Sounds like my Harley. He is the terror of the house and then he can be the sweetet baby ever. Gotta love them. Can't get rid of them, would leave too big a hole in your heart. Sometimes he creeps onto my lap, reaches up and pats my face and then curls into a ball and goes to sleep. Other times, he refuses to do what I tell him to do, lays his ears back and swats me. Sometimes even bites my nose (gently)as if to say, "Don't tell me what to do". ---- Diane Rosenfeldt <drosenfe...@wi.rr.com> wrote: > I will have to see if I can find that. Thankfully, we haven't had anykitty > else with the kind of behaviors Tribble displays, but I often wonder what > his little brain is really like. I personally think a necropsy of his head > would reveal noodles and Ninja stars. ;-) And, after describing this side of > his personality, I should say that when he chooses, he can be a love bug > himself. He does this thing where he climbs onto you and leans the full > front of his face into whatever part of you is available -- usually under a > boob or your stomach -- and just stays there. We call it "quieting the > voices in his head" and I sort of suspect we're not completely wrong. He > also shares the kitty trait of trying to fit into any box he sees, with > wackiness usually ensuing. And, surprisingly, when we added the two feral > kittens to our household a couple of years ago, he became a really good > father figure. I think it's partly because the other cats sort of keep their > distance, and the twins were fearless and willingly played with him. We > loves our weird old Tribble. ;-) > > Diane R. > > -----Original Message----- > From: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org > [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of POTT, BEVERLY > Sent: Friday, March 25, 2011 3:47 PM > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] FW: Keep Cats Indoors > > Dr. Nicholas Dodman wrote an awesome book about cat personalities and > problems, including aggression towards housemates and people. It's called > "The Cat Who Cried For Help", and addresses situations like yours. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Diane Rosenfeldt [mailto:drosenfe...@wi.rr.com] > Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2011 6:46 PM > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] FW: Keep Cats Indoors > > My housemate and I were faced with such a decision 10 or 11 years ago, when > we moved from our separate apartments to our formerly-two-flat house, and > melded our cat families. She had two, an elderly lady named Kitty and a > pugnacious orange boy named Tribble. I had 3 -- my laid-back Luc, my > introverted fluffy tortie Phoebe, and my mom's black girly, Missy. Tribble > had always deferred to Kitty when they lived together, and continued to do > so, thank goodness. But as time went on and our cat population changed a > little, Tribble showed quite a bit of aggression, and we had to take > somebody or other to the vet to have bites treated at least twice. So we > were in a real bind, since we are both cats-are-family-for-life people, and > we did love Tribble with all his peculiarities. We knew nobody would adopt > him anyway. We are both anti-declaw and had the raggedy furniture to prove > it, but we decided that for the safety of the other cats we would have him > declawed, feeling maybe he would lose some aggressiveness, and also that he > might still be able to bite, but he wouldn't be able to dig in and hold on > while he did so. We found the one place in town at the time that did the > laser technique. > > We were worried about all the things mentioned -- the pain, the litter > problems, the behavioral problems. But he really seemed not to mind, even > during the first days. He was fine with the litterbox, and didn't develop > any behavioral problems above and beyond the ones he had going in. He was > still aggressive, but wasn't able to inflict nearly the damage, which was > mission accomplished as far as we were concerned. The upside for him is that > to this day he still tries to sharpen those claws on furniture, wicker etc., > and he's the only one that doesn't get shooed away. I know we got lucky > here, and that most cats suffer more, but if we had it to do again we'd > still make the same decision under the same circumstances. It was either > that or sentence Tribble to almost certain death. > > Diane R. > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
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