Re: Re: chat messages

Kitty:  Is that a glaucoma or something your poor Braveheart is getting?  Is that what is causing his cornea to tilt?  Poor baby!


Melody, IA (Z 5/4)

"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious."    
--Albert Einstein

 --- On Fri 06/04, Kitty < kmrsy@comcast.net > wrote:
From: Kitty [mailto: kmrsy@comcast.net]
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2004 11:32:07 -0500
Subject: Re: Re: [CHAT] chat messages

That's sad, Melody. I had a similar situation with a German Shepherd
years<br>ago, though he never hurt the cats. I had to put him down and
it was so<br>hard. The cats accidents occurred at a young age, so I
expect they learned<br>to cope and have taken it more or less in
stride.<br><br>You mentioned the peripheral vision problem. Braveheart
has always had<br>trouble with one eye and it was so cloudy I figured he
could no longer see<br>out of it. Today he got his flea shot and the vet
noticed the cornea was<br>now tilted back. He said I should watch to be
sure it doesn't tilt forward<br>because the eye could blow if it did.
Scary.<br><br>Kitty<br><br>----- Original Message ----- <br>From:
"Melody" <mhobertm@excite.com><br>To: <gardenchat@hort.net><br>Sent:
Thursday, June 03, 2004 2:18 AM<br>Subject: Re: Re: [CHAT] chat
messages<br><br><br>> Poor cats came to us perfectly normal and healthy
as kittens. We had an<br>> aging dog that objected to sharing his food
with them and they both<br>> walked up to him when he was eating and he
grabbed them by the head and<br>> flung them across the kitchen. Poor
Miko (the himalayan) got a broken<br>> jaw and punctured roof of his
mouth for his trouble. At the time, he was<br>> the only thing our poor
dog had ever objected to...kids could crawl all<br>> over this dog
pulling every which way on him and he wouldn't so much as<br>> twitch.
At the time, we just thought it was an accident. A year later,<br>> with
Katie the second kitten, when the exact same thing happened, we had<br>>
the dog put down. Turned out every one of his litter mates had been
put<br>> down for brain tumors that resulted in unprovoked aggression
and the vet<br>> thinks this is what happened with him. Almost killed me
to put that dog<br>> to sleep but I couldn't bear the thought of this
great big gentle dog<br>> whom we loved so much turning into a monster
and being left with the<br>> memory of him mauling a kid or something.
Funny thing is, every dog<br>> we've had since we've been looking for
him...fo

und him in Sidda but had<br>> to put her down, too. Maybe we're just
cursed when it comes to big<br>> dogs...<br>><br>><br>><br>> Melody, IA
(Z 5/4)<br>><br>> "The most beautiful thing we can experience is the
mysterious."<br>> --Albert Einstein<br>><br>> --- On Wed 06/02, Kitty <
kmrsy@comcast.net > wrote:<br>> From: Kitty [mailto:
kmrsy@comcast.net]<br>> To: gardenchat@hort.net<br>> Date: Wed, 2 Jun
2004 09:08:30 -0500<br>> Subject: Re: Re: [CHAT] chat messages<br>><br>>
That's sad, but...<br>Being animals, they don't know there's a
problem;<br>> this is just how it is.<br>Very good of you to take on
such cats. They<br>> may not allow some grooming<br>from you, but I bet
they have developed<br>> some trust in you.<br>Kitty<br><br>-----
Original Message -----<br>> <br>From: "Melody"
<mhobertm@excite.com><br>To:<br>> <gardenchat@hort.net><br>Sent:
Wednesday, June 02, 2004 1:16<br>> AM<br>Subject: Re: Re: [CHAT] chat
messages<br><br><br>> I agree, Kitty,<br>> that for the most part,
animals seem to sense when you<br>> want to help<br>> them, but this
poor cat of mine was brain damaged when very<br>> little<br>> and he's
not the sharpest tool in the shed, if you know what I<br>><br>>
mean...but we love him anyway. His "sister" cat has the same<br>><br>>
problem...brain damaged as a small kitten, now kind of slow
mentally<br>> and<br>> she has some peripheral vision problems from the
temporary<br>> blindness she<br>> suffered with her
injuries.<br>><br>><br>><br>><br>> Melody, IA (Z 5/4)<br>><br>> "The
most beautiful thing we can experience<br>> is the mysterious."<br>>
--Albert Einstein<br>><br>> --- On Tue 06/01,<br>> Kitty <
kmrsy@comcast.net > wrote:<br>> From: Kitty [mailto:<br>>
kmrsy@comcast.net]<br>> To: gardenchat@hort.net<br>> Date: Tue, 1
Jun<br>> 2004 09:22:52 -0500<br>> Subject: Re: Re: [CHAT] chat
messages<br>><br>><br>> > ...if only he was able to see that<br>> one
thing leads to<br>><br>> another...<br><br>I have several cats over the
years and I have had<br>> the<br>> sense that somehow<br>they un

de
rstand that when I'm doing<br>> something they<br>> don't like to them
or<br>trying to aid them when<br>> they are afraid - that<br>> they
trust me. They bear<br>with me, they<br>> sort of steel themselves<br>>
because they seem to understand I<br>must<br>> be doing this for a
good<br>> reason. Hard to explain, but they seem<br>> to<br>believe that
Mom knows<br>> best.<br><br>Kitty<br><br>-----<br>> Original Message
----- <br>From:<br>> "Melody"<br>> <mhobertm@excite.com><br>To:
<gardenchat@hort.net><br>Sent:<br>><br>> Tuesday, June 01, 2004 3:45
AM<br>Subject: Re: Re: [CHAT] chat<br>><br>> messages<br><br><br>>
Libby<br>><br>> : re: the cat with the long hair and snarls:<br>> I have
a male<br>> seal<br>> point Himalayan who will not tolerate being<br>>
brushed.<br>> He<br>> bites...hard...whenever he feels like we've
crossed<br>> over<br>> his line for<br>> tolerating the little bit of
grooming he does<br>><br>> allow. So, we try to keep<br>> up with it as
best as possible, but<br>> about<br>> once every year or so we take<br>>
him to the vet and have<br>> him shaved<br>> down to remove the twisted,
snarled<br>> hair. Hair<br>> grows back in fairly<br>> rapidly and in
much better condition.<br>><br>> Then we start all over again.<br>> Poor
guy...if only he was able to see<br>> that<br>> one thing leads to<br>>
another...<br>><br>><br>><br>> Melody,<br>> IA (Z 5/4)<br>><br>> "The
most<br>> beautiful thing we can experience is<br>> the
mysterious."<br>> --Albert<br>> Einstein<br>><br>> --- On Fri
05/28,<br>> Libby Valentine <<br>> L_Valentine@adelphia.net >
wrote:<br>> From:<br>> Libby Valentine [mailto:<br>>
L_Valentine@adelphia.net]<br>> To:<br>> gardenchat@hort.net<br>> Date:
Fri,<br>> 28 May 2004 21:29:58 -0400<br>><br>> Subject: Re: Re: [CHAT]
chat<br>> messages<br>><br>> Hi<br>> everybody,<br><br>I got behind with
chat messages<br>> about 4 weeks<br>> ago<br>> and even though I'm
trying<br>to skim through 2-3<br>> days<br>> worth every night<br>> now,
I still have almost 1800<br>unread in<br>><br>> my chat

folder.<br>I know I<br>> missed several birthdays, and a<br>> whole<br>>
thread on cicadas, which are<br>on<br>> the increas<br>><br>><br>> e
here, and all kinds of other good stuff. Congrats on<br>><br>><br>>
the<br>successful plant sales! Welcome back DF! Welcome to the<br>>
other<br>> new<br>> members<br>who are joining in!<br>On the Short
One,<br>> for one<br>> summer when<br>> I was little and tagging
after<br>> my<br>grandfather<br>> "helping" him with<br>> yardwork and
gardening,<br>> he nicknamed me<br>> "kid"<br>and I loved it. My<br>>
grandmother,<br>> however, did not, and<br>> after a couple
days,<br>that was<br>> that.<br>> So I think short one is<br>> great.
And I'm glad her arm<br>><br>> is<br>better.<br><br>One of these
days<br>> I'll get current. In the<<br>><br>> br<br>> >> meantime, I
still have about 20<br>plants<br>> on the front porch and<br>> 7
yards<br>> of mulch in the driveway.<br>> Weather<br>this weekend<br>>
looks wonderful so I'm<br>> hoping to get some<br>> gardening done<br>>
in<br>between other commitments.<br>> Anybody have a good<br>> trick
for<br>> getting snarls out<br>of long cat fur when<br>> the cat
will<br>> only<br>> rarely let herself be caught? She's<br>an indoor
cat<br>> but she's<br>><br>> psychic.<br><br>And boy do I relate to the
annoyance with job<br>><br>><br>> scenario.<br><br>Libby<br>Maryland
zone 6<br><br><br><br>-----<br>><br>> Original<br>> Message -----
<br>From: "Kitty"<br>><br>> <kmrsy@comcast.net><br>To:<br>>
<gardenchat@hort.net><br>Sent:<br>> Friday,<br>> May 28, 2004 10:54
AM<br>Subject:<br>> Re: Re: [CHAT] Plant<br>> disaster/ups<br>> versus
usps<br><br><br>> >archives<br>> show over<br>> 1700<br>> >
messages<br>> this month<br>><br>> I thought we were<br>><br>> pretty
chatty. Still, that's<br>> a lot better than what AHS<br>><br>> was<br>>
allowing us when the list was<br>> with them.<br>><br>> Kitty<br>><br>>
-----<br>> Original Message ----- <br>><br>> From:<br>> "Donna"
<justme@prairieinet.net><br>><br>> To:<br>><br>>
<gardenchat@hort.net><br>>

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