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From: greenleaf@bchm.biochem.duke.edu
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: More evolving cat names
Date: 20 Nov 92 19:49:49 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: biochem


 My two cats names have evolved quite a bit.  Felix, a black and white domestic
shorthair (not unlike the First Cat-elect, Socks) has several,

Felix
Mr. Felix
Mr. Felix Man He Does the Best He Can
Mr. Dirt
Felix Mignon
Rug Boy
Son

and the lastest, as a result of having an abcess drained at the vet...

Bald Bit Butt Boy!

My silver tabby domestic longhair, Millie, has these names

Middy
Middy Bonitty da Pretty Kitty
Milster
Millie-meister
Evil One
Imp
Impinshtein
Das Impin

the lastest, inspired by Bram Stoker's novel and her recent behavior

Countess Millula (Mmmmuuuha-ha-ha-ha-haaaaa!) 

My newest addition, Booie, is a brown version of Millie

Booster T. Rocket Kitty
Booie-meister
Purr-meister

She doesn't have as many names, because I haven't had her as long.  We're
working on it!

Andrea Skantar
glab@bchm.biochem.duke.edu
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: siobhan@microsoft.com (Siobhan Harper)
Subject: Re: Neutering question
Date: 18 Nov 92 21:28:15 GMT
Organization: Microsoft Corporation
Distribution: usa

In article <1e8lu7INN911@agate.berkeley.edu> rhart@haas.berkeley.edu (Richard Hart) writes:
>Is is normal for the vet to keep the cat overnight after
>neuter surgery? This is a male cat. I don't remember this
>being the practice last time I had a boy cat (years ago).

I just had two kittens neutered, a male and a female. My vet's
practice was to keep the female overnight, but to let the male
go home that day. Since they'd never been separated, though, I
let Clovis stay with his sister overnight, but that was the in-
dividual cats, certainly not a result of his surgery.

Perhaps your vet was concerned about the possibility of a 
complication, for some reason?

--Siobhan
From: das@voodoo.boeing.com (Deb Schwartz)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Re: a friend gone
Date: 15 Nov 92 01:56:33 GMT
Organization: Yet Another Graphics Project, Bellevue, WA

Thad:

Our deepest sympathies on your loss.  Hugs from KC, Oreo and me.

------
Debbie Schwartz // das@voodoo.ca.boeing.com  // ....uw-beaver!bcsaic!voodoo!das
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: ef557023@longs.lance.colostate.edu (Liz Frush)
Subject: Re: College students
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 17:55:04 GMT
Organization: Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO  80523

I too am a college student, who grew up with cats...  I dearly missed not having
a fur ball around, and when I moved into an apartment of my own (out of the
"residence halls!") I adopted a kitten who called to me through the pet store
window...  She has moved with me 3 times in the past year... I am very 
transient...  And she has gotten very used to moving and meeting new people...
In fact most the people who meet her are *very* surprised at how friendly
she is to strangers!!!  She is a basically indoor cat (except when she escapes)
and has been spayed.  I've noticed though that every time I move, her personality
changes!!!  has anyone else experienced this?  Right now she is the happiest 
she's ever been living with 7 other cats!!!  She looks like she's in kitty
heaven all the time, and is even a lot more affectionate to me!!!  I am 
going to be moving again in the summer (I'm getting married, and my fiance loves
her!)  and I'm going to have to get another kitty friend when I do, just so
my kitty doesn't get lonely when we're not home...

Liz... (and Sweetie Kitty...)
From: das@voodoo.boeing.com (Deb Schwartz)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Attachment to cats (Re: a friend gone)
Date: 16 Nov 92 22:32:53 GMT
Organization: Yet Another Graphics Project, Bellevue, WA

In article <1e8ah5INNjv3@uwm.edu> hcrain@convex.csd.uwm.edu writes:
>> 
>You -will- miss her.  I lost my old girl, Cassandra, in
>1988, and I still dream about her.  No pet and damned few
>people have made me feel so special as that kitty did.  Why
>do we let ourselves get so attached to such shortlived
>critters?
>-- 
*Double sniff*.  No kidding.  I had to have my 15 year old Siamese, Lady,
who I'd had since she was 8 weeks old, put down on December 14, 1987 (total
kidney failure).  Hardest thing I've ever had to do in my entire life, and I
still wake up crying about her.   I wanted *so badly* for her to die peacfully
and naturally, of old age, in my arms at home.  Even when I knew that I was
going to have to take her in to the vet, I held her in my arms and prayed
that she would die then, so that I wouldn't have to give the order to kill
her.  It just isn't fair....why can't they be like parrots or turtles and
have a human-like lifespan....

I love KC and Oreo, but Lady was something extremely special.
------
Debbie Schwartz // das@voodoo.ca.boeing.com  // ....uw-beaver!bcsaic!voodoo!das
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: lis@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu (Elisabeth Riba)
Subject: Cat Weight Gain--FROM WHERE?
Organization: Brandeis University
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 11:07:44 GMT

When I last took Boopsie to the vet (September) she weighed between 12
& 13 pounds and the vet told me she'd HAVE to shed some poounds.  So,
I've put her on IAMS Less Active, and slowly reduced the amount I'm
feeding her to 1/2 cup per day--the minimum for her weight.  

Boopsie now weighs 14 pounds, and I don't know where the extra weight
is coming from.  There is no food in my home and some bugs, but not
enough for such a large weight gain.  She likes chewing on papers and
cardboard.  Could she be gaining weight by eating paper?  

Before people start telling me that I should just let Boopsie eat her
fill and ignore the weight, 1) the vet did order her to lose weight,
and 2) I'm tired of my friends making fun of her size. 

Any ideas?

-- 
--------------->Elisabeth Anne Riba * lis@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu<---------------
   Do not meddle in the affairs	    |  Usenet is like Tetris for people
   of cats, for they are subtle     |  who still remember how to read.
   and will piss on your computer.  |	  So many newsgroups, so little time...
From: avi@rix.Corp.Sun.COM (Ann Adamcik)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Re: Welcome to the First Cat (Socks)
Date: 19 Nov 1992 18:53:57 GMT
Organization: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Distribution: world
Reply-To: avi@rix.Corp.Sun.COM
NNTP-Posting-Host: rix.corp.sun.com


I think it was yesterday's San Jose paper that had a great picture of
Socks.  The caption said that he was playing with a neighbor cat on
the front lawn.  The neighbor cat was a big orange tabby who's jaws
were firmly clamped around Socks' throat.  

Socks may be the First Cat of the country soon, but he's not top cat
in that neighboorhood!

-Ann

Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: ardie@UIUC (R.D. McClary)
Subject: Re: Cat Fight Over Socks, Clintons' Pet
Organization: Department of Plant Pathology
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 17:56:23 GMT

In article <1992Nov19.134747.14109@gvl.unisys.com> martha@gvlf7-o.gvl.unisys.com (Martha Sherman) writes:
>----------------------------------------------------------------------------
->
>So, cat lovers, what would be an adequate retribution for those pest
>photographers???  >:)
>
	For photographers, the most appropriate retribution would be some of 
that new clumpable litter and a few cat hairs in their shutters and lens 
diaphragm mechanisms!
Xref: sparky rec.pets.cats:14003 news.answers:4110
From: mverman@msus1.msus.edu
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Re: cats&music 
Date: 22 Nov 92 23:41:42 -0600
Organization: Minnesota State University System

> Occasionally, I'll put on one of those meditation type cds, the ones
> that feature sounds of the seashore, a rainstorm, or woods sounds.
> So I was playing one of the seashore, and my kittens sat facing the 
> speaker when the sounds of seagulls calling appeared. Both of my
> kittens then ran upstairs and hid under my bed.
> 
> Steve and Tribble and Hobbit

Exactly what we kitties do when we hear kids approaching.  Can't be too
careful when you hear that high pitched keening.  It may be a harmless audio
seagull ... then again, it could be a marauding child!  They want to _touch_
you, and they're so LOUD. 

With wide-eyed regards from under the bed --

Applaton, Tobycat and Muffin

> 
> 
> 
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: XOPR81@maccvm.corp.mot.com (Keith Azuma)
Subject: Re: Help! neurotic cat
Organization: Motorola
Date: 20 Nov 1992 09:06:10 CST

Hello!
In  rec.pets.cats, you wrote,
>
>
>  My cat Spanky is the most hard-headed neurotic cat that I've
>  ever seen!  He likes to play really rough and is constantly
>  clawing me and biting me.....i've tried a firm NO!...water
>  bottle spray...whimpering...keeping still...and nothing works!
>  And his nails are REAL sharp!!  I've got scratches and bite
>  marks that are rather deep...ouch!  :(

I hope Spanky is a kitten...may be easier to "train".  My opinion
is that you have to continue your resolve to be firm and consistent
with him and don't give up.  He thinks that rough play is the
way the game is played, and unless you train him otherwise, he will
only get more out-of-hand.

Hopefully, trimming the nails will make them less damaging to
your skin.  Nothing quite like trying to explain all those
red slash marks to the non-cat owners, right?
From: shodapp@eos.ncsu.edu (SUSAN  HODAPP)
Subject: **Attention Purdue**
Originator: shodapp@c00533-106ps.eos.ncsu.edu
Reply-To: shodapp@eos.ncsu.edu (SUSAN  HODAPP)
Organization: North Carolina State University, Project Eos
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 17:57:10 GMT


Please help us, our ferret is lost.  Last night, around
11pm, our little sable ferret, Beepers, ran out an open
door.  We are doing all that we know to do in order to
find her, and hopefully, if you live in the West Lafayette,
Indiana area and see her, you will call or e-mail us
with the information.

Beepers characteristics :
        female sable ferret (has the colorings of a raccoon)
        small, weighs 1.8 pounds
        wearing a flourescent green color with bell
        very tame, does not bite
        scares easily of loud noises (cars) so she may be hiding
        loves raisans and pizza :)
        will come when her name is called

Being in North Carolina until Wednesday, this is all that
I can think of doing to help find her.  Her father, Darel,
has been searching all night for her.  If you happen to
see her or hear any information about her, please call
or e-mail Darel Benysh at (317) 743-0914 or at
benysh@rainbow.ecn.purdue.edu

Thanks for all your help and time,
Susan and Darel

Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: mary@zmax.com (Mary Papp)
Subject: Re: another monster!
Organization: Z/Max Computer Solutions, Inc.
Distribution: rec.pets.cats
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 13:35:19 GMT


>The really funny thing is that the outer curtain is clear with prints
>of kitties all over it! Syd must be protecting me from all those other
>cats!

My Slash gets behind the cat covered shower curtain and purrs like a madman.
He abosultely loves sitting in the tub.  If I push the showerr curtain he
grabs it with his two paws and purrs louder.  I think he thinks there real
also.

Mary and Slash

-- 
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Mary Papp                          | "What to do I find it hard to know
Z/Max Computer Solutions           |  the road I walk is not the one I chose"
8287 Loop Road                     | "So you want my heart and all my time
Organization: University of Illinois at Chicago
Date: Thursday, 19 Nov 1992 15:23:34 CST
From: <U58549@uicvm.uic.edu>
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Re: Sleeping (was: Re: how to tell cat they are a cat not human)
 <Eeu2NZu00iV3M31KwK@andrew.cmu.edu> <1992Oct25.184525.27063@ozrout.uucp>
 <1992Nov2.231102.18278@eagle.lerc.nasa.gov> <2628@cronos.metaphor.com>

Our cat only sleeps at the very end of the bed. I think we squished him once wh
en he was a kitten, and that was the end of sleeping further up on the bed. Of
course, the bed is siginificantly shorter now that the cat has taken up about a
 two foot by four foot section of the bed. He sure can stretch out.
From: girl@slavery.EBay.Sun.COM (Mary Smith)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Re: WHAT TO NAME A WHITE MALE KITTEN
Date: 13 Nov 92 22:28:54 GMT
Organization: Sun Microsystems, Mt. View, Ca.
NNTP-Posting-Host: slavery.ebay.sun.com


 Call him alabaster....Al for short!
--
-----------------------------------------------
I believe no problem is so large or so difficult that it can't be blamed
one somebody else.
From: palvarez@sdcc3.ucsd.edu (Pablo Alvarez-Royo)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Strange hairless circles and the vet
Summary: the vet also thinks it's ringworm
Date: 22 Nov 92 18:53:12 GMT
Organization: University of California, San Diego

Thanks to everyone who answered our question. Given that they are indoor
cats, crop circles are probably out of the question. The vet did agree
with most of the replies and thought that it was probably ringworm.
However, there was nothing to be seen under black light, and we are now
waiting for the results of a culture. Somebody suggested it might be
demodex? Some info on what that is and how it is treated would be
welcome.

Thanks again to all


Pablo, Twyla, Benzo, Taz, and Teetee

-- 
Pablo Alvarez-Royo (palvarez@ucsd.edu)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: rusty@nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov (Kenneth Hall)
Subject: Re: Cats that *don't* jump
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Organization: NASA - Goddard Space Flight Center
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 19:44:00 GMT

In article <1992Nov13.185158.4673@microsoft.com>, ellene@microsoft.com (Ellen Mitsue Eades) writes...
>Anyone else know cats that don't know how to jump?
> 
Doc is a bad jumper/not worth the trouble type cat.  Which is a 
blessing since I have several pieces of antique glassware in and 
around the condo.  When I brought her in 2 years ago that was a big 
concern of mine, but we found out real soon that she seems only 
interested in jumping up onto something soft to sleep on, so beds and 
the sofa are the furthest up in elevation that we go (thank heavens).

Rusty
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: stanton@athena.cs.uga.edu (Catherine Stanton)
Subject: Re: College students
Organization: University of Georgia, Athens
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 19:45:41 GMT

Hmmm I notice no real personality change in Steve when I move him.  The most
notable difference is that when he and I first went to his first home out-
side of my mothers house EVER he was utterly terrified.  He was miserable for
weeks, I felt so badly for him.  Each successive move (three) after that has
become more easy for him, until finally upon moving into my latest apartment -
rather than bounding under the bed immediately he ran all around and wreaked
havoc in the boxes and turned over the lamps.  He had a helluva great time
getting acquainted with this place.  I only hope that the next time he isn't
QUITE so excited as to play "End Table Bounce" in the middle of the night.

Cat

Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: ac94691@dunix.drake.edu (The Dark Kitty)
Subject: Re: Welcome to the First Cat (Socks)
Organization: Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa, USA
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 20:11:25 GMT

I saw an interesting blurb today in the Des Moines Register about Socks
the PresidentialBeastoCat.  Apparently some camera type news person held
up Socks in the air for a picture.  The Clintons did not appreciate this
and said something to the effect "Notice to all newsmen.  Don't touch
the cat."  Though that isn't a direct quote it's pretty close.  =-)

Just another example of the media putting there hands where they don't
belong and violating people's (cats are people) privacy.  ;-D

Anthony

Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: diana@wetware.com (CatWoman )
Subject: Re: alarm cat
Organization: Castle WetWare MouseCatcher
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 04:40:44 GMT

<BFANTLE@auvm.american.edu> writes:

] Here is a problem for all you cat experts to solve....
] We feed them twice a day.  Once at 6pm and once at 6am.  
] This used to work well until the time change.  We could 
] always depend on Midnight to wake me up at feeding time.  
] When the time change happend she started waking
] me up at 4:30am. YAWN!  

Yup.  Been happening to me for the last 9 years, ever
since I got Muffin.  Since I'm a morning person - I
do better when he wakes me up earlier than I do the
OTHER half of the year!

I would suggest feeding them later in the evenign for
a while.  Maybe 7?  Then switch back when your cat's
internal alarm clock has been re-set.

Or alternatively, get up when you're woken up, feed
the cat, and either go back to bed - or use the extra
hour for some other activity (which could ALSO include
going back to bed 8-)

Diana
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: bette@wc.novell.com (Elizabeth Brennan)
Subject: Animal Afterlife (was Bye to MaiTai)
Reply-To: bette@wc.novell.com
Organization: Novell, Inc.
Date: 19 Nov 92 02:41:35 GMT

In <18NOV199213211659@lims01.lerc.nasa.gov> afdenis@lims01.lerc.nasa.gov (Stephen Dennison) writes:

>In article <1992Nov18.135953.13122@rose.com>, greg.grainger@rose.com (greg grainger) writes...
>> 
>>Date Entered: 11-18-92 08:44
>>On Nov. 15, bette@wc.novell.com (Elizabeth Brennan) wrote:
>> 
>>B(>Subject: Bye to MaiTai
>> 
>>B(>Anyway, thanks for letting me unload. Also, it would make me feel better
>>B(>if I thought that all the kitties out there got the extra hugs tonight
>>B(>that I wish I could give to MaiTai.
>> 

>Also remember that, for those of you that *subscribe* to the `Heaven' 
>theory, and if you believe that Heaven will be *personalized* with *your* 
>idea of Heaven, there will (in *my* Heaven anyway) be cats there. Now, just 
>where do you think those cats came from ? Hmmmmm.... ?

>You *will* see Mai-Tai again. Perhaps, so will *I*. :-)

>-- Stephen

Thanks Stephen, that's a very nice thought.

It does bring to mind what happened when my parents' dog died earlier this
year. (Brandy and MaiTai spent much of their puppy- and kitten-hood together.)

My folks are religous (in the old fashioned, non-obnoxious way). Dad is also
an old style, show-no-emotion type of man. Mom saw that he was deeply hurting
over Brandy's death and tried to comfort him by saying that Brandy was in
'dog heaven' now. To which my father angrily replied "Forget it! If she 
isn't in people heaven, I'm not going."

Come to think of it, it does make a comforting picture to think of
Brandy and MaiTai together again.

-- Bette
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: lsnow@ncrclm.ClemsonSC.NCR.COM (Linda Snow)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Re: Cats on TV
Date: 19 Nov 92 17:34:45 GMT
Reply-To: lsnow@ncrclm.ClemsonSC.NCR.COM (Linda Snow)
Distribution: na
Organization: NCR E&M CLEMSON Liberty, SC

>
>I heard a statistic recently that consumers respond more favorable to
>TV comercials that feature cats.  I think one computer manufacturer
>(maybe IBM, I dont remember) advertized there PC with a cat resting on
>top the monitor.  I know I enjoy those commercials more.

I get a lot of mail order catalogs of various types.  It seems like
every one of them has a cat somewhere in it, sitting on a bed or whatever.
.
.
.
.
.


Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: mary@zmax.com (Mary Papp)
Subject: Re: rubber bands and milk rings
Organization: Z/Max Computer Solutions, Inc.
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 21:07:29 GMT


>So, my question is -- is there anyone out there who has (or knows of)
>a declawed cat which still plays with things like rubberbands and milk
>jug rings?    These are Tamora's favorite toys and I want to know if she
>will still be able to play with them after being declawed (if that 
>becomes necessary).  I suspect not, but am hoping she could.   

I have one.  Slash is declawed and he still plays with everything that he
did before he was declawed (except my skin and the waterbed mattress :)).
He occasionally tries to scratch the couch.  He places both paws on the arm
rest and lets them slowly slide down the side of the couch.  Then walks 
away all smug.

>Perhaps it would depend on the procedure used?   My vet will use 
>whichever procedure I request.    What do you think?   Will she be able 
>to play with them in any manner (now she picks them up with her mouth and 
>slaps them with her hands and then chases them; repeat)?  Do you know 
>another kitty who does?


The only difference between Slash and my parents cats (which are outdoor,
clawed kitties) is that Slash has an extremely powerful left hook and punch
which he uses to get your attention.  His front legs and paws are so
powerful that he can pull your hand to his mouth and get a good nibble before
you realize what's happening.

I had Slash declawed when he was 8 months old.  I think older cats do not
take well to declawing since they are very used to their claws (don't quote
me)

Mary and Slash

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Mary Papp                          | "What to do I find it hard to know
Z/Max Computer Solutions           |  the road I walk is not the one I chose"
8287 Loop Road                     | "So you want my heart and all my time 
Organization: Electrical & Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 09:54:00 -0500 
From: Meg Alison Veily <mv0t+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Re: Cats on TV
	<Bxx1y1.GIr@cmptrc.lonestar.org>
Distribution: na

Well, Here's a TV cat you may or may not remember. Remember the show
_Remington Steele_? (Stephanie Zimbalist and Pierce Brosnan were private
investigators). Well, the character Laura had an all black cat named
Nero. The episode I was watching last night was the one where Laura's
house gets blown up. She was supposed to be blown up with it, but when
she opened the door to go in, Nero goes running out the door (obviously
upset because some strangers were in his home setting a bomb), and Laura
goes out looking for him, thereby not being in the house when it goes
BOOM. Yet another story of a cat saving life and limb of its owner. :-) 
 (I don't remember if Nero was in any other episodes. The show did not
revolve around Laura's homelife.)

-Meg (always happy to bring bits of trivial information to the net)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: ses3n@fermi.clas.Virginia.EDU (Sharon Elizabeth Silverman)
Subject: one last note...
Organization: University of Virginia
Distribution: usa
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 21:54:03 GMT

In reference to the last post: I forgot to mention that Murphy 
is a Tortoiseshell! She is very patient with the little monster. 
I'm so grateful I have her to help me babysit!
					Sharon
From: mverman@msus1.msus.edu
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Re: alarm cat
Date: 22 Nov 92 15:34:51 -0600
Organization: Minnesota State University System

>Barry writes:  
>  claw at the door for at least 20mins until the door is opened.  He then will
>  terrorize the room.  Jumping on things and knocking them over.  Midnight, once
>  locked out will go downstairs and wait patiently.  What do I do about the litt
> le one.  He is driving me nuts!!!!!!!!
> any help appreciated....
> 
> barry

Stick to your guns.  Other wise you reinforce the harrassment.  That way lies
madness:  progressively earlier feedings, or - horrors- feeding on demand,
demand, demand!  A few days or weeks of tolerating the hysteria
outside your door is preferable to a winter or lifetime of 4:30 or earlier
feedings.  Your kitten adapted to the feeding schedule before, he'll do it
again.

Some people have said that feeding their cats before bedtime cuts down on early 
morning wake up calls.  

Good luck, let us know how it goes!

... Shu
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats