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haha nice :thumb:
The house has been in need of some sort of pet, so I finally bit the bullet and found a friend with a litter of kittens. Called dibs on the runt of the bunch, a pretty feisty(for a runt) solid gray female kitten. Still haven't settled on a name. She just turn 8 weeks and should be coming home tonight!
A name will come when you first try to call the cat. It will come naturally from your lips and shall be the cat's name forever - whatever word you use.
This is one of my cats STITCH. He looks like s STITCH and can lick his nose like Stitch in Lilo and Stitch.
Careful with the name. A name has an energy about it. An energy and persona the cat will take on.
I should never have called one of my cats "Mental". Another cat we called "Neo" and boy did he grow up thinking he was The One.
Michael
True.
Stitch acts like a "Stitch". Brings me toys, birds, mice, etc. Still does not like a belly rub - thinks you want to wrestle. Follows me like a puppy.
Pixie - well, she's the sweet girl. Loves treats, belly rub and likes doing tricks like "Shake", "Other paw", "Roll over", "Sit Up".
Stitch - being a real rascal, doesn't care much for tricks. Shake? Yea, only if I have to for that shrimp or sashimi.
My past cats. Boots: typical cat and did tricks. Slippers? Sweet girl. George? Yep - kind of the dummy, fat, but still did tricks and was a good kitty. Butch - liked to hunt but still cuddled in the evening. All came when called by name. Any cat can learn that if you start when they're young. Yes - cats can do tricks. They're just smarter than dogs because they know doing tricks is kind of lame.
Dogs come because they have nothing on their mind or anything better to do.
Cats: they'll take a message and get back to you when nap time is over.
Cats realize they don't Need to do stuff, so they do not.
Dogs are too stupid to realize and do.
A cat chases something through obstacles, the cat avoids the obstacles. The dog is too dumb to realize there are obstacles and barrels them. Sorry kid in the highchair, over you go.
Yup, all our cats knew their names and would come when called.
Michael
People train dogs.
Cats are smarter: they train people.
Stitch knows how to use the kitty door. It is right next to the back door. When I'm around, we will sit (inside or outside) and call to me to open the real door for him. I'm just a doorman for my cats.
I can let him out the front door. He will run around to the back/kitty door and run in. Only to have me let him out the front door again.
I'm a doorman for my cats. At least it's a job.
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happy sinko da mayo :cheers: dear GOD i was drunk. ( it got my kidneys moving for a good while though, im happy
Quote from: adidasguy on May 07, 2012, 01:38:00 PM
A name will come when you first try to call the cat. It will come naturally from your lips and shall be the cat's name forever - whatever word you use.
This is one of my cats STITCH. He looks like s STITCH and can lick his nose like Stitch in Lilo and Stitch.
Agreed. Our 20 year old cat passed on last October. Went to the Cincinnati SPCA and bought "Feline #285". My 3 year old looked at her and started calling the cat Swiper from Dora the Explorer since the cat kept taking things off of the table and playing with them.
Got HIM yesterday! Turns out it was a guy, so we named him what we thought when we first saw the photo- Lawrence. The gf said it fits 'cause he looks like a old black man haha. He's dark with some darker stripes down the back of his neck and sides.
He was the runt because he's the only guy in the litter and was bullied by the girls. We will make him stronger!
Fancy Feast Elegant Entres to the rescue!
Be sure to get him snipped
Already found a suggestion online for Fancy Feast Elegant Entres :thumb: He loves that stuff.
He's eating well.. The owners told us to keep giving him whole milk, and hold off on hard food for a bit more. I've always heard no milk for kittens, but hell if i know haha. I've been leaving a little bowl of hard food for him to try if he feels like it, but seems to only go after the moist foods.
He'll be getting his vet visit this week or weekend, for sure.
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Haha knew that was coming soon! His fuzzy fur so hard to get focused haha
cute :thumb:
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http://youtu.be/4rb8aOzy9t4
Quote from: adidasguy on May 07, 2012, 03:22:41 PM
People train dogs.
Cats are smarter: they train people.
Stitch knows how to use the kitty door. It is right next to the back door. When I'm around, we will sit (inside or outside) and call to me to open the real door for him. I'm just a doorman for my cats.
I can let him out the front door. He will run around to the back/kitty door and run in. Only to have me let him out the front door again.
I'm a doorman for my cats. At least it's a job.
LMFAO aint that the truth lol
Sweet
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9p8IkIetVI
Be careful, or you will end-up with a cat who's a drunk, then he will be completely dependent on you.. oh yeah, he already is! :dunno_black:
:sad:
Lawrence is deathly sick :sad: :sad:
Yesterday he was acting a little sluggish, didn't really think anything of it. Had an appointment at the vet for this morning. When i tried to get him going this morning he was really wonky. Was just completely limb, couldn't hardly move or anything.. Took him to the vet and they said it was either a server concussion or feline distemper.
Pretty damn crushed.. Doc gave him a less than 50% chance. I feel like its partly my fault since I had him for a week and didn't get him in the vet sooner.
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Ouch! Horrible! Hope the little guy makes it.
You said he was the runt of the litter. Maybe there's something else wrong.
Hope the vet finds out what it is.
Pixie and Stitch are catching mice for him.
Quote from: adidasguy on May 15, 2012, 10:58:56 AM
Ouch! Horrible! Hope the little guy makes it.
You said he was the runt of the litter. Maybe there's something else wrong.
Hope the vet finds out what it is.
Pixie and Stitch are catching mice for him.
as is dammit ( my cat) and tundra ( sisters cat im watching)hope he is not in pain. is he just weak?, im trying to remember what i gave dammit when he acted like this ( to get him to eat a lil something. i KNOW a can of tunafish works sometimes. let us know. sending you the best. i know how it feels my friend
Preciate guys!! The meese catching and cat prayers have helped :bowdown: :bowdown:
Came home yesterday to the little guy chilling and feeling much better!!
Doc gave him a good report today, must have been a pretty severe concussion. He's up, eating and drinking well. Balance has gotten much better since yesterday.
There's no damn way i could stomach having a kid. I've had this kitten for a week and I was struggling yesterday when he was just laying there rag doll style.. So stoked he's getting better. Going to keep him in the carrier when we can't watch him, at least til he's back to 100%
Thanks again guys, really means a lot. It was touch and go there for a second.
I must have missed something, how does a kitten get a concussion, and how did they determine that's what it was?
Glad he's home.
Stitch says HI!
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Great photo adidas!!
I had never heard of a kitty concusion before either. I was glad to hear it though, as it was much better than the other thing he mentioned- 'feline distemper' which is a pretty awful disease/virus.
He's tiny, and fearless. Bad combo! Caught him jumpin from the couch to our coffee table(prob 1-2 foot gap with a 2' drop.) He got his front paws on i caught his back paws haha. I'm guessing he was jumping around at night and tried something stupid. When i woke up he was in his bed, but not moving at all. Pet and talked to him to try and wake him up. Nothing, not even an eye twitch. Picked up one of his little paws and it just dropped like a rag doll. When I finally got his eyes open they were fully dilated with no contracting at all.. He seriously looked done for..
I thought the doc just sad a concussion to ease the blow of possibly having distemper. Turns out he was right, eyes are back and dilating. Balance is getting better, and he seems to be getting back to his normal self.
Quote from: steezin_and_wheezin on May 16, 2012, 08:46:20 AM
Preciate guys!! The meese catching and cat prayers have helped :bowdown: :bowdown:
Came home yesterday to the little guy chilling and feeling much better!!
Doc gave him a good report today, must have been a pretty severe concussion. He's up, eating and drinking well. Balance has gotten much better since yesterday.
There's no damn way i could stomach having a kid. I've had this kitten for a week and I was struggling yesterday when he was just laying there rag doll style.. So stoked he's getting better. Going to keep him in the carrier when we can't watch him, at least til he's back to 100%
Thanks again guys, really means a lot. It was touch and go there for a second.
w00t!!
Glad he's ok :woohoo:
Always liked cats and dogs but never had the opportunity to keep any so far.
During the last few years I've enjoyed the company of my gf's 3 cats and 2 dogs (actually four of them in total, two died last summer), but only when I spend weekends at her place.
When I move out with her (she's truly maniac about felines, and when I say maniac I mean it :icon_mrgreen:) one or two kittens are definitely on the to-do list!
We looked for our first house keeping a garden as a prerequisite for this.
Best of luck to Lawrence!
More pictures and videos!
Kitten years are PRICELESS!
heres one while i find oe of dammits old pics
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theres dammit or his nickname kittywampus ( cause hed go in two different directions it seems at the same time. this cat is mental, ( was a rescue. he gorges wheever other cat is around)
How is Leonard doing?
I want pictures of Leonard!
Quote from: adidasguy on May 20, 2012, 01:07:10 AM
How is Leonard doing?
I want pictures of Leonard!
I second that !
Lawrence is doing great! Roommates were on pops duty while I was camping at Trail Days over the weekend.
He's getting bigger everyday now!!
Here's a couple photos, gotta work on my cam skills more to get a good crisp photo of that dark fur
cell phone of him playing with his fish in the sun shine:
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lawrence say, "too much flash!"
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Good for you Leonard, hang in there little buddy.
Lawrence :cheers:
Excuse me Lawrence.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNeaZz9Vt6Q&feature=related
This can be seen one of two ways...either the cat is too stupid to realize it'd be torn apart by that dog...i.e., more balls than brain...
OR
It's a brave little kitty. You decide. :P
With all my cats over the years I got them used to being cradled in my arms upside down without problems. And draped over my shoulder as well without clawing in.
They didn't like it, at first. But I broke them in.
Michael
Quote from: mister on May 23, 2012, 11:42:46 AM
With all my cats over the years I got them used to being cradled in my arms upside down without problems. And draped over my shoulder as well without clawing in.
They didn't like it, at first. But I broke them in.
Michael
Aye. same with mine. one is still stubborn. wont play along. but hes ancient now. i found him when he was MAYBE a year old ( in 1999) so i dont see me changing his behaviors any
Quote from: Kijona on May 23, 2012, 08:26:36 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNeaZz9Vt6Q&feature=related
This can be seen one of two ways...either the cat is too stupid to realize it'd be torn apart by that dog...i.e., more balls than brain...
OR
It's a brave little kitty. You decide. :P
I knew of a cat who could easily tear up this dog and run up the tree.
But that dog - very appropriatley named - "Gullitt" - google Ruud Gullitt and you'll know ... has been clocked in the back of the head by a cow's hoof one time too many.
See it used to pull the tails of cows with its teeth. I've seen the cow take a swipe at it with its rear foot. The dog sees that hoof comming and nicely weaves out of the way, however what goes up, must come down and the dog cat see that, and tonk goes the hoof into the top of its head. All while the tail is still in its teeth, and by now the teeth and tail are tangled up and the dog can get stomped into pulp ... not that that has happened, but I've seen it get tonked on top of its head atleast 3 times. Anyway this was in india not in the US.
Cool.
Buddha.
More pictures of Lawrence, please!
My Evil Creature (https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/19636_1215516225412_1154021255_30538468_3990033_n.jpg) :icon_mrgreen:
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finally got an OK photo of his fur. Crazy stripes and long white hairs! haha he's got a fat belly after getting some lunch
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Quote from: pandy on May 24, 2012, 08:00:50 PM
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Love that mouse toy. Sets off the whole image :thumb:
Michael