The CAT room!

He reminds me so much of my long-gone & much-loved Pussa. Now THAT was a cat not to be tangled with! He knew his own mind!

This is my desktop for a couple of days!

My best friend, her husband, and their daughter have been on vacation since Monday.

I have been going over to their house, watering the plants, feeding the pets, keeping fresh water in their drinking bowls, and cleaning litter boxes.

The cat is several years old and I have known this cat from the time it was a kitten. I've been a regular visitor--the cat knows me and likes me (or so I thought).

I spend time petting her and talking to her while I'm at the house taking care of chores. As I was getting ready to leave, I sat on the foyer stairway and was giving the cat one last petting before leaving . . . she was purring and enjoying her petting when the darn thing suddenly plopped down on her back, bit my hand and scraped my arm with her sharp back claws.

The bite was vicious--I have deep puncture marks in my hand from teeth. The scratching was vicious--I had to run to the bathroom and rinse away the blood in the sink. The deepest scratch continued to bleed in the car as I drove home.

I'm REALLY UPSET with my friend's cat. It was an attack and I've never been attacked by a cat before.

Good grief, Debra! I'd be very upset, too! What on earth do you think brought that on?

I'm not sure.

Maybe she has a sore spot?

I pet gently; softly. My older cat loves to be petted
more firmly and she will push her head into my
hand. My other two cats love my gentle touch.

So . . . I don't think I was petting too hard.

I think the darn thing just flipped. I was going
to leave . . . sitting on the step of the foyer to give her a little more attention before LEAVING . . .

maybe that's it. I only spend about 20 minutes
each day at the house and the rest of the time
she is by herself with only the company of the penned rabbit.

Maybe the cat is feeling hostile and angry about
being left alone all day for five days straight.

My friends will be back tomorrow. I will ask them
if she has ever acted like that before.

Well, it's a shock when a cat does this sort of thing, I know, Debra.
Flatty, the last of my remaining 3 from my previous home, is strangely excitable at unpredictable times, too. He was an adult stray (or maybe an extremely neglected & unsocialized cat) when we gained the pleasure of his company. He is still very dependent, often becoming anxious when he senses I'm about to leave for work, etc. But sometimes I honestly don't understand his reactions. He'll be hanging around the clothesline, say, when I'm hanging out clothes. He'll show that he wants to "participate" in the activity by his interest & playful threats to jump in the clothes basket, etc. THEN, when I try to walk away when I'm finished, he'll pounce (!), attack my legs as I'm walking back into the house! It's as though he wants to keep me engaged, or something ... He's VERY excitable! Sometimes, seriously, I've wondered if he believed I was another cat & treated me as such!

Debra-
when we go away we have a cat sitter ( friends of my son) coming in- and he told me the same. He was clawed out of the blue just before leaving again. I think the cat protested in his way to being alone for a long period of time.

Vivian-
you carpet tigress- she is something special.
I can see three colors- that means, she is bringing luck to the family she has chosen to adopt. A Glückskatze.

Here's the quintessential retired carpet tiger being the office companion as I surf the net.

Lovely, Neko Nomad.

Viv - your littlies are coming along nicely.

ul - great pic

Even the markings on her back are identical, neko!

ul - so 3 colours are lucky? I haven't heard that


another beautiful picture, looking very well fed and contented!

Misti lovely picture on the computer.

Paddy is a very determined lad - he likes to stay out at night now the weather is warm, himself likes him indoors in safety and he likes the way he comes up to him in the morning, purring and asking him to Get Up Now and Let Him Out. I'm a very second rate citizen to the little monster. Never mind Rosie's mine!

Ul, Kiki looks a lot like our Nisse - Nisse's little nose is light pink. And Nisse's sister Mysan is a 'Glückskatze' :-)

I suppose, some of you might be interested:

Can't decide whether to get a new graphics card or a kitten?

:wink:

neko nomad- what a good looking fellow.

Nisse - isn't this the name of the good house spirit in Sweden? So Nisse must be good.

Walter- take both. :wink: And add this special software.
http://www.bitboost.com/pawsense/ :wink:

They don't yet have the Mac version .... ah, I've got a pc.

(But now cat.) :wink:

Nevertheles, thanks so much for this offer

Ha, Love that "Paw Sense" software, esp. the pop-up window saying CAT-LIKE TYPING DETECTED!

PawSense is really funny! But we do have a Mac... So we'll have to wait :-)

Ul, Nisse is the most popular cat name in Sweden - it is the 'pet name' for Nils. Mysan means something like 'the cuddly one' (die Kuschelige).

Last night our "new" kitten peed on my son's comforter - while he and his mom were in the bed. So the wife wraps up the cat with the piss and puts the whole load right in the wash room tub and douses Mr. Sprayalot with H2O.

We are so cruel.

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