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Phantom crawled up around my feet to keep us both warm so I'm in the mood to

post the genesis of our relationship.

When the psychiatrists in the office next door died of cancer, the office

was sold.

A major rehab of the office was done by tearing down the inside walls.

I believe this was when their resident rodents became my residents rodents.

These rodents were highly intelligent and well trained in the art of

stealing cheese meticulously placed into a rat trip for hte purpose of

sending them to heaven no longer inhabitating the area between the two

floors where they could be frequently heard to be dining on what sounded to

be electrical wiring. My Mother had tried rat poison in her home

successfully ending the mouse's life within the walls but with an most

unpleasant odor that could only end with tearing out the walls with

thousands of dollars of damage or patiently awaiting the disintegration of

the carcas permanetly interred in the ancestral home.

That was not an option at the office. Perplexed with this delimna, I

recalled chasing the field mice out of the corn when visiting Grandaddy's

barn to ride the mules while the parents were happy to get us out of their

hair after the Christmas family reunion. Grandaddy kept a family of cats in

the barn to protect the feed for the animals intended to be fuel for plowing

the sweet potatoe fields rather than fattening unwanted rodents. Although I

am the type of person who will walk down the isles of the grocery store

amidst the dog and cat food and believe those funds should be spent feeding

starving children and considered it totally inappropriate to have a feline

at the office, I had not choice but to plan to cohabitate with a feline or

face

a possible firey future. The next Saturday I was at a polical breakfast and

a long time acquaintance's wife was introduced as having a pet sitting

service. I asked if they might know anyone that might have a cat that I

could borrow or adopt for

non-toxic and non-carcinogenic rodent relief. A wave of relief came over

both their faces. The wife had adopted a runaway that had a congentially

malformed penis that had required a penisectomy or he would have died

without proper urinary elimination. We made arrangements for her to bring

her " baby " who was still man enough to make the other male felines mark

their terrority when he was in the house creating a great conflict with not

only the male felines but the male husband who was not happy about the

$2,400 life saving vet bill she'd sustained while he was out of town. We

visited for about 3 hours until she was able to emotionally feel secure

about allowing him to move to his new headquarters with the advice that he

was not to be let outdoors for about a month or he might try to go to back

to her house. He was no where to be seen for weeks but I knew he was still

alive as the food would be missing. He dutifully went straght between the

two floors where the swatting rodents could not be reached by human

endeavours. One afternoon as I sat at the computer there was such a

commotion as the cat chased the rat down the stairs. About a week later as

the cat sat on the floor about 10 feet from me the rodent came out, they

both looked at each other as though the cat was communicating that this was

his last chance to vacate and live, and we never had another rodent again.

The cat, however was still quite introverted hiding during the day while

patients were in the office and obviously coming out at night to snack on

the cat food. Hence the name, Phantom of the Office. One day he decided to

visit in the hallway unexpectedly and I went to quickly remove him before

the patients ooed and aaed and demanded that he be allowed to remain in the

office. Soon the patients arrived asking for Phantom so my opinion that

there should be no feline in the chiropratic office was overuled. I was

still unsold over the idea of a long term relationship for his duty as

exterminator had been successfully accomplished until the day he convinced

me that he is telepathic.This is how I avoided exposing myself and the

patients to carcinogenic toxic chemicals which we all should endeavor to do

whenever possible.

Sandra Lance, D.C.

404 233 4433

 

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I just have to share this story with ya'll about my cat, Phantom (of the

Office).

There is a small window missing on a back door that serves well for his

unstrained exiting and entering before it got too cold. He is NOT very happy

in his nice warm thick fur with the new development of having his private

entrance occluded. First he would meow very impatiently until his servant,

yours truly, obediently arrived to open the door. Soon he noticed that

I was not arriving as quickly as His Heiness required so he would get up on

a box under the window trying to get out and making sounds with his paw with

the blinds. He has now learned in his own feline Pavlovian bell ring-dog

salivate maneuvers that the sound of the blinds is more irritating to me

than the meowing to get the appropriate response from his servant to come

and open the door as soon as possible. Now he just goes straight to the box,

reaches up with his paw, make a short sound with the blinds and looks at me

threatening to do it constantly until I get up and go open the door for him.

Anyone who thinks that animals are not intelligent

is an unaware person. They are our companions waiting to comfort us with

unconditional love and deserve alternative health care to live without

expensive health problems just like we do.

I do not have his claws altered so he can climb up the tree and we have had

severe repremand for using them inappropriately inside or he will get

declawed. He eats very little and therefore I believe he is being a real cat

and finding his own food in the " wild " as I've found opened burd eggs

brought in broken with the insides eaten. I have absolutely no training in

animal health care but I like to get him chicken livers every now and then

and try to let him have real meat rather than whatever they are putting in

those little cans and in the dried cat food.

Oils are good for their fur. But mostly, like us humans, I think love is

probably the greatest health benefit we can give and recieve and for this I

am grateful to my impatient Phantom.

(If anyone is interested in why he is named Phantom, let me know and I'll

post.)

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Hi Jennie!

 

I'd like to know what you found for pet's natural healthcare! I have one

cat, but my son brings home strays....I'd love to find inexpensive ways of

feeding all of them, while of course getting more detailed info for my own,

dear 'Shadow'!

I'd like to know alternatives to Purina, etc! Thanks!

 

-Glenna/Seattle

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jenniedhs

Thursday, December 16, 2004 12:11 PM

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