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From: bicker@cbnewsi.cb.att.com (The Resource, Poet-Magician of Quality)
Subject: Getting a Cat to Eat More
Reply-To: Brian.C.Kohn@att.com (The Resource, Poet-Magician of Quality)
Organization: The Internet
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 16:37:58 GMT


My cat has been diagnosed as hyper-thyroid.  He's lost 10 pounds in the
last 8 months, and is down to 8 pounds.  The vet says he should weigh
about 12.

He's been on his medication for a week now, and I'm continuing to give
him the laxative/hairball medicine I was giving him before we knew it
wasn't that that was causing his weight loss.  Still I cannot get him
to eat appreciable amounts of food, and it doesn't seem like he's
drinking any water.  I've given him three types of dry, soft-moist
(which he promptly devours and then spews all over the carpeting--poor
kitty!), and different types of wet food: Figaro tuna (which he won't
touch anymore), and Alpo or Purina canned cat food (which he tastes
sometimes while I'm watching but stops eating when I leave him alone
and never really eats much of anyways.)

Besides stemming the tide of the shameless waste of food, I wanna get
him fattene up again!  Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

-- 
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    'Hope, not fear, is the most positive advocate of action.' - S.R. Lawhead
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Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: sallyg@oregon.uoregon.edu (George, Sally)
Subject: Re: Female versus Male
Organization: University of Oregon
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 20:51:54 GMT

In article <1992Jul22.152834.2082@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> jhoskins@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (James M Hoskins) writes:


>Is there a distinguishable difference in character and temperament between 
>female and male cats?  This question assumes cats that are spayed or neutered
>and live with people.

I was under the assumption that females were more mellow . . . but with my 
cats, Rosie and Bones, that is not true.  I found out that Rosie is the 
b____ and Bones is the lovey, sweetheart.  It's interesting because she was 
the queen (only cat) when he came to live with us.  He let her get away with 
the hissing, swatting, and acting like a jerk for about two months.  One day 
he got tired of it and being stronger than her just took his paw, layed it 
over her neck and held her down.  After that, they have been the best of 
friends but he is definitely the leader of these two.  They watch out for 
each other, though, which is fun to watch

Sal
From: lsnow@ncrclm.ClemsonSC.NCR.COM (Linda Snow)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Re: Help! Need advice on adopting a cat
Date: 28 Jul 92 17:20:20 GMT
Reply-To: lsnow@ncrclm.ClemsonSC.NCR.COM (Linda Snow)
Distribution: na
Organization: NCR E&M CLEMSON Liberty, SC

In article <1992Jul27.130016.17951@cci632.cci.com> agc@cci632.cci.com (Anupama Chathampally - co-op) writes:
>
>I love cats and want to adopt one from the humane society.  I am
>interested in getting an older cat.  My main concern is for the lonliness
>of the cat.  I live in an apt and the cat would be alone all day while I am
>at work.  I don't have room for two cats in the apt.  I thought an older cat
>could maybe adjust better to being alone all day but I'm not sure.  Should I
>just forget it?  I need advice!!!! Thanks.

Oh come on.  If you have room for one cat, you have room for two.
They're not that big!
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From: syearick@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Sid Yearick)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Re: a breaking horror story
Date: 28 Jul 92 20:14:24 GMT
Reply-To: syearick@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Sid Yearick)
Organization: Carderock Division, NSWC, Bethesda, MD

No panic intended, but as mentioned the concern about copy cats.  Terrible
play on words there.  Years ago a co-worker found her missing cat covered
in masking tape, and the pads of all four paws burned.  The cat didn't
survive.  And I know for a fact that if she would have found out who did
this to her cat, they would have wished they had been the cat.

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Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: adb2@Ra.MsState.Edu (Amy! Blankenship)
Subject: Re: Sleeping with Cats
Organization: Mississippi State University
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 23:59:02 GMT

roni.gunn@rose.com (roni gunn) writes:


>Date Entered: 07-08-92 21:03
>How many of you sleep with your cats?  Since we got Rusty Gunn as a 
>kitten, we've had to shut him out of our room cuz he'll play with our 
>feet and heads at night.

>I was hoping that he would eventually outgrow this, but so far no 
>luck.

>---
>   RR 1.60 R001021: Money is the root of all wealth.
>   RoseMail 1.70: RoseNet<=>Usenet Gateway : Rose Media 416-733-2285

I do.  My cat is very affectionate, and I wouldn't have it any other way.
Except when the dogs are sleeping with me, of course.

Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: cyndie@sequent.com (Cyndie Sutherland)
Subject: Re: talking to cats over the phone (was: Re: Help with Breakfast)
Keywords: little beggars... cats telephone talk purr meow long distance bill
Organization: Sequent Computer Systems Inc.
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 92 15:07:59 GMT

In article <1992Jul24.014508.198@chpc.utexas.edu> jonathan@chpc.utexas.edu (Jonathan Thornburg) writes:
>In article <19506@optima.cs.arizona.edu> margaret@cs.arizona.edu
>(Margaret Newman) writes:
>>Do you ever talk to your pets over the phone?  My neice had me saying
>>"hello Mia, meow meow" over the phone today.  Mia is the first pet
>>that I've done this to that has responded.  She's a fun cat!
>
One day my husband was home sick and when I called home he put my
kitty on the phone and I was talking to my smart kitty and he was
talking to me also!  Then I heard the people in the office say, "I
think she's talking to her cat!" They were right I was but now think
I've gone of the spool, that I'm living out where the buses don't run,
that perhaps I've been bungy jumping with frayed cord.  They don't
understand, none of them have furry purring freinds.  I'm glad you all
do!

cyndie
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: eehrhard@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Elizabeth J Ehrhardt)
Subject: RE: Garbage Kitty and Kitty LItterbox Placement
Organization: The Ohio State University
Distribution: na
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 19:21:33 GMT

I thought that I would kill two birds with one stone:

As far as kitties knocking over garbage cans in the house, the only way I have 
found to stop Norman from decorating the house with garbage is to buy garbage 
cans with lids.  Now with the lids he has no interest in them anymore.  And, of
course, I'm much happier not to have to pick up the house after work everyday.

As far as kitty litterbox placement goes, I have had a lot of trouble with the 
placement of litterboxes in the house because of the sand that Norman drags out
in between his toes.  My solution was to put the litterbox in the closet and 
keep the door ajar just slightly.  Norman has no trouble opening up the door to
use the litterbox, and any sand that he tracks out pretty much stays in the 
closet.

Libby
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats,rec.gardens
From: jrm@b11.b11.ingr.com (Joe McFarland)
Subject: Re: flea control
Keywords: BORAX
Reply-To: farland@outland.b24a.ingr.com (Theresa McFarland)
Organization: Intergraph Corp. Huntsville, AL
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 14:39:54 GMT

In article <1992Jul22.204105.7178@cc.gatech.edu> louise@pravda.cc.gatech.edu (Louise Penberthy)  writes:
>In article <1992Jul21.232230.325@riacs.edu> bradley@riacs.edu (Brad Christofferson) writes:
>>We have two house cats, a medium-large backyard with a lawn, trees and
>
>Did rec.pets.cats suggest Borax?  You sprinkle it on the carpet
>and any nubby upholstery, and it dries out and kills the flea
>eggs.  Non-toxic, cheap, and successful.
>
>The procedure: vacuum your carpets and upholstered furniture
>_thoroughly_, making sure to move all furniture and vacuum
>underneath.  Sprinkle Borax on the carpets and on all furniture
>with nubby (i.e., not smooth) upholstery.  Wait about a week
>before resuming your regular schedule of vacuuming.  You will
>notice the Borax underfoot for a while, but it gets worked into
>the carpet.
>
>-- Louise Penberthy
>
There is a flea control FAQ in rec.pets .  They suggest you think twice
about using Borax with animals that clean themselves (like cats) because
it can cause conjunctivitus, weight loss,  anemia, skin problems or
kidney failure over long periods of exposure.

failure over long periods of exposure.

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From: axvlj@acad2.alaska.edu (Valerie Johnston)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Re: Korat?
Date: 22 Jul 92 20:39:39 GMT
Article-I.D.: acad2.1992Jul22.163939.1
Organization: University of Alaska Anchorage

In article <1992Jul22.204525.6070@nsc.nsc.com>, urban@nsc.nsc.com (Gregory Urban) writes:
> Hi there, I'm not a cat owner (yet), however I remember seeing a breed that
> I really liked. The exact name escapes me, I think it was "Korat" (sp?).
> It was a blue-grey shorthair. Does anyone know what I'm talking about,
> Is this just a nickname for a common breed?
> Any help would be greatly appreciated!
> 
> Gregory Urban    urban@nsc.nsc.com
> 

Yes, the Korat is a breed of cat.   You might want to pick up
Cats or Cat Fancy magazine and see if you have any shows in your
area where you might contact a breeder.  If I recall correctly,
there are not a lot of Korats around.  You may also want to check
the breeders section of the magazines for Korat breeders.  

If you're just interested in reading more on the breed, I'd
recommend "Legacy of the Cat" by Gloria Stephens.  Excellent
book for learning about cat breeds.  The author is a judge (in
fact head of the judging program) in TICA (one of the cat
associations).  [She also liked my Toklat last weekend & gave him
4th best cat in show =-) =-) =-)]

Valerie & the Maine Coon crew:
Smidget, Misty, Tasha, & Toklat
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Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: jhoskins@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (James M Hoskins)
Subject: Female versus Male
Organization: The Ohio State University
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 15:28:34 GMT


Is there a distinguishable difference in character and temperament between 
female and male cats?  This question assumes cats that are spayed or neutered
and live with people.
From: rm55+@pitt.edu (Rudolph T Maceyko)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Re: cat toys ideas
Date: 22 Jul 92 16:18:54 GMT
Organization: University of Pittsburgh

The Destroyer routinely drags around her favorite item: an old "Cat Dancer"
with and old collar attached to one end!

Milgen would be happy in a room full of tables and desks with hundreds of
pens and pencils on them, just waiting to be batted around the room.

Rudy


-- 
Rudy Maceyko
<rm55+@pitt.edu> or <rtm+@cmu.edu>
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania USA
From: mhampsch@hpdmd48.boi.hp.com (Mark Hampsch)
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 06:18:11 GMT
Subject: Re: SCOOPABLE KITTY LITTER ?
Organization: Hewlett Packard - Boise, ID
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats

 I use Scoop Fresh and I did not have to change the litter for about 6 months.
My cat ,Sylvester, seems to like it but he is a indoor/outdoor cat and uses
outdoors more than he does the catbox.

		Mark
From: marie@ai.mit.edu (Marie Lamb)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Meeting the Neighbors
Date: 24 Jul 92 19:59:24 GMT
Reply-To: marie@ai.mit.edu
Organization: MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory

It's been just over a month since I moved to Goose Country, and
Domino and Tros were starting to fight more with each other, so
I thought, OK, time to let them out.  They totally ignore the
geese, thankfully, but they don't like to come in once I let them
out!  Tros spent his first night outside, but he was there at the
door for breakfast.

Anyways, there are lots of other cats in the neighborhood, and Tros
has managed to fight with almost all of them.  Sunday night at 3:00 am
I woke up to the sound of caterwauling that sent chills down my 
spine--then it just stopped.  Concerned, I went out to see what
was going on, and found Tros in a stand-off with another cat who
was much bigger than he was.  I chased the other cat off and convinced
Tros to come inside, but not before one of the neighbors had yelled
out the window, "Get out of here!".  Then two days later, around 8:00 pm,
more cat-fighting noise, yowls so loud and so shrill it sounded like a
human child shrieking.  This time Tros has an orange tabby cornered
under a car, and no amount of coaxing, foot-stomping or stern voice
can convince either of them to give in.  Finally the orange tabby runs
off with Tros in hot pursuit.  Great, I think, my neighbors are going
to hate me because I have a cat who's a bully.

Then comes Wednesday night.  I hear the same human-like yowls, so I
head towards them, and I see another woman heading the same way.
Sure enough, Tros and the tabby are at it again.  So I call to Tros,
try to break it up, and the woman comes over and picks the tabby
up.  Here it comes, I think, she's going to find out that I own
the new neighborhood terror.  "Oh, is that your cat?  He's such a
good cat!  He's so beautiful!" gush, gush, gush.  ???!!!!!  We start
talking, and Susie tells me that Odie (the tabby) is part Siamese,
which explains the yowling, and is 13 years old, declawed and practically
toothless.  She says Tros isn't at fault, Odie is the one with the
problem.  As we're talking, Domino trots up behind me, and Susie
says Domino looks just like Scooter, another neighbor's cat, so
we go over to her side of the street, and I meet Rini, and her 2 cats,
Scooter and Dusty, as well as their neighbor Betty, who doesn't
have her own cat, but sits for them when they are out of town.

So, thanks to Tros's pugnacious nature, I got to meet three neighbors
and three cats!  If only the cats could get along as well as their
humans do. :-)

Sorry, this was longer than I expected it to be, but I really wanted
to share this story with the netters.  Does anyone else have any
good stories about meeting people via your pets?

Marie
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: sandyb@cbnews.cb.att.com (sandra.e.braun)
Subject: New Cat toy
Organization: AT&T
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 12:37:43 GMT

I came home after being away for the weekend to find this white, stuffed
*thing* on my bed.  I asked my roomate what it was and she said it just 
appeared out of thin air.  My cat loved it!  Carried it everywhere, slept
with it, stored it in the food dish. 

Anyway, about 2 weeks later I was cleaning under the bed and found an
old stuffed doll with one small problem - one of her legs had been
chewed off...  Hence the new white, stuffed *thing*.  The mystery had been
solved!  Of course the doll had another foot, and two arms.  Four favorite
cat toys.

Anyone else ever find any strange cat toys and not know what they were?

Sandy :)

Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: jonathan@chpc.utexas.edu (Jonathan Thornburg)
Subject: oysters (was: Re: What IS it with POUNCE...?)
Summary: Mortina I went absolutely eternal-feline-bliss-mode over oysters
Keywords: cat food eat oyster bliss happy contented purr delight treat
Organization: U of Texas at Austin / Physics Dept / Center for Relativity
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 92 01:28:11 GMT

In article <1992Jul15.154219.1391@zia.aoc.nrao.edu> dbriggs@zia.aoc.nrao.edu
(Daniel Briggs) writes (((I *think* I have the attributions right
here, if not I hope those who I misattribute will forgive me))):
>Can anyone suggest a particularly tempting treat that I may
>have missed?  I feel almost delinquent as a cat owner in not spoiling him
>with treats more. 

In article <1992Jul22.181326.633478@locus.com> krissie@locus.com
(Krissie Griffiths) writes:
>try opening a can of albacore tuna, human variety.  if this does not evoke
>something VERY primal in your beast, give up.  my crew gets rather frantic,
>especially meggie (the bitch kitty/kitty from hell).
>
>have you tried bacon, liver or steak?  mouse (r.i.p.) absolutely lost it 
>with those items.

Mortina I went absolutely gaga over (cooked) *oysters*.  Extensive
purring, very rapid eating, followed by a rather clear "gimme eat"
request for more.  She didn't realise food could be this good, and
was in fact somewhat reluctant to return to crumbles afterwards.


\begin{possibly controversial material}
%
% please no flame wars over this
%
Krissie goes on to say
>my current crew of beastlets does not get anything along those lines now as
>i am a vegan and no animal products are in my house.  i do buy them the
>occasional can of dolphin safe albacore for things like birthdays, xmas, etc.

As another vegan, I can sympathise.  And oysters die a particularly
gruesome death, boiled alive.  But, alas, cats are not omnivoirs
like humans, they *must* have animal protein to live.  And I suspect
that some of the approximately 10 rats, mice, shrews, and birds that
Mortina II has brought home in the past, weren't killed that quickly
either.  This is part of the price payed for the joy of having cats. 
\end{possibly controversial material}


- Jonathan Thornburg and Mortina II (residing on Thetis Island BC Canada)
  <jonathan@einstein.ph.utexas.edu> or <jonathan@hermes.chpc.utexas.edu>
  University of Texas at Austin / Physics Dept / Center for Relativity
  and (for a few more months) U of British Columbia / {Astronomy,Physics}
From: cwilliams@guvax.georgetown.edu
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Spots on Kitty's Chin??- HELP!!
Date: 28 Jul 92 08:44:30 -0400
Distribution: world
Organization: Georgetown University

My cat seems to have a problem with tiny "sores" on her chin.  I
notice  a few spots where the fur is gone and sometimes there
seems to be just a dot of blood on the spot.  The missing
patches of fur are really tiny spots but noticeable.  The spots
are not necessarily near her gum line and I didn't notice any
problems with her gums when I looked.

Does anyone have any idea what this could be?  

Otherwise the kitty is fine - acting like her usual self.

Any ideas are appreciated...


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Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: reid@tsd.arlut.utexas.edu (Robert Reid)
Subject: Re: Tapeworms (yuck!)...
Organization: Applied Research Labs, University of Texas at Austin
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 13:51:20 GMT


I have heard that a deworming pill can be purchased at the grocery store
for relatively little. Has anyone else heard of this?

robert
From: axvlj@acad2.alaska.edu (Valerie Johnston)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Re: Spots on Kitty's Chin??- HELP!!
Date: 28 Jul 92 12:55:02 GMT
Organization: University of Alaska Anchorage

In article <1992Jul28.084430.1169@guvax.georgetown.edu>, cwilliams@guvax.georgetown.edu writes:
> My cat seems to have a problem with tiny "sores" on her chin.  I
> notice  a few spots where the fur is gone and sometimes there
> seems to be just a dot of blood on the spot.  The missing
> patches of fur are really tiny spots but noticeable.  The spots
> are not necessarily near her gum line and I didn't notice any
> problems with her gums when I looked.
> 
> Does anyone have any idea what this could be?  
> 
> Otherwise the kitty is fine - acting like her usual self.
> 
> Any ideas are appreciated...
> @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@  
> Carol Gangnath


Carol,

Hmm, sounds like your kitty has pimples.   It sounds like the nastier places
our cats have had at times.  When the pimple is scratched or pops, kitty loses
some of the hair in the area and of course, a little blood too.  I would
recommend having a vet check it out.  It may be as simple as feline acne or
could be something else too.  

Valerie & crew
Smidget, Misty, Tasha & Toklat
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axvlj@alaska (bitnet)             |  but the wisdom of cats is infinitely
axvlj@acad2.alaska.edu (internet) |  superior." Hippolyte Taine (1828-1893)
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From: ges@stiatl.salestech.com (Gerald Sullivan)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Re: Help! Need advice on adopting a cat
Date: 29 Jul 92 20:28:09 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: Sales Technologies, Inc.

lsnow@ncrclm.ClemsonSC.NCR.COM (Linda Snow) writes:

>In article <1992Jul27.130016.17951@cci632.cci.com> agc@cci632.cci.com (Anupama Chathampally - co-op) writes:
>>
>>I love cats and want to adopt one from the humane society.  I am
>>interested in getting an older cat.  My main concern is for the lonliness
>>of the cat.  I live in an apt and the cat would be alone all day while I am
>>at work.  I don't have room for two cats in the apt.  I thought an older cat
>>could maybe adjust better to being alone all day but I'm not sure.  Should I
>>just forget it?  I need advice!!!! Thanks.

>Oh come on.  If you have room for one cat, you have room for two.
>They're not that big!

I'll second that. I live in a 1br apartment. I have found that two cats are 
easier to handle than one. They are also more entertaining if you enjoy cat 
watching. 

I come from a family that runs an unofficial cat shelter (I have
known at least 30 cats and seen 16 live together).  Alot depends on the
personalities of the cats. Some adult cats do not like other cats, others
do. Some pairs just do not get along.  It is usually 2 males that do not
get along. It seems that male-female (neutered and spayed) pairs of cats get 
along the best and are more likely to be very friendly with each other 
(grooming, greeting etc). Female cats rarely fight other female cats but they
don't become very friendly with each other. 

When I got my first cat (of my own), she was about 6weeks old and
therfore very playful. She would attack me (playfully) at any hour, tear up
papers, and climb curtains. Generally she was a playful terror. 
A couple of months later I got another cat (male) of about the same age. 
After a little hissing and sulking, they were the bet of pals. Her behavior 
improved because she had somebody to play with while I was at work. In my
case two cats was easier than one.

-- 
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