[Spridgets] NO LBC "CAT FROM HELL"......have fun with cat stories.

Pete Chast pchast at francomm.com
Tue Jul 20 07:21:37 MDT 2010


I've given up on that training. I have some 3'x3' heavy cardboard that goes
on top of the cars as soon as they are garaged.

Pete
Athens, NY

On Tue, 20 Jul 2010 08:41:42 -0400, Guy R Day <grday at btinternet.com> wrote:

>
> We had a couple of Siamese cats and to assist them made a 'cat flap' in  
> the rear door to the kitchen.  A couple of months after I had done this  
> we were woken by the sounds of a 'cat fight' in the kitchen.  Getting  
> down there revealed a large black tom-cat fighting our pair of little  
> panthers.  The large black tom was too scared to move out of the now  
> open back door, so I decided to help.  It promptly bit the fleshy part  
> of my hand but rapidly left the house.  Two days later I couldn't move  
> my hand and wrist, it was somewhat swollen.
> A hospital trip gave me an tetanus injection in my butt, a 10 day series  
> of antibiotic tablets, a week long sick note from work and a lot of  
> mocking from the nurse who thought about the poor little pussy cat  
> causing a big man like me to seek medical help.  The swelling went down  
> after two days.  An IV and 10 shots at hospital seems like a pure cash  
> collection process to me but hey, I'm no doctor.
> You could have a problem collecting the cat if it is now seeing you as  
> an 'enemy'.  I think all you can do is to try and restore the cat's  
> confidence by keeping on talking and feeding without the sudden  
> snatching.
> The other solution which will allow you to continue the vacation is to  
> shoot the little git and you won't have any more problem with it.  If  
> they are pet cats they should act as pets.  If they are 'farm cats' they  
> are allowed to be a little ratty with humans.  Best of luck whichever  
> solution you take.
> Next doors' cat will be taking a longish trip shortly, it has got back  
> to using the cloth top of the wife's Audi TT as a fur shedding place  
> when it sleeps.  Shame really, it has learnt to walk on the fence top  
> between the gardens and not to go into our garden so why doesn't it  
> learn about the car roof?
>
>
> Guy R Day
>
>
>
> ---- Original Message ----- From: "Linda Grunthaner"  
> <grunthaner at gmail.com>
> To: "Spridget list" <spridgets at autox.team.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2010 12:04 PM
> Subject: [Spridgets] NO LBC "CAT FROM HELL"......have fun with cat  
> stories.
>
>
>> List,
>> I don't recall which Spridgiteer  got bit by a ferel cat a year or 2  
>> ago and
>> his arm swelled up like a balloon but I did keep his nightmare in my  
>> head
>> for my similar episode yesterday.   <SNIP>
>> I have to get more shots over the next 4 weeks and I'm hoping I can get  
>> them
>> in New Mexico which is where I'll be visiting family in weeks to come.
>> Thankfully my California trip the week prior will be shot free.
>>
>> I'm going back to try the trap under the trailer and need other  
>> suggestions
>> to catch Stitches the CAT FROM HELL.
>>
>> BTW I spent 6 hrs in the emergency room.
>> Linda
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