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From: arkoff@lclark.edu (Gary Arkoff)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Re: What's Your Favorite Kind of Cat?
Date: 16 Dec 92 08:39:15 GMT
Article-I.D.: lclark.1992Dec16.083915.8390
Organization: Lewis & Clark College, Portland OR

In article <1gl2fpq@rpi.edu> petitc@vccsouth02.its.rpi.edu (Christopher Jon Petit) writes:
>I was wondering---what's your favorite kind of cat?  Siamese, Persian,
>Tomcat, Rex?

How about just plain old DSH.  One of the things that I like best about
Znoober is that she is just a plain old cat.  She is simply the result of
some random cat liaison which ended up getting her to the Oregon Humane
Society and then to me.  I love her extra much just because she isn't
any special breed- just a cat that someone else didn't want and that 
wandered into my life.

-Gary and Znoober the Goober

-- 
"The question is not, can animals reason? Nor, can they talk?  But, can
they suffer?"    -Jeremy Bentham, philosopher, 1748-1832.

                   Gary Arkoff --   arkoff@lclark.edu
From: at881@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (N. French)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: litterbox cleaning
Date: 14 Dec 1992 07:05:15 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Reply-To: at881@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (N. French)
NNTP-Posting-Host: hela.ins.cwru.edu


After several changes of litter in the past few weeks (looking
for the one that Darla *would* prefer to pee in rather than
my down comforter, but did *not* give Spanky diarrhea), I have
spent a lot of time cleaning out those boxes! I noticed an ad
for bleach in a magazine, that suggested using a little bleach
with hot water - it worked like a charm! Even on that cement-like
substance that scoopable litters can become :-) 

Just wanted to pass that tip along, and mention that returning 
to scoopable litter seemed to bring the return of Spanky's
diarrhea problems, also.

Nicole, Spanky, and Darla
From: mberteig@cco.caltech.edu (Michelle Berteig)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Kitty acne?
Date: 13 Dec 1992 23:58:28 GMT
Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
NNTP-Posting-Host: punisher.caltech.edu

Hi everyone!

I love this group and don't get to read it as often as I would like,
but I have a question.  Rory, my mostly white, 2 yr. old, hunky male
cat (the Rormeister, Rorinator, etc.), has what looks like a small
tan patch under his chin.  I've heard that kitties can get kitty acne
on their chins.  Does this sound like what he might have?  How is it
treated?  Or, is it necessary at all to treat it?  I'd appreciate any
advice anyone can give me.  I was thinking of having the vet check this out
but thought I would ask you guys first.  Please e-mail me, as I said above
I don't read this group too often!  Thanks!

Sincerely,
Michelle Berteig

mberteig@cco.caltech.edu


Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: judith@super.org (Judith D. Schlesinger)
Subject: Re: Do your cats know their names?
Organization: Supercomputing Research Center (Bowie, MD)
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 01:38:49 GMT

My guys (past and present) have always known there names.  Well, to
be honest, I'm not sure the baby (4 months today :-) has figured hers
out yet, but otherwise, always.  Charlie even recognized the myriad 
nicknames I have for him, probably because most of them have the
"Ch" sound in them.

This isn't just a recognition of my voice, since I acknowledge that I
talk to each of them differently.  My friends can call them by name
(or nickname) and get a visible acknowledgement (although they won't
necessarily come to them :-).

Oh, and on a different note, since I'm already using bandwidth--
I've never met a cat I didn't like.  If it's warm and furry and
purrs, I love it.  If it lives with me, I adore it.  All shapes
and sizes welcome.

Judith and Charlie (sealpoint siamese)
	   Sarah (DSH brown tabby)
	   BB    (brown tabby manx)

Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: petitc@nuge111.its.rpi.edu (Christopher Jon Petit)
Subject: Odd Foods
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 14:44:11 GMT

My kitty, Brandy (a Siamese, no less), loves to drink coffee, eat sloppy joes,
and Fish'O'Filet sandwiches from McD's.  My question is simple---what adverse
affects (if any) would these foods have on him?


-- 
Now on sale, in Aisle 5 of the Divine Supermarket---Lives, and Clues.  Buy
yours now and avoid the rush!  They make great Christmas gifts!
Cynicism is only realism projected into the future.
If your fondest wish is to fly, don't draw up plans for flippers.
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: lhuffman@stsci.edu
Subject: Re: Odd Foods
Organization: Space Telescope Science Institute
Distribution: na
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 17:09:27 GMT

In article <s2l2v9=@rpi.edu>, petitc@nuge111.its.rpi.edu (Christopher Jon Petit) writes:
> My kitty, Brandy (a Siamese, no less), loves to drink coffee, eat sloppy joes,
> and Fish'O'Filet sandwiches from McD's.  My question is simple---what adverse
> affects (if any) would these foods have on him?
> 
> 


...about the same as for you...
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: csx040@cch.coventry.ac.uk (Alan Chantler (CS))
Subject: Re: Renaming my new cat
Organization: Coventry University
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 09:12:32 GMT

In article <bacchus.724496487@mcl> bacchus@mcl.ucsb.edu (Graham Linn) writes:
>I am in the process of adopting a cat from the animal shelter here in Santa
>Barbara.  I was wondering what people think about renaming a young adult cat?

We have (as posted before) adopted a number of cats in our time. One was
called 'susie', which didn't suit her at all. She was 20 months but we
successfully renamed her as 'Mrs Cornwallis', although she always
answered to 'Puss'.

-- 
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JANET: AlanC@uk.ac.coventry			|	Priory Street
INET : AlanC%coventry.ac.uk@nsfnet-relay.ac.uk  |	Coventry, UK
Phone: +44 203 838332				|	CV1 5FB
From: petitc@vccnw04.its.rpi.edu (Christopher Jon Petit)
Subject: Re: Any good cat gif files?
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 14:07:59 GMT

mjln_ltd@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Mikeey Jean Lin) writes:

>In <1992Dec18.013327.1174@twg.com> oldera@twg.com (Ed Alcoff -  Prod Mtg) writes:

>>Anybody have good, color gif files of cats?  Any
>>place I could ftp from would be fine.

>>Thx in adv.

>	ME ME ME!!! I want to know too!!! Thanks in advance!

*MEOW!*  Too!  :&)

-- 
Now on sale, in Aisle 5 of the Divine Supermarket---Lives, and Clues.  Buy
yours now and avoid the rush!  They make great Christmas gifts!
Cynicism is only realism projected into the future.
If your fondest wish is to fly, don't draw up plans for flippers.
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: mary@zmax.com (Mary Papp)
Subject: Re: Shower stalls
Organization: Z/Max Computer Solutions, Inc.
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 18:09:10 GMT

>My cat  cat also climbs into  the shower stall  sometimes to lap up  the water
>after I finish showering.  When this happens, its a sure sign that my cat Fred
>needs her water bowl filled.  It never fails.

Speaking of water bowls...  Slash won't even drink out of his, he prefers the
toliet (yuck) or the shower.  I tried shutting the lid, but he wouldn't use
the bowl, so I gave in.  I keep it clean (as one can keep a toliet bowl) and 
open.

When I put water in his water bowl, he puts his food in it (wet and dry).  Who
can figure that out?

Mary owned by Slash ("The Psycho Cat From Hell")



-- 
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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                              mary@zmax.com                  
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From: STAN@VM.TEMPLE.EDU (Stan Horwitz)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: RE: Shower stalls
Date: 13 Dec 92 04:20:46 GMT
Organization: Temple University - Computer Services

My cat  cat also climbs into  the shower stall  sometimes to lap up  the water
after I finish showering.  When this happens, its a sure sign that my cat Fred
needs her water bowl filled.  It never fails.

If this behavior  bothers you, and even  if it doesn't, you  should check your
cat's water bowl to make sure its full.  Perhaps your cat needs a second water
bowl placed near  your shower or maybe your cat's  water bowl accumulates dirt
or something  distasteful in  it which  motivates your cat  to get  water from
other sources.
From: kimd@gizmo.usc.edu (Kim Daugherty)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Re: Christmas tree is attacked
Date: 18 Dec 1992 07:07:10 -0800
Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: gizmo.usc.edu


In article <bonnie.724611997@earth.njit.edu>, bonnie@rat3.njit.edu (Bonnie MacKellar) writes:
|> Hi,
|> I need advice on how to keep my cat off the Christams tree.
|> She likes to climb it - right to the top!  We have already
|> tried yelling at her and spritzing her with a squirt gun.
|> From that, she has learned that if one of us is in the
|> room, she can't climb the tree.  But as soon as both of us
|> are out of the room, she is right back up the tree.
|> We've been keeping her shut into a bedroom for the last
|> 2 days while we are at work, but I don't really
|> want to have to do this for the entire Christmas season.
|> Is there any good way to keep a cat out of a tree?
|> Are there any repellants that work?
|> 
|>                                      Bonnie MacKellar
|>                                      mackella@wcsud.ctstateu.edu

I took advice from the newsgroup earlier and tied the tree top to a ceiling hook.
I also squirted Nature's Miracle (a repellant) around the base.  I figured there's
no sure way to keep them off the tree, so making sure it wouldn't fall was the
next best thing.

-- 
+---------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| Kim Daugherty                   | PhD program in Computer Science   |
| kimd@gizmo.usc.edu              | University of Southern California |
+---------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: vicki@steam.atd.ucar.edu (Vicki Holzhauer)
Subject: Re: Traveling with cats?  A good idea?
Organization: Atmospheric Technology Division/NCAR Boulder, CO
Distribution: na
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 19:59:28 GMT

In article <1992Dec18.143109.2365@msdhsv.ingr.com> rock@medch.b17b.ingr.com writes:

>He does like to wander the car, but his favorite places are the rear 
>window, on
>my shoulders, and under my legs in the floorboard (out of the way of my feet).


Don't forget the dashboard, preferably right in front of the steering
wheel (i.e., IN YOUR FACE).  Every cat I've ever let free in a car has
a tendency to want to sit there.  After all, you're paying attention
to some minor thing outside of the car (the road).  It can't be as
important as the CAT, now can it?  :-)


--
Vicki Holzhauer, National Center for Atmospheric Research
Boulder, Colorado / / / /  vicki@ncar.ucar.edu
From: dan@msen.com (Dan Sugalski)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Re: Abyssinian Litter in North CA?
Date: 13 Dec 1992 20:43:03 GMT
Organization: Msen, Inc. -- Ann Arbor, Michigan
NNTP-Posting-Host: garnet.msen.com
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL8]

Kevin -KeS- Stevens (KeS@cup.portal.com) wrote:
: Hello -
:   
: I'm looking for a male blue Abyssinian kitten for a Christmas
: present (to myself!).  Anyone know of any litters in the northern
: California area right now?  I'm in San Jose, but I can travel pretty
: much anywhere in the area.

:                              Thanks!

:                                KeS
I'd try contacting CFA nad TICA for breeder lists, as there aren't too
many people breeding blues.  If I can dig it up, I had info about a
breeder in Oregon.  I do know of a breeder who works with blue
Somalis here in Michigan, if you don't have any luck, let me know and I'll
get in touch with her as she might know of someone.  

Karen and the pseudo Abys (Durin, Wills, Tabitha and Spike)
(on Dan's account)

Organization: H&SS Dean's Office, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 18:01:01 -0500 
From: Anna Matyas <am2x+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Re: alternative disciplinary measures?


>2) Scratching everything except the designated post! (Yes, I've read the 
>FAQ - when I scratch on it or rub her paws on it, she just gives me a 
>funny look). One of the problems with this is that Murphy scratches 
>constantly on the furniture. It's obvious why someone had her declawed. 
>I figure at her age it's unlikely I'll be able to teach her to use the post -
>but Alexei is learning from her!! :-(

I recently read somewhere to put either double-stick tape or Saran Wrap
over areas you don't want your cat to scratch on.  (If I may quote dozens
of friends, "I never met a cat who used a scratching post!")  Gracie
scratches at my old living room chair which I really don't mind, but she
also scratches at my brand new sofa which I *do* mind.  I may try the
Saran Wrap.  Somehow double-stick tape doesn't seem quite right.  I sure
would hate to come home from work and find poor Gracie literally stuck to
the sofa!! :)

Anna

Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats,alt.drugs
From: billn@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com (bill nelson)
Subject: Re: UL: Monumental LSD overdose taken (was: Re: Brands of LSD)
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Company, Corvallis, Oregon USA
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 20:07:48 GMT

mary@zmax.com (Mary Papp) writes:
: 
: This may seem like a very stupid question, but why was this posted to
: rec.pets.cats?  Cats don't take LSD unless someone forces it upon them and
: IMHO that seems very cruel and inhumane.

I know one cat who enjoys lsd. Yes, the cat is bright enough to know what
it is getting - and asks for its share.

Bill
From: maxfield@athena.cs.uga.edu (Joan C. Maxfield)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Re: Can cats sense a pregnancy in women?
Date: 11 Dec 92 18:41:04 GMT
Article-I.D.: athena.1992Dec11.184104.5891
Organization: University of Georgia, Athens


The only things my nef-cat, Phredde (Fred), seemed to notice during my
sister-in-law's pregnancy was:

1)The lap is getting smaller.

2)The lap now pummels BACK!

He was not a happy kitty when Sam, my nefew, started fighting with him
over tummy space.  Phredde would climb up to cuddle and knead and Sam,
still in utero, would kick him off!  Poor kitty, luckily he was not
forgotten in the hubub of a new baby, but is reffered to instead as
Sam's big brother. :)

Joan

-- 
J. C. Maxfield				maxfield@athena.cs.uga.edu
DISCLAIMER:  I don't speak for the University, but they often speak for me!
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: sborders@nyx.cs.du.edu (Scott Borders)
Subject: Re: building a kitty castle?
Organization: University of Denver, Dept. of Math & Comp. Sci.
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 92 06:53:58 GMT

ren@Turing.ORG (Karen Prestemon) writes:

>Anyway, I think I can do it, but I need some interesting design ideas.
>Does anyone have kitty-castle-building-experience that they can share
>with me?  Or does anyone have an especially interesting-looking store
>bought cat towers that they would like to tell me about?

Karen,

Go get yourself a copy of _Cat_Condominiums_and_Other_Feline_Furniture_.
This a fairly complete how-to book written by George Ney.  His
style of "kitty condo" utilizes a building material called Sonotube
Fibre Form, which is essentially a 1/8" thick cardboard tube 12"
in diameter.  The tube can be used to create tunnels, or, when split
lengthwise, can be used to create "perches".  Cover with carpet, 
and your cat will love it.

Ney suggests using tree branches for the supports; the natural wood
is great for cats that still have their claws (and it helps keep the
cost of the project down).  If you can scrounge the plywood for the
base and some scrap carpet, the most expensive bit will be the
Sonotube ($3.50 a foot a couple of years ago).

The ISBN of this book is 0-525-48430-2; the cost is $8.95.

--
Scott Borders
sborders@nyx.cs.du.edu
borders_scott@tandem.com

P.S.  If you build a tower using this book, drop me some e-mail to
      let me know how it went.  Best of luck . . .
Organization: H&SS Academic Advisory Center, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 15:29:34 -0500 
From: "Carol A. Buckner" <cb30+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Re: Cat is constipated

On 17-Dec-92 in Cat is constipated           
user Ralf@iqsc.COM writes:
> My poor cat is constipated, she craps now whenever she can get it out,
>where ever she can get it out. She stands in the litter box sometimes for
>ten minutes or more.  It is getting messy not to mention I don't like
>to see her that way, any help would be great! Thanks

I suggest strongly that you take you cat to the vet to make sure there
isn't a serious problem.  
 
Carol Buckner
Carnegie Mellon University 
            
Trivia is so unimportant, but if we had none what would we talk about?
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: lhuffman@stsci.edu
Subject: Re: Declawed and Clawed cats together
Organization: Space Telescope Science Institute
Distribution: na
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1992 05:59:23 GMT

In article <1992Dec12.004134.13306@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>, ren@Turing.ORG (Karen Prestemon) writes:
> In article <1992Dec11.141610.9331@iscsvax.uni.edu> klier@iscsvax.uni.edu writes:
> 
> I can't declaw my cats.  Well, one of the kittens is an SPCA animal,
> and I signed an agreement not to declaw him.  And if he can't be
> declawed, it doesn't seem fair to do the other one.  Does anyone
> have a mutliple cat situation where one cat may be declawed, but
> the others are not?
> 
Yes, I have clawed and declawed cats. The de-clawed ones take on the clawed ones
and dish out as much as they get.
 
I've seen very little difference, except the overall peace in my house.

> 
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: walker@eplrx7.es.duPont.com (Scott Walker)
Subject: Re: Name of my Black Cat / Feline alarm clock
Organization: DuPont Central Research & Development
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1992 19:22:06 GMT

In article <1992Dec11.090104.2807@fcom.cc.utah.edu> holmbeck@cs.weber.edu (Laura Holmbeck) writes:
>One thing that I'm curious about, how many people's kitty's suddenly
> get this in their head that they HAVE to try to wake their owners
> up -- and thru persistent methods!  Nokky has started this up the 
> past week or so, and if I don't get up after he mewls at me loudly,
> he'll start pouncing at my face and toes and fingers and what else
> he can nab. =)
>
>Is this some Gene or something?
>
>-- Laura
> holmbeck@csulx.weber.edu / laura@glia.biostr.washington.edu

We've lately been letting our 2 cats, Socks and OJ, sleep with us at night
because it gets too cold in the basement.  They lay either right between
my wife and I, or find the spot between our legs and lay there (I guess
they like to lean up against something!).  Well, we would like to get up
about 7:15, but at about 6:30 (sometimes as early as 4am), OJ gets up and
paces on the floor from one side of the bed to the other, meowing and 
whimpering EVERY step!  He goes over to my wife, puts his front paws up
on the side of the bed, if she doesn't wake up, it's over to my side to try 
the same thing to me.  I can't stand it!  Lately I've tried to just put OJ
outside the room and close the door, but he meows out there and scratches
to come in.  Can't he just sit still for another half-hour?
I guess were fortunate that he doesn't try licking or biting us at that hour,
or he would be one hurtin' cat!

******************************************************
Scott C. Walker
walkersc@esvax.dnet.dupont.com

+++The few opinions I express are not the opinions of my employer.
"What's settled down?  Settled down is you get married and then you buy a
house.  You can get a wood house, a plaster house or a stucco house.  
Oh, how you can get stucco!"  - David Lee Roth, on Rockline, stolen
from Groucho Marx.
******************************************************
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: v384rv4k@ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu (Lynn Harper)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: slow-blinking handshake
Date: 11 Dec 92 18:48:00 GMT
Organization: University at Buffalo
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41

I'm unable to reproduce the earlier message, but
it was about an unblinking stare being challenging,
and a half-closed-lid stare (definition of the subject
line) not being.  I have notice Minn half closing HIS
eyes when he seems happy and content.  I call that his
smile, and we often have "smiling feasts", both of us
looking at each other with half-closed eyes, in mutual
love and admiration.  *sigh*

Lynn
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: afdenis@lims01.lerc.nasa.gov (Stephen Dennison)
Subject: Re: jellicle?
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Organization: Ancient Souls Inc.
Date: 18 Dec 1992 09:45 EST  

In article <1gqke4INN3po@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu>, at881@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (N. French) writes...
> 
>excuse me if this is a stupid question, but what the heck
>is a jellicle cat?

It's like a `gummy' bear... a cat made of jelly that comes in an assortment 
of flavors and colors. Geeze, ya thinks *some* things would be obvious. :-)


-- Stephen

	My .sig generator is shooting blanks these days.
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: vicki@steam.atd.ucar.edu (Vicki Holzhauer)
Subject: Re: Do your cats know their names?
Organization: Atmospheric Technology Division/NCAR Boulder, CO
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 00:02:17 GMT

In article <1992Dec16.223032.17763@inel.gov> kkv@inel.gov (Jamie J Ferguson) writes:
>
>All 3 of my cats know their names and will come (or at least look to
>see if I have kitty treats) when I call.  Most people find this hard
>to believe


Abigail and Zarabeth *definitely* know their names.  My cats have
always known their names; I find it strange to hear that some cats
don't ...

(Of course, there's always the cat's own name, that nobody knows but
the cat.  They've never seen fit to clue me in on those.  :-)


--
Vicki Holzhauer, National Center for Atmospheric Research
Boulder, Colorado / / / /  vicki@ncar.ucar.edu
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: petitc@vccsouth04.its.rpi.edu (Christopher Jon Petit)
Subject: Re: Odd Foods
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 23:34:58 GMT

arkoff@lclark.edu (Gary Arkoff) writes:

>In article <s2l2v9=@rpi.edu> petitc@nuge111.its.rpi.edu (Christopher Jon Petit) writes:
>>My kitty, Brandy (a Siamese, no less), loves to drink coffee, eat sloppy joes,
>>and Fish'O'Filet sandwiches from McD's.  My question is simple---what adverse
>>affects (if any) would these foods have on him?
>>
>No, the question should be, what are the possibilities for advertising!

  Well, I can just imagine how effective the Cat Eats at McD's commercials
would be...

  "Honey, let's go out tonight."
  "But we don't have a lot of money."
  "That's alright; we'll eat fast food."
  "Where should we go?"
  "I heard McD's is good."
  "From who?"
  "Brandy, that famous cat, loves their food."
  "Hmmmm.  A cat likes it, eh?  Sounds good."
  "Wait a minute."
  "What is it?"
  "I ALSO remembered that cats like cat food."
  "Welll.."
  "And if he LIKES their food..."
  "Ok, we won't go."

  :&)

-- 
Now on sale, in Aisle 5 of the Divine Supermarket---Lives, and Clues.  Buy
yours now and avoid the rush!  They make great Christmas gifts!
Cynicism is only realism projected into the future.
If your fondest wish is to fly, don't draw up plans for flippers.