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do cats do anything besides eat and sleep?

hamstershaver

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damn cat slept half the day, then woke up and ate like a pig then tried to go back to sleep again after she was done
women must of decended from cats
 
StickFigure said:
If you lick 'em you'd be amazed at what they'll do!! :p :evil:
;;l;;;''
 
nycgirl said:
Hammy, you have a kitten, so it will need more sleep. Do you have any catnip toys for it to play with? Oh, do you have a scratch post?
nope i only have food for it, which it seems to go through very quick
 
hamstershaver said:
nope i only have food for it, which it seems to go through very quick

I recommend getting a scratch post. One of my mother's cats, would always work its claws into the side of her couch when it was a kitten. Eventually, it became an outside cat (she lets it out like dog - its on a schedule - no catbox) and now it does the clawing thing on the trees and doesn't mess with the furniture.

Its a baby, its going to eat a lot. Get it a few catnip toys. They have it at the supermarket.
 
make it an outdoor cat. let it live....

my outdoor kitty hunts all day, she is the top of the food chain in my yard...I've seen her spring into the air and catch birds mid flight...also she caught a rabbit the other day and ate the whole thing. the rabbit was as big as her....when I say she ain't the whole thing I mean the entire thing, like skull, brain, bones, everything. I didn't know cats could do that.
 
I agree. My mom's cats kill birds and leave them on the porch for them (my family) to see in the morning. They also kill the field mice. One of them fought a racoon, but the racoon won that fight and killed the cat. They also climb trees, and hangout with the dog next door. I'm amazed by it too.
 
We had a kitten who scratched my daughter and gave her cat scratch disease. That was quite an ordeal. Lasted about 2 years.
 
HumorMe said:
We had a kitten who scratched my daughter and gave her cat scratch disease. That was quite an ordeal. Lasted about 2 years.

whoa.

did she have *pause* a cat scratch fever? ROFL LMAOAHAHAHAHAH
 
chewyxrage said:
whoa.

did she have *pause* a cat scratch fever? ROFL LMAOAHAHAHAHAH


She had a host of problems brought on by the disease. Mainly it affected her lymph nodes in her neck and behind her ears. They swole up so large until the ruptured in the middle of the night.

We practically camped out at the Infectious Diease doctor's doorstep during the whole ordeal. I never want to go through that again.
 
HumorMe said:
She had a host of problems brought on by the disease. Mainly it affected her lymph nodes in her neck and behind her ears. They swole up so large until the ruptured in the middle of the night.

We practically camped out at the Infectious Diease doctor's doorstep during the whole ordeal. I never want to go through that again.
wow...never knew that was true...i will look at cats differently now.
apparently they are a potential threat.... :hed:
 
HumorMe said:
She had a host of problems brought on by the disease. Mainly it affected her lymph nodes in her neck and behind her ears. They swole up so large until the ruptured in the middle of the night.

We practically camped out at the Infectious Diease doctor's doorstep during the whole ordeal. I never want to go through that again.
you know, i always thought cat scratch fever was a myth......i had a new cat every summer when i was a kid and now im shocked i never got it....cuz i was mean to cats.....
one time i was play housing and my cat was the baby..and i put salt in a spoon and put a bit of water in it and fed it to the cat......she threw up like 2 mins later.....i never did that again
Im glad your daughers better now:)
 
We had a cat that would wait for me to get home from work to take my nap and then crawl across my chest, tamping her feet on my chest. I liked the routine after awhile.
 
Only cats (kittens) less than a year old can transmit the disease. We were given the kitten and it was an outside cat to start off with. We took her to the vet and had her dipped and shots, etc.

Apparently she already had the disease (it comes from a flea bite and becomes transmittable) when my daughter was playing with it, it scratched her around her neck area. That is why those lymph nodes began to swell.

The lymph nodes looked awful. Big knots the size of a ping pong ball and a deep bluish purple and you could see the veins. Very angry looking knots.

The dr. decided to let them rupture on their own since manually draining them could take a year to a year and a half to completely stop draining. Once they ruptured they sealed up on their own and quit draining. She has since had a very low immune system tolerance and she takes vitamin C to boost it.

It was quite an ordeal. In fact the dr. was a teacher at the medical school and used her as a case study for his classes since she had such a strong case of it. They determined the strength of the disease by diluting her blood like 1:1, 1:2. 1:4. 1:8. etc until it reached something like 1:1028 or something like that. He said it was the strongest case he had ever seen.

She is over it now but it was quite stressful at the time. We travelled to the dr office 80 miles each way, 3 days a week for like 10 months so he could monitor her. It took about 2 years before he cut her loose.
 
ANY cat with claws can transmit a disease, or aka cat scratch fever. They get bacteria in the tips of their claws, if they scratch you, the bacteria is transferred. Especially cats that use a litter box and stand in their shit or piss.

Whiskey
 
wait till it starts tearing up the furniture!
 
cat toys, scratching post (a must if you like your furniture), catnip, plenty of water and clean literbox. your cat will be happy, even if you don't lick it.
 
SoKlueles said:
you know, i always thought cat scratch fever was a myth......i had a new cat every summer when i was a kid



What did you do with the old cats? And why did you need a new one every summer? :worried:


Quit being mean to cats. :(
 
kittens aren't into catnip. mine didn't like it till they were maybe 1 or 2 years old
keep teaching it on the scratching post but remember they like to touch stuff and they're curious, and also various stuff will feel good. My furniture is mostly hole-free (sometimes she gets caught on the cushion when she's looking at something, then makes a hole freeing herself)... and I keep my closet door closed.
oh, and while it's young train it on a leash, give it baths (keeps hair down), clip nails (saves your furniture) and brush its teeth (saves its teeth when its older). Things I wish I could do now, but as an adult she'd freak.
 
Island Son said:
kittens aren't into catnip. mine didn't like it till they were maybe 1 or 2 years old
keep teaching it on the scratching post but remember they like to touch stuff and they're curious, and also various stuff will feel good. My furniture is mostly hole-free (sometimes she gets caught on the cushion when she's looking at something, then makes a hole freeing herself)... and I keep my closet door closed.
oh, and while it's young train it on a leash, give it baths (keeps hair down), clip nails (saves your furniture) and brush its teeth (saves its teeth when its older). Things I wish I could do now, but as an adult she'd freak.

Good ideas!!

Just don't give the cat a bath more than 1x per month as it dries out their skin -- leading to a bunch of other problems....

And start trimming her nails.....
 
For some reason I don't trust women who own cats. Only dogs.
 
I "tried" to give Mr. Maxx a bath once. I repeat, I "TRIED" to give him one once. I found out that if there is about an inch of water in the tub he'll get in it.

FYI, start a cat off as a kitten in the water, they will play in it as an adult like a dog. I wish I did with Maxx

Whiskey
 
i thought this originally said
"do you do anything besides eat and sleep"

and i was gunna respond with

"and lift"

and beat off sometimes
 
she sneezes alot
is that normal? i mean she dont act sick or anything, and she eats like a little kitty piggy
but she sneezes
should i be worried?
 
buffer1 said:
yeah and they also get beat on by Klu if she own,s the poor cat,lol
and dont forget i sat on her yesterday
omg what if she had died?? hammy would have had a field day with that one:(
 
SoKlueles said:
and dont forget i sat on her yesterday
omg what if she had died?? hammy would have had a field day with that one:(
I sure hope you give that little kitten lots of lovin' after what you have put it through :)
 
buffer1 said:
I sure hope you give that little kitten lots of lovin' after what you have put it through :)
actually i did, she slept with me last night.....and took up 3/4 of my pillow grrrrrr
 
big4life said:
I want pictures of y'all trying to bath her. ;)
I bet all they would be would be hammy standing in the background,with a shocked look on his face and Klu trying to drown the poor thing,lol
 
SoKlueles said:
your supposed to give cats baths???

Only in an emergency. Like if they're infested with fleas and need the flea shampoo.

It helps if you have elbow-length leather gloves.
 
Mr. dB said:
Only in an emergency. Like if they're infested with fleas and need the flea shampoo.

It helps if you have elbow-length leather gloves.

You read my mind..... ;)
 
SoKlueles said:
actually i did, she slept with me last night.....and took up 3/4 of my pillow grrrrrr
have u seen the final episode of the osbournes?

just "accidentally" kill it in your sleep, like jack did with his dog
 
Klu - my cat sneezes a lot too. Esp when she wakes up from one of her "naps".


Damn thing sleeps a good 20 hours a day.
 
Daisy_Girl said:
Klu - my cat sneezes a lot too. Esp when she wakes up from one of her "naps".


Damn thing sleeps a good 20 hours a day.
mine toooo
shes 4 months old and i swear she sleeps all the time unless shes eating
 
SoKlueles said:
mine toooo
shes 4 months old and i swear she sleeps all the time unless shes eating

They normally sleep 16 hours a day -- more as they age....

Mine even have a heated bed in the winter.... :verygood:
 
jenscats5 said:
They normally sleep 16 hours a day -- more as they age....

Mine even have a heated bed in the winter.... :verygood:
we went to petsmart today and i tried to get him to get her a nice comfey bed but he wa s like....im not wasting money on that, she wont sleep in it
 
Two lifesavers: Covered litter box, and scoopable cat litter.
 
Klu, i'll take a pic of what my mom made Maxx. She made him a pillow that goes in a larger wicker shaped bowl, the second a camoflauge tent that he hides out in. Especially if I put it outside.

Point is, make her one. Each time she lays in it, you can get all gushy thinking, yep, I made her that.

Whiskey
 
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