• This is a political forum that is non-biased/non-partisan and treats every person's position on topics equally. This debate forum is not aligned to any political party. In today's politics, many ideas are split between and even within all the political parties. Often we find ourselves agreeing on one platform but some topics break our mold. We are here to discuss them in a civil political debate. If this is your first visit to our political forums, be sure to check out the RULES. Registering for debate politics is necessary before posting. Register today to participate - it's free!

5 days and 6 nights of kitten HELL!!!

PleasantValley

PleasantValley

Banned
DP Veteran
Joined
May 22, 2017
Messages
4,098
Reaction score
1,991
Location
Henderson, TX
Gender
Male
Political Leaning
Centrist
So, here I am on the kitchen floor sorting out which never used pots and pans to sell at the garage sale in the spring.
Along comes my "female" kitten of 1 year old and sprays me with pee.
Now i am no veterinarian, but aren't only male cats supposed to do that?
That same evening the other kitten starts howling something terrible and dragging herself across the rug on her belly with her butt up in the air.

They were both from the same littler and I got them from a friend that swore to me they were both female. I am now doubting that.

Anyway, so for the next 5 days and 6 nights I have to endure their non-stop howling and trying to hump each other.
I had to plug the cat door to the outside or i would have every other cat in the neighborhood at my doorstep.
So I have to put one or the other in the man cave and switch them out every few hours or so.
This whole time one is howling her "come do me" call, and the other howling his, "I'm a wanna do ya" reply.

Relief only came this morning when I dropped them both off at the vets to get fixed and all their shots.
$250 for the female and $150 for the male. $400 total.
Anyone know any good kitten taco recipes?
If they just weren't so damned cute!
The white one is "Sonny" the male.
The tabby is "Bunny" the Nazi female.

006.webp

005.webp

007.webp
 
I guess this makes Sonny a transgendered cat then....right?
hey, I'm not judging.
 
$400 well spent. Our feral cat herd is growing and we may have to take similar action soon. The recent addition of a skunk, which has decided that cat food is a very suitable dietary supplement, is also a bit troubling to my girlfriend. Our outdoor cats and dogs have decided that brief feeding visits by a skunk are best tollerated without any fuss - I am inclined to agree.
 
PleasantValley said:
So, here I am on the kitchen floor sorting out which never used pots and pans to sell at the garage sale in the spring.
Along comes my "female" kitten of 1 year old and sprays me with pee.
Now i am no veterinarian, but aren't only male cats supposed to do that?
That same evening the other kitten starts howling something terrible and dragging herself across the rug on her belly with her butt up in the air.

They were both from the same littler and I got them from a friend that swore to me they were both female. I am now doubting that.

Anyway, so for the next 5 days and 6 nights I have to endure their non-stop howling and trying to hump each other.
I had to plug the cat door to the outside or i would have every other cat in the neighborhood at my doorstep.
So I have to put one or the other in the man cave and switch them out every few hours or so.
This whole time one is howling her "come do me" call, and the other howling his, "I'm a wanna do ya" reply.

Relief only came this morning when I dropped them both off at the vets to get fixed and all their shots.
$250 for the female and $150 for the male. $400 total.
Anyone know any good kitten taco recipes?
If they just weren't so damned cute!
The white one is "Sonny" the male.
The tabby is "Bunny" the Nazi female.

View attachment 67227508

View attachment 67227509

View attachment 67227510
Click to expand...

Yeah, get them fixed early. I lived in a house where a room mate let his kitten go into heat. It was hell.

Our current pair are an abandoned mother and son. It was obviously the mother's first litter, as she's a kitten herself. The male was no more than 10 weeks when we got them. Thankfully the people who rescued them paid for "fixing" both.

Funny thing, we had them for a week or so before getting them fixed. During that time, the mommy hated her kid - hissed at him on sight. Now they're best buddies.
 
We had one cat, nearly 25 years ago, go into heat. That was it. Every animal that comes into the house gets fixed before 6 months, no excuses.
 
I couldn't believe it.
After they were at the vets, i laid down for a nap and was asleep until 9 at night.
I had no idea I was that exhausted after that many days of broken sleep.
My wife went and picked them up.
Now the home is quiet again.
It's a good thing i have three days off.
 
PleasantValley said:
So, here I am on the kitchen floor sorting out which never used pots and pans to sell at the garage sale in the spring.
Along comes my "female" kitten of 1 year old and sprays me with pee.
Now i am no veterinarian, but aren't only male cats supposed to do that?
That same evening the other kitten starts howling something terrible and dragging herself across the rug on her belly with her butt up in the air.

They were both from the same littler and I got them from a friend that swore to me they were both female. I am now doubting that.

Anyway, so for the next 5 days and 6 nights I have to endure their non-stop howling and trying to hump each other.
I had to plug the cat door to the outside or i would have every other cat in the neighborhood at my doorstep.
So I have to put one or the other in the man cave and switch them out every few hours or so.
This whole time one is howling her "come do me" call, and the other howling his, "I'm a wanna do ya" reply.

Relief only came this morning when I dropped them both off at the vets to get fixed and all their shots.
$250 for the female and $150 for the male. $400 total.
Anyone know any good kitten taco recipes?
If they just weren't so damned cute!
The white one is "Sonny" the male.
The tabby is "Bunny" the Nazi female.

View attachment 67227508

View attachment 67227509

View attachment 67227510
Click to expand...

They clearly isn't kittenz anymore!
 
Now the " Famous Cat Piss Smell Cleanup of 2018 " begins.
It's everywhere.
NO VISITORS
 
It's not quite standard piss either, it's male "territorial spraying piss" which is much more odiferous.
I hope that you're lucky and the neutering works out, because occasionally some neutered tomcats still attempt to go through the spraying ritual anyway. The odor isn't quite as offensive however.

Back in the late 80's my first wife was working for a screenwriter, and there were a couple of strays who sort of adopted the two of them. The first was a pleasant female who they named Molly, but the second one was a very vocal old tomcat that they nicknamed Moon Man.
That scraggly old boy had probably impregnated half the cats in Venice. He had a set of nuts on him so large he was unable to sit straight. He actually had to tilt his hindquarters to the side.
One day while I was visiting for lunch on a day off, I was walking up the walk and suddenly heard "sonofabitch!!" erupt from the office accompanied by peals of my wife's laughter.
Apparently Moon Man had sauntered into the office, making his usual racket of gravely baritone greeting meows, and Scott was in the middle of an animated conversation with my wife.

"Yeah whatever Moon Man, just put a sock in it, we're busy here, okay?"

Whereupon Moon Man jumped up on the desk, turned his monster nuts toward Scott, and unleashed a blast directly on his computer keyboard and screen, then jumped back down in front of the desk right where Scott could see him.
Scott said that the cat's expression seemed to say,

"You do it, too."

Hard to believe, but Moon Man wasn't punished, he just sauntered back out of the office, and was never seen or heard from again. The office was sort of an EPA SuperFund site for the rest of the day.
 
ttwtt78640 said:
$400 well spent. Our feral cat herd is growing and we may have to take similar action soon. The recent addition of a skunk, which has decided that cat food is a very suitable dietary supplement, is also a bit troubling to my girlfriend. Our outdoor cats and dogs have decided that brief feeding visits by a skunk are best tollerated without any fuss - I am inclined to agree.
Click to expand...

Neutered skunks make great pets.
When I was working in Bosnia/Croatia- If I had the money I would have flown (smuggled)in a bunch of skunks. Share the wealth.
 
Cephus said:
We had one cat, nearly 25 years ago, go into heat. That was it. Every animal that comes into the house gets fixed before 6 months, no excuses.
Click to expand...

Now I know why you get so angry. LMAO.
 
PleasantValley said:
Now the " Famous Cat Piss Smell Cleanup of 2018 " begins.
It's everywhere.
NO VISITORS
Click to expand...

Oh, man. If you find a product that actually gets that smell out of carpet, post or PM me. It's not a problem now, but we've had it a couple of times with prior pets. I had to remove sections of carpet and padding. That smell stayed in my sinuses for around 3 days. Horrible.
 
ttwtt78640 said:
$400 well spent. Our feral cat herd is growing and we may have to take similar action soon. The recent addition of a skunk, which has decided that cat food is a very suitable dietary supplement, is also a bit troubling to my girlfriend. Our outdoor cats and dogs have decided that brief feeding visits by a skunk are best tollerated without any fuss - I am inclined to agree.
Click to expand...

My mom once woke me up to see the family of spotted skunks come in through the fireplace cleanout and calmly walk single file to the cat food. They knew we were there but just didn't care.

They must have a weird psychology. Might not even get threatened their whole life. Just think all the other animals get out of their way because they are awesome or something.
 
What if...? said:
My mom once woke me up to see the family of spotted skunks come in through the fireplace cleanout and calmly walk single file to the cat food. They knew we were there but just didn't care.

They must have a weird psychology. Might not even get threatened their whole life. Just think all the other animals get out of their way because they are awesome or something.
Click to expand...

It depends on where they are. Wild animals won't be afraid of humans unless there is a history of humans attacking them. We used to have a pack of coyotes that would come into our back yard to eat dog food and get a drink. Because nobody harassed them, they had no fear of humans. I got to sit out there and pet baby coyotes on several occasions because I wasn't a threat. There were raccoons that did the same thing. They were wary of our big akita and sat on the fence and watched him, but if it was just us? They didn't have a care in the world.
 
What if...? said:
My mom once woke me up to see the family of spotted skunks come in through the fireplace cleanout and calmly walk single file to the cat food. They knew we were there but just didn't care.

They must have a weird psychology. Might not even get threatened their whole life. Just think all the other animals get out of their way because they are awesome or something.
Click to expand...

I would rather see a column of wolverines coming through my house than skunks.
Claw and bite wounds can heal, but SEVERE STINK lasts forever.
 
<alt>doxygen said:
Oh, man. If you find a product that actually gets that smell out of carpet, post or PM me. It's not a problem now, but we've had it a couple of times with prior pets. I had to remove sections of carpet and padding. That smell stayed in my sinuses for around 3 days. Horrible.
Click to expand...

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00J4Z5B24/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o05_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1

This stuff is awesome! It breaks down the proteins that cause the stink, then it is just a simple cleanup with no smell.
You may not need it often, but when you do it is worth its weight in gold.
 
Checkerboard Strangler said:
It's not quite standard piss either, it's male "territorial spraying piss" which is much more odiferous.
I hope that you're lucky and the neutering works out, because occasionally some neutered tomcats still attempt to go through the spraying ritual anyway. The odor isn't quite as offensive however.

Back in the late 80's my first wife was working for a screenwriter, and there were a couple of strays who sort of adopted the two of them. The first was a pleasant female who they named Molly, but the second one was a very vocal old tomcat that they nicknamed Moon Man.
That scraggly old boy had probably impregnated half the cats in Venice. He had a set of nuts on him so large he was unable to sit straight. He actually had to tilt his hindquarters to the side.
One day while I was visiting for lunch on a day off, I was walking up the walk and suddenly heard "sonofabitch!!" erupt from the office accompanied by peals of my wife's laughter.
Apparently Moon Man had sauntered into the office, making his usual racket of gravely baritone greeting meows, and Scott was in the middle of an animated conversation with my wife.

"Yeah whatever Moon Man, just put a sock in it, we're busy here, okay?"

Whereupon Moon Man jumped up on the desk, turned his monster nuts toward Scott, and unleashed a blast directly on his computer keyboard and screen, then jumped back down in front of the desk right where Scott could see him.
Scott said that the cat's expression seemed to say,

"You do it, too."

Hard to believe, but Moon Man wasn't punished, he just sauntered back out of the office, and was never seen or heard from again. The office was sort of an EPA SuperFund site for the rest of the day.
Click to expand...

Tomcats all have an attitude.

cat flipping.webp
 
SMTA said:
I just ordered a bottle.
New Golden Retriever puppy causing carpet insanity.
Click to expand...

Glad you got it. I used it the day they were all gone to the vets and can not smell a thing anymore, though the wife says she still can. I think it is more psychosomatic with her than real. It really does kill the smell very well. Thank you for trusting me on this.

So the plan is to spray again with the good stuff when they can both go outside in about eight more days.
Then their sutures should have dissolved and they will also be able to climb trees. They can't right now, so they have to stay inside.

Anyway, after they are able to go outside, spray again and then run the carpet cleaner all over every inch of carpet under the beds first, then everywhere else in the house.

When I got out of bed at 430 this AM, they were both cuddled up against my feet at the foot of the bed looking like little angels.
CATS! Waddayagonnado? As my NYC friends say.
 
The calm after the storm. Both kitties relaxing and sleepy after their operations and meds.
Thank you all of your comments.
Sonny had taken over possession of a burlap sack I obtained and loves to bite one end of it, roll it up and then go to sleep.
Cats!

007.webp

006.webp

010.webp
 
SMTA said:
This works well for us. Screenshot from Walmart app.
View attachment 67227599
Click to expand...

I actually have one of those, although it's pretty useless since our new house is all tile and only one room has carpet. I can say that they work great though.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom