Posted on 05/04/2006 11:24:20 AM PDT by martin_fierro
I am, like, SEW ashamed of my ingratitude and lack of perceptivitudinicity.
Another terrific picture of your beautiful Sasha! I hope her change of diet is helping her.
***My last cat lived to be 20...***
We had a cat who lived at least 20 years, and she was a pregnant teenage stray cat the kids found in our garage. She was desperatey thin, beat up and dirty. And the best cat anybody ever had.
***lol. That's 70 cat years of separation. I really doubt the cat will be thrilled to see them...not that a cat ever gets thrilled.***
LOL! No, but if they're still in the same house, he'll walk past them to where the cat food was always kept. Then he'll settle down as though he was never gone. Hey, that's what cats do.
Years ago a half grown cat wandered up to us [obviously hungry] ... on the car radio they were playing the Beatles tune Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart Club Band. Well, of course, the kitty went home with us and we named the Sgt. Pepper. In time, his name evolved to Sarge. We thought we had the only cat in the world named Sarge. [We also had a General who kept Sarge in line -- but that's another story!] Several years ago in an airport newsstand, I picked up a British cat magazine that had an article about cat names ... and, wouldn't you know ... the most popular cat name in England [at that time] was Sarge! LOL
Tiger (original name donchathink?) walks to the mailbox with us most every day, greets us with a snub if we've been gone too long...but boy, be late with his food and he's all over you.
Cats have staff.
Loved your post. LOL
We have a 1 1/2 year old Maine Coon kitten [he weighs 25 pounds]. He is completely my husband's cat. My husband bribes him ... and then wonders why he [the kitten] pesters him all the time. When the kitten sees my husband getting ready to go somewhere ... he [the kitten] will get on the bed and cry like a baby.On the other hand, I make the kitten bribe me. He was such a fussy feeder for a while that I put a black plastic tray on the foot of my bed ... and put the disposable plate on top of that. When it is supper time, the kitten gets on the bed. When I look at him a certain way, he "speaks" ... then I say, "are you hungry?" ... he speaks again. I then say, "well, sit on your tray" ... and I leave the room to get his food from the kitchen. When I come back he is always sitting on his tray waiting.
Just silly little games ... but we all get a kick out of them ... including the kitten who has evolved from a very, very shy kitty to one who communicates well with us and wants to please us. He gets a lot of praise and affection as reinforcement when he does something cute.
Y' have to like cats to get much out of them ... otherwise, they can be pretty cold creatures.
Can that cat, uh, "clean" itself?
That is one of the fattest cats I have ever seen.
My friend had one that was enormous & would sit on the couch like a human ...back against cushion, legs out in front. It was a site to behold. From that photo...yours is bigger.
The oldest of my current crop of kitties is 20. He's got some medical issues (chiefly diabetes which just developed a few months ago, and he's never been overweight). But he doesn't seem to mind his twice daily blood glucose testing and insulin shots, nightly subcutaneous fluids to keep him well hydrated, etc., and loves his very custom-made food. He feels fine and is having a grand time -- and doesn't seem the least bit concerned that keeping him that way is practically a full time job for his devoted human :-)
"She'll start talking and doing the rolling around on her side and purring thing, gets her mouse wanting me to play, jumps up on my dresser to get at eye-level ... it's like she's saying "Don't go to work! Not yet!"
I see. Well, it's good that she isn't the tiniest little bit of a con artist or anything. Just like our three, I might add. Hate to break it to you but I'm also pretty sure that working thing you do, really needs to go. I'm getting (even without my turban on) that she thinks it's silly. Why leave the house when you could stay home and admire her? See what I mean?
I feel sorry for animal lovers who don't like cats. Amendment. Perhaps it's really that a lot of them don't 'get' cats. Cat-watching requires patience and practice. It certainly did in my case. Your girl is adept at BIG behavior but I'm confident she also has a lot of subtlety in other areas.
Sorry that she tends to ignore you at night. Have you considered that she might not like the television programs you watch? Or possibly your food selections? Hey, we're talking cat here. Anything is possible. Or so it would seem.
Yes, she's on a special diet. And no, she was unable to clean herself when that photo was taken. Mommy had to take care of it with patience and lots of baby wipes. She still has a little trouble reaching her behind, but it gets easier with every additional bit of lost blubber.
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