tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8984824.post111531443527190584..comments2024-03-12T10:31:11.815-07:00Comments on The Ward-O-Matic: Ava Thursday: Kitty-catWard Jenkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05013085293679968596noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8984824.post-1115762803549314692005-05-10T15:06:00.000-07:002005-05-10T15:06:00.000-07:00felix, felix, felix. if only it were that simple. ...felix, felix, felix. if only it were that simple. let me start out by clarifying something: if I ever ever EVER thought my children were in any sort of danger at all, you better believe I'd take care of the problem quicker than you can say bob's yer uncle. she is an all indoors, de-clawed kitty and really pretty much stays out of everyone's way. but we live a somewhat rambunctious life in rather close corners and so paths are going to cross. and just for the record, baby-cat despises EVERYONE (not just ava and ezra)-- except for ward and myself. we were just starting out together, we rescued her and we are quite attached to her, despite her cantankerous ways. that being said, I do love my children about 53 zillion times more than her, so I have thought about all the options available more than once. she's too old and set in her ways to be given to anyone (like anyone would want her) and I just can't bring myself to have her put to sleep. and come on, you know that if I took her to the animal shelter, that's EXACTLY what would go down. it's a big, bad world out there, people. just can't kill the baby-cat. not unless she goes wacko and threatens us in an unprecedented way. so there you have it. bet you didn't expect to get an earful, eh?andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15932895308629536422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8984824.post-1115662869614522102005-05-09T11:21:00.000-07:002005-05-09T11:21:00.000-07:00why would you have an animal in your house that de...why would you have an animal in your house that despises your kids? Get rid of it!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8984824.post-1115570951252003802005-05-08T09:49:00.000-07:002005-05-08T09:49:00.000-07:00It's okay, I got a hamster once for my birthday an...It's okay, I got a hamster once for my birthday and we were enemies since the day i picked him up at the pet store, held him, and jerked as he bit me. But it wasn't long (well ok, it was about 6 months) before we were buds and he bit everyone's hand besides mine. I bet Ava and Baby will turn out to be like that too. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8984824.post-1115400010970642822005-05-06T10:20:00.000-07:002005-05-06T10:20:00.000-07:00poor ava... poor baby-tat... destined to be friend...poor ava... poor baby-tat... destined to be friendly enemies forevermore. and ava, she tries-- she tries so hard to make friends (just look at how sweetly she has drawn her here)... I feel so bad that this hasn't been the most positive experience for her. every time we eat at fellini's and she gets to throw a penny in the fountain, she wishes for a dog. it doesn't help that baby also scares the crap out of uncle nate every time he is over and so he now refers to her as the 'spawn of satan'... but baby had a rough little life before she came into ours and she is only protecting herself.and now that ezra has hit the scene, baby-cat's world has REALLY been upended...andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15932895308629536422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8984824.post-1115381446698949602005-05-06T05:10:00.000-07:002005-05-06T05:10:00.000-07:00It's nice to see that Ava doesn't draw Baby as all...It's nice to see that Ava doesn't draw Baby as all teeth and claws. It looks like Baby has a smile. I'm sure Ava would be friends if the cat would.<BR/><BR/>My wife is pregnant, due in October. We have been wondering how our cat, Gunnar, will deal. Gunnar wasn't a stray, but he's not used to people other than my wife and I. When we babysat a friend's two children, the cat stared at us as if he had been betrayed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8984824.post-1115331647959478502005-05-05T15:20:00.000-07:002005-05-05T15:20:00.000-07:00It's funny how cats who have seen the harsher side...It's funny how cats who have seen the harsher side of life have an aversion to little people. My cat, as well, is named Baby and whenever our neighbors kids rampage through our house she is ne'er to be found. She is also a rescued kitty, forever stunted in her growth from being a stray, forever wary of water, since the local kids used to throw her into a pool. I'm hoping she makes it to see the birth of my children, since she's been with me since I was 16, & she's my first Baby. So nice to hear other Baby=cats are out there, declawed [yes, mine is too] and still sassy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com