Comments on: I confess http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/10/28/i-confess/ Sat, 05 Jul 2008 23:03:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.2 By: Joel http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/10/28/i-confess/#comment-4720 Joel Sat, 28 Oct 2006 21:49:00 +0000 http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/10/28/i-confess/#comment-4720 I don't know what will "help" you, but if you need somebody to agree with you, I will. I don't care for cats or dogs. My parents keep dogs, which are ok to have around when I visit, but I don't have to keep up with them, just pet them every now and then. My in-laws keep cats, which I don't even have to pet, because they're terrified of strangers. But I seldom visit my in-laws anyway. We've been keeping birds as pets for the past 28 years. They don't smell and they're low maintenance. I don’t know what will “help” you, but if you need somebody to agree with you, I will. I don’t care for cats or dogs. My parents keep dogs, which are ok to have around when I visit, but I don’t have to keep up with them, just pet them every now and then. My in-laws keep cats, which I don’t even have to pet, because they’re terrified of strangers. But I seldom visit my in-laws anyway.

We’ve been keeping birds as pets for the past 28 years. They don’t smell and they’re low maintenance.

]]> By: Netmom http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/10/28/i-confess/#comment-4721 Netmom Sat, 28 Oct 2006 22:04:52 +0000 http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/10/28/i-confess/#comment-4721 A couple of ideas, neither of which may be suitable -- so take it at what you paid for it: 1) Get a big dog. They tend to keep the cats in line from having a total house party when you're gone. 2) I distinctly remember MastaG offering to trade all the cats for a pair of sugar gliders. They still smell bad, but they stay in the cage (hopefully), and don't tear up your stuff. Unlike cats though, they have to be fed every day, and kept at a fairly warm temperature. I'm not sure, but I think Pigpen would trade them for a chicken. Which lives outside. A couple of ideas, neither of which may be suitable — so take it at what you paid for it:

1) Get a big dog. They tend to keep the cats in line from having a total house party when you’re gone.
2) I distinctly remember MastaG offering to trade all the cats for a pair of sugar gliders. They still smell bad, but they stay in the cage (hopefully), and don’t tear up your stuff. Unlike cats though, they have to be fed every day, and kept at a fairly warm temperature.

I’m not sure, but I think Pigpen would trade them for a chicken. Which lives outside.

]]> By: Joel http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/10/28/i-confess/#comment-4722 Joel Sat, 28 Oct 2006 22:09:40 +0000 http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/10/28/i-confess/#comment-4722 "I’m not sure, but I think Pigpen would trade them for a chicken. Which lives outside." And there are way more recipes for chicken then there are for cat. “I’m not sure, but I think Pigpen would trade them for a chicken. Which lives outside.”

And there are way more recipes for chicken then there are for cat.

]]> By: Netmom http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/10/28/i-confess/#comment-4723 Netmom Sat, 28 Oct 2006 22:29:42 +0000 http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/10/28/i-confess/#comment-4723 Joel, we don't eat our pets. The unfertilized, organic brown eggs, however, are a nice benefit. Joel, we don’t eat our pets. The unfertilized, organic brown eggs, however, are a nice benefit.

]]> By: Nodbob http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/10/28/i-confess/#comment-4724 Nodbob Sat, 28 Oct 2006 22:45:00 +0000 http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/10/28/i-confess/#comment-4724 My roommate happens to know a good recipe for cats, we call it Catmando-we. My roommate happens to know a good recipe for cats, we call it Catmando-we.

]]> By: Joel http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/10/28/i-confess/#comment-4726 Joel Sat, 28 Oct 2006 23:14:04 +0000 http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/10/28/i-confess/#comment-4726 "The unfertilized, organic brown eggs, however, are a nice benefit." Are there inorganic eggs? I thought all eggs, by definition, are organic. “The unfertilized, organic brown eggs, however, are a nice benefit.”

Are there inorganic eggs? I thought all eggs, by definition, are organic.

]]> By: jenwright http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/10/28/i-confess/#comment-4731 jenwright Sun, 29 Oct 2006 00:34:39 +0000 http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/10/28/i-confess/#comment-4731 You need to bribe the boys with a gerbil or bird, or something else that lives in a cage, in exchange for the cats. You can put it in the boys room, which in theory would require MastaG to take care of them. You've held out longer than I expected. One cat would have been rough, but I personally thought you were insane to keep all 3. Good luck. And keep in mind that whatever you do, the boys will eventually get over it. You need to bribe the boys with a gerbil or bird, or something else that lives in a cage, in exchange for the cats. You can put it in the boys room, which in theory would require MastaG to take care of them.

You’ve held out longer than I expected. One cat would have been rough, but I personally thought you were insane to keep all 3.

Good luck. And keep in mind that whatever you do, the boys will eventually get over it.

]]> By: Mrs. Eaves http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/10/28/i-confess/#comment-4737 Mrs. Eaves Sun, 29 Oct 2006 01:18:02 +0000 http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/10/28/i-confess/#comment-4737 If the cats are causing that much stress in your life, your kids will sense it. And tho it may temporarily disappoint and sadden the kids to see the cats go...it's ultimately better than living with 10+ years of seething anger toward members of the household. My vote is to take all of them to a no-kill shelter (are there any around here? I feel like I should know the answer to that, but I don't). Since they're fixed and still fairly young, I imagine they would be good candidates for adoption. If the cats are causing that much stress in your life, your kids will sense it. And tho it may temporarily disappoint and sadden the kids to see the cats go…it’s ultimately better than living with 10+ years of seething anger toward members of the household.
My vote is to take all of them to a no-kill shelter (are there any around here? I feel like I should know the answer to that, but I don’t). Since they’re fixed and still fairly young, I imagine they would be good candidates for adoption.

]]> By: The Bosphorus http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/10/28/i-confess/#comment-4739 The Bosphorus Sun, 29 Oct 2006 01:43:05 +0000 http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/10/28/i-confess/#comment-4739 The cats aren't working out and I don't think that replacing them with some other creature is going to solve the problem. I think you all ought to sit down and let the kids know the cats are better off elsewhere. There will be lots of tears, but MastaG will live and it won't be so much like the cats were stolen in the night. The cats aren’t working out and I don’t think that replacing them with some other creature is going to solve the problem. I think you all ought to sit down and let the kids know the cats are better off elsewhere. There will be lots of tears, but MastaG will live and it won’t be so much like the cats were stolen in the night.

]]> By: The Bosphorus http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/10/28/i-confess/#comment-4740 The Bosphorus Sun, 29 Oct 2006 01:47:12 +0000 http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/10/28/i-confess/#comment-4740 ...or eaten in the night. mmmm, cat pot pie. schunppy, schunppy, schunppy. …or eaten in the night.

mmmm, cat pot pie.

schunppy, schunppy, schunppy.

]]> By: GoldenAppleCorp http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/10/28/i-confess/#comment-4799 GoldenAppleCorp Sun, 29 Oct 2006 14:24:42 +0000 http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/10/28/i-confess/#comment-4799 I'm still somewhat clinging to the idea that they're still relatively young, and have some growing and maturing left to do. I was at a classmate's house the other day. I didn't even know she had any cats until I saw one. She has three, just like us, but they're older, calmer, and don't go around breaking shit or tearing things up. But can we wait it out? I don't know. I’m still somewhat clinging to the idea that they’re still relatively young, and have some growing and maturing left to do.
I was at a classmate’s house the other day. I didn’t even know she had any cats until I saw one. She has three, just like us, but they’re older, calmer, and don’t go around breaking shit or tearing things up. But can we wait it out? I don’t know.

]]> By: GBscientist http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/10/28/i-confess/#comment-4809 GBscientist Sun, 29 Oct 2006 16:00:24 +0000 http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/10/28/i-confess/#comment-4809 What your cats need is some tough love. Get a spray bottle and wear it in a holster at all times to discipline your rowdy cats. Our Aunt with the Dogs uses a Green Apple spray of some kind, that the dogs hate, on all the things she wants the Dogs to stay away from. Basically, I don't think the cats will calm down unless you give them a reason to. If you don't want to put a lot of work into training them, then you should just get rid of them. What your cats need is some tough love. Get a spray bottle and wear it in a holster at all times to discipline your rowdy cats. Our Aunt with the Dogs uses a Green Apple spray of some kind, that the dogs hate, on all the things she wants the Dogs to stay away from.

Basically, I don’t think the cats will calm down unless you give them a reason to. If you don’t want to put a lot of work into training them, then you should just get rid of them.

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