[babalu1997]

My 12 year old cat, having lost her kittenhood and lifetime companion was out of sorts.

She got ill really quickly and i took her to a new vet as the regular one was out of town. I was fortunate to actually find a rather experienced and smart vet -- the treatment she prescribed was sufficient to return the cat back to health instead of requiring hospitalization and expensive procedure.

I pampered the cat during her illness, and i think she liked it and now she is a retired cat-- sleeps quite a lot and wants to spend all afternoon on your lap-- but still runs around when she has to.

Now she got really used to having her food served to her. she is very vocal asking for her meals, at regular times, but will not even get up to eat, eats from the bowl while lying lying down.

But has yet to learn to play bridge-- she only kibbitzes me.

[G_R__E_G]

I'd suggest starting off with a simpler trick taking game like euchre or hearts. Then you can work your way up to Mini Bridge and then finally bridge.

PS In between the bridge lessons I would definitely force her to get up to eat regardless of how vocal she is. Just leave the bowl across the room, I'm sure she'll get up eventually.

[bid_em_up]

babalu1997, on Aug 6 2009, 09:42 AM, said:

I pampered the cat during her illness, and i think she liked it and now she is a retired cat-- sleeps quite a lot and wants to spend all afternoon on your lap-- but still runs around when she has to.

And just what did she do before she retired? More of the same?