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  1. mamacat

    why does he chew my hair???

    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...
  2. mamacat

    cat hair killed the fridge?

    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?
  3. mamacat

    well that was rude...

    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...
  4. mamacat

    she won't eat unless I'm the one who feeds her

    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...
  5. mamacat

    where do you sit at work?

    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...
  6. mamacat

    Roving crew of fearless kitties...

    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...
  7. mamacat

    Eat it or throw it out?

    I'm just curious--if one of your cats licks your food, do you eat it or throw it away?
  8. mamacat

    Is it okay to feed him this?

    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...
  9. mamacat

    going back to work--anything I can do to prepare them?

    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...
  10. mamacat

    my new job came through!

    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...
  11. mamacat

    Best response to peeing out of spite/stress? (sorry, long)

    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...
  12. mamacat

    Yikes! Crazy squirrel trying to break in!

    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...
  13. mamacat

    weird sounds your cats make

    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...
  14. mamacat

    what's the problem with seafood?

    I've noticed in a few different threads people mentioning that seafood is bad for cats, which I'd never heard before. What's wrong with it?
  15. mamacat

    all those toys...

    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...
  16. mamacat

    Why do they choose the hottest room in the apartment?

    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...
  17. mamacat

    pet-safe pesticide?

    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...
  18. mamacat

    ouchies of unknown origin

    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...
  19. mamacat

    "self-groomer"--anyone tried?

    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...
  20. mamacat

    Nathan won't take the hairball remedy

    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?
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