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From: myhui@bnr.ca (Michael Hui)
Subject: Rabbit in heat  (help !)
Organization: Bell-Northern Research Ltd., Ottawa, Canada
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 92 03:36:29 GMT

This must be the world's oldest problem, since it's the cause of the
world's oldest profession. My Bun wants to hump my leg. He's wanted to
do that for the last week!

Help.

The Bun in question is Big Wig, after the character in Waterhip Down.
15 lbs, three years old, male, intact, BIG appetite, BIG legs, BIG
ears, SHARP teeth, affectionate to the extreme, and an only Bun in my
apartment, partially toilet trained (urine 100%, poop 75%), absolutely
free run of the entire place, very energetic and strong.

If I capture his attention by petting him, or leave my legs out of
reach of him, he's just a fine, curious, and very loyal Bun. But once
he sees my socks and pants, and I do have to wear long pants all the
time now, his mind goes into auto pilot and he wants to stand up on his
legs, BITE into my leg THROUGH the fabric of the trousers, hang on for
dear life, and tries to hump away near my feet if I let him get that
far.

I mean, I do have lots of compassion for the Bun, and other than this
URGE of his we do get along just fine. Before this episode, we had
great fun running circles and chasing each other from one end of the
apartment to the other end. But now, even the thought of running
circles is secondary to the Bun, and after just one obligatory circle
he zeros in on grabbing that leg and then aims his VERY sharp front
teeth at the skin on my shin! Oh yes, he's got an acquired taste
for his compressed hay edible (actually quite healthy) chew block now,
and uses it to sharpen his front teeth in the process.

Can anyone suggest a way to entice the Bun to get over this stage?

The Bun has just finished a major and very thorough molting period, so
he has a shiny and thick new coat all over. Is this behavior seasonal?
When he gets older, will he stop? I know from experience that an older
Bun my parents have lost that urge when he was around four years old.
Can I look forward to the day when my own Bun will grow old enough to
not let these urges get the better of him?

Michael MY Hui  myhui@bnr.ca  Ottawa Canada
From: yledv@math.liu.se (Ylva Edvardsson)
Newsgroups: rec.pets
Subject: A hard rabbit stomach
Date: 16 Oct 92 07:29:40 GMT
Organization: Dept of Math., Linkoping Univ, Sweden

On Friday night my rabbit Vigdis had, as far as I could see, a
"hard" stomach.  When I came home in the evening she was reserved
and wouldn't greet me as usual.  She was running around quite
happily though. When it was time for her evening meal she refused
to eat.  She is usually very eager to get her food so I sat down
and watched her for a while. Then she jumped into her litter box
and tried VERY hard but left nothing behind. Realising she had a
"hard" stomach I went through the litterature on the topic. One
book recommended to get the rabbit running and another to give it
paraffin oil. I rang the vet to make sure (since it was late there
was only one vet available and she didn't know much about rabbits)
and she recommended paraffin oil, massage of the abdomen(?) and
water. When I tried to massage the rabbit run away since it was
painful. To give her oil in the mouth was impossible. It ended up
with running. After the running she looked better but still
wouldn't eat and I left her with oily apples. After two hours I
woke up and found the rabbit playing around with some bottles.
She had eaten the oily apples and had also left marks in her
litter box. She was fine in the morning but didn't seem to be
completely recovered as the day passed. I gave her oil in her
evening meal and once again made her run. Today (Sunday) she
looks back to normal.

Now I just wonder why this happend and what the proper treatment
is for this ailment. There is also this problem that we can't hold
or lift her so any subscriptions including this is very hard to
follow.

She lives in my room and I let her out in the rest of the house
once or twice a day. She enjoy running about so I guess too little
movement can't be the problem. I feed her with hay, pellets and a
mix of various grains and she has free access to minerals and I
give her vitamin mixture (no C included). Every now and then I
give her porridge in the morning instead of the grains. Apples and
twigs from the apple tree as well as carrots is her usual green
food which I give her almost daily.

The floor in my room is quite cold, could that be dangerous?

When I got her a year ago the problem was the inverse. Medicine
didn't help but one week diet on hay and water did and very slowly
she was given more and more normal food. A rabbit man I met
thought it could be the oats so I don't give her rabbit food
including oat grains any more. She was four months old when this
happend.

I would be very thankful for any advice on this topic.

Ylva Edvardsson in Sweden, northen Europe.
From: sstockw1@cc.swarthmore.edu (Sarah Stockwell)
Newsgroups: rec.pets
Subject: Re: Need Ferret Advice
Date: 16 Oct 92 02:05:30 GMT
Organization: Swarthmore College

In article <urf.719006280@sw2001>, urf@icl.se (Urban F) writes:
> 
> WHAT TO DO ABOUT A BITING FERRET

I had the same problem with Miniver.  One of the suggestions I got was to
simply hold her lower jaw when she bit me and not let go.  That is, she'd
bite my thumb and instead of pulling away, I'd push toward her slightly and
hold onto her lower jaw with my index finger and thumb (still in her
mouth).  This works because (1) she hated having something in her mouth
that she didn't want there and she didn't like being caught, and (2) it's
not "prey" behavior, so it didn't trigger any of her instinctive "hold on
tighter" responses.  It works with cats too.  When they bite your hand,
just shout "NO!" and push _into_ their mouth (don't gag them, just don't
let them get your hand out of their mouth).  This worked better than
anything else on Miniver.

Also, she seemed to grow out of it.  She doesn't bite at all anymore unless
we're specifically, and with mutual consent, in "play-fight mode," and even
then it doesn't really hurt, because she's learned what is too hard.

Good luck!

--Sarah
From: tdm1@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu (TRISTAN DESOTO MILLER)
Newsgroups: rec.pets
Subject: Prarie dog question
Date: 14 Oct 92 20:04:18 GMT
Organization: Lehigh University

I saw some prarie dogs in a pet store at a reasonable price and I was
interested in getting one.  Since the store help knew nothing, does anyone
know anything about keeping them as pets?  Are they friendly?  Should they be
kept in pairs?  How will they get along with my rodents, most notably, the
chinchillas?
Does anyone really keep these as pets?
                                    Thanks for any help,
                                                    Tristan
-- 
I can't take anymore illicit drugs,              Tristan Miller
I can't afford any artificial joy.               tdm1@Lehigh
                    The Pursuit of Happiness
Newsgroups: rec.pets
From: "T.C. Bradley" <bradleyt@silver.ucs.indiana.edu>
Subject: bunny chewing and pulling on H2O bottle
Content-Type: text
Organization: Indiana University
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1992 03:45:23 GMT
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I have a question. My male dutch bunny, Gandalf, chews and pulls on the water
bottle in his cage.  It's almost as if he isn't getting enough water, but it
seems to come out of the bottle ok.  Is this a problem?  Should I get another
bottle?

BTW - Chekhov, our female rabbit, has gotten over her hairball and is eating
normally again, we switched brands of food and she loves it.  Thanks for all 
the advice and help on that situation.

MTIA,
 Lisa, Gandalf, and Chekhov Bradley
From: bacchus@mcl.ucsb.edu (bacchus@mcl.ucsb.edu)
Newsgroups: rec.pets
Subject: Another Ferret question
Date: 14 Oct 92 08:21:19 GMT

I live in Santa Barbara right now, and I was wondering if people know if it is
legal to have ferrets in California, if so where I could find them, price, and
so forth.  Also, and good stories, horror stories, etc.  THX!
From: haider@netcom.com (Jamal Haider)
Subject: NEC VR4000 RISC CPU
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Distribution: na
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1992 02:21:11 GMT

Newsgroups: all
Subject: NEC Vr-4000 RISC seminar
Summary: 
Followup-To: 
Distribution: 
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Keywords:RISC 


Let NEC give you the facts about RISC processors.  Join us at
the "Vr4000: The Processor for today, tomorrow and beyond" seminar.
Learn why the Vr4000 is and will continue to be the performance 
and price leader through the 90's.

    NEC Electronics will provide you with the opportunity to learn 
why the MIPS R4000 architecture is not only the architecture of choice
for today, but is also the cornerstone for future advances 
in microprocessor development.  Today, NEC's Vr4000 integrates 
a high performance 64 bit CPU with a primary cache and a floating
point unit all on one single die.  Versions of the Vr4000 with 
secondary cache interface and multiprocessor support are also 
available.  At our free seminar we'll take you through future 
migration paths, discuss packaging trends, pricing and performance,
and provide you with a detailed technical analysis.
4000 RISC-based systems offer a much higher level of 
graphical and computational performance compared to X86 systems. 

    If you design CISC or RISC systems, you can't afford to miss 
this seminar.  Join us at one of the following locations and learn 
why the Vr4000 should be your processor of choice for leading 
edge workstations, powerful PC's, multiprocessor and embedded 
control systems.

Locations:       October 20,1992 LeBaron Hotel San Jose California
                 October 22,1992 Burlington Marriott, Boston, Massachusetts
                 November 4, 1992 Red Lion, Costa Mesa, California

Signup:         Please call (415)695-6159 or fax 1(800)729-9288
 
Agenda:
9:00 - 9:15 NEC Company Profile
9:15 - 9:30 MIPS, An Open Architecture
9:30 - 10:00 NEC RISC Products
10:00 - 10:15 MIPS Architecture Review

10:15 - 10:30 Break

10:30 - 11:00 VR4000, The processor of choice for multiple platforms
11:00 - 11:30 VR4000 RISC Architecture
11:30 - 12:00 VR4000 Implementation

12:00 - 1:00 Complimentary Lunch

1:00 - 2:00 VR4000 Implementation
2:00 - 2:30 VR4000 Performance / Competitive Analysis

2:30 - 2:45 Break

2:45 - 3:00 Mips Development Tools
3:00 - 3:45 Third Party Development Tools
3:45 - 4:00 Future of MIPS Architecture
4:00 - 5:00 System Demonstrations

See you at this seminar!!!!!!!!
Newsgroups: ieee.announce
From: lwmason@vdoe386.vak12ed.edu (LaRay W. Mason)
Subject: Re: WINDOWS ON SCIENCE
Organization: Virginia's Public Education Network (Richmond)
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 92 02:02:33 GMT

It is interesting to see the different areas using WOW.  I work
with Technology in elementary schools in Chesterfield County,
VA> (just outside of Richmond, VA.)  Each of our 32 elementary
schools received the complete elementary set of WOW and a level
1 Pioneer player.  It is part of the Science curriculum that
was developed and adopted last year.  Several schools have
purchased a level 3 player and we have been successful using
the Apple IIgs and HyperStudio connected the the level 3 player
to write some exciting programs!  The students have written the
programs and interacted with the player.  The best part of all
is that the teacher merely uses the computer and does not have
to enter all the frame numbers for the lesson.  I have really
enjoyed using WOW in grades K-5.  A major problem that we have
encountered is when the teacher wants to use it as a video.
Could it be the machines look alike????  Could it be that
teachers need much more training on how to use technology as a
tool???  Could it be that there is one player per 30-50
teachers???  The day will come when each teacher has a
workstation at her fingertips and technology will truly be a
TOOL!!!!    WHEN?????

LaRay Mason
Chesterfield County, VA
From: James.Bannan@f369.n633.z3.fidonet.org (James Bannan)
Newsgroups: k12.ed.science
Subject: chat
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 92 14:06:50 PST
Organization: FidoNet node 3:633/369 - City Limits BBS, Boronia Vic

BS>Hello, My name is Ben Strohm. I'm new on this system. Please
BS>call me to learn more abot me
Hi Ben
I havent been using the system long either.  I hope it becomes very useful for you.
Cheers Jimbo down under


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From: Peter.Macinnis@p0.f508.n711.z3.fidonet.org (Peter Macinnis)
Newsgroups: k12.ed.science
Subject: Global Environmental Watc
Date: Sun, 11 Oct 92 19:13:00 PST
Organization: FidoNet node 3:711/508.0 - The Bay, Neutral Bay NSW

JB>Swans have a very long neck (about 40 cm) and this has distinct advance in a
JB>fight. The swan swam all around the lake after the dog, waddled out and then
Many years ago, I was working as a ranger in the local National Park,
just as a holiday job, and I wore a pair of very comfortable boots which
had the convenient characteristic of creaking, just like Crinia
signifera, a local frog -- great to get them call back.  Still, to
return to our moutons (French for confused swans), there was one big
male black swan that used to hear me coming, shriek its anger, and belt
across the pond.  If I put my boot up to the low wire fence, the swan
would savage my boot with its beak, but I never did work out why.

JB>Gotta tell you some news.  I found a bull ants nest near the High School (bi
JB>deal you say).  You want to see the size of these ants. Its not how many ant
JB>to the centimetre but how many centimetres to the ant.  AND THEY'RE MEAN
I may have mentioned somewhere else the "Gargantuans from the Garden"
exhibition which is currently wowing them at the Australian Museum in
Sydney (down to Melbourne later, Jimbo, so stay there like New Zealand).
Anyhow, we have animatronic bullants in that, 56 times normal size, and
we also have a nest of live ants.  Guess what -- the live ones actually
hold people for longer, possibly because certain museum staff who should
know better are in the habit of saying (authoritative voice) something
about the problems we faced in getting power to these free-ranging
animatronic models, and then walking on out of that section <hehehe!>.

BTW, what colour are your springtails?  Do you ever get any
pseudoscorpions?  We've been extracting oodles of them from the garden
beds in Hyde Park, slap bang in the middle of the city!
Hooroo
peter upover




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From: Helen.Sternheim@f109.n321.z1.fidonet.org (Helen Sternheim)
Newsgroups: k12.ed.science
Subject: Global Environmental Watch
Date: Thu, 08 Oct 92 10:29:57 PST
Organization: FidoNet node 1:321/109 - Pioneer Valley PCUG, Amherst MA

In a message of <06 Oct 92  22:30:42>, James Bannan (3:633/369) writes:

 JB>Basically you have to use the chat areas to develop the interest and 
 JB>get the thing basically functioning and then you can apply for a 
 JB>Project No (or so my interpretation of the guidelines go).  This makes 
 JB>some sense as you could go to all the trouble of applying and getting 

We have found by trial and error that for a project to succeed you need a   
critical mass of participants, and a good facilitator.

 JB>the southern hemisphere I thought it would be of some interest to share 
 JB>changes at the occur at the same time of the year.  As I am going along 
 JB>it just fascinates more about how this global village functions and 

There is a "new" weather data reporting project that will happen in Channel 12.
It gives you and your students/family/group a chance to report the weather 
conditions in your area every Wednesday.  There is a basic outline avaiable in   
the channel.  You also can reports usual/unusual weather related happenings.

This would also be a good place to report environmental conditions in your  
area.

This is a continuation of the weather project from last year. 


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From: Ben.Strohm@f5.n394.z1.fidonet.org (Ben Strohm)
Newsgroups: k12.ed.science
Subject: PBS offers Space Compendium 
Date: Thu, 08 Oct 92 11:27:00 PST
Organization: FidoNet node 1:394/5 - Ch A D D/K12net BBS, Hammond LA

HEllo I'm interrested in the message and I would like some 
informationon the subject. Send it to 103 Sherwood Drive Hammond La. 
 70401. If I can convence my mother to buy it I'm sure that I would 
 benifit from it.  
                                        Thank You,
                                          Ben Strohm

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From: Josy.Mclean@f17.n3400.z1.fidonet.org (Josy Mclean)
Newsgroups: k12.ed.science
Subject: bats
Date: Thu, 08 Oct 92 14:30:17 PST
Organization: FidoNet node 1:3400/17 - MET NET BBS, Helena MT

 > G'day Robyn and Nicole -- just caught up with your request
 > for information 
 > re bats.  If you'd like some info on Australian bats, give me
 > a yell on
 > this conference area, and I'll gather some together.  We have
 > both fruit
 > bats and insect-eating bats out here, and our fruit bats
 > (known as "flying 
 > foxes") are a bit of a pest at the moment.  A colony of them
 > has taken
 > over part of the Royal Botanic Gardens, and they are actually
 > causing
 > damage to some of the trees there.  The trees are v. old and
 > have heritage 
 > value, the bats are a protected species, and so you can see
 > the mess we're 
 > in.  At the Australian Museum where I work, sme of us enjoy
 > watching the
 > bats flying over at dusk as they spread out from their main
 > roosting
 > places to gather food from people's fruit trees.
 > In tiday's local paper, somebody suggests planting garlic in
 > the Gardens
 > on the ground that it gets rid of vampires -- can you spot
 > the error in
 > what they said?
 > Hooroo from Down Under where the bats fly upside down to keep
 > the sun out
 > of their eyes <g>.


 > --- GTMail beta 0.512
 >  * Origin: THE BAY-Studio of Arts And Sciences-Australia
 > (3:711/508.0)
G'day mate,
This is Nicole and Robyn plus a few of our class mates.
We are from Rudyard, Montana U.S.A. Do you know if bats can get sick besides rabies.  Do you know how many teeth a bat has.  Why do bats hang up-sidedown.  What is the average life span of a bat ? Do you talk the way you write? Thanks from the Blue Sky 7th grade. 

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From: wjohnson@tjhsst.vak12ed.edu (William K. Johnson (Bill))
Subject: Joint Education Initiative
Organization: Virginia's Public Education Network (Fairfax)
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 92 01:43:23 GMT

Those teachers using CD ROMs in their classes should contact
the Joint Education Initiative office at the University of
Maryland.  The JEI office is establishing a clearinghouse for
CD ROM technology (in science).  They can provide technical
support to teachers using CD technology in their schools.  They
also publish a newsletter (JEI News).  This is available at no
cost.  If interested, contact:

email: wjohnson@earthsun.umd.edu

or
snail mail:
Joint Education Initiative
3433 A.V. Williams
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742-3281
(301) 405-2324
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From: C..Lee.Duckert@f600.n139.z1.fidonet.org (C. Lee Duckert)
Newsgroups: k12.ed.science
Subject: Exploratorium
Date: 14 Oct 92 18:34:39 GMT
Organization: FidoNet node 1:139/600 - Homebuilt Flyer, Neenah WI

The Exploratorium is going strong and well in San Fransisco and has spawned 
multitudes of hands-on science museums across the country.  I just received my 
catalog yesterday - and want one of everything.  More useful to you might be 
the Exploratorium Cookbooks which describe exactly how to make copies of many 
of the exhibits.

Exploratorium Store, 3601 Lyon St., San Fransisco, CA 94123 USA 



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From: David.J..Nielsen@f2.n255.z1.fidonet.org (David J. Nielsen)
Newsgroups: k12.ed.science
Subject: WINDOWS ON SCIENCE
Date: Wed, 07 Oct 92 10:57:47 PST
Organization: FidoNet node 1:255/2 - NEWBED, Fredericton NB

Nice to see Texas on the Net. I am most interested in hearing about your 
experiences with "Windows on Science". I have read that Texas has made quite 
an investment into its implementation, but I have not read any reactions or 
evaluations to date. I would appreciate any info or opinions you might wish 
to share.
     For those of you reading this message and are unfamiliar with "Windows 
on Science", it is a complete science program for schools from primary grades 
up, utilizing videodiscs and a complete and comprehensive set of lesson 
plans, guides, lists of videodisc pictures, black line masters, etc.
     Windows in Science is produced by Optical Data and is pretty pricey, 
but looks excellent.

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From: Edward.Dunagin@f540.n226.z1.fidonet.org (Edward Dunagin)
Newsgroups: k12.ed.science
Subject: G'day
Date: Wed, 07 Oct 92 07:20:00 PST
Organization: FidoNet node 1:226/540 - The Tele-Forum Netw, Columbus OH

Hi Roger, you said in part...........

RB>  #      Do you perchance have an opposite number in the USA or Canada?
RB>  ##[ED=>RB]

RB>  There is no current equivalent that we know of in your part of the world
RB>  but we would be keen to find one ...

     Yes, me too!

RB>  I hate to say this, but my inspiration came from my involvement with a
RB>  place in the USA back in the late sixties (The Exploratorium) where
RB>  there were heaps of freaky people doing all sorts of innovative and
RB>  exciting things.  I think a formalised version of The Exploratorium
RB>  is still operating but I am not sure that it has maintained the vision.

     I missed out on this one<NG)

RB>  Darned hippies! <GRIN>

     Hey watch out. We were in SF during the 60's and had some great
     times with wonderful people. There were some real visionaries<sp>
     amongst all the Kooks and Drugies.

Peace..........................Ed

 * SLMR 2.1a #1852 * If God didn't love procrastinators, why sing tommorrow?



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From: Ruth.Ollie@p0.f25.n137.z1.fidonet.org (Ruth Ollie)
Newsgroups: k12.ed.science
Subject: MARS
Date: Tue,  6 Oct 92 10:36:36 PST
Organization: FidoNet node 1:137/25.0 - The Back Door, Venice FL




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From: bbrockwe@vdoe386.vak12ed.edu (Burt Brockwell)
Subject: Re: PIEZOELECTRICITY
Organization: Virginia's Public Education Network (Richmond)
Date: Sat, 17 Oct 92 04:06:42 GMT

It amazes me that at 12:30am , my fingers and these keys don't
match as in the previous post. Sorry for the errors.
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From: Roger.Buck@p0.f508.n711.z3.fidonet.org (Roger Buck)
Newsgroups: k12.ed.science
Subject: G'day
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 92 21:03:00 PST
Organization: FidoNet node 3:711/508.0 - The Bay, Neutral Bay NSW

# RB>  Darned hippies! <GRIN>
#
#      Hey watch out. We were in SF during the 60's and had some great
#      times with wonderful people. There were some real visionaries<sp>
#      amongst all the Kooks and Drugies.
##[ED=>RB]

Have no fear, I have played all three parts over the years <G>.

I was also in SF from around mid sixties, and lived in the USA through
'til around 72, but haven't been back since then...

What's happened to the Hippie culture in the USA these days - does it
survive at all?

Love and peace man,
Roger.

##MMR 2.41#.  !link ED 10-07-92 07:20 



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