"Nexie" <greenknight@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> Sounds like you need the Cat Whisperer. A little bit of psycholomoggie
is
> required. My cat vomited everywhere when I first got her - this was due
to
> the fact she previously shared her food with another cat, so tended to
> wolf it down and then puke it up at her leisure. She retained this habit
> when I got her, even though there was no competition for her food.
we had another cat when this demon was foisted on us, it has always shared
its food,
or rather, it hasn't, since it eats its food and then leaps on the older
cat
out of sheer spite
> I got around the problem by sitting with her while she ate and
distracting
> her occasionally, talking to her, stroking her, etc. This not only broke
> up her eating habit, but calmed her into a more relaxed eating pace. Et
> voila! No more vomit.
i may occasionally do this with Cips, but i am not doing it to the bloody
cat,
i don't wish to sound callous, but it's a semi feral carnivorous mammal
and
doesn't need me to teach it how to eat ...
> Of course, when Mr. Bear arrives, I'm up puke creek again....
who's he ? a teddy bear ? your cat has a teddy bear ?
> Anyway, to return to your problem, you need to work out what is causing
> the problem. Is your cat chewing grass ?
yes, that's why its off its head all day, it has to eat it because its
lack
of opposable thumbs
prevents it from rolling up ...
chewing grass ? i can't get the bloody thing to leave the house, i put it
out, it sits on
the doorstep and mewls piteously like its being tortured with hot irons
until i take
pity on it, or rather get embarassed into thinking that the neighbours
will
come
round and complain about the bloody awful caterwauling noise, and let it
back in
>(licking dew off grass, and the chewing which follows, is sometimes a
sign
>that the cat's water isn't fresh enough in my experience)?
it gets lost of fresh water, sometimes in its bowl, sometimes thrown on
its
head
when it won't stop pestering the other cat
> Have you tried different food - perhaps it's allergic to something. I
had
> a cat which was allergic to fish and puked every time it had any, so no
> more fish. Take note of what you've given your cat to eat when it throws
> up, there may be a pattern.
i would have to follow it round every second of the day, since it eats
whatever it can cram
into its furry little maw, no, honestly, i've never seen a cat like it, it
eats bread, curry, fluff,
elastic bands, bits of paper, mouldy haribo sweets from under the sofa,
tomato skins, lettuce,
chilli flavoured kettle crisps, cigarette ends, instant coffee ...
absolutely anything !!!
> Try dry food.
It eats that too ...
> Is there something you're doing when you feed it that is causing it
> stress,
no, it causes me stress by attacking the other cat and attempting to eat
its
food before even looking at its own
so now i have to feed them in separate rooms ...
> e.g. do you put food down just before you leave the house?
i have to leave the room in case it eats my hand too
> I know it may seem a lot of bother to psychoanalyse your cat, but broken
> toes covered in bile can't be pleasant.
i have considered sending it to the bbc's dog borstal ... i bet that
fascist
in the sas outfit would sort it out
>>>> Likes : Crying piteously for hours on end, Tripping people on stairs,
>>>> Loose bowel movements, Kangaroo boxing with other cats, Waking humans
>>>> at 6 a.m.
>>>>
>>>> Dislikes : Being a cat, Litter trays, Affection, Going outdoors,
Moving
>>>> any great distance, Not eating for more than ten minutes at a time.
>>>>
>>>> High maintenance, expensive, unforgiving, crude attention seeking
>>>> device seeks considerate lunatic to furnish life of luxury, only cat
>>>> crazy idiots
>>>> need apply to :
>>> Look, is this an advert for a cat or the owner?
>>
>> now you come to mention it, i see what you mean ...
>
> I know. Disturbing isn't it? We are our pets.
> I particularly like the idea of tripping people on stairs and kangaroo
> boxing with cats. C'mere puss...<uppercut!!>
maybe i have transferred all my mental illness to the young feline, i am
now
perfectly sane but the
cat is bipolar neurotic and psychotic and certainly anally fixated ...
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