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Karrie and Maverick

Karrie and Maverick

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Hugs to Enana recovering from her dental yesterday.

Hugs for Georgia and Simon who's numbers have gotten higher and may be going to the vet today.

Please post news for those of us that don't have condo's or can't get to many condo's each day.
 
Bought a new toy yesterday made of real fur. I am strongly against fur but did it anyways for Hef. And he loved it. He didn't want the others playing with it and kept trying to walk away with it. I wonder if he was an outdoor cat, but he has no urge to bolt outside like Victoria tries to. Today he was sitting on the kitchen window sill watching something outside and had a weird look on his face. It was another cat walking through the back yard. I ran outside and scared it away. I've raised many orphaned squirrels and they get released in my back yard. So I get mad when I see an outdoor cat hunting in my back yard. Anyways, Hef just watched quietly. Maverick would have been yeowling and Victoria would have been hissing up a storm if she saw it. He is such a mellow cat!
 
Hef the mellow cat... sounds good. Must be the playboy in him. :cool:

That is neat that he likes the new toy.

Speaking of fur... My first Maine Coon, Kayte (she died of HCM at 18 months) was a great hunter. Indoor hunter that is. One morning I kept hearing some odd noises and scuffling sounds. The sounds were not frantic so I wasn't concerned and I figured Kayte was just playing with something. But the noise kept on going for quite a while and eventually the noises got closer and closer to the bedroom door. Curiosity got the best of me so even though it was early I got out of bed and went to see what was going on.

When I got to the doorway I see Kayte proudly sitting atop an old fox jacket that my mother had given my daughter as a hand-me-down. (A jacket we hadn't seen in years.) Kayte had somehow gone to the front hall closet, maneuvered the door open, climbed high enough to snag the short jacket and pull it off the hanger. Then she dragged it down two steps to the living room and pulled the heavy fur jacket across the room and into the bedroom hallway. She did ok pulling it across the hardwood but ran out of steam when she hit carpeting. The jacket was very heavy and she was still only a medium sized kitten. I don't know how she managed. The best part was seeing her sit on top of the pile of fur as if she had just 'caught' it and was bringing it to me as a prize. I was so proud.... I think? Hahahaha!! My little hunter of foxes - tailored foxes.
 
Hi CD, so sorry Kayte passed away at such a young age. How funny with the fox jacket and Kayte getting it out of the closet. I love her name. It reminds me of the Siamese kitty who went to neighbors' garages and brought home souvenirs to his owner. The kitty made the news. I wonder if they are related. :smile:

Karrie, so cute with the fur mouse and Hefner loving it so much, and it belongs to only him. Maggie would also never bolt out the door, and she had been a feral for a year before adopting. I think they are so grateful to have a home. My other GA kitty bolted all the time and made me chase him.
 
Hi everyone ..

I'm also sorry to hear of Kayte's passing at such a young age .. our MC cat Cheddar passed away from a heart problem (HCM, something cardiomyopathy?), just around 14 months .. it was hard to take as we knew nothing about that .. That was quite the story for Kayte .. Funny how determined these little kitties can be isn't it?

Our civvie twix perks up when she see's a neighborhood kitty walking through our yard but she just sinks down real low to the windowsill and watches .. mocha on the other hand has literally ripped through a window screen trying to get these other cats .. we've had to pull her back in by her hind legs :o It only happened once and thank goodness we were home .. now we know not to go anywhere and leave the windows open ...
 
Its a daily thread that anyone can start for off topic or lantus land/fdmb news. Many of us can't make it to all the condo's and don't want to miss anything. Also a number of us no longer have diabetic cats, and therefore no daily condo to keep in touch. Anyone can start the Loose Lips thread each day.
 
Willie has become quite the hunter lately... of cicadas. :shock: :shock: I seriously, seriously hate bugs and he's been bringing them to me, all proud of himself. his feelings get so hurt when I toss them back out (too freaked out even to squish them!!).

Okay, calling on the collective wisdom of LL for an OT problem I'm having with a colleague/friend. This person lost a parent very unexpectedly almost 2 years ago and her mom is filing a lawsuit and she's had to relive it constantly due to that. Plus, she's been here for a year now but has no activities/friends outside of work. When Miss Belle passed away, she kind of inserted herself into the situation, which made me really uncomfortable, especially when I communicated to the vet that I was ok with putting my girl to sleep and this person immediately starts quizzing the vet about options. She was hurt that I wouldn't let her come back with me for Miss Belle's final breaths.

Fast forward to today... the colleague/good friend of mine who had surgery had told me a few days ago that she knew that this person wanted to visit her in the hospital, but that she would prefer that I be the only person from work that visited (we're close friends that consider each other to be family and we do stuff together outside of work). So, I try to be nice and I concoct a little white lie because "Soooo.... I know you want to go to the hospital, but XXX told me she doesn't want you there" seemed a bit harsh. So I told Senorita Buttinsky that I had talked to our colleague, that she was staying an additional day, but that many of her family members were planning on being there tonight so the docs had said to limit visitors because of the floor she's on, and that she'd prefer that work people not visit until after she was released.

Imagine my surprise when I show up tonight and the woman is there. We walked out together (she wouldn't leave until I did), and I casually say "oh, so XXX called you too to let you know it would be okay to visit." And she says "Oh, no. I just looked up the visiting hours online and saw that they didn't end until 8 so I just came on up. I guess maybe I shouldn't have, but oh well."

:shock:

It was all I could do not to scream at her in the parking lot. I know she means well, but it is painfully obvious that her behavior is much more about fulfilling her own emotional needs than it is about having altruistic motives towards the person she perceives to be in need.

And I just don't know how to get to my happy zen place about it. She goes over the top for gifts for friends/colleagues (my housewarming gift was easily well over $125, which is awkward given that this person often complains about how little money she has), every card/email is always a mile too long... it's just exhausting. And what is hard is that I'm the closest friend she has here. I feel like a terrible person for even typing this, but I'm seriously at my last nerve. Suggestions?
 
ugh christie, that is tough. i don't know. i know i would completely not feel guilty about her excessive gifting. not sure there's really anything "pre-emptive" you can do - because anything would likely crush her. i think just dealing with it one incident at a time, understanding she doesn't have any social sense. be kind and ignore what you can.

cd - too funny about the kill. anya never cries except when she's "killed" something. my favorite was the sample perfume bottle that she "killed" off of my bathroom counter. another time it was my sewing machine walking foot that she brought up from upstairs. yesterday she did her "I killed it MOM!" crying from the bedroom and she came out to the living room where i was, crying the whole time, and she had a spare set of car keys in her mouth. I praised her for her astute hunting skills. if only she would find MY car keys when i'm looking for them.
 
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