Re: Cat food (was Sniff - no new kitty)

"Don't know what you got til it's gone...."


Kitty

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Johnson Cyndi D Civ 95 CG/SCSRT" <cyndi.johnson@edwards.af.mil>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Friday, January 20, 2006 3:42 PM
Subject: RE: [CHAT] Cat food (was Sniff - no new kitty)


> Our Punkin had one of those sensitive stomachs, it's why we have her. Of
> course we didn't know that at the time. The story we got from my
> sister-in-law went something like, she had just gotten her remaining kid
to
> move out, she worked a lot, when she went home she wanted to be alone with
> no animals to tend and particularly no cats demanding to be petted. And
then
> there was a small comment about how Punkin didn't like diet changes.
> Well. I'll spare you the details but we went through a lot of paper towels
> over the next year until we found the secret. A regular supply of wheat
> grass (oh look - gardening content!) to chew on worked wonders. Even
better
> is Purina's Indoor Formula dry cat food. No more little surprises for the
> last few years.
> Oh, and we're pretty sure SIL was fibbing because not two months later she
> took not one - not two - but FOUR kittens from other SIL, and she still
has
> them. So much for not having time for animals.
>
> Cyndi
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
Behalf
> Of kmrsy@netzero.net
> Sent: Friday, January 20, 2006 1:18 PM
> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Sniff - no new kitty
>
> Beats me.  Sometimes too it can be the food.  My Jack has a sensitive
> stomach.
>
> Kitty
>
> -- james singer <islandjim1@verizon.net> wrote:
> Bulimic?
>
> On Jan 20, 2006, at 12:49 PM, kmrsy wrote:
>
> > Pam, it isn't just hairballs.  As my sister's vet told her, "Some cats
> > just
> > like to throw up."  I have a couple like that.
> >
> > Kitty
> > neIN, Z5
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Pam Evans" <gardenqueen@gmail.com>
> > To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> > Sent: Friday, January 20, 2006 12:15 PM
> > Subject: Re: [CHAT] Sniff - no new kitty
> >
> >
> >> That was funny.  Keep the kitties wheat grass, no hairballs!   Sugar
> > rarely
> >> throws up and when she does, it's usually a bug.
> >>
> >> On 1/20/06, Johnson Cyndi D Civ 95 CG/SCSRT
> >> <cyndi.johnson@edwards.af.mil>
> >> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Bad Kitty. You made me snort tea out my nose. :-)
> >>> Did you see Shrek 2, where Puss in Boots hacks up a hairball? I
> >>> laughed
> > so
> >>> hard I thought I'd pass out.
> >>>
> >>> Cyndi
> >>>
> >>> -----Original Message-----
> >>> From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
> >>> Behalf
> >>> Of kmrsy
> >>> Sent: Friday, January 20, 2006 8:56 AM
> >>> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> >>> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Sniff - no new kitty
> >>>
> >>> See, cats don't chew up rugs
> >>> They just throw up on them.
> >>>
> >>> Kitty
> >>> neIN, Z5
> >>> ----- Original Message -----
> >>> From: "Johnson Cyndi D Civ 95 CG/SCSRT"
> >>> <cyndi.johnson@edwards.af.mil>
> >>> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> >>> Sent: Friday, January 20, 2006 11:09 AM
> >>> Subject: RE: [CHAT] Sniff - no new kitty
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> I suspect my husband would really pitch a fit if I went out
> > deliberately
> >>>> looking for a third cat. Having one fall in your lap, as it were, is
> > one
> >>>> thing, but heading for the shelter is something different. I think
> >>>> he
> >>> has
> >>> a
> >>>> mental set-point: one cat not enough, two cats good, three cats too
> >>> many.
> >>>> Dogs too for that matter, although once he made an offhand comment
> > that
> >>> we
> >>>> could adopt another rottweiler which would have been 3 dogs. At the
> > time
> >>> our
> >>>> new rottie Trixie was busy eating my area rug, so I ignored it.
> >>>>
> >>>> Cyndi
> >>>>
> >>>> -----Original Message-----
> >>>> From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net]
> >>>> On
> >>> Behalf
> >>>> Of Pam Evans
> >>>> Sent: Friday, January 20, 2006 7:33 AM
> >>>> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> >>>> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Sniff - no new kitty
> >>>>
> >>>> Aboslutely.  But I know that baby tugged at your heart strings.....
> >>>>
> >>>> On 1/19/06, Donna <gossiper@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I am sure there are many other cat's who would love to
> >>>>> become part of your family.... check the shelters :)
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Donna
> >>>>>
> >>>>> --- Johnson Cyndi D Civ 95 CG/SCSRT
> >>>>> <cyndi.johnson@edwards.af.mil> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> Yes, my sister had him put down. She was upset too.
> >>>>>> This whole business with
> >>>>>> her uncle having to go into assisted living, her
> >>>>>> having to sell his house,
> >>>>>> it's like the cat was this one thing that would come
> >>>>>> out better off. But no.
> >>>>>> Well...worse things happen and it would not have
> >>>>>> been easy integrating him
> >>>>>> into my house. But I'm still disappointed.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Cyndi
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> -----Original Message-----
> >>>>>> From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net
> >>>>>> [o*@hort.net] On Behalf
> >>>>>> Of Chapel Ridge Wal Mart National Hearing Center
> >>>>>> Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2006 10:11 AM
> >>>>>> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> >>>>>> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Sniff - no new kitty
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Cyndi, so sorry to hear that.  I do agree it's not
> >>>>>> prudent to try to save
> >>>>>> him.  Many other cats deserve a chance.  You will at
> >>>>>> least have him put to
> >>>>>> sleep won't you?
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Kitty
> >>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
> >>>>>> From: "Johnson Cyndi D Civ 95 CG/SCSRT"
> >>>>>> <cyndi.johnson@edwards.af.mil>
> >>>>>> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> >>>>>> Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2006 10:33 AM
> >>>>>> Subject: [CHAT] Sniff - no new kitty
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Well I am not going to be taking in the stray
> >>>>>> kitty. I mentioned he had
> >>>>>> big
> >>>>>>> lumps on his head that concerned me. My sister
> >>>>>> went down to the house the
> >>>>>>> other day and said the lumps had really increased
> >>>>>> in size suddenly, and he
> >>>>>>> was scratching himself raw. The vet did tests and
> >>>>>> concluded it was
> >>>>>> probably
> >>>>>>> lymph node cancer. Poor cat. My sister and I are
> >>>>>> not known for our
> >>>>>> parsimony
> >>>>>>> concerning animal vet bills but cancer treatments
> >>>>>> for a stray, especially
> >>>>>>> when so far advanced, was a little beyond the
> >>>>>> call.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Cyndi
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>
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> Island Jim
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