"She's an indoor kitty..."

yo my neighbor aint playin with a full deck and she comes out on the front stoop shakin the bag o' cat treats yellin, "meow-meows! yum-yums!" for like fifteen minutes tryin to find her feline. never seen the thing show up, but have seen this ritual a couple of times while walkin the pooch.

Does she even have a cat? :/

i read that as just "bag o' cats" at first.

was v. worried for a sec.

Ivan has disappeared again :(

You not able to keep him indoors while yr at work Ian? :/ They say when you move house you should keep yr cat inside a little while so it gets used to where it is... though I guess that dog isnt helping.

Well, he's never really been a problem.. if he comes home I'll definitely try to keep him in while i'm not around. I just back back to my apartment after work & radio show, and I have been unable to locate him. Bah, stressed out.

;_; WHARE IS KITTEY

oh no, Ivan and ian :(

Cat still missing :(
my roommate claims he was around yesterday afternoon, but I couldn't find him either in the morning or the evening, and I can't find him now. I am so upset!

I really feel for you. This is what happened when my cat Rascal got hit by the train. I guess go knocking on doors and asking if people have seen him.

It should be reassuring that your roommate saw him yesterday, though. It sounds like he just doesn't like the dog. Or maybe someone else is feeding him!

Did Ivan turn up yet?!

yeah he did. was on another thread.

:)

:-D

for reference EMO BLOG ENTRY

btw he turned up, then i locked him in my room & went out for a few hours, and when i got back he had knocked out the screen blockign the window & was back in the neighbors yard. wtf. but he came back immediately & then i kept him in my room all night with me. only time will tell where he is when i get home from work tonight...

well he won't be going too far without his passport.

not a big cat person myself - but this thread has sort of illustrated why indoor cats seem like way less of a hassle.

it's generally best to manacle them to the bedpost, just in case

When I lived in rural Montana and Minnesota we let our cats outside and 1 got run over, another we found dead in the woods (guessing wild animal attack), and another came home ripped to shreds, after which he developed a nasty infection.

As I live in the city, I would not let my cats out for long periods because they would surely: 1. get in fights, 2. pick up fleas, 3. maybe pick up bed bugs (don't know if that's true, but if they are traipsing around discarded bed-buggy furniture, then surely they could become carriers), 4. get run over.

I do let them out on my porch (3rd floor) while I'm out there, and they have fun skulking around and acting weird for a while, then they go back inside and lay on the couch.

For the cats' own safety and comfort, it's probably a good thing to keep them inside from birth, but if they were outdoors cats and then you try to make them indoors, that might suck for them.

Leroy used to hang out by me when I'd get ready in the morning, but then I started letting him go outside occasionally(just briefly, and with me there watching) and so now he's downstairs peeping out the patio door before I even wake up. I do wish there was a way they could safely explore a little outside, but it's just not possible given where I live and their histories. Pretty funny shit watching them eye birds while they're inside, them making bizarre noises and wanting so badly to find a way to have a go at the birds. And then what does Lamar do when he actually is outside with some birds just chilling on the fence 10 feet away? Backs away and hides, of course.

! I love the strange noises they make while watching birds.

Yeah whats with that chattering noise they do with the teeth bared? Well, Ive seen a couple cats do anyway.

it's a kitty roar!

Hahah :) My cat is so timid, she doesnt even meow, she just does this weird squeak, unless she's hungry - then she yaps at me.

If I make that 'ack-ack-ack' cat-excitement sound in my throat, my cats will run to the window to see what's up!

^^^ booming post.

my cat thinks hiding in the neighbors yard is a game now. totally likes sitting on the other side of the fence, watching me, maybe he will meow occasionally. it's raining and he refuses to come in! at least i know where he is i guess.

When Bob's hungry he'll come right up to you, fix your gaze, and smack his lips at you in a chewing motion. We call it "chewy face". "Emma, Bob's doing chewy face, when did he last get fed?!"

It's distracting when you're having sex.

Pretty funny shit watching them eye birds while they're inside, them making bizarre noises and wanting so badly to find a way to have a go at the birds.

Missy tried to pounce on a wren the other day but forgot there was a windowpane in the way. I pretended that I hadn't seen her in order to preserve her dignity.

or listening to BEATLES REMASTERS xp

oh hahahaha

Cosmo & Bob both get a bit excited when we have intruders (insects) come in the house. Flies are good for demented pouncing at windows fun, but really it's the tiny bugs that hang around on the ceiling by the lamp that are best; Cosmo sits on the table in an ostensibly relaxed position, but his head'll be at an odd angle, and he'll just whimper at them as if he's begging them to come down.

When Bob's hungry he'll come right up to you, fix your gaze, and smack his lips at you in a chewing motion. We call it "chewy face".

Childhood cat would do "chewy face" when about to throw up. It provided a convenient warning to open the door and eject her into the garden.

I guess you can't do that with an indoor kitty, and kitty dignity probably precludes staying in bathtubs, so... what then?

Slide a magazine in front of them.

Always make sure you have some junk mail lying around you can shove on the floor in front of the cat. Our cat Madeira (adopted cat, we didn't choose the name, and which I'm going to defintely start calling 'Maddy Paws' now) makes a rhythmic retching sound before being sick to aid us in the endevour.

Doh! x-post

This is one definite bonus with having wooden floors

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well shoot.

My big black girl cat is obsessed with licking plants. Fortunately she never chews them. In my old apartment she would lick the frost off the windows.

My childhood cat would always move away or turn his head from the magazine/newspaper at the very last second!

Are all cats ecstatic closed-eyed obsessive plastic lickers, or is it just our two?

We have one obsessive licker. The other one not so much. But our girl cat licks everything. And especially plastic bags.

my cat chews on record sleeves occasionally, and several of our cats growing up were bag lickers--one especially, Brynner, would always get her head stuck in the bag and run around like a maniac until someone caught her & removed it.

yeah there's some chemical in plastic used in bags that cats go nutty for.

my cat chews fabric. so, I can't leave my shoes out or he'll chew the laces off. and all of my bathroom towels have bite marks. :-/

Francie is a book licker.