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From: amd@space.mit.edu (Ann M. Davis)
Subject: Re: Spray bottles (was: New cat ...  will not sleep at night)
Reply-To: amd@space.mit.edu (Ann M. Davis)
Organization: MIT Center for Space Research
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 13:13:05 GMT


>, dhyams@autelca.ascom.ch (David Hyams) writes:

> Any ideas what I 
> can do to stop them scratching on the door?
> 
Throw a shoe at the door.  The loud noise is very startling, and you don't
even have to get out of bed. Of course people may start wondering why
there are these scuff marks 4 feet up on your bedroom door. :-)

Regarding spray bottles.  I know they are a good method for disciplining
the cat, but I have been relunctant to use one because I give the cat
a bath (allergies).  I'm afraid if I squirt Tess with water, then giving
her a bath will be that much more difficult.  Does anyone else have
experience with this situation?



	Ann
--

Ann M. Davis
amd@space.mit.edu			 "Choose your battles wisely"
MIT Center for Space Research		
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: lelle@wpi.WPI.EDU (Jessica Helene Andersson)
Subject: Aspirin (was Re: Chocolate)
Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 1992 16:06:07 GMT

In article <BtB027.Mt5@news.cso.uiuc.edu> kjt34420@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Kristin J. Thommes) writes:
>Well, you are partly right here.  Cats *can* have aspirin, for things
>such as allergic reactions to vaccines and arthritis.  We usually dose
>them at 1/4 baby aspirin per 5 lbs body weight, every 48hrs.  
>Acetominophen, or Tylenol, is DEADLY to cats and if they ingest it
>accidentally you should call your vet or an emergency clinic pronto
>to prevent any long-lasting problems.

	A friend of mine had a cat with arthritis, and the vet told
her mother to give it, like you said, small amounts of aspirin.  Not
knowing any better, her mother gave the cat a whole Tylenol tablet.
The cat died within a couple of hours.

						Helene
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: isako@mtl.mit.edu (Isako Hoshino)
Subject: Allergic roommate & my cat update....
Organization: MIT Microsystems Technology Laboratories
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1992 20:05:12 GMT


Well, this is a short update on how my new cat-allergic roommate and 
my cat is getting along.  I can't believe that my roommate was even
allergic to the cat, since she doesn't show any signs of it at
all.  So, all three of us, and a guest is happily living together
in the new house....

on Sunday evening, we've had some excitement, though.  Sharon, a
friend who is staying with me for a short time, and I were taking 
the garbage out of the house around 10pm, and
accidentally left the front door open.  and of course, the stupid
curious cat got out!  Luckily, our front door opens up into a
small entry way with another door leading to the outside, so the cat
didn't go beyond the boundary of the house...   BUT!  our landlord
who lives on the second and the third floor of the house,
left their front door open for some reason, and Bleach (my cat's
name) just casually trotted upstairs!!!!!  AHHHH!!

First, we thought that the cat was hiding in our first floor
apartment, so we spent about 5 min looking for her in 
our apartment.  THen it became obvious that she
ventured out in to our upstairs neighbor's place...  So, we called
upstiars at 10:30pm after making sure *someone* is still up.  nancy, 
wife of the landlord let us in, and we spent a good 5-10 minutes looking
for the dumb cat in the second floor.  But no luck... so Nancy went
to the third floor, where she was watching TV, and where there are
the bedrooms to look for the cat.  Few minutes later, VOILA!  there
she was, on the third floor, looking pretty smug.  OH geeez.  
I felt so embarrassed!  Good thing our landlord likes cats....
but that was definitely an excitement I'd rather not deal with
too often, expecially when you're sort of getting ready to go to bed...

Of course, after we got our fat little kitty back, safely on to
the first floor apartment, we spend the next 10-15 minutes
scolding her (not that will make any difference tot he cat.. she
just looked unhappy that we were waving our arms around mumbling
the words "stupid cat" "dumb cat", "idiot", "clueless"
over and over....  she actually fell asleep while we were having 
a "word" with her..)

anyway... thought I'd tell you a funny one for a change  :-)


				Isako
From: steveg@teal.csn.org (Steve Genoff)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Re: Terrified of Ceiling Fan!
Date: 21 Aug 92 03:23:39 GMT
Organization: Colorado SuperNet, Inc.

In article <BtAG9D.1Jz@encore.com> dmillard@encore.com (Debbie Millard) writes:
>In article <1992Aug19.172951.26514@cbnews.cb.att.com> sandyb@cbnews.cb.att.com (sandra.e.braun) writes:
>>Hi.  I just moved to a house with a ceiling fan.  My cat Coco is absolutely 
>>terrified of it.  She will run out of the room and hide downstairs under the
>>ironing board until it's turned off.  Then she sneaks back in the living
>>room and stares at it for ~1 hour, just to make sure it's not going to turn
>>on again.
>

  I had a similar experience with my oldest cat, Toska, a tortoise shell
tabby, one day.  Some friends at work had sent me a singing birthday
greeting which included some helium balloons.  I thought, hey, what a neat
toy for the cats !! They'd love to chase after the balloons and catch them!
Well, as soon as I'd got the balloons home, the cats *all* were freaked,
hiding under the couches, and scattering into other rooms.  So I decided
that if they just got a little closer to the balloons, now stuck on the
ceiling, they'd see what fun there would be.  Toska was the closest so I
picked her up, took her to where the ballons were, and holding her up to
the balloons.  The next thing I noticed was this wetness on my feet.  The
poor dear was so scared she had urinated... Needless to say, I was very
apologetic to her, and got rid of the balloons post haste.  I don't think
cats like large things above them that seem somewhat animate....

   STeve
-- 
                                                                   Mir na zemlye
Steve Genoff
steveg@csn.org
- Join the League for Programming Freedom ---   Innovate, Don't Litigate       -
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: gibbsm@ll.mit.edu (MargARET D. Gibbs)
Subject: Re: COUGH! COUGH! Scoopable catlitter dust
Organization: M.I.T. Lincoln Laboratory
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 92 19:30:07 GMT

I have found two brands that seem to have a lot less dust:
Booda Super (or is it extra?) Clump
and EverClean LT (LT = Less Tracking)

Both of these scoopable litters are *not* flushable, and they
have larger grains so they aren't as dusty and don't track as
much.  I switched from Booda to Everclean LT when the nearby
pet care center decided not to carry Booda any more.  Booda's
grains are larger than Everclean LT's, but I haven't noticed
much difference in dust content.

I hope this helps someone.


-- 
Margaret D. Gibbs		"Practice random kindness and 
Assistant Staff			 senseless acts of beauty"
MIT Lincoln Laboratory
gibbsm@ll.mit.edu
From: lswan@ucsd.edu (Swan, Lyn)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Re: What do you think?
Date: 21 Aug 92 18:20:15 GMT
Organization: University of California, San Diego
NNTP-Posting-Host: card3.ucsd.edu


>Boo Boo Kitty 14 pound, black, white hairs on chest and tummy.
>Boo Boo Kitty, Boocat, Bubba, Big Guy, Little Guy (when Skippy was
>still alive), Furball, Hairball, and after a recent post I stole a new
>nickname for him - Snuffle Pig.  (Whoever wrote that please forgive my 
>stealing this name from you, but it absolutely cracked me up.)

Allie (Siamese X) - Allison, Big Al, Ali San, Fat Pants, Fuzz Bomb, Bad 
Kitty. 

Kate (Tuxedo) - Kitty Kate, Kuh-Kuh-Kuh Katie, Katherine, Katya, Good Kitty.

Guess which one gets into the most trouble? :-)

Lyn
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: jojo@sandman.asd.sgi.com (Jonathan Wesener)
Subject: Re: Flushable litter isn't
Organization:  Silicon Graphics, Inc.  Mountain View, CA
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 21:20:17 GMT

I've been using flushable cat litter for almost 2 years and have 
not had one single problem with plugged plumbing.  I have had problems
with one particular brand which didn't break up nicely when it was
flushed, it just sort of lumped up in the bowl and sat there.  I
solved this slight inconvenience by avoiding that particular brand.

I'm really quite pleased with the flushable cat litters and hope
I never have to go back to the old style of litter hell.

--
--jojo                                         jojo@sgi.com
		"This ain't the planet of sound"
From: jmckerro@attcan.UUCP (Janet McKerrow)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Re: How long cats live (was Re: Indoor cat wants out)
Summary: Age of Outdoor Cats
Date: 14 Aug 92 18:43:05 GMT
Organization: AT&T Canada Inc., Toronto

In article <1992Aug10.203958.16722@gtephx.UUCP>, machanicm@gtephx.UUCP (Mindy Machanic) writes:
> 
> I doubt it. Let's do a survey on the net:
> 
> Indoor cats--how old are they living? Ones you have now, ones you have had
> before?
> 
> Outdoor cats--how old are they living? Ones you have now, ones you have had
> before?
> 
> I'm betting that the outdoor cats live as long as, if not longer than, the
> indoor cats.
> 
*****************************************************************************************
> Mindy Machanic  (AG Communication Systems/Quality Engineering, Phoenix, AZ)               


We have two outdoor cats, youngsters at the moment, one 6 and one 3.
Before that we had a female from the Humane Society who lived to be 11 and 
her son who lived to be 18 and died earlier this year.  All our cats are,
and always have been, outdoor cats.

I believe a lot depends on where you live.  If you live on a busy street
with no back or front garden, it doesn't make sense to let your cats out -
where's the enjoyment for a cat just running around the streets?  But if
you have a good sized lot, or live in a quiet residential area where the
cats can enjoy the grass, trees, shrubs and nature in general without 
having to be exposed to traffic all the time, then I feel that they really
enjoy being outside.  We have a large garden (almost 1/4 acre) and ours
is a fairly quiet residential street, but I still find that our cats like 
to go across the road to socialize with the neighbourhood cats, but they 
are well aware of the traffic and easily avoid the cars.

We also have a dog and when I take him on his evening walk our older cat,
Bogey, loves to come with us.  We go around our crescent and he dodges
from bush to bush until we cross the road and go around the park, then 
he looks both ways, dashes across the road and then follows about 30 
feet behind us.   Our other little guy will follow a little way, but
as soon as we get out of sight of the house, he races back and then comes
to meet us as we return home.

Janet
From: gt1167b@prism.gatech.EDU (Christie Shackelford)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Re: Naming cat behaviors
Date: 21 Aug 92 21:44:19 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology

My family named the running around madly behavior after the
sound that Belvedere (RIP) the family cat made while doing
it.  She would tear down the hall and meow at the same time,
and her cry would cut off abruptly when her front paws touched
ground.  The sound came out like "mrrrac!"  so that is what
we call it.  Mrrracking.  Mrrrac.  Mrrrr(sorry, it's such a
_cute_ cat-sound I got carried away).

Mrrac.

-- 
Christie Shackelford
gt1167b@prism.gatech.edu
Meow!
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: katbea@auto-trol.com (Kathy Beatty)
Subject: Re: What do you think?
Organization: Auto-trol Technology Corporation -- Denver, Colorado
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL3
Distribution: na
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 1992 22:32:07 GMT

One more ... 

Christopher == Mr. Howl
Tris == Lovey

(No Gilligan, though)

Kathy
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: lpj@col.hp.com (Laura Johnson)
Subject: Re: Costly cats (was The Humane Society Again)
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 18:59:00 GMT
Organization: HP Colorado Springs Division

klier@iscsvax.uni.edu writes:

Excellent suggestions for saving money, except maybe:

> kitty shampoo: Suave baby shampoo $1              

I know people shampoo isn't good for dogs: the rec.pets.dogs people
say it has the wrong pH, and in my experience, it dries the skin
badly. The same may be true for cats.

Disclaimer: I keep my cats inside and have never needed to bathe them.

-- 
Laura Johnson
lpj@hpctdls.col.hp.com
Opinions expressed are my own, but may be licensed for a nominal fee.
From: klier@iscsvax.uni.edu
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Re: Some more FUN cat toys
Date: 13 Aug 92 18:16:12 -0500
Organization: University of Northern Iowa

Charlotte (the refugee from the rest stop) has discovered a new (to me)
cat toy: a banker's clip.  One of those black spring-metal things with 
the steel handles.  It's light, it can be hooked up easily by paw or
tooth, slaps nicely (and because of the shape, "rolls" irregularly),
and best of all, is cold enough to wake your person up if you drop it
on her face...

Kay Klier  Biology Dept  UNI

Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: 6845400@LMSC5.IS.LMSC.LOCKHEED.COM
Subject: Re: Questions on cats from Humane Society
Organization: Lockheed Missiles & Space Company, Inc.
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 92 14:44:07 GMT

I've gotten a 1.5 year old spayed female from my local Humane Society and all
ready had 2 much older cats at home and 2 dogs.  The old cats tolerated but
mostly just ignored the new one. My 2 old cats were 13 and 16 years old at the
time. Since then thought I've had to have the 13 year old Boo Boo put to sleep
she had a tumor that was making it impossible for her to any longer eat or
drink. She was only this way for one day because we could not stand for her to
suffer.  Now that shes gone the 1.5 year old is more active and comes out of my
daughters room and almost interacts with the old 16 year old.  So, the 2 cats
youre going to get might be okay together or not, you'll just have to go by gut
feelings....

Good Luck

Kathy
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: adwright@iastate.edu ()
Subject: Re: Bringing cats from other country to US
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 19:20:00 GMT

In <1992Aug14.182451.11868@cs.wm.edu> wm@cs.wm.edu (Weizhen Mao) writes:

>I have two cats (Doo-Mee and Baa-Mee) in China,
>and my Mom is currently taking care of them. Since
>she travels a lot and it is very hard to find cat
>lovers to cat-sit, I would like to go back soon to
>bring Doo-Mee and Baa-Mee to US. 

>Can someone tell me whom I should contact to find
>out the US law about bringing pets into the country?
>US Custom Service? Or other department? Does anyone
>have the similar experience that can share with me?

>There is no SPCA in China, and people are too busy
>feeding themselve to worry about animals. I am scared
>to death to think that my Doo-Mee and Baa-Mee may end 
>up to be a dish on those cat eaters' table.

>I am desparate for help. Thank you.

If I am not mistaken, you can bring them without quarantine as long as 
they have PROOF of immunization ( I think rabies is the only one you have 
to have). You should get in touch with APHIS (animal and plant health 
inspection service) 

Write

Quarantines
PPQ APHIS, USDA
6505 Belcrest Road
Hyattsville, MD  20782

> 
>-- 
>Weizhen Mao
From: kaz@vineland.pubs.stratus.com (Karen Fegley)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Re: Hairballs
Date: 12 Aug 92 13:54:29 GMT

In article <1992Aug7.161839.17676@morgan.ucs.mun.ca> colette@morgan.ucs.mun.ca  
(Colette Goodyear) writes:
> 
> My 1 1/2 year old cat, Willow (grey DSH) has never yet thrown up
> a hairball.  (I can hear some of you saying " I wish
> I had the luck!").  She is meticulous in her grooming and I'm
> beginning to wonder if I should worry about this.  I've been
> owned by only one cat before (Fluff, who was 19 when we had to put her
> to sleep) who did throw up regularly so this is new to me. 
> 
>    .
>    .
>    .
>
> Colette Goodyear
> Memorial University of Newfoundland
> colette@morgan.ucs.mun.ca

We have one very long-haired cat (Sabrina) and one very short-
haired cat (Mehitabel).  They are both pretty thorough personal
groomers (though neither tends to groom the other.)  Sabrina
upchucks hairballs regularly.  Mehitabel has never, to our
knowledge, produced a hairball.

Since Mehitabel is the first short-haired cat we have had
(Sabrina is our third long-haired cat), I cannot be sure that
her nonproduction of hairballs is typical of short-haired cats.
But it does seem to make some intuitive sense.

Karen
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: stan@etgn05.rtp.dg.com (Stan Yen)
Subject: Re: Funny walks
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 92 18:55:42 GMT
Organization: Data General Corporation, Westboro, MA.

In article <6357@ucru2.ucr.edu> kevin@ucrmath.ucr.edu (peter kevin lund) writes:
>Can cats walk sideways?  I don't mean physically, but has anybody ever
>actually caught one in the act?  Thanks...

pixel, the 5 mo calico who's probably a bit PO'd that she's not getting
as much attention since we adopted Stimpson from the shelter (who tends
to be generally more affectionate...), doesn't walk sideways, but when
she runs...  It's hard to explain, but it's as if the back part of her
body goes _so_ much faster than the front, that it ends up catching up...
does that make sense?  She kinda skips(? gallops? bounces?)  along as
her back legs try to overtake the rest of her body by trying to pass
her from the side...  Hmmm, maybe a diagram...

  back front                the "o"'s are feet
  leg  leg                  the "#"'s are body           o
  |    | pixel head         assume continuity :)        /
  v    v   /                            o               >O
   o    o /             o              /               #\
  /    / v          o  /            o  #>O             # o
~~(####>O    -->   /  ##>O  -->    / ##\     -->     o#
  \    \         ~~(## \         ~~(#   o            |#
   o    o          \    o          \               ~~(-o
                    o               o

I haven't seen her do this in a while, but she doesn't run at things
any more...she leaps and pounces...usually on Stimpson.

-Stan
 ------------------------------------------------------ "Brrrrrrddoooooooo!!!"
|  Stan Yen                  |  stan@fs03.webo.dg.com  |                -pixel
|  Hardware Engineer, HESD   |  w: 508 - 870 - 9593    |"slurp-slurp-slurp..."
|  Data General Corp.        |  h: 617 - 969 - 2860    |                -Stimpy
 ------------------------------------------------------
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From: edr@gtech.com (Eric D. Remington)
Subject: Re: Kitten won't use scratching post
Organization: GTECH Corporation, West Greenwich, RI
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 15:17:34 GMT

In article <66147@hydra.gatech.EDU> gt1167b@prism.gatech.EDU (Christie Shackelford) writes:
>I'd like some ideas, please.
>
>Since Dixie is going to be an indoor kitty, I got her a scratching post
>to use, but haven't been able to convince her to use it (she seems to
>prefer the couch).  I've tried imitating a cat scratching on it, which
>amuses her, and I've held her paws up to it and moved them like she
>is scratching, but all that does is make her climb up.  The post is
>the kind that hangs on a door, and is carpet-covered with some rope
>wrapped around part of it.  I've also tried laying on the floor.
>Still doesn't work.
>
>How do I get her to use it?
>
>(Fermi, my other cat, won't use it either, but is indoor/outdoor and
>uses trees most of the time)
>
	Both of my cats refuse to use a ug *RUG* covered scratching post,
	what they both *LOVE* (besides the couch once in a while) is a piece
	of stove wood nailed to a square flat base, so it stands up like a 
	scratching post. They some times flip it over, so it becomes an 
	inclined scratching post.
From: jlecher@pbs.org
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Re: Fresh catnip?
Date: 12 Aug 92 17:55:50 EDT
Organization: PBS:Public Broadcasting Service, Alexandria, VA

In article <1992Aug10.035931.4700@usenet.ins.cwru.edu>, cb031@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Jerome R. Koch) writes:
> 
> Hi all,
> I have a very well-adjusted apartment cat (calico, spayed, etc)
> who stays indoors all the time (tire tracks would clash with
> her color pattern).  The other day someone offered me a bunch
> of fresh catnip.  Now I went through my drug stage with 
> everyone else in the late 60's/early 70's.  And I'm really
> not any the better for it.  So I wonder.  Why give the cat
> what seems to be a feline sort of wildwood weed?  Is this
> stuff really safe?  And whose enjoyment is it intended for?
> Frankly I don't imagine getting much of a thrill from 
> watching her get stoned.  So I threw the stuff out.  
> Is my cat deprived?
> 
Jerry, I don't see why your cat can't have catnip.
Personally, I feed catnip to Sherlock whenever I think of
it (which actually isn't too often).
I grew up with cats in the country, with catnip growing wild
EVERYWHERE. It's a weed, y'know. So if you tried to offer
my father's cats catnip, they'd look at you with eyes that
say 'So what?' And they're not particularly drugged-out cats,
even though they have a virtually unlimited supply.
So go ahead, give your cat some nip, and watch them paw the walls.
I love to watch Sherlock get mellow. *grin*
It's one of the few times that he's less neurotic than usual.

Jane

Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: gck@hector.uucp (24641-kemmerling)
Subject: Furballs
Organization: Bellcore, Livingston, NJ
Distribution: us
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 92 11:49:42 GMT
Keywords: vaseline

What's the recommendation on how often to give the cat vaseline
for furballs?  I put about a tablespoon of it on Boo's paw Monday.

Thanx.


Gayle 'wish I was back in Illinois' Kemmerling
E-mail address: gck@hector.cc.bellcore.com 
Morristown, N.J.
(201) 829-3950
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: dmillard@encore.com (Debbie Millard)
Subject: Re: Funny walks
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 15:25:40 GMT
Organization: Encore Computer Corporation, Ft. Lauderdale, FL

In article <1992Aug20.185542.9145@webo.dg.com> stan@etgn05.rtp.dg.com (Stan Yen) writes:
>In article <6357@ucru2.ucr.edu> kevin@ucrmath.ucr.edu (peter kevin lund) writes:
>>Can cats walk sideways?  I don't mean physically, but has anybody ever
>>actually caught one in the act?  Thanks...
>
>pixel, the 5 mo calico 
>She kinda skips(? gallops? bounces?)  along as
>her back legs try to overtake the rest of her body by trying to pass
>her from the side...  Hmmm, maybe a diagram...
>
>  back front                the "o"'s are feet
>  leg  leg                  the "#"'s are body           o
>  |    | pixel head         assume continuity :)        /
>  v    v   /                            o               >O
>   o    o /             o              /               #\
>  /    / v          o  /            o  #>O             # o
>~~(####>O    -->   /  ##>O  -->    / ##\     -->     o#
>  \    \         ~~(## \         ~~(#   o            |#
>   o    o          \    o          \               ~~(-o
                     o               o

Stan, this was hysterical, and a great description!  I could
easily picture my three when they were little doing this.

Debbie
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: gck@hector.uucp (24641-kemmerling)
Subject: Re: Hairballs
Organization: Bellcore, Livingston, NJ
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 92 16:54:34 GMT


I have to admit I'm not real good about grooming my Boo regularly.
I have found that if you put a teaspoon or so of oil in their food
it helps their coats and helps them with hairballs.


Gayle 'trying to think of a clever .sig' Kemmerling
Bellcore
Morristown, N.J.
(201) 829-3950
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats