basscat
's Gibs, that's no secret. But how does your cat live up to his wild side? Capt. KitKat Jack is working on his impersonations. Do you have a picture of your cat looking like his wild ancestors?
No pics. Can't get the camera fast enough when Tabby is latched onto my leg trying to eat my ankle.
basscat
is that your little sweetie with the tabby striped legs and heart nose? Do your cats see Gibs at all? He must think of them as prey? Btw, would love to see a pic of your grey tree climbing fox
Da. Borees het moose end skwirrel. Gley tree-climbing fox ees skwirrel.1CatOverTheLine is that a quote from Rocky & Bullwinkle?
It's complicated. But, it's not a prey/attack thing.
Here, let me correct that for you. Then again, y'alls impersonations are way off.I must have looked at 100 pics. All I saw was spoiled house cats.
It's complicated. But, it's not a prey/attack thing.
When Gibs was smaller, he and Buddy would play together. Even then, Gibs played rough. But, Buddy would take it, and for the most part...instigate it as well. They would go thru the house at full speed....Gibs chasing Buddy, then here they would come Buddy chasing Gibs.
We then discovered Gibs came with fleas, and, we discovered it after the house was infested.
So, we bathed and bathed and bathed...and eradicated all the fleas on the cats. Moved Buddy to the back porch, and moved Gibs to "Bobs" old enclosure at the barn. (we isolated them away from any fleas). And they stayed there for 8 weeks while we Nuked the house.
Buddy was still welcome to join us outside and roam the woods. Gibs went to work with me most days.
Then, about a week after we were "flea free", Buddy got "bobcat fever" from a deer tick. (Go figure, but, it had nothing to do with Gibs).
Anyway, Buddy was then confined to an upstairs bedroom where he got darn near 24/7 care for two weeks straight. And he survived. But, it took 8 more weeks before he was actually anywhere near back to his old rambunctious self.
By then, Gibs was twice Buddy's size, Had not really seen Buddy for 4 months, had not been handled, snuggled, petted, socialized NEAR as much as he should have been during this early stage in his life. (I think this may have a lot to do with Gibs' rough play).
So now, Gibs doesn't realize the damage he can do. Gibs doesn't know when to lay off. And he plays ROUGH.
AND.....Buddy may be a carrier for the disease. If he bites Gibs, he might give it to him. And that is nothing anybody wants to go through. Buddy is now an indoor only cat (aside from the back porch, which he loves)
Now, the closest they get is nose to nose through French door windows. Buddy tries to get Gib's waggy tail and a lot of times it sounds like the doors are getting knocked down or imminent glass breakage. And that's Buddy pounding the doors, not Gibs.
Our little black fuzbutt lives in the garage, and she goes outside as she pleases. She was an outside cat most of her life and likes the garage (it's big and heated). She has no desire to be in the house. And she has no desire to befriend either of the boys. They BOTH have permanent nose scars from trying to meet her.
Gibs is the youngest and we often call him "BC" (Baby Cat)
We often call Buddy "BC" also (Buddy Cat)
AND...Our little, black, fuzzy, 15 year old girl...we call her "BC" as well.......
basscat
- Thanks so much for this story - it makes some of the rest of us look just a tiny bit less
Thank goodness little Buddy is ok. He's lucky to have your family taking such great care of him, and Gibs too! I've never heard of Bobcat Fever from deer ticks, will have to ask the vet about that. Ticks are an issue here.It's complicated. But, it's not a prey/attack thing.
When Gibs was smaller, he and Buddy would play together. Even then, Gibs played rough. But, Buddy would take it, and for the most part...instigate it as well. They would go thru the house at full speed....Gibs chasing Buddy, then here they would come Buddy chasing Gibs.
We then discovered Gibs came with fleas, and, we discovered it after the house was infested.
So, we bathed and bathed and bathed...and eradicated all the fleas on the cats. Moved Buddy to the back porch, and moved Gibs to "Bobs" old enclosure at the barn. (we isolated them away from any fleas). And they stayed there for 8 weeks while we Nuked the house.
Buddy was still welcome to join us outside and roam the woods. Gibs went to work with me most days.
Then, about a week after we were "flea free", Buddy got "bobcat fever" from a deer tick. (Go figure, but, it had nothing to do with Gibs).
Anyway, Buddy was then confined to an upstairs bedroom where he got darn near 24/7 care for two weeks straight. And he survived. But, it took 8 more weeks before he was actually anywhere near back to his old rambunctious self.
By then, Gibs was twice Buddy's size, Had not really seen Buddy for 4 months, had not been handled, snuggled, petted, socialized NEAR as much as he should have been during this early stage in his life. (I think this may have a lot to do with Gibs' rough play).
So now, Gibs doesn't realize the damage he can do. Gibs doesn't know when to lay off. And he plays ROUGH.
AND.....Buddy may be a carrier for the disease. If he bites Gibs, he might give it to him. And that is nothing anybody wants to go through. Buddy is now an indoor only cat (aside from the back porch, which he loves)
Now, the closest they get is nose to nose through French door windows. Buddy tries to get Gib's waggy tail and a lot of times it sounds like the doors are getting knocked down or imminent glass breakage. And that's Buddy pounding the doors, not Gibs.
Our little black fuzbutt lives in the garage, and she goes outside as she pleases. She was an outside cat most of her life and likes the garage (it's big and heated). She has no desire to be in the house. And she has no desire to befriend either of the boys. They BOTH have permanent nose scars from trying to meet her.
Gibs is the youngest and we often call him "BC" (Baby Cat)
We often call Buddy "BC" also (Buddy Cat)
AND...Our little, black, fuzzy, 15 year old girl...we call her "BC" as well.......
yes
1CatOverTheLine
that is definitely calendar worthy! We should have a calendar picture contest some month!
donnae
- Although the Lone Star tick is the primary vector for the protozoan which causes Feline Cytauxzoonosis, there's a recent U. of Illinois Vet School study which showed the American Dog Tick as a strong secondary vector, and there are several open studies (Missouri Vet and U. C. Davis) which suggest that the Black Legged Deer Tick might likewise be a vector - in addition to their reputation with Lyme Disease.
