My Cats Have It Confirmed...They Now KNOW Their Mom Is Nuts
By pyewacket
@pyewacket (43903)
United States
September 8, 2008 11:15pm CST
I recently started a discussion of how I've been inundated with a LOT of pesky flies....I had gotten the flypaper traps and honestly those flies must know what it's for as they've avoided it like the plague...Then I did actually find one idea on-line about taking a jar, place some kind of bait...like food...I used molasses, punch holes in the top..the idea they can get in but they can't get out...nope they seemed to avoid that too. Some of my friends suggested placing in a small jar lid or other container some pepper..don't know if it worked. I didn't have a fly swatter but did roll up a newspaper, and tried my skills to swatted the darn pests..no good, my fly swatting skills suck...or....at least they did...hehee
Anyway, I was plain fed up with those flies..so most of the night I've been off-line, why you may ask? Just call me Fly Stalker....I don't have a fly swatter like I said, but a rolled up a newspaper...So I decided to practice my fly swatting technique--THIS WAS WAR! It was either me or the flies...I really didn't realize that there really were A LOT of flies until I did a vigilant stalking around my entire apartment...weapon in hand ready to blast those bugs to smithereens with my rolled up paper...Now there still are a few buzzing around, but not as many as before...Honestly I had to laugh at myself, and one image that came to mind was the scene in Lord of the Rings: Two Towers, where the elf, Legolas was counting off all the orcs he was killing..because I was counting off those bugs as I swatted them into oblivion and bug heaven...I counted 22...yes, 22 of those bugs! They were in the bathroom, kitchen, hallway, even bedroom.
The thing is....my cats must think their mom has gone off the deep end...if they could I just know they'd be shaking their heads going tsk, tsk, tsk..better call for those men in the white coats...mom has lost it.
I still might be off-line more than on....my mission..to get every single one of those suckers....My swatting skills have definitely improved within a short time...but then I was downright determined.
So, those of you who have pets....do you ever think if you do something a tad odd, that your pets might look at you and think you were nuts...Aren't you glad they don't know how to call 911 and tell the dispatcher to come over with a net to catch you and place you in a "nice friendly place"?
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@Trace86 (5030)
• United States
11 Sep 08
My sweet Maya has known this for a very long time! I have a tendency to dance and wiggle with no apparent causation. Also, as a lifelong confirmed Cub fan by birthright, I tend to burst into the "go, Cubs, go!" song at a moments notice!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrlLmTh32KI
Which also requires wiggling and vigorous arm waving and fist pumping. She will tilt her head and just look at me.
In my defense, she acts the same way when she is on catnip.
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@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
12 Sep 08
LOL...well I don't know if this is a compliment or not, but sometimes as I'm cleanig the apt, I put on a CD and start signing and Kissy usually comes running over to me...I don't know if it's because she's admiring my singing or trying to tell me to shut up.
@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
10 Sep 08
hi pyewacket Ihave often wondered what our dog thought, when we still had a house, when she saw us doing something odd. Now I
life in an apartment with no pets. Yes its good she couldnt call 911 and send over the white coats.
"hurrah hurray I am going away , with the men in the little white
coats, I have a note from Napolean V, that hes got something for
me to see, hurrah hurray I am going away with the men in the little white coats." lollol lol.
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@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
12 Sep 08
I think my two kitties have since accepted some of the strange things I do..Like my habit of yelling at the computer with language a truck driver would use....if they could think they would just roll their eyes and think "Mom's done a mistake on the computer again"
@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
12 Sep 08
Yup...I think I'm just about fly free now....I was in my local Walgreens today and nearly burst out laughing....as I past one isle I saw....plastic fly swatters for $1.19...was thinking of getting one, but heck I'm doing just fine with that rolled up newspaper
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@zigzagbuddha (4601)
• United States
9 Sep 08
My fly swatting skills suck too. It is like a slapstick comedy when I go after a fly. The fly usually gets the 'upper hand' and I end up more frustrated than I started out. I'll end up with welts on my skin and stuff knocked over all around the room and the fly will still be buzzing around... taunting me mercilessly.
Therefore I have had to come to an agreement with them. I will leave them alone if they leave me alone. They have kept their side of the agreement so I have kept mine. I also figure they can get out the same way they got in so when I see one buzzing around the door I open the door and let it out. They're as bad as my cats wanting in and out!
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@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
10 Sep 08
Well I'm improving quite a lot with my fly swatting routine...I'm zapping them like crazy now...LOL. I had one unfortunate incident....one of those, "I can't believe I did that..how DUMB" One fly was on the lampshade...so I whacked it...my force must have been a tad too strong and wound up creating a hole in the lampshade....waaahhhhh
I would leave the flies alone too, big problem....they could be breeding and laying only more eggs...the average female fly can lay up to 500 eggs...uh, no thanks
@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
11 Sep 08
I guess it only takes one female fly to sneak in the garbage somehow and lay her eggs...the average female fly can lay a total of 500 eggs in her lifetime in batches of 50-75....so there's your maggot farm for ya...ewwwwwww
@zigzagbuddha (4601)
• United States
10 Sep 08
Moist and warm, and with a source of food for it's darling little babies, hehehe. I'm fortunate to have the whole outdoors to keep my garbage... well, I mean I do have a grocery bag that I keep in a little plastic trash can in the kitchen which I take outside to the big can just about every evening.
Which reminds me... how in the hell does that little plastic trash can get so FILTHY when I never throw garbage directly in it and only put garbage in the plastic bag?!?!?!? I have hosed it out and bleached it out and felt all prim and proper about it and the next thing I know it's looking like a potential maggot farm again!!
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@littleowl (7157)
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13 Sep 08
Hi Pye..I hope you haven't got a nest of flies there maybe you should get it checked out if they come back again...if my dogssee me swatting a bug or something they start wagging their tails as if to say 'I haven't done anything wrong mum..are you alright?' it makes me laugh especially as one of them 'grins' at me at the same time!! Then there's when I tell my Grandson that something is naughty..once again the dogs get worried and come up to me as if to say 'I haven't mum'..it can be quite funny sometimes as the dogs seem to know everything I say..well most of what I say..bb littleowl
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@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
13 Sep 08
I sometimes think our pets can understand us a whole lot better than we can understand them, don't you think?
@littleowl (7157)
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14 Sep 08
Yes I don't think we all give them credit for how sensitive animals can be and how they do understand more than what we think they do..bb littleowl
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@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
9 Sep 08
yes when i do something Coco my little dog dont understand, she hides under the bed. my late hubby could hit a fly with a broken rubber band!
he said he learned it in viet nam when they were sitting around with nothing to do sometimes they would kill them and put them in a pile and see who got the most and that person got drinks bought for them when they went out. btw, you can get a swatter for a dollar at the dollar store if you have one near there.
he said he learned it in viet nam when they were sitting around with nothing to do sometimes they would kill them and put them in a pile and see who got the most and that person got drinks bought for them when they went out. btw, you can get a swatter for a dollar at the dollar store if you have one near there.@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
12 Sep 08
no, i think it was just because there were so many flies there and it was at times when they had nothing else to do and were bored until the time would be to go out on the helicopters and fight.he was one of the guys that leaned out of the helicopter and shot at the enemy.
@GardenGerty (160708)
• United States
12 Sep 08
I am sure my animals think I am nuts, but I would say yours are not earning their keep. I had one kitty that sat in the window and caught flies, day and night, and she would leave them in neat little piles. I keep a bottle filled with white vinegar and spray them. Or the store brand of Listerine original. Neither of them will hurt you or the cat, and the mouthwash makes the air smell fresh.It keeps the flies and mosquitoes away, at least temporarily.
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@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
12 Sep 08
You're right my two darlings aren't earning their keep...LOL...that's what happens when one has two very pampered babies...LOL
@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
11 Sep 08
I know, it really is a good thing no one else can see me swatting the flies
@KrisNY (7590)
• United States
16 Sep 08
lol..... that is quite a comical site to think about. Running around trying to swat all the flies! Love it. I'm the same way- If I see a bunch of them... I grab a newspaper or my shoe and go for the kill. My cats all love to chase flies too. So at times I think they are thinking- mom let us help--- you are taking away all the fun. :)
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@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
17 Sep 08
Well I sure wish my two kitties would help their mom out, but honestly they do look at me like "Uh, huh,...our mom has lost it" as they watch me doing my swatting thing
@scarlet_woman (23463)
• United States
9 Sep 08
mine wouldn't dare-then they'd be stuck with grandma,and she doesn't give them treats as much
they still can't figure out why i use the icky water room though.
voluntarily!
they still can't figure out why i use the icky water room though.
voluntarily!@scarlet_woman (23463)
• United States
15 Sep 08
my calico yells.
like she's going "get out!it's the evil water it'll kill you"
@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
11 Sep 08
Every once in awhile one of my kitties comes into the bathroom while I'm taking a bath, and they look at me...Are you nuts ma? Why are you in water?
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@worldwise1 (14885)
• United States
9 Sep 08
Your discussion evoked warm memories of my dear uncle, pyewacket. He also used to wage all-out warfare against those pesky flies. He was an expert with the fly swatter, and wasn't above swatting flies over the dinner table(really irritating to my aunt). I have to say that I've only seen one or two flies this whole summer due to my holing up in my apartment with the A/C running almost constantly. I am well aware of how bothersome the critters can be. I think that pets have definite ideas about the behaviors of their humans and often find them odd.
He also used to wage all-out warfare against those pesky flies. He was an expert with the fly swatter, and wasn't above swatting flies over the dinner table(really irritating to my aunt). I have to say that I've only seen one or two flies this whole summer due to my holing up in my apartment with the A/C running almost constantly. I am well aware of how bothersome the critters can be. I think that pets have definite ideas about the behaviors of their humans and often find them odd.@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
10 Sep 08
Queenmother...I've lived in this apt for 47 years and this is the first time ever, that I've had such a problem...sheesh
I'm really getting quite expertise with fly swatting...got some more tonight..and it's giving me good exercise..before you know it, I'll have a good back hand that could rival any tennis player...LOL
@irishmist (3814)
• United States
10 Sep 08
Wow all those flies. I'd be going batty as well. I've only had like 2 flies in my house the whole summer, although I have had a few other bugs though. I do odd things all the time, and my kitties just look at me in amusement lol.
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@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
12 Sep 08
Its a good thing though that only my two kitties see their mom's antics...if my neighbors saw me they would really think I was bonkers
@tamarafireheart (15384)
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9 Sep 08
Hi pye,
I am glad you are quite expert at swatting flies now you have got rid of a few, and yes I can understand why you cat thinks you have lost the plot because my cats thinks the same of me when I'm on the floor execising, they sort of looks at me saying what in the world are you doing on the floor raising your legs up and down? well I think they all thinks we all mad now and again. Bright Blessings.
Tamara
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@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
12 Sep 08
I do exercises on the floor too..sometimes when I'm laying on the floor, my one cat, Pyewacket comes over and sits on top of my stomach....for a light looking cat he suddenly feels like he weighs a ton....LOL
@minx267 (15527)
• Hartford, Connecticut
9 Sep 08
LOL.
I have the same fly problem..
I have given up swatting them and pray for winter so the
cold air will get them.. lol
But I did have an experience similar to yours..
I had a centipede in my bathroom and I screamed
and started jumping up and down trying to stomp on it
(and those buggers are FAST)
My dogs came running -to wee why mommy screamed -The cats
all fled (cuz they are smart like that) and
after I was done- I looked at the dogs who were staring at me totally
perplexed.
I mean hey you screamed.. I came running .. where is the big bad I am
supposed to save you from..
I looked at them started laughing and trying to convince them I was NOT nuts!!
They walked away.
I too was confirmed NUTS!
@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
9 Sep 08
I took a peek at your profile page and saw all the pictures of your dogs (beautiful) and your three kitties. I think if my cats saw a centipede they would run and hide...LOL Yikes that must have been a large centipede you had though....know what's even faster though...and I hate them...silverfish! Ever try to catch them?
@rogue13xmen13 (14403)
• United States
9 Sep 08
I do that too, but my cats do not think that it is crazy, they join in to help catch it. It's a joint family effort.
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@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
9 Sep 08
Well I sure wish my two kitties would've helped out....they would look at the flies flying around and that was about it.
@winterose (39887)
• Canada
9 Sep 08
well as long as you get them all that is what counts,
you can also place a bowl in the sing with soapy water and they will go to it I am told, I don't know I never tried it.
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@howard96h (11640)
• New York, New York
9 Sep 08
You still haven't figured out how they got in? This is so strange - huh?
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@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
9 Sep 08
All it takes is one pesky fly to sneak in maybe when I had the door open...and if it was female could have laid eggs which could explain why I had a good number of them
..one time, now you have to understand I do keep a clean apt....and clean out the garbage constantly, but just the other day when I opened up the trash to pull it out to throw out, on the bottom were.....maggots..."baby" flies..must have been about forty of them..AND I JUST CLEANED the garbage container the day before! But maggots do grow fast into flies ...I do routinely clean out the garbage container..anyway when I saw that took the garbage container into the bathroom and turned on the hot water in the tub filled the container with the hot water and dumped it in the "loo"--good thing I'm not the squeamish type though
@bellaofchaos (11538)
• United States
9 Sep 08
I have one designated kitty that does the bug killing she loves hunting the flying little pests. But I have done some odd things and yes my kitties have wondered and given me the look of ok you've lost it what's the number for the padded room. LOL!!Thank the lord they haven't mastered phone usage. LOL!!!
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@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
10 Sep 08
Yes it's good that our kitties can't call and turn us in to the looney bin...LOL
@Opal26 (17679)
• United States
9 Sep 08
OMFG, You are my long lost sista twin too! That so sounds
like something I would do! When I get something in my mind
that needs doing no matter how crazy that's it! I could
see myself doing the same exact thing, in fact I think
I have! I'm pretty sure I have done the rolled up
newpaper thing before to catch some pesky flying creature,
probably a horsefly that my cats couldn't catch! And oh
yes, they've seen mommy doing some strange things and I'm
so glad that they can't dial to call 911 or I might really
be in big trouble too! I'm glad Luna can only say "mama"
and not "mama" is nuts! Actually, just recently I had a
bunch of those little annoying gnats or fruit flys in my
apartment and they were all over the place and in my face
taunting me and I was swatting them, but they were to small
for me to really hit. The seem to have disappeared so I'm
just thankful that somehow they left maybe the way they
came? I do hope that you get those annoying critters because
I would hate for them to win and I would have to visit you
in the hospital and maybe have to bring your "children" to you
on "visiting day" to see "mommy" sitting in a corner and
mumbling something to herself about those damn flies!
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@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
11 Sep 08
It really is great how our kitties accept us unconditionally no matter what bizarre or weird things we do
There are still a few pesky flies around but nowhere near the number I had...I've gotten quite accomplished as a fly swatter
When my two kitties do give me a weird look as I swat the flies though, I say to them.."Hey, this is supposed to be your job in catching them" LOL
@monkeysay (228)
• Singapore
9 Sep 08
About fly swatting - there is actually a technique to swatting those pesky flying insects! Recently on the news it appears that researchers in the US have solved the mystery of why flies are so hard to swap. The research suggests that the best way of swatting a fly is to creep up slowly and aim ahead of its location.
And isn't that why we keep pets? Pets are always our friends, they don't tell on us, even on the periods of almost-insanity that some of us go through when we are alone. I mean, animals certainly don't call the police when we sing in the bath with our creaky voices or talk to ourselves through the mirror!
Just my 0.2 cents.
@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
10 Sep 08
I've been getting good with my fly swatting techniques...Yes, it's good that our pets accept us unconditionally and don't question the weird things we do...like my talking to myself as well..
