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Conference misery::feline_v1

Title:Meower Power is Valuing Differences
Notice:FELINE_V1 is moving 1/11/94 5pm PST to MISERY
Moderator:MISERY::VANZUYLEN_RO
Created:Sun Feb 09 1986
Last Modified:Tue Jan 11 1994
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:5089
Total number of notes:60366

371.0. "FOUND" by VAXWRK::SKALTSIS (Deb) Tue Oct 28 1986 16:06

    outside my office window at PK2, a very cute affectionate little
    kitty. The cat is mostly grey with white moustache, bib, gloves
    and boots. The left boot has a black/grey diamond on it. This
    little kitty is somewhere betwen a kitten and a cat, I suspect
    about 6 to 9 months old. Her coat is of medium length and she
    has a *very* bushy tail.
    
    I suspect that the cat has been on her own for a little while;
    she got sick while we were on the way home and what came up looked
    like she dined in a Tobin's dumpster. She also has a number of cuts
    on her feet. (I say she, but I'm not sure; She got very angry when
    I tried to lift her tail to check, or even touched her upper hind
    leg.)
    
    I've listed her with all of the local vet's, shelters and animal
    officers. If any one knows of a lost kitty fitting this description,
    please contact me. 
    
    Deb
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371.1I belong to her now!!!!VAXWRK::SKALTSISDebThu Nov 06 1986 20:337
    Well, it's been about two weeks so I am offically claiming her as
    mine!!!!!!! I've decided to name her Alexandra (Alex for short).
    
    Deb
    
    P.S. Alex makes #5; Would someone please reassure me that I'm not
    crazy?
371.2Not crazy at all!!TWEED::B_REINKEThu Nov 06 1986 21:454
    You are definitely not crazy - our 5th cat climbed down out of
    a tree and into my arms last spring (see the saga of boots)
    Just love her a lot!!!!!!
    
371.35 down, and more love to come!NEBVAX::BELFORTEFri Nov 07 1986 09:257
    What did your vet say, is she healthy, approx. how old, and the
    BIGGY, what do the others think of her?
    
    Best of luck with her, and keep telling her how luck she is to have
    a new Mom like you!
    
    M-L
371.4If craziness is measured in cats...USHS01::MCALLISTERTARDIS Sales and Service Co.Fri Nov 07 1986 12:1514
    
    
    Not crazy, we have seven permanent residents (was 8 but a recent
    death shook the family), and with kittens have had 17 + 3 boarder
    cats for breeding.  This doesn't count the semi attached neighborhood
    strays.
    
    Booth said it best
	" one of these days I going to move to the country
    		and live in a house with 34 cats..."
    
    	" I've already got a start on the cats."
    
    Dave
371.5Actually, I feel luck that she found/choose me!VAXWRK::SKALTSISDebFri Nov 07 1986 13:4025
    RE: .3
    
    I forgot to ask how old (just when we got into see the vet, a dog
    started having convultions and he was called out of the room a cople
    of time so I forgot to ask). She was found to be very healthy (lukemia
    free), but was suffering from malnutrition and worms (not surprizing).
    The vet told me that he thot that she was a nice little cat.
    
    Now that I've got her cleaned up quite a bit, she is beautiful.
    As for integrating her into the famiely, well, at first she was
    very possessive of me and hissed and growled at the other cats.
    I think that part of the reason that she was acting so agressive
    is because she was declawed and probably wanted to scare them off
    before they did anything to her first. Right now, she is getting
    along with the boys (Argus and C.L. Panther), but there seems to
    be a bit of the problem with the girls. Alex and Pip are now on
    sniffing terms (they actually touch noses sometimes in doing this).
    Eirene, Panther's sweet little twin, is not happy with her and is
    picking fights. I've been making a point of showing the girls a
    lot of extra attention.
    
    Deb
    
    P.S. Thanks to all that have replied.
    
371.6NINJA::HEFFELTracey HeffelfingerTue Nov 11 1986 12:168
     	No. You're not crazy (or at least you have company if you are).
    Number 6 was dumped on our doorstep last summer and we had a temporary
    7-10 for 6 weeks while we bottle raised some abandoned kittens from
    the age of 5 days to 6 weeks.  (They will placed in their homes
    just two weeks ago.)
    
    tlh