I have two comments. First, on the issue of dirty bum, I have a large maine
coon cat with extremely long hair. I have to regularly trim is butt hair or
else it gets super dirty. Before I can start cutting, I give him catnip.
This distracts him so he won't bite me. He hates having his hair cut.
Second, about Winston, I have a cat who reacts the same way. Chelsea was
rescued when she was about 6 months old. We couldn't keep her so I found
her a home with a friend of mine. After a year, he gave her back becuase he
was moving. When she came back, she would ask to be petted then hiss and
bite. My husband and I have been very patient. When we pet her, we try to
stop before she hisses. After a year in our home, she is much better. She
loves attention, and rarely ever bites anymore. Our vet thought that she
might have been traumatized when she lived with my no-longer friend. I just
wanted to share this with you to let you know that there is a chance that
Winston will stop be aggressive too.
Thanks,
Chris Behnke
----- Original Message -----
From: "cindy reasoner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <felvtalk@felineleukemia.org>
Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2006 1:55 PM
Subject: Re: dirty bum bum - OT (as if it needs to be pointed out)
I have a cat named Winston and I never see him clean
himself. He is about 2 years old now. I found him in
the backyard when he was just about 6 or 7 weeks old.
Bless his heart he is our cat with issues. He will be
allowing you to pet him and then turn around and bite
the crap out of you. I have to clean his back side
some. I just keep a couple of wash cloths that are
his and rinse with warm water and wipe him. I didn't
know what else to use.
Cindy Reasoner
--- Leslie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi everyone,
My 6 month old kitten Beatrix is medium-haired. As
with many teenagers, her
standards of personal hygiene are not on par with
the rest of us (being
Satchmo and myself). She puts on the act of
cleaning herself, but I think
that she just copies the position that Satch gets in
and has no idea what
she's supposed to be doing down there. She doesn't
have a problem with
dingleberries (souvenirs of her trip to the
litterbox: "I went to the
litterbox and all I got was this stupid
dingleberry") to share with the rest
of us, but as she likes to point her tail end toward
my face end, I know
that she needs some help with execution.
Every few days I'll just wet a paper towel and take
a few wipes to help her
out, but I'm wondering if any of the rest of you
deal with this, if you
think that as she matures and isn't so ADD about
everything, she'll get
better, or lastly, if there are any products (wipes)
out there that might
have some mild soap in them that would be safe to
use on her. A wet paper
towel will start to chafe, I'd think.
As thanks for your advice, and since I fell off the
OT wagon, I may as well
make a bender out of it, I thought that some of you
might enjoy this:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6376594&sc=emaf&sc=
Leslie
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