KK Chat -- 6 February 2022, Part Two

[DesertRose]

[Sunday, February 6, 2022] [4:27:59 PM EST] <KK> Not sure I have room for a cat tree. We'll have to see what things look like once I've dealt with the boxes of "stuff" presently occupying part of my living room.
[Sunday, February 6, 2022] [4:28:08 PM EST] <Eris> <DFK> What cats do not do is conform.They do whatever they want
[Sunday, February 6, 2022] [4:28:25 PM EST] <KK> True!
[Sunday, February 6, 2022] [4:28:26 PM EST] <Eris> <Shiral> They just have to be themselves
[Sunday, February 6, 2022] [4:28:49 PM EST] <Eris> <DesertRose (she/her)> My parents bought a couple of those cat cubes (fabric over wire frames, you can fold them away like the folding car windshield shades), and PJ doesn't care, but Merlin, Layla, Callie, and KitKat FIGHT over those things. High play-value toys.
[Sunday, February 6, 2022] [4:29:07 PM EST] <Eris> <DesertRose (she/her)> They make small cat trees, KK.
[Sunday, February 6, 2022] [4:29:16 PM EST] <Eris> <Evie> Gigi has decided that she likes sleeping on top of my fleece weighted blanket anyway, now that she's allowed into the bedroom. (It used to be off limits in Luke's day, since I couldn't sleep with his heavy-footed tromping all over me all night.)
[Sunday, February 6, 2022] [4:29:31 PM EST] <Eris> <DesertRose (she/her)> The one I have for Carys isn't very big, takes up about the same amount of space as a two-drawer filing cabinet.
[Sunday, February 6, 2022] [4:29:55 PM EST] <KK> I'll have to do some research.
[Sunday, February 6, 2022] [4:30:08 PM EST] <Eris> <DesertRose (she/her)> Read the reviews.
[Sunday, February 6, 2022] [4:30:25 PM EST] <KK> Yep.
[Sunday, February 6, 2022] [4:30:35 PM EST] <Eris> <DFK> Especially the ones by the cats
[Sunday, February 6, 2022] [4:30:38 PM EST] <Eris> <DesertRose (she/her)> It might actually be a better idea to hold off on a cat tree until you have a cat and you've gotten to know each other well enough that you have a decent idea what Kitty might like.
[Sunday, February 6, 2022] [4:30:44 PM EST] <Eris> <DesertRose (she/her)> Hee, DFK.
[Sunday, February 6, 2022] [4:30:55 PM EST] <KK> That's what I was thinking, DR.
[Sunday, February 6, 2022] [4:31:14 PM EST] <KK> The shelter folk might also have a good idea what the adoptee might like or not.
[Sunday, February 6, 2022] [4:31:27 PM EST] <Eris> <DesertRose (she/her)> Carys doesn't really care about the condo parts, but she likes the sleeping platforms and sisal-rope scratching posts.
[Sunday, February 6, 2022] [4:31:53 PM EST] <Eris> <DFK> Just think how many things we have bought for our cats that they have turned up their noses at.
[Sunday, February 6, 2022] [4:32:03 PM EST] <KK> Heh, yeah.
[Sunday, February 6, 2022] [4:32:05 PM EST] <Eris> <Shiral> Mine like the sisal scratching posts, too
[Sunday, February 6, 2022] [4:32:20 PM EST] <Eris> <DesertRose (she/her)> So her current tree has a sleeping platform, a sort of tunnel-shaped condo space, and three sisal-rope scratching areas, two posts and a rotating cylinder.
[Sunday, February 6, 2022] [4:32:29 PM EST] <Eris> <Shiral> And the platforms for sitting and bird and human watching
[Sunday, February 6, 2022] [4:32:41 PM EST] <KK> I still have a scratching ramp that some of my cats used to like. We'll see if it appeals to the new guy/s.
[Sunday, February 6, 2022] [4:32:43 PM EST] <Eris> <Evie> I gave up buying cat toys and beds for mine when I discovered they had more fun with the cardboard boxes I'd bring groceries home from Sam's Club in.
[Sunday, February 6, 2022] [4:33:18 PM EST] <Eris> <DFK> Murray considers that is what the bay window is for. Prime cat obserVtion and sleeping spot
[Sunday, February 6, 2022] [4:33:21 PM EST] <Eris> <DesertRose (she/her)> I don't buy many toys, but Carys has a collection of catnip mice/balls/things to chase, and she has a "fishing pole" and a laser pointer.
[Sunday, February 6, 2022] [4:33:22 PM EST] <The_Bee> When tI buy a treat for melantha, she usually ignores it once she realizes it's harmless.
[Sunday, February 6, 2022] [4:33:41 PM EST] <The_Bee> or a toy, I meant
[Sunday, February 6, 2022] [4:33:43 PM EST] <Eris> <DesertRose (she/her)> She likes to steal my throw blankets though.
[Sunday, February 6, 2022] [4:33:51 PM EST] <Eris> <Shiral> I got one of those cat dancer toys that sticks to the wall. Tati adores it
[Sunday, February 6, 2022] [4:33:52 PM EST] <bynw> my bengals never cared for cat treats
[Sunday, February 6, 2022] [4:34:13 PM EST] <Eris> <Evie> There is a window in the craft room with the sill just a few inches up from the floor, and Luke used to like to sit on a pillow and look out at the birds.
[Sunday, February 6, 2022] [4:34:15 PM EST] <KK> Gus was big on treats, not so much on toys.
[Sunday, February 6, 2022] [4:34:18 PM EST] <Eris> <DFK> Murray especially llikes to play with grapes when DH manages to frop them on the floor
[Sunday, February 6, 2022] [4:34:19 PM EST] <bynw> and kagi used to destroy any toy she was given .... andi didnt care about toys
[Sunday, February 6, 2022] [4:34:36 PM EST] <Eris> <DesertRose (she/her)> And she's also appropriated the towel I put on the stack of sewing bins (the original purpose of which was to give me a safe surface for running my little mini iron over seams) as a nap spot.
[Sunday, February 6, 2022] [4:34:47 PM EST] <Eris> <Shiral> I've had cats who played vigorous games of pea hockey on the kitchen floor
[Sunday, February 6, 2022] [4:34:59 PM EST] <KK> Oh, yeah.
[Sunday, February 6, 2022] [4:35:20 PM EST] <Eris> <Shiral> Although nobody ever cared about any actual rules. =o)
[Sunday, February 6, 2022] [4:35:20 PM EST] <KK> Kibble hockey also works well.
[Sunday, February 6, 2022] [4:35:39 PM EST] <KK> But kibble hockey is usually interrupted by Mr. Dog.
[Sunday, February 6, 2022] [4:35:40 PM EST] <Eris> <DFK> My friend had a cat who loved to steal raw green beans and play with them
[Sunday, February 6, 2022] [4:35:48 PM EST] <Eris> <DesertRose (she/her)> I also had to move my knitting/crochet stuff into my old book bag because SOMEKITTY thinks my bamboo knitting needles are fun toys.
[Sunday, February 6, 2022] [4:36:07 PM EST] <Eris> <Shiral> Battery hockey is also popular. ANd bottle cap hockey. If it can be batted around and chased, it's toy material
[Sunday, February 6, 2022] [4:36:22 PM EST] <Eris> <DesertRose (she/her)> Merlin likes to do that, DFK. My mom is such a Certified Pet Spoiler that she throws one down for him every time she cooks green beans.
[Sunday, February 6, 2022] [4:36:23 PM EST] <Eris> <DFK> So true
[Sunday, February 6, 2022] [4:36:25 PM EST] <Eris> <Evie> Yes, Gigi loves to study the effects of gravity
[Sunday, February 6, 2022] [4:36:34 PM EST] <KK> Milk rings were also popular with the young ones, for a time.
[Sunday, February 6, 2022] [4:36:47 PM EST] <Eris> <Nezz> Oh yes, the milk rings...
[Sunday, February 6, 2022] [4:37:01 PM EST] <Eris> <DesertRose (she/her)> When they replaced their oven, they found quite the collection of dessicated, bite-marked green beans under the old oven.
[Sunday, February 6, 2022] [4:37:11 PM EST] <bynw> kagi doesnt do much chasing these days ... a good 15 1/2 plus years old and just doesnt care
[Sunday, February 6, 2022] [4:37:18 PM EST] <KK> Why am I not surprised?
[Sunday, February 6, 2022] [4:37:30 PM EST] <Eris> <DesertRose (she/her)> Just meowing at cats over the phone (re Kagi).
[Sunday, February 6, 2022] [4:37:31 PM EST] <KK> Re dessicated green beans.
[Sunday, February 6, 2022] [4:37:36 PM EST] <Eris> <Shiral> I was once given a sewing basket for a birthday gift. i put it on my coffee table and went to hang up my coat. When i came back, Izzy was sitting in the empty basket looking very pleased and approving. If I'd told her it was for her, she'd never have gone near it
[Sunday, February 6, 2022] [4:37:50 PM EST] <Eris> <DesertRose (she/her)> Because cat, Shiral.
[Sunday, February 6, 2022] [4:37:52 PM EST] <Eris> <Shiral> Dmitri has to join in all my phone conversations
[Sunday, February 6, 2022] [4:37:55 PM EST] <Eris> <DFK> Lol
[Sunday, February 6, 2022] [4:38:05 PM EST] <Eris> <Evie> 😄
[Sunday, February 6, 2022] [4:38:06 PM EST] <bynw> yes DesertRose .... she has become very vocal since Andi died
[Sunday, February 6, 2022] [4:38:25 PM EST] <KK> Misses her sister.
[Sunday, February 6, 2022] [4:38:25 PM EST] <Eris> <Shiral> And most of my zoom calls
[Sunday, February 6, 2022] [4:38:26 PM EST] <bynw> she used to be the quite cat
[Sunday, February 6, 2022] [4:38:30 PM EST] <Eris> <DesertRose (she/her)> Carys perks up when she hears either of my parents or the Pod-Child on the phone. All Certified Pet Spoilers.
[Sunday, February 6, 2022] [4:38:51 PM EST] <Eris> <Evie> Gigi used to be my quiet, undemanding, low maintenance cat. Heh.
[Sunday, February 6, 2022] [4:38:57 PM EST] <KK> So she recognizes phone voices.
[Sunday, February 6, 2022] [4:39:16 PM EST] <Eris> <Shiral> Now she's learned to take advantage of opportunities
[Sunday, February 6, 2022] [4:39:18 PM EST] <Eris> <DesertRose (she/her)> But she also sometimes joins other phone calls. It's . . . interesting to be making a doctor's appointment and have to ask Carys to hush; at least it usually gets a laugh out of the office person.
[Sunday, February 6, 2022] [4:39:23 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Sounds like Gigi is in charge now
[Sunday, February 6, 2022] [4:39:39 PM EST] <Eris> <DesertRose (she/her)> She loves my stepdad, and to be fair, I have yet to meet the cat or dog he could not charm.
[Sunday, February 6, 2022] [4:39:43 PM EST] <The_Bee> Melantha has become very vocal lately.  I'm not sure what she's trying to say.
[Sunday, February 6, 2022] [4:39:47 PM EST] <Eris> <Shiral> Tati is not s o interested in phone conversations
[Sunday, February 6, 2022] [4:39:52 PM EST] <bynw> help ... cold hands are touching me !!!!!!
[Sunday, February 6, 2022] [4:40:10 PM EST] <Eris> <DesertRose (she/her)> But Carys will get UPSET if he comes over and does not pet her more or less as soon as he's in my apartment.
[Sunday, February 6, 2022] [4:40:26 PM EST] <Eris> <DFK> My DH is like the Pied Piper with caats or dags. They all go right to him
[Sunday, February 6, 2022] [4:41:10 PM EST] <Eris> <DesertRose (she/her)> We joke that Merlin is a ca-dog, looks like a cat but follows my stepdad around as if he (Merlin) were a puppy.
[Sunday, February 6, 2022] [4:41:45 PM EST] <Eris> <DesertRose (she/her)> Merlin is a mean kitty to basically everyone but my stepdad and the Pod-Child. He tolerates Mom because she is the Dispenser of Food, and everyone else can go whistle.
[Sunday, February 6, 2022] [4:42:22 PM EST] <Eris> <DFK> I had a cat named Merlin (the magic cat) He loved Everybody
[Sunday, February 6, 2022] [4:42:39 PM EST] <bynw> i had a cat once apon a time that would follow me everywhere .... including into the pond one summer day that it was hot (all this back when i was a teenager)
[Sunday, February 6, 2022] [4:42:44 PM EST] <Eris> <DesertRose (she/her)> Merlin is the Manx Menace.
[Sunday, February 6, 2022] [4:43:27 PM EST] <Eris> <DFK> My Merlin was a very small cat. The other cats looked out for him.
[Sunday, February 6, 2022] [4:44:14 PM EST] <The_Bee> My brother's cat Macey has outlived her two house-sharing cats.  She really enjoys being an only cat.
[Sunday, February 6, 2022] [4:44:14 PM EST] <Eris> <DesertRose (she/her)> Nope. This Merlin is a good 17 lbs. He could do with losing some weight, but probably doesn't need to weigh less than 14-15 lbs. He's a big boy.
[Sunday, February 6, 2022] [4:45:20 PM EST] <KK> I need to go, guys. Mr. Dog is on a died--weighed in at (ahem) 80 pounds at his last visit--so he's been on a diet for the past couple of weeks. At least he takes his meds. Has developed a liver issue that we're treating, and will go back in another week or so to repeat his blood work and see if the meds are helping. But he'll be 13 in June, so he's no sp
[Sunday, February 6, 2022] [4:45:24 PM EST] <The_Bee> Melantha's vat wants her to gain weight, but I can't get her to eata whole can of cat food.
[Sunday, February 6, 2022] [4:45:28 PM EST] <KK> died, not died.
[Sunday, February 6, 2022] [4:45:34 PM EST] <Eris> <Shiral> Dmitri's the same way. Has always been long and tall
[Sunday, February 6, 2022] [4:45:53 PM EST] <KK> diet, not died.
[Sunday, February 6, 2022] [4:45:54 PM EST] <Eris> <Shiral> Thanks for stopping in to see us, KK! Have a good week.
[Sunday, February 6, 2022] [4:46:07 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Have a good week, KK
[Sunday, February 6, 2022] [4:46:09 PM EST] <KK> Hopefully I'll have good cat news by next week.
[Sunday, February 6, 2022] [4:46:10 PM EST] <Eris> <Nezz> take care, KK, have a great one
[Sunday, February 6, 2022] [4:46:10 PM EST] <Eris> <Evie> See you later, KK! Hope the meds end up helping.
[Sunday, February 6, 2022] [4:46:12 PM EST] <Eris> <Shiral> Glad to know it's not that final, KK 😉
[Sunday, February 6, 2022] [4:46:21 PM EST] <bynw> have a good evening KK
[Sunday, February 6, 2022] [4:46:30 PM EST] <bynw> thanks for coming by
[Sunday, February 6, 2022] [4:46:38 PM EST] <KK> Hopefully he's still got good innings in him.
[Sunday, February 6, 2022] [4:46:44 PM EST] <Eris> <Shiral> Enjoy the Olympic figure skating! I know I will
[Sunday, February 6, 2022] [4:46:44 PM EST] <The_Bee> Thanks for coming, KK.  Have a good week and good Cat-questiing
[Sunday, February 6, 2022] [4:46:54 PM EST] <KK> He's a good dog. But I'm really a cat person.
[Sunday, February 6, 2022] [4:47:05 PM EST] <Eris> <Shiral> May the right cats come along soon
[Sunday, February 6, 2022] [4:47:14 PM EST] <KK> Yes!
[Sunday, February 6, 2022] [4:47:22 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Good luck, KK!
[Sunday, February 6, 2022] [4:47:29 PM EST] <The_Bee> PURRRRRR!
[Sunday, February 6, 2022] [4:47:32 PM EST] <Eris> <DFK> have a good week kk, nite
[Sunday, February 6, 2022] [4:47:34 PM EST] * KK steps onto her Portal, waves goodnight, and disappears in a shower of green sparkles.
[Sunday, February 6, 2022] [4:47:41 PM EST] <Eris> <Shiral> And good luck with any planned unpacking/uncluttering
[Sunday, February 6, 2022] [4:47:54 PM EST] <KK> Nighters!
[Sunday, February 6, 2022] [4:47:54 PM EST] <Eris> <Evie> Goodnight!
[Sunday, February 6, 2022] [4:47:56 PM EST] <Eris> <DesertRose (she/her)> G'night, KK!
[Sunday, February 6, 2022] [4:48:00 PM EST] Quit KK has left this server (Quit: https://mibbit.com Online IRC Client).