oldmadbadger wrote:
> "Nexie" <greenknight@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> news:i5Tgh.12347$Qa6.8186@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>> 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,
Occasionally <rolls eyes>
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 ...
>
>
get a job
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