You May Be A Cat Person If...

[tarasgirl06]

If you automatically put your foot out and to the side when opening any door to keep the cat either in or out depending on the door. And I agree with pretty much all of the above.

If you are looking for a new rental place and your first question is do they allow cats and how many




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*Oh, yeah, most definitely on all, and big props to you for the second paragraph. Caring, responsible people never sneak cats into rentals because it's most dangerous for the CATS if it's found out they are in a "no-cats" rental.*

 

[1 bruce 1]

If you automatically put your foot out and to the side when opening any door to keep the cat either in or out depending on the door. And I agree with pretty much all of the above.

If you are looking for a new rental place and your first question is do they allow cats and how many




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When we had foster babies, the paranoia of fridge and freezer doors was great and I learned early to watch the bottom of the fridge/freezer at all times, right up until the door was physically closed! They're tiny and FAST, and can sneak out a door or into a large freezer with speed.

Here's a personal neurotic habit of mine...I will load the washer, load the dryer, then absolutely REFUSE to start it until I see/headcount all cats, all dogs (how the hell does an 80 pound dog fit into a washing machine with 12 thousand pounds of linens, anyway), and my phone (BTDT lol).
If I can't find a cat, the laundry is rooted around and taken out, re-put in, and I still refuse to start it until I have a good visual confirmation that everyone is here.
This goes double if a kitten is around. They love laundry baskets and laundry and the thought of tossing a wad of occupied clothes from a hamper into the machine and turning it on gives me nightmares like nothing else can. =/
It's good to be neurotically paranoid in this case!

 

[1 bruce 1]

Also...
When a conversation like this happens:
Random person: "You have cats?"
Me: "Yes, I do!"
Random person: "ME TOO! I LOVE THEM!"
Me: "ME TOO!"
Random person: "I have 2. I'm a crazy cat owner!!! How many do you have?"
Me: "9 indoors."
Random person:
Me: "We also have like 10 barn cats, all cats that just showed up. We paid to have them fixed and pay to feed them."
Random person:
Me: "We also built them a big dog house like thing in the barn with a heat lamp and straw. They have a couch in the tack room.
Random person:
Me: "There's some ferals hanging around. They pee on stuff and fight. We think we will trap and neuter them and feed them too."
Random person:
Me: "Actually, I don't really know how many we have. 9 inside and at least 10 outside with ferals we sometimes rarely see would make my estimate total about 25."
Random person:
Me: "Do NOT try to out crazy the Crazy Cat Person."

 

[daisyd]

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If you are looking for a new rental place and your first question is do they allow cats and how many

I viewed a flat and that was first thing I asked. I left quickly after viewing one who responded: ‘no pets allowed ,’

 

[1CatOverTheLine]

I just hauled in almost 60 pounds of food for these furry dependents. Totally get that and yes, it's true!!!

1CatOverTheLine SO true. But there are 3 of them here and only one of me. In your case, *ahem*, you have the perfect, or should I say "Purr-fect" reason, with 11 to 1.

tarasgirl06 - I'm beginning to think you're right; eleven seems the perfect number, unless you're @Norachan .



1 bruce 1 - Sixty pounds is just about what mine go through each week, plus dry food, treats and "people food."

"Get a cat," they said. "Cats are cheap," they said.
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[Kitty Mommy]

You end up sleeping on the couch because your bed is full of cats and they are so cute you just can't stand the thought of disturbing them.

 

[vyger]

I may as well confess it here, among friends: I've always wanted a tail. I mean, of my own. Natural, though. I do think cats are superior beings because they have them.

As bad as I am with getting fingers pinched, whacked, crushed, hammered and sliced I think a tail would not stand a chance with me. It would end up one of those "half off" models.

Speaking of which: I have a new lurker that has showed up with a shortened tail. I have only gotten glimpses of him so far. It's pretty funny though because he is sneaking food and I open the door and everybody else is calmly eating and he totally panics and runs which causes all the others to jump and get fluffy tails. So I ask, where did he go and they are all staring under a bush. I can just hear him murmuring "traitors! how can you tell on me! "

 

[tarasgirl06]

You end up sleeping on the couch because your bed is full of cats and they are so cute you just can't stand the thought of disturbing them.

*...or, you have become an expert at sliding feet-first into a VERY narrow tubular space between cats, and at turning over in place, so as not to disturb His and Her Highnesses' Royal Slumber.*

 

[tarasgirl06]

As bad as I am with getting fingers pinched, whacked, crushed, hammered and sliced I think a tail would not stand a chance with me. It would end up one of those "half off" models.

I'm the queen of clumsy. I take klutz to new heights (or depths) so it's probably good I don't have a tail. Doesn't stop me from admiring them, though.

 

[1 bruce 1]

tarasgirl06 - I'm beginning to think you're right; eleven seems the perfect number, unless you're @Norachan .



1 bruce 1 - Sixty pounds is just about what mine go through each week, plus dry food, treats and "people food."

"Get a cat," they said. "Cats are cheap," they said.
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Oh dear Lord yes.
"Get a cat. They're cheap. They're low maintenance. They don't require a lot of work. You can go on vacation for like ever and just leave some food out".
HUH???
-Vet bills in the last 6 months = $I-don't-want.to-know" + tax.
-Food bills? Don't ask. I don't even keep track anymore. It's too depressing even though we get food super cheap. They go through a LOT (cats and dogs!)
-Toys? Well, those are cheap. Toilet paper tubes, paper towel tubes, boxes, balls of aluminum foil the size of large tennis balls, large cheap balls of felt from the craft shop, etc. Laser lights are cheap and fun, but addictive and suddenly you realized you've been sitting on the couch in your underwear for 3 1/2 hours because watching Fluffy attack the dot on the wall, hunker down, then shoot out of the room like a canon is just too hilarious to not continue.
-Time? Time to feed. Time to pet. Time to hold, comb, brush, adore, feed more, treats, play time, why is this cat acting off, could they be sick, should I call the vet, oh they just attacked one of the dogs and then ran off, but then they sneezed, maybe I need to call the vet. Oh it's time to feed again. So and so cat is eating too slowly, and his jerk bro just stole half of his food and now he'll be hungry so I must baby sit. Boxes are dirty. Scoop or dump? Dump. I don't have enough litter. Off to the store...I have a sick cat. They aren't acting right. Oh, vet says they have a really weird disease I cannot pronounce and have never heard of. Treatment is time consuming and somewhat expensive. Kitty hates his pills so we are using a compounding pharmacy in a liquid...etc. etc. etc...
-I want to sit on TCS and read and post but I have two cat butts in my face and computer dog is standing in my lap, gazing out the window like I'm not here.
Time. Pfft. Computer dog says hello and g0gggggggggggggggggggggggggggouiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii]

 

[1CatOverTheLine]

Oh dear Lord yes.
"Get a cat. They're cheap. They're low maintenance. They don't require a lot of work. You can go on vacation for like ever and just leave some food out".
HUH???
-Vet bills in the last 6 months = $I-don't-want.to-know" + tax.
-Food bills? Don't ask. I don't even keep track anymore. It's too depressing even though we get food super cheap. They go through a LOT (cats and dogs!)
-Toys? Well, those are cheap. Toilet paper tubes, paper towel tubes, boxes, balls of aluminum foil the size of large tennis balls, large cheap balls of felt from the craft shop, etc. Laser lights are cheap and fun, but addictive and suddenly you realized you've been sitting on the couch in your underwear for 3 1/2 hours because watching Fluffy attack the dot on the wall, hunker down, then shoot out of the room like a canon is just too hilarious to not continue.
-Time? Time to feed. Time to pet. Time to hold, comb, brush, adore, feed more, treats, play time, why is this cat acting off, could they be sick, should I call the vet, oh they just attacked one of the dogs and then ran off, but then they sneezed, maybe I need to call the vet. Oh it's time to feed again. So and so cat is eating too slowly, and his jerk bro just stole half of his food and now he'll be hungry so I must baby sit. Boxes are dirty. Scoop or dump? Dump. I don't have enough litter. Off to the store...I have a sick cat. They aren't acting right. Oh, vet says they have a really weird disease I cannot pronounce and have never heard of. Treatment is time consuming and somewhat expensive. Kitty hates his pills so we are using a compounding pharmacy in a liquid...etc. etc. etc...
-I want to sit on TCS and read and post but I have two cat butts in my face and computer dog is standing in my lap, gazing out the window like I'm not here.
Time. Pfft. Computer dog says hello and g0gggggggggggggggggggggggggggouiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii]

1 bruce 1 - And yet, you wouldn't give up a single one of them for all the gold in Christendom, would you?
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[1 bruce 1]

1 bruce 1 - And yet, you wouldn't give up a single one of them for all the gold in Christendom, would you?
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No way! Even the one I currently want to throttle as he's picking fights again =(
He was in solitary confinement last night, overnight, for about 12 hours so we could sleep without worrying about bullying and today he's gentle as a lamb (this cat has hyperesthesia and I'm terrified he'll stop self-destructing and start destructing other cats, and humans.)
Didn't I mention "oops, cat is acting weird, time for a vet visit" thing, LOL. Sigh..

 

[1CatOverTheLine]

No way! Even the one I currently want to throttle as he's picking fights again =(
He was in solitary confinement last night, overnight, for about 12 hours so we could sleep without worrying about bullying and today he's gentle as a lamb (this cat has hyperesthesia and I'm terrified he'll stop self-destructing and start destructing other cats, and humans.)
Didn't I mention "oops, cat is acting weird, time for a vet visit" thing, LOL. Sigh..

1 bruce 1 - I have this Snowshoe....

 

[1 bruce 1]

1 bruce 1 - I have this Snowshoe....

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LMAO!!!! Run!!! Run for your life!!! =D
(Darn this new system. My pictures are all on some weird back up system that I've yet to access correctly. I need to call the computer guy to school this old fart on new fangled contraptions).
We had a cat that looked a lot like a rag doll that got a bath one day, she hated the dryer, so we put her in a fan crate and she meowed a bit like your guy. Eyes glassy, every tooth visible, hair blowing in the breeze, etc. So hilarious!

 

[KarenKat]

I now expect a music video of this. Maybe to the tune of “I will always love you”

 

[Kitty Mommy]

1 bruce 1 - I have this Snowshoe....

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Oh my! I thought I was the only one with a Tasmanian Devil Cat

 

[1CatOverTheLine]

I now expect a music video of this. Maybe to the tune of “I will always love bite you”

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[1CatOverTheLine]

Oh my! I thought I was the only one with a Tasmanian Devil Cat

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Moo Shu makes Pikachu look like a Potoroo.
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[tarasgirl06]

1 bruce 1 By all means, GET GOOGLE PHOTOS (photos.google.com) unlimited storage if you choose the thumbnail option, and it's free. You won't have any photo heartaches ever again.
And not meaning to be pushy, but that's why DrsFosterSmith.com is so great. They have compounding, and will work with your vet, too. FYI. And you can set up auto-delivery so you never run out of anything. Customer service via live chat or phone, live from WI. Shipping over $19 is free and auto-delivery gets you a nice discount. You can't go wrong. I've been with them since before they were online.
And OMC 1CatOverTheLine just WON'T quit trying to fob that snowshoe off on unsuspecting people. *You've been warned.*

 

[Kitty Mommy]

Moo Shu can come visit anytime