Berg Katse
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As I type now, I have a cat laying in front of the monitor, soaking up the heat from the LCD display. She's a calico, and in my experience, they're a bit touched.
My two youngest went to the vet today and were given clean bills of health! Yuri, though only 2, has the urinary tract disease, so we had to put him on medicated wet food and high quality dry food. He's lost weight (a big factor in urinary tract problems) and he's had no problems since it was first diagnosed in September, when he had crystals in his urine (poor thing). Our vet was very impressed, because getting a cat to lose weight has to be a slow process, because the fat has to come off very slowly (or they'll suffer liver failure), and be replaced with muscle mass. They're orange tabbies, and last March we adopted a tailless burnt orange male a year or two older than them. The three of them are always together--I call them my "ginger men".
Males tend to be more affectionate and lazier than females, and they tend to want to be around each other so they can bother each other. My females come to me when they want attention, and will hit my arm with their paw so I know. Some of them love to be brushed, and it's a good idea to get them used to it, because it prevents long haired cats from getting matted (my calico's fur is so fine she's got to be groomed twice a year because there's no way to get her fur untangled), and it reduces shedding and furballs!
Right now, I've 18 eyeballs boring holes into me. It's feeding time. If I ever die in this house, all they're going to find are some heavily chewed bones.
Katse
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29-01-2010 02:26
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meridianday
Galaxy Girl
I am a Devilstar.
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Well, they arrived yesterday evening - an hour late, because one of them would not be caught to be put in a box to travel 
The two males had a bit of an explore before hiding, whereas the female hid straight away - on top of my daughter's computer in the computer desk - and didn't come out for at least 5 hours.
Elwood (the male with less white, I am trying very hard to remember which one is which but if you can't see under their chin they look the same) seems to have decided that he likes living upstairs, and he's let us stroke him a few times. Jake is a noisy little devil, who is not interested in being stroked yet, and woke me up before 6am meowing, presumably for his brother, and didn't shut up until everyone else had got out of bed too. Honey has quite a squeaky miaow, and is being very shy, but she had a wander around after I got up this morning, looking at me every time she went past with this sort of "what are you doing here?" expression. I've got to give her some medicine because she's got cystitis, and I can't find her  Shall try looking again in a bit.
They have found the litter trays overnight - as a person who has never had to attend to a litter tray before, I am astounded at the amount of poo they left for us! I had put the shoes and my handbag in safe places before going to bed, just in case...
I haven't noticed anything shredded yet, which is a very good thing.
So, that's the first night with them out of the way.
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29-01-2010 11:02
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green
Gatchamaniac
I am a Condor.
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When I first got a cat, my aunt gave me an article to read to Zeek, just so he would know his responsibilities in our relationship. Cats can read, but when a human is around to do it for them, why bother?
Meridianday, at the behest of my three masters, I pass it along to your three...
RULES FOR CATS WHO HAVE A HOUSE TO RUN.
1. DOORS: Do not allow closed doors in any room. To get door opened, stand on hind legs and hammer with forepaws. Once door is opened, it is not necessary to use it.
Avoid swinging doors at all costs.
2. CHAIRS AND RUGS: If you have to throw up, get to a chair quickly. If you cannot manage in time, get to an Oriental rug. If there is no Oriental rug, shag is good.
When throwing up on the carpet, make sure you back up so that it is as long as the human's bare foot.
3. BATHROOMS: Always accompany guests to the bathrooms. It is not necessary to do anything - just sit and stare.
4. HAMPERING: If one of your humans is engaged in some close activity and the other is idle, stay with the busy one. This is called 'helping' otherwise known as 'hampering'. Following are the rules.
A. When supervising cooking, sit just behind the left heel of the cook. You cannot be seen and thereby stand a better chance of being stepped on and then picked up and comforted.
B. For book readers, get in close under the chin, between eyes and book - unless you can lie across the book itself.
C. For knitting projects or paperwork, lie on the work in the most appropriate manner as to obscure as much of the work or at least the most important part. Pretend to doze, but every so often reach out and slap the pencil or knitting needles. The worker may try to distract you; ignore it. Remember, the aim is to hamper work. Embroidery and needlepoint projects make great hammocks in spite of what the humans may tell you.
D. For people paying bills, working on taxes or Christmas cards, keep in mind the aim - to hamper! First sit on the paper being worked on. When dislodged, watch sadly from the side of the table. When activity proceeds nicely, roll around on the papers, scattering them to the best of your ability. After being removed for the second time, push pens, pencils and erasers off the table, one at a time.
E. When the human is holding the newspaper in front of them, be sure to jump on the back of the paper. They love to jump.
5. WALKING: As often as possible, dart quickly and close as possible in front of the human, especially on stairs, when they have something in their arms, in the dark, and when they get up first thing in the morning. This will help with their coordination skills.
6. BEDTIME: Always sleep on the human at night so they cannot move around.
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30-01-2010 03:43
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meridianday
Galaxy Girl
I am a Devilstar.
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30-01-2010 14:14
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That's for sure!