Re: OT: New Cat Baby Update


"Tia Mary" <CatWom7711@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Polly Esther wrote:

Me too. I never thought anyone could compete with Kate D's 'Cornflake'
but ' Garbanzo Brain Stealth Kitty' ought to do it. Polly

I bet you can imagine what I call Bunnie (Chunky*** Cat) to her face!
It's not suitable for posting here. If you have ever known a
tortoiseshell cat, you would understand why we call them garbanzo brain
cats. They are the smartest troublemaker cats we have ever been owned by.
We had one named Sheeba who taught herself to unlock & open both the 6
foot wide sliding arcadia screen door and glass doors in our bedroom! I
kid you not!
One day we watched Sheeba do this, going back to the bedroom every few
minutes to see her progress. She would jump up and hang from the glass
door handle by one paw and swipe at the lock with the other paw until she
got it undone then she would get her little claws into the side and work
at that until she got the door open a little bit. Next she would get her
whole paw in the gap and push and push until it was open about a few feet
(she needed enough room to operate, ya know!). Then she would repeat the
process with the screen door until both doors were open enough for her to
get out!
After that, we gave up and got a pet door made for an arcadia door way.
We had a 6 foot block wall around the back yard and for some unknown
reason, the cats were happy to stay inside it (good thing as we lived on a
corner lot and had neighbors on one side and the street on the other)!
Now -- long dog & cat story follows but it is fun :-). The only one
who would climb the block wall was Taja, the female Siamese, and she only
did that so she could sit on top of the wall and look into the neighbors
yard and torment their German Shepherd. He did try to jump up and get her
once but she swatted him on the nose making it bleed. After that she
would get on top of the wall and walk from one end to the other, sit down
and drape her tail over onto the dog's side. The dog (King was his name,
I think) would come running out, give a few ferocious barks (he WAS
ferocious and attack trained within the house and yard). Taja would get
up, look at him haughtily and meander her way down the wall to the other
end of the yard to sit and start the whole process over again. King would
watch her, wait for her to get settled again, run around the yard barking
and then come and sit below her.
Once King settled down, Taja would wait a bit, sunning herself, lazily
swinging her tail back and forth, back and forth tormenting the poor dog
and then get up and meander back to the other end of the fence. Honestly,
I think they both got so used to each other that they were friends and the
whole thing was a game for them. King was a HUGE Shepherd and could have
easily made a nice meal out of Taja in one well placed bite. He could
have jumped that wall from a standing start and not even batted an eyelash
but he never once threatened Taja after the first nose scratch. CiaoMeow
from The Garbanzo Brain Stealth Kitty, Chunky*** Cat and HRH Baby Cat.
>^;;^<

PAX, Tia Mary >^;;^< (RCTQ Queen of Kitties)
Angels can't show their wings on earth but nothing was ever said about
their whiskers!
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Speaking of your torties and Sheeba who mastered the doors, my black cat
(although I swear there's some Siamese under that black fur) has mastered
our doors. He has no problem letting himself in by reaching up and grabbing
the door handle. We soon learned that if you want privacy in the bathroom,
you must lock the door. Nothing worse than being in midstream and having
Charley throw the door wide open. ;-) LOL!

The reason I think he's hiding some Siamese heritage is that he is so
talkative, and his meows have a Siamese quality to them. Plus he is
incredibly mischievous. I've had a lot of tabbies and they were all much
more laidback than my dear Charley. He's definitely got me trained. Yep,
I'm the staff.
--
Michelle in NV
http://community.webshots.com/user/desert_quilter


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