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Post by Ann on Feb 24, 2002 23:40:06 GMT
It's an occupational hazard of having cats and we've all experienced it. That familiar whooping sound which acts as a 30 second warning and has you leaping around trying to grab a newspaper and insert it under a small heaving body. It's when they do it and we're not there that it creates an added hazard to living with cats. Like the day I came home ran up the stairs and trod in a little pile conveniently deposited on the darkest part of the stairwell. (Thanks Spock!)
My duvets are well protected by 2 layers of old sheets with polythene in between the layers. The other day, Someone, I'm not sure who this time, managed to find the one tiny part of the newly washed base sheet still visible to the naked eye and was promptly sick on it. This has to be precision vomiting honed to a very fine art.
Since everyone on this board has cats, I'm sure you all have your own stories to tell on this subject. Except perhaps for one - rest assured Miles, your turn will come!!
Ann
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Post by Miles on Feb 25, 2002 11:55:39 GMT
Ann, aawwww.....I don't need to hear things like that.....!!! Please - let us bask in our glorious innocence just a little while longer, ok....??  Miles |
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Post by Linda_Wells on Feb 25, 2002 13:48:45 GMT
Mine always manage to do it whilst I'm IN bed, or alternatively, ON the bed when I'm in it! The first means I have to creep about looking for the offending item before I step in it (with bare feet), the second usually involves a full wake up call, stripping the bed and dashing down to the washing machine! (sigh)   |
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Post by topaz on Feb 25, 2002 19:21:09 GMT
Isn't it SUCH an anticlimax when the full writhing performance is followed by just a bit of froth and a blade of grass.
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Post by Ann on Feb 25, 2002 23:00:50 GMT
Topaz,
That's what I get for the encore.
Both of them are always sick twice in quick succession. Dracs is the star performer, but it's invariably grass and saliva. I have a grassy type plant which has never been the same since he moved in. Spock isn't sick nearly as much, but he makes up for it by ensuring it's usually his food. It's far harder to get those stains out of the carpet.
Ann
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Post by Maria on Feb 25, 2002 23:13:29 GMT
LOL! Love the precision vomiting, way to go boys! I also know well the tremendous labour of the string of spit and a carefully evacuated, perfect blade of grass!!
I actually found two vomit piles this morning. Quite horrendous. I must say that laminate flooring may be unpopular with the cats, but it is so much easier to clear up their sick. It's only when it gets between the grooves that I get depressed.
Maria
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Post by Maria on Feb 25, 2002 23:15:09 GMT
PS - I never manage to catch it on newspaper. How do you do it, Ann? When I try, they just back up, and however much I try and get the paper in position, they hack up all over the floor anyway.
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Post by Ann on Feb 25, 2002 23:27:47 GMT
Maria,
I had a full house yesterday. 2 lots of newspaper on the half landing (Spock) and 2 lots of newspaper in the living room (Dracs).
The only time I have problems is when I've just emptied the waste paper bin and can't lay my hands on an old newspaper. Then there was the time I grabbed a paper and realised afterwards that Dracs had scored a direct hit over a small article about the boys and their books that was in it.
A friend of mine who's a good artist has threatened once or twice to draw a picture of me hurdling the settee in my efforts to get to a whooping cat. It beats aerobics, that's for sure! The boys are pretty good at staying put once I slide the newspaper into place though.
Ann
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Post by Lesley on Feb 26, 2002 4:03:23 GMT
is it just mine??? if one (usually coco) leaves a pretty mess for mommy; and if mommy is well, a little bit slow with her 'clean up reaction time' (oooh can't get off the couch) why, oh why does the other (usually cleo) have to EAT IT!! oh please, if any of you computer friendly kitties (spock? drac?) perhaps you would care to comment? probably not eh? just flick your tail in the air and not respond. just like cleo and coco. you cats!  |
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Post by Ann on Feb 26, 2002 11:36:54 GMT
Hello Kitty,
I'm sorry to have to say it, but I've seen Spock do this once or twice too although I've never known Dracs to clear up after Spock. Like you, I'm pretty swift to clear up after them, but there's always the odd occasion when something is missed.
The first time I ever saw it happen was with Alexander and I couldn't believe my eyes, but I did find out afterwards that it was quite common.
Not one of their more endearing habits!
Ann
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Post by Miles on Feb 26, 2002 11:49:46 GMT
Hmmmmm...the more I hear of things like this, the more glad I am we only have one cat....! Miles |
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Post by Xinzerella on Jul 12, 2002 9:14:28 GMT
<<It's only when it gets between the grooves that I get depressed.>>
I was looking after a dog who keeps eating 'bad bunnies' (according to the owner) and the effect those bad bunnies have!!! This dog gets caught short, and ejected a huge steaming pile of foul greeny-brown mush at the very side of the hall, just where it could seep down the edge of the lino. I wanted to be violently sick myself when clearing this up! It was getting to the stage where I was considering saying I wouldn't look after that dog any more, but fortunately her 'bad bunny' source seemed to dry up.
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Post by Daisy on Jul 15, 2002 19:34:21 GMT
;)Misty and I have biscuits most of the time as that's what our last owner gave us, so when we barf it up all our Ladyperson has to do is wrap it neatly in loo paper and deposit in the toilet! Give it a few minutes and simply flush away. However if she goes back into the upstairs loo later and finds these little 'bits' floating in the water it takes a moment or two before she realises what they are! Bit slow poor soul.
We have fish on Sunday and a little foil dish of something tasty on a Thursday and we try very hard NOT to barf those up - too tasty by far.
Feed the boys biscuits Ann they don't leave such a smelly, slushy residue from either end!
Daisy
P.S. bit worried, girls are going in for a 'dental' tomorrow, Daisy has gingivitus and they both need a scale and polish - never left me before. Vet's have promised they'll keep them in the same cage for as long as possible - going to be a very long and tense day for me - may have to hit the homemade wine early!
Daisy's Ladyperson
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Post by Xinzerella on Jul 16, 2002 13:19:31 GMT
How did the tooth-scaling go? I had a cat in for that, he did fine :-)
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Post by Daisy on Jul 16, 2002 13:27:49 GMT
:-/Thank you so much for asking Xinzerella, Misty was just straightforward cleaning, but apparently poor little Daisy has had to have two teeth out. It is now 14.15 and I can ring after 14.30 to see about picking them up. Think I'll have to cook them a nice piece of fish for their tea - if we can afford it after paying the bill, thinking of taking out a second mortgage. Why can't pet insurance cover for this sort of thing, if we'd smacked her in the face and caused the problem it would have been paid for us but now we're probably looking at something in excess of £250.
My husband who has had an emotion extraction and is VERY self possessed actually 'phoned the vets at 12.00 instead of waiting until the prescribed 14.00! What a closet softy he is (we've only been married 34 years and I've not seen this side of him before!).
Wonder how long they can make me feel guilty.
Marion
(P.S haven't hit the home made wine yet - but it's still early!)
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