Recent Content by ebrillblaiddes

I text a little--mostly quick question type stuff, and BF will sometimes fire off a cute little message--but over the course of a month it adds up to somewhere in the $1-$2 range so it's not worth it to have a texting plan. I can't imagine trying to have a conversation that way; I know people...

I'll soon be moving (yes, again--but this time a short distance) into an over-garage apartment with backyard access. I have gotten the go-ahead to get a garden and compost heap going and it occured to me that a lot of contents of a litterbox are basically fertilizer...but a lot of the content...

You might try putting a set of Soft Paws (or other claw caps) on him so that his claws won't do any harm until you can teach him better behavior. The two fingers on the top of the head thing that AddieBee suggested is a good idea--I used that on a cat with a biting habit once, not hard biting...

One of my balcony doors sticks and takes a little extra push to actually latch even if it slams; sometimes I forget, and the cats end up on the balcony (which I don't really mind, because they're allowed out there anyway when the weather's nice enough to leave a door open). My front door's...

Five bucks says he had a heck of a thick fur coat by the end of that.

Yeah, but he has a heck of a story to tell forever...I mean, that's the kind of story that gets you on TV...so he just might come out ahead in that one...

Sounds like "scent marking"...they're advertising their pheromones to any males that may get within sniffing distance of the pee. Maybe they're figuring that since you go out, some boy cats will follow you home that way.

It looks like I left a few subtleties out of my off-the-cuff definition of the difference between having a lot of cats and having too many cats. I really did mean that these kinds of things would be figured in; I guess it's hard to explain all at once. I do hope that everyone had a sense of...

That's lovely Some cats make great dads.

Maybe there are separate heavens for things that would never want to be around each other, and want different things anyway...like maybe tapeworms go to the Great Intestine in the Skies. I read a fantasy book a couple weeks ago with cat characters; in it, cats get reborn through nine lives, and...

Set the price high, use it to reimburse yourself for food and any vet bills that turn up while you find her a home, and if there's anything else, donate it or the equivalent in feedbags to the shelter...and tell adopters that's what you're doing with the money; no one who loves cats will mind...

From what I can see, calico. If her body is the same colors but more mixed up, could be tortoiseshell. A tortie is a calico after the colors have been run through the blender.

My cut line between hoarders and rescues (or for that matter people who just have a lot of cats) is whether the animals "live long and prosper." Are they fed well, vetted when they need it, and is the population controlled (i.e. adopt/take in strays vs. allow them to breed like mad) and...