-=> Quoting Ruth Hanschka to Nancy Backus on 07-12-19  23:19 <=-

 RH> [cats]
 >  RH> When it really get swishing, that means they've about had 
 >  RH> enough and are ready to pounce on something.
 > We've actually never seen either of these get to that point...
 > They do pounce, but not on us... sometimes each other,
 > though... 
 >  RH> But no warning at all, that's weird.
 > Yup, it was.... We warned everyone to be careful with her... 
 > especially as she'd bite without warning.... 
 >  
 RH> Not a nice kitty.  I hope she at least knew how to hunt. 

Not really... she'd play with mice, and scare them to death, maybe, but
didn't really properly hunt...  It did still work to chase them out of
the house, though...    She'd been raised in a shelter, and then was
with friends of ours... she'd chosen Richard as her person when she was
still a kitten, long before she came to live with us... she may have
been abused at some point as well...  She could be sweet, but she was
also very unpredictable....  She mellowed out a lot while she lived with
us.... 
 
 >  > RH> Cats always need more slaves.
 >  > They think so, true....  
 >  RH> They know so; humans are just dense.
 > Color me dense, then... (G)
 > 
 RH> The cat probably did that for me.

I'll gladly have them around, but I'm not going to be their slave... 

ttyl        neb

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