	#23
CaliforniaMama I wonder . . . Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: The Left Coast, a pretty good place to be. Posts: 1,278	It's the "who me?" look! Edit: I mean the kitties in the bathroom This last one is the "make my day" look. __________________ Take time for silence. You never know what you might hear. Last edited by CaliforniaMama; 12-01-2006 at 04:52 PM.

11-30-2006, 07:40 PM	#20
rkzenrage Guest Posts: n/a	My basset just turned my dental appliance, that was less than two months old, into a chew-toy. Took us two days to find the case for it. I know expensive. It has not been replaced... we are in a broke place now. My ears and head hurt. I am starting to wondering how he would be in a white wine caper glaze.

12-03-2006, 10:47 PM	#26
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12-05-2006, 12:22 PM	#28
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12-06-2006, 09:25 PM	#29
RellikLaerec Faithful Companion Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Buckeye City Posts: 185	Here's a cool like to some cats pics My Cat Hates you! Personally I can't stand cats right now. I stayed at my sisters place about 8 years ago for about 6 months. She had 10 cats in a one bedroom apartment. Was not fun. So its going to take a while before I get over my dislike for cats.

12-06-2006, 09:54 PM	#30
Q baby I'll just put the tip in Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: NC Posts: 39	i believe my cat is the fartin'est cat in the world. he likes to jump up on my lap and love on me, fart, and then walk off. sashaying while he goes. his name is T.B.

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