Rose_682 Posted February 8, 2011 Posted February 8, 2011 Pure bred Siamese cats keep their blue eyes, but she's not a pure bred. I'm also trying to wean her off wet food, but that's going to be a job and a half... And I'm trying to get her to drink more water. She's hardly drinking any. >.< Quote
Tyler. Posted February 9, 2011 Posted February 9, 2011 yay for page 3000 and almost 60000 posts I don't like owning cats but I love being with cats for a few minutes Quote
Spritzie Posted February 9, 2011 Posted February 9, 2011 My cat loves water, and won't go near milk. My mom actually keeps a second bowl of water for him in the kitchen. He drinks from it, and plays in it. (Like dipping his paw in it, then shaking it off. Then dipping the other paw and shaking it off.) Mine is half tabby, half manx. So he's larger, size wise not weight, than the average cat, but he's thin. And his back legs are longer than his front legs, so he runs like a little monkey and kinda fails a bit at stopping. (His rear end comes around the side a bit.) :laughingsmiley: And he has a full length tail, unlike most Manx. Quote
Rose_682 Posted February 9, 2011 Posted February 9, 2011 Yeah, Jasmine seems to love water... Which is somewhat discouraging in terms of teaching her NOT to tear up the shower curtain! I had every reason to be worried abuot the shower curtain.... She has attacked it regularly the last two days. But I can spray her with water and tell her "NO" and she just goes right back to playing with the shower curtain. I can pick her up, swat her bum, and tell her "NO" and she STILL goes right back to playing with the shower curtain. I'm totally at a loss as to how to train this cat! But she's not drinking much, she'd rather play with it. I am monitoring her, and if she does not drink more in the next couple days, I will have to move her vet appointment up to sometime this week, rather than waiting for next week. She definitely has the tiny stub of a tail that normal manx cats have... And what is very interesting about Manx cats is that they can be any color. :P I'm honestly hoping she doesn't change too much in coloring by the time she grows up, though. Owwwwwwwwwwwwww! And she has this really painful tendency to think my ARM/HAND/FOOT is a toy >.< Quote
Spritzie Posted February 9, 2011 Posted February 9, 2011 Cairo never trained well. We tried everything. The spray bottle really didn't work. He finally would shut his eyes and brace himself for it. :laughingsmiley: So we stopped that. And if he knows he shouldn't be doing something (like being on the counters/table/stove) he not only makes you get up, but he makes sure you're coming over to him before he gets down. Cats are trouble makers. :laughingsmiley: Quote
Rose_682 Posted February 9, 2011 Posted February 9, 2011 Yes, yes they are. The only problem I have with her deciding that I am a toy is that she uses her claws... and kittens have VERY VERY sharp claws.... LOL If she used just her paws, like Misha, it wouldn't be so bad :P Quote
jumpingbeans Posted February 9, 2011 Posted February 9, 2011 Especially our cat. Though she's calming down a bit, she is very aggressive. Quote
livvy Posted February 9, 2011 Posted February 9, 2011 But even when they're sharp, kitten claws are CUTE. ^_^ OH, GUYS. We have a yum smiley! :yum: Quote
Spritzie Posted February 9, 2011 Posted February 9, 2011 The little claws don't hurt much. They're just like tiny pin pricks. I just always found it adorable when he'd walk right up your clothes when you were standing. He wanted held, and he wanted held NOW. :laughingsmiley: YAY for :yum: smiley! Quote
livvy Posted February 9, 2011 Posted February 9, 2011 That's so adorable, Spritz! My cats NEVER wanted held. Silver will still climb up you whenever possible, but try to hold her and she flips. Quote
Spritzie Posted February 9, 2011 Posted February 9, 2011 He was only like that for about 3 days when we first brought him home. After that, forget it. But he never wanted put down. If I was on the computer, he'd curl up in my elbow. And he'd curl up beside my head on the pillow. (Except that had to stop, because he wouldn't stop purring, ever, and I couldn't sleep.) Quote
livvy Posted February 9, 2011 Posted February 9, 2011 Hahaha, Panda used to do that, before he got so big he couldn't fit on the pillow. :P He purrs like a motorbike! Quote
Spritzie Posted February 9, 2011 Posted February 9, 2011 Now, if he's not jumping on you, waking you up, he'll sleep by one of our legs. Usually mine, if I'm there, and my dad's if I'm not. And if he's not home, he'll sleep on my mom's. He purred non-stop for the first couple days. Now, he purrs here and there. Like once, I caught a centipede in a cup (with plastic over it so it couldn't get out) and he just circled the cup, purring. Or he purrs when my mom brushes him. Quote
Masaryk Posted February 9, 2011 Posted February 9, 2011 All three of my cats are cuddly, but it usually has to be their idea. They all love contact with people. Odin is the most cuddly. He always sleeps on the bed with me, and he loves to sit on shoulders. Loki is an aggressive cuddler. If he wants to snuggle, he'll push his way in, regardless of what I am trying to do at the time. He drives my husband nuts, because he likes to paw a people (claws extended) or ram into people when he wants attention. Ziggy is a very strange cat, concerning being touched or cuddled. He's a rescue cat. It took months for him to be comfortable with anyone touching him anywhere but his face. He still has an invisible line somewhere about the middle of his body, past which he doesn't want people touching his flank. He's also a bit obsessive-compulsive about being touched, especially on his paws. He starts obsessively licking them when someone touches them. Sometimes he starts with the obsessive paw licking, even if he's the one touching things! It's really quite hilarious to watch him dance around from paw to paw, licking them all in turn, because he touched the floor. :laughingsmiley: Quote
Spritzie Posted February 9, 2011 Posted February 9, 2011 :laughingsmiley: I can imagine Cairo doing that too Meghan. Often when you pet him, he has to give himself a bath. Like, "Eww a human touched me! Must wash!" Quote
Masaryk Posted February 9, 2011 Posted February 9, 2011 That's exactly the sort of thing that Ziggy does. It's just really hilarious when his reaction is, "Eww. I touched the floor! Must wash!" Then he dances from paw to paw licking at all of them, continuing to get upset that they are in contact with something. He needs to be able to levitate. Quote
Spritzie Posted February 9, 2011 Posted February 9, 2011 It sounds so cute. Kind of like Hover Cat. (It makes me think of one of those LOL Cat pictures.) Quote
livvy Posted February 9, 2011 Posted February 9, 2011 Hahaha, that's hilarious Meghan! :laughingsmiley: You should get that cat to a spiritual training camp where they treat him to levitate. =P Quote
-Ryan Posted February 9, 2011 Posted February 9, 2011 You know whats a lot cooler than flying cats? This is pretty awesome too... Quote
Sofa Posted February 9, 2011 Posted February 9, 2011 Flying squirrels are awesome! The apparent lack of limbs on the brown dog unnerves me though :/ Quote
Theresa2 Posted February 9, 2011 Posted February 9, 2011 I love the two flying dogs their absoley adorable I love dogs I have a german Shepard Quote
Tyler. Posted February 9, 2011 Posted February 9, 2011 topic about dogs now? yay something I know about Quote
Spritzie Posted February 10, 2011 Posted February 10, 2011 I just found these pictures: This is Cairo when he was 2 months old. (I was wrong with his age. He'll be 7 this October.) And this is crazy Rio when he was a kitten. I can't believe how huge his paws were: And Rio as a crazy adult: Quote
Seliphra Posted February 10, 2011 Posted February 10, 2011 AW! Spritzie your kitties are so CUTE!!! I have a black cat, she's nearly eleven now...I used to have two black cats... Quote
livvy Posted February 10, 2011 Posted February 10, 2011 D'aww, adorable little Cairo! *kisses his little nosey* Haha, I see Rio hasn't changed much. :P Quote
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