Conference misery::feline_v1

    Merlin, who's a jet-black half-Siamese=half-Manx and a stub, likes
    1) to have his stubtail squeezed _gently_, 2) to hide, 3) to play
    with water, and 4) to suck my chim [my wife  thinks this last is
    very funny, until the few rare times when he does it to _her_].
    He's also very good at opening things.
    
    Steve Kallis, Jr.

    I have two cats, its-a-wits and spunky.  They are like night and
    day.  Its-a-wits (nickname) loves to sit on my chest and purr in
    my ear.  But only when she wants to.  She also likes to eat her
    "treat" up on the washing machine - away from spunky.  She does
    not like to be brushed, and when she knows I am going down the cellar
    is right there behind me (she comes up with cobwebs on her).
    
    Spunky does not like to be picked up.  She loves to be scratched
    and brushed, so long as you do it s-l-o-w-l-y.  She is 1 year old,
    but still has the playful kitten in her (that's why its-a-wits can't
    handle her alot of the times).  She will eat anything - do long
    as it doesn't bite back - whereas its-a-wits only likes her tuna
    or turkey for treats.
    
    Funny how much personality cats can have.  I was just thinking last
    night how lucky I am to have these two beautiful babies.
    
    Cheers to its-a-wits and spunky!!
    
    anna
    

    Bailey doesn't like to be held unless its her idea.  She loves to
    wake mom up at 6:00am by kneading and licking her arm into oblivion.
    She loves to play with water dripping from a faucet (and the top of 
    her head is usually damp).  She loves her "bonkers" treats.  She
    loves to have the top of her head scratched and to have her ears
    warmed up.  She loves paw/toe massages.  She hates to be brushed.  
    She loves to chew holes in my sweaters and t-shirts and to shred 
    paper to bits.  She loves to play with her nerf golf balls and to 
    fetch them for mom to throw again and again.
    
    Amelia loves her mom so much that she has to be touching her when
    sitting or laying down near her and follows her all over the house.
    She loves to watch mom putting on makeup and doing her hair but
    hates the smell of toothpaste.  She loves catnip pillows and she
    loves to see how high she can jump (I think she's trying to see
    if she can touch the top of the sliding glass door).  She loves to 
    be scratched on the back of the neck and hates to have her ears 
    cleaned.  There are lots of things Amelia loves and very few things
    that he hates.  Amelia just loves to be loved.
    
    Jan

    re:  .3, last line
    
    Should be:   that she hates
    Is:          that he hates
    
    Please forgive me Amelia I know you're a little girl but even the
    best typists sometimes have typos.
    
    Jan
    

    Pookie loves to combed.. she will let you comb her for hours.. she
    likes to go the groomer..she also likes her paws rubbed.. and her
    throat and ears rubbed... and she loves what we call pookie treats..
    these are  gourmet fish teats.. i buy in newburyport mass.. i used
    to be able to
    get them in nashua at a place called Cat Pause.. really neat place..
    she also likes to sleep with her mother and daddy.. she just loves
    the water-bed.. it must be made up during the day.. ansd the pillows
    fluffed up.. and at night she culrs her lttle paws around my arm
    and
    sleeps cuddled up...and she likes her red satin mouse call le mousey..
    and her collection of pookie toys..she also likes just to sit in
    front of my patio door and watch the birdies..  and sit with mummy
    on the sofa while i read th paper or a boook.. she just Puuurrrrrrsss
    for hours. and she likes our afterwork day conversations.. while
    i am grooming her.. as well as our morning conversations while i
    am grooming her and he rbefore we go to bed conversations while
    i groom her.. she doesnot like it if i am late..  or if i am gone
    too long....she likes to be hugged.. she actually hugs me back..
    she is very polite when company comes over.. but she does like other
    people to pick her up.. .. lets try that again she doesnot really
    like other people to pick her up.. she will let you pat her though...
    she is such a good kitty.. and there is really nothing she does
    not like... anfsi agree with last reply.. she just loves to be loved..
    but all of allison's  persians have that temperment....
    regards
    kate.. pookies mom

    Aja likes nothing and nobody. She hates her food, dogs, other cats,
    people. She hisses, spits and SCREAMS when anybody comes to the
    house. She has the personality of noxious gas...
    
    Why do I like her?
    
    Edd

    Re .6:
    
    Does she like _you_?
    
    Steve Kallis, Jr.

    Only for the 2 minutes between when I get home and she gets fed.
    
    She bites me. Hard.
    
    Edd

    Re .6, .8:
    
    Have you talked to your vet about this?  She sounds a bit troubled.
    
    Steve Kallis, Jr.

    Honey loves to be picked up and cuddled like a baby.  Chauncey hates
    to be picked up.  Chauncey loves to make bread on my arm and drool
    all over.  Honey thinks that's disgusting.  Honey loves to wash
    Chauncey's face and ears.  Chauncey loves it!!  Honey loves Pounces.
    Chauncey hates them.  Chauncey loves Femalt.  Honey won't touch
    the stuff.  Honey loves to sit by an open window catching a cool
    breeze; so does Chauncey.  And I love them both!!

    Re: .9
    
    Yeah, I've told the vet about her disposition, but he seemed unfazed.
    (No physical reason for her attitude.)
    
    She's been like this since day one. In fact, she's the only cat
    I've ever seen who was down-right *aggressive* in her bitchiness.
    
    She ran down the (forbidden) cellar steps one day and when I went
    down to retrieve her, she let out a BLOOD-CURDLING scream and lunged
    at me. Quite taken back, I RAN up the steps and left her down there.
    (Picture a white 4 lb. fuzzball chasing a 200lb. man who's running
    for his life...)
                    
    Edd

    Re .11:
    
    >Yeah, I've told the vet about her disposition, but he seemed unfazed.
    
    I would be, too, if I didn't have to live with her. :-)
    
    Seeriously, it _might_ be, and this is what I meant about talking
    things over with your vet, that whether the _cause_ is physical
    or not, a therapy, such as prolactin, might mel;low her out.  Obviously
    you like her, but wouldn't it be nice if she reciprocated?
    
    Steve Kallis, Jr.

    Que pasa Prolactin?
    
    I must admit, there is one thing she LOVES. I have lots of catnip
    growing in the house. She never touches the plants but can't wait
    for me to break out her little baggie full of herb...
    
    Edd

    Do you give her catnip often???  I took care of a cat (for about
    a year) that was allergic to catnip.  He was a blue-eyed white turkish
    angora.  He was the sweetest cat normally.....give him catnip and
    he'ld be so agressive and nasty that you couldn't get near him.
    The reaction usually lasted a day or so.  
    
    If you give her catnip everyday, you might want to try stopping
    it for a week or so to see if there is any change in behavior.
    
    cin
    

    Prolactin is the hormone that promotes lactation in mammals.  It's
    a hormone that's siometimes called the "mother love" hormone. 
    In extreme cases, it sometimes can be used to mellow out a mean
    kitty.  You might want top talk it over with your vet.
    
    Steve Kallis, Jr.

    Snuggles loves to sit at an open window especially now that he's
    discovered bugs like to fly around them.  He's under my feet from
    the time I get up till I feed him and again from the time I get
    home till I feed him.  Sometimes he's in the mood to snuggle up
    next to me while I watch T.V..  He LOVES water.  When ever I use
    the sink he's right there to watch.  Whenever we take a shower he
    has to come in and watch.  One day he slipped and almost took a
    shower with me.  As soon as we're done in the shower he gets right
    in there to walk around and get his feet wet.  We have an oval shaped
    bathroom sink which he loves to curl up in.  Snuggles loves his
    back, and side of his face rubbed.  When I give him a vigorous rubbing
    all over his back he comes right back and wants me to do it again.
    
    Snuggles doesn't like coffee ice cream, 9-lives, purina, his legs
    touched, and being spanked or yelled at (he'll go off and cry as
    loud as he can).
    
    
    Re: Edd - My parents cat is a real B*tch too.  I must say though,
    compared to your cat, my parent's cat sounds like a sweet heart.
    Did you know there is such a thing as animal psychiatrists.  My
    parents cat got very upset one time when my parents had a lot of
    company over the holidays.  The cat (Muffin) got very sick but
    when they brought her to the vets the vet said there was nothing
    wrong that it was probably pschological and he recommended an animal
    psychiatrist.  The only reason my parents didn't take her was because
    the nearest one was in Dennis, MA.
    
    Kathy

    I have two kittens, Pokey and Gumby.  They are both sisters and
    about 11 weeks old.  They're ADORABLE!  Gumby loves to sit on my
    sholders and rub her head in my ear or chew on my hair.  She loves
    to nuzzle up against me or her daddy.  I think she is jealous of
    her sister because when I am petty Pokey, Gumby will jump on me
    and demand attention.
    
    They love to book around the house and tear up the toilet paper,
    wrestle, eat, and they LOVE to be petted or sleep with mommy or
    daddy.
    
    Pokey likes to swim.  Ever see a wet cat?  It's funny.  She likes
    to stand on the edge of the bath tub while we're filling it up.
    As soon as we shut off the water, she jumps in, paws outstretched,
    and does the dogpaddle around the tub!
    
    These kittens are great!
    
    My long lost cat, Kitty, who has been missing almost two months
    now, and whom I still hope will come home, used to love to jump
    up the walls.  She would go booking across the room, jump up the
    corner of the doorframe, and try to climb to the top.  She made
    it a few times.  Kitty come home!
    
    

    My kitten is still growing so her likes and dislikes aren't always
    the same all the time. I dont think swearing is allowed here so
    I can't tell you what my roommate named her - anyway, she loves
    for me to give her shoulder rubs (weird) and she loves to sleep
    on my neck at night.  When I get home at night, the place is a mess
    because she gets so bored being inside all day. She literally climbs
    the walls (actually, the screens) from boredom.  She hates to have
    the blowdryer in her face or the spray from the iron sprayed on
    her (I'm so mean) but I get a kick out of it.  I'm really not mean
    to her, I love cats and kittens and would have a houseful if I could.
    Besides, when I slap her for doing something wrong, she thinks I'm
    playing and always comes back for more.  (I dont keep slapping her
    though)  She spoiled, like every cat should be!!
    
    

    Jasper loves to snuggle with me as soon as I get home. Her favorite
    spot is laying right across my neck (i'll be laying on my back).
    She loves to nibble on my ears and my chin.  And she absolutely
    LOVEs to lick me ! she'll lick my arm until it hurts ! (anybody
    know why she does this?)
    
    She also loves to play - with anything and everything ! She
    especially likes to jump from her gym to my bed, down to the
    floor and back again. Must be some sort of kitty game. And she
    LOVES to wrestle with mommie.
    
    .. she hates it when i leave and don't take her with 
    me. She also hates it when I want to sleep late
    on Saturday and Sunday and won't get up and feed her at her
    'usual' time...  She also hates it when the big guys come in
    and try to steal her food (but she lets them know who's boss!).
    And she doesn't like it when mommie washes her neck with a
    face cloth since she keeps missing it, although she's getting
    used to it, and getting better at doing it herself.
    
    
    Cheri
    Jaspers mom

    Yoni likes to be tickled under the chin and purrs like a motor boat
    when you do this to her.  She also likes to make herself little
    beds amongst the foliage in the garden and will only sleep in her
    own little box.
    
    Purdy is a terror who likes to curl up in a ball in the car.  I'm
    sure she'd live in there if she was allowed to as she gets into
    a mood when she's removed from it!  She goes all "gooey" when she
    plays with her catnip mouse and dribbles if you play with her and
    the mouse on your knee.  Other times she brings the mouse for a
    game and often catches it in mid-air.
    
    Yoni and Purdy do not speak to each other but what they do both
    like to do is sneak into the bedroom (where they aren't allowed)
    and go to sleep on the bed.  They've even been known to sleep very
    near to each other her despite their differences!  And another thing
    they like is salmon.
    
    Karen