Everytime I'm sitting, the calico is instantly on my lap, so I try to touch her paws and squish her toes to distend the claws as frequently as possible. I keep clippers nearby the computer and the couch, so I can sneak in a toe or two.

The tabby is too skittish to do in his sleep, so it's during feeding time. He's such a hungry bugger, sometimes I can get both (front) paws in in one feeding.

I read this in a book somewhere-you get the cats used to you manipulating their feet-you touch their feet everytime you pet them. I just do the front paws.


Nys-don't rats have to chew all the time because their (front) teeth are continually growing or something? Can you keep one of those chew stones around the couch?

there's pictures of nyssa's rats in the pictures of the posters thread.

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Pkitty - I can't sneak anything past my cats when they're napping! *g* How d'you do that?

Nyssa, I knew someone who had four or five rats and told the most exciting stories about how clever and funny they are. What do yours look like?

Mine look like... Well, I beleive I have pics of em all in the photo album. Morgenstern's pic was just posted in pictures of posters... Um, well, Morgenstern's an albino mini-rat. And Twilight is a black rat with a white belly. I used to have to white ones (one with a black head, one albino) They're great animals.

My degu's the wierd one. I gave him a little stick thing to chew on. He won't drop it. All day, he runs along the cage, dragging it across the bars. *twang twang twang* Ach! When he's done he puts it back into his food bowl. Little wierdo.

edit: oh, Smaug already said the pics are in the one thread... yay Smaug!

My best friend got married a few months ago. I was a bridesmaid. While she was gone on her honeymoon her sister was house and cat sitting. She left the door to the bedroom open and the cat peed on my bridesmaid dress. I laughed, but my friend was pissed. She was going to save it with her wedding dress.

When she got pregnant this same cat peed all over her bed. I guess it was jealous. hahaha

When I was living in an apartment, it was really too small for two cats, and my calico took to peeing in corners, to try and mark her territory. Thankfully that has stopped now that I moved to a house with a basement, but I can't leave luggage arround her, ever! she's ruined a backpack, a messenger bag, and a duffel!

Man, am I happy that I don't have super territorial, jealous, mad peeing cats.


The tabby likes to claw and rub his face all over luggage, backpacks and shoes. He does the rabbit leg thing with the smaller items. That's about it.

We used to have a cat at home which knew how to open doors (we use door handles not door knobs) and what he did was open three doors in a row, jump on the fridge open it jump in close it a when you went to get a meal you always found a slightly fatter, purring cat looking inocently from the fridge...

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Originally posted by pkitty:
Nys-don't rats have to chew all the time because their (front) teeth are continually growing or something? Can you keep one of those chew stones around the couch?

Yeah, their teeth will grow too long if they chew. I just keep her in my lap when she's round the couch to stop her from chewing on the couch. She's got little flavoured chew sticks in her cage to chew on... they just like clothes and soft things for some reason...

And my brother's cat has this sock thing... If they're on your feet, he'll try to take em off. And once he's got a sock he just sits there with it. nibbling on it, or licking it. He'll go through anything to get a sock. It's creepy...

The WonderMomo:

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Yeah, their teeth will grow too long if they chew. I just keep her in my lap when she's round the couch to stop her from chewing on the couch. She's got little flavoured chew sticks in her cage to chew on... they just like clothes and soft things for some reason...

Maybe it's the years of accumulated food smells/crumbs?

Heh, my aunt/cousin's cat used to drag around a huge teddy bear everywhere it went. I thought it was really cute and commented upon it one day to my aunt. She replied, "Oh, that his lover." On cue, the cat started humping the bear.

Ick.


My friends had a boston terrier who had a human ear fetish. If you were new to him, he would follow you around and stare at your ears. If you sat down on the couch, he would get next to you and stare intently at your ear. When you turned your head...he would launch at your ear with his slobbery tongue.

Double ick.

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And my brother's cat has this sock thing... If they're on your feet, he'll try to take em off. And once he's got a sock he just sits there with it. nibbling on it, or licking it. He'll go through anything to get a sock. It's creepy...

hehehe... my cats think socks are evil, and have to be properly gotten. Not dirty socks, though, or socks you're wearing. But if I leave some laying around after doing the laundry (like, while I'm putting other clothes away), or if I accidentally leave the sock drawer open, there's going to be socks all over the place, usually in the middle of the living room floor, which is obviously the best place to bring evil socks and subdue them.

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Originally posted by pkitty:
Heh, my aunt/cousin's cat used to drag around a huge teddy bear everywhere it went. I thought it was really cute and commented upon it one day to my aunt. She replied, "Oh, that his lover." On cue, the cat started humping the bear.

My dog does the same thing with her doggy bed...