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From: kao@adam.unbsj.ca (Kim Osborne)
Subject: early wake up
Organization: University of New Brunswick, Saint John
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 21:45:51 GMT

Hi All! I have a 9 month old kitty who also wakes up at 5:00 am no matter
what time she goes to bed. She wakes up uses her cat scratch and then proceeds
to climb on the dresser and claws the walls. Then she will hit pictures with
her paws and then scratch the mattress. I thought it was cause she wants out
but no such luck. I then check her dish to make sure there is food in it 
and then close my bedroom door. She then proceeds to try and dig up the 
carpet so that maybe she could somehow crawl under the door! Any ideas how
I can get her to stop doing this? I have to admit that she has changed
my lifestyle cause I am up early but I am in bed alot earlier than 
my husband. Of course she is right there beside me! Help me get back
to a normal hour day!
                        Kim & Patch
From: tittle@alexandre-dumas.ics.uci.edu (Cindy Tittle Moore)
Subject: FIV
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Organization: Univ. of Calif., Irvine, Info. & Computer Sci. Dept.
Date: 21 Jan 93 21:10:32 GMT

What does FIV stand for?  I just realized I only have the acronym
but not the full name in the faq and would like to correct this.

Thanks,
--Cindy
From: anne@faerun.mi.org (Anne Shelton)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Re: Strange Feeding Ritual
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 93 02:33:31 EST
Organization: The Forgotten One, East Lansing, MI

> After Java
> eats from his bowl, even today, he seems to be trying to "bury" his
> food with imaginary dirt and leaves which he "scoops" from the floor
> around his bowl and the wall behind it.  Does anyone have a clue as
> to what it is for?  
> Jim Kulak
> ujak@sunyit.edu

Hello!

I don't understand the behavior myself, but the oldest of my two cats (almost
two), does the same thing after she eats.  She was never in the wild, though.
She is, however, very tidy.  She is very neat when using the litterbox, too.
I took it as she was cleeaning up after eating; taking care of the "mess" so
to speak.

-Anne & Coco & Oreo



--
Anne Shelton            | Your vision will become clear only when you can look
                        | into your own heart.  Who looks outside, dreams; who
anne@faerun.mi.org      | looks inside, awakes                      -Carl Jung
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: julie@eddie.jpl.nasa.gov (Julie Kangas)
Subject: Re: Summary of Allergy Responses
Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 18:32:33 GMT

In article <1993Jan26.092523.3307@peanut> tims@bvc.edu writes:
>Several people have asked me to post a summary of the reponses I've has to 
>my post regarding my allergies (asthma) and our desire for a cat.  
>
>While I am allergic to cats, I don't have any reaction to my golden 
>retreiver, who seems to have enough hair for two dogs.  The reponses fell 
>into three areas:
>
>Area 1:	Becomming accustomed to your cat.  Many folks with allergies who 
>responded said they are allergic, but have grown accustomed to their 
>cat(s).  While dander and saliva are thought to cause the allergies, after 
>a short period of time with the same cat, people's bodies adjusted and they 
>live just fine with their kitty.  This seems to be the best and most 
>frequently suggested way to deal with allerigies: let your body adjust.

I'll second that.  While I was never allergic to cats, I used to have
terrible pollen and oak tree allergies.  I lived away from these things
and short exposures would have terrible consequences.  Then I finally moved to 
an area with a very high pollen count and oak trees everywhere.  I had an
absolutely miserable spring and summer.  My face swelled up and my nose
constantly ran.  However, the next summer I had no symptoms whatsoever
and have never had a problem with pollen or oak trees since.

Give the cats a chance!  (But be prepared to have 6 or so months of
agony)

Julie
DISCLAIMER:  All opinions here belong to my cat and no one else
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: kjt34420@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Kristin J. Thommes)
Subject: Re: Rabies (was raccoons and dogs :( )
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 18:46:11 GMT

"Susan R. Wagner" <sw39+@andrew.cmu.edu> writes:

>Ok, just how often are rabies vaccinations supposed to be updated.  The
>expiration dates can vary (?) from 1 to 3 years, right?  So far, Jester
>has received one every year he has been alive and he is an indoor cat. 
>Is this to much?  Or is this just right>  Any help is appreciated.

There are 2 different rabies vaccines available for use in domestic animals.
One is a one-year vaccine (needs a booster annually), and the other is a 3-yr
vaccine which needs to have a booster every 3 years.  However, if you live on
the east coast in the areas where there is a rabies epidemic in the wildlife
(e.g. New Jersey), you get the 3-year vaccine but they tell you to have a
booster in 2 years.  

As far as which is better....well, the 3-year vaccine has better compliance 
from owners (if alll they want is for their pet to have the rabies vaccine, 
they don't need to return to the vet for 3 more years....believe me there are
plenty of people who think like this out there!).  BUT, the 3-year vaccine
is given intramuscularly, and there are more cases of adverse reactions to 
that vaccine.  Animals are just more likely to get sore in the leg it was
given in.  The one-year vaccine doesnt seem to cause as many problems in
terms of reactions, and it can be given IM or subcutaneously.  The only
problem with the sub-Q vaccine is that in recent years there have been 
a few cases of animals getting fibromas (I =think= this was the tumor type)
in the area where the sub-Q vaccine was given.  Some hypothesize a link
between the irritation of the vaccine given sub-Q to the animals getting the
tumor.  

I know I read an article about this somewhere...if I can come up with the exact
reference I will post it and you can read it for yourselves.

I think most people go woth the one-year vaccine because since the other 
vaccines are due every year, it's just as easy to get one more injection at the
same time.  As far as efficacy goes, I think the 3 as well as the one year vacc
works just as well at preventing rabies within it's time limit.




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From: thuyan@ravel.udel.edu (Thuy-An Hartman)
Subject: Re: Cats need New Home
Keywords: adoption allergy help
Organization: University of Delaware
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 01:11:48 GMT

PLEASE-PLEASE DO NOT GIVE YOUR BABIES AWAY!

I can speak from experience, they love you more than anything.  Try and
make her understand.  If she had a child, would you make her give it
up for you?  

Remember (and I learned this the hard way) they will always be there for
you, love you, no matter what.  Don't betray the trust they put in you.

Try talking to your vet about the allergy thing (if that is the problem)
because there is a new shampoo which helps with that.

I wish you all the luck!!

Thuy-An
Sheba, Tyaa, Arioch, Loki and Ayla (R.I.P.)

Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: blake@ncrsna.stpaul.ncr.com (Tony C Blake)
Subject: Re: Cat begging
Organization: NCR NPG StPaul MN
Distribution: usa
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 16:36:22 GMT

In article <1993Jan23.163627.17835@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> magarret@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (CAT LOVER) writes:

>My kitten, Zach, begs horribly for food everytime I try to sit down and eat!
>He'll meow constantly and try to jump up on the table, which he knows he's not 
>allowed to do.  I've sprayed him with water, but it doesn't much bother him, 
>and I've picked him up and set him down, but he's right back up in a flash.

>It's partly my fault, cause sometimes I give them a piece of what I'm eating, 
>or let them lick the sauce that's left, but just as a treat on occasion.

>I can't eat in peace anymore...I have to gulp down my food!  Help!

>Marti

Marti,

Try feeding Zach right before you eat.  It work for my wife and I.


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Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: lhuffmanp@stsci.edu
Subject: Re: Resolution to Sliding Closet Doors
Organization: Space Telescope Science Institute
Distribution: na
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 11:46:24 GMT

In article <1993Jan27.210021.8792@nsc.nsc.com>, urban@nsc.nsc.com (Gregory Urban) writes:
> We got many great suggestions on this, thanks to everyone!
> Unfortunately, most of them involved modification of the door/wall. We are
> only in the apartment temporarily, and I don't want to incur any damage
> costs. 
> 
> So I noticed that Shadow only gets into the closet on one side, the other side
> is slightly blocked by the round part of my guitar case. So after all of those
> ingenious solutions, I decided to align the clothes hamper so that it blocks
> the bottom part of the door. (She can't get the leverage required from the
> top of the hamper) 
> 
> This (semi-lazy) solution is working, she hasn't gotten into the closet since
> I did this. (Now she has a new hobby, dragging the bathroom rug into the 
> living room while we're gone. Oh well, that's not so bad!)
> 
> Thanks again, everyone!

How clever! You have the stuff of which all good animal trainers are made.
From: spp@zabriskie.berkeley.edu (Steve Pope)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Re: choose him or your cats??????
Date: 27 Jan 1993 21:26:38 GMT
Organization: U.C. Berkeley -- ERL
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: zion.berkeley.edu

> I'm new to this group, so I don't know if this is a Never-
> ending Topic, but I'd like to take issue with the dog-people/
> cat-people dichotomy.  In my experience it's rare to begin
> with and people with such strong species-preferences are 
> usually narrowminded and intolerant.

I agree.  I am not narrowminded or intolerant, and therefore
despite my preference for cats I also like dogs.  Up to
a point.  I don't like stupid, neurotic dogs that bark
nonstop.  I also don't like snivelling little rug-rats.
And I despise spindly, overbred show-dogs as well as the types
that breed them.

But give me a good dog, a real dog, and I like it just
fine.  See?  I'm not intolerant.

Steve
From: urban@nsc.nsc.com (Gregory Urban)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Resolution to Sliding Closet Doors
Date: 27 Jan 93 21:00:21 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: National Semiconductor, Santa Clara

We got many great suggestions on this, thanks to everyone!
Unfortunately, most of them involved modification of the door/wall. We are
only in the apartment temporarily, and I don't want to incur any damage
costs. 

So I noticed that Shadow only gets into the closet on one side, the other side
is slightly blocked by the round part of my guitar case. So after all of those
ingenious solutions, I decided to align the clothes hamper so that it blocks
the bottom part of the door. (She can't get the leverage required from the
top of the hamper) 

This (semi-lazy) solution is working, she hasn't gotten into the closet since
I did this. (Now she has a new hobby, dragging the bathroom rug into the 
living room while we're gone. Oh well, that's not so bad!)

Thanks again, everyone!
-- 
===============================================================================
Gregory Urban      Mktg/Apps Engineer             urban@nsc.nsc.com
                   National Semiconductor
                   Santa Clara, CA                "Hi-keeba"
From: todd@crayola (Todd Katz)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: cat food allergy
Date: 27 Jan 93 19:26:03 GMT
Organization: Informix Software, Inc.

Ah, I thought I'd get your attention.

Several months ago I posted a query because by 1.5 year old calico was  
scratching the hell out of herself, mostly under the chin and around the  
neck area. She also had had for quite a few months swollen lymph glands in  
the same area.

The vet. had here screened for a variety of of cat diseases ($85 for the  
battery of tests) and recommended vitamin C. I also posted a query here  
and folks kindly offered a number of suggestions, primarily feeding here  
more oils like lard.

But the local pet store medicine doctor actually hit upon the cause: an  
allergy to corn-based cat food. I'd been feeding her IAMS canned food,  
which is a high-quality, no byproduct cat food. I switched to Lick Your  
Chops which contains wheat and brown rice but no corn. Over the past few  
weeks the scabs went away, the itching was much reduced and the lymph  
glands are back to normal -- that is, nearly undectable to the touch.

Hope this info is useful to someone else. Thanks to all who previously  
responded.
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: erc@unislc.uucp (Ed Carp)
Subject: Re: choose him or your cats??????
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Organization: Unisys Corporation SLC
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 17:00:02 GMT

Vicki Holzhauer (vicki@steam.atd.ucar.edu) wrote:

: than that.  For one thing, dogs don't purr.  For another, you have to

No, they bark at you.  I'd rather hear a purr in my ear than a bark.  Besides,
I can deal with a hungry "meow" a lot easier than I can an obnoxious hungry
"bark".
-- 
Ed Carp			erc@apple.com, erc@saturn.upl.com	801/538-0177

"It is your resistance to 'what is' that causes your suffering."   -- Buddha
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: vicki@steam.atd.ucar.edu (Vicki Holzhauer)
Subject: Re: REVENGE
Organization: Atmospheric Technology Division/NCAR Boulder, CO
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 21:04:46 GMT


I had a cat years ago who once peed on a pile of newspapers I had
sitting next to the door, ready to take out.  I pointed out the spot
and spanked her, then left on an errand.  When I got back from my
errand, there was a little pile of s**t on top of the pee spot.

I don't spank cats anymore ... :-)


--
Vicki Holzhauer, National Center for Atmospheric Research
Boulder, Colorado / / / /  vicki@ncar.ucar.edu
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: news.rice.edu (M.S.)
Subject: Re: Kitty Litter Icon for Mac System 7
Followup-To: rec.pets.cats
Organization: rice U.
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 17:50:40 GMT

Thank you for posting the source of the kitty litter icons for Mac System
7.  I am not fluent in computer-speak, unfortunately, and I am not sure
what you mean by "via anonymous FTP at FTP.Lehigh.EDU."  Is this an e-mail
address?  How do I get the kitty litter EXACTLY?  I know how to access and
post on newsgroups and how to send and read my e-mail.  Can I do this?

Thanks!!!
M.S.
Organization: Engineering Design Research Center, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 10:58:35 -0500 
From: "Tara L. Taylor" <tt1p+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Re: Help me name my cat 

How about:

- Butane

- Guiness

- Beef Jerky

- Shazam?


Bye,

Tara
From: kleiman@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Aileen Kelmartin)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Re: Strange Feeding Ritual
Date: 25 Jan 93 16:21:11 GMT
Reply-To: kleiman@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Aileen Kelmartin)
Organization: Carderock Division, NSWC, Bethesda, MD

My cat also tries to bury her food sometimes.  My husband seemed to
get a real kick out of it saying she was trying to tell us that her
food tasted like sh*t.  :)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Re: Torties (was Two Siamese Cats Free to a Good Home
From: erkamp@JANUS.ARC.AB.CA (Bob Erkamp)
Date: 21 Jan 93 11:44:06 MDT
Reply-To: erkamp@JANUS.ARC.AB.CA
 <1993Jan9.162145.9311@wetware.com> <1993Jan12.162657.17369@sequent.com>,<1993Jan15.163555.20765@irscscm.UUCP>
Organization: Alberta Research Council

In article <1993Jan15.163555.20765@irscscm.UUCP>, sbutler@irscscm.UUCP (Susan Butler) writes:
>>>You can take it from me - Orange and black torties
>>>DO exist, and usually are female.  A former housemate
>
>Another characteristic of torties that no one ever mentions is that
>half of their face is a lighter color than the other half.  It looks
>as if someone drew a line right between their eyes and down the middle
>of their nose and painted one side lighter than the other.

Well my tortie (Tessa) has something like this but it's only her chin that is
two different colors (black on her right and cream on the left). I would say she 
is predominantly black with rust and a few tan/cream patches on her stomach.

Bob
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: afdenis@lims02.lerc.nasa.gov (Stephen Dennison)
Subject: Re: ants in the catfood
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Organization: Ancient Souls Inc.
Date: 26 Jan 1993 17:32 EST  

In article <26JAN199315115227@lims01.lerc.nasa.gov>, prkenne@lims01.lerc.nasa.gov (CAROL SHARP) writes...
>In article <25JAN199314291861@ariel.lerc.nasa.gov>, piltch@ariel.lerc.nasa.gov (Nancy Piltch) writes...
>>I came home yesterday to the sight of ants swarming around the catfood
>>dish (and assorted bits of food on the floor.)  Any ideas how to eliminate
>>the ants without poisoning the cats too?
> 
>You have ants at this time of year?  How did you manage that - I thought 
>all the little creepy crawlys were frozen by now!  

Not even *close* ... they're just deeper in the ground, below the frost 
line. If there's a crack for them to enter your house through that is *also* 
below the frostline (i.e., a dirt floor basement like mine), you can get 
some *prize-winners* during the winter. I saw one the other day that could 
have *carried* the cat food bowls if he didn't already have my kitchen 
table strapped to his back ! :-)


Heck, I still have *flies*, and some really big ones at that. Luckily the 
cats will catch and eat them, so I could probably hide their food bowls 
long enough for the ants to starve... Oh, the benefits of a century-home. 

:-)

>I'd try to see where 
>they are coming in first and put the spray or whatever at or before the 
>source.  For instance, we had them coming into the house though a pantry 
>that has holes where the washer plumbing comes in so we sprayed those holes 
>and pipes and kept the pantry closed.  I'd suggest the enclosed ant traps 
>but know from experience that the average kitty thinks they're hockey pucks

*And* that they don't stop the problem, only contain it partially. If you 
buy enough ant traps to assure that the ants carry enough poison back to 
their nests to kill *all* of the ants in proximity to your house, you'll be 
the CEO of Raid within the month. 

-- Stephen

{Experimental .sig # 30245/T}

Humans -- 

	Beings stupid enough to create their own monsters, and then 
	curse their luck when they run into them. 
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: rkn3u@kelvin.seas.Virginia.EDU (Keith Norwood)
Subject: Re: Cat on Counters, HELP
Organization: University of Virginia
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 19:09:37 GMT

In article <C19Gov.C4I@cck.coventry.ac.uk> api053@cck.coventry.ac.uk (Garion) writes:
>In article <1993Jan18.215023.120@ast.saic.com> hirschon@ast.saic.com writes:
>>
>>I disagree totally.  No way would I allow a cat on my counter where food
>>is prepared. - My cat knows she can't go up there, and she doesn't.  Once
>>in a while we catch her on the dining room table (that's bad, too) - all
>>we have to do is say her name in a threatening voice, and she immediately
>>gets down.  My grandmother used to feed her cats on the kitchen sink, but
>>no paw that touches a litter box is going to touch _my_ kitchen sink!
>>Sorry!
>
>That's a very unfeeling attitude!  After all, your cat is a living creature
>with feelings etc. whereas your kitchen sink and food surfaces aren't! Think

Do roaches and mice get the same "living creature" treatment.     

>how you would feel about being told that you can't do this and you can't do
>that.  Besides it ought to be common practice to wash down food surfaces
>immediately before use. 

If we are surrogate parents to our pets, doesn't the responsibility exist 
to behave in a parental fashion i.e. teaching, correcting bad behavior 
and reward good behavior.  We do it for dogs?  We certainly do it for our
children? Why not cats?  Have cats hypnotized the populace into believing 
that they can't be trained?  That they are dumb as a brick!  

What do guests say when kiity is on the counter helping to prepare dinner?
Is anything off limits for your cat?  Or does it do whatever it wants?  
To each his own, I guess.


Inquiring minds want to know!

Keith 
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: julie@eddie.jpl.nasa.gov (Julie Kangas)
Subject: Re: Cats need New Home
Keywords: adoption allergy help
Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 20:20:04 GMT

In article <1993Jan27.194559.17176@hubcap.clemson.edu> kudra@hubcap.clemson.edu (sallie j kudra) writes:
>
>I've had just about enough of this.  Sure everyone thinks that David's fiance
>is a witch, but THAT IS NOT THE POINT.  The point is David is trying to find
>a home for his babies and not one person has tried to give him constructive
>advice.  I also belong to FELINE-L and am trying to get some help for David
>from them.  I don't see anyone offering to serve as a foster home or even give
>David that type of advice.  Get real, people, and give him some constructive
>advice.  Is there anyone out there who could offer foster care or knows of any-
>one who could give foster care or a permanent home?  Do you truly think this is
>an easy decision for David?  When my mother died, I had to go live with my 
>father who hated cats.  I had to give up not only my cat but my dog as well.
>Would your advice have been "Get a new father"?  
>
>Offer him some real help or just leave it alone!
>
>Sallie, owned and operated by Arielle, Melanie and Cali
>
>PS  If I have missed anyone offering constructive advice (I don't get to read
>    this list as often as I would like) I apologize to you.  Anyone else can
>    flame the h*ll out of me if it will get you off David's back!

We are giving him what *we* consider constructive advice.  Just because
it doesn't match *your* opinions doesn't mean it's any less "real"
or useful and that you can flame away at us without a thought.

I stand firm by my advice on this matter.  It's every bit as helpful
and real as yours.

Julie
DISCLAIMER:  All opinions here belong to my cat and no one else
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: kkv@inel.gov (Jamie J Ferguson)
Subject: Re: ants in the catfood
Organization: Idaho National Engineering Laboratory, Idaho Falls, Idaho
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 93 19:56:12 GMT


I had ants in potted plants (outside) when I lived in Florida,
and my neighbor told me to sprinkle grits around them.  It
seemed to work.  I think that the grits expand and the ants
explode (or something similarly disgusting).  I've also
heard red pepper works, but it didn't with my ants (at least
not noticeably so).


Jamie

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