Cats and SEIV

DirectorTsaarx · #1 April 19th, 2002, 08:53 PM

I must say, my GF is more insistent than my two cats.

Although my younger cat used to lay across the top of my monitor, he can't do that anymore since I put my computer in a nice little hutch. I kinda miss that - although I don't think it was really good for the monitor. That cat weighs 18 lbs., and the vet said he might actually need to gain weight! Seriously, he had to scrunch a little to fit on top of my 21" monitor, so that gives you some idea.

Now, the older cat I actually inherited from a friend of a friend; she's a 14-year-old cat, loves to sit on people's laps, meows piteously every half hour & won't stop until you either call her name repeatedly or go find her, but at least she doesn't jump up on the computer desk. It's too high for her to reach - she can't jump up very far. She's only half the size of the younger cat, but demands four times the attention.

Krakenup · #2 April 19th, 2002, 09:38 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Val:
Mine (the cat that is) has switched from trying to help me enter commands at oh so inappropriate times to sitting on the monitor and occassionally swatting at a ship the displeases his sensibility.

Hmmm.... Has anyone written a computer game for cats? You could have birds flying across a touch sensitive screen, and every time the cat hits one, there is a big squawk
and feathers fly all over the place. Well, on the screen, anyway. I'll bet you could sell a few.

Growltigga · #3 April 19th, 2002, 09:40 PM

Yep, this thread is obviously striking a true cord with some of us.

I should now introduce you to the 'real' Growltigga - my tortoiseshell and white monster - this cat weighs in at a 'vet verified' 12 kilos (about 30 pounds to you yanks), she is about 31/2 feet long, muscly as hell and is currently rolled up in a ball at my feet, purring like a messerschmidt and disembowelling her favourite mouse - her brother Ella is much bigger

travislp · #4 April 19th, 2002, 10:07 PM

Are you sure that's a cat and not a north american mountain lion

Cyrien · #5 April 19th, 2002, 11:23 PM

I live in a dorm. No cat jumping on my keyboard... I miss my cat.

On a side note we (the city of El Paso where I am currently not located) had a mountain line prowling some of the neighborhoods that were built a bit too close to the mountains. From my understanding several people are missing pet dogs and one person was very lucky that he had a VERY large pet dog (forget the breed) or alternatly that it wasn't hungry (the cat that is) as he was walking it and they ran into the cat.

Hrmm... that was almost a year ago. I wonder if anything has happened with that since then. Some of the people wanted to hire someone to kill it.

MHSJROTCCADET · #6 April 19th, 2002, 11:32 PM

heres a solution

Eat Cats! Cats suck! Eat them! the only good thing about them is their thighs! they taste just like chicken! promise!

Arak Koba · #7 April 20th, 2002, 12:36 AM

Had found a cat that had been living in my neighbor's front bushes for quite some time- she had a little cleared out area where she was hanging out at.

I used to feed her periodically, but finally just adopted her in until I could find someone to take her.

She was the friendliest orange tabby-cat I have ever met! She would always like to hang around me while I played on my computer, and adored being pet. But she wasn't in very good shape, and was very thin and was always drooling.

Finally, I got in contact with a stray animal adoption/clinic place, and the owner told me that she had hypo-thyroidism, which accounted for her being thin. The owner decided to take her home so she could have proper care, and because the owner just loved that cat too.

When I asked them about why she would always drool, they said that the cat would get so excited about being pet she would drool! :^)

They also said that orange, striped females are rare in cats.