What are the words to Alice Mo’s theme song? “Alice Mo, Alice Mo, something something something spaghetti-o”?
Alice Mo/ The calico/ Sure does love/ Her Daddy, yo! Catchy little tune, isn’t it?
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This is a request for tips from all readers:
I got a new cat a week and a half ago, he’s about 5 years old and he randomly makes this loud, repetitive noise, which is starting to really frustrate my husband, especially when he does it at 3am. Hubs thinks he does it when he wants canned food, because he’s seen Vincent do this in the kitchen, but I’ve seen him do it in many of our rooms. Just today, I’ve started to sneak up behind him and spray him with water when he does it. Is this a good idea? He sounds much like Tiggy does in this video. Somewhere, Tiggy’s owner has said that he seems to do this after eating, but I haven’t seen Vincent eat yet, except for licking some canned food dry. He just seems to do it at random. Almost like he’s lost in the house. But sometimes he does it after getting up from sitting next to us, and we haven’t moved! I’m hoping to find a way to get him to stop, as my hubs is getting pretty frustrated, and I was the one who coerced him into getting Vincent, our 7th cat! (What could I do? He’d been at the petsmart for MONTHS and months-no one wanted him because he’s ‘ugly’, his ears look like American curl/Scottish Fold gone wrong.)
It’s just so frustrating when they do stuff like that in the middle of the night, isn’t it? If it sounds like the cat in that video, then it’s similar to something that Jake or Miz Poo occasionally do. What we usually have to do is call to them (or, okay, sometimes I yell at them to hush it up)(in ruder words than that), and they generally come running and stop making that noise. So I guess what I’m suggesting (if you haven’t already tried it) is to call out to him and see if that stops the sound. I don’t know that spraying him with water will work, because you have to be consistent with that sort of thing. If he’s at the other end of the house and you have to run to him to spray him and he’s stopped before you get there, all he’s going to learn is that occasionally his human sprays him for no reason.
That’s my opinion on the topic – I’d like to hear what the rest of y’all have to say!
PS: It’s entirely possible that this is just something he does because he’s in a new situation – it’s only been a short time since you brought him home, maybe he’s still figuring his way around?
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The burning question: How does Newt the Patoot descend from his lookout post? Another one: How did Khaleesi’s working vacation go? And did her brood fret about Her absence?
Newt just jumps down from the top of the fence post – well, actually he does that thing where he stretches out along the fence post, then pushes off with his back legs. It makes my knees hurt to see him do it, but it doesn’t seem to bother his knees!
Khaleesi came through her spay just fine, and the kittens didn’t seem to realize she was gone. When they saw her Wednesday morning after she got home, they were like “Oh hi, Mama. Hey, that lady brought us a snack! SNACK TIME, GUYS!!!”
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I never thought to ask this before, but do mama cats still produce milk after being spayed? I’d imagine the dragons will still be pretty famished when Khaleesi comes back from the vet.
Also, (if the answer to the above question is yes) do you think you can get any video of Khaleesi calling “dinner time!” to her babies? I think I’d pretty much keel over from cuteness-induced shock from seeing a bunch of kittens rush to get their turn at the milk bar.
Spayed mamas do indeed continue to produce milk – as long as there are babies nursing, they’ll keep producing. In fact, when Maggie and her babies went to Petsmart, the cage cleaners and adoption counselors were under strict instructions not to let the babies nurse if they were out of their cages at the same time. And Lisa told me that she let a couple of the babies out to run around at the same time Maggie was out, and the babies were nursing in about 10 seconds flat!
I’ll try to get it on video, but Khaleesi usually does it so quickly that I don’t get a chance to get the camera put on movie mode.
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When Khaleesi is back from the vet, will she go back in with her babies? Or will you keep them separated while she heals up?
She’s back in with them. If she’d been bothered by them or uncomfortable, I would have kept her separate, but she wanted to be with them and I usually let the Mamas make that decision.
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I’ve noticed before, but haven’t said, that Ember really has the perfect name for her. She’s got that prominent M on her forehead and her white fur is snow white, brrrr, M-Brrrr Ember! Did you do that on purpose? Oh and her little orangey bits look like flames! Seriously perfect name!
I think it was because the orange on her made me think of flames. It is a pretty perfect name for her, isn’t it!
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So…Puff’s eyes are clearly changing to green….what about the others’ eyes? Any chance of any of them keeping their baby blues? (Scorch would be amazing with blue eyes! Or green eyes. Or amber eyes. Or whatever color eyes he wants. He is simply amazing!)
I don’t believe we’re going to get any permanent blue eyed kittens from the Dragons – they all appear to be changing. I’ve got a couple of close-up pictures of Norbert that show how his eyes are turning green. I’ll try to get closeups of the other kittens’ eyes soon.
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Norbert has earned a place of honor just like Stompers did! Your lion comment though made me think about the Wizard of Oz. Have you used a naming theme centered around that yet? Dorothy, Glinda and maybe Auntie Em for girls. Hunk, Zeke, Hickory, Professor Marvel, maybe even Toto.
I haven’t had a Wizard of Oz naming theme for a litter – but I did have a Dorothy!
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That baby has lungs! I assume meal times are quite noisy then.
Meal times are SO noisy! I try not to feed the babies in any particular order, but Arya is almost always fed first because she has the most piercing scream. Then Jon Snow, because he ALSO has a very piercing scream. Actually, they all have really strong lungs, so I get them fed as fast as I possibly can!
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Johnathon Livingston Snowgull!
Hahaha! I love that. 🙂
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Just came across this and had to share it with you…
I love the Hodor memes so very, very much!
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Is Jon Snow your first white foster?
Not at all, though there haven’t been a lot of them. We had Smudge Bunny back in 2008; I’m pretty sure she was our first white foster.
Then in 2009, shortly after Mister Boogers died, I fostered four kittens, who were all white. They hadn’t had any time with their mother before she was euthanized, and despite our best, desperate attempts, none of them made it. I wasn’t going to name any of them, but after the first two were gone I was so sure that the other two were going to make it that I named them Hamilton and Jefferson. I only took a very few pictures of them.
And HEY, wasn’t that an unexpected sad turn to this post?
In 2010 we had Los Gatitos, who were only with us for about a week; they were spayed and neutered before I got them, so we were basically just waiting for room to open up at Petsmart.
And then, last year we had Dandelion, who was a hot mess when we got her, but turned out to be one gorgeous girl.
It’s entirely possible that there have been other white fosters, but I think I got ’em all. And I should add that it seems apparent that Jon Snow is going to turn out to be a flame-point Siamese (mix?), since the orange has really started to come out on his ears and tail.
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I think Norbert and Ember look like they could have come from the same litter. They’re both small, they have the same almond-shaped eyes, rather than the big, round eyes that Scorch, Puff, and Ruth have.
I love the points on Ruth’s ears.
Norbie lurves that scratcher. See how his eyes look really blue here?
A closeup of Puff’s pretty, pretty eyes.
Craaaaaazy eyes!
Ruth looks a bit pouty here. Mama must have just scolded her.
Norbert, the little schemer.
See how his eyes are turning green?
Tough work, being this cute.
Ember gets a chin scritch.
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The Starks, hanging out in my lap. I love how they look so AMUSED at this age.
“Halp…am…being…crushed.”
“I BITE YOU! COME HERE, LADY! I BITE YOU! I GOTS TEETH NOW, YOU KNOW!”
Arya tries to decide whether to bite Brandon’s tail or Hodor’s ear.
She opts for Hodor’s paw instead.
Pouty baby.
“Enough of that camera, lady. YOU…”
“…put it away! AWAY!”
“Oh, are you still here? Hi! HI!”
Just like human babies, when kitten babies get tired, they rub their eyes. SO cute.
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One of Corbie’s favorite places to hang out – by the scratching post in the front room. Except yesterday, when it rained all day. Then he spent the day in the cat house in the back yard (he might have been protesting Stefan’s presence inside the house all day long!) I’m trying to convince Fred that we need a covered porch off the laundry room (overlooking the back yard) so that the cats can be outside on rainy days. (Fred is not convinced.)
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Previously
2012: Sights from around Crooked Acres!
2011: It’s time for those rambunctious, leggy monsters to go off and find their forever homes.
2010: It’s a rough job, but someone’s gotta do it.
2009: No entry.
2008: No entry.
2007: She presents the belly, but won’t let you touch.
2006: No entry.
2005: Mia. (Warning: this is a sad one.)