OMG kitty! \oO/

Mashirosen · 06-07-2005, 02:59 PM

Yay for adopting strays! I hope the kitty takes well to life at der Meisterhausen.

What little I know from a lifetime of having cats around:

Dry food is better for them than wet, although a can now and then as a treat is okay. Same with milk -- a few tablespoons once in a while is all right, but giving it to them all the time can upset their stomachs. Don't ever give them table scraps or they'll assume they're entitled to a share in anything you ever eat anywhere near them again, and they will try to take it from you. Nothing is sadder than a bowl of ice cream ruined by a fat little head shoved into it, lapping away greedily with the same tongue it uses for toilet paper.

Everything is poisonous to cats. They don't care. In fact, the more likely a thing is to make them expensively sick or dead, the more they're convinced that they have to eat it, right now, all of it, preferably while you're not looking so you look like an abusive, neglectful moron in front of the emergency vet. Here is a brief list of things harmful to cats that Kurt and Maceo have tried to eat anyway: cellophane, tape, string, plastic bags, twist ties, craft glue, garlic, onions, chocolate, lens cleanser, live electrical wiring, our fingers. If you have houseplants or a garden, google any variation on the phrase "plants poisonous cats" and various lists will come up -- the better ones will list plants' different regional names along with toxicity symptoms.

They will watch you on the toilet. Get used to the idea of having less bathroom privacy than a prisoner of war. Of course you closed the door. They don't care. They will find a way to get it open, and they will do it at the most embarrassing moment possible -- expect to have the kind of intimate acquaintance with repair and delivery people usually only seen in '70s porno. Why do they do it? Who but god knows?

But they're also pretty and hilarious, and they'll surprise you by doing things like learning how to play fetch, or patting you ever so gently on the cheek with one paw when you're sick or sad, or climbing under the covers to snuggle up with you at night because they've missed you all day. And every now and then they'll look up at you with big, worshipful Bambi eyes full of love, usually when you're just about to throttle them blue for getting into the trash at four in the morning, but sometimes just because.

Mostly to get out of the throttling, though.

06-07-2005, 02:59 PM	#11
Mashirosen Watch closely! Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Imaginary tomorrowland Posts: 1,855	Yay for adopting strays! I hope the kitty takes well to life at der Meisterhausen. What little I know from a lifetime of having cats around: Dry food is better for them than wet, although a can now and then as a treat is okay. Same with milk -- a few tablespoons once in a while is all right, but giving it to them all the time can upset their stomachs. Don't ever give them table scraps or they'll assume they're entitled to a share in anything you ever eat anywhere near them again, and they will try to take it from you. Nothing is sadder than a bowl of ice cream ruined by a fat little head shoved into it, lapping away greedily with the same tongue it uses for toilet paper. Everything is poisonous to cats. They don't care. In fact, the more likely a thing is to make them expensively sick or dead, the more they're convinced that they have to eat it, right now, all of it, preferably while you're not looking so you look like an abusive, neglectful moron in front of the emergency vet. Here is a brief list of things harmful to cats that Kurt and Maceo have tried to eat anyway: cellophane, tape, string, plastic bags, twist ties, craft glue, garlic, onions, chocolate, lens cleanser, live electrical wiring, our fingers. If you have houseplants or a garden, google any variation on the phrase "plants poisonous cats" and various lists will come up -- the better ones will list plants' different regional names along with toxicity symptoms. They will watch you on the toilet. Get used to the idea of having less bathroom privacy than a prisoner of war. Of course you closed the door. They don't care. They will find a way to get it open, and they will do it at the most embarrassing moment possible -- expect to have the kind of intimate acquaintance with repair and delivery people usually only seen in '70s porno. Why do they do it? Who but god knows? But they're also pretty and hilarious, and they'll surprise you by doing things like learning how to play fetch, or patting you ever so gently on the cheek with one paw when you're sick or sad, or climbing under the covers to snuggle up with you at night because they've missed you all day. And every now and then they'll look up at you with big, worshipful Bambi eyes full of love, usually when you're just about to throttle them blue for getting into the trash at four in the morning, but sometimes just because. Mostly to get out of the throttling, though. __________________ "Remember how we all thought the Jedi were, well, Space Knights of the Round Table? Well, as it turns out, they're a bunch of self-righteous virgins who kidnap kids to replenish their numbers."