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OT: PKT at work

Milady is a PKT. That's a professional kitten tamer for those of you that don't know. Its a job she's perfected over the last 30 years.

Anyway, a couple weeks ago a totally wild feral kitten showed up. I'm convinced there's a sign written in cat-ese at the end of our driveway saying a cat person lives here. Anyway this thing would run for cover at the sight of us. I told Julie, you met your match, there ain't no way to tame that one.

Well, it took a week but the kitten started coming up on the deck to get fresh tuna juice. Then she started with the feather on a line attached to the fishing pole while hiding behind the bushes. Any PKT will tell you a kitten can't resist a dancing feather. Then the feather went in the open patio door. Presto, Julie shut the kitten in the house. Next all the doors were shut except the one to the spare bedroom. Pretty soon the kitten ventured in there and got shut in.

For a couple days, the kitten only got to eat with Julie in the room with the food closer to her every day. Yesterday. she caught a couple six week old wild kittens from one of our cats - easy peasy for a PKT. Anyway, now the freshly tamed young kittens are in the spare bedroom with "wild thing". This kitten don't stand a chance now, the PKT will have tamed another one. I'll have to eat my words.

Karl

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Karl Townsend
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How long before they go to work?

Reply to
Buerste

Are you kidding?

Dogs have masters, cats have staff.

karl

Reply to
Karl Townsend

Like the cowboy said to the Brit "The boss is over there, my master ain't been born yet", but you couldn't find truer friends.

jsw

Reply to
Jim Wilkins

Those kittens are pretty irresistable, aren't they? But people don't train cats. Cats train people. It sounds like Julie is pretty well trained ;-)

Seriously, though, watch out for fleas. We took in a load of feral kittens and paid for it by ripping out all of our carpets (which we were planning to do soon anyway). But then our two housecats got the fleas, and there was nothing at all amusing about that.

So, before you bring strays into the house, the should get a good bath. There's nothing much more pitiful looking than a soaking wet kitten.

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rangerssuck

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Yeah there is! How about a human being trying to HOLD a soaking wet feral kitten?

LLoyd

Reply to
Lloyd E. Sponenburgh

Ayup. Been there and done that myself. I once told my new roommate to leave the feral kittens on the back porch alone. He came into the kitchen a few days later with a bandaged hand and told me about the "furry little ball of razor blades" he had tried to pick up. All I could do was laugh.

As opposed to a totally tame feral kitten?

--snip--

Verily. So, what was the bet for? Foot rubs for a month?

P.S: Please -neuter- those animals ASAP to help reduce the epidemic.

-- We're all here because we're not all there.

Reply to
Larry Jaques

I have my cats fooled into thinking that critter elimination is THEIR idea. They prefer the Herring in the cream sauce over the tomato base and Tuna over Salmon

Reply to
Buerste

Those kittens are pretty irresistable, aren't they? But people don't train cats. Cats train people. It sounds like Julie is pretty well trained ;-)

Seriously, though, watch out for fleas. We took in a load of feral kittens and paid for it by ripping out all of our carpets (which we were planning to do soon anyway). But then our two housecats got the fleas, and there was nothing at all amusing about that.

So, before you bring strays into the house, the should get a good bath. There's nothing much more pitiful looking than a soaking wet kitten.

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Get "Advantage" for Extra Large dogs and give the cats 9 drops each month. It's much cheaper that way. I get it on eBay.

Reply to
Buerste

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Sexual favors. If she wins she gets laid. If I win i get laid.

Karl

Reply to
Karl Townsend

Like the one I picked up during an October rain storm in 1972. Must have been almost five weeks old when dropped off before the cottagers left for home for the winter. Gerry :-)} London, Canada

Reply to
Gerald Miller

I get those occasionally. Usually from Latinos who are moving on..... They generally consider dogs to be property. Like a used tire. Catos are almost as bad.

Gunner

Reply to
Gunner Asch

You da man, Karl! ;)

-- We're all here because we're not all there.

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Larry Jaques

Update. Julie just held "wild thing" for 15 seconds. But now she has blood leaking. I'd call that a draw, maybe we'll both get lucky.

Karl

Reply to
Karl Townsend

Same with ours. Last night the two hunters were on point, found a scorpion in the wall in the hallway. A little tiny one, almost invisible to me. They know not to touch those, but when they find one, they get agitated and will not abandon it until one of us humans deals with it. Other bugs are toys, while they last.

Reply to
RBnDFW

I should add, however, that it IS, in fact possible to train a cat. Take a look at this, for an extreme example:

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Reply to
rangerssuck

Uncle got his kids a cat for a pet but he is determined that the cat will be an outside cat. I'm not a fan of that since cats can be prey and then there are things like cars.

Anyway, the cat has a house on uncles deck but manages to get a invite at mom's house when she knocks on the door. The cat likes mom's attached green house (converted woodshed). I think the cat is named Princess.

I'm waiting for winter to see who lets the cat in overnight. I suspect mom will be the softy right up to when Princess uses the furnature for a scratching post. I hope Princess is a fast learner. ;)

Btw, cat is spayed so she won't breed.

Wes

-- "Additionally as a security officer, I carry a gun to protect government officials but my life isn't worth protecting at home in their eyes." Dick Anthony Heller

Reply to
Wes

Easy, grab front legs with one gloved hand, back legs with your other, dunk and swish.

Dogs are harder, they are bigger. ;)

Wes

PS Dogs don't bite or scratch, they know better.

Reply to
Wes

hope Princess

Get her a Smarty cat super scratcher and some catnip. Sprinkle the catnip on the scratcher. Our cats wear their claws out getting at the catnip. No energy left for furniture.

Karl

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Karl Townsend

hope Princess

Is that available in the box stores? I don't know how old Princess is but I suspect she is going to get a birthday pressent soon if I can locate your suggestion.

Wes

-- "Additionally as a security officer, I carry a gun to protect government officials but my life isn't worth protecting at home in their eyes." Dick Anthony Heller

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Wes

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