RE: OT- Strange kitty behavior

2006-09-21 Thread Kiley Dozier-Bosanko
I wish I had a reason for Missy's change in behavior (behavior change is always worrisome), but I did want to let you know that Mio displays the exact same behavior. For her it increases when she is feeling well again after a period of being sick. My bed and the bathroom have always been

Re: OT- Strange kitty behavior

2006-09-21 Thread Marylyn
. St. Francis - Original Message - From: Kiley Dozier-Bosanko [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2006 6:43 PM Subject: RE: OT- Strange kitty behavior I wish I had a reason for Missy's change in behavior (behavior change is always

Re: OT- Strange kitty behavior

2006-09-06 Thread Barb Moermond
are they nibbles? have you tried to redirect her attention with scritching or brushing? how old is she? My Bandit used to ALWAYS curl up on my lap in my nightshirt when I was using the facilities - he doesn't as much these days, but hey, you're a captive audience when there.Kelley Saveika [EMAIL

Re: OT- Strange kitty behavior

2006-09-06 Thread Kelley Saveika
On 9/6/06, Barb Moermond [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: are they nibbles? have you tried to redirect her attention with scritching or brushing? how old is she? My Bandit used to ALWAYS curl up on my lap in my nightshirt when I was using the facilities - he doesn't as much these days, but hey, you're a

Re: OT- Strange kitty behavior

2006-09-06 Thread tamara stickler
Toward the end of Quintapus' life, he would regularly wake me up every 2-3 hrs. with a head butt...just to say "hi"I got used to it and eventually learned to go back to sleep rather quickly.The bathroom audienceyou are "still" there, so as far as she's concerned, its QUALITY TIME.

Re: OT- Strange kitty behavior

2006-09-06 Thread Kelley Saveika
On 9/6/06, Chris Behnke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When we brought Bruiser home, he did the biting thing. He has been with us a year now and the biting has stopped. The vet suggested he was doing it because he was insecure. It made sense. As to your other problem, one of my first kitties was

RE: OT- Strange kitty behavior

2006-09-06 Thread Rosenfeldt, Diane
@felineleukemia.orgSubject: Re: OT- Strange kitty behavior On 9/6/06, Chris Behnke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When we brought Bruiser home, he did the biting thing. He has been with us a year now and the biting has stopped. The vet suggested he was doing it because he was insecure

Re: OT- Strange kitty behavior

2006-09-06 Thread Chris Behnke
@felineleukemia.org Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2006 2:19 PM Subject: Re: OT- Strange kitty behavior On 9/6/06, Chris Behnke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When we brought Bruiser home, he did the biting thing. He has been with us a year now

Re: OT- Strange kitty behavior

2006-09-06 Thread felv
My Tigger "pinches" me all the time now (this is a relatively new thing). He takes a little fold of my skin in between his front teeth (the little front teeth, not the fangs), and he slowly bites down, just enough so that my reflex makes me jerk away and go "OUCH!". If I don't jerk away, he

Re: OT- Strange kitty behavior

2006-09-06 Thread felv
"Chest Fungus"... LOL! We call it the "Furry Tumor" or (in the case of Tigger sitting backwards up on my shoulder), the "One Eyed Parrot". Phaewryn Please adopt a cat from Little Cheetah Cat Rescue!!! http://ucat.us/adopt.html Low cost SpayNeuter services in VT, and Emergency Financial

Re: OT- Strange kitty behavior

2006-09-06 Thread ETrent
My Shakiti was feral originally. It took months to be able to pet him at all...I've told the story about how he came to live in the house before. He is still very leery of people...but whenever I am in the bathroom,he begs for me to pick him up. I scoop him up and hold him on his back in

Re: OT- Strange kitty behavior

2006-09-06 Thread Chris Behnke
My Monty is that way to. When he was 9 months old, he was very sick and we had to keep him in the bathroom away from the other cats. He is now 3 years old and still loves the bathroom. He follows me in there and purrs really loud and bumps his head against me for kisses. It's funny that he