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Bouncy Ball (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-14-05 01:06 AM Original message |
Can you tell what your cat is trying to tell you? |
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merwin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-14-05 01:06 AM Response to Original message |
1. Usually, it's 'pet me', 'give me food', or 'pay attention!' |
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Bouncy Ball (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-14-05 01:07 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Ok see, I think they have more to say than that. |
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merwin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-14-05 01:09 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Yeah... he's got a one track mind. |
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Bouncy Ball (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-14-05 01:12 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. See, ok, the skinny one IS more complicated |
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RevCheesehead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-14-05 01:16 AM Response to Reply #8 |
14. That, my friend, is a question women have asked... |
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Bouncy Ball (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-14-05 01:17 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. BWA! |
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merwin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-14-05 01:23 AM Response to Reply #8 |
21. He meows constantly until you pet him, and then he |
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Endangered Specie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-14-05 01:08 AM Response to Original message |
3. "Rub me" or "Feed me" |
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Bouncy Ball (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-14-05 01:09 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. See above. |
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Endangered Specie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-14-05 01:12 AM Response to Reply #4 |
9. well... |
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meow2u3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-14-05 03:17 PM Response to Reply #9 |
74. My cat even meows for me to clean his litterbox! |
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RevCheesehead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-14-05 01:19 AM Response to Reply #3 |
17. See post #14 above. |
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Bouncy Ball (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-14-05 01:11 AM Response to Original message |
6. Ok here's an example from yesterday. |
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elperromagico (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-14-05 01:11 AM Response to Original message |
7. No, but the dog is telling me to "get the gun, get the gun, shoot shoot" |
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Bouncy Ball (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-14-05 01:13 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. ???? |
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elperromagico (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-14-05 03:01 PM Response to Reply #10 |
73. Your dog is needy. |
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merwin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-14-05 01:29 AM Response to Reply #7 |
33. My brother yelled 'get the gun, get the gun' once when we were kids |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-14-05 01:14 AM Response to Original message |
11. My mom's cat gets mad when we keep her up |
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Bouncy Ball (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-14-05 01:17 AM Response to Reply #11 |
15. Ok but she wasn't saying |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-14-05 02:07 AM Response to Reply #15 |
71. You're right! That's exactly what she was saying! |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-14-05 01:15 AM Response to Original message |
12. Cats comminicate via visual images. We don't. So, they know |
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Bouncy Ball (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-14-05 01:16 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Not his real name? |
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OrwellwasRight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-14-05 01:23 AM Response to Reply #13 |
20. "You used a fake name for the CAT?" ROTFLMAO. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-14-05 01:27 AM Response to Reply #20 |
29. : ) |
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slutticus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-14-05 01:32 AM Response to Reply #29 |
39. Oh man....I'm laughing so hard i couldn't steady my hand enough.. |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-14-05 02:10 AM Response to Reply #20 |
72. I'm dying here! |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-14-05 01:33 AM Response to Reply #13 |
42. I've no idea how to see them. You just do. What about this. |
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Bouncy Ball (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-14-05 01:36 AM Response to Reply #42 |
45. See I always heard that stare-offs determine who is boss. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-14-05 01:40 AM Response to Reply #45 |
49. Right. So when they just slowly blink, it's, "You don't scare me and |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-14-05 01:49 AM Response to Reply #42 |
61. yes |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-14-05 01:20 AM Response to Original message |
18. Feed me. Pet me. Feed me. Pet me. Feed me. Pet me. |
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Bouncy Ball (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-14-05 01:21 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. So you have a doofus cat? |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-14-05 01:24 AM Response to Reply #19 |
23. I have two cats, but they are not doofi. |
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Bouncy Ball (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-14-05 01:30 AM Response to Reply #23 |
37. Ahhh |
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RevCheesehead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-14-05 01:23 AM Response to Original message |
22. One of my cats was harassing me today. |
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Bouncy Ball (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-14-05 01:26 AM Response to Reply #22 |
26. Ah, see, you must figure out what she is actually saying. |
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RevCheesehead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-14-05 01:29 AM Response to Reply #26 |
34. Actually, the butt in the face is the highest form of cat compliment. |
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Bouncy Ball (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-14-05 01:31 AM Response to Reply #34 |
38. Heh, not with my cat. |
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RevCheesehead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-14-05 01:49 AM Response to Reply #38 |
60. Your cat is pissed at the dog - and you let the dog live there. |
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Bouncy Ball (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-14-05 01:55 AM Response to Reply #60 |
67. OMG I think you are exactly right!!! |
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man4allcats (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-14-05 01:25 AM Response to Original message |
24. When I'm giving her medication to her and |
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Bouncy Ball (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-14-05 01:29 AM Response to Reply #24 |
35. Hmmm |
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OrwellwasRight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-14-05 01:26 AM Response to Original message |
25. I have the loudest, talkingest cat in the world. |
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Bouncy Ball (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-14-05 01:28 AM Response to Reply #25 |
30. I took this idea from a fellow DUer (can't remember who now) |
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OrwellwasRight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-14-05 01:33 AM Response to Reply #30 |
41. The sock: Hysterical. |
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Bouncy Ball (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-14-05 01:34 AM Response to Reply #41 |
44. I know what she's saying |
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OrwellwasRight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-14-05 01:53 AM Response to Reply #44 |
64. Maybe, but what was she saying |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-14-05 01:26 AM Response to Original message |
27. My cat tells me to kill Pat Sajak |
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Bouncy Ball (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-14-05 01:28 AM Response to Reply #27 |
31. See now THAT'S what I'm talking about. |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-14-05 01:27 AM Response to Original message |
28. my dogs look at us at ten and its, "Beddy by time. ALL OF US!" |
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Bouncy Ball (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-14-05 01:41 AM Response to Reply #28 |
52. So do you all go? |
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Elidor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-14-05 01:29 AM Response to Original message |
32. "Power of attorney" |
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Bouncy Ball (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-14-05 01:33 AM Response to Reply #32 |
43. Power of attorney is a bit chilling |
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Schema Thing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-14-05 01:30 AM Response to Original message |
36. It's always the same damn lame joke: |
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Bouncy Ball (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-14-05 01:33 AM Response to Reply #36 |
40. Oh yours sounds like a true commodian. |
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RevCheesehead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-14-05 01:37 AM Response to Original message |
46. When I get home, my cats tell me if the UPS guy showed up. |
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Bouncy Ball (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-14-05 01:39 AM Response to Reply #46 |
48. Oh hey yeah I know that word, too! |
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RevCheesehead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-14-05 01:41 AM Response to Reply #48 |
51. Same diff. |
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Bouncy Ball (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-14-05 01:43 AM Response to Reply #51 |
56. Well that's true. |
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CelticWinter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-14-05 01:37 AM Response to Original message |
47. Feed me, feed me, scratch my butt... |
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Bouncy Ball (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-14-05 01:41 AM Response to Reply #47 |
50. ELEVEN FREAKING CATS? |
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CelticWinter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-14-05 01:43 AM Response to Reply #50 |
55. LOL probably |
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Philly Buster (133 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-14-05 03:59 PM Response to Reply #47 |
77. I couldn't handle 11 house cats! |
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CelticWinter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-14-05 08:02 PM Response to Reply #77 |
86. They are our babies |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-14-05 01:42 AM Response to Original message |
53. yes, I have become very tuned in to them the last 3 or 4 years, |
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Bouncy Ball (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-14-05 01:43 AM Response to Reply #53 |
54. Isn't it wild? |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-14-05 01:47 AM Response to Reply #54 |
59. yes , I have had multiple cats for 40 years, but the last few yrs. I |
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RevCheesehead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-14-05 01:45 AM Response to Original message |
57. My male cat, Roo, is the only man in the house. |
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Bouncy Ball (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-14-05 01:50 AM Response to Reply #57 |
62. My male cat thought he was a dog, too. |
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RevCheesehead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-14-05 01:54 AM Response to Reply #62 |
66. Exactly. "Fenine" identity crisis. |
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RevCheesehead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-14-05 01:58 AM Response to Reply #66 |
69. On our last visit to the v-e-t, |
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Prisoner_Number_Six (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-14-05 01:47 AM Response to Original message |
58. It usually translates to "Timmy's trapped in the well!" |
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Schema Thing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-14-05 01:51 AM Response to Reply #58 |
63. lol, you and I have the same sense of humor |
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CarpeVeritas (164 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-14-05 01:53 AM Response to Original message |
65. they each have their own favourite phrase- |
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Kire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-14-05 01:57 AM Response to Original message |
68. "get me out of this cage" |
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Bat Boy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-14-05 01:58 AM Response to Original message |
70. "Timmy fell down a well." |
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Blue Diadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-14-05 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
75. Had a good watchcat once. |
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huskerlaw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-14-05 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
76. Question for the cat whisperers |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-14-05 04:05 PM Response to Reply #76 |
78. What a great kitty! |
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huskerlaw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-14-05 04:15 PM Response to Reply #78 |
81. LOL, ok so he's not weird... |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-14-05 04:16 PM Response to Reply #76 |
82. He's teaching you how to teach him how to hunt. lol. And maybe |
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huskerlaw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-14-05 04:21 PM Response to Reply #82 |
83. He doesn't seem tense |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-14-05 04:41 PM Response to Reply #83 |
85. Sure. Like yardwork said, they're all different. Some just don't |
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Liberal Veteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-14-05 04:07 PM Response to Original message |
79. And don't forget the ever so subtle.. |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-14-05 04:08 PM Response to Original message |
80. If I had a cat trying to tell me something... |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-14-05 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
84. never had a cat that was as |
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yellowdogintexas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-14-05 10:44 PM Response to Original message |
87. Lewis says" Mwright Mnow", and he wants to play |
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MrSlayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-14-05 10:51 PM Response to Original message |
88. Yeah my cat has different meows for different things. |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-14-05 11:21 PM Response to Original message |
89. Definately! |
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