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From: christie@porgy.dfci.harvard.edu (Linda A. Christie)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Re: Bathing my Siamese
Date: 18 Aug 1992 19:10:31 GMT
Organization: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
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>In article <QeVgP8_00WB2IEb4tX@andrew.cmu.edu>, Lisa Laverne Vaughan <lv0e+@andrew.cmu.edu> writes:
> glad to know there's alot of cats out there who do enjoy baths... my 
> siamese, however, throws such a tantrum that I'm sure the neighbors are
> gonna call the SPCA on me.  

My overly fastidious tiger cat Daisy cannot stand to have
her paws dirty.  She washes them in the water dish after
she uses the kitty litter! There are always litter remnants
in the bottom of the dish.  Actually she is obsessed with
water in general, and will usually join me in the bathtub
without much coaxing.

I asked a few months ago about cats and hunting because
it didn't seem like mine were interested in hunting at all.
Well, I'm happy to report that while Daisy still couldn't
care less, Ernie has now rid the house of all mice, birds
and squirrels that had called my attic their home.  He is
very proud of himself.

Linda
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats,rec.arts.wobegon
From: ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Iskandar Taib)
Subject: Re: Songs of the Cat
Organization: Indiana University
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 17:55:50 GMT

In article <1992Aug13.194218.24915@engage.pko.dec.com> soley@trooa.enet.dec.com (Norman Soley) writes:
>
>I'm considering ordering Garrison Kiellor's Songs of the Cat record, the 
>description in the Wireless catalogue doesn't seem to suggest that it 
>contains any of the Johnny Katz songs (It Ain't Me Cat, Don't Take Your 
>Cats to Town, etc.) which are really what I want. Can someone who has the 
>record send me a song list so I can make an informed decision?

Funny... I always thought they were Johnny Cats songs...


I have a tape of those around somewheres... one of my favorites too!




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From: klier@iscsvax.uni.edu
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Re: mutant recurring roundworms
Date: 22 Aug 92 17:25:36 -0500
Organization: University of Northern Iowa

In article <92234.180233U53064@uicvm.uic.edu>, Shawn E. Durham <U53064@uicvm.uic.edu> writes:
> Help with this subject!  I'll condense a long and revolting problem
> my ex-stray had.  For the past 1 1/2 years, he has been fighting
> roundworm!  He's been treated many times, with three different
> medications, including Strongid.
> 
> He'll be fine for a month or two at a time, then suddenly vomit a
> young roundworm.  Finally, my vet sent the last worm to a parasitologist
> at U of Illinois Veterinary Center for analysis.  This doctor told
> my vet that he'd seen this problem frequently lately, and suspected
> immature roundworms that were remaining in my cat's system, but were
> not reproducing!  (All fecal analyses were negative, and were repeated
> each time the cat was treated.)

Could your cat actually have *stomach parasites*, not just intestinal
ones?  I remember hearing of one called Physaloptera that can be confused
with common roundworms... I think the treatment of choice is Pyrantel, but
I don't think it's licensed for use in US cats.  Anyhow, I'm relying
on memory of a seminar a couple of years ago, and I'm a botanist, not
a parasitologist.

Another possibility is that your cat had a strain of roundworms that 
have become resistant to the common wormers.  Natural selection always
seems to trip up our best efforts at eradicating pest species...

Kay Klier  Biology Dept  UNI
From: draper@gnd1.wtp.contel.com (PAM DRAPER)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Re: Followup to low-cost spaying/neutering
Date: 20 Aug 92 17:43:42 GMT
Reply-To: draper@gnd1.wtp.contel.com
Distribution: usa
Organization: GTE Government Systems, Federal Systems Division, Chantilly, VA
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For people in the metropolitan area of Washington, D.C., they can call
Spay, Inc.  @ 703/521-2677.  Leave name, # and message and they will
return your call.  Their vets do female cats for $35.00 and male cats
for $17.50.  I don't know about dogs because I had 6 female cats to
have done and didn't ask anything about dogs.
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: cczcole@unicorn.nott.ac.uk (Marlon Cole)
Subject: Re: Naming cat behaviors
Organization: Cripps Computing Centre, University of Nottingham
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 92 11:52:53 GMT


	  No-one seems to have mentioned this one yet, so I'll lower the tone
straightaway :-)

What about "tuning in" (to the radio) ?
     - this is what we call that priceless moment, inevitably when you're in
polite company, when the cat decides to sit in the middle of the floor in order
to clean its back end, with one back leg pointing skywards (a la radio aerial
- hence "tuning in").

Cheers,
		Marlon

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From: gt1167b@prism.gatech.EDU (Christie Shackelford)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Re: naming cat behavior
Date: 22 Aug 92 19:02:19 GMT
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology

I just thought of another one ('cause the cats are doing it now
for the first time since Dixie got here):

Slickfest = two cats furiously licking each other all over.

Afterthought:  Anyone ever notice the dreamy look cats get on their
face when using the litterbox?  It's kinda cute in a silly sort of way.
They probably wonder why Mom stares at them when they're trying to
pee.

-- 
Christie Shackelford
gt1167b@prism.gatech.edu
Meow!
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: adwright@iastate.edu ()
Subject: Re: Pizza and Cats
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1992 22:28:50 GMT

In <93476@bu.edu> reyes@buphyd.bu.edu (Jinara Reyes) writes:

>ok---chocolate is toxic to cats. What about pizza???
>My cat will not let me eat a slice without demanding a piece...
>I have been giving her a tiny piece (cheese and all), and she 
>seems to love it...any problems???

Heck no! Pizza is one of the basic food groups :)

Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: coimay@sn01.sncc.lsu.edu ( LAURA CARRIERE)
Subject: Re: What do you think?
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Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 17:54:29 GMT

In article <1992Aug20.203327.23022@wheaton.wheaton.edu>, clhoerth@david.wheaton.edu (Cathe L Hoerth) writes...
>Which brings me, in a roundabout way, to my question - what are some of
>your silliest pet names for your pet?  

One day when Mom and Frog were being bad I threatened to bake them into a
Kitten Pie, so now they both get called, affectionately, Kitten-pie.

Frog (4.5 months) - Cutie-pie or Monster Cat

Mom - Mama Cat (since we are in the south)
    - Monster Cat (borrowed from Frog, since Mom's really, really,
                   really pregnant)
    - Pretty Kitty (her personal favourite, I swear she smiles at me)

Laura Carriere
From: young@serum.kodak.com
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Re: Cat Growth
Date: 17 Aug 92 21:08:45 GMT
Article-I.D.: pixel.1992Aug17.210845.2761
Reply-To: young@serum.kodak.com
Organization: Clinical Products Division, Eastman Kodak Company
Originator: young@sasquatch

In article <1992Aug17.141625.647@dcs.warwick.ac.uk> bill@dcs.warwick.ac.uk (Bill Ferreira) writes:

>	How long does it take a female domestic cat to grow to
>full size? My (almost one year old) cat is still only
>3/4 the size of my 3 yr. old, although she eats at least as 
>much as the bigger cat.

	There's a fair amount of variation in the adult size of cats,
	especially those with a questionable pedigree.  I've had them
	with adult weights ranging from 4 pounds to nearly 20, and they
	were all quite healthy.  I wouldn't worry unless there seems to
	be something wrong.

-Rich Young
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: katbea@auto-trol.com (Kathy Beatty)
Subject: Re: What do you think?
Organization: Auto-trol Technology Corporation -- Denver, Colorado
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL3
Distribution: na
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 1992 02:28:53 GMT

clhoerth@david.wheaton.edu (Cathe L Hoerth) writes:
: 
: I'd like to just post a short eulogy for my cat who died last summer but
: is still much missed - Ace, a 12-pound all black (well, okay, he was
: black-on-black stripes, but only when stretched out in sunlight) fixed
: boy-cat who was never anything but a joy.  He died at 13 from feline
: leukemia (it was about a month between our noticing the lumps and having
: him put down because he was in too much pain and it would only have been
: a couple more weeks of constant suffering.  I held him and petted him
: while he fell asleep, and it was absolutely shattering.).  He was a
: 
IMO, you made the right choice in having him put down. It's terrible to
see your friend go, but even worse to watch him suffer when he doesn't
fully understand what is wrong.

: Which brings me, in a roundabout way, to my question - what are some of
: your silliest pet names for your pet?  I call Sugar such things as
: "Muffin-pet" "Copper-nose" "White-ears" "Nuisance" "Brat-Cat" "Furball"
: and, embarrassingly, "Snufflenose".  This is just a random sampling -
: I'm wondering what silly things you all have come up with.
: 
Triskadeca (full name) == Tris (most used name) == Trissy == Squirt ==
	Squirty == That's My Squirt == Brat Cat == Miss Tris == 
	MistressTrisTris 
Christopher == Christofur == Christofurry == Furry == Furboy == Big Boy 
	== Big Guy == Mr. Fur == Misterfur Christopher == Christopurr == 
	Purrboy
Alice == Alicecat == The Maniac Cat == Ms. Alice

(I haven't lived with Alice very long 8^) )


Kathy
From: ssnyder@sunai.er.usgs.gov (Steve Snyder)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Re: My litter box keeps getting tipped over, even when clean.
Date: 12 Aug 92 16:46:15 GMT
Organization: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston VA

In article <lexier.713586948@sfu.ca> lexier@fraser.sfu.ca (Lyle Lexier) writes:
>
>     Why does my cat always like to tip over my litter box for?  It sure is
>a pain to always have to clean up the carpet as the litter is all over the
>carpet instead of inside the litter box.  Is there a way to stop my cat from
>always wanting to tip over the litter box?
> 
Have you seen kitty doing this? Is he actually trying to tip it over, or
maybe he's stepping on the edge of the pan and his weight on the edge
is enough to tip it over.
Try putting the litter box inside a larger pan, or put something heavy
into the box, such as a couple of bricks or a weightlifting weight.

Steve   Please Enter your favorite disclaimer here______________________.
From: axpmw@acad2.alaska.edu
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Re: How many cats is too many?
Date: 13 Aug 92 03:11:29 GMT
Organization: University of Alaska

> In article <1992Aug10.203637.4020@crd.ge.com>, feldman@flash.crd.ge.com
(Sandra F Feldman) writes:

>> 
>> 

>> As you might remember from my earlier postings, I have 4 cats, 3
>> male and 1 female.  My husband has been pestering me to get one more
>> female, so the males will have another female to annoy besides Roxy.
>> (yes, she's spayed.  no, they don't care.  they still like to chase
>> her.)  They are all strictly indoor cats, since we live in the
>> suburbs.  My husband went to the shelter today (don't ask me why, he
>> thinks this is entertainment) and saw bunches of cute female cats,
>> including a pair of long haired white twin kittens, a grey long haired
>> kitten, and an older calico.  Help!  Can I resist?  He's considering
>> getting both white kittens.
 
>> Sandy
>> 

I know of one person w/ 17 cats... I say you can't have too many...
As long as you can keep up w/the cat boxes and keep them fed and
healthy ...go for it!  Now some states do have kennel laws - 
but as long as you keep your cats indoors, noone will ever know!
                   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
(and that's where they belong IMO.)

-- 
Pam Woods                              Email:  Internet: axpmw@acad2.alaska.edu
University Of Alaska Anchorage                 Bitnet:   axpmw@alaska
Owned by 3 Cats, Used by a 4th
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: katbea@auto-trol.com (Kathy Beatty)
Subject: Re: Bringing Kitty back home
Organization: Auto-trol Technology Corporation -- Denver, Colorado
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL3
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 1992 02:45:12 GMT

Ack! It's the EVIL VET SMELL! Give them time, and all will be well 
(a few days).  I try to take all of them to the vet at the same
time whenever possible, and it seems to prevent this. Last year 
when Tris had a tooth extracted, it took Christopher about 3 days 
to stop hissing at her. 

Kathy
From: exuptr@exu.ericsson.se (Patrick Taylor)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Re: Some advice needed - First Post
Date: 20 Aug 92 21:45:05 GMT
Organization: Ericsson Network Systems, Inc.

In article <42430024@hpcc01.corp.hp.com> bearce@hpcc01.corp.hp.com (Phil Bearce) writes:
>Hello there,

>Is there a safe way to train them to stay away from certain areas?  We are
>using the water spray bottle at present, but she's getting used to it and
>just runs and licks herself after a good spraying.  I think she figures it's
>worth a squirt or two for the ill gotten booty she gains.

If you want to get real serious you can put perfume in your water.  Make 
sure it's hypoallergenic.

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From: ren@Turing.ORG (Karen Prestemon)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Advice on Allergies
Date: 17 Aug 92 03:38:25 GMT
Organization: The Turing Project, Charlottesville Virginia.


Hi!

	My husband and I just moved into a 2 bedroom apartment (a really small
apartment), and although Eric desperately wants a cat, alas, I am allergic.

	I was just reading this post, and a lot of people have mentioned
that bathing cats helps reduce allergants.  The problem here is that I am
a severe, chronic asthmatic, and cats getting into my face make me ill.  Is
this bathing method effective enough for people like myself, for whom
casual contact with cats can be life threatening?

	I have also read two little tidbits on cats, and I am wondering
about their validity.  1)  Do cats kill roaches? and 2) Is it true that
Manx cats are easier on allergy sufferers than other varieties?

	Thanks in advance!

--Karen
 
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: tastewar@athena.mit.edu (Tom Stewart)
Subject: Standing on the litter box rim
Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1992 12:25:36 GMT

In article <1992Aug12.120455.6042@iscsvax.uni.edu> klier@iscsvax.uni.edu writes:
>
>Chances are he doesn't like the way the litter feels on his feet, and is
>trying to balance on the rim of the pan.  DumDum does this, and if he
>chooses the end that all the litter is at (courtesy of the other cats),
>the pan will rise up and hit him in the fanny, scattering litter all over.
>
...

>Kay Klier  Biology Dept  UNI

Is this why Robin rests his front paws on the rim when he defecates?  I've
always wondered...  He doesn't do it when he urinates, and Marion doesn't
do it at all.  I never thought he might dislike the feel of the litter,
seeing as how he LOVES to dig (all the way to China) before doing any
serious business there.  Our vet had no idea why.

Tom

Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: schumach@convex.com (Richard A. Schumacher)
Subject: Re: New cat--help will not sleep at night
Organization: CONVEX Computer Corporation, Richardson, Tx., USA
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 01:33:03 GMT
X-Disclaimer: This message was written by a user at CONVEX Computer
              Corp. The opinions expressed are those of the user and
              not necessarily those of CONVEX.

Get another 6 week old kitten. Let them exhaust each other.
Seriously. Cats need companions. 
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: ccd@ccadfa.cc.adfa.oz.au (Carol C Denehy)
Subject: Re: Naming cat behaviors
Organization: None, and I like it like that
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 02:28:32 GMT

Cat swimming - when she hauls herself along the carpet by clawing.
Yoda ears - when she is sleeping and her ears sorta flatten out
  like the Star Wars master.
The Slut - lying flat on her back with legs spread

Carol Denehy
From: ssnyder@sunai.er.usgs.gov (Steve Snyder)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Cats vs insects (was Re: Advice on Allergies)
Date: 20 Aug 92 13:18:43 GMT
Organization: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston VA

In article <1992Aug19.210437.20905@informix.com> davek@informix.com (David Kosenko) writes:
>Karen Prestemon writes:
>>	I have also read two little tidbits on cats, and I am wondering
>>about their validity.  1)  Do cats kill roaches? 
>
>Don't know about roaches, but I have a cricket infestation in my house
>(mostly outside, in the garage, and the basement).  Whenever my kitten,
>Otis, sees them, he hunts 'em down and eats 'em.
>
>I have heard that geckos are an effective cockroach eliminator. 
>
Fortunately, I don't have cockroaches, but I once shared an apartment
with a cockroach infestation and my roommate's cat Booger *LOVED*
them. He would camp out on the counter at night and hunt them down. 
Soon there was no more infestation. After that, he meowed at us to
provide more, but we wouldn't oblige.
   I think cats will go after anything that moves.

Steve      These scribblings belong to me.
From: peggys@orca.wv.tek.com
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Re: litter box troubles
Date: 12 Aug 92 20:55:20 GMT
Reply-To: peggys@orca.wv.tek.com
Organization: Network Displays Manufacturing, Tektronix,Inc

In article <1992Aug12.191453.26525@linus.mitre.org>, pdsmith.mitre.org
(Pat Smith) writes:
> From: pdsmith.mitre.org (Pat Smith)
> Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
> Subject: litter box troubles
> Date: 12 Aug 92 19:14:53 GMT
> Organization: The MITRE Corporation
> 
> our Maine Coon cat (14 months old) has always had some trouble with her long
> fur and the litter box.  She often gets soiled and of course comes to us for
> help.  This often means she brings presents to us at 3am while we are
sleeping.
> I keep her fur trimmed on her legs but I hate to trim her beautiful tail. We
> first used conventional cat litter and now us the scoopable.  I find she has
> the same problem no matter what litter.  The scoopable at least clings to
> the "present" so its not as messy.  Any advice on how to solve this dilemma.
> Both Daisy and mom and dad find this a problem that needs to be solved.

I have a friend (hi Rob) who has a long haired cat that has this problem...
he calls them "Klingons"...;}  
					Peggy

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From: bearce@hpcc01.corp.hp.com (Phil Bearce)
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 19:09:11 GMT
Subject: Some advice needed - First Post
Organization: the HP Corporate notes server
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats

Hello there,

This is my first time posting to this group, (normally I hang around on 
alt.guitar), and I'm not really a cat person either, but my daughters
have aquired Sparky (male) and Sox (female).  They are siblings and they
are about 4 months old.  

That said, I'll come to the point.  The "Spark-man" has started performing
a nightly ritual of licking the red brick fireplace hearth in our living
room. Just one particular spot that he can't reach without standing on his
back legs.  He is a really mellow kitty and I'm not real worried about this
behavior. "Sox-a-buns" is something else altogether.  We have a real problem
with her jumping up on the kitchen counter stealing anything she can get away
with.  The other night she stole a chicken back boiling in water on the stove.
She knows she's not supposed to up there, so she waits until we leave the area
to enact her crime.  My wife says she'll "wok" the cat if she keeps this up.
Is there a safe way to train them to stay away from certain areas?  We are
using the water spray bottle at present, but she's getting used to it and
just runs and licks herself after a good spraying.  I think she figures it's
worth a squirt or two for the ill gotten booty she gains.

Thanks in advance for any help in these kitty matters...

Phil Bearce-

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From: gibson@dl5000.bc.edu (Rene Gibson)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Re: kittens playing with litter
Date: 17 Aug 92 13:29:41 GMT
Organization: Institute for Space Research, Boston College

In article <mary.713116819@ferkel> mary@ferkel.ucsb.edu (Mary Cardenas) writes:

>   Ok, maybe this is a new one, it certainly is
>   in my experience.  I have 2 kittens, and at
>   least one of them (not quite sure, haven't
>   caught them in the act) is flinging his own
>   crap out of the litter box, flattening it
>   into little disks, and playing hockey with
>   it all over the bathroom floor.

I'm sorry, but I laughed when I read this.  :-)  I've heard of buffalo chips
and cow chips ... but kitten chips??!!  I think your kittens have a unique
sense of humor.  :-)

Rene
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From: linda@frcs.Alt.ZA (Linda Jacobson)
Subject: Re: Chocolate
Organization: Onderstepoort School of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 92 18:55:37 GMT

Thus spake greg.grainger@rose.com (greg grainger):

> My vet told me that chocolate is toxic to cats.

Large amounts of chocolate are toxic to anybody. It contains
theobromine, which is similar to caffeine, and can cause some nasty
and potentially fatal effects *if taken in large enough quantities*.
Small amounts shouldn't do any harm.

> I didn't know about aspirin. (They can't get at it anyway.)

Aspirin, on the other hand, should stay right away from any cat. There
are two problems: one is that cats aren't good at metabolising it, and
the other is that people tend to give a cat a half or whole aspirin,
which is an overdose. In certain circumstances (like cardiomyopathy),
cats can be put on aspirin, at *maximum* 25mg/kg once every three days.
Keep away from paracetamol (acetaminophen) too.

Linda
From: gt1167b@prism.gatech.EDU (Christie Shackelford)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Re: starting to win a little
Date: 18 Aug 92 21:37:45 GMT
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology

In article <1992Aug18.184908.5136@zia.aoc.nrao.edu> rmilner@zia.aoc.nrao.edu (Ruth Milner) writes:
>to have their pets fixed.
>
>As it happens, vet fees around here seem to be fairly low. It was $40 each
>for the spaying, and FeLeuk shots, which someone else here said cost her (?)
>$80 (!) for the first one alone (did that perhaps include a test?), were about 

The $80 was for two cats, and included all the boosters for Feline Leuk.
I can't remember if that included the test also, since this was 3 years
ago.  This time around, with kitten Dixie, the test was $15, and first
shot $12.

The total bill for Dixie's first shots and tests was $48.

-- 
Christie Shackelford
gt1167b@prism.gatech.edu
Meow!