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From: jpk@Ingres.COM (Jon Krueger)
Subject: Re: Sliding Closet Doors...
Reply-To: jpk@Ingres.COM (Jon Krueger)
Organization: Ask Computer Systems Inc., Ingres Division, Alameda CA 94501
Date: 22 Jan 93 03:03:31 GMT

Gregory Urban writes:
> [how to keep cat out of closet with sliding doors]

Look for childproofing latches.  If you don't find them in ordinary
stores, visit stores for people with young kids.  Also, since you're
in the bay area, you'll also find them listed as earthquake safety
devices!  To keep cabinets from opening up in an earthquake.

-- Jon
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Jon Krueger  jpk@ingres.com  
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: stanton@athena.cs.uga.edu (Catherine Stanton)
Subject: Re: Cute Story
Organization: University of Georgia, Athens
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 22:56:14 GMT

In article <1k9lf5INNfn6@rana.usc.edu> amanda@rana.usc.edu (Amanda Bischoff) writes:
>I just spoke with my father on the phone, and he told me this one.  My
>father has three office cats (strays which he adopted and had fixed :) )
>which roam about the warehouse, keeping his stock free of mice, bugs, etc.
>My father has a can of Pounce treats, which he keeps on his desk.  Well,
>this morning when my father walked into the office he found Blackie inside.
>Blackie had managed to pry off the top of the can, and was digging his
>paw inside, fishing out one treat at a time, and then  bringing them
>straight to his mouth!
>
>Amanda
>
Steve, who is sitting in my lap and trying to help me type, does the same
thing.  Only sounds like your father's cat Blackie is a lot less greedy
than Steve, eating only one treat at a time.  Steve shoves his whole head
in the container (small though the container may be) and practically inhales
them, stopping only to puke half digested Pounce on my carpet.  I've had to
abandon giving him Pounce treats because he has the uncanny knack of finding
them no MATTER where I have hidden them (I'll bet he could drag them out of
the freezer) and getting the top off and eating the whole can.

Cat


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From: ac999257@umbc.edu (ac999257)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Re: SPAYED CAT IN HEAT - HELP!!!
Date: 22 Jan 1993 22:31:45 -0500
Organization: University of Maryland, Baltimore County Campus
NNTP-Posting-Host: umbc8.umbc.edu

In article <93022.213117KMD129@psuvm.psu.edu> <KMD129@psuvm.psu.edu> writes:
>I HAVE A ONE YEAR OLD FEMALE CAT WHO WAS SPAYED AT 6 MONTHS.
>SHE HAS NOW GONE INTO HEAT THREE TIMES!  HAS ANYONE EVER
>SEEN THIS HAPPEN IN A SPAYED ANIMAL?  ANY EXPLANATIONS?
>DO I NEED TO GET HER RE-SPAYED?  APPRECIATE ANY COMMENTS.

Is it possible that if the ovaries are not removed during the
spaying operation, the cat will still come into heat? Does
anyone know if vets always remove the ovaries?

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From: diana@wetware.com (CatWoman )
Subject: Re: Sliding Closet Doors...
Organization: Castle WetWare MouseCatcher
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 17:27:30 GMT

urban@nsc.nsc.com (Gregory Urban) writes:

] Well, I guess it had to happen eventually. Our cat, Shadow, has
] just figured out how to open our sliding closet doors. I suppose
] she wedges her head between the wall and the door until it slides
] open. She only does this when we're away at work. Unfortunately...

Well - I stopped by the hardware store yesterday and got
a variety of "Kid-proofing" items.  One is the nylon 
gadget that has "hooks" at the end, and allows the door
to open an inch or so - just enough so you can get your
fingers in and squeeze the pair of arms to release the
catch;  the other is a locking piece that goes on the
rail.  I'll see if either works.  I opted not to get
the single-arm nylon hook because the closet door is
too loose, and I figured Motley could swing it enough
to open it.

Diana
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: martin@utklib.lib.utk.edu (Peggy Martin)
Subject: The ultimate hiding place! (long)
Organization: University of Tennessee Library
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 23:13:22 GMT

	Well, Elvis has really outdone herself this time!  I've been reading 
on the net about the strange hiding places that cats can find in an 
apartment or house, but I think Elvis found the best!  We moved into a condo 
about six months ago and the cat seems to love the attic.  The stairs are 
accessed from the garage, so she (yes, Elvis is a girl) hangs around waiting 
for us to be careless and leave her in the garage when we go up there.  My 
husband had checked on the furnace the night before last and didn't 
completely close the stairs, just lifted the bottom section up so the cats 
couldn't climb up.  Well, Elvis jumped to the hot water heater, and made it 
to the stairs from there.  We couldn't find her when we got home for work.  
I went into the attic calling her name.  A very forlorn "meow" answered my 
call.  It seemed to be coming from the wall.  I couldn't get to the wall 
without falling through the ceiling, so I kept calling her.  She kept 
answering, but we couldn't pinpoint it.  My husband went downstairs and 
knocked a hole in the garage wall to see if he could hear her.  Still 
couldn't find her.  A friend came over and he and Jack got ready to tear 
down the garage wall.  I went outside to see if I could get closer to the 
section she was in.  My neighbor approached me and asked if I had lost a 
cat.  She had been hearing one for several hours but couldn't find it.  I 
could hear Elvis very plainly now.  I asked the neighbor to open her attic.  
When she did, a black ball of fur came flying out into my arms.  I didn't 
know whether to hug her or shake her!  I ran back home just before a 
baseball bat destroyed the wall.  Now if we could just figure out HOW she 
got over there...
From: tims@bvc.edu
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Cornish Rex info?
Date: 22 Jan 93 08:41:25 CST
Organization: Buena Vista College, Storm Lake, IA

Could I get some more information on Cornish Rexs?  Several people have 
suggested them to me as a breed that often causes little or no allergic 
reactions.  Where can I find them?  How much do they cost?  How were they 
bred?  What is their temperament?  Please e-mail me at tims@bvc.edu or 
postto this group. Thanks!

T.
.....................................................................
tim seydel asst. director and mng. editor office of college relations
buena vista college  storm lake, iowa          internet: tims@bvc.edu
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: joanm@moe.coe.uga.edu (Joan Maxfield UCNS)
Subject: Re: Giving Pills to our Fuzzy Friends
Organization: College of Education, University of Georgia
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 16:15:47 GMT

In article <1993Jan27.194342.21057@ncar.ucar.edu> vicki@steam.atd.ucar.edu (Vicki Holzhauer) writes:
>
>Actually, pills would almost be preferable to that horrible pink
>liquid antibiotic vets always give out.  I hate giving it to the girls

I have to agree here.  We still have pink stains of the walls, the
carpet, the furniture, my clothes, etc.  from when Spot had a cold.
Spot doesn't even live here anymore!! 

Joan


-- 
Joan C. Maxfield		* "Je Crois que je vais cracher une
maxfield@athena.cs.uga.edu	*  boule de poils" -Henri de la Barbe
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Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: malwen@granta.demon.co.uk (Sheila Thomas)
Subject: Re: DECLAWING? (ALSO: PLUG FOR IL NO-KILL SHELTER) 
Distribution: world
Organization: moderate-to-good
Reply-To: malwen@granta.demon.co.uk
X-Mailer: Simple NEWS 1.90 (ka9q DIS 1.19)
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 20:22:44 +0000

In article <1993Jan25.185345.6943@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> rkn3u@kelvin.seas.Virginia.EDU writes:


>
>So if I understand you correctly, the same cat hazards that exist in the
>US are also present in the UK minus wild predators.  Is it true that most
>cat in UK are indoor/outdoor? 

As well as the paucity of wild predators we also, thankfully,
lack some of the illnesses that cats in parts of the USA may
be exposed to - like rabies which we continue to hold at bay 
(though for how much longer ...)
It is true that a fully-indoor cat is a rare thing amongst pets.
Maybe more common where cats are kept for breeding and show.
Many cats are largely outdoor, and not only on farms.
The average pet is in and out, and in and out, and etc etc.

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______________________________
Malwen

"Even overweight cats instinctively know the cardinal
rule: when fat, arrange yourself in slim poses."
John Weitz
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Organization: Engineering Design Research Center, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 10:04:45 -0500 
From: "Tara L. Taylor" <tt1p+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Re: Strange foods for hairballs?

I don't know if you have a store called "The Nature Company"
where you are, but they sell a product called "Sally's Choice".
It is a wooden crate kit with potting soil and two kinds of 
seeds, Catnip and Cat grass. So far, I have only planted the
Cat grass. It grows really fast and my kitten Ezmerelda loves it.
She really likes to stick her nose down in the dirt and pull the
strands of grass up, roots and all. There is enough seed for many
crops, although I would recommend only reusing the dirt once, after
that, there are too many roots and the grass doesn't grow properly.
You might want to pick up an additional bag of potting soil. 
The crate is pine and the sides are shaped like a cat's head.
This kit is ideal for those who live in an apartment or for cat's
who live in a climate with snow. Not to mention, it's so simple,
it's great for those of us who have non-green thumbs.
I think the crate retails for about $12.95.

Have fun,

Tara 
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: hirschon@ast.saic.com (Donna Hirschon)
Subject: Re: Help me name my cat
Reply-To: hirschon@ast.saic.com
Organization: SAIC
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 00:22:14 GMT

In article 7839@tc.cornell.edu, mdw@theory.TC.Cornell.EDU (Matt Welsh) writes:
>Well, we did it. After finally scrounging up enough money and some friends
>who were willing to chip in, Jim and I went out and got ourselves the
>cutest little kitten: He's furry, a mottled-black and brownish color, and
>about the size of a Nerf(tm) ball. He's got a really adorable nose.
>And, yes, we plan to keep him. 
>
>So we need to name this little furry ball o' love. The only things I could
>come up with on the spur of the moment were "Rosalia Castro" and 
>"Black Dog's Hate Monger", but neither of these seem appropriate. 
>Jim's only suggestion was "Furball", and I vehemently oppose naming any 
>cat "Furball".
>
>So, I'd like some suggestions; you can either post or e-mail them to me.
>I'll honor the winning suggestion in some way--- hey, I'll name a cat after it.
>And, please, we need something original. "Furry" and "Socks" are taken, and
>we've flipped through a few pet name books. 
>
>Thanks a lot!
>mdw
>
>
>-- 
>Matt Welsh     mdw@tc.cornell.edu     Cornell Theory Center
>  "Donuts. Is there anything they can't do?" 


How about `Miss Kitty'?  I named my cat Tasha and used to have cats named
Pitty Poo, Samantha and Jinx (Oh, also Charlie Chan, who was so elegant
we called him `Charles' - but I find with Tasha, I end up calling her
`Miss Kitty' half the time.  Whoops - I just noticed you said `he.'  I
don't suppose Mr. Kitty would be too hot.

Donna H.

Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: afdenis@lims02.lerc.nasa.gov (Stephen Dennison)
Subject: Re: Weird behaviors
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Organization: Ancient Souls Inc.
Distribution: na
Date: 22 Jan 1993 08:51 EST  

In article <1993Jan19.103306.1@stsci.edu>, lhuffmanp@stsci.edu writes...

.. sorry, I couldn't pass this up ...

>>I would almost decribe the behavior as
>> orgasmic.
> 
> 
>Is it orgasmic, or simply satisfying...
> 


If `orgasmic' *isn't* `simply satisfying', then you must be doing *something* 
wrong. :-)

-- 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: lhuffmanp@stsci.edu
Subject: Re: Strange wanted posting
Organization: Space Telescope Science Institute
Distribution: na
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 11:51:02 GMT

In article <1993Jan26.151058.7182@unislc.uucp>, erc@unislc.uucp (Ed Carp) writes:
> lhuffmanp@stsci.edu wrote:
> 
> : Not so strange. Kittens are used to train attack dogs, such a pit bulls to kill.
> : Here is Baltimore, some wierdos on 41st street were using kittens for target 
> : practice. 
> 
> I'd be tempted to use said wierdos for target practice.  And I'm *very* good
> with a .45...  <evil grin>
> -- 
> Ed Carp			erc@apple.com, erc@saturn.upl.com	801/538-0177


Be my guest. I'll give you directions...  
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: enielsen@cayley.uwaterloo.ca (Erica Nielsen)
Subject: Re: Jealous little guy
Organization: University of Waterloo
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 17:44:39 GMT

In article <C1Fr6y.n1A@portal.hq.videocart.com> dfuller@portal.hq.videocart.com (Dave Fuller) writes:
>
>  The ruler of the apartment, Woody, has been acting differently lately.
>I got him from the Humane Society when he was 5 mos. old (he's 5 yrs now).
>I haven't dated anybody that would be around alot since i got him. That has
>changed recently. He doesn't seem to like it. He watches us all of the time.
>He'll sit on the floor 5 feet away and stare at us. When she stays over,
>he gets between us at night. When she isn't around, he talks to me more
>than usual. He has always been right on my heel, but now he accompanies 
>it with a little vocalization. I think he is just a tad bit jealous.
>Will this go away with time (she has been around him for 2 months). Do i 
>need to "include" him more when she is over ? Will this just work itself 
>out ? 
>
>  Anybody have suggestions or similar incidents ??

  My cat has owned me for almost 15 years now...since I was 7 years old.
  When I started dating my now fiance, Kitty didn't care too much until
  Greg (my fiance) started spending a fair bit of time at my place.  She
  has never taken to Greg, and we've been together for almost 6 years.
  Whenever Greg and I stay over at my parents place (Kitty's current
  home), she will deliberately climb in bed between us and purr like
  a madwoman until Greg gets up so she can have me to herself.  Of course,
  when she does this at 3am, she gets a close-up view of the exit to our
  room :-), but if it's in the morning, Greg will get up, Kitty ceases
  purring and then koncks out on my chest.  

  Whenever I go to visit my parents now, she immediately sits on me
  as soon as my butt hits a chair, but she has decided that Greg is
  okay to sleep on if I'm not around.  

  The bottom line is, just give Woody time to adjust.  It may take
  one heck of a long time....Kitty still hasn't decided whether or not
  she likes Greg -- especially since her first bath (yes, at 14 &1/2 years
  old she had her first bath for a flea problem) was given to her
  by that 'mean' Greg person.  :-)  She is slowly adjusting....
  I'm sure Woody will too, after a while.  Just have faith, and make
  time for Woody...give him some extra love....and most of all, just
  be patient.

  Good luck!  Sorry this was so long-winded...  :-)

  Erica!!!!!!!!!!

  ...happily owned by Kitty for the last 14 years and counting...  :-)

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  * enielsen@undergrad.math.waterloo.edu    Waterloo, Ontario, Canada      * 
  * enielsen@descartes.waterloo.edu                                        *
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Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: jimka@intel.com (Jim Newton)
Subject: frost point
Organization: Intel Corp., Hillsboro, Oregon
Distribution: rec
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 17:21:41 GMT

i am looking for someone in the portland OR area who has
a male frost point/(or lilac tip ) siamese cat to breed my
siamese with.
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Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 08:24:36 -0500 
From: "Susan R. Wagner" <sw39+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Re: Cat begging
Distribution: usa

>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

Well I can sympathise, Jester did this as a kitten as well.  We used to
lock him in the bathroom so we could have a quiet, unrushed meal.  But,
as he got older, he stopped begging except for attention.  I wouldn't
feed him off your plate.  If you want to give him a treat, put it in his
food dish to eat.  

Good luck and happt eating,
Susan and Jester


Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: ramirez@julia.math.ucla.edu (Alice Ramirez)
Subject: REVENGE
Organization: UCLA Mathematics Department
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 93 15:40:35 GMT

A previous poster asked for stores of feline revenge. Here is
one.

Bubbles, my large, Queensized Fluffy Brown Tabby is not amused by the
presence of other female cats.  A few years ago, I took in a stray 
female cat.  Bubbles was, to say the very least, displeased.

And began, out of sheer spite, to climb onto, or preferably into, my
purse.  And pee.  

She did this whenever, in a forgetful mood, I left the damn thing down
instead of hanging it where she couldn't climb onto/into it.

Once I found a new home for that other female cat, the peeing in my
purse magically stopped.
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: mary@zmax.com (Mary Papp)
Subject: Re: Phantoms on the wall
Organization: Z/Max Computer Solutions, Inc.
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1993 17:14:37 GMT


>Two days ago, one of my darlings began acting strangely: He kept looking at
>this spot on the wall near the ceiling -- for up to 1/2 hour at a time.
>I finally walked over to see what he was looking at and could not find a thing.
>I held him up so that he could reach whatever it was that he was after and
>he started clawing at the wall. Yesterday, he jumped up on a table near the
>same spot, and started meowing and hissing at the invisible object of his
>curiosity, and, all the while wagging his tail somewhat violently. then, he
>would look all around, move to a different location in the room, and begin the
>process all over again. apparently, the phantoms have gone for now as Ari has
>all but given up his vigil (though every time he walks near the kitchen, he
>looks up at the ceiling). 

Sounds like you might have actual ghosts.

>Is this typical cat behavior?? 

We used to live in a haunted house and one of our cats Poco (RIP) used to 
do similar stuff in the rooms that were haunted.  Once we moved the cat calmed
right down.

Mary and Slash
 


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From: arc2@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu (AMY CHARLES)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Can catnip be dangerous?
Date: 25 Jan 93 02:04:29 GMT
Organization: Lehigh University

Thought I'd give my kitties a treat, so I brought home a box of catnip/plastic
catnip ball.  Now, we've had catnip toys before, but never the uncut stuff.
My cats went BONKERS.  They seem OK now, but for a few minutes I was really
worried about the older one, who's a strong and high-strung 13.  I took the
'nip away, scared by the manic reaction.  Don't know whether to give it back.
Anybody know of danger in older cats of overstimulation thru catnip?
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: m2choi@undergrad.math.waterloo.edu (Margaret Haag)
Subject: Cat Names
Keywords: names
Organization: University of Waterloo
Distribution: na
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 19:33:38 GMT

I think cat's names really depend on the personality of
the cat in question.  However, I also think that it's 
nice to have cat names that are made up of easily recognized
sounds - human conversation must sound to cats like such
a mish-mash of NOISE.  (kinda like the adults in those
Charlie Brown Cartoons).  I named my cat Sasha for the 
reason that I thought she'd pick up onto two SS-syllables
easily. 
Some names that I thought were really nice are : 
Pippin (ie. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings), or Tintin (for the
cartoon charachter).  Some friends of mine have used the
names from famous mathematicians / philosophers, like
Descartes, Spinoza, Nietze (sp??), and Oxford and Cambridge,
for a pair of inseperable tabbies.  

Good luck in a hunt for the right name !
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: lhuffmanp@stsci.edu
Subject: Re: Gestation period
Organization: Space Telescope Science Institute
Distribution: na
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 12:12:08 GMT

In article <bette.728102130@wc.novell.com>, bette@wc.novell.com (Elizabeth Brennan) writes:
> In <1993Jan26.230337.14385@convex.com> tonyp@convex.com (honey bunny) writes:
> 
>>1. How long, since this morning, does it take before I can
>>   expect her to have a litter of kittens?
> 
>>2. APPROXIMATELY how many kittens will I wind up with?
> 
>>I was thinking about getting her spayed, but also had planned
>>to get her a playmate or two. I live in the mountains in San Diego,
>>and cats have a life expectancy of less than a year (This one's name
>>is Bobcat Chow. Her brother Coyote Chow, was)*.
>>--
>>Tony J. Podrasky |  What's this thing?
>> San Diego , Ca   |  It's called a MODEM.
>>tonyp@convex.com |  And what's this button for?
> 
> Well, I won't get drawn into the lifestyle issue and I don't quite remember
> what the gestation period is for cats. I do seem to remember from somewhere
> that a younger cat or first litter will usually result in smaller litters.
> 
> If you were going to get her spayed anyway, I strongly suggest you go
> ahead and do that soon. That will remove the kitten question and leave room
> for another kitty in your life, without bringing new, unwanted kittens
> into the world.
> 
> Bette
>  

Bette, I couldn't have said it better. Thanks.