Got Cats?

[Ken Shelmerdine]

I don't have a cat but I often feed my neighbours' cat when they take holidays. He is a siamese, he's 20 years old!! and his name is Eric.

 I've grown quite fond of him. The one thing I have noticed about siamese cats is that they are very affectionate and not just at feeding time. They are also very noisy! they have an extraordinary range of meows from soft and gentle to a spine chilling howl. He does this until you either let him out of the house, and again to come back into the house and again when he wants you to allow him to cuddle up next to you on the sofa.

He drives his owners mad because he starts about 5.am to go out to do his business so one of them has to get up to let him out and then wait in the kitchen for about 10 minutes until he howls to come in. He's then relatively quiet until they get up then then the meowing starts again for most of the time that he's awake! Luckily he sleeps a lot now that he's very old. Every time I see his owners they swear they'll have Eric put down but I know they won't 'cause in spite of the noise he makes they love him really.

[Poppylicious]

Since he started on PD on Saturday night, Blokey has had his machine on his bedside table.  Because that's the way Tabatha-Cat likes to leave the bed in the middle of the night (she clambers over his head every time!) he now won't let her in the bedroom.  This makes me feel very very bad, especially as she's been a little more clingy during the daytime/early evening now.  We've had her since 2005 but she didn't start sleeping in the bedroom until Blokey was first admitted to hospital with pneumonia and blood clots (just as all this kidney malarkey began) in 2008.  I miss having her on my head in the night ...

[-Lady Noir-]

We have 2 cats, a 13year old crazy brown tabby named 'Sonic'.. and a 12year old fluffy little lion named 'Barbie'.
I'll tell you now, i did not name either. Haha

'Barbie' often enjoys hanging with Mike while he's on the machine, she didn't even blink when we got the machine, nor did the noise bother her either.

[Lisa]

I have 4 cats, 3 of which are in my bed constantly.  I am to start the manual PD next week and to eventually go the cycler.   I plan to keep them out during the hook up but otherwise no restrictions.
Mina (3 1/2)

Lily (10 1/2)

Ivan (12)

Simon (12)

[lunadatura]

I when I started PD at home I had a 13 year old cat Rosie who had been my faithful furrry friend for most of her life. She always slept at my feet. She was too old to be interested in playing or chewing on the lines. I did take to keeping her out of my bed but mostly because she tracked cat litter into the bed and that concerned me hygiene wise. I only had one bought of peritonitis but it was related to a gross break in protocol.

[-Lady Noir-]

Here's a picture of my old dear cat, Marbles.
We had to have her put down [Sept 09], she was about 20.

[Lisa]

...and this is when I found out she was in the room hiding 

[galvo]

All so gorgeous.

[brandywine]

I absolutely agree.  My cat, Sparkle, always knows when someone isn't feeling well or needs a little extra cuddling.  He's not one to be picked up and cuddled on the average day, but when you need it the most - he is right there snuggling with you.  Here's a recent picture.  He was sleeping on my son's bed.

That cat is PRECIOUS!

[WishIKnew]

We have a cat (Harry It) and a dog (Sugar Bear) and they are my constent companions!  They run the house and go where  ever they want, sleep where ever they want.  The only thing I've been told is to not change the cat box which is FINE by me.  I hated that anyway!  My husband does not mind - he's the one who brought the silly cat home in the first place.  Animals bring such joy and entertainment - especially when I'm feeling down.

[brandywine]

This is Mickey. I've had him for 13 years, since he was 4 weeks old. I bottle fed him night and day for 2 weeks when I got him.

[Hazmat35]

Aww come on RM..you know who rules the roost at your house....hint hint..it's not you!

If ever there is a cat in the house there is only one ruler!   

We have [2] Cats.  They are brothers from the same litter.  Skittles and Snickers.  THEY RULE THE ROOST, no doubt.  One sleeps on the sofa at night, the other in my recliner.  If I'm still sitting in it when he wants to go to bed, he "growls" at me, and jumps up in my lap, and tries to get behind me, as to push me out!  IT WORKS.  I leave and let him have it!   

[RichardMEL]

Very cute! I love the way cats train us to do what they want... and we just accept it and comply meekly. Like when mine pops herself on the bed right where I want to sleep.. do I push her off? No, *I* move!!! 

[Chris]

We have 2 ragdolls. The male on the bottom does the samething on the couch whether he wants to watch TV or sleep.

[galvo]

Great photos, gang. Mickey certainly does not look his age.

[brandywine]

Great photos, gang. Mickey certainly does not look his age.

LOL. He still thinks he's a young whippersnapper.

[-Lady Noir-]

Awww gorgeous kitties..

Here is a picture of our little lion 'Barbie' [13 years old] and crazy little 'Sonic' [14 years old]
And Sonic and our daughter Charlotte

[RichardMEL]

wow Sonic looks a lot like my Celeste. How gorgeous!!

[Chris]

Seems we are lucky to have a camera at the time when they are having a good posing moment.

[Iffer]

My kitteh tale is similar to 3 other posters' tales.  I have a 2 year old female Siamese named Chai Yen and a 7 year old female black shorthair who we inherited with the house we bought named Sparkle (like cherpep's boy).  Like jbeany, my former craft room has transformed into "dialysis central" since Nxstage came to live with me.  Sparkle was supportive (wanting to snuggle during dialysis the first week) but now couldn't care less about what goes on behind the closed door.  Chai, on the other hand, knows that when the masks come out, she needs to leave.  If ever she's just too comfortable, we just say "Out!" and she goes. (like lodisweetthing's cat) She waits patiently on the other side of the door without making a peep while I connect myself to my Nxstage.  As soon as she hears the machine swish into life, she paws under the door and meows as if to say, "I know you're on the machine and I'm allowed in now!"  We open the door and she jumps right into my lap to help keep me warm.  She never finds the dancing dialysate line or the wiggly waste line attractive enough to draw her from my lap.  A few minutes before the machine stops, the masks come out and Chai begrudgingly gets up and plods out the door without me ever saying a word.  I'm amazed every time I see it.  As many other users have said, some cats just "know!"

[RichardMEL]

Cats love routine, and once one is established that is what works for them - specially if they know there will be cuddle time involved. I think that's so sweet of her to keep you company like that

I was just saying to my little one this morning before I left home and I was giving her a pat as she prepared for her long day of napping (hard life!) that I wished I could take her to work with me so she could sit on my desk, look adorable and keep me company. She looked up with me with big green eyes and I'm sure the expression was more like "Why would I want to do THAT when there's quality quiet napping time HERE?" lol

[jbeany]

Oh, I don't know - mine seems to think that a keyboard makes a quality spot to nap, but only if I'm trying to use it!

[Bruno]

Well, I've got three cats and they are my best friends. Big Boy is a very big cat and he is very cool about dialysis, he says it might be OK for me but he is definitely not interested so he takes no notice at all of the machine. He sleeps in his cat box and spends his days up two houses with my neighbour Maree who he is very pally with because she gives him an extra feed.
Sammy is really my wife's cat. He is an extremely neurotic (I think, my wife says sensitive) cat who devotes his life to brown nosing my wife and does no more than pass the day with me. He spends his day sleeping in the sun on the roof (the hot water tank in our winter) and sleeps with my wife at night. Sammy also is not interested in dialysis, but I suspect he gets a lot of pleasure at watching me stick needles in my arm.
Bella is my cat, she in a silver Tonkinese and is extremely interested in dialysis, watches the needles and set up with what I believe to be sympathy and usually sleeps on my lap during dialysis. She is the little lady you see as my avatar. Bella sleeps with me at night.
I made up my mind that there were two things I would not give up on dialysis, my daily flat white and my cats. My home training nurse has been quite relaxed about it mainly, I think, because the cats are extremely polite(as cats can be at times) and make a fuss over her when she calls.
David at my coffee shop loves me too.

[RichardMEL]

Oh, I don't know - mine seems to think that a keyboard makes a quality spot to nap, but only if I'm trying to use it!

Well no that is just kitty saying "no computer. pay attention to moi!" A common tactic!