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Started 3 months ago by gracie
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Pickles got. Hurt other night squeezing thru barricaded pet door that doesnt. Lock. Vet thought initally broke knee but happy to say it is bad sperain. Took off week to keep calm. That and pain meds. She is almoast back to normal. Last night she jumped on my head while I was sleeping and cut with her nails my lip. Sorry for all typos. Brand new tablet just got today and not used to it and lots to learn

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Hmn

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gracie

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Sorry cate. This tablet a lot different from pc. And pickles wants to swipe at screen while I type

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Also she is now four pounds and as soon as leg 100 percent. Can finally have her fixed. Vet said too small before

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I was really confused at first but now that you edited it I understand. I'm
glad she is feeling better. Can you cut her nails so she can't scratch you? The first time is scary but after that it is pretty easy. Any pet store will have nail trimmers for cats.

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Gracie. Get her spayed asap. She may have been desperate to squeeze out of the pet door (I'm assuming it was to the outside) because she is in heat. The Seattle Animal Shelter will spay females when they reach a solid two pounds around 12 weeks. PAWS probably uses similar guidelines, though I am not positive.

Kitten season has started. Pickles is not too young and she's not too small to get pregnant. I'm not kidding. One of my first foster kitty cases was a small kitty that weighed 4 lbs 8 oz after she gave birth to four kittens in mid-April.

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If she's in heat , don't spay her.

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Cate

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Pickles has a lot of mama want-to-be's. I'm sorry gracie. I'm sure you and your vet have everything under control.

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I'm sorry about pickles being in a pickle - man I can't believe I just said that but I guess someone had to.
Hope she's feeling better soon.
There are different schools of thought on the age of spaying. I know that a German Shepherd rescue person told me that if you spay them too soon they don't get the ruff around their neck when they mature because it throws the natural growth cycle of hormones off. Who knows. Anyway, as long as your Juliet doesn't have Romeo climbing up the balcony there won't be any little ones. Or an unfortunate misunderstanding involving medication and sharp objects.

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The nails. I had vet do when they sedated her for xrays. I t ried. & tried and gave up. Forr whatever reason. She hates hind feet touched and she went thru what I think was very short heat period. That's why she was scheduled for surgery week she got hurt. Told vet think she knew & snuck out to find lover for a fling. She is doing better every day so think end of next week. Again apologies for typos. Wish decent instruction came with this tablet.

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Poor little buddy!

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Thanks allison and others abt Pickles getting in a pickle. (To quote. LIA) sure scared me. She too was scared when I found her-shivering & when I tried to comfort her she growled & bit me a good one because in so much pain..
Her vet is wonderful & pickles responded to her gentleness & kindness.

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We had a beautiful kitty named Pickles when I was a kid. My mom traded a homemade lemon meringue pie for her!

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lifeisamazing

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:( You must have been a sad little salad.

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Aunt Salad

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Oh no! We got Pickles and the neighbors got the pie! My mom loved kitties so much she would feed 'the strays' with tuna and pretty sure you know those kitties became part of our household. I myself only get my kitties from shelters - so Pickles is safe from me!

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Ohhhhh I got it backwards! What a good mom!
I thought you were a sad salad with no pickles :)
So, did you name the other kitties food names? Olives, relish, hot dog (veggie of course),

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Gracie - sorry to hear Miss Pickles got herself in a jam - that must have been scary for you both! The nails thing just takes practice - I used to have the vet do it (was new to cats) but now the cats will let me play manicure with not too much fuss. And a good scratching post/surface helps too. I'm sure little Miss will come thru just fine - she's got a good human on her hands ;o)

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I'm always helping friends and relatives trim their kitty's claws...and I just use regular human nail clippers. If you're not used to doing it yourself, then it's probably best to have someone else do it first, and just watch how to do it before trying it yourself.

Some cats are easier to handle than others, so for the more difficult ones, I'll have the cat's owner help me out. We grab a towel and wrap them up like a hot dog...but not too tight, though...just enough to restrict those flailing claws! Then we just take out one paw at a time. Hopefully, we can get the job done in one sitting, but if the cat's especially freaked out during the process, you might have to finish trimming the claws another time. :-)

P.S. Sending cuddles to Miss Pickles....she's such a cute little thing! >^..^<

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Thanks Chickster - I'm pretty partial to her cuteness too! She does have a scratching post and seems to be using it more since her nails were trimmed.
When she initially was injured she went to use the litter box, tried to squat & fell over sideways like a drunk. I couldn't help but feel bad but was also chuckling. She figured out a way to do it on her own. Now she is fine.

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CH - she's got a good human on her hands ;o)

She definitely does

Chick - With your experience with kitty grooming you'll appreciate this story I think-

I rescued 3 identical tiny kittens and they were so covered with fleas that I would flea comb them twice a day every day and I got hundreds off of them.
I'd never seen anything like it.

Anyway, they would put up with it for the most part without a fuss and I have rarely had an animal best me but boy one of the little guys decided one night that he had better things to do and would have none of it.

I was getting ready to do his belly and had him on his back in my lap, each of his front paws in each of my hands with his little arms spread and I was singing to him "I'm the boss of you, I'm the boss of you" to entertain my mom who was living with me at the time.

All of the sudden he decided to do this Exorcist thing and he flipped his bottom completely around to face down with his arms, chest and face still facing upward! I was so grossed out that I let go with an “Aaaaaa gross! You win!! Ewwwe how did you do that?!” and off he ran to play with his siblings. I never lived it down with my mom

She'd roll her eyes and say

"I'm the boss of you indeed. Weighed under 2 pounds and he got the better of you"

They were the cutest things and we found them lovely homes once they were old enough.

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Great story LIA! Pickles will sometimes roll up like a hedgehog. But now that she is getting more weight to her she is finding it harder to do that.

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lifeisamazing

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Hee, great visual. Got this picture of a cat with hedgehogy hair.

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Compass Rose

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How is sweet little Pickles doing, Gracie? I hole she's on the mend, poor baby.

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yourFriend

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enough already. stop using yer cat for attention

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You know what I love about MyBallard? I can scroll through all of the subjects and just read the ones I'm interested in. Thanks for posting about Pickles - love hearing animal stories.

Here's one for you - I was walking my dog and she made a big poop. (that is not the interesting part of the story) and I'd forgotten my bags.

What to do, what to do?

I finally saw someone had their TV on so hopefully was up and I knocked. I heard this ferocious bark and being inordinately afraid of dog fights I yelled "I have a dog out here" they said "I have a dog in here what do you need" kind of annoyed "I'm sorry but do you have a bag I could have to pick up my dogs poop?"

Turns out they were really friendly and they had a sweet pit bull that wanted to say hi. I had a really nice exchange with a stranger. Got some lovely connection with another human for me and attention for my dog and was able to give him and his dog some connection and attention.

One of the nicest things about animals is all the connection they cause between those that like animal stories.

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Nice story, LIA

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lifeisamazing

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:) See what I mean racer? If ya like these kinds of stories you open the thread. If not you don't have to.

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gracie

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LIA - great story and you are point on about opening threads about stories you like.
Compass - Pickles' leg is totally fine now. But the poor thing is in heat and has been for a few days. Of course it is night time and very early morning hours that she does the MEOOOOOWWWWW thing. Can't wait until she is done, which should be soon and then surgery time to fix that issue!!! (I shouldn't say it outloud - twice the surgery has been cancelled - first her leg & she went into heat this past Friday (surgery was going to be Saturday)

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lifeisamazing

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Man, watch that door like a hawk. I swear they come in possession of a Harry Potter invisible cloak when they come in heat!

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Compass Rose

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Shuddit, YF. I love Pickles stories. More cat stories!

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gracie

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Thanks Compass. YF seems to be the one trying to get attention. Like LIA putting it thing about blog there are many threads to read & if one doesn't seem to be one you don't care about, it's your option not to read it.

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Exactly. :-) It's been so long since I've had a kitten that I look forward to Pickles updates.

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Thanks. Well the "latest update" she is still in heat(6th day) & I'm worried she still be on Saturday - which is the day surgery scheduled for. Her first heat only lasted three days. But think it might be slowing down as she didn't keep me awake all night with the MEOOOWWW. One thing in heat she is super sweet, affectionate (woke me up this morning licking my face) but when not in heat she is a prankster, jumping, "attacking" me - miss that right now.
Nora - been meaning to ask you and might be a stupid question - the cat in your avatar is that a photoshop or was the cat really tilting head that way. Love the cat.

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No idea. Just picked it off the internets. I've never seen a cat tilt it's head that far but I don't think it's photo shopped. Just a crazy cat.
Fingers crossed for Saturday.

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I'm crossing my fingers, my toes, my eyes....................

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Oh, poor baby. I hope everything goes well on Saturday, Gracie.

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Hopefully the surgery will happen Saturday and when I bring her home she'll have her favorite treat if she is up to it. (dried Alaskan wild salmon treats - stinks but she loves it).

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My kitty loves those too. Also the freeze-dried chicken treats, which look like pieces of styrofoam.

It sounds like you're a great mommy.

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I just had lunch with couple of friends I hadn't seen for long time. She asked about Pickles and told her she was in heat & "frustrated". She looks at me very innocently and says "do they sell kitty vibrators?" Cracked us all up.

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Are you volunteering to hold it? There is a farm in Enumclaw that may sell adult pet toys;)

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gracie

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BH - yewwwww.

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Compass Rose

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Eeeuuuuwww. I can never read or hear anything about Enumclaw without being reminded of that.

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gracie

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Oh God, forgot about that. Now that was total yewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

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What is even more disgusting is that when I googled the town they even made a movie about it. I can't believe someone would want to watch a movie about that subject and it even won awards.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoo_%28film%29

The film's public debut was at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2007, where it was one of 16 winners out of 856 candidates. Following Sundance, it was selected as one of the top five American films to be presented at the prestigious Directors Fortnight sidebar at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival.

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Speaking as a robot with vibrating parts I find the above joke disgusting!!! Please remove your pussy from the forum. Pickles needs banished from Cyberspace!

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Biotron - sorry - ain't going to happen. Tell you what - you see anything remotely involving Pickles, don't read. That way you can't get "disgusted". Like it or not Pickles will show up here again, I'm sure.
And abouat being "disgusted" -- as someone once said, "It's a joke, son. It's a joke." And as Larry the Cable Guy would say "that's funny, I don't care who you are."

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gracie

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BH - that is disturbing that a movie was made about that and to win awards.

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Compass Rose

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Apparently the film was well-done and not lurid. I'm not sure I'd want to see it, though.

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Biotron can not help Pickles. I prescribe Microtron's drill. Batteries sold separately.

http://that-figures.blogspot.com/2011/01/vintage-view-micronauts-microtron-1976.html

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Gracie, I think Bio was joking.

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gracie

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LIA - I know he's not serious.

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BH - think you would appreciate this that a friend just sent to me - after hearing about Pickles "frustration" and the remark made at lunch today. He said a friend brought in his cat to be groomed at Pretty Kitty. It turned out to be anything but a pet place. http://www.yelp.com/biz/the-pretty-kitty-houston

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Gracie my sensors are detecting high levels of frustration and not of the feline variety. Perhaps you are the one who needs help? The readout recommends you schedule some time with Microtron and his drill? He is programmed to meet a variety of needs.

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gracie

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Bio - Maybe the Bionic woman would be interested in you and your mini drill!! You sound like a robot version of Fabio here.

Posted 2 months ago #
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So how is Pickeles doing after her "operation" on Saturday? (It did happen Saturday didn't it?)

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Cate - her heat period lasted until Friday evening - much longer than I anticipated. I thought it would be much shorter. Called the vet & at 8:00 A.M. Thursday she is going in. I'm getting off work early that day & will be with her Friday-Sunday. I know she will be okay - just won't be too happy with me never getting to experience Romeow!
Can sure tell she was out of heat this weekend - she'd gone from this loving little thing to ATTACK, chase the piece of paper, run from one room to the other, get up on haunches and act like Ninja kitty. Love it!
I'll let you know how she weathered it when we get back home Thursday evening.

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Here is to hoping things will turn out as planned, so we can end this Kitty Pon Farr thread!

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gracie

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Like someone so well phased it here the nice thing about blogs there are many threads and you don't have to read one if you don't want to.

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Like someone so well phased it here the nice thing about blogs there are many threads and you don't have to read one if you don't want to.

It sure would be nice if thread titles said something like:
What do I do for this? by gracie

That would really ensure certain threads could be by-passed.
One can only hope.

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Well GG, in the back of mind I recall that you, too, had done "what do I do for this" - like what kind of hair color to use, about a defunct TV, etc. "So ye who be without sin cast the first stone" and apparently you won't be doing it.

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