That red dye may be causing the problem. Some of it is made from shellfish and
other things the cat (and a lot of people) have trouble with.
I don't know about laminate and cat claws. Do yourself a favor and get a piece
for the cats to run on for a while. I have pine floors with a shellac finish.
Dixie has scratched the devil out of them running and making turns. This is an
ok thing. I am grateful just for the privilege of watching her. I suspect I
will break down and put a polyurethane finish on them one day...........or
maybe not. I have Bruce floors in another house and the critters don't seem to
have caused any damage to them. Just to clarify: She has not shredded the
floors. There are just little claw marks all over the joingt.
If you have men who will
exclude any of God's creatures
from the shelter of compassion
and pity, you will have men who
will deal likewise with their
fellow man.
St. Francis
----- Original Message -----
From: Rosenfeldt, Diane
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2007 11:22 AM
Subject: RE: OT - Phelix...and lessons learned.
Oh, been there! For some insane reason we chose a light-colored carpet, and
at the moment there's a large, several-days-old, 409'ed-but-needs-further-work
reddish splotch in the middle of the living room floor where Luc hacked up a
tummyful of solid food with more than the usual amount of liquid. Got it
almost right away, but that liquid really soaked in. I would so love to rip
out that carpet and put in Pergo-ish laminate, but my housemate is unconvinced
that it's as easy to install as like 4,000 people say it is, plus it's a 25x14
space so it would be a big investment aside from moving all that furniture.
Luckily it's a cheap carpet so I don't get frantic when there's a new stain but
hey, we're already on the raw edge of white trashhood to begin with without big
stains all over. ;-)
It would be so nice if cat food companies would lay off the damn red dye
(maybe they can work on that after they get rid of the plastic and the
acetaminophen!!) One of my friends could only buy certain varieties of cat
food because her baby has a sensitive stomach and yacks on a daily basis, and
the red dye just wouldn't come out of the light carpet in her rental unit.
It's a good thing Spike likes chicken flavor.... (I am happy to report that in
a few weeks Spike will be living in a house with hardwood floors.)
Diane R.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Melissa Lind
Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2007 8:52 AM
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Subject: RE: OT - Phelix...and lessons learned.
Yes, but I wish they would also learn where to puke and where not to. I
flipped the cushion over on the lounge yesterday after an unsuccessful attempt
to remove the vomit stain. I hope I didn't make it worse. Then this morning,
out of all the places in the house to vomit, Ashley chooses the clean side of
the lounge. Ack! How frustrating. I had left a message with our carpet guy
yesterday, but he didn't return my call. This morning I left another message
telling him that it has elevated to a crisis! For Pete's sake, we haven't even
paid for the furniture yet, and I certainly don't want to re-upholster it
already! I hope that he can get the stains out since they are in places that
can't be covered up by cushions or blankets-right in the middle of course!
Grrrr! What a day!
Thanks for letting me vent-I know it's not a big deal; we've always said our
kitties are more important than our furniture-but really-both sides of the
lounge?!
Melissa
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of elizabeth trent
Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2007 8:12 PM
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Subject: Re: OT - Phelix...and lessons learned.
Hey MC...I may be morally opposed after I try it once ;0) Pass the
bandaids...
Half of my furniture is cat furniture. The wonderful thing is they seem to
know where it's ok to sharpen and where it isn't (at least when I'm here LOL)
elizabeth
On 6/6/07, MaryChristine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
you're morally opposed to TRIMMING claws, dear????? explain, please.
(thinking that i would long ago have bled to death--not to mention having had
to pay enormous vet bills for ingrown claws)..
On 6/5/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Your cats get STUCK to the carpet? Bizarre! I never trim claws here (I'm
morally opposed to the idea) unless there's a medical necessity, and I can
honestly say my cats have NEVER gotten stuck to the carpet. I have occasionally
seen one get stuck on the side of the sofa while scratching it, but even that
is rare.
Phaewryn
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