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Topic: Question for cat lovers...
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eightdegrees Knowflake Posts: 241 From: Columbia, SC, USA Registered: May 2003
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posted December 26, 2005 08:26 PM
This is kind of silly, but a true cat lover will understand (I hope). Just today I realized:Sometimes I forget my cat is a cat. Has this ever happened to anyone else? I've had my girl Pidge for a year and a half now, and we moved together in March, and since then it's just been me and her. Sometimes I don't think i'd have survived the move without her. We're so deeply bonded, I really forget that she is just a little cat, becaues she really is her own "being." She has her own energy, and I've just started thinking of her in my head like I would any other friend. lol! I wish I could post a picture of her. Anyone know how? Thanks to anyone who reads my crazy-cat-lady rantings! 8degrees IP: Logged |
Nephthys Moderator Posts: 2740 From: California Registered: Oct 2001
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posted December 27, 2005 03:00 PM
Of course. My cats were my children. My, what personalities they had! They are now in Heaven but their little Spirits still sleep/snuggle with me every night. ![](http://www.linda-goodman.com/ubb/moon.gif) IP: Logged |
Randall Webmaster Posts: 23868 From: Columbus, GA USA Registered: Nov 2000
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posted December 29, 2005 10:12 AM
![](http://www.linda-goodman.com/ubb/heart.gif) ------------------ "There is no use trying," said Alice; "one can't believe impossible things." "I dare say you haven't had much practice," said the Queen. "When I was your age, I always did it for half an hour a day. Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast." Lewis Carroll IP: Logged |
Bluemoon Knowflake Posts: 2803 From: Stafford, VA USA Registered: Feb 2005
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posted January 04, 2006 07:14 PM
they are very much like children. we just lost our 5 month old kitten on Tuesday. She got in the pool and drowned. So sad. IP: Logged |
silvermoon Knowflake Posts: 317 From: Registered: Nov 2005
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posted January 15, 2006 03:14 AM
Bluemoon,I'm so sorry to hear of the loss of your dear feline Cats are definately family members to me as are dogs,horses and the rest of the animal kingdom... silvermoon
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Moon666Child Knowflake Posts: 1465 From: Bengaluru, India Registered: Jul 2004
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posted April 18, 2006 03:45 PM
my cats were always my MASTERS!------------------ Welcome Home to GhostVillage IP: Logged |
angel_of_hope Knowflake Posts: 1037 From: Palmer, Alaska (the valley) Registered: Jul 2004
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posted April 26, 2006 07:36 PM
I know exactly what you mean!!! ![](http://www.linda-goodman.com/ubb/smile.gif) I treat my pets as people as well. They are my children. I buy gifts for them. I wrap presents at xmas time for them. I treat them to special meals on their birthdays. And when my love is outta town or not home for dinner, i make fish (he hates fih) and i share the meal with my kitty's. ONe plate is seasoned for me and one plain for them. I talk to them as if they were human. Sometimes i get the look of, "Okay lady, i have no idea what your talking about" lol. But for the most part they understad. DOnt know where i'd be or who i'd be with out my animals in my life. IP: Logged |
Planet_Soul Knowflake Posts: 972 From: The Universe Registered: May 2005
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posted May 29, 2006 10:30 PM
Lol, our cat loves following us around the apartment. For some reason, she is especially fond of the bathroom and enjoys drinking out of the toilet (ew. I will scold her "Magus, NO!" and it is like se realy understands the word no. She'll look down and stop. Today, she followed me into the room and I left the door open. I heard what sounded like someone coming up the stairs, and told her "Magus, please close the door". It was so funny, just as if she were one of my kids (: Luckily, no one was around ot witness my moment of lunacy.I am considering giving her to my bf's dad because our apartment is small and the stench of the litter box gets to me. We clean it up and it still smells bad. I told my little Gem daugther, and she started cryign up a storm. Awww, it melted my heart (: My Gem is so calm and collected, she rarely ever cries over anything. So for now we will continue to have Magus as part of our clan. If anyone has any tips on keeping the liter from smelling terrible and repelling cats from the minibinds, my Gem would appreciate it very much. IP: Logged |
pidaua Knowflake Posts: 5890 From: Arizona - Moving to Germany to be with Bear the Leo Registered: May 2002
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posted May 30, 2006 07:51 PM
Try using the clumping litter. I pick out the pee balls every day and dump the dookie in the toliet almost immediately (I prefer the flushable stuff- but I still won't flush the pee balls).You can also do a bottom layer of the clumping stuff and the regular litter over it - BUT.. you must clean it out at least once a week. I completely change the clumping litter ever two weeks (since I remove the balls everyday). There are also little portable ionic breeze things that filter the air (which I have placed near the box as well). I also prefer litter bags over the box and litter with baking soda (you can even put a layer of soda down on the bag, then put the litter over that). It is rare that my little box has an odor. If you keep up on the cleaning (I love those little grocery bags because every day I dump the wads in the outside trash). I have to fat cats and even left them for 3 days with two litter boxes and it still didn't smell (I had a neighbor check on them AND they have a self feeder / waterer). As to the blinds.. nothing can be done short of squirting them when they get too close to the blinds. I open mine up every am (they expect it)and that keeps Mr. Woobie (Fletcher) from sticking his little orange head through the blinds (and breaking them) he has already broken 4 nubbins off though. ![](http://www.linda-goodman.com/ubb/frown.gif) IP: Logged |
BlueTopaz124 Knowflake Posts: 1054 From: Portland, OR Registered: Jan 2004
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posted November 07, 2006 12:44 AM
Bumping this up, speaking of cat litter.Very recently, I discovered the most amazing cat litter. A woman I know who is a pet sitter told me about this and said you will never know you have a litter box. I'm like: ok lady, let's see...so she gave me a bag to try. I believe it is silica-based and there really is NO ODOR. The material absorbs all the moisture, even from the solids in the litter box. I have two cats and believe me, with regular litter, the odor builds up after a short period of time. The litter is called The Ultimate Premium Cat Litter. Go to www dot ultimatepetproducts dot com to see about this product. I am sold. On the site, they sell it for I think $12.95, but the woman I know sells it for $9.00. All you do, is every day, scoop the waste and flush that, then stir the litter so it's evenly mixed. It's time to replace when it is the color of cornmeal (product starts out sort of translucent). One 5 lb bag will give you enough to fill a regular sized litter box twice and lasts about a month. Amazing. I smell absolutely nothing with this. No urine or ammonia smell. Try it and you'll know what I mean. IP: Logged |