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From: lelle@wpi.WPI.EDU (Jessica Helene Andersson)
Subject: Re: Terrified of Ceiling Fan!
Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 1992 16:14:10 GMT

In article <BtBDFG.Hzp@csn.org> steveg@teal.csn.org (Steve Genoff) writes:
>>In article <1992Aug19.172951.26514@cbnews.cb.att.com> sandyb@cbnews.cb.att.com (sandra.e.braun) writes:
>>>Hi.  I just moved to a house with a ceiling fan.  My cat Coco is absolutely 
>>>terrified of it.  She will run out of the room and hide downstairs under the
>>>ironing board until it's turned off.  Then she sneaks back in the living
>>>room and stares at it for ~1 hour, just to make sure it's not going to turn
>>>on again.
>
>  I had a similar experience with my oldest cat, Toska, a tortoise shell
>tabby, one day.  Some friends at work had sent me a singing birthday
>greeting which included some helium balloons.  I thought, hey, what a neat
>toy for the cats !! They'd love to chase after the balloons and catch them!
>Well, as soon as I'd got the balloons home, the cats *all* were freaked,
>hiding under the couches, and scattering into other rooms.  So I decided
>that if they just got a little closer to the balloons, now stuck on the
>ceiling, they'd see what fun there would be.  Toska was the closest so I
>picked her up, took her to where the ballons were, and holding her up to
>the balloons.  The next thing I noticed was this wetness on my feet.  The
>poor dear was so scared she had urinated... Needless to say, I was very
>apologetic to her, and got rid of the balloons post haste.  I don't think
>cats like large things above them that seem somewhat animate....

	When our car Susie moved in with us, she too was terrified of
the ceiling fan, but only when it was on.  She eventually figured out
that it wouldn't attack her (probably because my roommate's kitten
playes with strings hanging from it).  Now she just looks at it
suspiciously when it is turned on while she is in the room.  
	She's also very frightened of balloons, even the latex kind
with air in them.  I was blowing up balloons for a party and they were
scattered about the living room floor, and both cats ran hiding in the
other room.  I tried blowing up one just a little, figuring that they
were afraid of it because it was bigger than them, but no luck.  

					Helene
From: collene@unisql.UUCP (Collene Pearce)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Re: Kitten won't use scratching post
Date: 17 Aug 92 16:27:26 GMT
Reply-To: collene@unisql.UUCP (Collene Pearce)
Organization: UniSQL, Inc., Austin, Texas, USA

In article <66147@hydra.gatech.EDU> gt1167b@prism.gatech.EDU (Christie Shackelford) writes:
>I'd like some ideas, please.
>
>Since Dixie is going to be an indoor kitty, I got her a scratching post
>to use, but haven't been able to convince her to use it (she seems to
>prefer the couch).  I've tried imitating a cat scratching on it, which
>amuses her, and I've held her paws up to it and moved them like she
>is scratching, but all that does is make her climb up.  The post is
>the kind that hangs on a door, and is carpet-covered with some rope
>wrapped around part of it.  I've also tried laying on the floor.
>Still doesn't work.
>
>How do I get her to use it?
 
My Tamora doesn't like carpeted scratching posts either.  Some cats 
will never use the carpeted posts.  Tamora would always just ignore them. 
I first bought her the kind that hangs on the door nob and later a really
nice, large one that had toys attached at the top (for her to bat around).
She just ignored it and attacked my couch when I wasn't looking.  I was
really getting upset with her and was starting to threaten about that
"dreaded" trip to the vet.

Finally, I found 2 things that she would use - the first thing is 
a flat little box which contains a large piece of corregated cardboard
(I can't remember the name of it, but there are ads for them in Cats
magazine).  You put catnip in it and it falls into the little tubes made
in the cardboard and then cats will come over and sniff and scratch it.  
She liked that, but mainly for sniffing.

Later, I heard about the sisal rope scratching posts.  So, I bought her
one.  And miracle of miracles, she likes it!!!   This is the most 
"persnickety" cat in the entire world and she actually uses this ugly 
scratching post.  I am amazed, and very happy.  :-)  Since I bought the 
new post, she has made very few new pulls on my couch.  So, hopefully
the new post will have "lasting" effect on her.


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From: young@serum.kodak.com
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Re: Cat food, dry
Date: 22 Aug 92 14:29:00 GMT
Reply-To: young@serum.kodak.com
Organization: Clinical Products Division, Eastman Kodak Company
Originator: young@sasquatch

In article <2736.419.uupcb@wugate.wustl.edu> bob.hines%travel@wugate.wustl.edu (Bob Hines)  writes:

>I'm getting a kitten and want to feed it dry cat food. Is dry food only
>a adequate diet?

	Absolutely, as long as it's dry KITTEN food from one of the reputable
	manufacturers.  Make sure there's plenty of fresh water available,
	though.


-Rich Young (These are not Kodak's opinions.)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: meyer@uuisis.isis.org (Katherine Meyer)
Subject: Re: Cat likes cantelope???
Organization: International Shared Information Service (Ottawa)
Date: Sat, 15 Aug 92 22:17:31 GMT

jonb@Ingres.COM (Jon Berger) writes:

> 
> My neurotic cat Clark likes melon pretty well, but his real favorite is
> squash.  Any kind of squash.  It's zucchini season right now, so he's a

I have a five month old kitten who has discovered gooseneck squash.  He goes    
absolutely wild over it.  His brother is not quite as crazy about it.

Katherine.

MEYER@UUISIS.ISIS.ORG
From: klier@iscsvax.uni.edu
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Re: Peace Lilly -- poisonous?
Date: 17 Aug 92 11:27:10 -0500
Organization: University of Northern Iowa

In article <92229.195346MCW102@psuvm.psu.edu>, <MCW102@psuvm.psu.edu> writes:
> I have tried my current list of cat-poisonous plants and can't find
> a positive or negative answer for the "peace lilly."  I would like
> to get one as they are great air cleaners.  Does anyone have any info
> on that particular plant? Thanks in advance.

A couple of different (but related) plants masquerade as "peace lily".  I
assume you're talking about an Aglaeonema or a Spathiphyllum, both of 
which bloom by making "candles" of tiny flowers (I know, they don't
look like flowers except to a botanist), with a colored (or greenish)
leaf-like bract half-surrounding the candle.  Bunch of leaves all coming
from the pot, or a really short stem; leaves with a smooth edge and pointed
at the tip?  Is this what you're talking about?

Those "candles" and bract are the sign of the philodendron family, the
Araceae.  Same family as Dieffenbachia and Anthurium (the red heart-shaped
bracts with yellow "candles) that turn up in florist's arrangement at
Christmastime.

All of the Araceae have calcium oxalate crystals, and these are not
good for eating.  The crystals are sharp in Dieffenbachia (Dumb cane)
to penetrate the skin of the mouth and throat and cause lots of swelling
and tissue damage-- and can cause the trachea to swell shut, so no
air can enter the lungs.

The short answer is no, none of the Araceae are good for general munching.

The long answer is, if your cat leaves airplane plant alone (Chlorophytum),
and coleus, and other plants, then you might want to consider a peace lily.

BTW, Chlorophytum is better at adsorbing indoor air pollution than
Spathiphyllum.


Kay Klier  (botanist)
Biology Dept  UNI

Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: pdsmith.mitre.org (Pat Smith)
Subject: Re: Roundworm tablets
Organization: The MITRE Corporation
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 22:01:56 GMT

In article <1992Aug18.145647.6106@iscsvax.uni.edu>, klier@iscsvax.uni.edu writes:
> 
> Dave Budd inquires:
> > In the 'how to administer these pills' leaflet, what fool included the 
> > advice that they might go down easier if smeared with margarine???????
> > It's a damn good way of getting a cat covered in marg.......
> > 
> > What's the record for the number of times a roundworm tablet has been spat 
> > out after you thought it had gone down?
> 
> Uh, about 130 jillion... ;-)   Try holding the cat's head up (nose toward
> ceiling, but don't clamp the muzzle shut.  Mine at least seem to need 
> a little slack to swallow.
> 
> Actually, I have no trouble at all with cats and pills.  It's the
> liquids that I have fun with.  One particularly vile pink antibiotic
> suspension resulted in a pink kitchen (was brown and white) and *5* 
> pink cats...    And when the antibiotic froth dried, I had punk cats...
> 
> Kay 
> 
> 
> 
Try mashing the pill and put it in something like cream or cottage cheese.  My
cat was on all sorts of meds her 1st 6 months and we learned the hard way.  We
had the most trouble with the eye ointment.  I was afraid I would poke her
with the applicator.  To this day this cat hates to be held but she survived
in spite of her poor early prognosis.  Taking her to the vet is a pretty
bad experience for all involved.
From: jll@doc.ic.ac.uk (Janice )
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: tabby teddy needs home
Date: 13 Aug 92 16:16:51 GMT
Followup-To: rec.pets.cats
Organization: Imperial College London



Hi,

In Belfast my mum has a really lovely tiny tomcat called Teddy who she has
to get rehoused soon. He is a one year old grey and white tabby with tiny
ears and short, short legs, just like a feral cat.  So far, he hasnt been
used to the indoors and is nervous of humans, but we hope he will be less
nervous when he is neutered (his mum had a similiar nature until she was
doctored).

Mum has asked around but it seems with no success, so if anyone out there
would give this handsome little pet a loving home please contact me.

Janice.
From: zlsiida@fs1.mcc.ac.uk (dave budd)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Roundworm tablets
Date: 17 Aug 92 12:13:48 GMT
Organization: Manchester Computing Centre
Originator: netnews@uts.mcc.ac.uk

In the 'how to administer these pills' leaflet, what fool included the 
advice that they might go down easier if smeared with margarine???????
It's a damn good way of getting a cat covered in marg.......

What's the record for the number of times a roundworm tablet has been spat 
out after you thought it had gone down?

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From: zlsiida@fs1.mcc.ac.uk (dave budd)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: grooming
Date: 13 Aug 92 14:15:59 GMT
Organization: Manchester Computing Centre
Originator: netnews@uts.mcc.ac.uk

Truffle pretty much keeps herself tidy, she's never got so filthy or smelly 
that she's needed a bath, and we just give her a brush once in a while.
Last night I noticed some really matted fur, so we gave her a brush and 
found one bit that was real bad, so I sacrificed one of my combs so we could 
get it out.  After about 15 minutes we had enough underfur to knit a sweater.
Have I left her wearing a topcoat with no underwear?  I don't want her 
catching a cold or something because I send her out into the night with 
nothing to keep her warm!

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Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: K_LEPA@unhh.unh.edu (Kristen   Lepa)
Subject: Followup to low-cost spaying/neutering
Organization: University of New Hampshire
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 22:53:20 GMT
X-News-Reader: VMS NEWS 1.12

Well, I called and the number they gave me is:

1-800-321-7387 for Friends of Animals.

	-Kristen
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: brianm@sco.com (Brian Moffet)
Subject: Re: Some more FUN cat toys
Organization: The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc.
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1992 17:36:28 GMT

lianne@bwdlh498.BNR.CA (Lianne Raley) writes:
>He will drag belts, scarves, socks, bras, plastic bags (only while scrunched
>up - he drops them when they unravel), whatever he can get his mitts on. 
>The funniest part is that it's usually something bigger than he is, that
>runs back between all four legs, so that he has to walk bow-legged. 

Diablo will actually steal things from the couch and stereo cabinets.
The problem is he wiull steal things that are much larger than he is, and
when he jumps of he usually has the object hit the ground first, giving him
a light jerk of the head.  

He's done this twice that I have seen, no damage yet.  Unfortunately, 
if I try to stop him, he thinks he has to jump down now with whatever, 
and jams his head anyway.

Most of the time, he seems quite intelligent.  Other times....

brian moffet
--
"Face it, Chuck.  Taken as an aggregate, the human race is a stupid, sorry lot."
                           -- Jonathan Quist

brianm@sco.com  or uunet!sco!brianm                    Speaking for Myself
From: andrewr@ultrix.EBay.Sun.COM (Andy Roach)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Re: Meowin' like a baby
Date: 19 Aug 92 21:29:03 GMT
Reply-To: andrewr@Eng.Sun.COM
Organization: Sun Microsystems Inc.
NNTP-Posting-Host: ultrix

In article <cosulliv.714253964@sfu.ca>, cosulliv@fraser.sfu.ca (Christina Marie O'Sullivan) writes:
|> Then again, she may never grow out of it.  My Sable Burmese is eight years
|> old now, and he howls very much like a baby, and needs to be picked up and
|> cuddled like a baby.  He needs his canned food mushed and has all these
|> needs... I wonder if I can list him as a dependant on my income tax?
|> 
|> Christina, Bali's mother
|> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
|> cosulliv@sfu.ca		I  "Just say WAAAAH!" -- Bali
|> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

We just picked up a pair of Siamese, one female sealpoint and a male
bluepoint (8 weeks old). The male will cry until you pick him up, upon
which he will purr his heart out.

Andy
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: dmillard@encore.com (Debbie Millard)
Subject: Video Catnip
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 19:02:30 GMT
Organization: Encore Computer Corporation, Ft. Lauderdale, FL


Tried to email but it came back user unknown.

In article <langley.13.713723342@ace.acadiau.ca> you write:
>I know this topic has been covered before - several months ago, however, we 
>visited USA this summer (drove from Nova Scotia to Nashville and back) and 
>stopped at several pet stores to inquire about the video.  All of the store 
>clerks thought the idea was priceless (squirrels, birds, etc.) but no one 
>had heard of it.  Also stopped at several video places - still no luck.  Can 
>anyone provide us with an actual address and the correct title of the video (
>I think the title I had written down was "Video Catnip".  Thanks in advance.

Here's the info from a print ad in Cats magazine:

1-800-TABBY-TV or write

Pet Avision, Inc., Dept. CM
P.O. Box 222, 
Lyndon Center, VT.  05850

Debbie
From: gt1167b@prism.gatech.EDU (Christie Shackelford)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Kitten won't use scratching post
Date: 16 Aug 92 20:51:22 GMT
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology

I'd like some ideas, please.

Since Dixie is going to be an indoor kitty, I got her a scratching post
to use, but haven't been able to convince her to use it (she seems to
prefer the couch).  I've tried imitating a cat scratching on it, which
amuses her, and I've held her paws up to it and moved them like she
is scratching, but all that does is make her climb up.  The post is
the kind that hangs on a door, and is carpet-covered with some rope
wrapped around part of it.  I've also tried laying on the floor.
Still doesn't work.

How do I get her to use it?

(Fermi, my other cat, won't use it either, but is indoor/outdoor and
uses trees most of the time)

-- 
Christie Shackelford
gt1167b@prism.gatech.edu
Meow!
From: lyndap@Novell.COM (Lynda Peterson)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Re: Hairballs
Date: 12 Aug 92 22:55:31 GMT
Organization: Novell, Inc.

In article <1992Aug12.195331.20994@porthos.cc.bellcore.com>  
gck@hector.uucp (24641-kemmerling) writes:
> In article <1992Aug12.183559.25973@gateway.novell.com>,  
lyndap@Novell.COM (Lynda Peterson) writes:
> My Boo Boo Kitty is an all black mutt cat and large.  When I try to 
> brush him he chases the brush.  
> 
> Is the stuff you're talking about kinda like brown vaseline?  I got
> some of that from the vet one time and had to put it on their front
> paws and they licked it off (I say they because I had 2 cats) or it
> could have been put in their food (they would eat around it tho).  The 
> veg oil works tho.   He doesn't throw up regularly, but when he does
> it's definitely a BIG hairball.
> 
> Tell me more about Maine Coon's.  Ive heard several people talk about
> them.  Are they big, are they friendly, smart, etc., etc.??
> 
> BTW, I am still laughing about the previous post I read where they
> called the cat a snuffle-pig.  It put me in hysterics!!

- - - - - - - -
Yes the stuff is like vaseline but very sticky, even hard to get off my  
fingers. It is a most hilarious sight watching them lick it off their  
face. My Boo (AKA Boo-boo Kitty, Boo-face, Boo-san, Boo-zer, and  
Stink-face) didn't like it very much, but it worked.

In my "You and Your Cat" book it talks about the different kinds of  
breeds. That is where I learned what Boo was. The pet store told me she  
was a Persian but she doesn't look like them. Maine Coons come from the  
New England area and are descendant of farm cats. That is why they have  
long fur. Their face is not flat like persians. Their nose is not too  
long, either. Everyone always comments on her BIG eyes. They have shorter  
hair on the face and head and the hair gets longer as you go down her  
body. The hair on her stomach and tail is very long (sometimes 3 or 4  
inches). They have a "beard" like persians, though, too. The book says  
they are recommended for outdoor cats (very good hunters), but mine is  
mostly indoors (outdoors with supervision because of the extremely busy  
road we live on). She has adjusted to apartment life but loves to look out  
the window, longingly. She is very friendly, affectionate, not too big  
although her long hair makes her look fat (she is 9 lbs), and adorable.
From: ASDXPSC@MVS.UCC.OKSTATE.EDU (ASDXPSC)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Re: How long cats live (was Re: Indoor cat wants out)
Date: 12 Aug 92 19:34:00 GMT
Organization: Oklahoma State University Computer Center

>
>Indoor cats--how old are they living? Ones you have now, ones you have had
>before? 
         currently Berkeley is 12 and an indoor cat.
>
>Outdoor cats--how old are they living? Ones you have now, ones you have had
>before? 
>
         my first cat Ms. Shagnasty lived to be 18 exclusively
         outdoors.

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Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: steveg@teal.csn.org (Steve Genoff)
Subject: Re: It's Raining Out! (was RE: baths)
Keywords: wet, raining
Organization: Colorado SuperNet, Inc.
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 03:47:01 GMT

In article <1992Aug12.173324.13273@ncar.ucar.edu> vicki@stout.atd.ucar.edu (Vicki Holzhauer) writes:
>Oh, yes.  Don't you just love the looks on those little faces when you
>open the door to let them out and they stick a paw outside, only to
>discover that IT'S RAINING (or, worse indignity, SNOWING!).  They look
>at the outside, look at you, and almost implore you to make it stop!

  Of my 5 cats, four of them will do exactly what you say.  But the fifth,
Cloye, a calico, will want to be outside regardless of the weather.  She
loves to play in the snow, always thinking there is something just under 
that white stuff... She'll even stay outside in a bit of a drizzle,
although eventually she'll come back in when she has satisfied her
curiosity that her world is still behaving according to her master plan ;)



   STeve



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From: berthiau@IRO.UMontreal.CA (Andre Berthiaume)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Re: Naming cat behaviors
Date: 21 Aug 92 22:11:02 GMT
Reply-To: bunny@gnu.ai.mit.edu
Distribution: usa
Organization: Universite de Montreal

tittle@ics.uci.edu (Cindy Tittle Moore) writes:

>In <HANNAH.92Aug19132640@pomponio.ai.sri.com> hannah@pomponio.ai.sri.com (Marsha Jo Hannah) writes:

>>As long as we're naming cat behaviors, how about alternate names for
>>the insane running around that has been called "the crazies"?  If
>>there are 2 or more cats involved, we refer to it as "cat races".
>>Therefore, by extension, for one cat, it's "time trials"---preparing
>>for future cat races.  If there is mock prey involved, it's "chasing
>>windmills" (in honor of Don Quixote's imaginary foes).

>(BTW, I loved the term "toastering"...)

>We've always called that insane running around "elevenses" since it
>seems to happen mostly at about eleven in the evening and besides,
>it's such an opposite behavior to the delightfully civilized British
>elevenses.

>--Cindy

Somehow, I don't think my cats have any concept of what time of day
they are in other than day and night.  In other words, they go on the
"fritz" just about whenever they feel they have enough energy stored 
for it! =)  Just yesterday, the two furry terrors started to run
around chasing each other from livingroom to bedroom! and this was all
during the mid-morning hours!  Go figure.  But most of the time when
they are active it's in the late evening hours.  Sometimes it's in the
early morning hours.  They just go nuts whenever they darn well feel 
like it! %-)  But Kinski seems to be the regular fritzer in the household.
We can tell when she's about to "go on the fritz" when her eyes start
to dart all over the place and her tail goes POOF! =)


- Eva

(still don't know if I got this .sig thing right, but we'll see!)


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