OT: The cats on 3 May 2008 >^..^<

Sometimes I feel guilty about keeping my cats indoors 24/7. Yes, it is
for their own safety. But right now all three of them spend lots of
time on their window sill heated pads looking at all the birds flying
around. The heads go back and forth, the tails twitch, and every now
and then the teeth start chattering.

"Harry Mary Andruschak" <adoptsoldcats@aol.com> wrote in message
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> Sometimes I feel guilty about keeping my cats indoors 24/7. Yes, it is
> for their own safety. But right now all three of them spend lots of
> time on their window sill heated pads looking at all the birds flying
> around. The heads go back and forth, the tails twitch, and every now
> and then the teeth start chattering.

The teeth chattering while the tail's swishing - classic "cat intensely
involved with watching birds" deal. ;-)

Cathy

On May 3, 3:49*pm, "Cathy F." <clfrc...@adelphiadotdashdot.net> wrote:
> "Harry Mary Andruschak" <adoptsoldc...@aol.com> wrote in messagenews:554d75f5-e89d-4dde-ad57-26a7d324e9f6@d19g2000prm.googlegroups.com...
>
> > Sometimes I feel guilty about keeping my cats indoors 24/7. Yes, it is
> > for their own safety. But right now all three of them spend lots of
> > time on their window sill heated pads looking at all the birds flying
> > around. The heads go back and forth, the tails twitch, and every now
> > and then the teeth start chattering.
>
> The teeth chattering while the tail's swishing - classic "cat intensely
> involved with watching birds" deal. ;-)
>
> Cathy

Keeping the cats in is also for the birds' safety. I'll never get
over the shock of getting up one morning and finding a small owl, dead
on the living room floor. Our house was unfinished at the time, so
our cat went in and out at will. She's getting old now, reduced to
windowsill hunting.

Les

Harry Mary Andruschak wrote:
> Sometimes I feel guilty about keeping my cats indoors 24/7. Yes, it is
> for their own safety. But right now all three of them spend lots of
> time on their window sill heated pads looking at all the birds flying
> around. The heads go back and forth, the tails twitch, and every now
> and then the teeth start chattering.

Kitty TV.

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On Sat, 3 May 2008 15:09:56 -0700 (PDT), Harry Mary Andruschak
<adoptsoldcats@aol.com> wrote:

>Sometimes I feel guilty about keeping my cats indoors 24/7. Yes, it is
>for their own safety. But right now all three of them spend lots of
>time on their window sill heated pads looking at all the birds flying
>around. The heads go back and forth, the tails twitch, and every now
>and then the teeth start chattering.

I love it when their teeth chatter! My cats always look so intent
when they do that!

I don't feel guilty anymore, esp since one of mine hurt her leg badly
enough to need surgery. If she had been outside I might not have found
her. Today, her fur is almost grown back and I feel grateful every
time I hug her.

Kay

Update on 4 May

Like most bachelors, I have to do my own laundry. The hardest problem
can be to persuade the cats to get off the bed and stay off the bed
while I remove the sheets. And again to stay off the bed whilst I am
putting on the clean sheets.

"Harry Mary Andruschak" <adoptsoldcats@aol.com> wrote in message
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> Update on 4 May
>
> Like most bachelors, I have to do my own laundry. The hardest problem
> can be to persuade the cats to get off the bed and stay off the bed
> while I remove the sheets. And again to stay off the bed whilst I am
> putting on the clean sheets.

Which is the only time I actually shut the cat(s) out of the bedroom;
physically remove the getting-in-the-way cat, put her/him in the hall, shut
the door, make the bed, then let him/her back in.

Cathy

"Kay" <apn100279154@forteinc.com> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 3 May 2008 15:09:56 -0700 (PDT), Harry Mary Andruschak
> <adoptsoldcats@aol.com> wrote:
>
>>Sometimes I feel guilty about keeping my cats indoors 24/7. Yes, it is
>>for their own safety. But right now all three of them spend lots of
>>time on their window sill heated pads looking at all the birds flying
>>around. The heads go back and forth, the tails twitch, and every now
>>and then the teeth start chattering.
>
> I love it when their teeth chatter! My cats always look so intent
> when they do that!
>
> I don't feel guilty anymore, esp since one of mine hurt her leg badly
> enough to need surgery. If she had been outside I might not have found
> her. Today, her fur is almost grown back and I feel grateful every
> time I hug her.
>
> Kay

I let my first cat out for a while, but then she became an indoor cat. All
subsequent cats have been indoors-only, mostly because of traffic. But
I'm/they're lucky, in that this house has a side porch which is fully
screened from floor to ceiling. So they can get their fresh air & outdoor
sights out on the porch. In the winter it's for very short periods of
time - too cold (for me) to leave the porch door (it opens from the LR)
open, but in the summer can leave it iopen while I'm at home, & they can
come & go as they please.

Cathy

Put paper bags on the floor...mine loved paper bags and preferred them to
the bed
Jacquie
"Harry Mary Andruschak" <adoptsoldcats@aol.com> wrote in message
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> Update on 4 May
>
> Like most bachelors, I have to do my own laundry. The hardest problem
> can be to persuade the cats to get off the bed and stay off the bed
> while I remove the sheets. And again to stay off the bed whilst I am
> putting on the clean sheets.

One of my Weimaraners brought in a bird the other day and dropped it at
hubby's feet and looked at so proud I sure am glad I was still in bed. We
had a cat that snuck out one day and brought us a half dead dove...hubby had
to kill it She also brought us a baby snake one day....thank goodness she
didn't sneak out to often
Jacquie
"sage hen" <desertnymph@cwo.com> wrote in message
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On May 3, 3:49 pm, "Cathy F." <clfrc...@adelphiadotdashdot.net> wrote:
> "Harry Mary Andruschak" <adoptsoldc...@aol.com> wrote in
> messagenews:554d75f5-e89d-4dde-ad57-26a7d324e9f6@d19g2000prm.googlegroups.com...
>
> > Sometimes I feel guilty about keeping my cats indoors 24/7. Yes, it is
> > for their own safety. But right now all three of them spend lots of
> > time on their window sill heated pads looking at all the birds flying
> > around. The heads go back and forth, the tails twitch, and every now
> > and then the teeth start chattering.
>
> The teeth chattering while the tail's swishing - classic "cat intensely
> involved with watching birds" deal. ;-)
>
> Cathy

Keeping the cats in is also for the birds' safety. I'll never get
over the shock of getting up one morning and finding a small owl, dead
on the living room floor. Our house was unfinished at the time, so
our cat went in and out at will. She's getting old now, reduced to
windowsill hunting.

Les

But not the kind with attached carrier handles, unless carefully
supervised - one of my cats got her head caught in one once - scared the
hell out of her.

Cathy

"jacquie" <happikat694@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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> Put paper bags on the floor...mine loved paper bags and preferred them to
> the bed
> Jacquie
> "Harry Mary Andruschak" <adoptsoldcats@aol.com> wrote in message
> news:d87954dd-55e0-415b-a2cf-d334ded37537@s33g2000pri.googlegroups.com...
>> Update on 4 May
>>
>> Like most bachelors, I have to do my own laundry. The hardest problem
>> can be to persuade the cats to get off the bed and stay off the bed
>> while I remove the sheets. And again to stay off the bed whilst I am
>> putting on the clean sheets.
>
>

Harry Mary Andruschak <adoptsoldcats@aol.com> wrote:

> Update on 4 May
>
> Like most bachelors, I have to do my own laundry. The hardest problem
> can be to persuade the cats to get off the bed and stay off the bed
> while I remove the sheets. And again to stay off the bed whilst I am
> putting on the clean sheets.

I actually liked that part. How my changing the bed sheets would attract
my cat. Of course, I had just the one.

--
Keera in Norway * Think big and then ask for more.
http://home.online.no/~kafox/

Keera Ann Fox wrote the following on 5/5/2008 2:02 AM:
> Harry Mary Andruschak <adoptsoldcats@aol.com> wrote:

>> Like most bachelors, I have to do my own laundry. The hardest problem
>> can be to persuade the cats to get off the bed and stay off the bed
>> while I remove the sheets. And again to stay off the bed whilst I am
>> putting on the clean sheets.
>
> I actually liked that part. How my changing the bed sheets would attract
> my cat. Of course, I had just the one.

Me, too. It is even more entertaining with two. I had one pair that used
to alternate who got "trapped" under the sheet and who got to pounce. The
first would let me put the contour sheet over her, then be pounced by the
other. After a minute or so she would crawl out, and I would put the top
sheet over the second cat. The first would start pouncing. This was
repeated through the cotton blanket and comforter. So what if it took 30
minutes to change the bed? :-)
--
Karen R.

WWWSC #4 <krez56@gmail.com> wrote:

> Keera Ann Fox wrote the following on 5/5/2008 2:02 AM:
> > Harry Mary Andruschak <adoptsoldcats@aol.com> wrote:
>
> >> Like most bachelors, I have to do my own laundry. The hardest problem
> >> can be to persuade the cats to get off the bed and stay off the bed
> >> while I remove the sheets. And again to stay off the bed whilst I am
> >> putting on the clean sheets.
> >
> > I actually liked that part. How my changing the bed sheets would attract
> > my cat. Of course, I had just the one.
>
> Me, too. It is even more entertaining with two. I had one pair that used
> to alternate who got "trapped" under the sheet and who got to pounce. The
> first would let me put the contour sheet over her, then be pounced by the
> other. After a minute or so she would crawl out, and I would put the top
> sheet over the second cat. The first would start pouncing. This was
> repeated through the cotton blanket and comforter. So what if it took 30
> minutes to change the bed? :-)

Absolutely darling!

And here we buy expensive cat toys when all we need is to do housework.
;-)

--
Keera in Norway * Think big and then ask for more.
http://home.online.no/~kafox/