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From: harpe@netnews.louisville.edu (Mike Harpe)
Subject: Re: Goodbye Thomasina-the-cute
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 15:10:51 GMT
Organization: University of Louisville

That was the most touching thing I have read in eight years of NetNews.
I am truly sorry for your loss.  I'm going to give Abbi and Chantilly
extra hugs tonight.

Mike Harpe
University of Louisville
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Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: ccd@ccadfa.cc.adfa.oz.au (Carol C Denehy)
Subject: Re: naming cat behavior
Organization: None, and I like it like that
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 1992 00:41:07 GMT

In article <66589@hydra.gatech.EDU> gt1167b@prism.gatech.EDU (Christie Shackelford) writes:
>I just thought of another one ('cause the cats are doing it now
>for the first time since Dixie got here):
>
>Slickfest = two cats furiously licking each other all over.
>
>Afterthought:  Anyone ever notice the dreamy look cats get on their
>face when using the litterbox?  It's kinda cute in a silly sort of way.
>They probably wonder why Mom stares at them when they're trying to
>pee.
>
>-- 
>Christie Shackelford
>gt1167b@prism.gatech.edu
>Meow!

And there is one that I have seen with several cats but Penny
has a bad case: Post-shit Euphoria, which involves racing around
the house bouncing off walls after a successful session in the
box.

Carol Denehy

Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: pdsmith.mitre.org (Pat Smith)
Subject: Re: Cat found voice!  Parents going crazy!
Organization: The MITRE Corporation
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 21:13:27 GMT

In article <1992Aug30.024856.14918@newshub.ccs.yorku.ca>, liana@nexus.yorku.ca (Liana Becker) writes:
> 
> What do you do when your kitty, after months of silence has discovered
> that not only does she have a voice but she likes it!
> 
> Since discovering her voice Spirt have added to her vocal repertoire
> daily.  This includes drawing out various meows at various pitchs,
> tossing in the odd growl, hichupping...and so on.  Sometimes it seems
> that the more different things she can add into a statement the
> happier she is.
> 
> While, she is normally a quiet cat at night...she can sense an opening
> eye from a mile away.  Generally she'll deal with this by running on the
> bed and lying on your chest where she'll begin to purr until you fall
> asleep (a process that may take upto 1/2 hr).  After that its feeding time!
> If you do not get up she will start with a plaintif whine and the longer
> you ignore her the louder and more drawn out she gets.  Eventually I
> start to get worried that the neighbours can hear her and she gets fed.
> B
> Is there a way to stop some of this...I'm sure that when she wants to
> tell you something "important" that she breaks the noise polution
> laws in our area :).  And no, she is a very, very well fed cat.  The
> vet told us not to allow her to gain anymore weight, and with dry food
> always available...well she can't be hungry
> 
> Liana, Rob and Spirit
>  
> 
> 
Sounds like Sprit has complete control of her parents.  We made the mistake of 
feeding the kitten in the am.  Once we changed that routine, our Daisy
lets us sleep to 6am rather than 4 or 5am.  You really need to control 
their weight. Feed her at night or later in the day for your sake.
From: jonathan@cs.pitt.edu (Jonathan Eunice)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Re: Naming cat behaviors
Date: 31 Aug 92 19:39:23 GMT
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Organization: University of Pittsburgh Computer Science


   From: dg0q+@andrew.cmu.edu (Diane Gibson)

   >Great list, Marie, but you left out "sitting like a bug".  This is
   >when they scrunch down, almost in sphinx position, but their front
   >pays just kind of collapse underneath them.  My mom named that nearlyp
   >a million years ago and I still think it's appropriate for that
   >position..............

   >My mom called the position the "Christmas Card Cat"  (like those cats on
   >Christmas cards that sit this way in front of fireplaces).

   I had to add my $.02 -- I've always called it the "Grasshopper" pose.

We call this "hydraulic'ed down"--just like a low rider.
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: diana@wetware.com (CatWoman )
Subject: Re: kitties have to be siblings?
Organization: Castle WetWare MouseCatcher
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 20:31:22 GMT

<KAJ2@psuvm.psu.edu> writes:

] Hi it's my first post......

Hello!

] My husband and I are looking to get two kitties.  They'll be 
] our firsts.  My question is this...we want two kitties to 
] keep each other company and I've read that they should be 
] the same gender, but do they also have to be siblings?
]
I've only had one set of siblings in all the cats I've
lived with - and the only reason I got siblings is that
the first one was such a love, my ex and I kept saying
that we wished we had another one just like her - so when
I talked to the "gramma" a few weeks later and learned 
there was one kitten left, I just naturally snapped him
up!

They get along fine - but then, Muffin (the male) gets
along with ALL the other cats.

I don't even think it's necessary to have the same gender.

If I were you, I'd pick out a pair who were approximately
the same age, or even better - approximately the same SIZE
right now.  That way they have an even start - nobody will
feel inferior.  At that age, gender shouldn't matter - and
I hope that by the time it does, you'll have had them both
neutered, so it STILL won't matter.
r
As I've said before - I envy folks getting new kittens.
But - although there are a lot of kittens available at 
this time of year - don't pass up the older cats.  Kittens
will quite often get adopted where older cats won't.  If
there are two older cats who seem to get along - try them
as your pair.

Diana
From: donrm@hpnmdla.sr.hp.com (Don Montgomery)
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 19:48:53 GMT
Subject: Re: Cat show people; was Re: What do you think?
Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Santa Rosa, CA
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats

In rec.pets.cats, maverick@topgun.b29.ingr.com (Maverick) writes:

>    The worst part was when I saw a lady sharing her sandwich with the cat
>    by allowing it to take a bite, then she takes a bite.

Right.  Two minutes before, when she wasn't looking, kitty was doing
some *very personal* grooming.

I love my cat, but I won't share food with him out of the same dish.

Don Montgomery, Santa Rosa, CA
donrm@hpnmdla.sr.hp.com
From: fease@dkas.enet.dec.com (Andrea Midtmoen Fease)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Re: Diabetes in cats-blood and urine samples ???
Date: 1 Sep 92 18:17:44 GMT
Organization: Digital Equipment Corp., Marlboro MA


Hi Thomas,

     I just wrote a long post (I'm behind a little bit), but basically to do
urine samples I take one of the urine strips and wait until Loki (the diabetic
cat) goes to the box.  Then I approach him just after he's started (so he
can't stop!), pat him on the back just by the tail so that he lifts up and
place the strip under his urine stream.  I have two other cats, so I need to
catch him in the act, I can't just use a special box.

     The blood testing I leave to my vet.  He goes in every 2-3 months to be
checked.

					- Andrea
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: crystal@glia.biostr.washington.edu (Crystal)
Subject: Re: Cat show people; was Re: What do you think?
Organization: University of Washington
Distribution: na,local
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1992 20:43:46 GMT

In <1992Aug27.134226.1@stsci.edu> lhuffman@stsci.edu writes:

>>                           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>> |> association with these people. They're all pretty snobby too. I guess I'm
>>    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>> |> a cat lover while they're "cat fanciers".
>> 
>> 
>> Not all of them were that bad, but most of them seemed pretty snooty,
>> especially if I showed any shock at the price they were asking for 
>> one of their snooty kittens.  ($400!?!  Really?!?)
>> 
>> I'm a cat-lover, but....
>> 
>> Are most cat-show people like that?
>> -- 
>NOT ONLY cat show people but horse show people and my friend tells me, dog 
>show people. I used to show horses and most of the competitors are 
>insufferable. I learned that whenever money or recognition gets involved, 
>things get nasty. Competition seems the common thread.

>I prefer the people in this newgroup because I just love to listen to cat
>lovers gush and mush over their cats.

You hit the nail on the head!  Bingo!!
From: pstevens@Metaphor.COM (Paul Stevens)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Re: Why Do Cats Sit on Paper?
Date: 4 Sep 92 01:23:50 GMT
Reply-To: pstevens@Metaphor.COM (Paul Stevens)
Organization: m4

In article <MOSS.92Sep2225451@ibis.cs.umass.edu>, moss@cs.umass.edu (Eliot Moss) writes:
|> I have thought of two reasons why cats sit on a piece of paper:
|> 
|> 1) to get attention, because it interferes with what you're doing; and
|> 2) because it is an excellent insulator, and hence warmer than a bare floor,
|> etc.
|> 
|> I think 2 does apply (sometimes anyway) because our cats will sit on paper
|> even if it's not in our way or getting attention.

I don't think 2 is the reason.  Mine will pick out paper to sit on even on
nice warm carpeted floors.  I think it is more related to the smooth
surface and the sounds it makes when they walk on it.

+------------------------------------------------------------------------+

   Paul Stevens                        {apple|decwrl}!metaphor!pstevens
   Metaphor Computer Systems           pstevens@metaphor.com
   Mountain View, CA
From: bob.hines%travel@wugate.wustl.edu (Bob Hines) 
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: FAQ, meaning of
Date: 26 Aug 92 12:51:00 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: Travel Online, St. Louis, MO
Reply-To: bob.hines%travel@wugate.wustl.edu (Bob Hines) 

I see FAQ in many messages. What does FAQ mean?

Thanks, Bob


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From: syearick@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Sid Yearick)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Re: Naming cat behaviors
Date: 1 Sep 92 12:14:00 GMT
Reply-To: syearick@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Sid Yearick)
Organization: Carderock Division, NSWC, Bethesda, MD

In rec.pets.cats, scm@harvee.billerica.ma.us (S. Mudgett aka little gator) writes:
>anyone have a name for the way a timid or scared cat will slink around with
>the belly less than an inch from the floor?  we call it "needing new shocks".

My husband calls it the groundhog walk when ever Yogi slinks around.  He
really does remind you of a groundhog.

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From: ehp@poe.acc.Virginia.EDU ("Didi Pancake")
Subject: Re: Naming cat behaviors
Organization: University of Virginia
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1992 20:31:44 GMT


About a thousand years ago, I occasionally took Gummitch or Thuvia, both
domestic long-hairs, outside on a halter and leash. Gummitch, in
particular, would slink along several steps (or sometimes dash several
steps), then hunker down in the grass, tail straight behind her, all four
feet under the stomach, ears back. I always thought she figured that if
she was as flat to the ground as she could get, then I couldn't pick her
up to take her back inside (may have been a variant of "velcro cat").

Anyhoo, in this position, her body and tail were about the same width,
and her head was distinctly triangular in outline...thus the term "fur
snake."
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Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: schumach@convex.com (Richard A. Schumacher)
Subject: Re: Please Help... I think my cat is ill
Organization: CONVEX Computer Corporation, Richardson, Tx., USA
Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1992 19:06:18 GMT
X-Disclaimer: This message was written by a user at CONVEX Computer
              Corp. The opinions expressed are those of the user and
              not necessarily those of CONVEX.

Mineral oil? Ugh. Would Petromalt work?
From: costello@cs.umd.edu (Lisa A. Costello)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: stained hardwood floors
Date: 27 Aug 92 17:52:15 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: U of Maryland, Dept. of Computer Science, Coll. Pk., MD 20742


This is my first real post here, so I hope this comes out OK!

Does anyone know of products that will clean urine-stained hardwood
floors?  The floor is very badly damaged -- stained black, but the
wood is still firm.  I'm willing to do just about anything to fix
the floors, up to and including replacing them, if need be. (I'm sure
my landlord would be glad to hear that!!)

Any advice?

Lisa Costello
mom-cat to Gibson and Roxanne
From: ailsa%ailanth.uucp@wang.com (Ailsa N.T. Murphy)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Re: What kind of cats do I have?
Date: Thu, 03 Sep 92 21:37:53 EDT
Organization: Ailanthus Project

crystal@glia.biostr.washington.edu (Crystal) writes:

>
> Therefore, to refer to your cat as a Maine Coon, without the papers to
> back up the  actual structure and pattern of the cat, you may have a
> tabby Persian-like cat or an Angora-like cat that does NOT fit the
> description of a Maine Coon.
>
>  And the Maine Coons were just Domestic Longhair household pets until
>  someone gave them a name for show/breeding purposes.  Hence, my description
>  still stands.  The cat is question is a Domestic Longhair household pet,
>  NOT a Maine Coon, because only Maine Coons have papers.
>
> Sorry...but it took me a long time to understand this concept, too. And
> knowing genetics helps (believe it or not).
>

the rest of the post was of interest, up to this point.  the maine coon cat was
NOT just a domestic longhair until the cat fancy deigned to name it.  coon cats
haev been around for a long time here, much longer than snooty cat breeding
societies.  a red squirrel does not requirte papers top be a red squirrel, or
even to be CALLED a red squirrel, it just needs to look like a red squirrel.
likewise a maine coon cat does nto need papers to be a maine coon cat.  papers
are all very nice, especially for people who like to rook the public out of its
pictures of dead presidents, but that's about it.  coon cats are the common
type of cat in maine, and part coon cats are common as dirt.  WE, as in
mainers, named the coon cats, not the silly cat appreciation society.  and the
cat appreciation society has no jurasdiction to tell us what is and is not a
coon cat.

remember the norweigian forest cat, if you will...

                                               -ailsa

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Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: dmillard@encore.com (Debbie Millard)
Subject: Re: Mystery allergy - help!
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 13:47:22 GMT
Organization: Encore Computer Corporation, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Keywords: itchy itchy

In article <crystal.715221084@glia> crystal@glia.biostr.washington.edu (Crystal) writes:
>In <1992Aug30.215608.15542@ozrout.uucp> grenade@ozrout.uucp (Kate McDonnell) writes:
>
>>Perhaps others have dealt with a similar problem to this one.
>
>>My 16-year-old cat began washing and scratching much more than
>>usual this summer. She goes outside, but I saw no signs of
>>parasites, so I didn't take her to the vet until last week. The
>>vet confirmed this: she has neither fleas nor ear mites.
>
>>The vet said everything pointed to an allergy. Most of the
>>suggested possibilities didn't apply. I haven't just moved,
>>acquired another pet, or begun washing the floors with harsh
>>chemicals. I try to use non-toxic substances like vinegar and
>>soda for housecleaning, in fact.
>
>>Nor had I changed Ebony's diet. She's flourished for years on
>>Purina cat chow, so I've gone on buying it. But it occurred to me
>>later that _they_ changed the formula recently. Does anyone know
>>if they made other changes when they started omitting the food
>>dyes?
>
>
>I'd keep her indoors.  If it clears up within a week or two then the problem
>is something she got into outside.  When you let a cat outside unattended,
>just about anything can happen and mysteries aren't easily solved.
>
>Crystal

I read an article recently in CATS magazine that a large percentage
of allergies in cats is caused by something they've had at least
two years of exposure to, so not changing the diet or cleaners or
house plants doesn't necessarily mean she's not allergic.  I can
dig out the article and fax it to you if you want.

Good luck, to you and kitty.

Debbie
From: klier@iscsvax.uni.edu
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Re: cat and stove
Date: 27 Aug 92 12:54:23 -0500
Distribution: usa
Organization: University of Northern Iowa

In article <1992Aug27.144442.10071@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>, ssieling@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Sarah A Sieling) writes:
> 
> One on my cats, Lola - about 5 years old, has suddenly started getting up on 
> the stove when no one is around and urinating on the burner.  This is a 
> electric stove so it is easy for her to sit on the cold burner.  Any one have 
> any ideas about what is going on?  Nothing smells worse than hot cat pee.  
> Everytime we use the stove we have to check the burner drip pans to make sure 
> they are dry.  This is not a joke, it is really happening and we are just about
> at the end of our patience.

Almost every time cats start peeing where they shouldn't, esp. in
highly "visible" places, suspect FUS or a bladder infection.  First 
step is a visit to the vet.

Kay Klier  Biology Dept  UNI


Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: C11815@maccvm.corp.mot.com (Josette Giacobbi)
Subject: Re: Why Do Cats Sit on Paper?
Organization: Motorola
Date: 4 Sep 1992 10:54:22 CDT

------------------------- Original Article -------------------------
Organization: H&SS Academic Advisory Center, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Date: Thu,  3 Sep 1992 09:43:54 -0400
From: "Carol A. Buckner" <cb30+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Re: Why Do Cats Sit on Paper?

On 02-Sep-92 in Why Do Cats Sit on Paper?
My cat likes to attack the newspaper and tries to eat it!! Of course, we
 he has lost his mind a long time ago, some of the things he does.
>cats will zero in on the teensiest piece of paper and plop themselves
>down on top of it?  Not that I'm complaining--it's just that after
>twelves years with His Royal Highness I'd like an answer, and he's
>not forthcoming...

I have no idea why they prefer paper...Brandy likes not sit and sleep on
it--she plays around it.  I think she likes the noise it makes when she
.

Carol Buckner
Carnegie Mellon University

Trivia is so unimportant, but if we had none what would we talk about?

Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: phz@cadence.com (Pete Zakel)
Subject: Re: COUGH! COUGH! Scoopable catlitter dust
Organization: Cadence Design Systems
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 02:31:28 GMT

In article <Bt71su.53D@news.udel.edu> thuyan@ravel.udel.edu (Thuy-An Hartman) writes:
>The dust is everywhere!!  Has anyone else had this problem?
>Are any brands better than others?  Any suggestions?

I'm using a pretty good brand that has the consistancy of the clay litter,
and therefore doesn't track.  It clumps pretty well, too, and is REAL good
at controlling odor.

Unfortunately, I don't know that brand name.  It comes in a white cardboard
box with no writing on it, and I get it from the pet store (actually a feed
and tack, as well as pet supply, store) where I get most of my stuff.  It's
a fairly big box, too (at least 40 pounds, I think).

The clumping is GREAT if the cat doesn't dig down to the bottom of the box
before peeing (and I let it dry a little), but my kitten likes to dig down
and then cover, so his doesn't clump *quite* as well (he actually is amazing
in that it is almost impossible to tell that he has used his litter since
he seems to smooth it down flat after use! -- my other two cats always leave
the litter in a fairly large mound after use).

If I remember, I'll try to find out the brand name...

-Pete Zakel
 (phz@cadence.com or ..!uunet!cadence!phz)

Rule of Feline Frustration:
	When your cat has fallen asleep on your lap and looks utterly
	content and adorable, you will suddenly have to go to the
	bathroom.
From: syearick@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Sid Yearick)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Re: Bill signature
Date: 27 Aug 92 10:23:32 GMT
Reply-To: syearick@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Sid Yearick)
Organization: Carderock Division, NSWC, Bethesda, MD

In rec.pets.cats, ardie@UIUC (Richard D. McClary) writes:
>        A few weeks ago, I noticed someone, in their signature, had a nice
>facimile of Bill the Cat made from keyboard characters.  Would that person
>mind terribly if I copied it?  It seems a most appropriate way of ending
>much of my consulting correspondance!  Thanks.

I don't mind at all.  It took me a long time to find the right signature
to fit my messages.  The original signature was set up for a PC login and
blinked when you turned on your system.  I couldn't handle the blinking so
just used what I wanted.  I think I am the only one with this signature, if
not, well you can use it anyway.


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From: colette@morgan.ucs.mun.ca (Colette Goodyear)
Subject: Re: How about kitty noises?
Organization: Memorial University of Newfoundland
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 18:46:41 GMT

In article <1992Sep4.154133.14482@auto-trol.com> katbea@auto-trol.com (Kathy Beatty) writes:
>bonni@snoid.cray.com (Bonni Ensminger) writes:
>: 
>: My cat also makes a noise I don't think I can describe very well.  It's the
>: 'aren't I so cute you want to give me anything I want' noise.  It's kind of
>: a meow and a purr mixed together, similar to a pigeon cooing.
>
>My sister calls this the "purrmeow."
>
>
I call it a "merp".  Both Fluff (RIP-19 years old) and Willow make that
noise.  Speaking of silly names for cats, I used to call Fluff "Merps".
It was the only noise she would make.  Never purred, never meowed.
The name has been passed on to Willow.

Colette Goodyear
MUN
Colette@morgan.ucs.mun.ca

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