http://mysmelly.com/Archive/CatStories/Forum237.htmStories about cats from usenet group <a href="news://rec.pets.cats.anecdotes">rec.pets.cats.anecdotes</a>en-gbxC 7.1.37557http://mysmelly.com/Archive/PerfectSundayMorningLong/cdvmn/post.htmFri, 24 Aug 2012 09:46:29 GMThttp://mysmelly.com/Archive/PerfectSundayMorningLong/cdvmn/post.htmUsenethttp://mysmelly.com/Archive/PerfectSundayMorningLong/cdvmn/post.htmGot up early this morning, well at least early for a Sunday. Even after 10 years after retirement from the Army, I still wake up about 5 most mornings. Most of the time I just turn over and go back to sleep, but this morning Sammy noticed me awake and decided it was a perfect time for some quality scritching. So after 15 minutes of that, I decided I might as well get up and go pick up a Sunday paper. Fed the girls and started to head out, and found Rocky curled up on the doormat. He let me know that it was nice to see me, and would be even nicer if I went back inside and opened up a can of food for him as well. By the time everyone was fed, except me of course, and I put a pot of coffee on, it was light out. Off I go, get my paper,...http://mysmelly.com/Archive/WeebleUpdateHardWearLittleBuggar/cdvmp/post.htmSat, 24 Nov 2012 09:46:29 GMThttp://mysmelly.com/Archive/WeebleUpdateHardWearLittleBuggar/cdvmp/post.htmUsenethttp://mysmelly.com/Archive/WeebleUpdateHardWearLittleBuggar/cdvmp/post.htmWeeble LOVES to play now. And climb. he climbs up on the bed, the sofa. and US (not good when you're wearing shorts)!!! We've blocked off the kitchen (we don't want him getting behind the stove or fridge), so now he wanders all over the house. Caught him playing 'chase me' with Lizzie the other day: she would follow Weeble around until Weeble noticed her, and then she would flee, and Weeble would come wobbling/trotting/running as fast as his kitten-legs could carry him after her. Lizzie would jump up onto one of our antique footstools (we have 2 one shaped like a camel, one like a donkey, they have wooden legs, neck & head, with a leather covered cushion on their backs, my parents bought them when my dad was stationed in Morocco, long...http://mysmelly.com/Archive/FunTimeWearingHats/cdvnx/post.htmFri, 24 Aug 2012 09:46:29 GMThttp://mysmelly.com/Archive/FunTimeWearingHats/cdvnx/post.htmUsenethttp://mysmelly.com/Archive/FunTimeWearingHats/cdvnx/post.htmI talked to Junebug in Canada this morning and at her request put on my web cam. I've hardly used it. I suddenly realised I had a roomful of funny hats from around the world so started putting them on to show her. What a hoot. The face isn't much but the hats are great. Then Clyde had to be exhibited, then FluffySP and Bonnie in the middle of a meow. I laughed so much I thought I would share the show with some of my ng. friends if anyone is interested. I finished up by showing her my pet orchids. She is now going out to buy a web cam so that she can get in on the act, lol. Wonder what delights she has!!! Bev God may have created man before woman but there is always a rough draft before the masterpiece.http://mysmelly.com/Archive/DragonfliyHunter/cdvmv/post.htmSat, 24 Nov 2012 09:46:29 GMThttp://mysmelly.com/Archive/DragonfliyHunter/cdvmv/post.htmUsenethttp://mysmelly.com/Archive/DragonfliyHunter/cdvmv/post.htmI got a bit of a chuckle, last night. I was working at my computer, usually the only light in the room when doing so is my desk lamp and a little light spilling in from the hall, when my two cats come charging into the room with Peepers leading and Smudge trailing. I am a little puzzled momentarily as I assume they are playing chase but when they come to a dead halt and stare at something moving on the ceiling I know it is not chase. I look around a bit but see nothing. Then I hear a loud buzzing that I think is a large moth, which is a common occurrence but not a sign of one. I am about to give up when a really large dragonfly suddenly appears between me and the computer and Peepers is in full action. But this dragonfly is having...http://mysmelly.com/Archive/RobinTheLovebug/cdvkv/post.htmWed, 24 Oct 2012 09:46:29 GMThttp://mysmelly.com/Archive/RobinTheLovebug/cdvkv/post.htmUsenethttp://mysmelly.com/Archive/RobinTheLovebug/cdvkv/post.htmIt seems someone dumped a cat on me way out here in the country. I have named him Robin because he is the color of a Robin. He is desperate for loving, winding about our legs and wanting to be picked up and loved. He gets ecstatic in my arms and loves his head and neck rubbed. He has a few old scratches around his head and neck, all healed and scabs peeling. But no deep wounds. He is in good shape. He seems to have only spent one night outside. I am keeping him on my enclosed porch where it is warm and sheltered, with food, water and litter and a good perch by a window. I bring him into the house after I put my 3 cats in the bedroom. We took some pictures and I posted them on alt.binaries. pictures.animals under this title. I think he...http://mysmelly.com/Archive/HairballsPersiaDoesntFeel/cdvgx/post.htmMon, 24 Sep 2012 09:46:29 GMThttp://mysmelly.com/Archive/HairballsPersiaDoesntFeel/cdvgx/post.htmUsenethttp://mysmelly.com/Archive/HairballsPersiaDoesntFeel/cdvgx/post.htmA few times in the last week she's coughed up hairballs. She's normally right here with me when I'm online, but now she's curled up on the bed. She chatters at me when I walk into the bedroom. And she purrs contentedly when I stroke her. But she's content to stay there and just snooze. I've got her on hairball formula cat food (Purina ONE) which she likes. Wondering if I should take her to the vet. It's not like she's overtly sick. She plays and sits in the window watching the squirrels and the birds. Oh, she loves the new kitty sock I got for her! She is active most of the time. Does hairball formula food make them regurgitate the hairballs they already have? 2 years later, I'm still new to this cat experience BTW, she's a short hair...http://mysmelly.com/Archive/AsRequested/cdvvq/post.htmWed, 24 Oct 2012 09:46:29 GMThttp://mysmelly.com/Archive/AsRequested/cdvvq/post.htmUsenethttp://mysmelly.com/Archive/AsRequested/cdvvq/post.htm...here are some new pictures of Vino. There are even a couple with my hubby Dennis in them, LOL! It's the first 6 pictures at: & .view=t or [link] Brittahttp://mysmelly.com/Archive/SadMayaUpdate/cddnv/post.htmMon, 24 Sep 2012 09:46:29 GMThttp://mysmelly.com/Archive/SadMayaUpdate/cddnv/post.htmUsenethttp://mysmelly.com/Archive/SadMayaUpdate/cddnv/post.htmSome of you may remember that a couple months ago I asked for a purrs for a customer's missing cat, Maya. My neighbor was moving, and like so many stories I've heard in the past, the movers opened a door that was supposed to stay closed. Maya, a strictly indoor cat, bolted outside and disappeared. Well, today I learned that, after missing for about 6 weeks, the neighbors found Maya. She had found her way home and was hiding under the new tenants' car. The neighbors tried to feed her, but unfortunately, Maya had been injured, or possibly poisoned. She could barely walk, and was convulsing. Ultimately she had to be helped on the way to the RB. Although I never had the pleasure of actually meeting Maya, she used to sit in the window and...http://mysmelly.com/Archive/AResponseFromBluebirdLong/cdvwl/post.htmMon, 24 Sep 2012 09:46:29 GMThttp://mysmelly.com/Archive/AResponseFromBluebirdLong/cdvwl/post.htmUsenethttp://mysmelly.com/Archive/AResponseFromBluebirdLong/cdvwl/post.htmSeveral of you have posted or e-mailed regarding your concern about BlueBird giving garlic to LittleBit. I passed on your concerns to her, and this was her response: Joy, I only used the garlic once. You know me, I went to the net and asked some questions and got back the fact that the garlic as well as onions, which I'd not ever fed or nor would I be likely to ever feed her. Even now, her appetite is so poor that I'd not introduce anything that she didn't already LOVE. That's why I didn't continue with the garlic. She wasn't interested in it any way !! Told y'all that I have a smart, very smart cat. I do so very much appreciate those on the cat ng who are keeping me informed. I really do appreciate any post at all from them.My main...http://mysmelly.com/Archive/ShamusAtTheRb/cdvdg/post.htmSat, 24 Nov 2012 09:46:29 GMThttp://mysmelly.com/Archive/ShamusAtTheRb/cdvdg/post.htmUsenethttp://mysmelly.com/Archive/ShamusAtTheRb/cdvdg/post.htmI'm posting this for a friend of mine who just lost her cat, Shamus. She doesn't use the Usenet, AFAIK [nq:1]Hi, TC, Today we had our beautiful and well-loved cat, Shamus, euthanized. After some extensive and no doubt unpleasant testing, ... it was not enough. He was a great cat to the end. I know you know how we feel. Kathy[/nq] ~~ Life without cats would be only marginally worth living. TC, and the unmercifully, relentlessly, sweet calico kitty, Kenzie. How you behave towards cats here below determines your status in Heaven. - Robert Heinleinhttp://mysmelly.com/Archive/TheCatsOfTheBlueCave/cdvcv/post.htmFri, 24 Aug 2012 09:46:29 GMThttp://mysmelly.com/Archive/TheCatsOfTheBlueCave/cdvcv/post.htmUsenethttp://mysmelly.com/Archive/TheCatsOfTheBlueCave/cdvcv/post.htmLast night, I went out to this local bar called the Blue Cave. The Blue Cave is a bit of a dump, but some of the pilots from the base here play in a band and the Blue Cave lets them take the stage once a week, so I try to go and show my support. The Blue Cave is also very aptly named, because it is semi-subterranean and sports blue carpet that goes all the way up the walls, as well as a blue pool table. So at about midnight last night, after any real customers had been driven from the premises by the awful sounds of the band (hey, I never said they were any good!) and only the obligatory friends crowd remained, the owners of the Blue Cave let their 3 cats out into the bar. (The owners live upstairs from the bar). Their 3 cats were...http://mysmelly.com/Archive/WhatsInTheBasement/cdvjk/post.htmWed, 24 Oct 2012 09:46:29 GMThttp://mysmelly.com/Archive/WhatsInTheBasement/cdvjk/post.htmUsenethttp://mysmelly.com/Archive/WhatsInTheBasement/cdvjk/post.htmIhad a cat in England,many many years ago, who used to stroke my hair back behind my earscontinuously one paw at a time. he ofte n requested to go down into the cellar ( as we called the basement) as soon as he stepped off the stair onto the floor he would turn and fly back up the stairs like a demon was after him, we decided there must be a mouse down there, so we always told people he was afraid of mice. years before that when I was a child, (ye gods was I ever a child ?) weoften used to let our cat stay overnight at a neighbours house as she had a mouse -or two ?- early next morning we would inveitably hear herscratching and me-ouwing at the door and open it to find her standing there with a dead mouse on the stepthats what I call...http://mysmelly.com/Archive/ABoyAndHisBuddy/cdvjw/post.htmMon, 24 Sep 2012 09:46:29 GMThttp://mysmelly.com/Archive/ABoyAndHisBuddy/cdvjw/post.htmUsenethttp://mysmelly.com/Archive/ABoyAndHisBuddy/cdvjw/post.htmWhat a lovely story. My Dad, who was the loveliest man always walked round the house, and did everything with the cat draped round his shoulders jphttp://mysmelly.com/Archive/SelenasHerbGarden/cdvdz/post.htmMon, 24 Sep 2012 09:46:29 GMThttp://mysmelly.com/Archive/SelenasHerbGarden/cdvdz/post.htmUsenethttp://mysmelly.com/Archive/SelenasHerbGarden/cdvdz/post.htmI have a built-in, brick planter in my front hallway. For several years I have used it as a sort of bench...I should admit that Hobbes has used it as a bed...because when Hobbes was a kitten he thought it made a great litterbox if there was any dirt in it. This week it has begun getting cooler at night and might even go as low as 48 F this weekend so I suspected that my outside herb garden would probably die soon. So while I could still get them, I bought some herbs to plant in the inside planter box. I cleaned out all the old dirt, put in new and planted sage, basil, thyme, and oregano. Hobbes had checked out the herbs while they were still in their flat and decided they didn't deserve his attention. Lacey had watched the proceedings...http://mysmelly.com/Archive/LickingVinosPlate/cdvjv/post.htmWed, 24 Oct 2012 09:46:29 GMThttp://mysmelly.com/Archive/LickingVinosPlate/cdvjv/post.htmUsenethttp://mysmelly.com/Archive/LickingVinosPlate/cdvjv/post.htmI get all that off my daughter,my son is a bit fussy too in that respect as you say the plates ARE washed in hot soapy water, so I'm just discreet when they are around, saves argument. all the best jp From: (Email Removed) Subject: Re: Whew! I'm (almost) recovered. Date: Saturday, September 27, 2003 12:25 PM [nq:1]my mom gave me some pretty odd lectures while she was here. Got mad at me for letting Vino lick ... herself doesn't use it again during her visit. Humph! Imagine, not wanting to eat off a plate that Vino licked![/nq] I might be able to understand that if you wanted to serve her food on that plate right after he licked it. I probably wouldn't eat off a plate that my cat had just licked either (although I don't get bent out of...http://mysmelly.com/Archive/MicroChipYourFriends/cdvgp/post.htmSat, 24 Nov 2012 09:46:29 GMThttp://mysmelly.com/Archive/MicroChipYourFriends/cdvgp/post.htmUsenethttp://mysmelly.com/Archive/MicroChipYourFriends/cdvgp/post.htmThe post about the long-lost cat that was finally reunited with its owner due to an early micro-chip made me think. When Persia first acquired me, she escaped after a month for 24 hours and I was frantic. I immediately took her to the vet and had her chipped. This is a good thing to do for your beloved pets, folks. While I *do* feel for those who apparently tended to this cat in the story for 10 years, they obviously let him/her outside to wander and he finally wound up at a pound where they discovered the chip. I wouldn't want anything to happen to my dear sweet Persia, so I had her chipped. If she runs off and is taken anywhere where they have sense, they will scan her and find out she belongs to me. Funny, though. She doesn't seem...http://mysmelly.com/Archive/WhewImAlmostRecovered/cddqr/post.htmMon, 24 Sep 2012 09:46:29 GMThttp://mysmelly.com/Archive/WhewImAlmostRecovered/cddqr/post.htmUsenethttp://mysmelly.com/Archive/WhewImAlmostRecovered/cddqr/post.htmHi all, Sorry I've been absent so much lately. My mom was here for a month visiting. She spent a week here at the house with me and Dennis and then we all went to Chiang Mai together. Dennis had to go back to work in Burma on Sept. 7th, and after that my mom hung out at home with me for another week and then we went to Krabi for a week.Now, seeing my mom again was really nice...for the first couple of days. Then things began to get more difficult. Dennis and I just find her to be very negative and miserable and it began to get me down. I started getting splitting headaches, grinding my teeth at night and psoriasis :-( Naturally, I was racked with guilt over these not-so-nice thoughts I was having about her. But what can I do? I just...http://mysmelly.com/Archive/LongGoneMicrochippedOwner/cddqp/post.htmMon, 24 Sep 2012 09:46:29 GMThttp://mysmelly.com/Archive/LongGoneMicrochippedOwner/cddqp/post.htmUsenethttp://mysmelly.com/Archive/LongGoneMicrochippedOwner/cddqp/post.htmFrom cnn.com Long-gone microchipped cat finds owner 10:35 AM EDT (1435 GMT) SAN CARLOS, California Call it Ted's excellent adventure, with a high-tech twist: A cat with an ID microchip implanted under his skin was returned to his owner 10 years after he jumped out a window and vanished. Chris Inglis' sleek, black feline, Ted, was fitted with the chip back when the technology was still new in the early 1990s. But he was gone without a trace for a full decade before someone found him this week. Ted named for Keanu Reeves' character in "Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure" was brought to the Peninsula Humane Society's animal shelter, which tracked down Inglis despite outdated information on the chip. The cat was found about 13 miles (20...http://mysmelly.com/Archive/BluebirdAndLittlebit/cddhl/post.htmMon, 24 Sep 2012 09:46:29 GMThttp://mysmelly.com/Archive/BluebirdAndLittlebit/cddhl/post.htmUsenethttp://mysmelly.com/Archive/BluebirdAndLittlebit/cddhl/post.htmI got the following e-mail about LittleBit from BlueBird today. JoyI apologize for sending this as a blanket message to several of my closest friends, hoping that you'll tell who you think might be interested. I know some people don't understand that this is a member of my family I'm fighting to save, NOT a pet. I know y'all understand. Thanks for your support. Our prayers have been kind of answered. NOT !!! God doesn't do anything 'kind of'. He does everything good or bad all the way. It IS answer to prayers. I took my Little Bit to see my Herbalist, Tammy. It was my appointment, but she requested I bring Little Bit, even though she is very much allergic to cats. In doing her reading she did confirm that the one kidney IS gone...http://mysmelly.com/Archive/MoogieAndTheMoose/cddjk/post.htmWed, 24 Oct 2012 09:46:29 GMThttp://mysmelly.com/Archive/MoogieAndTheMoose/cddjk/post.htmUsenethttp://mysmelly.com/Archive/MoogieAndTheMoose/cddjk/post.htmHave I mentioned that Moogie and The Moose play together now? We can't wait till Moogie gets bigger and puts that d*g in her place! Here are some pics I caught of the action... please pardon the messy house in the background! [link] #17-21 are the newest photos. Later I picked up Moogie and found he was soaked! I couldn't figure out what he got into until I realized that he was soaked in Moose Juice!! Stacey Hugs, Not Bugs! [link] If I want to hear the pitter patter of little feet, I'll put shoes on the cats!http://mysmelly.com/Archive/BabelfishSpelling/cdvbh/post.htmSat, 24 Nov 2012 09:46:29 GMThttp://mysmelly.com/Archive/BabelfishSpelling/cdvbh/post.htmUsenethttp://mysmelly.com/Archive/BabelfishSpelling/cdvbh/post.htmWay OT, but you started it. A 9/20 post requesting translation fron Spanish, which apparently translated to about "mail server won't accept this". Then some of you posted about Babelfish. And Bablefish. And Babbelfish. How can I learn of this heretofore unknown thing, if you can't spell it for me? Brad (only away from Bert 2 nights for a while)http://mysmelly.com/Archive/GizmosNewFriend/cddbp/post.htmWed, 24 Oct 2012 09:46:29 GMThttp://mysmelly.com/Archive/GizmosNewFriend/cddbp/post.htmUsenethttp://mysmelly.com/Archive/GizmosNewFriend/cddbp/post.htmIt appears that Gizmo has a new friend, in a tea towel!!! She never really had a cuhion, or blanket or anything she liked..until now. Its a fairly plain "fluffy" tea towel, which I was going to throw out (has holes in it) but she rescued it from the "rag pile" and now never leaves it. She sleeps on it, attacks it and drags it to wherever she is going. It is very amusing. We took some photos last night which I will be posting tomorrow (I slept in this morning so didn't have time to transfer them to my computer). The funniest thing though, is that when she cleans herself she also cleans her "friend". My other half took it off her to wash last night and the whingeing wasn't worth it, it can stay dirty for a while. Does anybody elses cat...http://mysmelly.com/Archive/WeirdCats/cddmh/post.htmSat, 24 Nov 2012 09:46:29 GMThttp://mysmelly.com/Archive/WeirdCats/cddmh/post.htmUsenethttp://mysmelly.com/Archive/WeirdCats/cddmh/post.htmI'm working from home today (I am SO happy I left Stater Bros), sitting in the living room plugging away on my Perl code on the laptop - love those wireless connections. Back door is open, Amelia, Tabitha and Cleo are outside sunning themselves while Sammuel R kitten naps beside me. Without warning, Amelia and Tabitha streak through the back door like their tails are on fire. Tabitha screeches to a halt in the kitchen and takes up her favorite perch on top of my spare Sun monitor, but Amelia continues down the hallway and disappears into the bedroom. I poke my head out the back door to see what's going on - nothing notable out there, just Cleo dozing in her usual place by the gate. I went into the bedroom to check on Amelia and found...http://mysmelly.com/Archive/PhoebesBabiesHalfWeeks-On/cddgp/post.htmMon, 24 Sep 2012 09:46:29 GMThttp://mysmelly.com/Archive/PhoebesBabiesHalfWeeks-On/cddgp/post.htmUsenethttp://mysmelly.com/Archive/PhoebesBabiesHalfWeeks-On/cddgp/post.htmPhoebe's babies are now one and a half weeks old - all ten are still hanging in there - the very smallest one I am supplementary feeding (although I have seen her feeding off her Mum) this time last week she weighed 60g (don't ask me what that is in oz's) today she is 82g - so it is progress of sorts - the heaviest baby is over 200g. Phoebe is such a good Mum. Yesterday I had a visit from Bev and two of her cat mad friends - they enjoyed seeing all the babies and the big cats - they were particularly interested in Freya (B & C Mum) who was due to have her babies today - Freya made sure she gave them all a kiss We then headed off up the road to a nice little country cafe for lunch shouted by Bev (thanks Bev) the day was absolutely...http://mysmelly.com/Archive/FezRufousOfficiallyAdopted/cdccn/post.htmSat, 24 Nov 2012 09:46:29 GMThttp://mysmelly.com/Archive/FezRufousOfficiallyAdopted/cdccn/post.htmUsenethttp://mysmelly.com/Archive/FezRufousOfficiallyAdopted/cdccn/post.htmI was running errands and decided to stop at the humane society and formalize our adoption of the boys. They were checking in a momma cat with 3 (or 4?) kittens, about 3 weeks old. Somebody dumped them at the pound,where they would've been euthanized, but the folks at the SPCA go there twice a week to rescue adoptable animals. *&#$(*&# to the s*ns of b*tches who abandoned the poor mamma and her kittes. She's a sweetheart, I'm sure she'll find a great forever home. But I disgress... After signing a bunch of documents and payind the adoption fee, Fez and Rufous are now officially members of our family! This calls for a celebration. Good thing I bought a big bottle of tequila at Costco earlier today ;-) Victor M. Martinez [link]