OT: Cat behavior

Just a thought- did David hold him while he was treated by the vet. Maybe General 'blames' David for the pokes, etc.??? Other than that, I'm more of a dog person. I can tell my dogs who to love and 'be nice to' and they believe me- cats I don't quite understand. ;-)

Good luck- this can't be any fun for either of you humans... and General probably isn't very happy, either.

Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.

Was the vet a man? Lots of treats from David might work.

A week ago Kiwi had stitches removed after a nasty abscess caused by a bite from another animal (cat, rat, who knows). He and Mia have just spent the weekend at the cattery while we were away. They were in a big run of their own, but usually the 'guests' have a turn in the long corridor that the pens all front onto. Hodge used to really enjoy seeing his neighbours. Kiwi and Mia were never brave enough to do more than stick their heads out of their front door.

However this time Kiwi had to be brought back to his pen in disgrace as he was threatening to kill every other cat there (except Mia who probably had her disapproving big sister look on her face!).

Who knows what goes on in a cat's head.

Sally at the Seaside ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~uk

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On Tue, 18 May 2010 13:40:49 -0500, Leslie& The Furbabies in MO. wrote (in article ):

Well, the tech and the vet mostly held him while the actually poking was going on. But at one point, she did hand him to David because she didn't want him to think everytime he got picked up by a person at the vet's office, he'd get a poke.

If anything, I'd have thought he'd be upset with me. I'm the one who got the cat carrier out of the basement, shoved him into the cat carrier, brought the cat carrier into the vet's office, fished him out of the cat carrier at the vet's office, and handed him off to the vet tech.

OTOH, I've noticed cats aren't completely logical at times.

Maureen

On Tue, 18 May 2010 19:53:55 -0500, Jennifer in Ottawa wrote (in article ):

He can definitely be bribed. General never met a treat he didn't like. I'll have to tell David to make sure he gets a couple of fish scraps when he makes the flounder this week.

On Wed, 19 May 2010 04:47:57 -0500, Sally Swindells wrote (in article ):

Nope. A very nice woman.

Certainly not me!

Mickie was neutered and de clawed (I know, it was a stipulation in my lease) at the same time. The vet had red hair. Somehow Mickie recognized red heads male or female and he was ready to kill. Every time, it never failed, I miss that boy, the cat from hell. Bonnie, in Middletown, VA

On Wed, 19 May 2010 10:10:29 -0500, Bonnie Patterson wrote (in article ):

Ahhh! I'm beginning to think the General might be the cat from hell. This morning he brought in a pigeon. Last week a baby bunny.

Maureen

My two do that all the time. Luckily they eat most of their catch!

The worst from a previous cat was a long dead adult hare. I had to dig an enormous hole to dispose of it!

Sally at the Seaside ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~uk

Kate XXXXXX wrote:

No, sounds like normal! I had a cat , who had kittens, that coame home dragging a very large snake, minus the head. eeuwww

Yes, head first!

On Thu, 20 May 2010 08:27:56 -0500, Kate XXXXXX wrote (in article ):

Fortunately he took the pigeon back out. I have no idea what he did with it, since I haven't seen an evidence of remains.

Maureen

On Thu, 20 May 2010 16:27:01 -0500, Sally Swindells wrote (in article ):

I'm starting to feel lucky.

Maureen

The main cat we had when I was growing up was an indoor/outdoor one. He would ask to be let in in the morning at the back door, around breakfast time. We learned to check what he might have "put to the side" after we opened the door one morning and he grabbed his hunting prize. He proceeded to jump on my dad's chair and deposit a [very] live gopher onto the table. What a good provider ;)

You can imag> On Thu, 20 May 2010 16:27:01 -0500, Sally Swindells wrote

I heard an animal behavior specialist on a radio talk show not long ago explain why cats bring dead and live and half-way between critters into the house for their humans. He (or maybe she - I can't remember which) said that the cat is working on the same principle with its person as it would with a kitten. It's giving you a chance to learn to kill little animals, thus improving your hunting and providing skills. In other words, your kitty is telling you he's tired of doing all the work and please would you just go kill something. LOL

Sunny

If they could teach me to kill the loud obnoxious crows that are trying to move in I just might take a lesson. They are chasing all the small birds away while driving the dogs crazy. : ( When I see the header here 'cat behavior' must first thought is that would be generally bad. Taria