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Conference misery::feline_v1

Title:	Meower Power is Valuing Differences
Notice:	FELINE_V1 is moving 1/11/94 5pm PST to MISERY
Moderator:	MISERY::VANZUYLEN_RO

Created:	Sun Feb 09 1986
Last Modified:	Tue Jan 11 1994
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	5089
Total number of notes:	60366

1476.0. "New Addition" by NBC::FIRTH () Tue Jun 21 1988 16:44

    About a year and a half ago we got a cat from the humane society
    and since she was used to the name bandit we kept the name for her.
    She has a very quiet placid nature -  at least until "the intruder"
    came in.  The intruder is a six week old rescued kitten.  The first
    few days that Smokey was with us, Bandit hid out in the furtherest
    closet she could find and hissed and spat whenever Smokey even looked
    as though he might wander over.
    
    Smokey is very unusual in that from the eyes back accross the head
    and the top of the back he is pure grey.  The bottom half of his
    face is grey and white tiger stripes.  His legs are grey and black
    tiger stripes.  His belly is white with blotches of grey resembling
    polka dots.  In the past week and a half the tiger stripes on the
    legs seem to be appearing along his sides.  His souble paws seem
    to have 7 toes and on at least one I think there are 8!  When I
    got him his claws (even when retracted) hung out and would catch
    in the rug or people without him trying to grab.  A day and a half
    later I took him to get his claws clipped since they were so little
    I could not see the vein and did not want to cause pain.  I think
    at least one of the claws got missed though.
    
    Now their behaviaor is interesting to watch as they play together
    quite well.  The wrestle and play tag and are funny to watch.  Partly
    because both are so unusual in color.  Bandit is a dilute calico
    with white pale grey and peach.  Usually if I am cruel enough to
    leave Bandit outside of the bathroom door, she will wait patiently.
    Not so Smokey - the piteous cries have more than once deceived me
    into thinking I had caught a paw - I open the door and instantly
    he sneaks in.  I have never seen such a curious cat. 
    
    One day I had to get something from the back of a refrigerator shelf
    and the next thing I know Smokey had jumped up to the first shelf
    and was trying for the next level up.  He is like quicksilver and
    impossible to catch.  You would think a grown person with two hands
    could catch a kiten and keep him, not Smokey.
    
    Just wanted to shared the enjoyment of our newest member of the
    family.
    
    Cathy

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
1476.1		SWSNOD::DALY	Serendipity 'R' us	`Tue Jun 21 1988 16:59`	6
	OOOOooooo, Your little ones sound so cute! Thank you for telling us about them. I love a good kitten story. Marion
1476.2		NRADM::CONGER		`Tue Jun 21 1988 18:18`	5
	Just a word of caution - be careful with so many extra claws, it's easy to miss one when you're trimming and have it become ingrown....
1476.3	Pretty Babies	EDUC8::TRACHMAN		`Tue Jun 21 1988 19:43`	4
	Those babies sound adorable! My daughter has two cats - their names are Smokey and Bandit also! I will tell her about yours! E.T.
1476.4	Welcome to Kittendom	AIMHI::OFFEN		`Tue Jun 21 1988 21:30`	12
	Smokey and Bandit .... I LOVE IT!!!!! He really sounds like a handful. and beautiful too. All these wonderful new kittens to bring us new stories to read. Karen's Bandit ... Looks like you have competition for the Latest Antics Award. Sandi (Lightning's, DejaVu's & Thunder's mom)
1476.5	CLAWS II	NBC::FIRTH		`Wed Jun 22 1988 11:40`	16
	as a reply to .2 Missing claws is a verry real possibility. The day after having his claws professionally clipped I felt a couple that had been missed. The next time I will mention that fact. His claws are soooo tiny and his ability to remain still is less than one second, so I do not dare to attempt it quite yet. At the rate they are sharpening up, I will have it done about every three weeks. Before we had it done Smokey had torn one claw on the carpet so we got him on a Wed. and he was fixed up by Thursday evening. You all are correct he is about the cutest kitten I have seen. thanks Bandit and smokey
1476.6	more on double paws	MYVAX::LUBY	love them furry terrorists	`Wed Jun 22 1988 12:57`	21
	Re: extra claws My Bandit has an extra toe on each foot and I got him declawed (not because the extra toes though). A few weeks later he was still limping (I thought from the declawing) and I was worried so we went back to the vet and discovered an EXTRA CLAW that wasn't even belonging to a TOE. He had this claw between two of his toes. I wasn't going to worry about it but the vet told me that of all claws, these should be the ones to worry about the most since they can easily become ingrown. If I were you, when your cat is old enough to be neutered see about getting him at least partially declawed. Maybe just have the vet remove the claws that are between the toes and on the extra toes. Or get the whole thing done but remember that a declawed cat is a very special responsibility since it can NEVER be let outside. Karen
1476.7	Lotsa toes can be a problem	EDUC8::TRACHMAN		`Wed Jun 22 1988 13:27`	7
	Yes, I have a guy with lotsa toes - I am going to have to have one of the extras on each front foot removed because they can't be trimmed very easily. The only way I can get to them is if I face him, and have someone behind him holding him (he weighs 14.5 lbs) and I scrounch down under the paw to see under it and clip. Each time I do it I pray that that's all I trim is that nail! sigh, When he walks on the wood floors, I can hear some of his toes click.
1476.8	More on Smokey	BOSHOG::FIRTH		`Wed Jun 22 1988 14:45`	15
	Smokey likes to play, and if he gets bored, he will find someone to play with --- usually about 3 a.m.! He will usually wake me up when he wants someone to play with. Why doesn't he wake Cathy up? He interprets the computer keyboard as a plaything whenever we are trying to use our terminal at home. He will jump up on the keyboard - this definitely creates GARBAGE IN-GARBAGE OUT. He has managed to convince our adult cat (Bandit) that she is also a kitten and they will chase one another around and wrestle. Bandit now definitely thinks she is a kitten. Bill