was not a celebrity when the first book was published. (I'm familiar with the warning “A beautiful one is likely to be unfaithful, and a faithful one is likely to be ugly.” This one is both ugly and unfaithful.) In places she misunderstood the English and wrote Spanish that didn't happen. When the translator didn't know something, she guessed. I still don't know, because the translation is so breathtakingly bad. I wondered how the culture that brought us the Inquisition would deal with magic. and the Philosopher's Stone.īackground: Having read all the books at least twice in English, I got curious about the flavor of the story in Spanish. #16 ::: Brenda Kalt ::: (view all by) ::: August 02, 2009, 07:34 PM:Īh, an open thread! Just the place to share my consternation at the mind-bogglingly bad Spanish translation of the first H.P. Incidentally, cats are also affected by valerian, with apparently similar effects to humans (sedative). But then, catnip isn't hallucinogenic for humans (even smoked). Interestingly, they do seem to be affected by eating raw pot - unlike humans! AIU, that has implications for either their stomach or liver chemistry. KeithS: I've also heard of a cat that ate his owner's entire 'stash'. :-( I tried getting a fountain for her, but she wasn't having any of it. In my last apartment, she could climb up to the bathroom sink, but here I have to leave the tub faucet dripping.

Mine unfortunately insists on drinking from a tap-stream (see prior comment on feline obsessions). They may not like being drenched (though kittens are often much mellower about baths), but they're fascinated by running water and dripping taps! (I suspect moving water looks really cool to their motion-sensitive vision.) And I've heard of cats paw-fishing, given the opportunity. Joann OT127#825: if cats are so unfond of water, how on earth did they get their not-quite universal liking for fish (Hard to tell under all that fur, and she's now old enough for her slowness to be explained by that.) I had to switch her to diet food, and I think she's still overweight. Is that, then, the proper way to induce vomiting for a dog? Would the same go for a cat? What sort of amounts are we talking about here?īTW, my cat has uncharacteristically poor appetite control - possibly also due to the hand-weaning thing. #11 ::: David Harmon ::: (view all by) ::: August 02, 2009, 05:50 PM:ĭcb OT127#827: it was my mother-in-law's dog I had to feed with salt water and mustard until he up-chucked

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