My kitten Noori with a drip in his arm after an emergency operation on his belly to remove a yellow earplug he swallowed. Poor thing.
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aawwwww I hope Noori’s feeling better, she’s cute!
Aww bless his heart! He’s so sweet, I hope he gets better soon!
He is soooo sweet. I would cover him up with a cozy little baby blanket to keep him warm. Hope he is better now. OXOX to Noon.
Oops! Typo. OXOX to Noori!
thank you so much for putting this kitten on the computer it is so cute!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What a darling little boy he looks so soft. Sorry about his eating an ear plug thankfully it was soft and didn’t rip anything going down.
its a cute little kitty its trying to catch the air o.O
What is a yelloe belly earbug?? Pam1954@wowway.com
Poor sweetie. Is he doing better?
Hospital fuzz
hope he feels better soon
ahhhh - the poor little guy!!! I wear earplugs time to time & my cats cant resist them. I always make sure to put them in my night stand. He’s an adorable little boy!!
A Story to cheer up the little guy. Get well soon, fuzzbutt!
Where Dogs & Cats Come From?
Adam and Eve said, “Lord, when we were in the garden, you walked with us
every day. Now we do not see you any more. We are lonesome here, and it is
difficult for us to remember how much you love us.”
And God said, “No problem! I will create a companion for you that will be
with you and who will be a reflection of my love for you, so that you will
love me even when you cannot see me. Regardless of how selfish or childish
or unlovable you may be, this new companion will accept you as you are and
will love you as I do, in spite of yourselves.”
And God created a new animal to be a companion for Adam and Eve.
And it was a good animal.
And God was pleased.
And the new animal was pleased to be with Adam and Eve and he wagged his
tail.
And Adam said, “Lord, I have already named all the animals in the Kingdom
and I cannot think of a name for this new animal.”
And God said, “No problem. Because I have created this new animal to be a
reflection of my love for you, his name will be a reflection of my own
name, and you will call him
DOG.”
And Dog lived with Adam and Eve and was a companion to them and loved them.
And they were comforted.
And God was pleased.
And Dog was content and wagged his tail.
After a while, it came to pass that an angel came to the Lord and said,
“Lord, Adam and Eve have become filled with pride. They strut and preen
like peacocks and they believe they are worthy of adoration. Dog has indeed
taught them that they are loved, but perhaps too well.”
And God said, “No problem! I will create for them a companion who will be
with them and who will see them as they are. The companion will remind them
of their limitations, so they will know that they are not always worthy of
adoration.”
And God created CAT to be a companion to Adam and Eve.
And Cat would not obey them. And when Adam and Eve gazed into Cat’s eyes,
they were reminded that they were not the supreme beings.
And Adam and Eve learned humility.
And they were greatly improved.
And God was pleased.
And Dog was happy.
And Cat didn’t give a darn one way or the other.
Fantastic story!
Loved it! Great story, Ginny.
A great story! And a very perceptive one.
Are you Vietnamese? “miu”. I am VietNamese,too and I love cat
nhung: No, I am a Finnish cat lover. I hope you are not too disappointed.
The Finnish cats say “Miau”, but my top cat squeaked “Miu”. Therefore the name.
So true!!
I love it!!!!
I loved the story… so true… :)- Hope Noori gets better soon…
Ginny, you made me laugh, now my face is broken from laughing, and that is not funny!! Actually I did need a good laugh, although I am sure the cat dosn’t give a darn one way or another.
My cat says this is an awesome story! (as he curled up across my keyboard)
Poor baby. He looks so sad. I hope he is feeling much better now.
I hate to see little kitties who are hurt. Poor little guy. I’m sure he’s back to his normal playful self now and has crossed “ear plugs” off his list of things to eat. Q-Tips have always been a favorite toy of my kitties and from what I have read on the TDK, a LOT of kitties are attracted to “used” Q-Tips. They must like our ear smells! I can’t tell you how many times the bathroom waste basket has been tipped over in search of them or the dozens I have found chased under rugs, furniture and appliances. Little ear monsters, they are!
my cats have a thing for sculpty clay and kneeded erasers. As soon as I set one down a little black paw will reach up and snag the eraser and I’ll find it hours later with teeth and claw marks all over it.
They also have a thing for plastic bags of all kinds - those I keep away from them since I really don’t want a vet visit in my future
When I was in the process of moving a couple of years ago, two of my cats went to live with my Mom and Niece and the boy went to live with a friend. (Realtors hate showing houses with resident cats. Too many excapes) During the same week, Gracie stole a bag of cotton balls at my moms house and scattered them like snow all over the basement and the next day did the same thing with new q-tips. While at my friends house, Thierry got into the box of tampons with the crunch plastic wrapper and was proudly bring them out one by one to leave all over the house! Crazy cats! Emma of course was completely innocent since she is so lazy she can’t be bothered with such antics. When I finally was able to bring my cats to my new home, I had to give out wal-mart gift cards to make up for the stolen supplies.
Too funny! They are such little thieves! I bought a furry toy for my sister’s cats at a cat show this past weekend (I bought one for my monsters, too). I put it in the side pocket of my purse, zipped up! This morning I saw it in the hallway. They had watched me put it in there, unzipped it while I slept, and took out the toy, two dangley earrings, a receipt and an appointment card….geez! At least they left the other stuff on the table!
Wow! Such industrious cats!
Boy, you people sure do have intelligent kittys, and amusing ones too! Mine like q-tips also and my Lucky loves an angel that I have. It’s set in a resin stone that I carry with me everywhere. More than once I have been late getting to a function because I had to hunt high and low to find where he might have chased it. Usually under the bed or a bureau!! Keep the stories coming.
My cats would rule the world if they had thumbs!
Gina
My female Maine Coon Phaedra is THE most intelliegent cat I have ever had the pleasure of knowing. I swear I can see her “thinking.” I am sure it was her who figured out the zipper (it has a dangling pull tab) and daintily extracted the contents of my purse. She is relentless when it comes to getting her prey, be it housefly or a toy zipped in a purse… My other cats??? They observe….
My cat, Gidget, likes to open the door with her paw. Especially, if you don’t make sure it is completely latched. We have to make sure to hear it click shut.
My cat Monkey will stand on the microwave and reach up and open the cabinet above. We finally had to tape it shut.
CatRancher, burgalers and safe crackers always have lookouts that what your other kitties’s job is.
Sorry, the tampon thing reminded me of my now deceased cat Aldor. He started life as my little sister’s cat, when she was a freshman in high school, and his favorite thing to bring out when she had friends over was either tampons or her underwear out of her laundry basket. LOL! He also couldn’t stay out of the bathtub when she was in it, as much as he hated bathing.
I can see that! Anything that humans use with their hands, becomes irresistable to them…let alone if it’s “bouncey”! What fun!
Cats are such amazing creatures. So curious and mischievious too. My cat Sylvester will bang on a wooden sliding door till it wiggles open. He tried this with my shower door but it is too heavy. He loves anything that makes a “crinkle” sound and will retrieve it out of the garbage if the lid on the garbage can isn’t on tight. He also likes to eat the fuzz balls that fall off of my new sweatpants or will eat rubber bands. I have to make sure I get to them before he does as I do not want him to end up like poor Noori.
Love my cat “monster”.
Ah yes, rubber bands. My Quazo will hunt down any rubber band or hair tie she can find, play with it and then spend hours cleaning and carrying it around with her.
Mine *loves* rubber bands. So I buy him those *huge* ones so he can’t swallow them. But I have to keep moving them around. He can sniff out whatever drawer/cupboard they are in and will just stand there meowing until I give him one.
I wonder is this rubber/plastic fascination is why they like shoes so much…
my vinny **LOVES** q-tips
Poor baby. He looks so cute and very very vulnerable. Hope he is feeling better now.
I hope that he is feeling better. Hugs for the sick kittty.
*ahem* I meant of course HE’s cute!
I hope your sweet baby gets better soon.
It is amazing what cats will eat…my old cat once ate a balloon, string and all ( but no bad after effects ).
Noori is the spitting image of my new little kitty Majic.
I’ll never forget the time our Moppet swallowed one of those stretchy “sticky hands” that stick to the walls (one of the kids had gotten it at the end of a doctor’s visit). The poor kitty only halfway passed it (that was how we found out she had swallowed it) and poor Grandpa (who was babysitting at the time) had to lock himself in the bathroom with Moppet and get the rest of the hand out of her backside. Needless to say, I encouraged the kids to pick out less “tempting” toys from the doctor’s goody box after that incident!
Reminds me of the “tinsel” incident when I was living at home with my mother and our two meezers (many moons, ago). Chee-chee came tearing up the basement steps and then through the house like she was being chased demons from hell. There was a “cling-on” dangling from the tinsel which *ahem* was dangling from her bottom. As she ran, the butt ornament whipped from side to side, spurring her on! I caught her and my Mother had to deal with pulling it from the “business end”….no more tinsel after that!
That is so funny/gross, CatRancher!
after I stop laughing I will think of something to say I think………..
That is hilarious! Not fun to have to pull it from the ahem, business end. LOL!!
That’s why I let my mother take the business end…she suggested otherwise, but I was just 16 and much too “sensitive” (yeah, right) for such an indelicate task!
As awful as that is, I laughed until my eyes watered the whole time I read it. I love your vocabulary regarding the incident. I got a visuel. My Tigger would be out of his mind if that happened to him because he is a very nervous cat, but the other fuzzbutts would love watching that one.
Okay, CatRancher, you finally got me to send in a comment.
I had a little black fur-person name Scooter. We lived in a 2 story + basement house. At the time we were having a terrible time with rats bowling in the attic. My roommate was in the basement doing laundry, I was at the ground floor landing when I heard a terrible thumping from upstairs. I looked up and saw Scoot tearing down the stairs with a rat hot on her tail. Ka-thumpety-bumpety, bang-bang-bang, she and her pursuer tore past me and headed around the corner for the basement stairs. My heart beating wildly, I followed them down. Scoot was making the circuit of the basement with my roomate as a stunned bystander. I was desperate to rescue my baby from the evil rat! I grabbed her on her third circuit. The “rat” fell away. It turned out to be one of my black tennies, which had been languishing under my bed uptstairs. She must have been playing with the shoestring and gotten the little aiglet caught in her teeth. As she raced down the stairs, the shoe was hitting her on her furry little tock, and the loose end of the string was doing a great imitation of a rat’s tail! Roomie and I both “saw” a rat because of what had been going on in the attic at night. Evil tennis shoe! As I held Scooter in my arms to soothe her, I swear she only weighed about 5 pounds. I really do believe the evil shoe scared the —- out of her! We laughed ’til tears were streaming from our eyes.
Oh Lily, too funny! Bad rat tennis shoe! Scooter is lucky she didn’t lose the tooth. Love the story…it started my day off with a chuckle!
Oh poor baby, bet he got lots of attention though, gorgeous!
He looks so cute and sweet. I hope he is completely recovered.
Poor little niblet…hope he’s feeling better and that big ol’ cast is off his leg…CatRancher, I didn’t think ears smelled! But we have the same problem with Q-tips around here…apparently they’re irresistible!! Who knew?
For the “what WON’T they eat?” files: One of my long-ago babies ate a button off my grandmother’s girdle! The result in that case was the same: emergency kitty operation. She was fine afterwards –except we got to laugh at her later for her exotic tastes! (The kitty, not Gran.)
I worry about almost EVERYTHING in my house being eaten–my “katten” is orally-fixated and can’t pass by anything on the floor without trying to munch on it. I’ll add “earplugs” to the list of things to worry about, now…
My cat Bug, will chew up every thing in my house but so far he only has eatten MY food. He climbs right up me and pulls the plate closer so he can smell what I’ve got. Fortunately I like my food spicy and he doesn’t!
Freddy will reach out and swipe chicken off my plate OR crackers! HE LOVES SALTINES! He will literally grab my hand (claws out) and intercept the chicken or crackers on the way to my mouth. BRAT! He only does this to me…my husband says it’s because I “indulge” him. Probably so!
My cat Ginger used to steal slices of tomatoes off my pizza - just the tomatoes!
Mine go after the pepperoni off the pizza! They must like spicy!
My cat Levon with steal your salty crunchies. He watches you eat them and then gets your timing down and swats a nice potato chip out of your hand on the way to your mouth! Bart likes to steal lettuce for some reason… Weiro’s!
my beloved Charley loved pizza mushrooms! He wouldn’t eat regular mushrooms, just the kind that had pizza grease!
My cat Eevee loves cake and McDonalds french fries. If I’m eating either she’ll intercept me and gobble them down. She once got ahold of a whole slice of cake (I put all blame on my mother, I wasn’t around during the time) and naturally, it made her tummy upset because it was so sweet.
That’s funny about the crackers, CatRancher! Atticus is the same way—although he loves any bread products. He won’t eat a piece of turkey off of my sandwich—just a bite of the bread! He apparently likes to carbo load—just like me!
I can’t keep muffins out on the counter or they will be on the floor in the morning…half chewed! Cookies, too! Freddy is the one who LOVES crackers! I can’t believe that Atticus won’t go after the turkey! That’s a kitty frenzy food there!
Mine like wheat bread and crackers or anything else in my hands!
With my cats it’s pasta. Not spaghetti or lasagna oh no. They would rather eat the raw, dry noodles. Normally right after they have ripped the bag to shreds!
After I baked a loaf of bread, my neighbor’s cat got into my house, dragged the loaf into the closet and left just enough for me to figure out that it was my loaf of bread.
Teresa–if I had a neighbor that baked fresh bread, I would drag the loaf into the closet and blame it on my cat, too!
My husband expects me to find the hairties he serves to the cats by leaving them out in plain sight. (He has a pony tail) I try to tell him the cats lurk and watch for such careless moves. Love your comment about the bread
Another comment about my Quazo.
For some reason she like sour cream and chedder potato chips. She won’t eat them, she will just hold them down with one paw and lick all the flavoring off of them.
Wow! My Webster loves saltines too! He can eat two or three, if I indulge him. His sister, Andi loves cheesecake.
I have a female Bengal named Cleopatra, she waits patiently while we eat and then in a dead run just before the fork reaches the mouth she wizzes by and snatches the food……I now lock myself in my home office to eat…….sigh
Aaaowww! Poor sweet baby! I wear earplugs all the time, but not the soft throw away ones. i keep mine in a case that stays in my purse all the time. But you never know whn you will forget and leave them on the table.
I hope Noori is feeling much better. i just want to snuggle him.
Noori looks just like my Atticus! I have such a weak spot for tabbies. I think cats may even be worse than dogs when it comes to putting things in their mouths! A couple weeks ago, I noticed Gabriel had something shiny in his mouth that he was playing with…it was a tiny safety pin! (I have no idea where he got that.) When I was growing up, we had a Samoyed who would always eat our crayons! It was hysterical—she would hold them upright between her paws and try to spit out the paper part. (luckily they were non-toxic…) We would always catch her in our playroom searching for our crayons. She was a nutty dog—she would also search for “treats” in the cats’ litter box!
I had a dog who ate our crayons! He had what we called “The Techno-Color Poops” for weeks after. Sure made it easier to clean up after!
A friend’s brother’s dog would eat pizza but spit out the green peppers. Taffy as I have said before love Q-tips but only if they had been dipped in Ambesol. Same way with the cotton balls I used astringent on he loved the alcohol he would suck them dry. He also loved cigarett butts he difenetly needed a twelve step program with four legs is that then a three step program?
I gave my (since departed) sweet lab-mix some leftover beef stew that I had made—when I came back into the kitchen, he had licked the bowl clean—except for the carrots! He licked all the juices off of them, but left them all at the bottom of the bowl—cracked me up!
Domino used to lick the heavy meat sauce off the pasta and leave the noodles.
My friends lab did the same thing except he left the peas.
Domino loved steamed spinach, peas and was a fool for green olives. My dog I had when I was a kid loved the green olive from my mom’s martini. He would lick the gin off first then eat the olive. I bought him his own jar of olives and drained the brine and filled it with gin.
LOL! My family used to have a dog, Sandy (she died over 10 years ago now…), who would do the following: you’d give her a chunk of your hamburger, which included burger, bun, onion, lettuce, tomato, ketchup, etc., and she would take the whole thing in her mouth, munch on it, chew it, swallow, and then delicately spit out ONLY the lettuce!
Hysterical, and very cute.
My cat, Summer, will steal the chicken right off of my boyfriend’s plate! He always makes up a separate little plate of his food for her, if it’s something she’d enjoy (yeah, he’s a keeper!), but if he doesn’t do it fast enough, she just tried to steal his!
Rumi….your boyfriend IS a keeper! Wow…separate plate and everything! I am impressed!
He looks so cute and pitiful with his little cast. I just want to give him a scratch. I’ve often wondered why kitties love to chew on things. My Sammy will eat plastic bags and string. You can’t imagine how hard it is to completely rid your house of these items. Needless to say, we’ve been moderately successful. He still gets a hold of things from time to time but we do our best. And, of course, Sammy has done his share of destruction to the blinds.
My cat says the plastic bags are made from animal by-products, which make them smell and taste yummy!
The blinds must be a Sammy thing.
Our Sammy loves to ’swim’ through the blinds!
I hope Noori is feeling better soon. What an adorable little one! I just want to bring him home and take care of him. Get well soon!
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Skin tumors. Although they are very common in older dogs, they are much less common in cats. However, most skin tumors in cats are malignant. All skin tumors – lumps or masses of any sort – should be examined by your veterinarian.
Lymphoma. This form of cancer is common in dogs and cats, and in cats it may be associated with feline leukemia virus (25 percent of all cases). The most common form of lymphoma in the cat affects the digestive system. The most common signs are lethargy, vomiting and diarrhea.
Mammary gland tumors. These tumors are more common in the older female cat. It is the third most common type of cancer in cats, behind skin tumors and lymphoma. Over 85 percent of these tumors in cats are malignant. Typically, a lump is felt in the breast tissue. Although they are most common in intact cats, they can also occur in spayed cats.
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Any sore that does not heal
Change in bowel or bladder habits
Difficulty urinating or defecating
Unexplained bleeding or discharge from any body opening
Loss of appetite
Weight loss
Difficulty breathing
Persistent lameness or stiffness
Offensive odor
Difficulty eating or swallowing
I know that his little leg will heal as good as new and he will be right back to creating kitty mischief! Give him lots of love for all of us. He is a little sweety.
Poor little Noori! He looks as if he knows he is loved and well cared for. Bless you for looking after him like that.
Poor baby. I’m glad he’s ok now. He’s really pretty, but I’m biased because he reminds me of Huddy.
Poor baby. That’s one mistake he’ll only make once.
My kitten, Sydney, has a fetish for rubber bands. I’m constantly taking them away from her. She can cut through a 1/2 inch wide rubber band in one single bite.
Hi Laura, I just read this. How funny My Sydney is going to be 5 soon and she still has a fetish for rubber bands. She had a close call when she was a kitten and since then I have been extra careful. There is no end to their ingenuity when it comes to getting things they want!
She can open drawers so the rubber bands are in a child proof pill container
Every cat I’ve ever had has been obsessed with rubber bands. Juliet (best pet ever!) used to constantly “snap” the rubber band that came wrapped around my paper every morning. I guess I was pretty cruel in cracking up while watching her desperately try to chew the rubber band. After I threw the rubber band away, she would meow frantically while looking at my empty hands! I miss her so much at times…
My Randle, gray and white DS, loves pony tail bands. He flings them all over the house and runs wildly after them.
When he gets a rubber band, mine will hold it to the floor with one paw, then snap it against his paw while chewing it until it breaks. Guess all that fuzz keeps it from hurting when he snaps it.
Poor little guy! I hope he’s back to being a frisky boy. Cats will munch on the darndest things!
Will some of you join me in e-mailing officials in Missouri over a horrible act of cruelty on a trapped cat perpetrated by two city employees in Missouri? It’s being referred to as a “personnel situation!” The following link goes into further detail and includes e-mail addresses. There are strength in numbers!
http://www.pet-abuse.com/action/10168/
It’s terrible that no criminal action has been taken! I emailed the prosecutor and police chief. I’m a psychologist, and I know that people who exhibit cruelty to animals often go on to be cruel to people — I made sure to say this in my email.
That is so true, Judy—here are some interesting stats…
In 88 percent of 57 New Jersey families being treated for child abuse, animals in the home had been abused.
Of 23 British families with a history of animal neglect, 83 percent had been identified by experts as having children at risk of abuse or neglect.
In one study of battered women, 57 percent of those with pets said their partners had harmed or killed the animals. One in four said that she stayed with the batterer because she feared leaving the pet behind.
Because the household pet is often used as a control device to keep the abused from seeking help, some shelters have developed programs to assist in these situations. Programs like Rancho Coastal Humane Society’s Animal Safehouse Program allows victims to leave their animals in foster care while they seek medical attention, counseling and help. For a national listing of Animal Safehouse/Safe Haven organizations, visit the HSUS Safe Haven Directory.
I’ll write to everyone who has an address on the website. Even if these idiots don’t care about animals, when will they learn that most of the time animals are just the start? It could be (God forbid) their child next time. Poor little handsome Noori. I just want to pick him up and give him a big squashy hug. I hope this doesn’t become a habit with him. He is almost the spitting image of my Annie.
Hmmm, this piggy is supposed to be a blessing.
http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/article.html?in_article_id=33747&in_page_id=2
There’s a face only a mother could love, and l like pigs!
That looks like the tail end to me. The ears are on the other side! Eeep!
I’m re-posting this for those who may not have seen it, yet. It’s to sign the “Animals Matter to Me” petition. You can submit pics of your pets, also—Evangeline’s fur babies have their pics on the site!
http://www.an