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Cats, ya appreciate ‘em, hate ‘em or you are as indifferent to them as they are to us. We’ve always been dog people. Then, a neighbor cat came to live outside. She did have quite a procedure of attracting male cats’ attentions. Now, we have several cats. We have learned a lot about cats. The main thing is that they possess a curiosity about everything. When can that curiosity be a hazard? When can that curiosity ruin a cat? Here are a few of the antics our cats have pulled, and it’s a darned good thing they have nine lives!I sit at the computer a lot. It is located in a corner between 2 windows. One day I heard a racket on the front porch (outside of one window). I looked out and saw that a cat with too much curiosity had managed to stick his head in an Iams dog food can and he could not get it off! As I scrambled to the door, he jumped/fell off of the porch and staggered like a drunken sailor to the garden. There, he tried removing it himself with no luck. I talked to him quietly and made a snatch for the can. When I took a hold of it, he pulled and the look on his face was, well, priceless! Had I not been home or heard him, he might well have succumbed to the hazard of playing cat in the can. Lesson: Put 6 bricks on trash cans.Another time while looking out the window, I saw a cat staggering and it too had something on its head. It baffled me at first, then it dawned on me what he had. He had stuck his head in a baggie. Yes, a sandwich sized baggie had peaked this cat’s curiosity and now curiosity was turning into pure panic. I flew outside wondering if the cat would let me help, as it is not a very tame cat. Lesson: A cat smothering will let you succor it. The hazard on his head was

Affection Is A Hazard With The Cat A Lesson Or Two

Cats, ya appreciate ‘em, hate ‘em or you are as indifferent to them as they are to us. We’ve always been dog people. Then, a neighbor cat came to live outside. She did have quite a procedure of attracting male cats’ attentions. Now, we have several cats. We have learned a lot about cats. The main thing is that they possess a curiosity about everything. When can that curiosity be a hazard? When can that curiosity ruin a cat? Here are a few of the antics our cats have pulled, and it’s a darned good thing they have nine lives!

I sit at the computer a lot. It is located in a corner between 2 windows. One day I heard a racket on the front porch (outside of one window). I looked out and saw that a cat with too much curiosity had managed to stick his head in an Iams dog food can and he could not get it off! As I scrambled to the door, he jumped/fell off of the porch and staggered like a drunken sailor to the garden. There, he tried removing it himself with no luck. I talked to him quietly and made a snatch for the can. When I took a hold of it, he pulled and the look on his face was, well, priceless! Had I not been home or heard him, he might well have succumbed to the hazard of playing cat in the can. Lesson: Put 6 bricks on trash cans.

Another time while looking out the window, I saw a cat staggering and it too had something on its head. It baffled me at first, then it dawned on me what he had. He had stuck his head in a baggie. Yes, a sandwich sized baggie had peaked this cat’s curiosity and now curiosity was turning into pure panic. I flew outside wondering if the cat would let me help, as it is not a very tame cat. Lesson: A cat smothering will let you succor it. The hazard on his head was worse than the hazard of being approached by me. I snatched the baggie and the cat ran away, turning at one point as if to say ‘ya came in handy once, don’t push it!’ Lesson: Build 12 bricks on trash cans.

Cats should wear a hazard placard. And if you think outside cats are the only ones to learn a lesson the hard way, get a load of TatorSalad. Tator is a house cat for the most part. He likes to find “unusual” places to nap. I have heard faint meowing and found him covered with dirty clothes in the hamper with the lid down. Another time he somehow hopped into a dresser drawers while we were putting clothes away. We closed all the drawers without seeing him..Tator was a bit scared when he woke up and was locked in. Lesson: Never turn your back on a cat. He will ALWAYS do the unexpected!

Seriously, a cat is a very curious and fearless animal. There’s a hazard around every corner that a cat finds just too inviting to pass up. Curiosity can kill a cat. At the very least it can shave one of nine lives off!

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Cats are very clean animals. They meticulously clean themselves, and they don’t love rolling in the mud like some dogs do. In fact, many cats stay inside all the time. In spite of this, sometimes it is just essential to give kitty a bath. After years of cat bath battles, I have finally found a way to bathe a cat that does not end with my arms scratched up and my cat ticked off.

HOW BATH TIME USED TO BE

Previously, my husband and I would put off giving our cats a bath for many months, even if we knew they needed it, simply because it wasn’t worth the fight. To accomplish this feat, we would usually put the cat in the bathtub, wet her down, soap her up, and then rinse her off. Sounds simple right? Well, if you have ever tried it this way, you know that it is not as easy as it sounds. First of all, this task usually took both us, one of us to hold the cat, and the other to do the wetting, washing, and rinsing. Kitty spent the whole time trying to climb out, and unfortunately she would usually succeed at least three times during the bath. A wet cat can be slippery and hard to hold, even with two hands, which pretty much meant that my bathroom always a complete mess by the time we finished. Plus, I could pretty much count of having to change clothes afterwards, since I would be soaked with water, soap, and cat hair. Also, when she did not succeed in getting out, her many attempts usually left both of our arms covered in scratches. I thought to myself… there must be a better way.

A BETTER WAY… SHOWER WITH THE CAT

There certainly is a better way. Unfortunately, this really only works if you have a shower with a glass door. One day when I was about the witness my cat knock the shampoo off the ledge of the bathtub, I speedily closed the shower door and then watched her try unsuccessfully to slide the shower door open. When I saw that this was not something she could easily do, a light bulb went off in my mind. All that I needed to do was put the cat in the shower and finish the door!

At first, I thought I might just want to turn the water on and shut the shower door. Then I realized that she could probably just quit in whatever corner of the shower got the least water, and without shampoo she wouldn’t be that clean anyway. The answer was clear… I must win a shower with my cat.

So, I put on my bathing suit, grabbed the unsuspecting cat and a bottle of kitty shampoo, climbed in the shower, and shut the door. Once I turned on the water, she began to try to escape, but it was no exhaust. She realized she was trapped. Making it even easier, she sort of froze with her paws up on the edge, trying to paw open the shower door, making it ultra easy for me to wash her undersides. Kitty was shampooed in no time at all, and I just moved the showerhead around to where she was to get her rinsed well. At the kill, I enlisted the expend of a plastic cup to rinse her undersides, and then we were finished. It was such a piece of cake. I turned the shower off, got a towel, and rubbed as much excess water off of my cat as possible. It was a beautiful thing! I grabbed my other cat and began the process again.

In merely a fraction of the time that I aged to spend washing just one cat, and I had bathed two cats! Besides that, my arms were not scratched and I had not ruined my clothes, plus I had a refreshing afternoon shower myself!

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