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macaroniandcheese 
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Message 91 of 301 (440719)
12-14-2007 9:42 AM
Reply to: Message 88 by Granny Magda
12-14-2007 4:51 AM


Re: Cautionary Note
if they eat more protein in a day, it's because we're not taking care of the people, not that the pets are a menace.

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Message 92 of 301 (440720)
12-14-2007 9:44 AM
Reply to: Message 90 by Larni
12-14-2007 7:24 AM


someone ask me yesterday at the vets if they had dogs for adoption. i said no, but they had cats. and spent the next several minutes explaining that cats are better for small children. they're generally not so excitable; they're stringy and flexible and deal better with being manhandled; they don't jump on you; they're quiet; they don't need to be walked.
it's really very simple.

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Larni
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Message 93 of 301 (440757)
12-14-2007 12:51 PM
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12-14-2007 9:44 AM



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Message 94 of 301 (440783)
12-14-2007 2:56 PM
Reply to: Message 87 by Minnemooseus
12-14-2007 4:27 AM


Re: Current Moose cat score: 4
Sorry to hear about the kidney failure of Hiss. We lost a cat 7 years back (he was 13, same age as me), Genghis, who we had to put down to due his kidney failure.
Genghis kind of looked like Hiss does, except no orange that I can recall.

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Minnemooseus
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Message 95 of 301 (453545)
02-02-2008 9:56 PM
Reply to: Message 87 by Minnemooseus
12-14-2007 4:27 AM


Current Moose cat score: 4 minus 1
Hiss - C.1992-February 2, 2008.
She died this morning, peacefully in bed in my arms.
It was time, and it couldn't have happened in a better way.
Moose

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Phat
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Message 96 of 301 (453556)
02-03-2008 2:01 AM
Reply to: Message 89 by Jon
12-14-2007 6:24 AM


Re: CATS
Toes? What the heck do toes have to do with cats? I thought they had claws!~~~To Jon.
To Moose:
Hiss had a good life, Moose. The fact that many humans love animals shows that we surely must have more good than bad in us...and the fact that animals love us is just downright warm!
Edited by Phat, : added Hiss RIP

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Message 97 of 301 (453561)
02-03-2008 5:34 AM


Evo side, cat person. R.I.P Hiss.
Edited by Earendil, : No reason given.

  
Jaderis
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Message 98 of 301 (453564)
02-03-2008 6:06 AM
Reply to: Message 95 by Minnemooseus
02-02-2008 9:56 PM


Re: Current Moose cat score: 4 minus 1
No better way to go...my heart goes out to you, even though we probably haven't ever conversed here.
I am very much a cat person (although I love dogs as well) and I have lost many good feline friends. This one looks like she had a very vivacious personality (and/or you just had a good shutter speed!!).

"You are metaphysicians. You can prove anything by metaphysics; and having done so, every metaphysician can prove every other metaphysician wrong--to his own satisfaction. You are anarchists in the realm of thought. And you are mad cosmos-makers. Each of you dwells in a cosmos of his own making, created out of his own fancies and desires. You do not know the real world in which you live, and your thinking has no place in the real world except in so far as it is phenomena of mental aberration." -The Iron Heel by Jack London
"Hazards exist that are not marked" - some bar in Chelsea

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Larni
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Message 99 of 301 (453567)
02-03-2008 7:39 AM
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02-02-2008 9:56 PM


Re: Current Moose cat score: 4 minus 1
Sorry to hear that, Moose. It's always hard when you loose a friend.
Best wishes, Larni

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molbiogirl
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Message 100 of 301 (453770)
02-04-2008 2:05 AM
Reply to: Message 95 by Minnemooseus
02-02-2008 9:56 PM


Re: Current Moose cat score: 4 minus 1
I lost my beloved Josephine to kidney failure 4 years ago.
Losing Josephine was very hard for me. She was with me 15 years.
I'm so sorry to hear that you lost Hiss.

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BMG
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Message 101 of 301 (454063)
02-05-2008 12:07 PM


Dogs get the thumbs up
Nothing in particular against cats; I think they are great companions and interesting pets, but dogs are hands-down a greater pet. Perhaps my ignorance speaks for itself, but I believe the credentials for dogs is incomparable.
Dogs assist with the seeing and hearing impaired, detect drugs and explosives, guard property and people, herd livestock, hunt and retrieve game, assist with law enforcement, assist with rescue teams, and are "trained to provide comfort and affection to hospitalized and institutionalized patients".
Dogs even have the ability to detect cancer from our breath.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/...060112_dog_cancer.html
Also, I saw a PBS special on dogs in which case a diabetic child had a dog that could detect when the childs blood sugar levels were low. The dog would leap on the parents bed, wake them, and the parents would administer the insulin. It was truly remarkable to witness this.

  
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Message 102 of 301 (454066)
02-05-2008 12:14 PM
Reply to: Message 96 by Phat
02-03-2008 2:01 AM


Re: CATS TOES
Toes? What the heck do toes have to do with cats? I thought they had claws!
Click me Phat
I've taken the tour of The Hemingway House, it was really cool.

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Minnemooseus
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Message 103 of 301 (473246)
06-27-2008 10:26 PM


Moose back up to 5 cats (w/ Andy Singer cartoon)
After loosing Hiss last February, I was down to 3 cats - Squeak and Teddy and Marvin.
Recently two 6 month old female sisters came down from the veterinary clinic branch office up the shore. The owner couldn't keep them, supposedly because they were not using the litter box in a rental property, or something like that. The owner couldn't get them into a local shelter, so they got brought down to the main office to be euthanised. We kept them at the clinic for about a week and were confident that they were indeed using the litter box.
Well, the management offered me free spayings if I would adopt the two of them. I got them to also throw in the first years inoculations at cost, and I now have two more cats.
They are "orange" medium haired cats, and looked pretty much alike. Except one was a little larger, had more white on the face, and had longer hair tufts coming out of her ears. And, get this, a Mohawk haircut! They had been named Lucy and Zoey, but I renamed them Punky and Spunky.
There was considerable turmoil the first time I brought them home. A few days later they went back to the clinic for their spayings and the second return home resulted in a much less cranky situation. Things are working out fine.
Which brings us to a cartoon I posted on the clinic's "humor" message board. Doing a search, it turns out it is currently on Andy Singer's home page. The gif itself is found here.
Hope Andy doesn't mind too much - Here it is:
"Lucy catches Mike preparing for a difficult dental procedure"
At the clinic, I added the above caption.
Dr. Lucy and Dr. Mike are the wife/husband DVM's and owners of the clinic. Dr. Mike is also the areas dog and cat dentist. Other clinics send dental cases his way.
Moose

Professor, geology, Whatsamatta U
Evolution - Changes in the environment, caused by the interactions of the components of the environment.
"Do not meddle in the affairs of cats, for they are subtle and will piss on your computer." - Bruce Graham
"The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness." - John Kenneth Galbraith
"As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron." - H.L. Mencken (1880-1956)
"Nixon was a professional politician, and I despised everything he stood for ” but if he were running for president this year against the evil Bush-Cheney gang, I would happily vote for him." - Hunter S. Thompson
"I know a little about a lot of things, and a lot about a few things, but I'm highly ignorant about everything." - Moose

  
Minnemooseus
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Message 104 of 301 (475310)
07-15-2008 12:34 AM


Crow and Kitten are Friends
Just happened to see this on TV:
The 7 1/2 minute version:
The two minute version (seems to include quite a bit of different video):
Moose
Edited by Minnemooseus, : Added short version.

  
Rrhain
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Message 105 of 301 (475317)
07-15-2008 4:10 AM
Reply to: Message 96 by Phat
02-03-2008 2:01 AM


Phat writes:
quote:
Toes? What the heck do toes have to do with cats? I thought they had claws!
[I know, it's months later]
As mentioned, a common mutation in cats is polydactyly. When I was an undergrad, a cat decided to use a friend's house to have her kittens and they kept one who had six toes.
We named her "Dactylic Hexameter."
Yeah, we're geeks.
I had a cat who thought he was a dog. He chased his tail, he came when he was called, he played fetch. It's been seven years, and I still haven't quite been able to bring myself to adopt another pet since I don't know if I can go through the pain of losing another one like him.

Rrhain

Thank you for your submission to Science. Your paper was reviewed by a jury of seventh graders so that they could look for balance and to allow them to make up their own minds. We are sorry to say that they found your paper "bogus," specifically describing the section on the laboratory work "boring." We regret that we will be unable to publish your work at this time.

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