tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post56163484664762107..comments2024-03-29T03:47:13.852+00:00Comments on Going Gently: A Fat Man Eating An EclairJohn Going Gentlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comBlogger61125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-32964101246358365372014-10-03T14:43:08.615+00:002014-10-03T14:43:08.615+00:00Yes, what LindaG said. Hawks, owls, eagles, kestre...Yes, what LindaG said. Hawks, owls, eagles, kestrels. We do have some large owls here that have taken cats, although JoJo i think would be too big for most.megan blogshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04555646904983619596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-14815651705580740962014-10-01T09:49:46.430+00:002014-10-01T09:49:46.430+00:00Our Ginger is leading quite a busy life at the mom...Our Ginger is leading quite a busy life at the moment. Keeping our neighbours cat Tash away from our land and sending him running back over the boundary fence AND keeping himself and the dogs supplied with mice, moles and rabbits. If I have to remove one more dead body from my living room carpet I'll scream !!Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04177854521955532744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-16102075256484322252014-10-01T09:43:22.403+00:002014-10-01T09:43:22.403+00:00Ah, yes. The endless potential conflict of neighbo...Ah, yes. The endless potential conflict of neighbourhood pets. I experience this with Olga on a regular basis. There's a cat down the road that she would absolutely LOVE to consume.Steve Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-27626439065469900212014-10-01T03:56:50.534+00:002014-10-01T03:56:50.534+00:00I tried to adopt a sem-feral kitten last year and ...I tried to adopt a sem-feral kitten last year and bring her in my house to live with my other two indoor cats. She loved when I would bring her in out of the cold for a few hours of lap sitting and brushing but then would start pawing and crying at the window when she needed to get going. Sadly, she met her fate when she followed another, faster cat across the narrow, winding country road. I looked for her for days and was told by our neighbor farmer that she was hit by a car. It broke my heart and I wished I had trained her to be an inside cat. However, I knew that she was happy for that year and a half and like Albert, had the best of both worlds.Starting Over, Accepting Changes - Maybehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06032033918798053005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-34118141878168382502014-10-01T03:10:26.418+00:002014-10-01T03:10:26.418+00:00Good old Albert. My heart nearly stopped. Do you ...Good old Albert. My heart nearly stopped. Do you think a terrier would be a match for a cat? I have seen cat and dog fights where the dog slinks away (bloody nosed) knowing when defeated.<br /><br />As to keeping cats indoors - as some of your other readers suggest: It's crazy. It's cruel. Yes, sure, you may keep the cat "safe" but it goes against all their instincts. How to chase a butterfly, catch a mouse or worse (frogs come to mind), and put bounty at our feet (unfortunately only half dead) as a token of their affection?<br /><br />I love cats. But currently living inner city I wouldn't dream of indulging myself. It'd be totally unfair to the cat.<br /><br />Apropos of nothing, and I may have told you this before: One of our cats had a death wish. Or at least that's what I told her. Awful. She'd hear my car turn into our road, and good old loyal soul and friend she was she'd run out, sit in the middle [of the road]. I tell you, John, a three point turn when taking your driving test has nothing on trying to park your car with your cat in attendance. As touched as I wasthose moments she drove me nuts. Sadly eventually a car (not mine) got her. By chance a friend of mine found her at the curb. Took her to the vet. Yes, good old Fleury, unblemished, yet died of shock/cardiac arrest on the vet's table. Still haunts me that I wasn't there when the nine years allocated to her came to an end. My friend didn't actually know she was mine, or should I say my son's. I had both our cats micro chipped (thank god, otherwise we'd never known). <br /><br />Thing is, like with anything living - be they people or animals, risk is never further away than your next breath.<br /><br />UAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-40251263949657311852014-10-01T02:10:15.164+00:002014-10-01T02:10:15.164+00:00So glad Albert lives to mouse another day.So glad Albert lives to mouse another day.Terryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13944121836337072178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-85125115599910815922014-10-01T01:45:36.571+00:002014-10-01T01:45:36.571+00:00And you as well, no doubt.And you as well, no doubt.Alisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09081652747471904560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-34652106444466378342014-10-01T01:07:44.325+00:002014-10-01T01:07:44.325+00:00Raptor can be either, John. Hawks and such are als...Raptor can be either, John. Hawks and such are also known as raptors.<br />Glad that Albert is okay for another day!LindaGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12203719919661519350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-86122891790148640572014-09-30T23:53:35.246+00:002014-09-30T23:53:35.246+00:0050 is a small number considering that one female c...50 is a small number considering that one female cat & her offspring can produce 420,000 cats in just 7 years. Only 1 out of 12 cats will ever find a home. In our state there is no excuse for not having any cats spayed or neutered since there are no cost & low cost clinics that provide the surgery through funds raised by no-kill cat shelters. The problem is the irresponsible pet owners that are too lazy to take their cat to be fixed that angers me. Ellen in Oregonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03484004145095198712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-52915685994220502232014-09-30T22:55:59.168+00:002014-09-30T22:55:59.168+00:00Jacksonville is full of feral cats. They are all o...Jacksonville is full of feral cats. They are all over my neighborhood. <br /><br />Love,<br />JanieJanie Junebughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10573607241326291404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-67844393384361721372014-09-30T22:41:58.486+00:002014-09-30T22:41:58.486+00:00I find the whole house cat thing a bit hard to und...I find the whole house cat thing a bit hard to understand<br />Only because I don't have experience of it.... I guess in the UK Housecats are still relatively rareJohn Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-66585738540256268052014-09-30T22:39:37.479+00:002014-09-30T22:39:37.479+00:0050!
50!
Omg50!<br />50!<br />OmgJohn Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-78069326215838702872014-09-30T22:38:31.865+00:002014-09-30T22:38:31.865+00:00What's a raptor?
I thought that was a dinosaur...What's a raptor?<br />I thought that was a dinosaur.<br />?<br />Is it a lizard?John Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-34654153064490513302014-09-30T21:06:55.394+00:002014-09-30T21:06:55.394+00:00Reminds me of that old joke "Why do dogs lick...Reminds me of that old joke "Why do dogs lick their balls?".."because they can"<br />Frugal in Derbyshire https://www.blogger.com/profile/10221169113482164565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-20293025917594762432014-09-30T20:06:53.114+00:002014-09-30T20:06:53.114+00:00All too familiar. And very, very glad that Albert...All too familiar. And very, very glad that Albert (who looks like Jazz's long lost brother) escaped. Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-21863537383153434332014-09-30T19:50:22.575+00:002014-09-30T19:50:22.575+00:00Glad to hear Albert got away in time!
My cats are...Glad to hear Albert got away in time!<br /><br />My cats are indoor/outdoor by choice. I leave it to them to decide, and I try to make the back yard entertaining enough so they don't feel the need to go out front to the roadway.<br /><br />Feral cat Grace who had a huge territory for a spayed female at the last location (10 acres at least) would scamper across the road and hunt in the field across the street. Several times i'd be coming home from someplace, and she'd run in front of my car, racing to the back step as if to say i couldn't prove anything, but she'd have a guilty look on her face.<br />Jim ran towards the house if he were in front and heard a loud car or truck go past, so why he decided to cross the busy road that abuts mine is beyond me. The only thing i could figure was that he was hunting something and not mindful of the road. He was not successful in his crossing :0(<br />We have raptors here as well as wolves or coyotes and fishers (similar to weasels and badgers) so there are predators. And, i'm sure there are several fat men here who eat all kinds of pastry.<br />megan blogshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04555646904983619596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-55736751457505836642014-09-30T19:33:03.664+00:002014-09-30T19:33:03.664+00:00It's a bloody Welsh jungle out there John.It's a bloody Welsh jungle out there John. Em Parkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04789754528697848623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-35924558812254635322014-09-30T19:17:23.224+00:002014-09-30T19:17:23.224+00:00Simile. Reminded me of a scene in Victor Victoria,...Simile. Reminded me of a scene in Victor Victoria, where Victoria is starving and stops outside a cafe window to watch a fat man eating an eclair, then faints. :)MrsC (Maryanne)https://www.blogger.com/profile/14440723067459232998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-51161008800630466282014-09-30T19:16:48.981+00:002014-09-30T19:16:48.981+00:00So happy to hear that Albert is OK !
That is a ver...So happy to hear that Albert is OK !<br />That is a very scary feeling.<br />Albert is such a help to you and your garden/farm.<br /><br />I have a friend who has two indoor cats She has cat shelves built in a room for their jumping and napping pleasure. She also has built a screened in porch for their outdoor fun.<br />That is something I would do. Kitties do not live long outside where I live. Walking hor-d'oeuvres. <br /><br />Daughter worked for SPCA clinic. The sick and messed up outdoor cats that came through there was awful. Dogs too but more cats because many people think them disposal. They had free programs that gave you the traps you would bring the cats in. They would fix them and give then as many vaccination as they could. Give them back and hope for the best. <br />My feelings are unless they are farm kitties and fixed, cats should be kept inside and safe.<br />The only thing worst than a Mum on a school run is a Dad who is talking on his phone, drinking coffee and HAS to make the school run that morning. Been there seen that.<br /><br />cheers, parsnip<br /><br /><br />angryparsniphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17236094827257446781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-20394508101351643892014-09-30T19:11:34.076+00:002014-09-30T19:11:34.076+00:00Danger is lurking at every corner for cats. Howeve...Danger is lurking at every corner for cats. However, Albert is living 'the life of Riley' until, if ever, he meets his fate tragically.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11199777195853274898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-15028476646621767922014-09-30T18:30:46.857+00:002014-09-30T18:30:46.857+00:00That's why I always try to wait until after th...That's why I always try to wait until after the school run to walk the dogs. SusanMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09622557936441532144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-37601738192922356432014-09-30T18:27:02.399+00:002014-09-30T18:27:02.399+00:00That's why cats have, and need, nine lives.That's why cats have, and need, nine lives.Debra She Who Seekshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01845703092794695023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-26598170499226935122014-09-30T18:19:28.620+00:002014-09-30T18:19:28.620+00:00"Albert would be killed as quickly as a fat m..."Albert would be killed as quickly as a fat man eating an eclair"<br /><br />Rather slowly then, with many years of time delay...<br /><br />GoodAndrew MacLaren-Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01275686573421308677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-52908495392624704052014-09-30T17:56:04.283+00:002014-09-30T17:56:04.283+00:00In some ways John a quiet road is more dangerous f...In some ways John a quiet road is more dangerous for the cat I think, because in busy areas cats get really street-wise. Our dearly loved cat Maxi got run over some years ago and was terribly injured. We searched and searched but couldn't find him. A friend heard him screaming in the hedge bottom, found him and put him out of his misery. I fear for my two now. They have managed ten years but you never know.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-5984426961531002014-09-30T17:39:06.329+00:002014-09-30T17:39:06.329+00:00I love my cats. A stray cat turned up and my brot...I love my cats. A stray cat turned up and my brother was keeping an eye on her because she was in kit and then she went and had the kittens under the weighbridge. They sed to dodge the lorries. I now have all four of them and my brother has the mother.xxxRachel Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053924416805878169noreply@blogger.com