A Comforting Face

[Stealth Hunter]

Down here in Texas, as most of you can imagine (I know Neal can vouch with me), the hurricane has been stirring up some trouble. I went down to the local Burger King today and ordered a Loaded Steakhouse Burger. I looked out the window at the drive through, and saw this lost kitten down by the bushes.

After picking up the food, I asked the attendant if he'd seen the cat before. Apparently, it had been there for several days (three or four). I drove back around and parked towards the east end of the lot, got out of the car, and finally trapped the kitten.

He's a Siamese, probably about a month and a half old. Poor guy had oil on his head, but I cleaned him off when we got home. His tail is broken and his leg has a gash in it. He's so skinny that I can feel all his vertebrae and his ribcage. He's also pretty ill. Friendly little guy, but I'm worried about him. He's not doing too well. He's sleeping right now. It's about 4:15 AM here, and I should probably join him for the night, lol.

I'll get some pictures up tomorrow when I get my camera working.

[Skybird]

Take care of it, and see a doctor. Well done to accept the responsibility! :up: Don't write that kitten off too early, for it could prove to be sturdy (cats have nine lives...): broken bones can heal, and if it has no damage to it's organs and no virus infection, with patience, caretaking and some love you have a fair chance to save it.

[Schroeder]

Make sure you go to a vet's with it (and be prapared for the bill:-?). Then try to learn as much about cats as possible (read books, ask people who have cats etc.) and you might have a new friend in no time.:D

[Tchocky]

Feel free to PM me with any questions, myself and my girlfriend take in cats all the time :)

This is Semtex, who was a few months old and a bag of bones when we found him. Since been rehomed.
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b235/LarsenB/27-11-07_2109.jpg

And this is Rasputin, destroyer of socks :p. He likes to sleep on the keyboard while I'm gaming.
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b235/LarsenB/21-03-08_0016.jpg

[Takeda Shingen]

I will concur with both Skybird and Schroeder in saying that it is imperative that you take the cat to a competent veterinarian as soon as humanly possible.

[August]

Jesus, don't let my Rose hear about a stray cat. We're already in the process of being adopted by cat number 3. That's quite enough. :nope::D

[Task Force]

Tchocky that second cat looks similar to one of ours. Except ours has a white spot on his chest. He also likes to get on my desk and mess with my keyboard, likes socks and sleeps on my head.:rotfl:

[stabiz]

I love stories like this, Stealth Hunter.:up: My own cat "Cat#2" is sleeping in the shade right now, as its one billion degrees outside. I`ll post a pic of the little bastard later.

I read in the paper the other day that someone had thrown a kitten on a barbeque during a party. You have to seriously sick to to something like that.

[Dowly]

Awwwwwwww! Cute cats. :yep:

[rifleman13]

@ Stealth Hunter:
Good for you for taking care those who are in need! :up:

@ Tchocky:
Ain't that cute!;)
You named your felines after a plastic explosive and a Russian mystic!:up:
That is so damned cute! :arrgh!:

[Respenus]

Might I point you fine gentlemen to this lovely post (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=13781698&postcount=668)?

[XabbaRus]

A siamese. Hope you have toys to keep it occupied. I love them but they are so naughty.

[Sailor Steve]

Might I point you fine gentlemen to this lovely post (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=13781698&postcount=668)?
An excellent read, thank you.

A friend of mine used to be blessed with a black female he called Lucretia McEvil, after the old Blood, Sweat & Tears song. She was highly intelligent, and highly evil, and I could fill a small book with stories of her antics, such as getting in a tree and yowling to be rescued, only to immediately scramble back up and do it again.

But one thing alway sticks in my mind, and that was the day she 'died'.

I was visiting and was in my friend's office talking to him. Being temporarily bored, I wandered out to the living room, only to see poor Lucy lying in the middle of the floor, legs crossed and eyes half open, looking every bit like a dead cat. I crouched down beside her and said her name: no response. I nervously reached out to feel if she was warm or cold. When I touched her, her tail twitched just a little. I called her name again and she sat up to be petted, tail twitching quite rapidly now. I then got up to move to a chair, thinking that maybe she had just been asleep in that position and my misunderstanding had been accidental. No such luck. No sooner had I moved away than she lay right back down in the exact same position, patiently waiting for her next victim.

Cat humor amazes me sometimes.

[Tchocky]

@ Tchocky:
Ain't that cute!;)
You named your felines after a plastic explosive and a Russian mystic!:up:
That is so damned cute! :arrgh!: Well, we found Semtex lying in the porch looking suspicious, so it seemed a natural name :)

And as for Raspy, he's pitch black and mischevious beyond belief. His most recent game is to leap on my head as I climb the stairs

[Randomizer]

Well done to Stealth Hunter and the other Cat rescuers out there.

Our Come'eer is a rescued cat, my son found her at a rural landfill, she still had her milk-eyes and was near to death. She needed a fair bit of cat maintenance from the local vet but it was worth it. We got her by default over my wife's strident objections at about 4-months when he moved overseas to work. That was some three years ago.

I don't like her name and so usually just call her Cat or sometimes when she's being a pest, THC, short for The Hated Cat.

Semtex is a really good name for a cat!

[Oberon]

A siamese. Hope you have toys to keep it occupied. I love them but they are so naughty.

Vocal too, hope you have some good earplugs :lol: ;)

Hope he pulls through alright, we've got three that have adopted us, one we found in our back garden, one a friend of ours found, and one that was found when we went to buy a caravan. Mishka, Nikita and Tiggers :up:

[Platapus]

...got out of the car, and finally trapped the kitten.

He's a Siamese, probably about a month and a half old. Poor guy had oil on his head, but I cleaned him off when we got home.


What a noble thing you have done. :rock:

/salute

[Skybird]

Feel free to PM me with any questions, myself and my girlfriend take in cats all the time :)

This is Semtex,

Semtex...? :huh:


I remember some story where a pair of dogs or cats was named Anthrax and Ebola. and I knew one guy in berlin who had a Rottweiler wioth constantly bad mood, named (pronounce German) Tee-Drei-Vier (T-34) The beast was a tank indeed, and it was in a bad mood all day long.

But what has your cat done to deserve that name?

[Stealth Hunter]

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g17/Sgt-Smithy/Family%20Photographs/S8000011.jpg

[Tchocky]

Semtex...? :huh:
Hehe, I think it's a fairly idiosyncratic name for a cat :)
It's nice in Irish, too.

Tar isteach, a Sheimteics

I remember some story where a pair of dogs or cats was named Anthrax and Ebola. and I knew one guy in berlin who had a Rottweiler wioth constantly bad mood, named (pronounce German) Tee-Drei-Vier (T-34) The beast was a tank indeed, and it was in a bad mood all day long.Nice!
When I was a child our cat had 4 male kittens. I named them Hitler, Stalin, Franco & Mussolini. Well, Adolf, Joe, Frank and Duke :p

@ SH - Looks like he's in good shape! Eating well?

[Stealth Hunter]

Yeah, he's been eating quite a bit. However, his fitness isn't very good. He's really very thin, and I'm guessing he just looks a bit pudgy since he's curled up.

I've tried not to feed him too much since it can kill him (I recall the cases of starved POWs in Japanese prison camps eating excessively due to starvation after being liberated by Allied forces and then dying from the shock of it). I've named him Zero in honor of the Mitsubishi A6M fighter.

[Platapus]

awesome name for a cat! :up:

Good luck with your newest friend

[Peto]

Very cool SH! My cat and I are both quite happy with you!

:up:

[antikristuseke]

What a great thing to do, my hat is off to you, good sir.
Cats make for a great ocmpany, though i fear my cat as taken a bit too much after me, he is long, thing, eats like a horse and is a complete *******, still love him to bits.
He just came and curled up on my lap when i was readin this thread :D
Here is a poor quality webcam picture of the bugger.
http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/9260/picture4mh1.jpg

[Syxx_Killer]

What an awesome thing you did, SH, rescuing the poor little guy! :rock: Keep us updated on his progress! Most of our cats in the past have been rescues or strays that adopted us. One such cat is the one we call Icy. She showed up in the middle of winter back in 2004. Was only a few months old. She knew what the inside of a house was since she wanted in so bad and is deathly afraid of the outside. To this day if she even thinks you are walking near the door with her, she will freak out. By the way, she is the spawn of satan. She's very evil. :lol: She is also crazy. The slightest sound will send her running. If the slightest thing is out of place she approaches it cautiously. She knows how things are suppose to be and don't like misplaced objects.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v229/Syxx_Killer/Miscellaneous/Picture112.jpg

This one is named Dover. He is a Birman that we rescued from an animal shelter at the end of this past February. He was actually on the local news for their Pet of the Week segment. We called first thing on a Monday morning and got him. He's a real dork. He loves to play and is always chasing bugs. He and Icy are always chasing each other. In the shot above, Icy has become a fat cow, but she has lost some weight now that she has a friend to chase. She's still fat, though.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v229/Syxx_Killer/Miscellaneous/Picture243.jpg

Here's a pic I took of both of them a while back. Now if they get that close, they start wrestling with each other.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v229/Syxx_Killer/Miscellaneous/Picture235.jpg

[Platapus]

You are never lonely when you have a cat nor are you ever crowded. :up:

[bookworm_020]

I got to name the two cats of a fellow co worker. Bob and Ally (prefix that infront of the word cat to see how the naming process was done), but alas, bob was killed by a car after 6 months.:cry: They got a replacement cat named Fang (Loved to bite a rubber stress ball, hence it's name)

[Skybird]

Has subsim forum found a new mascot...? Boy is that little thing cute.

[Stealth Hunter]

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g17/Sgt-Smithy/Family%20Photographs/S8000012.jpg
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g17/Sgt-Smithy/Family%20Photographs/S8000013.jpg
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g17/Sgt-Smithy/Family%20Photographs/S8000014.jpg
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g17/Sgt-Smithy/Family%20Photographs/S8000015.jpg

[Oberon]

SH, he is Gourgeous with a capital G!! You're lucky you're on the other side of the pond or there would be an attempted heist :lol:

Seriously though, he's beautiful, I've always had a soft spot for the Siamese, and I love the name, Zero. I'm sure that when he's feeling better he'll be flying around the house like one too ;)

How is he drinking? And has he been to the toilet, if so how is it? All are important factors. However, he looks in good shape aside from the thin-ness, so I think the forum has got itself a new mascot to stand up there with old Niki. :up:

[Schroeder]

Have you already been to a vet's with him?

[Stealth Hunter]

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g17/Sgt-Smithy/Family%20Photographs/S8000017.jpg

@Oberon

He's become quite a sneaky little devil. Took him outside for a bit of exercise, and he made an escape attempt. Managed to catch him thankfully.

I don't know if I've ever mentioned it on the forum before, but I've also had a dog for nearly 7 years now. Meet Wallie (sorry for the red-eye; makes him look like a demon dog):

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g17/Sgt-Smithy/Family%20Photographs/S8000002.jpg

[Stealth Hunter]

Have you already been to a vet's with him?

Yeah, I had him checked out. His back leg is injured and possibly broken. The vet, whom I didn't care for, never elaborated on his injuries. His tail will heal, but it will be bent partially. Fortunately, I've still got a good enough memory to recall in the military how to properly dress a wound with bandages. I'll need to clean them, though, with either alcohol or liquid surgical soap (I'll probably go for the soap since it's less painful).

[Oberon]

Have you already been to a vet's with him?

Yeah, I had him checked out. His back leg is injured and possibly broken. The vet, whom I didn't care for, never elaborated on his injuries. His tail will heal, but it will be bent partially. Fortunately, I've still got a good enough memory to recall in the military how to properly dress a wound with bandages. I'll need to clean them, though, with either alcohol or liquid surgical soap (I'll probably go for the soap since it's less painful).

I can recommend Hibi-scrub, that's what we use on wounds. And don't use standard human disinfectant, it's poisonous to animals.

Love Wallie, he's beautiful, we've got a little Lhasa/Tibetan terrier called Sue, and a Collie/Lab called Max, as well as five cats :lol: Would never, ever be without an animal companion, I've met more nice animals in this world than I have humans, that I can say :up:

[Stealth Hunter]

Do they sell that scrub at Wal-Mart?

[Oberon]

Do they sell that scrub at Wal-Mart?

It's possible, being in the UK I'm not so sure, either that or the local chemist/drug store might have something. Failing both of them, the vet might be able to tell you where you can get some or an equivalent.

[Stealth Hunter]

I'll look into that. Thanks for the heads-up.:up:

[Stealth Hunter]

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g17/Sgt-Smithy/Family%20Photographs/S8000020.jpg

[Syxx_Killer]

Zero is such a cool lookin little fella! He looks so happy in that cage and out of the elements. :D

[Oberon]

Zero is such a cool lookin little fella! He looks so happy in that cage and out of the elements. :D

I think he realises what a lucky little lad he is, that's the beauty with a Siamese, they've got so much personality in them. I've heard them referred to as 'little dogs' sometimes, such is their closeness to people.
In the future, SH, you might want to get a cat-harness, some Siameses like going out for walks :)

[Platapus]

I think he realises what a lucky little lad he is...

I truly feel that they do. Dogs and Cats in "unfortunate circumstances" have to feel gratitude when they are moved into a safe and loving house. I know my two rescue animals do.

Our 17 year old cat still has nightmares and when they happen she cries and snuggles with me until she calm's down.

[Stealth Hunter]

He's starting to get a little meat on his bones, not much, but he's gradually getting some.

[JHuschke]

Feel free to PM me with any questions, myself and my girlfriend take in cats all the time :)

This is Semtex, who was a few months old and a bag of bones when we found him. Since been rehomed.
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b235/LarsenB/27-11-07_2109.jpg

And this is Rasputin, destroyer of socks :p. He likes to sleep on the keyboard while I'm gaming.
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b235/LarsenB/21-03-08_0016.jpg Some nice cats you have, even though I am allergic to them I still love them :up: Good thing that there are people who care about animals in this world. What could we do without them?

[Oberon]

Bump, so this doesn't fall off the front page so SH can give us regular updates on Zero :up:

[OneToughHerring]

http://edition.cnn.com/video/#/video/offbeat/2008/07/30/stang.holy.cat.wndu

Be sure to check his fur for any divine stuff. ;)

But anyway, a nice looking cat. More of a dog-person myself but I have lived with a cat. Nice animals with fun personalities. Good of you to take care of him.

[Stealth Hunter]

Bump, so this doesn't fall off the front page so SH can give us regular updates on Zero :up:

He's been getting a little more stronger and has taken up residence in the guest bedroom. Wallie and him get along fine, but little Wal is scared of him (he's never seen a kitten before). However, they play together a lot and are good friends.

Here are a few more pictures of him and Wallie:

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g17/Sgt-Smithy/Family%20Photographs/S8000023.jpg
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g17/Sgt-Smithy/Family%20Photographs/S8000027.jpg
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g17/Sgt-Smithy/Family%20Photographs/S8000025.jpg
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g17/Sgt-Smithy/Family%20Photographs/S8000029.jpg

[Stealth Hunter]

What an awesome thing you did, SH, rescuing the poor little guy! :rock: Keep us updated on his progress! Most of our cats in the past have been rescues or strays that adopted us. One such cat is the one we call Icy. She showed up in the middle of winter back in 2004. Was only a few months old. She knew what the inside of a house was since she wanted in so bad and is deathly afraid of the outside. To this day if she even thinks you are walking near the door with her, she will freak out. By the way, she is the spawn of satan. She's very evil. :lol: She is also crazy. The slightest sound will send her running. If the slightest thing is out of place she approaches it cautiously. She knows how things are suppose to be and don't like misplaced objects.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v229/Syxx_Killer/Miscellaneous/Picture112.jpg

This one is named Dover. He is a Birman that we rescued from an animal shelter at the end of this past February. He was actually on the local news for their Pet of the Week segment. We called first thing on a Monday morning and got him. He's a real dork. He loves to play and is always chasing bugs. He and Icy are always chasing each other. In the shot above, Icy has become a fat cow, but she has lost some weight now that she has a friend to chase. She's still fat, though.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v229/Syxx_Killer/Miscellaneous/Picture243.jpg

Here's a pic I took of both of them a while back. Now if they get that close, they start wrestling with each other.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v229/Syxx_Killer/Miscellaneous/Picture235.jpg

Fat little guys, lol. I suppose they're nice around strangers, yes?

Feel free to PM me with any questions, myself and my girlfriend take in cats all the time :)

This is Semtex, who was a few months old and a bag of bones when we found him. Since been rehomed.

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b235/LarsenB/27-11-07_2109.jpg

And this is Rasputin, destroyer of socks :p. He likes to sleep on the keyboard while I'm gaming.
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b235/LarsenB/21-03-08_0016.jpg

Rasputin kind of reminds me of my old cat Bumps (she died a while ago, though):

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g17/Sgt-Smithy/Family%20Photographs/S8000021.jpg

She looks like a demon in that picture, lol.

[Stealth Hunter]

I've found something quite cute in the fellow. He enjoys sitting on my desk and watching the monitor when I play flight sims or military games (but he always chimes in when I play IL2 1946 or Silent Hunter III/IV). As I type this, he's picking at my fingers with his little paws. That's also something he doesn't get tired of... unfortunately.

I'm gradually becoming more and more attached to Zero and I'm enjoying his curious ways. I love the little guy.

[U-104]

we have 6 cats and my cat, Red, a big orange thing likes to sit in the living room and watch TV with us.:lol:

[Stealth Hunter]

I had fish that would group together and do that with a PS1. Unfortunately, they died after their bowl tipped over when I wasn't home.

[Tango589]

Here are our two cats. They are both rescue cats and came as a pair. I think that having 1 cat is great, as it provides company for you, but having 2 cats is so much more fun, as they provide company and mischief for each other.

Felix:
http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/mm260/tango589/felix1.jpg

and

Missy:
http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/mm260/tango589/missy1.jpg

[Syxx_Killer]

Fat little guys, lol. I suppose they're nice around strangers, yes?
lol Dover isn't really that fat. He looks like it because he is so hairy. Icy is just all bulk. lol They're good around strangers, too.

Here are our two cats. They are both rescue cats and came as a pair. I think that having 1 cat is great, as it provides company for you, but having 2 cats is so much more fun, as they provide company and mischief for each other.

Felix:


and

Missy:
That's quite a cool looking duo you got there! What kind of cat is Missy? She look quite big and hairy. :lol:

[Tango589]

Fat little guys, lol. I suppose they're nice around strangers, yes?
lol Dover isn't really that fat. He looks like it because he is so hairy. Icy is just all bulk. lol They're good around strangers, too.

Here are our two cats. They are both rescue cats and came as a pair. I think that having 1 cat is great, as it provides company for you, but having 2 cats is so much more fun, as they provide company and mischief for each other.

Felix:


and

Missy:
That's quite a cool looking duo you got there! What kind of cat is Missy? She look quite big and hairy. :lol:

They are both British Shorthairs, but the vet said Missy is long-haired because she has some Norwegian Forest Cat in her make-up.

This is Missy looking like she owns the place:
http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/mm260/tango589/missycat1.jpg

and this is Felix proving he really is an idiot:
http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/mm260/tango589/theboy1.jpg

[StdDev]

and this is Felix proving he really is an idiot:
http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/mm260/tango589/theboy1.jpg

Felix is not an idiot!!!
You must remember.. he is a cat... and ALL cats are born brain dammaged....

I dont believe there is a cat in the whole world that can resist an empty basket or a shoe box or a paper bag.. especially the paper bag..

[Tango589]

Here to prove your point StdDev is Felix enjoying the endless delights of an empty toilet roll bag:
http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/mm260/tango589/looroll1.jpg

[StdDev]

Check out
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25817745/displaymode/1107/s/2/framenumber/10/ (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25817745/displaymode/1107/s/2/framenumber/10/)
for an example of either brain dammage or bravery......

[Tango589]

Cheers for that StdDev!:up:

This is one of the reasons I like cats so much, they have an incredible amount of personality for their size. Plus they are very independant, which means NO WALKIES!! (Although I would love to have a dog, cats are easier when everyone works.)

[StdDev]

Cheers for that StdDev!:up:

This is one of the reasons I like cats so much, they have an incredible amount of personality for their size. Plus they are very independant, which means NO WALKIES!! (Although I would love to have a dog, cats are easier when everyone works.)

I have an affinity for cats as well...
Wifezilla and I recently aquired a pair of new kittens..
The male, a black cat with a white underside (kind of like an inverted skunk), and a pure white female (well almost pure white.. looks like someone with car grease on their hands touched her on the head).
They're named respectively "Oreo" and "Snow wad".

They are both very affectionate! the problem with that is it looks like I've been (as Neal and other Texans might say) "pissed through bobbed wahr"!
Just imagin living with a pair of little wads of needles that just cant get enough of you! sigh...
But they are most entertaining and I wouldnt trade them for anything...

[Syxx_Killer]

Check out
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25817745/displaymode/1107/s/2/framenumber/10/ (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25817745/displaymode/1107/s/2/framenumber/10/)
for an example of either brain dammage or bravery......

LOL! That was really funny! Most cats have an uncanny sense of bravery. :yep:

Here to prove your point StdDev is Felix enjoying the endless delights of an empty toilet roll bag:

hehe That reminds me of an old pic I took of Icy about a year and half ago with my old camera. I had a small plastic Wal*Mart bag just sitting there. I had got a memory card for said camera, but the camera would work right with it (it was a piece of junk that I have since gotten rid of). Anywho, when I saw the cat jump up and start messing around with the bag, she eventually got it on her head. The bag wasn't sitting around fluffed open, either. I had to pull it off her head.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v229/Syxx_Killer/Miscellaneous/Picture013.jpg

[Tango589]

Just putting this back up the list so it doesn't get lost!:up:

[Stealth Hunter]

I have discovered that Zero is the scourge of wicker baskets and of anything made out of cloth... oh, and also the scourge of toes.

[Platapus]

Sounds like you are doing a great job. Cat's don't play unless they feel secure.

<hoisting the B and Z flags>

[Task Force]

Cute little cat.:up: He looks alot like my black cat when he was only two pounds two years ago.:D

[Tango589]

I have discovered that Zero is the scourge of wicker baskets and of anything made out of cloth... oh, and also the scourge of toes.

Sounds a lot like my two. They have ruined the corners of the chairs in the living room, the wicker basket upstairs and have taken great delight in shredding the wallpaper off of the walls in various places round the house. I we didn't like them so much they would probably be turned into hats by now!:rotfl:

A representation:

http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/mm260/tango589/funny-pictures-interior-designer-ca.jpg

[Stealth Hunter]

Yeah, he does that to the bed, pillows, the couch, MY FAVORITE CHAIR (:stare:), pants, shirts, socks, towels, he even attacks Kleenex boxes and napkins.

[Syxx_Killer]

Yeah, he does that to the bed, pillows, the couch, MY FAVORITE CHAIR (:stare:), pants, shirts, socks, towels, he even attacks Kleenex boxes and napkins.

Without the pictures to back up your claims I cannot believe you. :lol:http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/images/icons/icon10.gif

[Task Force]

Yea any new pictures of Zero.

[lesrae]

Looks like the little guy's landed on his feet - well done Stealth Hunter :up:

[Oberon]

If he's destroying the house he must be feeling good :D It's good to hear SH :D Sounds like he's got the speed and mobility, not to mention the firepower of his namesake. :lol:

[Platapus]

Yeah, he does that to the bed, pillows, the couch, MY FAVORITE CHAIR (:stare:), pants, shirts, socks, towels, he even attacks Kleenex boxes and napkins.


We need proper damage reports!