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| 2353.1 | Hmmmm, sounds like "Dream".... | SWAT::COCHRANE | Standing, stretching every nerve | Mon Apr 03 1989 17:22 | 14 |
| Sounds like an Oriental to me!! I adopted Dream in
November, a white oriental. After ignoring us all
for the first three weeks, she proceeded to chase
my other three mercilessly around the house!!! There
were some very wounded feelings for a couple of months,
but now, about 6 months later, they are smoothing out
somewhat. Orientals are wonderful, loving, and yes,
demanding cats, and Dream is the undisputed
queen of the household (aka "Mommy's Little Princess").
Send me mail off-line if you'd like more details.
Mary-Michael Cochrane
SWAT::COCHRANE
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| 2353.2 | | YOSMTE::CORDESBRO_JO | | Mon Apr 03 1989 17:47 | 8 |
| You will have to give them time to work out their pecking order.
Cats do not always take to newcomers right off the bat. They have
to have time to get to know each other. The best thing that you
could do is trim their nails, and let them work it out. In order
to avoid taking sides, stay out of their fights (unless they are
*really* trying to kill each other).
Jo
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| 2353.3 | Stand back and watch it fly.. | DRFIX::IVES | I'm my own Persian | Mon Apr 03 1989 22:40 | 14 |
| We introduced a new cat to our household last October and things
went very smoothly, HOWEVER about once a month my two now decide
it's time to try and rip each other apart and fur flies and we get
out the squirt bottle and maybe yell a little. Like, "WHAT ARE YOU
KITTIES DOING?" This may go on for a couple of days and then peace
reigns again, and you forget about those disagreements, and then they
are at it again.
I personally don't know anyone who doesn't have this problem even
after the pecking order has been settled.
They will quite down.
Barbara
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| 2353.4 | | CRUISE::NDC | | Tue Apr 04 1989 09:13 | 12 |
| re: .3 - very true. Mao and Isis have started the old
sibling rivalry again. Isis chases Mao around with a bottle
brush tail and Mao growls and hisses and tries to hide.
I really hate it when they do this and suspect that it has
something to do with other cats in the yard, which they
consider their territory. Since they can't get to the
invaders they take it out on each other.
I yell at them and chase one or the other of them off.
Usually its Isis as Mao tries to run away and hide and
Isis chases her and keeps teasing.
Anyone got any suggestions?
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| 2353.5 | Squirt so your throat won't hurt | YOSMTE::CORDESBRO_JO | | Tue Apr 04 1989 15:56 | 7 |
| One suggestion for you Nancy, don't bother yelling at them, you
just waste your breath. Squirt both parties whenever a fight starts,
no matter who started it. Best not to appear to take sides by
punishing only one. It takes two to tango, know matter whose idea
it is.
Jo
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| 2353.6 | | CRUISE::NDC | | Wed Apr 05 1989 09:43 | 6 |
| re: squirt - I don't know Jo. Jack seems to think this is alot
of fun....squirting cats that is....and I have to yell at him!
(Seriously, I'll give it a try - usually Mao is out of range anyway
behind the bed or something)
N
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| 2353.7 | | YOSMTE::CORDESBRO_JO | | Wed Apr 05 1989 12:42 | 4 |
| I know what you mean Nancy, Ken sits around waiting for the kittens
to do something wrong!
Jo
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| 2353.8 | | FSHQA1::RWAXMAN | A Cat Makes a Purrfect Friend | Wed Apr 05 1989 13:04 | 4 |
| Must be catching, this men with the squirt bottle thing. Dana also
loves to park it by the bed at night and let them have it when they're
messing up the drapes or knocking things off the night stands!!
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| 2353.9 | | ONFIRE::FRANCINE | heavy metal thunder | Wed Apr 05 1989 13:57 | 16 |
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Vicious feelings applied towards cats generated from jealous
feelings!!!
8*)
One too many times I've had the questions asked? "Who do you love
more, the cat or me??" Don't ask!! 8*)
On the phone.. wait a sec.. hold on!! comes back five minutes
later.. what was that.. oh I heard a noise and thought it might
be the cats.. oh wait, hold on a sec again.. awww my little babies
needs to be patted.. okay i'm back..
8*)
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| 2353.10 | | YOSMTE::CORDESBRO_JO | | Wed Apr 05 1989 14:35 | 4 |
| I have a t-shirt that says, "After the cat, Honey, you come first"!!!
Jo
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| 2353.11 | | CRUISE::NDC | | Thu Apr 06 1989 08:56 | 8 |
| re: .10 I love that T-shirt Jo.
re: men and squirt bottles. I have come to the conclusion that
there is a "brat" gene that is on the Y chromosome only because
ALL men seem to be brats!
Or maybe they just never grow up.
N
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| 2353.12 | Must be so.... | ISLNDS::SOBEK | | Thu Apr 06 1989 09:46 | 7 |
| re .9 and .10:
An (ex)husband from a former life once said he thought I cared
more about TiJai than I did for him. TiJai was a part of my life
for 13 year longer than he was.... :^)
Linda
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| 2353.13 | Water polo.... | SWAT::COCHRANE | Standing, stretching every nerve | Thu Apr 06 1989 11:59 | 13 |
| Hmmm, this could be a trend. Ian sits in the loft with the
squirt bottle. Kitty claws stairs, Ian gets kitty from loft
railing. Kitty get startled, runs upstairs, Ian gets kitty
in hallway, kitty runs downstairs, Ian gets kitty from loft....
etc. We call it the "shooting gallery" because of the way
the kitties run back and forth!!!
Dream got the best of him, though. She figured out how far
the water goes, and claws the carpet just out of reach, looking
him straight in the eye with her "bold as brass" gaze the whole
time!!! ;-)
Mary-Michael
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| 2353.14 | A typical morning with Shelby | FSHQA2::RWAXMAN | A Cat Makes a Purrfect Friend | Thu Apr 06 1989 12:43 | 19 |
| Yeah, Shelby has gotten to the point where when he goes to do something
wrong, he looks at Dana to make sure he isn't watching then proceeds
to knock vase of flowers over, kill the kleenex box, etc. He (Shelby)
has this morning ritual where he gets onto the nightstand next to
the bed (my side) and knocks everything off, one by one; first the
vase of silk flowers, then the kleenex box, then the telephone,
(he's currently trying to push the lamp but it's too heavy). This
is his not-so-subtle way of saying, MOM, TIME TO GET UP, I WANT
MY BREAKFAST - NOW! NOW!! NOW!!! He does this at exactly the
same time every morning and as soon as the vase (wicker, thank God)
crashes to the floor, Dana reaches for the squirt bottle (his side
of the bed) and Shelby goes flying off the night stand.
It's a riot to see Shelby turn around and look at Dana while his
paw is pushing the vase of flowers towards the edge.....
/Roberta
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| 2353.15 | | AIMHI::OFFEN | | Thu Apr 06 1989 13:32 | 12 |
| re: .06
Nancy,
You yell at Jack??? I don't believe it. He is sooooo sweet (and
you are soo nice). I loved Dundee and Mau. I am so glad that
Dundee did so well. I was very happy to meet you and Jack. It's
nice to put faces to names
Sandi (Thunder's *I STILL LOVE HER* mom)
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| 2353.16 | | CRUISE::NDC | | Fri Apr 07 1989 09:08 | 13 |
| re: .15 JACK IS A FIRST CLASS BRAT!
He's got you fooled too, eh?! Actually, he keeps me laughing
so I wouldn't have him any other way.
And I have a real streak of "fire" so you ought to see me
when I get "peeved" with Jack. Sometimes he brats out on
me just to get me cranked up. Then he tells me its in chapter
6 of "How to aggravate your Diettrich" which he claims he
inherited from my former boyfriend, John. (BTW - John picked
out Mao when he and I were together. When we broke up I got
custody of the cats!)
Nancy Dc
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| 2353.17 | The Phil/Isis/Tarot/TC conspiracy | SUBURB::TUDORK | SKEADUGENGA | Fri Apr 07 1989 09:32 | 5 |
| Philip keeps pinching the squirt bottle to water the plants. Then
when the cats do something wrong, I reach out for the squirt bottle...
and puff them with air.
Really effective deterrent.
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| 2353.18 | | ASABET::CUNNIFF | | Fri Apr 07 1989 09:37 | 7 |
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Actually, I'm waiting for Nancy to start chasing the cats around
so I can squirt her as well as the kittycats :-)
jack
(who_knows_better_than_he_seems_to)
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| 2353.19 | | CRUISE::NDC | | Fri Apr 07 1989 16:30 | 2 |
| re: .18
I TOLD YOU HE WAS A BRAT!!!!!!!!!!
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