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Skriven 2009-09-17 13:07:26 av Janis Kracht (1:261/38)
  Kommentar till text 28428 av NANCY BACKUS (1:261/1381)
Ärende: kittens and eggplant
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Hi Nancy!

>> haha.. it's funny, yes.. Sometimes Ron will say, Look at this.. and
>> there he'll have Lizzy or Leo sprawled across his chest while he's
>> umm.. supposedly (grin) working.   With me, I usually have Lola or Lulu
>> or both (and that IS funny to see) sitting behind be on my chair.. or
>> on my lap.. it's funny how they pick people :) Leo sleeps with me
>> though, and fights with Lola for space haha

> Just wait until they get bigger... and take up more space! (G)

haha.. tell me about it :)  And decide to sleep on top of your head because
Toby is taking up the bottom of the bed (or being a general bed hog) and our
heads are toasty warm Lol

>> NOW their latest
>> thing is chewing on network cabling.. sadly I can't do anything but
>> shoo them out of that one..I had to hold Lola down like a new puppy.. I
>> mean to show her I was in charge! the other day.. what a trip that
>> was.. she was actually hitting me when I scolded her. She finally
>> submitted though, so that was a good sign.  I have a feeling they will
>> not be like puppies and remember too awful long though, even though
>> these kittens seem exceptionally smart.

> Generally cats are smart... and learn well... they just have to be
> convinced that it's in their best interest to do so... they are very
> much self-centered.  Tricks? probably not... but self-preservation,
> definitely.  :)  You just have to be firm with them... and let them know
> that it would definitely be better for them to heed.  We usually bring
> them to the scene, rub their nose in whatever (sometimes more literally
> than other times), and then, still holding them firmly (they generally
> don't like that, either), bop them a few times on the nose and/or top of
> head with a forefinger.  Gets their attention, isn't particularly
> pleasant, but also isn't permanently damaging, even to their ego... ;)

hahaha sounds like a picture we've seen here a few times (laugh).. but luckily
they have been generally well behaved in most respects :)  We bought them two
covered cat boxes recently.. they love them.. first they just wanted to treat
them like play-houses haha.. then they got down to 'business' (g).

> After the first time, it is accompanied by saying sternly, "You.. know..
> better!"  And they do, and they'll even (somewhat) acknowledge it..  :)

Yes, they do :)

>> Yes, I bought them tons of cat toys.. literally :)  and what do they
>> play with every single day?  The twist-tie and label from a package of
>> Swiss Chard I bought at the health food store hahahaha.. it's their's..
>> we won't take it from them .. :) I guess it's like kids playing with
>> cardboard the day after Christmas (grin)

> Most good cat toys are found objects... milk caps, twist ties, rolled up
> candy foil balls... the only boughten ones we've done were the catnip
> mice we've bought sometimes for a Christmas treat.

True, and not only that, the ones we did buy, toby decided were good enough to
eat LOL.. stupid dog!  Oh well... can't be any worse than Pricilla deciding to
eat the new cat-litter we bought.. its made of wheat kernels!  It works great,
so we bought a huge bag of it.. if we had sewers here instead of a septic tank,
we could just flush "kitty-waste" down the toilet, but Ron said we'd have
"puffed-wheat" if we flushed it down the toilet here LOL.. still nicer than
regular cat-litter though :)

> eggplant
>> So far so good.. 1 of them is doing really well. The other two not so
>> good, but that's ok.  I'm trying to figure the problem.. it's probably

> You may just have to get your eggplants from Weggies...  or the farmers
> markets (if they had any better luck).

I looked again, and it's getting bigger :) :)  probably in a week or so, it
should be big enough to eat :)  There's another one as well, same size.. so
that's something :)

>> just the strange weather this season.. too cold, too hot, too cold..
>> now hot again in Sept. :)
>> Glad I'm not a farmer for my substenence :)

> If you were, you'd have planted a much larger quantity... and probably
> tended it VERY carefully... and hopefully would have had better
> results...  But, true, crazy weather is a farmer's nightmare, for sure.

Oh yes, that's the truth!  And I would have had a farm hand to take care of it
on days when I didn't feel like it, as well Lol :)

Take care,
Janis

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