Comments on: Friday Cat Blogging http://whynow.dumka.us/2006/09/01/friday-cat-blogging-75/ On-line Opinion Magazine...OK, it's a blog Sat, 11 Feb 2012 03:38:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Bryan http://whynow.dumka.us/2006/09/01/friday-cat-blogging-75/comment-page-1/#comment-17674 Bryan Sun, 03 Sep 2006 19:55:28 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/2006/09/01/friday-cat-blogging-75/#comment-17674 Working with them isn't as frustrating as seeing them sick and knowing that a few doses of antibiotics would cure them, but they won't let you help. That's life. You do what you can, when you can. Working with them isn’t as frustrating as seeing them sick and knowing that a few doses of antibiotics would cure them, but they won’t let you help. That’s life. You do what you can, when you can.

]]> By: The CultureGhost http://whynow.dumka.us/2006/09/01/friday-cat-blogging-75/comment-page-1/#comment-17672 The CultureGhost Sun, 03 Sep 2006 19:38:02 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/2006/09/01/friday-cat-blogging-75/#comment-17672 I know the struggle. I once had three feral litters in my backyard (two rentals prior to our purchase). I was able to domesticate six of them, of which I still have two. I remember picking the grey kitten (he's still with me at age 12), holding him aloft and patting him hard on the head while saying, "If you don't learn to like this, you're going to perish!" He to this day likes what we call "grandmother pats." But ferals are so frutstrating...they require so much labor and patience...and you know with the right amount of both, they'll blossom (if that's the right word) into great cats. But it is so tough. I know the struggle. I once had three feral litters in my backyard (two rentals prior to our purchase). I was able to domesticate six of them, of which I still have two. I remember picking the grey kitten (he’s still with me at age 12), holding him aloft and patting him hard on the head while saying, “If you don’t learn to like this, you’re going to perish!” He to this day likes what we call “grandmother pats.” But ferals are so frutstrating…they require so much labor and patience…and you know with the right amount of both, they’ll blossom (if that’s the right word) into great cats. But it is so tough.

]]> By: Bryan http://whynow.dumka.us/2006/09/01/friday-cat-blogging-75/comment-page-1/#comment-17662 Bryan Sun, 03 Sep 2006 00:24:30 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/2006/09/01/friday-cat-blogging-75/#comment-17662 It's really annoying CG. Their mother rubs against your legs when you put down food, but if you even go by it's all "flee! flee! fire, flood, and pestilence!". It's not that I want to play with them [I would like to], but if they are friendly I can get them to a vet and find homes for them. Their mother is friendly enough, but if I open the door to a carrier she's gone, or her days of being a mother would have been over last year. It’s really annoying CG. Their mother rubs against your legs when you put down food, but if you even go by it’s all “flee! flee! fire, flood, and pestilence!”.

It’s not that I want to play with them [I would like to], but if they are friendly I can get them to a vet and find homes for them. Their mother is friendly enough, but if I open the door to a carrier she’s gone, or her days of being a mother would have been over last year.

]]> By: The CultureGhost http://whynow.dumka.us/2006/09/01/friday-cat-blogging-75/comment-page-1/#comment-17661 The CultureGhost Sat, 02 Sep 2006 23:25:46 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/2006/09/01/friday-cat-blogging-75/#comment-17661 Great caption! And accurate as cats (even lazy patio panthers or carpet cougars) often decide you are an alien and run like banshees from the room for no obvious reason other than "cat logic." Pet me, pet me...yikes! you're an axe murderer, run!" Great caption! And accurate as cats (even lazy patio panthers or carpet cougars) often decide you are an alien and run like banshees from the room for no obvious reason other than “cat logic.” Pet me, pet me…yikes! you’re an axe murderer, run!”

]]> By: Karen http://whynow.dumka.us/2006/09/01/friday-cat-blogging-75/comment-page-1/#comment-17646 Karen Fri, 01 Sep 2006 10:05:20 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/2006/09/01/friday-cat-blogging-75/#comment-17646 Hmmm...a cute bunch to be sure...but what are *playing blue eyes*? *wink* Hmmm…a cute bunch to be sure…but what are *playing blue eyes*? *wink*

]]> By: jamsodonnell http://whynow.dumka.us/2006/09/01/friday-cat-blogging-75/comment-page-1/#comment-17645 jamsodonnell Fri, 01 Sep 2006 08:28:15 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/2006/09/01/friday-cat-blogging-75/#comment-17645 Those are beautiful kittens, Bryan. I will be posting a pic of our former feral cat Bebe. Those are beautiful kittens, Bryan. I will be posting a pic of our former feral cat Bebe.

]]> By: Steve Bates http://whynow.dumka.us/2006/09/01/friday-cat-blogging-75/comment-page-1/#comment-17644 Steve Bates Fri, 01 Sep 2006 05:48:38 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/2006/09/01/friday-cat-blogging-75/#comment-17644 I certainly prefer feral kittens to our current feral government... This litter is mighty cute. Kittens remind me that life is, after all, worthwhile, that things are worth exploring and either enjoying or detesting, as appropriate. But now it's time for me to go stand on my head again... I certainly prefer feral kittens to our current feral government…

This litter is mighty cute. Kittens remind me that life is, after all, worthwhile, that things are worth exploring and either enjoying or detesting, as appropriate. But now it’s time for me to go stand on my head again…

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