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From: klier@iscsvax.uni.edu
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Re: Hartz Blockade???
Date: 15 Sep 92 17:56:25 -0500
Organization: University of Northern Iowa

In article <16863CD02.BRIGHAM@vmd.cso.uiuc.edu>, BRIGHAM@vmd.cso.uiuc.edu (Warner Brigham) writes:
> In article <1992Sep14.203353.6757@iscsvax.uni.edu>
> klier@iscsvax.uni.edu writes:
>  
>>Hartz Blockade was reformulated after it killed quite a few animals with
>>chemicals that were OK separately, but not together.  My recollection of
>>the new formula is that it is DEET, which repels ticks but not fleas.
>>Despite Mfr.'s claims.
>  
> I tried it this year out of desperation.  I started with 1/10 the
> recommended dose and my cats got the runs so I discontinued it,
> but it DOES REPEL FLEAS.  I now spray it outside the house around
> doors and basement windows.

Fascinating. I wonder if we're working on control of different species
of fleas.  Ah, biodiversity, it's wonderful!!!

Kay
From: sbiles@nmsu.edu (Susannah E Biles)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: chirp/purr/meow
Date: 5 Sep 92 22:28:31 GMT
Distribution: rec.pets.cats
Organization: NMSU Computer Science


My cat makes this particular sound as well, usually to announce his 
presence or to ask "what?"
I always pronounce it or type it as "prrowww". Like a purr that ends
in a meow :)

Susan
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: "angela allen" <angie@moose.cs.indiana.edu>
Subject: Re: Cat-compatible plants (FAQ?)
Keywords: plants
Organization: Computer Science, Indiana University
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1992 08:56:04 -0500

dblackbu@carr11.alleg.edu (David Blackburn) writes:
>So, I want to get some plants that can defend themselves without injuring  
>my babies. The FAQ #1 listed _poisonous_ plants, but what I'm looking for  
>are plants that will DETER any meddling. 

You might try some strongly-scented plants, like herbs or marigolds
(tho I don't know if they are poisonous). I have heard that even
determined plant-eaters will not disturb cilantro. 

Other behavior-control tips I have heard are: occasional watering with a weak
vinegar solution (the plant usually likes the acid, and the cat
doesn't like the smell), misting with Listerine (again, a smell), and
growing "eating plants" like wheat or oats for indoor cats.

I can't vouch for how will this works. The only green thing in my
apartment is the carpet.

Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: jay@cmn3.Stanford.EDU (Jay Kadis)
Subject: Re: help-my cat is driving me crazy!!
Organization: DSO, Stanford University
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 92 18:35:28 GMT

In article <1992Sep11.212706.13292@odin.corp.sgi.com>  
lruben@persian.csd.sgi.com (Lara Ruben) writes:
> I am a relatively new subscriber to this newsgroup, so I apologize if  
this
> topic has been discussed in the past.  I have a 15 year old shaded  
golden
> persian, Theodore, who is driving me up the wall with his constant habit  
of
> trying to lick my face and hair......

Maybe you could wear some Tabasco sauce....just kidding.  I have a similar  
problem with my 15 year old Dexter.  He likes to rub his slobbery mouth on  
my exposed arm.  It's really obnoxious since he has never had particularly  
pleasant breath! At least I have the option of wearing a long-sleeved  
shirt. Fortunately his behavior is just a casual display of ownership  
rather than a dietary imperative.  Even so, I sometimes have to restrain  
myself from really losing it.

Jay Kadis
jay@ccrma.stanford.edu
From: SDOGGETT@cmsa.gmr.com
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: THANKS -> NO Blockade
Date: 15 Sep 92 13:13:36 GMT
Organization: GM Research Labs

Thanks from Squeaky and myself, to everyone who responded to my inquiry.  I WIL
L NOT use the Blockade, thanks to your help.  Now, if only I could find the rec
eipt.  Spencer Doggett
From: hughes@dogwood.botany.uga.edu (Wayne Hughes)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Re: Another cat?
Date: 13 Sep 92 22:38:03 GMT
Organization: Botany Department - U of Georgia, Athens

In article <1992Sep13.044625.21746@usceast.cs.scarolina.edu> mmilicevic@spike.psc.scarolina.edu writes:
>MAKE SURE ONE THING WHEN YOU BRING IN YOUR NEW CAT. DON'T PAY ANY ATTENTION
>TO THE NEW ONE. ALL YOUR LOVE AND PETTING SHOULD GO TO THE OLD CATS, DO NOT 
>EVEN NOTICE THE NEWCOMER. I KNOW IT IS HARD BUT THEY WILL GET ALONG THIS WAY
>AFTER ONE WEEK. IF YOU PAY GREAT ATTENTION TO THE NEW CAT THE OTHER TWO WILL
>BE JELOUS AND YOU'LL HAVE A PROBLEM.
>
>GOOD LUCK, MLADEN

  I don't agree with this, and please take your caps lock off, it's the
  rude equivalent of shouting.

  A new cat is in a  (to it) bad and insecure position.  It doesn't
  know where it is or what's going to happen to it.  It needs attention
  just as much as the old ones, but for different reasons.  There's lots
  of ways to work it so that all cats get the attention they need.  One
  way is to separate the new cat from the old ones by closing a
  door between them (it's also good to keep the new one temporarily
  in a smaller space while it gets used to things: a single room, rather
  than a whole house).  They'll all know the other(s) are there across
  the door, they'll smell each other, and they'll gradually get used
  to the new cat presences over a few days.  And you can give each
  cat the attention it needs without making the others jealous, during
  this time.

  Wayne
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: lcornell@milton.u.washington.edu (Linda Cornell)
Subject: Re: Why Do Cats Sit on Paper?
Organization: University of Washington, Seattle
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 23:37:35 GMT

>: Okay, here's my theory.  I call it the Special Theory.
>: 
>: Now, this theory can (easily) be proven be covering the entire floor of
>: a (small) room with newspaper, leaving only one or two unpapered cat-
>: sized spots.  Add one cat.  Observe where the cat decides to sit.
>: 
>: No, I haven't done this and no, I'm not planning to, but it would be
>: interesting.  :-)  :-)
>
>If anyone is taking bets, I will bet this theory is correct.
>
This theory can never be accurately tested because you are purposefully
laying out the paper, therefore the cat will be compelled to romp in a
frenzied manner until all the paper has been shredded stopping only
momentarily for a frenzied cleaning session before returning to the romp.

When the romp is over, the cat has a choice of things to do:
	Hide under a piece of paper and take a nap
	Jump on something higher (chair, table, etc.) and take a nap
	Leave the room, pretending they didn't do anything, to find a
		place to take a nap
	Run into the kitchen, get distracted by their food dish, have
		a snack and take a nap
	Locate you, and whatever you happen to be working on, and help out...
	Hmmmm, actually, my cat would probably decide the room had become
		a litterbox and......

Linda :)
Owned by Pandora the Jaw, and 'Tilly the Claw!
From: bdm@druwa.ATT.COM (Brian Millham)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Re: Why Do Cats Sit on Paper?
Date: 4 Sep 92 16:03:34 GMT

in article <1992Sep2.220454.8485@pony.Ingres.COM>, jonb@Ingres.COM (Jon Berger) says:

> My cats have
> developed an utter fascination with the mixing board in my recording
> studio, which, being studded with sharp pointy knobs and sliders, is
> not the sort of surface you'd normally expect to find a cat on.

I have a small mixing studio where I make "radio station" like tapes
off of albums and CD's.  Both of my cats know to jump up on the table when
2 rules are true:

1) An album, not a CD is playing, and
2) It's the last song on the side of a tape, so that when the record
   skips, I have to re-record that whole side (45 minutes).

Cats..  If they didn't purr and play fetch, they would be useless :-)
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From: bv789@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Jane K. F. Evslin)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats,alt.sex.bestiality,rec.pets
Subject: Flame fodder (was Re: alt.rachel.weenie)
Date: 7 Sep 1992 14:21:58 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Reply-To: bv789@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Jane K. F. Evslin)
NNTP-Posting-Host: slc5.ins.cwru.edu


In a previous article, ewing@minerva.cis.yale.edu (Martin Ewing) says:

>
>
>I call for the creation of alt.rachel.weenie, because she is pissing me off.
>She butts her nose in everyone else's business and I'm sick and tired of it.
>Rachel, get a life, rent a clue, and fuck a cat!
>
>
I say flame the heck out of him.  I wouldn't want Martin near my cat.

-j


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Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: ericj@hwcae.Honeywell.COM (Eric Jacobsen)
Subject: Re: Corn cobs and fate (2 stories)
Organization: Honeywell, Air Transport Division; Phoenix, AZ
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 19:28:40 GMT

In article <BuFDvz.33J@acsu.buffalo.edu> v384rv4k@ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu (Lynn Harper) writes:

   P.S.  what exactly is "sisal" anyway?

huh? How'd that get in there?

Anyway, if you're talking about what I think you are, sisal is a plant
used to make rope and stuff.

And, to keep this post on topic: I saw a cat play with sisal rope once.

There. I feel much better.

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From: collene@unisql.UUCP (Collene Pearce)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Re: Happy Birthday!
Date: 15 Sep 92 15:20:23 GMT
Reply-To: collene@unisql.UUCP (Collene Pearce)
Organization: UniSQL, Inc., Austin, Texas, USA

In article <BuLAos.9C8@Novell.COM> lyndap@Novell.COM (Lynda Peterson) writes:
>In article <1992Sep9.174627.9552@tellab5.tellabs.com> pauls@tellabs.com  
>(Paul Silver) writes:
>> In article <1992Sep4.133744.26813@athena.mit.edu>  
>tastewar@athena.mit.edu (Tom Stewart) writes:
>> >Just wanted to proclaim a public Happy Birthday to our two cats,
>> >Robin and Marion....
>> 
>> On a similar note, Happy Birthday to Fugazi and Chan, my two cats.
>
>OK, me too....Happy Birthday, Boo.

Alright, I can't resist.  Happy Birthday to my most wonderful, precious,
adorable, darling, gentle, cuddley, playful, intelligent, well-behaved,
beautiful kitty, Tamora.  (Did I leave out anything?) :-)

She will be 2 years old sometime this month (I think).  I was never able
to get the papers from the woman I purchased her from, but was told she
was born in September.  So, since September is as good a month for a
birthday as any, that is when we celebrate it.

Instead of a birthday cake, she gets a can of FF veal chunks in gravy.
She loves the gravy and likes to bat the veal chunks around the kitchen
(after they have dried about 2 days and when I'm not looking).  :-)

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From: bsc7@po.CWRU.Edu (Bradley S. Corsello)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Re: Cat Antlers
Date: 5 Sep 1992 21:09:58 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Reply-To: bsc7@po.CWRU.Edu (Bradley S. Corsello)
NNTP-Posting-Host: thor.ins.cwru.edu


In a previous article, Howard@cup.portal.com (Howard A Audet) says:

>P.S. Pecan Pie's antler picture would've looked better without Hazel's arm
>around her neck (how else do you get cats to pose for pictures :->  )

I've found that you can't really get them to pose, but if you follow one
around with a camera, it'll eventually do something pictureworthy.  I've
shown people my cat pictures and they'll say "How did you get her to pose
like that?"  "Oh, I just stalked her for a couple of hours, like wild game!"

-- 
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"The Fanaticks have always had a way of affecting to run into Per-
secution, and count vast Merit upon every little Hardship they suffer."
^ J. Swift.  "Factum clarum, jus nebulosum."  Rex v. Haddock.
From: diana@wetware.com (CatWoman )
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Breed vs Pedigree (was:What kind of cats do I have?)
Date: 8 Sep 92 05:14:01 GMT
Organization: Castle WetWare MouseCatcher

I haven't read all the responses to Crystal's posts,
and I haven't been able to read r.p.c for about a week,
but my reaction was that while Crystal was showing 
cats, the people with whom she was working - namely
all the breeders - probably DO believe there are 
cats with papers - or there are muts.

However, reality is that the BREEDS were around long
before people put names to them.  A breed description
is a short-hand way of describing certain characteristics
of the animal you are trying to describe.  A Siamese
will instantly give you the picture of the animal's
pattern, for example.

What I think Crystal was describing was a PEDIGREE.
THAT, IMHO, is where you have a breed line where you
know not only the characteristics of the cat, but also
the lineage.

Diana
From: mverman@msus1.msus.edu
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: female kitten MEOWS
Date: 13 Sep 92 01:26:53 -0600
Organization: Minnesota State University System

To Mike of "cat always MEOWS":  I reallaize your cat's a female,
sorry for switching her gender!

... Shu

Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: pdsmith.mitre.org (Pat Smith)
Subject: Re: Building a Kitty Castle
Organization: The MITRE Corporation
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 20:54:26 GMT



In article <1992Sep10.141625.9931@eplrx7.es.duPont.com>, walker@eplrx7.es.duPont.com (Scott Walker) writes:
> 
> We just moved into a house with a basement, and I would like to build our
> two cats, Socks and OJ, one of those climbing trees, which I call the 
> Kitty Castle (as opposed to the Kitty Condo and Kitty Coliseum).  Does
> anyone have any suggestions as to what to include?  Do cats like round or
> square things to sleep in?  Should I make things with holes in them?
> Should I put the sleeping platforms high or low?  I think cats like to be
> high up, as evidenced by OJ enjoying his siestas on top of the kitchen
> cabinets.
> 
> Any suggestion would be great!
> 
> ******************************************************
> 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.
> ******************************************************
> 

We built one that had a condo mounted on it about 3/4 way up.  The condo has 
a hole in the bottom and top so the cat can climb through it.  Mount it near
a window as they love to look outside.  Use some sisal on it - they love that.
I recommend you anchor it to the ceiling as our 2 cats nearly tear the thing
off the ceiling they play on it so rough.
>
From: kgs@panix.com (Karen Schneider)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Re: What we say; what cats hear
Date: 11 Sep 92 03:03:09 GMT
Organization: PANIX Public Access Unix, NYC

In <BuDuun.3It@csn.org> steveg@teal.csn.org (Steve Genoff) writes:

>In article <1992Sep10.170116.9116@auto-trol.com> katbea@auto-trol.com (Kathy Beatty) writes:
>>bdm@druwa.ATT.COM (Brian Millham) writes:
>>: in article <1992Sep4.223209.28517@infonode.ingr.com>, maverick@topgun.b29.ingr.com (Mike Sorrelle) says:
>>: >     What we say to cats:
>>: >     What they hear:
>>: Actually, that brings up an interesting question:  What do they hear?
>>: 
> [...]
>>: 
>>: So, if you have a cat that understands a multi-syllable word, try just the
>>: first syllable of what word, and check the reaction.
>>

>  Chunky knows what is meant when I say "kitty treat".  His ears perk up,
>his irises dilate, and he knows I am about to give him some Bonkers or
>something similar.  He does NOT react this way if I just say 'kitty'.
>Some would say it's just pavlovian, but i'm sure everyone will agree with
>me in saying that this demonstrates cats are intelligent.  (As if there was
> any doubt).


I say "Food?" and Darcy (AKA His Royal Highness) knows EXACTLY what I
mean.  However, I use the same pitch and inflection each time.  I think
they are responding to sound, not to language.  Not that he doesn't know
how to manipulate me out of more food all the same...


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From: mverman@msus1.msus.edu
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Re: Cat Spraying
Date: 4 Sep 92 16:30:34 -0600
Distribution: na
Organization: Minnesota State University System

In article <19067@vpk1.UUCP>, jmckerro@attcan.UUCP (Janet McKerrow) writes:
> Sometime ago I posted a cry for help about our younger cat, Tuffy,
> spraying in the house.   I would like to thank the people who were
> kind enough to e-mail me (I still haven't figured out how to do
> that!) with suggestions.
> 
> I thought I would let you know what the end result was:  The spraying
> became really bad, in spite of him being on two Valium tablets per day (we
> didn't try the hormone route, figuring we wanted to get both cats off
> drugs).  He seemed to be just going round the house looking for furniture
> and things that hadn't yet received his blessing and not caring if he
> got yelled at.  A friend suggested taking him to the farm where she
> boards her horse and where there are already a number of cats - and he
> could spray to his heart's content.
> 
> We took him up two nights ago (with food, his bowl and toys) and checked
> on him last night.  It's actually an equestrian centre and everybody there 
> is aware of the newcomer and is making a fuss of him;  he's found an empty 
> stall to hide out in and is still very much intimidated by the size and
> the noise of the horses, but we have hopes that he will settle down and
> maybe even make friends with the other cats.
> 
> Janet
> 
> 
>
From: robd@shotgun.wv.tek.com
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Re: Question about older cat howling
Date: 14 Sep 92 19:52:32 GMT
Reply-To: robd@orca.wv.tek.com
Organization: Network Displays Reliability Engineering

In article <25006@oasys.dt.navy.mil>, syearick@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Sid
Yearick) writes:
> >The problem is her howling.  She waits until my parents go to bed at night,
> >then, a half hour later, she starts howling at the top of her lungs.  She
> >knows where my parents are (or she should since that hasn't changed in 18
> >years), but she howls in the livingroom while they're in the bedroom.



Hmmmm....Smoke does this once in awhile too. Especially if I've been gone for
a few days...the first few nights, she starts "calling" shortly after I go to
bed...I KNOW she knows I'm there...but when I call her, she always makes that
little "brrooooow" sounds like she is surprised to hear me...and comes running
into the bedroom for some major headbutting and rev-off...I always just
figured she was feeling sorry for herself about being left alone and wanted me
to feel properly guilty for having got "the" priorities screwed up.


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From: snoopy@spacemanspiff.den.mmc.com (Cindy Newell)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Re: Conversations with cats
Date: 11 Sep 92 14:33:42 GMT
Organization: Denver, Colorado

In article <BuDzKM.7C2@world.std.com> nancy@world.std.com (Nancy C Reynolds) writes:

>At bedtime, I put her in her room.  (No, I don't have a big place, but one
>room is for storage and Chanel.) She's usually in the living room.  I'll
>tell her it's time to go to bed and she seems to understand, especially if
>I turn off the computer or turn out the light.  She'll start walking to
>her room.  Sometimes, though, she doesn't move.  I'll ask, "Are you
>walking or are you riding?" After that, sometimes she moves right away; if
>she doesn't, I'll say, "I guess you're riding," and I'll pick her up and

>--Nancy Reynolds


My Mom's cat does the same thing.  When my Mom is getting ready
to go to bed she'll say, "Go to bed, Fred."  And Fred stands up
stretches, and walks over to the bathroom where his bed it, climbs
in lays down and goes to sleep.  Kind of wierd!

Cindy (Owned by Quinn-Monster, Betsy-Booby-Head, and Heidi-Maneidi)

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Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: jay@cmn3.Stanford.EDU (Jay Kadis)
Subject: Re: Are humans able to get fleas? 
Organization: DSO, Stanford University
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 92 18:37:08 GMT

In article <1992Sep11.142715.10098@cs.mun.ca> delphine@garfield.cs.mun.ca  
(Delphine Au) writes:
> I have a cat, and he has fleas.  I can see them.  They are
> tiny, about the size of a pin head, and they jump very high
> and far.
> 
> I have tried many things to get rid of them, but doesn't work.
> 
> My question is: Would I be able to catch these fleas?
> 


The fleas catch you, not the other way around....

Jay Kadis
jay@ccrma.stanford.edu
From: BRIGHAM@vmd.cso.uiuc.edu (Warner Brigham)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Re: Hartz Blockade???
Date: 15 Sep 92 19:34:32 GMT
Organization: C.C.S.O.

In article <1992Sep14.203353.6757@iscsvax.uni.edu>
klier@iscsvax.uni.edu writes:
 
>Hartz Blockade was reformulated after it killed quite a few animals with
>chemicals that were OK separately, but not together.  My recollection of
>the new formula is that it is DEET, which repels ticks but not fleas.
>Despite Mfr.'s claims.
 
I tried it this year out of desperation.  I started with 1/10 the
recommended dose and my cats got the runs so I discontinued it,
but it DOES REPEL FLEAS.  I now spray it outside the house around
doors and basement windows.
 
Warner Brigham            brigham@vmd.cso.uiuc.edu