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Post by cnu5000 on Jan 12, 2012 17:35:10 GMT -5
I am attaching a picture of Suzie, my cat in her new digs. I am not sure which picture I attached. Attachments:
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Post by cnu5000 on Jan 12, 2012 17:36:09 GMT -5
Here is another picture. Attachments:
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Post by cnu5000 on Jan 12, 2012 17:37:40 GMT -5
She is doing well but I need to find her more things she likes to do. Of course being CF, there is discusion of cats compared to children. My mother feels that she does not have any grandchiuldren she does have a grandcat.
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Post by preraph on Jan 12, 2012 22:13:36 GMT -5
Oh, isn't she the sweetest looking little thing! She looks very contented. I bet she is so glad a nice person gave her a loving home. Well, cats are a LOT less trouble than kids, but your mom will still have to babysit once in awhile! Really, she is just the sweetest kitty. You can see her personality on her face.
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Post by cnu5000 on Jan 13, 2012 7:25:37 GMT -5
Actually, I think my mother would like to babysit for a cat-I want to see if my father will ever get to like this cat-my parents have not been over yet. My father was the original no pets person in my family-I wonder if I can get him to like Suzie. While I don't want to read to much human emotion into cats, Suzie seemed to understand something of the adoption process. After she was at my apartment a couple of days she was purring and rubbing her face on everything. She is a mother cat-I feel sorry for them. When mother cats and kittens are found-everyone wants the kittens but their mothers get left behind. Cat mothers unlike human mothers are just following natures rules. According to the shelter, Suzie was a very good mother to her six kittens. Someone found Suzie abandoned with her six kittens. Her six kittens all got adopted but not Suzie. This often seems to happen with mother cats. The shelter we got her was a very nice shelter. Some people might call them cat fanatics but this is good for their cats. members.petfinder.org/~MA44/index.htm |
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Post by preraph on Jan 13, 2012 19:26:36 GMT -5
Yes, you are so right about people not wanting the mother cats. People take in a cat and then they are delighted to get kittens and then they keep a kitten or two and try to give some away and are done with the mother cat. It's so horrid and inhumane. My Cowgirl had had at least 2 litters I knew of before I took her over from the stupidass neighbor.
Them rubbing their cheek on stuff is how they mark their territory, so yes, she is saying "I like this place and I am going to mark it as mine." They have a gland right there at their teeth in the cheek. Cowgirl is quite insistent about marking me with it and I am allergic to the goo, so I have to go wash afterwards, but she knows she owns me by now!
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Post by happy2bchildfree on Jan 14, 2012 17:29:31 GMT -5
Yes, you are so right about people not wanting the mother cats. It's the same with mother dogs. The shelters/rescues will take in a mom and pups. The pups get adopted easily but the mother dog doesn't.  We prefer adult dogs to puppies, so wouldn't hesitate to adopt a female who had had pups. And get her spayed immediately, of course. |
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Post by preraph on Jan 15, 2012 17:55:49 GMT -5
I always adopt adult dogs, because I'm a coward! You don't know what a puppy is going to be like. It's nearly impossible to predict. People are usually impressed with how sweet and calm my dogs are, and it's no accident. I have learned to pick them pretty carefully -- and I do the very opposite of the way most people pick them (I know this from working with adoption places). Picking the uber-friendly dog who even though it's in a cage is jumping up and down to get to you is the biggest mistake inexperienced adoptive dog parents make. No sane dog is happy to be in that cage surrounded by strangers. I pick the scared dog who is just trying to be left alone -- and then I get them home and they turn into a pretty well balanced happy dog once they're in a good environment. It is absolutely true that the very best dogs in the shelters are the first to be put down, for being undemonstrative under these adverse situations they are in, and that is so sad.
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Post by happy2bchildfree on Jan 16, 2012 17:24:36 GMT -5
We like to adopt adult dogs for that reason, and also because adult dogs are more likely to be left unadopted because most people want a puppy. Also, as cute as puppies are, I really don't like dealing with the "puppy" stage. It's like dealing with a little kid, just for not as long.
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Post by cnu5000 on Jan 17, 2012 7:59:07 GMT -5
I feel like writing a children's book about a animal mother who does so much for her children(pups/kittnes) when she got abandoned and everyone wants her children but not her. In the end she does get an good home and makes an outstanding pet where everyone admires her.
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Post by cnu5000 on Jan 17, 2012 8:00:50 GMT -5
My cat was spayed by the shelter-I thought most shelters spayed/neutered as part of the adoption.
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Post by preraph on Jan 17, 2012 8:56:03 GMT -5
Yes, they all do, I think. I like your book idea.
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Post by happy2bchildfree on Jan 17, 2012 17:58:52 GMT -5
My cat was spayed by the shelter-I thought most shelters spayed/neutered as part of the adoption. I believe they do. |
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Post by cnu5000 on Jan 19, 2012 7:28:04 GMT -5
I also heard is was better to adopt a young adult cat than a kitten-I heard that kittens are more work and more destructive.
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Post by preraph on Jan 19, 2012 8:53:09 GMT -5
They are very fiesty and fun to watch, kittens, nothing like them, and honestly it's not like they really ruin anything, but they will climb your curtains and things like that. Kittens are really fun to watch, especially if there is another kitten or cat to interact with. But that only lasts a few weeks for a lot of cats, although if you keep playing with a cat, it will usually keep playing, but not just on its own like kittens do. You should always play with your cat. It keeps them from getting bored. I need to play with mine more, but she does get to go outside. Still, she appreciates when I play with her.
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Post by cnu5000 on Jan 20, 2012 7:25:05 GMT -5
Suzie plays with her cat toys and seems to enjoy chasing an imaginary(?) mouse. I have to find more cat games for her. I heard cats like simple things. I am trying to see if I can teach her to play fetch-some cats do it.
My mother-in-law is making me feel guilty for not getting two cats but really now we are lucky to have one just to have one and the shelter said some cats don't mind being only "cats". I think being an "only" child makes me a little more open to having an "only" cat. We live in a small apartment. The terms of adoption is that she remain an inside cat and it would be hard to have her go outside. The shelter directed us to cats that would not mind being an "only" cat which is in part why I probably ended up with a cat mother. They said my cat in the shelter liked some cats but not all cats. I have heard of two cats living together who don't get along. My impression of some cats is that they haven't minded being the only cat and I have seen people with two cats and the cats seem to avoid each other.
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Post by preraph on Jan 20, 2012 20:01:58 GMT -5
Cats are normally more solitary. They are not pack animals like dogs. Cats are fine alone. Some do bond when put together in living quarters, but others hate each other. There's no reason to feel guilty for having only one cat. Dogs, yes.
Best toys for a cat: boxes and paper sacks and string/ribbon/rope
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Post by cnu5000 on Jan 24, 2012 19:04:07 GMT -5
thanks.
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Post by cnu5000 on Feb 7, 2012 18:48:15 GMT -5
She is getting more bold. She now jumps on the kitchen table. She must be feeling more comfortable because she does not eat all her solid food at once. When she came she ate everything right away. She still gets very excited when she is going to get her wet food and starts jumping up and down and meowing. I notice when I give her a toy she will look totally bored with it but later I will see that she has moved it around.
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Post by preraph on Feb 8, 2012 12:04:48 GMT -5
Sounds like she's getting good and settled in now!
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