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Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 11:49:09 -0500 
From: Meg Alison Veily <mv0t+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Re: Cats on TV
Distribution: na

On 19-Nov-92 in Re:  Cats on TV              
user hagel@stsci.edu writes:
>Nero appeared occasionaly in the 1st season only of the show.  I seem to
>recall a character saying that he was never found again after "running away 
>from home" right before home went kablooie.  Laura had no cat in her 
>subsequent loft apartment, alas.

No, that can't be right, because Nero was in the last scene of the
previously mentioned episode. That episode, incidentally, was in the
third or fouth season. Laura came home to her new loft, to find Nero
sitting on a new piano that Steele gave her to replace the one that was
destroyed.

Hmmm, now I am wondering if Nero was in later episodes and I just don't
remember. Sigh...

-Meg
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From: erc@unislc.uucp (Ed Carp)
Subject: Re: Cats Under Beds
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Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 00:33:37 GMT

COMPUTER DUDETTE (magarret@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu) wrote:

: me to go to bed, then she likes to play "attack the feet under the bed" and 
: play with her fur mousie!

Speaking of fur mousies, how many people have given their feline friends those
damned things?  Every cat I've ever known goes absolutely NUTS over those fur
mice!  I can't understand it - maybe it's the way they smell or something...
--
Ed Carp			erc@apple.com, erc@saturn.upl.com	801/538-0177

"There is nothing to seek and nothing to find.  You're already enlightened, and
all the words in the world won't give you what you already have.  The wise
seeker, therefore, is concerned with one thing only: to become aware of what
he already is, of the True Self within."  -- Zen maxim
-- 
Ed Carp			erc@apple.com, erc@saturn.upl.com	801/538-0177

"There is nothing to seek and nothing to find.  You're already enlightened, and
all the words in the world won't give you what you already have.  The wise
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: loosemore-sandra@cs.yale.edu (Sandra Loosemore)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Re: Confused about worms...
Date: 18 Nov 1992 19:51:21 -0500
Organization: staff hacker @ Yale Haskell project
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In-reply-to: young@serum.kodak.com's message of Wed, 18 Nov 92 21:21:09 GMT

Just one more note: My vet said that the worm tests they run on the
stool samples DO NOT detect tapeworms.  If there is any suspicion that
the cat has tapeworms, they just give it the tapeworm pill anyway.

-Sandra
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: ses3n@fermi.clas.Virginia.EDU (Sharon Elizabeth Silverman)
Subject: Re: Am I a bad cat owner??
Organization: University of Virginia
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 16:52:06 GMT


The best way to get a cat to quit biting / scratching you is to
make pathetic whimpering sounds when they attack. They look at 
you with utter scorn - "You wimp!" - but they do quit.
					Sharon
				
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: maxfield@athena.cs.uga.edu (Joan C. Maxfield)
Subject: Re: Did anyone???
Organization: University of Georgia, Athens
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 05:17:32 GMT



To get my guys out from a hiding spot I like to sit back by myself and
enjoy a few POUNCE.  All alone, no cats to disturb my peacefull snack.
Sometimes I even have a big bowl of cereal or some cheese.  Ahhh,
isn't nice to be alone?  This would also be a good time to spread the
newspaper on the floor to read it!


(of course, no self respecting cat will allow ANY of this behavior and
should come running soon!)  Amos has been known to turn up Pounce
after hearing 'bath' uttered, so it has it's pitfalls.
Good Luck,
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: lhuffman@stsci.edu
Subject: Re: Mother's sick cat
Organization: Space Telescope Science Institute
Distribution: na
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 11:55:51 GMT

> 
> I'LL MISS YOU SHALIMAR.  THIS IS FOR YOU.
> 
> Sleeping underneath the covers with your head on my arm,
> Your face next to mine-- like lovers telling secrets.
> 


Yes! Now I have words for how I feel when my little Siamese guy Shugar
does this! I thank you for giving me the words for the feelings...
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: toftner@icd.teradyne.com (Liv Toftner)
Subject: Re: strange hairless circles on my cats
Reply-To: toftner@icd.teradyne.com
Organization: Teradyne, Inc. Boston MA
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 15:47:56 GMT


>All three of our cats now have strange hairless spots on their shoulders
>/neck area (1 spot per cat). We have no idea what the reason for this
>may be. We first spotted this on Taz many months ago, then saw one on
>Teetee, and have recently found a similar mark on Benzo. 
> They are about the size of a
>nickel, and completely hairless. We also know from following Taz that
>the hair does not seem to grow back. 


Sounds like ring-worm, which is very contagious.  They should see the 
vet.  
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: GINA@RICEVM1.RICE.EDU
Subject: Got any toilet-training advice?
Organization: Rice University  
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 17:57:11 GMT

I'm an "aunt" who's trying to help a friend toilet-train her kitties.
The instructions that came with the kit weren't very clear.  We've
gotten to the point where there's a hole in the middle of the "platform"
and Calvin and Hobbes always pee in their new litterbox, but they
often poop somewhere else -- usually on the carpet nearby.  Does anyone
have any toilet-training hints?  The cats are adult males and they
were littermates (and a sorrier-looking pair of abandoned kittens you
never saw, but they're beautiful animals now) so I think that separating
them to try to train them individually would upset them.  Also, the
instructions didn't say how much litter should be in the pan at this
point.  C&H are used to the clumping litter -- how is the toilet-training
supposed to work for cats that are used to nonflushable types?
 
Gina, aunt and amateur cat-wrangler (I have to be, when one of my other
friends wants to take her 10 cats to the vet....)
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From: jeremy@cbnewsj.cb.att.com (jeremy.l.radosh)
Subject: Re: corregated cardboard scratchers
Organization: AT&T
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 00:15:44 GMT

In article <92324.160121SPOLINS@auvm.american.edu> <SPOLINS@auvm.american.edu> writes:
>Have you tried those corregated cardboard cat scratchers that are supposed to
>have the catnip scent?  I got one for my guys a year ago and they wouldn't even
> look at it.  Now all of the sudden one of them loves it.  When she's not
>scratching it she sleeps on it.
>
>Susan Polinsky
>The American University
>Washington, D.C.

Susan, 

My Orson (and the late Buddah) both love the cardboard scratchers!!!  I had to
get two, so they could each sleep on one.  Orson is too large to sit com-
fortably on one, and it cracks me up watching him try.  

Orson goes through one scratcher every 4 months.  The main disadvantage to
the scratchers is the residue the cats leave behind.  The tiny cardboard
shreds accumulate quickly and must be sweept often.  It beats replacing
the couch every two years!!!!

Jeremy (& Orson)




-- 
  (\_/)          " Love to eat them mousies,
  |* *|              Mousie's what I love to eat.
  \>Y</            Bite they little heads off...
   `U'               Nibble on they tiny feet."       B.Kliban `75
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From: alok@xilinx.com (Alok Mehrotra)
Subject: ****KITTIES LOOKING FOR HOME*****
Organization: Xilinx Inc.
Distribution: ca
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 17:35:29 GMT

I have been unable to find a home for my two cats yet and as I leave the
country on the 10th of december I am trying to find Humane Societies, Pet
Adoption services etc. where they don't put the pets to sleep.

I would appreciate it if anyone with this information could e-mail it to me.
****************************************************************************


Hi!

I have two male cats (1 year old) who are looking for a good home.

Zipper is a white and grey furball of love and curiosity. He wants to be a part
of everything you are doing. He waits outside the shower, on the kitchen floor,
on the writing table just always being with you. If you sit down he will curl
up and sleep in your lap. He is friendly with everyone and loves attention.
He is also very good with children.

Velcro is a dark grey extremely handsome cat with tiger stripes. He is the
macho type who will keep you in sight but seem to be not interested in what
you are doing. He is very atheletic and does back flips going as high as
three foot in the air. 

They both are indoor cats and have been with me since they were 6 weeks old.
They have had all their shots including Feline Leukemia. They have also been
fixed and are in excellent health.

To meet with Zipper and Velcro call or e-mail.

Thanks.


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From: sstover@sumax.seattleu.edu (   Kate   )
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Re:  Weird cat treats
Date: 21 Nov 92 00:56:32 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: Seattle University

In article <1992Nov18.110614.1@stsci.edu> hagel@stsci.edu writes:
>Last Christmas Eve, my fiance made beef stew in the crockpot for when we 
>came home from church.  For the occasion, he spiked it with a little
>homemade stout (dark beer)[...] But Pyanfar, the finicky eater, not only
>licked all 3 dishes clean but growled if the others came too near!  Anyone
>else have an alcoholic cat? :) 

When I first got Hemingway I held a housewarming party in my apartment
with a few close friends.  He showed a marked interest in Henry Weinhard's
Dark (that's not an endorsement from me, but Hemingway might say
differently...), but does not seem to be as enthralled with lighter beers
like Labatt's.  Maybe it's something in the stouts and dark beers, since
he seems pretty fond of Watney's Stout also (not that he gets any, but
that doesn't stop him from begging :) ).

Clio, on the other hand, could care less for beer, but is as much of a
yogurt freak as Hemingway.

ciao!

-- 
       Sheryl Stover  %  If you ask me what I have come to do in the world,
  & Hemingway & Clio  %  I who am an artist, I will reply: "I am here to
sstover@seattleu.edu  %  live aloud."                    -Emile Zola
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: lhuffman@stsci.edu
Subject: Re: Brown matter in corner of eye ...
Organization: Space Telescope Science Institute
Distribution: na
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 14:51:48 GMT

> 
>   Can anyone help with this?  Our little cat Roo is getting on in
> years, and lately we've noticed that she's been getting quite
> a bit of brown gooey stuff in the corner of her eyes.  It doesn't
> seem to be causing her any distress, and we just wipe it out every
> so often.  Is this just a sign of age?  Has anyone else encountered 
> this with their cats?
>   Any help would be appreciated - thanks in advance ...

It's possible she has diminished tear flow and may need artificial tears.
I have a cat with this problem and it is easily solved by one drop of the
artificial tears once a day.
From: sbiles@nmsu.edu (Susannah E Biles)
Subject: Re: my roomate broke my kitten's leg!
Organization: NMSU Computer Science
Distribution: rec.pets.cats
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 00:06:30 GMT


I agree whole heartedly that the roommate should pay for the vet costs
when you had your poor kitten treated, and I agree that the roomate
should go! But, in the case that you may not be in the financial
position to do without a roomate at this time, you may have to come up
with an alternative until you can find a replacement. ( I know that at
this time, I would not be able to survive financially without a
roomate paying half the bills!)
So, if that is the case, first of all I greatly sympathize, and
secondly, I suggest that you make it very clear where the cats stands
(above the roomate!) , and let her know that you will not tolerate any
behavior like that again. Also, I would go to the extreme of keeping
the poor dear in your room while you are gone during the day andd be
sure to put the kittens food, litter box and toys in there so he won't
feel totally abandoned. I know this sounds awful for the cat, but if
you have to keep the roomate for a month or so, I think it would be
worth it for the safety of the cat and for you own peace of mind.

I hope everything works out!
Please let us know!
From: 6500sws@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu (Susan W. Stockwell)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Re: Cat Doodling
Date: 23 Nov 92 06:36:36 GMT
Distribution: rec.pets.cats


Our system allows four lines for a .sig, so I played around 
with many versions of 4-line cats.  This was the best
I could come up with, simple but sweet.

Inspired by our resident Siamese feline wonder, Kiwi Munkit Gremlin.


--
Twice five syllables,                                      /\_/\
Plus seven, can't say much -- but...                      = o o =
That's haiku for you. -- Douglas Hofstadter                 /^\
======>======>======> Susan W. Stockwell 6500sws@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: RICK@ysub.ysu.edu (Rick Marsico)
Subject: Oriental Polynesian Short-Hair ?
Organization: Youngstown State University
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 16:52:49 GMT

Oriental Polynesian Short-Hair, or something close to that, is half
Siamese and half what?
 
rick@ysu.edu
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: dvinette@sciborg.uwaterloo.ca (Diane Vinette)
Subject: Re: a friend gone
Organization: University of Waterloo
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 18:26:04 GMT


Dear Thad:   Please let me give you a big Hug!   I'm so sorry you
lost Princess.  I know how you feel, I lost my dear one 6 months ago
and it still hurts.  Cats are very special, aren't they?  They do
touch our lives in a very special way.


Diane

Organization: University Libraries - Technical Service, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 09:51:29 -0500 
From: "Susan R. Wagner" <sw39+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Re: rubber bands and milk rings

>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.   
> 
>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?
> 
>(Please no flames about declawing.  They will have no effect on my decision
>and are a waste of bandwidth.  I just don't have any "anti" values about it.)

Well my cat is declawed and did and still does play with those types of
things.  His dexterity has not changed a bit.  He can still "pick up"
stuff from the floor and between the couch cushions.  He still bats,
traps, snags, catches, climbs, jumps, gets into trouble, opens doors,
hunts (fur mousies only, he's an indoor cat) the same way he did before
we had him declawed.  The only thing that has changed is now my legs,
feet, etc., furniture and stereo speakers are safe.  If you have to have
him declawed, his personality will not change, nor will his playfulness.
 Its your decision.  Hope things turn out the way you'd like them too
and good luck with finding him a brother.

Susan and Jester
From: avi@rix.Corp.Sun.COM (Ann Adamcik)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Fur mousies (was Re: Cats Under Beds)
Date: 18 Nov 1992 17:44:48 GMT
Organization: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
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In article 5059@unislc.uucp, erc@unislc.uucp (Ed Carp) writes:
>COMPUTER DUDETTE (magarret@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu) wrote:
>
>: me to go to bed, then she likes to play "attack the feet under the bed" and 
>: play with her fur mousie!
>
>Speaking of fur mousies, how many people have given their feline friends those
>damned things?  Every cat I've ever known goes absolutely NUTS over those fur
>mice!  I can't understand it - maybe it's the way they smell or something...

I don't usually buy my cats toys anymore because the toys sit neglected in
the corner while the girls play with wads of paper, toilet paper rolls, pens,
bugs, and anything else that's not a 'cat toy'.  

Last weekend, however, I went to the pet store to buy new collars and I picked 
up a fur mousie.  Mango sniffed it, decided it was a cat toy, and wandered off 
to play with something else.  Maggie found it next and went absolutely nuts! 
She plays with it in the same way that she plays with dead birds - grabs it, 
flings it in the air, pounces on it, and flings it again.  She has fun, and
I don't have to clean up feathers and bird blood...

-Ann
From: barlow@prodigal.psych.rochester.edu (Rebel)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Re: Did anyone???
Date: 16 Nov 92 23:29:52 GMT
Organization: University of Rochester - Rochester, New York

In <9211162123.AA10368@top.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> COMPUTER DUDETTE <magarret@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> writes:
>The only two things that have come to mind, and both sound mean, is to either 
>scoot the bed over (which would scare her), or take something long like a broom
>handle and try to prod her out (I know *I* wouldn't like that).
>I suppose this sounds like a dumb, trivial question, but to me I need to know
>how to get her.  I am used to dogs - a dog generally can't get under a bed and
>hide from you, you can generally get them when you have to!
>Thanks
>Marti

Our solution to this is a very easy one. When my fiance and I leave for work 
we would like to close the bedroom door to confine Zeb to fewer rooms for
her own safety and the safety of various breakable objects in the house :-)
Getting her out from under the bed and into the living room use to be a
problem. We now just toss Zeb's favorite ball (a neon orange golf practice
ball) into the livingroom and she runs out from under the bed to retreive it
and we close the door! It works every time...so if your cat has a favorite toy
to catch then this might work for you too. ;-)

Jen (and Zeb)
From: ehp@poe.acc.Virginia.EDU ("Didi Pancake")
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Re: Cat out of control!
Date: 21 Nov 92 23:42:37 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: University of Virginia

larryw@sun.lclark.edu (Larry Westdahl) writes:
>
> There is a lovely cat living in my apartment, but she does two things that
> drive me up the wall.  First, she does not eat out of her bowl.  She ficks 
> the pieces of dry food on to the floor and then eats some of it, leaving the
> rest all over the place.  

Since I got Bibs, I've been mixing half kitten chow with half cat chow
(Cleo was eating Bibs' food and vice versa, this way they each get some
of the right stuff). Bibs also seems to have a need to pick each piece of
kibble out of the bowl and kill it before eating it. I often come home to
find a totally empty bowl and a neat crescent of (presumably dead) dry
kibble next to it.  However, if I'm gone too long or there wasn't quite
enough in the bowl to tide them over the night, Bibs will vaccuum up
every speck that she stashed on the floor.

--
|  Didi Pancake         |     When you are not looking,                  |
|  ehp@virginia.edu     |            this sentence is in Klingon.        |
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|  All the usual disclaimers about the origins of these opinions apply.  |
From: loosemore-sandra@cs.yale.edu (Sandra Loosemore)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Re: Names
Date: 20 Nov 1992 18:28:02 -0500
Organization: staff hacker @ Yale Haskell project
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In-reply-to: Meg Alison Veily's message of Fri, 20 Nov 1992 15:43:47 -0500 

Yes, both of my cats also have many names:

Slinky: Slink, Slinky-the-Pooh, Slinky-Pooh, Pooh, The Cat of Very
Little Brain, Pooh-cat, Kitty-Pooh, Sweetie-cat

Nerfball:  Nerf, Nerfy, Nerfy Brown, Nerfboy, Nerfbrain, Nerfbrat, 
Brat-cat, Bratty-boy, Tiger-cat

-Sandra
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: What To Do? Pussies Abandoned in NYC...
From: <ROWHC@CUNYVM.BITNET>
Date: Monday, 23 Nov 1992 00:29:14 EST
Organization: City University of New York/ University Computer Center

Hello friends.

About a year ago, my friend and I were walking down
E. 68th Street in Manhattan on our way to buy some juice.

Halfway to the store, a crowd of pedestrians huddled
confused and panicked around a cardboard box. Inside
the carton were twin mewing baby felines.

The passerby were flabbergasted. Who would do such a thing?
What would become of the adorable critters?...

Feeling heroic that day, I confidently said, "we'll take 'em!"
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, while I confidently
took the box with living cargo back to Hunter College.

You see, I am allergic to cats, as is the rest of my family,
but there must be someone at the college who needs a good
pair of kittens...

Either way, the cats could live in the school for a while,
and subside off the flesh of the campus rodent population.

After about a week, the kittens were peeing all over the place,
and had figured out how to escape the area we had temporaily
made their den. It was getting out of hand.

Many people offered to take one or the other. But these
twins were so much alike, and seemed to have so much in
common, that the people involved with these two pussies
decided to try and keep the pair inseparable.

Finally, I gave one to a young lady named Cindy. The next
day, it turns out, her little sister was so in love with the
cat that Cindy opted to adopt the other one as well.

Now a year later, Cindy's mom doesn't want the cats anymore.
She is allergic, and nobody feels like dealing with shots, cat
baths etc. Either way, Cindy's mom basically hates the critters.

Cindy was going to give the cats to Bide-A-Wee, but then someone
said that although Bide-A-Wee never kills cats they can't relocate,
what they do instead is give them over to ASPCA (who do incinerate).

Animal rights activist Henry Spira can't take "Hunter" and "Ciao,"
because he already owns one very jealous cat named Nina.

Someone who works at The Limelight, a spooky Manhattan dance club
on the site of a ruined church, told Cindy they need cats to fight
rodents (and The Devil!). The club employee has not been answering
the telephone lately, though...

Cindy said today that mom wants the cats out by Thanksgiving.

Any suggestions?
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