Cats & Cat Health

I haven’t written here for a while because I have been away with little access to a computer. I travelled from New Zealand to England and was on one flight from Auckland to Heathrow for 26 hours. Add to that 2 hours domestic flight plus a 5 hour airport wait before the big one. How horrible is that?

I did this to be with my daughter who has just had her first baby and my first grandchild. It is lovely to be here with her and of course the baby, called Mia, is adorable. I have now after 5 days just about got over my jet lag. So not much to say about cats today. My daughter hasn’t got one yet, she wants to have one when Mia is a bit older.

I do miss my cat Alfie but I don’t think he misses me. He is snuggling up to my husband, who he usually ignores, instead! Oh well I am glad he is ok but I miss those purrs and head butts, stroking his silky fur when he cuddles up to me at night and his greeting when he comes in from the garden. It is so hard to leave a cat when you can’t even explain to them that you are coming back.

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Story by Maude Standis

A little known Chicago law makes it illegal to own outdoor cats. I was unaware of this until the other day when I opened my front door and a cop spied my mean street cat prancing up the stairs for his breakfast.

“Miss?” the cop asked. “Is that you cat?” At first I ignored this city’s civil servant dressed in her crisp blue costume of authority and started to talk to my roommate who was locking her bike to the neighbor’s fence.

The cop, not liking my disdain for her ticketing powers informed me that it was illegal, yes illegal, to own an outdoor cat in Chicago. And that she had the authority to drag me down to court, impound my cat and ticket me for up to $500. I scooped up my cat and placed him inside. Not wanting to mess with this poor woman’s obvious ego issues, I didn’t object to the ridiculousness of such a law, rather I politely asked, why outdoor cats would ever be illegal?

“Because the neighbors don’t like them, and they pee on lawns making them smell bad, and they eat birds, and other small critters.”

She then told me she was going to let me off this time, but that I better keep my cat locked up, because she would be back to check up on me and then resumed issuing tickets to cars without permits.

Thinking that this lady was just obsessive enough to be back, I figured I should check out the law. Turns out, she was right. It is illegal to have outdoor cats in Chicago. But while she could impound my outdoor cat, she had not right to ticket me or take me to court.

The law dictates that a stray animal, such as my grey and white darling, on public property or upon private premises of any person other than the owner shall be immediately impounded by an animal control officer. A representative from the City Clerk said that they were not sure when exactly this became the law, but that he believed that it happened when Chicago’s municipal was rewritten in the 1950s.

So for the last 60 odd years all of these cats promenading up and down the sidewalk, climbing fences, striking down finches and returning to our homes have been illegal.

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I just want to let you know what has happened as a result of changing my 6 year old cat, Alfie, to a new healthier diet. I am really quite excited about the results because I never expected anything measurable from it. I started feeding him on a raw food diet about three months ago. the recipe I used includes a supplement called Mybeau. It is described on their web site like this:

This is mixed into his food every day. I talked about the raw food recipe here: cat food recipe.

Well, he has always had dandruff and as he is black the flakes show up. I was sure there must be some reason for this and had been to the vet and searched online for an answer- but none was forthcoming. I was feeding him on a recommended dry food called Nutra. It is good as it is made without any byproducts or other rubbish and I still use it a little as it gives his teeth some good chewing. Anyway since being mainly on his raw food diet the dandruff has completely disappeared. I think it is the omega oil supplement that has cured it. He must have had dry skin.

There have been other good results and one is that he is less hungry. He only asks for food once a day instead of twice. So I believe that this means his body is getting the right food and doesn’t need so much to keep him satisfied. Amazing really and unexpected.

I have got into a routine of making up his food every twoo weeks and storing it in little pots in my freezer. It is so easy. I use a George Foreman grinder and add raw chicken with bones ground into it for calcium and I add heart and other meats such as rabbit and venison from the pet butcher or the supermarket.

Please post if you have any comments to add on this topic. I love to hear from you. ( And if you add links to your web site they will be indexed)

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“I love cats. I love their grace and elegance.

I love their independence and their arrogance, and the way they lie there and look at you, summing you up..

with that unnerving, unwinking appraising stare.”

Joyce Stranger. from “Kym”

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With a cat there is out time

and food time and doze time

and play time

-and a time given over

entirely to slosh.

Nose against nose, face against face,

pattings and snugglings and rapturous purrings

And a cuddling down to sleep

by Pam Brown 1928

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What about this? A cat gets on the bus and gets off at the same stop every day.

It seems to know where it is going- there is a fish ad chip shop at that stop although no-one has verified that this is the reason it gets off here.

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Are you interested in starting a blog? Anyone can do it, gone are the days when you needed an agent and a publishing contract. Now we can all add to the babel! Whether anyone reads what we write is up to us. If it is interesting it will be read.

“Who’s There” by Seth Godin is not an ebook about how to write better or how to follow the traditional conventions about formatting and building a blog. It’s not designed to sell you one service instead of another, either.

Instead, he says’ I divide the blog world into three groups and turn my attention to one. And in particular, I try to sell you hard on how building a blog asset can have a spectacular impact on you, your career, your organization and your ideas.”

Wow, these simple little blogs could be great! I doubt my cat health ramblings will come up to scratch though. Seems I need to take all this more seriously.

If you are ready for that, download Seth’s book

How I found this from Seth is rather odd. I searched Google for “cat blogs” and there it was, but when I got there there was no mention of cats at all! Don’t know how Google got it so wrong.

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Do you like looking at videos of cats and kittens? Here is new one showing a mother cat with her litter of kittens. Its really cute.

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 Not sure about this but my daughter a fellow cat lover emailed  it to me.

CAT DIARY

Day 983 of my captivity. My captors continue to taunt me with bizarre little dangling objects. They dine lavishly on fresh meat,

while the other inmates and I are fed hash or some sort of dry nuggets.

Although I make my contempt for the rations perfectly clear, I nevertheless must eat something in order to keep up my strength. The only thing that keeps me going is my dream of escape.

In an attempt to disgust them, I once again vomit on the carpet.

Today I decapitated a mouse and dropped its headless body at their feet. I had hoped this would strike fear into their hearts, since it clearly demonstrates what I am capable of. However, they merely made condescending comments about what a “good little hunter” I am. B*****ds!

There was some sort of assembly of their accomplices tonight. I was placed in solitary confinement for the duration of the event. However, I could hear the noises and smell the food. I overheard that my confinement was due to the power of “allergies.” I must learn what this means, and how to use it to my advantage.

Today I was almost successful in an attempt to assassinate one of my

tormentors by weaving around his feet as he was walking. I must try this again tomorrow — but at the top of the stairs.

I am convinced that the other prisoners here are flunkies and snitches. The dog receives special privileges. He is regularly released - and seems to be more than willing to return. He is obviously retarded.

The bird has got to be an informant. I observe him communicating with the guards regularly. I am certain that he reports my every move. My

captors have arranged protective custody for him in an elevated cell, so he is safe. For now…

The Cat!

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Check this out its hilarious!

If you liked it there are lots more the videos page 

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