Kat's Inquisition:

[postbeetle]

Mornin' Matt.

Yepper you can use aspirin but will also kill them. Cats can't or take a very long time to metabolize (burn up) aspirin. They reach toxic levels quite fast. Neurological signs can be pretty bad. Also is fries out the liver, kidneys, digestive tract.

So R.I.P Mr kitty. Here is your aspirin, lovey.

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Later, John.

[Kat-tamer]

If my cat comes up dead I'm bringing home 2 more dogs!!:wink:
And one of them will be a pitt-lab mix, and I'm gonna shut it in the bed room after I remove all my stuff from that room!:smile2:

[kat in the hat]

I don't know if sheila mentioned it anywhere else yet, but last night at about 12:30 or so, Kasha started grumbling. Long, deep throated growls. She never got up, but I told her to stop, but she wouldn't. When I'm not in bed, I usually tell her to go look, and she will go to the door, and alert me if there is someone actually there. Last night, I just kinda ignored her. I did look out the window into the driveway, but didn't see or hear anything, so I went back to sleep. Well, when I got up this morning, Sheila informed me that someone had stolen some of her Halloween decorations. :angry: A couple of pretty cool animated thingies. Next time the dog growls in the night like that, I'm gonna grab the shotgun, and head outside. I shoulda listened to her.

[postbeetle]

Matt: You had no idea and probably didn't give it a second thought. Like cats staring at boogie men in the dark dogs don't lie. How they hear as well as they do always has always fascinated me.

We have two outdoor dogs. Whether it's coons, deer, coyotes, fox or people they let us know. They actually, if you listen to them closely, have a different growl or snarl for each critter.

Amazing critters they are. I don't even think you need that scattergun. Let that dog tie into 'em. Uh, better ask Kenny about that.

Be careful, call the cops first then go out.

John.

[Katatonik]

Hraven, my fierce protector and self proclaimed security expert, has been
skittish and barks a lot at night these last several weeks. I have an apple
tree in my back yard. Sorting through the grounded apples, I have found
some of them with bite marks no human would make. No. Not vampires
or any undead critter. Around three in the morning, deer sneak into town
and chomp on the grounders. Sometimes they almost finish one before
the watchdogs chime in with one another. Scares the deer and they
bolt. It's right there on the ground if you look at it. Helps if you read good.

[kat in the hat]

I could be wrong, but I doubt that, even if I gave her my blessing, Kasha would bite anyone. I could be wrong, and dogs know when things aren't kosher. Anyways, the way things are these days, I would be the one to get in trouble, and my dog would most likely get put to sleep. It's a sad day when dogs are not allowed to guard. :sad2: But for sure, the next time she does that, somebody is gonna wish they hadn't woke her lol.

Different growls. Yeah, she growls and grumbles every day. Whenever anything is going on outside. Usually, it's our room mate coming or going, or the neighbors mowing the yard. But you can tell she's not being serious. Last night was a whole different growl, long deep growl, but she didn't get up, so I didn't take her serious.

[kat in the hat]

Your story interests me because of the interaction of this cat and you. Rarely does a cat put it's trust in a single member of the family. It's is either all or none usually.

LOL. Sheila's cat knows better than get near me when I'm awake. He made the mistake once of thinking it was OK to hop in my lap...once. I think he trusts everybody else though by now.

[kat in the hat]

John, Coltan's hamster died unexpectedly sometime Sunday. He had food, he had water, and he was alive and well the night before. He was less than a year old. I suppose things just die sometimes. How much do you charge to do a necropsy and tox screen? Should I freeze him before I mail him to you?

Also, the snake had his first square meal since he moved here. He also shed his skin. He seems rather testy. How much xanax should I give him? He's about 10" long, and weighs maybe an ounce at the most.

[kat in the hat]

So, I just watched on 'How it's made' about horse shoes. Now, I've been to Silver Dollar City, and seen the black smith do his thing. I just figured that with the advent of modern technology, that there was a more efficient means to produce horse shoes. From what I just watched, it's pretty much done the same way it always has been since each horse has unique hooves, and specific tasks for which the shoe must be suited. They said that the shoes need to be changed about every 5 weeks.

My question is...I see alot of horses around, but I don't see too many black smiths. There is an Amish community nearby, but surely not all the horses that I see get shod by the Amish. So, who does all this horse shoeing? How much can one expect to pay for a set of re-treads for a horse? Do they really get changed that often? Is there a more mechanized process that this show did not include, or it really all still done one by one by hand?

[postbeetle]

Matt: Jumped on now 4 o'clock. Have a busy day. Will be back later with some input.

God, now we are going to get into horses, with snakes and gerbils thrown in.