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Posted on 02/22/2005 7:52:56 PM PST by Dinsdale
I bet Horatio (David Caruso) would have figured out what caused the cat to go nuts.
A classic!
That's pretty funny! LOL
By an odd coincidence, one of my cats (12 year old male) was just diagnosed with hyperthyrodism yesterday, a few hours before I read your post.
The vet did mention that there seems to be quite an increase in the number of cases, and some kind of food/environmental/whatever trigger might be involved, but that it hasn't been conclusively pinned on anything yet.
He said it could also just be an increase in how many cases are *diagnosed* these days, since awareness of the condition among vets has been on the rise. It may not be any more common now, it's just that it wasn't identified as often in the past.
In any case, my cat hasn't been on Science Diet canned food, nor any canned food, nor even Science Diet dry food, so don't be too quick to blame your recent food change, it might be an unrelated coincidence. It could be one of those things that older cats are prone to while aging which aren't due to any real "cause" -- they tend to fall apart when they get older just like people do, due to the ordinary aging process.
Sometimes, the body just can't keep up like it used to, and things start to fall out of balance.
or the cat was on 'roids.
You're a hell of a guy if you would kick a cat.
HARTZ KILLS.
In ancient Egypt and Siam, cats were used to guard temples. They had little ledges just inside the doors where the cats would perch and if anyone but the priests would come in, well...Let's just say that my wife used to have a Siamese cat who could corner people in a room. I have great respect for a cat that has come "unstuck" like this.
Ya know...now that I think about it...
I had scrubbed one area of the floor with bleach the other day, and last night I caught Tam rolling all around that spot, just purring his fool head off. I couldn't remember dropping any catnip or anything there, and in any case, he's not all THAT excited by catnip.
I think you've solved my mystery...
It's actually not mine, just a link. Mine's much prettier but I don't know how to uplink photos from my PC, or perhaps a web-based photo archive. Suggestions? (and please don't send me a link to the FR HTML bootcamp page, I've been there and can't seem to find out how).
Yes......a real man.
My cat gets happy on, get this....coffee grounds! When we make coffee on the weekends, I give him a pinch of the fresh grounds. He snorts it, licks it rolls in it etc. and after that he's ready to play!
NO....a 'SISSY' man.
OK, here is a little ghost/demon story which took place across the river from where Pet Semetary was filmed, now that I think about it.
Our beloved and gentle dog, who died at age 17 last year had something strange happen to him one time. He loved to swim and we let him swim in sort of a dark, sinister area of the river, like out of the movie. As he swam around, he turned towards us and got a maniacal look on his face, eyes all bugged out and a hideous grin. My wife and I both responded the same way, in shock and horror and bolted out of the way as he came towards us.
We stayed out of his way as for several minutes he paced about. Finally, he settled down and we took him in the car and drove off. He was back to his cuddlesome self afterwards, and it never happened again. He was about 15 at the time.
Sorry about your putty....good luck with your new
furball....My 2 cats are indoor....one of them likes to
go down the basement and just howl away...LOUD...4:30
in the morning......every morning....drives me crazy!!!!!
I wouldn't kick it but it would be too hard to get my car in the house to run it over.
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My guess is that the cat had some sort of neurological event -- aneurysm in the brain bursting or something along those lines -- putting pressure on an area that caused the bizarre behavior. The suddenness of the onset, combined with the long period of intense energy afterwards, doesn't sound to me like anything the cat could have ingested.
Who said demon possession still doesn't happen?
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