| Hellkitten* [message #34002] |
Sat, 11 September 2010 18:53  |
 b_twin_1
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Here be adorable photos of the Hellkitten...
I've got a plan so cunning you could put a tail on it and call it a weasel ~ Blackadder
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| Re: Hellkitten* [message #34017 is a reply to message #34002 ] |
Sat, 11 September 2010 22:11  |
ferndale1910
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There was a cartoon in the "New Yorker" a few years ago: two business men walking down a hallway, one with a briefcase and one with an animal carrier. The caption reads, "If they don't like the presentation, we'll show them the kittens. Everybody loves kittens."
"Far and few, far and few, are the lands where the Jumblies live." Edward Lear
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| Re: Hellkitten* [message #34029 is a reply to message #34002 ] |
Sun, 12 September 2010 05:25 |
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L.R.K.
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About the food thing... Sassi, who will be twelve this year (we don't know when as nobody bothered to note the momentous occasion of her birth) is now moodier than ever. She'll demand her food, but if she doesn't have company while eating it she more often than not will be mortally offended and stalk off and won't touch it. If you don't go after her and flatter and cajole the food will be there still hours later... So if nothing else I have a cup of tea as she eats her food. Oh, and of course, the reverse is true too - if I'm eating something she will generally appear and settle down in an expectant pose - "So - what is there for Me?" So, if nothing else, she'll get some kibble (I think it's called in English? we call it her "hard snacks".)
And utterly adorable photos - thanks! 
Why, I feel all thin, sort of stretched, if you know what I mean, like butter that has been scraped over too much bread.
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| Re: Hellkitten* [message #34077 is a reply to message #34071 ] |
Mon, 13 September 2010 14:42 |
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L.R.K.
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| Robin wrote on Mon, 13 September 2010 18:10 |
I already have two hellhounds that love me!!! And it's the thought of the ADJUSTMENT PERIOD that is STOPPING me!!!!!!
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Oh! I was not trying to put temptation in your path. I was thinking primarily about neighbour hellkitten - perhaps you can keep up friendly relations with him, occasional cat sitting and such... I mean, he obviously likes you.
Apropos adjustment period though - I'm curious, how are the hellhounds reacting to the scent of hellkitten on your clothes?
ETA And about the other... hm... matter. We don't have a garden of course (on the sixth floor), but we did have quite a big plant in a corresponding pot once... until a certain person who shall remain nameless (but who dresses in black and white), decided that it was a really nice alterative facility... and that plant was history. None of our indoor plants are that big any more (I'm not much of a gardener, so it's more of a wonder that quite a few of them survive...), but we do often have a big pot on the balcony in the summer; we stick wooden pins (I think they are meant to use while grilling really and are quite sharp) into the pot, and it has remained untouched. This probably isn't a feasible idea to use in a garden - I'm just mentioning it, because if we brainstorm, perhaps some actually useful idea might emerge.
[Updated on: Mon, 13 September 2010 14:56]
Why, I feel all thin, sort of stretched, if you know what I mean, like butter that has been scraped over too much bread.
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| Re: Hellkitten* [message #34078 is a reply to message #34075 ] |
Mon, 13 September 2010 16:24 |
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Robin
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IF I had a cat, which I do NOT, and I am not GOING TO GET A CAT--I've just tweeted to EMoon that I'm *not* talking myself into it, I'm just having a hell of a passionate fling with the IDEA :)--it would CERTAINLY be a 100% indoor cat. (And . . . I keep thinking about the fact that it *would* be feasible. Hellhounds are restricted to the kitchen when I'm not there, and they're USED TO THIS. It would not be a big deal to ENSURE that they stayed in the kitchen till they got USED to the cat. Litterbox would be in the bathroom upstairs. I'm not sure what I'd do about a feeding station . . . but since I'M NOT GETTING A CAT it's not crucial. ) I don't know how I'd feel about it in other situations, but a cat HERE? A cat HERE would be an indoor cat.
Most local cats don't even HAVE litter boxes. That's what other people's gardens are for. Grrrrrr. And hellkitten, I guarantee, when he's older, will find the way over Phineas' conservatory roof, just like Phineas' old cat did.
And at Third House, where I have a REAL problem, I was screwed before I started, because the garden had been pretty comprehensively neglected for a couple of years before I bought it. The cats had taken over. Cats may *like* freshly turned over earth, but they don't demand it.
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| Re: Hellkitten* [message #34099 is a reply to message #34078 ] |
Tue, 14 September 2010 01:39 |
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Diane in MN
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| Robin wrote on Mon, 13 September 2010 15:24 |
And at Third House, where I have a REAL problem, I was screwed before I started, because the garden had been pretty comprehensively neglected for a couple of years before I bought it. The cats had taken over. Cats may *like* freshly turned over earth, but they don't demand it.
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Have you tried any of those spray-on products that are meant to repel various critters? The only thing I ever tried was dried fox urine, which was supposed to discourage moles but didn't, but the stuff that's aimed at keeping wandering dogs and cats out of the flowerbeds might be more effective.
"The point of books is to have way too many but to always feel you never have enough . . . " Louise Erdrich
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