Kitty fiasco!

[tracilicious]

Last night I'm chatting away with libraryvixen about Harry Potter theories, having a grand time, when Michael comes to the stairs looking pathetically lonely. I make my way down (this is about 11pm) (because I also have a date with Jon Stewart) only to look out my patio door to see a shocking sight.

I see my Great Dane Karma, standing there looking intently at a tiny kitten with every hair sticking up on her tiny body, back arched and pressed against the glass door. She looked like a cat straight out of a horror movie. It was quite scarey.

I open the door to rescue the poor demon kitty, but this makes the kitty run. Karma is a good dog, but she has a very strong chase instinct and hasn't been around cats since she was a puppy. So Karma cuts the kitty off and grabs her in her mouth and flips the kitty in the air. I was so afraid she was going to kill the cat. As I'm screeching at Karma like a madwoman, Michael manages to get her far enough away from the kitty for me to find her and scoop her up.

In case you don't think a kitten can kill you, think again. This one was super deadly. As I picked her up she managed to sink her fang all the way in to my finger. I literally had to insert another finger into her mouth and lift her fang out of my finger. She had several claws in the action too. I actually thought for a while that she might be ferile from the way she was jumping around the bathroom. It turns out that she was just scared for her life.

She's been in the spare bathroom ever since. She'll let me hold her and pet her now and she ate quite a bit of yogurt. She looks like she's probably 3 or 4 months old. I wish so badly that I could keep her. I fear the only thing that would keep Karma off of her would be a shock collar, and I'm just not prepared to do that. We'll go around our neighborhood tonight to see if anybody is missing her. If not then off to the humane society she goes. I call her Sizzles (it's from a very funny British cartoon).

It was funny, but I felt quite brave last night. I conquered a kitten. Victory for me.

[Ghoulish Delight]

I've always realized that about cats. They can inflict a pretty good amount of damage to a person, and you've got to be pretty motivated to want to deal with it. But if it comes down to it, even the worst a cat can do to you isn't enough to stop you from picking that cat up and doing what you want if you've got a good enough reason.

[tracilicious]

I've always realized that about cats. They can inflict a pretty good amount of damage to a person, and you've got to be pretty motivated to want to deal with it. But if it comes down to it, even the worst a cat can do to you isn't enough to stop you from picking that cat up and doing what you want if you've got a good enough reason.

I guess that's why I felt brave. I knew I'd take a good amount of damage, but there simply wasn't time to do anything else. Still, a bit silly to feel brave about a tiny kitty. Shows how much adventure there is in my life. :rolleyes:

[Not Afraid]

OMGA! I would've just been horrified! Karma just doing what she thinks she's supposed to and kitten doing the same. The don't always understand the benevolence of people.

Ihope you find kitties' home. I doubt that her and Karma would mesh too well after that introduction. But, then, you never know.

[Prudence]

must.....resist.....kitten.....temptation.....

[MickeyD]

In case you don't think a kitten can kill you, think again. This one was super deadly. As I picked her up she managed to sink her fang all the way in to my finger. I literally had to insert another finger into her mouth and lift her fang out of my finger. She had several claws in the action too. I actually thought for a while that she might be ferile from the way she was jumping around the bathroom. It turns out that she was just scared for her life.


Ouch! You must be pretty scratched up right now!


My kitties think they're in the middle of a fiasco right now....the vet put them on a diet today. :eek:

[libraryvixen]

Ouch! I cause excitement with whomever I speak with.

I hope your finger is feeling better.

[tracilicious]

OMGA! I would've just been horrified! Karma just doing what she thinks she's supposed to and kitten doing the same. The don't always understand the benevolence of people.

Ihope you find kitties' home. I doubt that her and Karma would mesh too well after that introduction. But, then, you never know.


We had a cat when Karma was a puppy. She never left that cat alone. It was just playful, but most dogs will back off if a cat hisses and scratches them, not Karma. She is fearless. The toughest cat in the world wouldn't bother her. I think if I had hours to work with her then I could make it work. Or a shock collar. I don't have time to do it the nice way and I won't do it the mean way. The second she dies though I'm getting a cat.

[tracilicious]

Ouch! You must be pretty scratched up right now!

Actually, the damage could be a lot worse. My left index finger took all the teeth damage, so there are six or seven puncture wounds. My right pinky took some pretty ouchy claw damage, but other than that there are only a few random scratches.

I'm undecided whether or not this cat is completely tame. She'll let me pick her up, but she still hisses and runs when I enter the bathroom. We're backed up to a farm, so maybe it's a farm kitty. I only have a few more neighbors to ask and then she goes tomorrow. Le sigh...

[Cadaverous Pallor]

OUCH!!! I know I could deal with a cat like that if I had to, but I don't know if I would....I might've just let nature take it's course and let the dog have it :eek: Horrible I know but I just don't deal well with with pissed off animals. I mean, damn, a fang in your freakin' finger! :eek:

So you get kudos from me, tiny kitty or not! :cheers:

[Stan4dSteph]

Ouch. Hope your finger feels better.

Every time I see this thread title, I can't help but think of Kitty Fantastico. Poor Kitty Fantastico...

[wendybeth]

Count your blessings that it wasn't this little guy:

http://www.intriguing.com/mp/_pictures/grail/small/HolyGrail180.jpg

[Prudence]

I'd mojo you, wendybeth, but I can't. :(

We should have a special point system for working python into a thread.

[wendybeth]

Right back at ya, my fellow Pythonite.:D

[Not Afraid]

GOD DAMN YOU ALL TO HELL!


;)

[wendybeth]

For NA:


Title: Confuse-A-Cat
Transcribed by: Brittany K.
From: Monty Python's Flying Circus video volume 3


[HUSBAND (Michael Palin) and WIFE (Terry Jones) are in a country style modest lounge staring out of a window. The words, "Suburban Lounge Near Esher" flash onto the screen. They are looking at a cat sitting on the lawn, when we hear the sound of a car pull up. HUSBAND and WIFE go to the door]


HUSBAND: Oh good, that'll be the vet dear.


WIFE: I better go and let him in [She goes to answer the door]


WIFE: It's the vet dear.


HUSBAND: Very glad, indeed that you could come 'round, sir.


VET (Graham Chapman): Now what seems to be the problem? You can tell me, I'm a vet you know.


WIFE (Panicked): See, tell him, dear.


HUSBAND: Well…


WIFE (interrupting): …It's our cat. He doesn't do anything. He just sits out there on the lawn.


VET: Is it dead?


WIFE and HUSBAND: No, no.


VET: Thank god for that. For one ghastly moment I thought I was (dramatic pause) too late! (Looks into camera) If only more people would call in the nick of time!


WIFE: He just sits there all day and everyday.


HUSBAND: …and at night!


WIFE (to MAN): Shh!


WIFE: …almost motionless. We have to take his food out to him.


HUSBAND: …and his milk!


WIFE: Shh! He doesn't do anything, he just sits there.


VET: Are you at your wit's end?


WIFE: Diffidently (HUSBAND about to speak) Shh! Yes.


VET: I see then I think I might be able to help you. (He sits, and signals others to do so.) You see, your cat is suffering from what we vets haven't found a word for. His condition is typified by total physical inertia.
Absence of interest in his ambiance, what we vets call, "environment."
Failure to respond to the conventional external stimuli, a ball of string, a nice juicy mouse, a bird, to be blunt, your cat (takes of glasses) is in a rut. (HUSBAND and WIFE hold each other as they grow worried) It's the old stockbroker syndrome. The suburban fantasy, angst. Call it what you will.


WIFE: Moping. (as she cries)


VET: In a way, in a way. (face grows worried) "Moping", must remember that. Now then what's to be done? Tell me sir, have you confused your cat recently?


HUSBAND: Well we…


WIFE: Shh! No.


VET: Well, I can diffidently say that your cat badly needs to be confused.


HUSBAND: What?


WIFE: Shh! What?


VET: Confused, to be shaken out of its state of compliancy. I'm afraid I am not personally qualified to confuse cats but I can recommend an extremely good service. Here is their card. (Hands HUSBAND a half sheet of paper; WIFE rips it out of his hands)


WIFE (reading with HUSBAND echoing): "Confuse a cat limited" Oh?


[Cut to the front of the house. A moving truck pulls up with "Confuse-A-Cat, LTD" written on it. Six people come out of the back of the truck and one with a clipboard comes from the front]


SERGEANT: Eyes front. Deck officers! Confusers! Huh!


[An old black car pulls up and a man in uniform, GENERAL (John Cleese) steps out. He addresses the team leader]


GENERAL: Ah now men we've got a pretty little cat to confuse. Jolly good, Captain.


CAPTAIN: Get out of the van [One of the movers tries to move] wait for it … get out the funny things! Move, move!


[Cut to backyard with crew constructing a stage with CAPTAIN barking orders at them. Often, a cut of the cat sitting is shown. Soon the crew is done and all line up for inspection of GENERAL. He gives the ok and confusing commences]


GENERAL: Right men. Confuse the (pause) cat.


[Cut to full shot of stage. All through out snare drum is used to mimic sounds. All throughout stop-motion filming is used to make things appear, disappear, or 'slide'.
Red curtains are drawn revealing a man (Michael Palin) with one leg and a crutch in colonial period dress. The man disappears and two boxers appear, Eric Idle in the YELLOW shorts and Michael Palin in BLUE shorts. As they box around a bowler hat appears on BLUE's head then YELLOW's head and back. The hat switches styles and is now a top hat. Then a fez is added. BLUE then is wearing a habit and YELLOW is wearing a hat with four corners. BLUE suddenly changes into a colonial style military uniform and knocks out YELLOW who 'slides' away. BLUE still wearing uniform 'slides' from stage left to right and back on one foot.
Then a CONSTABLE appears along with a PENGUIN on a pogo stick who hops clumsily around. A shot of CAT watching is shown. PENGUIN turns into a garbage can with a lid as YELLOW 'slides' off stage. CONSTABLE removes lid of can and YELLOW pops out of can. Cut to shot of MAN, LADY, and GENERAL watching, then CAT watching. Next a man with a TOWEL (Eric Idle) around him jumps out of can covering his chest and lands on a chair that appeared next to CONSTABLE. TOWEL jumps and disappears. CONSTABLE sits in chair. YELLOW points to a cannon that has appeared and it fires. CONSTABLE is gone.
TOWEL jumps out of can then is chased by PENGUIN. As YELLOW claps his hands TOWEL appears and disappears and is chased by PENGUIN. He appears out of a second garbage can. PENGUIN appears out of the first and hits TOWEL with a fish. Cut to CAT. Cut to stage were PENGUIN, CONSTABLE, TOWEL, a chef, and YELLOW are lined up and take a bow. They disappear as they jump up]


GENERAL: Hope to god it works. Anyway, we shall know any minute now.


[Cut to CAT standing and walking into the house past MAN, LADY, and GENERAL]


WIFE: Oh, I can't believe it!


HUSBAND: Neither can I, sir! It's just like to old days.


WIFE: He's cured thank you, General!


HUSBAND: What can we ever do to repay you?


GENRERAL (looks into camera): Nothing. It's all in a days work for Confuse-A-Cat. [Horns play bold music as credits roll by
"Confuse-A-Cat Limited
Incorporating
Amaze-A-Vole LTD.
Stun-A-Stoat LTD.
Puzzle-A-Puma LTD.
Startle-A-Thompson's Gazelle LTD.
Bewilderebeest INC.
Distract-A-Bee ]

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[tracilicious]

OUCH!!! I know I could deal with a cat like that if I had to, but I don't know if I would....I might've just let nature take it's course and let the dog have it :eek: Horrible I know but I just don't deal well with with pissed off animals.


:eek: :eek: That is horrible. :evil: You would then have had to deal with a dead bloody kitten. Personally, I'll take the minor injuries.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

:eek: :eek: That is horrible. :evil: You would then have had to deal with a dead bloody kitten. Personally, I'll take the minor injuries.:eek: :eek: :eek:


Ok, you got me there. Always help kitties. ;)

[Not Afraid]

Kitties are ALWAYS woth helping.

[tracilicious]

No luck with the neighbors. My mom said she would give Sizzles a home. My neice (that lives with her) has a cat that my mom calls Sparkles (my neice calls her Destiny, which is a horrible name for a cat if you ask me) so they will have Sparkles and Sizzles. I think that's cute. I'll take a pic today to post. She really is a pretty cat.

[alphabassettgrrl]

Happy kitty to have a rescuer! And a home!

We have two stray cats that are now tamed. One hadn't been out alone for long, the other one seems to have been lost for some time. That one was HellKitty. I took her to the vet thinking she was going to need the shots they get at 8 weeks, because that's the size she was, and the vet told me she's nearly 6 months old based on her teeth.

Dang.

Introducing cats to dogs is an interesting prospect but can be done. Maybe Karma won't deal with it, but other dogs can. Our dogs are used to the cats, but will still chase them occasionally if they get bored. The cats know the game. My cat even hisses and swipes at the dogs sometimes if she's cranky but I've never seen her damage either one.