Nathan has a new one--around daybreak, he climbs on my pillow and starts chewing my hair. I push him off the bed, but he's right back up the next second, chewing my hair again. It's not like he chews a big chunk of my hair--he chews on the frizzies on the top of my head (I have curly hair). I...
My MIL's fridge wheezed to a halt this week, and the guy who came to fix it said it was cat hair in the compressor that did it. Have you ever heard of such a thing?
So I recently started a new job (which is why I haven't been on TCS as much lately). I sit in an office with three other women and one of them has pictures of her dog EVERYWHERE. She must have about 12 pictures, on her cork board, taped to her shelves, taped to the wall. I admit, he's a cute...
Both my cats have wet food in the mornings, but Nedicks for some reason will only eat it if I am the one who gives it to her. I feed them during the week, but on the weekends DH is up before me and he feeds the cats so I can sleep in. But Nedicks won't take the wet food from him--sometimes DH...
I've noticed a lot of people log on from their jobs and it got me to thinking, where do you sit, in an office or a cubicle? I just started a new job on Monday and I sit in a room with 4 other people, with no cubicles or anything, so everyone can see and hear what everyone else is doing...
So I started my new job yesterday. I'm working for a city park, and so my office building is actually in the park. Well, yesterday at lunch time I went out front to get some fresh air, and I saw the biggest kitty EVER. He or she was grey and black and so cute, and apparently not scared of...
My parents recently returned from a trip to Italy, and my dad brought back a small can of food for the kitties. It's Purina, but obviously the Purina distributed in Italy. It's rabbit flavored. Anyway, I clearly will not be feeding this to Nedicks, as the vet has put her on prescription food...
I'm not sure if this is the right board for this--anyway...
A week from this coming Monday I will be starting a new full-time job. I haven't worked full-time since May 2004, so as you can imagine the kitties are VERY used to having me at home. Last year I did volunteer work three days a week...
Yay!!!! After over two years of being unemployed I am finally going back to work! They called yesterday to offer me a job as a Grant Writer with the Parks Dept. I start August 7. Woo hoo!!!
The only downside is it will mean less time to spend on TCS...
Uh oh...and less time with my...
Last night we returned from a long weekend (4 nights) away. While we were gone, the kitties were well cared for by someone we trust, the same person who takes care of them whenever we are away. We have gone away for even longer periods in the past without incident. However, this time, Nedicks...
So I'm sitting here reading TCS this morning, and all of a sudden I hear this weird noise coming from my bathroom, like someone is fiddling with the security gate on my window (the bathroom window opens onto the fire escape). I jump up and run in there (probably not the smartest move--good...
Nathan Cat isn't very vocal, except in the morning when he wants his breakfast. He never meows (I don't think he can)--instead he makes this kind of screechy sound that DH calls the baby pterodactyl, kind of like, "mrAH!" But this morning he came out with a completely new one I'd never heard...
I know I don't have to tell you guys that my house, probably like most of yours, is covered in cat toys. I can't even estimate how much I've spent on cat toys in the 3 years or so since we adopted N & N. So why is it that I'm sitting here the other day watching Miss Nedicks play with a piece...
Not sure if this belongs in health or behavior, but...
In the midst of this killer heat, both my kitties keep retreating to the part of the apartment that is not air conditioned--during the day it is the bedroom, and at night it is the living room. Yesterday temps hit high 90s outside, and...
Okay, first let me get this out of my system: eeeeeeeeewwwwwwwww....
That's better. Now, here is my problem: For quite some time, the basement and garage of our apartment building has been infested with waterbugs--you know, the things that look like gigantic roaches and have the...
About a week ago, I noticed a small scrape on Miss Nedicks's head, over her right eye. I thought it was the result of a fight between her and Nathan, as they had been pretty ornery due to the hot humid weather. I put a little Neosporin on it and it seemed to get better. Things have been...
The other day I saw a product in the store called a "self-groomer." Basically it's a cat brush you screw down low on the corner of a wall, and theoretically the cat rubs up against it, thus brushing him or herself. Nathan Cat HATES to be brushed, so I was wondering if it might be worth trying...
With the summer shedding, we've got hairballs here. Nedicks takes the hairball remedy with no problem--she just licks it off my finger. But Nathan takes one sniff of it and runs and hides. Any advice on how to give it to him?