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From: chajek@qa1.WichitaKS.NCR.COM (chajek)
Newsgroups: rec.pets
Subject: SNAKES AS PETS
Date: 18 Dec 92 14:42:06 GMT
Reply-To: chajek@qa1.WichitaKS.NCR.COM ()
Distribution: world
Organization: NCR Corporation, Wichita KS

My nephew has a baby pet Python and he loves the snake.  He had a 
chinchilla before the snake and the snake is much easier to care
for.  He feeds the snake one baby mouse from the pet store every
Saturday.  As the snake gets bigger, he will feed it one full-grown
mouse a week.  The cage is much easier to clean than the chinchilla
was and much easier to catch when released from it's cage.  The
snake curls up at my nephew's feet on the bed when the boy studies.
The snake is nice and doesn't bite, however, I think it was handled
by the breeder from the time it was born, so I think that's important.
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From: graziano@ravel.udel.edu (Lisa Marie Graziano)
Subject: Litter-training a bunny
Organization: University of Delaware
Distribution: na
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 19:35:35 GMT


Yes, rabbits are easy to litter-train. They are neat and clean and picky
about where they go.  I had a rabbit (Marni) who would pick a corner, and
I only had to put a box there.  No further training necessary.

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From: scafati@incoming.med.ge.com (Victor-charles Scafati 4-6784 MR Srv)
Subject: Re: Finding a dog im not allergic to. (and pigs)
Keywords: dog
Organization: GE Medical Systems
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 92 19:15:37 GMT

In article <1992Dec11.000742.17687@sequent.com>, jubal@sequent.com (Jubal Kohlmeier) writes:
|> 
|> My kids want a dog for christmas. However, im allergic to
|> dogs. (i dont know if its the hair or the skin, My guess is hair though)
|> Does anyone have any recommendations for dogs, that have a good
|> reputation for allergy sufferers?
|> 
|> thanks in advance
|> 

Well, I've heard that poodles and yorkshire terriers are ok for most people
with allergies.  Or, you could do what we did, and get a pot-bellied pig.
My wife has asthma, and her father is as allergic to things as anyone I've
ever met, and neither have had any problem with Boris at all.  Pigs are smart 
and affectionate as heck.  They have also become reasonably priced lately
(about $150) and are becoming quite popular.  There are over 40,000 
registered pigs in the U.S. and Canada now.

If you do decide to get a pig, DO YOUR HOMEWORK.  Check out the breeder, 
and make sure that you know a pot-belly when you see one.  I've read about
people who spent several thousand dollars on farm pigs, and then get so 
attached to them they still keep them in the house weighing half a ton!
Most breeders are on the up-and-up, but some rip-off artists are still 
out there I'm sure.

While I'm on the subject:  Does anybody know of a Pot-Belly that shuts 
doors?  Boris has shut doors behind him since the day we brought him home, 
but I couldn't believe that he was doing it on purpose, until last week.
I was taking a shower, and he was in the adjacent bedroom, on the bed and
under the covers.  As I was showering, I heard him starting to grumble to 
himself (they're VERY vocally expressive).  I peered out of the shower in
time to see him jump off the bed and slam the door!  I wrapped a towel
around me and opened the door in time to see him climbing back under
the covers.  As far as I could tell, I was making too much noise for his
morning nap.  I've opened the door during subsequent showers, and have
gotten the same reaction from him.  Any comments?


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From: myhui@bnr.ca (Michael Hui)
Subject: Re: House Rabbit Handbook.
Organization: Bell-Northern Research Ltd., Ottawa, Canada
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 92 01:44:59 GMT

In article <PSHUANG.92Dec20194415@ninja.mit.edu> pshuang@athena.mit.edu (Ping-Shun Huang) writes:
>Kodak's PhotoCD technology has a lot of promise in this respect in
>making digital imaging accessible to the non-technical public. However,
>I think arguably most of us would be disappointed by the resolution
>available for files suitable for network distribution (e.g. it would use
>an *AWFUL* lot of bandwidth to distribute the full-resolution PhotoCD
>images at 24 bits of color and 3072x2048 pixels).

But using video compression (JPEG or fractal-based) should help a bit.
Haven't you noticed how gobs of bandwidth are utilized (I almost said
wasted, but I should be diplomatic ...) in the newsgroups with the
word "picture" in them? I believe pet keepers as fervently devoted to
their pets as I've seen in this forum would love to trade pictures on
how "sound asleep" their beloved Buns can get when all's calm and easy.
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From: erc@unislc.uucp (Ed Carp)
Subject: Re: first days with bunny
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Organization: Unisys Corporation SLC
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 18:31:23 GMT

Stephanie Udry (gremlin@buhub.bradley.edu) wrote:

: 	are we doing this right?  i don't know how to reward her since she
: isn't intersted in treats....

Have you tried fresh leaf spinach or fruit (banana, apple, orange slice)?
I've had 3 mini-lops, and they've all gone for this stuff... :)
-- 
Ed Carp			erc@apple.com, erc@saturn.upl.com	801/538-0177

Who and what would you be if you went beyond your deepest fears?
Newsgroups: rec.pets
From: marty@world.std.com (Marty M HaleEvans)
Subject: Re: bunny litter-training--help!
Organization: Cicely Public Access UNIX, Cicely, AK
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 17:35:00 GMT

>>I've never found a rabbit that could be "pellet-trained" - the nature of
>>their feces is such that it just kinda slips out... :)

>Huh?  

>You've never met Dinkum, nor many of the house rabbits I know. 

>Dink alway uses his cage or the separate litter box we have for him.
>If he's under stress and feeling territorial (a lot of guests in the
>house, etc) then he'll go into the bathroom and drop a few on the rug,
>but that is, again, on purpose.   

>He never does it anywhere he's "not supposed to" outside of that. 


Frankie's pretty much the same way. It's been a while since we've found 
pellets any farther away from his box than a foot or two; neutering helped.
He seems to consider his litterbox a safety zone, and jumps in and sits there
when he's upset. That's one of the reasons we're loathe to move his "area" 
(litterbox, food dishes, and a table he likes to sit under) out of the
living room. It might be nice to not have the box there, but it's his territory
and I think we'd see a lot less of him if it were elsewhere.

By the way, I trained Frankie by confining him to a very small area for a
couple of days. Basically, he had to decide whether to wet on his bed, his 
food, or the box. He decided on the box very quickly. :-> I only had to keep
him there for two days; after that, he's never really had an accident unless
we let the box get too dirty. I think he was a little trained before we got
him, but lots of bunnies have instincts in that direction. I got the technique
from a dog training book, and at least in this case it worked well.

Marty


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To see we're all in this together, and put all thoughts of victory aside.
Seems like there ought to be a way we could turn this fear into trust;
No matter what you say, there has to be a way --
Every living thing is counting on us."      

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From: winsauer@rtsg.mot.com (Ronald Winsauer)
Subject: Iguana Questions
Organization: Motorola Inc., Cellular Infrastructure Division
Distribution: rec.pets
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 14:31:34 GMT


Well I just received an Iguana for X-mas from my wife and I was wondering
how many other people out their in net land had Iguanas (or even other
reptiles) as pets?  Do any of you owners have any suggestions/warnings/funny
stories about them?  How do they handle other animals like cats, and
ferrets?  A question to the net in general what is the strangest pet
that you have heard of ( my parents neighbors have a pair of emus)?

Ron Winsauer
Owned by  Liana Winsauer the wife Kamiria, Frigot, Mesu the cats, 
Judy, Akira, Totoro, Neko the ferrets, and the newest member of the
family DOLOOP: the Iguana
From: 00sgmoses@leo.bsuvc.bsu.edu
Newsgroups: rec.pets
Subject: burro: a man's best friend....
Date: 15 Dec 92 20:23:15 GMT
Organization: Ball State University, Muncie, In - Univ. Computing Svc's


I am posting this gospel of the Burro in hopes that we here at Ball State are
not the last of the great horse haters.  Our numbers are dwindling in the face
of modern religion and widespread horse breeding, but we will survive. Any
comments via e-mail are welcome.

The Story Of Pepe: In the Beginning

In the beginning, god created Burros, and the Burros were good.  They far
exceeded his hopes he had for his first try at creating life, humans.  The
burros were invited into Eden after the first man and woman were exiled. 
Again, his only request was that the burros not eat from the tree of knowledge. 
So it went, for many years the burros froliced amidst the wonders of Eden. The
most boisterous of the burros created was named Edward, son of Hubert, son of
Skippy of the house of Dewy(not to be confused with Wilendorf who was a little
taller than Dewy).  Anyway, Ed was in the orchard with his brother burro,
Phil. Ed said to Phil, "why don't we take a bite of the fruit of the tree of
knowledge, maybe the big guy is not so uptight about it anymore"  Phil said
unto Ed (being a true and good burro)"I don't think this is wise, god will be
pissed."  Ed, in an act of defiance, ate an apple from the tree, and suddenly
realized that he was not a burro at all, but a horse!  God appeared immediately
and said "Who took a bite now?"  Ed hollered at god (horses are so stupid) why
did you not tell me I was a Horse??  God knew immediately who the culprit was,
but he asked Phil to test his honor, and Phil told him the whole story.  God
said unto Ed, " from this point forward, all of your kind will walk on all
fours, and have no joy from licking burros.  You will beg for sugar cubes and
carrots, and APPLES from those stupid humans for the rest of your days. You
will be cursed among burrokind, they will shun you.  You will be forced to
help humans, they will ride your back and you will pull their garden
implements.  They will dress you in silly colors and ride you in circles and
make you count for them."  After that, god rested and kicked out all of the
horses and burros.  He kicked over the tree of knowledge and burnt the garden
to the ground muttering something about starting out smaller next time.  So this
began the eternal rift between the cursed horses and the saintly burros which
we so adore now.

Next post:  The coming and going of St.Pepe the Supreme BurroLicker

Courtesy:

The second but almost third Church of Pepe, Headquarters: San Juan Capistrano

Brad Howell, Professor of Useless Knowledge, Ball State University- Head Burro
Tender

Scott Moses, His High Burroness

Alexa Wallace, Chief Investigator, anti-equine affairs division.
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From: gremlin@buhub.bradley.edu (Stephanie Udry)
Subject: bunnie food and litter training, PART 2
Organization: Bradley University
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 92 06:10:01 GMT

well, as for how the litter training is going...

1) about 80% of the time after she poops on the floor she hops into her litter
tray.....
2) i have yet to see her pee in the litter.....while out of the cage in this
area that we have her confined in, she has peed 3 times...each time she jumps,
spins, and sprays EVERYWHERE!

(pete says he's seen her pee in the litter once.  After she had already
done the spray trick though)

just so you know, we have her cage and litter in a blocked off hall..during
the day when we are gone she stays in her cage...she apperas to pee and poop
in one corner of her cage, but it is too msall a cage to get a litter box in..
	when we let her out we are in there with her to pick her up and put
her in the litter box as soon as she gets out and then everytime we see her
poop/pee....
	so, is this the right way to go about training her?  she doesn't seem
to have any natural instinct to pee in the litter box

FOOD--  she likes carrots now....we just got some papaya tablets...we gave
her one..she ignored it for 6 hours....so we powdered it up to put in her bowl..she'll probably lick around it....we tried dipping it on a carrot, but she
did the shake thing everytime she sniffed it....
	will persistance work with the papaya?  it's important she have it..

ACIDOPHELUS-- we got 2 oz of hte powdered stuff..question is, how much do we
put in her water..the book says 1 200mg capusle for 1 pint of water...but it's
kinda impossible for us to measure that...any suggestions? 


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From: scafati@incoming.med.ge.com (Victor-charles Scafati 4-6784 MR Srv)
Subject: Re: littertraining ferrets
Organization: GE Medical Systems
Distribution: na
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 92 14:15:08 GMT

In article <1992Dec17.104354.26359@doug.cae.wisc.edu>, christin@cae.wisc.edu (Christine Haas) writes:
|> In article <BzBGMr.Euo@news.udel.edu> graziano@ravel.udel.edu (Lisa Marie Graziano) writes:

|> 
|> To get stains our of carpet, use a mixture of 1/4 vinegar and 3/4
|> club (white) soda.  This is useful for any pet stains.  
|> 

Perhaps it's obvious, but you should use _white_ vinegar!


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From: hartman@oin.cis.udel.edu (Nancy Hartman)
Newsgroups: rec.pets
Subject: Re: Ferret's diet & age
Date: 12 Dec 1992 21:46:52 GMT
Organization: University of Delaware, Newark
NNTP-Posting-Host: oin.cis.udel.edu

In article <1992Dec8.024819.13660@ultb.isc.rit.edu> cep4478@ultb.isc.rit.edu (C.E. Piggott ) writes:
>
>Hmmm....my vet told me that regular cat food does not have a high enough
>protein for a ferret, which is why they recommend kitten food.

Well, in the original discussion we were talking about a 5 year old
ferret.  Just like cats and dogs, when ferrets get old you should cut
down on their protein.  Although unless your ferret has a specific 
problem with it's kidneys, or something, you probably shouldn't use the
old-age type cat food.  But if your ferret is on kitten food, at around
age 5 you should consider going to cat food.  (BTW, ferrets are 
considered "senior citizens" at around 5.  That seems to be the 
age you really start seeing the geriatric problems.  Although you 
very often see the same problems in younger ferrets, so don't discount
the symptoms if your ferret is less than 5.)

>My 2 yr old refuses to eat anything but Purina ferret chow, though.
>His name is Marconi.

Purina is a fairly decent food.  I wouldn't worry about it.

- Nancy


-- 
Nancy Hartman					CIS graduate student
hartman@udel.edu				U. of Delaware
        President and founder, Delaware Valley Ferret Club
                      Owner of Percy & Bree
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From: swoodcoc@nyx.cs.du.edu (Steven Markus Woodcock)
Subject: Re: Ferret harness and bells (was RE: My ferret died today.)
Organization: The Good Guys, Inc.                                               
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 92 17:12:34 GMT

In article <1992Dec10.160823.9306@iscsvax.uni.edu> phelps1230@iscsvax.uni.edu writes:
>In article <1g6gm2INNic0@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu>, garvey@skybridge.SCL.CWRU.Edu (Heather Garvey) writes:
>> czichon@psyche.csc.ti.com (Cary Czichon) writes:
>>>distef@carson.u.washington.edu (Sandra Distefano) writes:
>> of when secured properly. As for a bell, that always drives Chelsea nuts
>> and she rips them off in no time flat. Regular jewelry jump-rings aren't
>> strong enough and I can't solder them closed because solder has got all 
>> that lead in it. :P
>
>How about a key ring? (you know, the round hoop that it is impossible to get
>keys on or off of without breaking fingers!) Or how about attaching it to the
>harness where it meets between her shoulder blades? She couldn't rip it off
>there.
>
   At this point I think I'd lik to mention that we've had very little
luck with harnesses.  Not only do about half our darlings find some way
out of them when given an entire day to work on the problem, but at least
one of our girls got hung up wearing a harness underneath the water heater.
It's VERY easy for them to get the harness stuck in the middle of their
back, where they can't do much about it.  (Note:  We don't normally LET
our kids get in the basement, but this one time scared us!)


Steve & Colleen
Proudly Owned by Missy, Newone, Zebulon Pike, Minx, Slinky, and Puck


--
    "...Men will awake presently and be Men again, and colour and laughter and
 splendid living will return to a grey civilization. But that will only come 
 true because a few Men will believe in it, and fight for it, and fight in its
 name against everything that sneers and snarls at that ideal..."
From: njl@drutx.ATT.COM (LaRocheNJ)
Newsgroups: rec.pets
Subject: Re: House Rabbit Handbook.
Summary: *the* House Rabbit Handbook (revised edition?)
Date: 18 Dec 92 18:54:27 GMT
Organization: AT&T, Denver, CO

In article <1992Dec17.194525.16319@news.cs.indiana.edu>, alyoung@kiwi.ucs.indiana.edu (Amy Young Leith) writes:
> 
> I just picked this book, by Marinell Harriman, up at a local
> bookstore.  Is this *the* House Rabbit Handbook?

Yes, it is.  I'm delighted that your local bookstore is carrying it!

Did you get the revised edition, published in 1991?  Although the first 
edition was good, the revised edition is even better.

Nancy LaRoche (HRS)
att!drutx!njl
From: garvey@skybridge.SCL.CWRU.Edu (Heather Garvey)
Newsgroups: rec.pets
Subject: Re: littertraining ferrets
Date: 15 Dec 1992 22:18:03 GMT
Organization: Smith Undergraduate Lab, CWRU, Cleve. OH, 44106, USA
Distribution: na
NNTP-Posting-Host: marina.scl.cwru.edu

graziano@ravel.udel.edu (Lisa Marie Graziano) writes:
>
>OK, I think I've figured out how to post stuff.
>I need some advice- how do you stop a ferret from going to the bathroom
>anywhere he wants to?  As in any and all corners?  He knows what he's
>supposed to do and carefully uses his box when I'm there.  My female
>(Hava) has never once in 5 years gone on the floor.  but I'm afraid she
>may start, since Cheerio does it all the time.  

	You could try keeping him caged until he always uses the box and 
then re-jailing him every time you find him going out of the box. I never
quite had this problem with my ferret and have in fact been amazed at the
way she'll traverse the entire suite and down the hall to use her box and 
then come bounding back down the hall to finish playing. :)
	With any luck, he'll get the idea that misbehaving will get him
jail time and there's nothing a ferret hates more! :) <remembers countless
nights of ferret cage-rattling (when she was still very young and not
litter-trained...)>

--
						| Heather "Moose" Garvey
	"CHAD BLUNT, the BALL carrier!"		| Biochemistry - CWRU '93
		-- The entire band after 	| <hlg@po.cwru.edu>
		   any given running play	| "Wooooooah, PIZZA!"
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From: myhui@bnr.ca (Michael Hui)
Subject: Re: House Rabbit Handbook.
Organization: Bell-Northern Research Ltd., Ottawa, Canada
Date: Sun, 20 Dec 92 01:55:30 GMT

In article <1992Dec19.190253.26727@news.cs.indiana.edu> "Amy Young Leith" <alyoung@kiwi.ucs.indiana.edu> writes:

>And some of the pictures are just so adorable!  =)

A long time ago I tried to solicit pictures in GIF file format for
posting on the net. Due to the lack of widely (i.e. cheaply) available
image scanning equipment, it didn't get very far.

I hope within a few years, film-based photography will become
seemlessly merged with digital imaging so that you either install an
expensive (necessarily so due to the high performance) digital image
sensor "back" to your 35mm camera and take digital pictures directly,
or high resolution 35mm film scanners will be widely available at photo
finishing stores to scan 35mm film onto recordable CDs, which you can
then put into the CD-ROM player connected to your future PC and upload
to the net. Right now, all the equipment is already available, but not
in low enough cost.

Imagine: everyone on the net with at least 640x400 resolution analog
RGB on their PC can see just what Nancy LaRoche's forty House Rabbits
are like! People can then discuss different architectures for rabbit
houses on the net, with full colour pictures along with words. The
next edition of the House Rabbit Handbook can even include a CD-ROM
of pictures of the most Famous Rabbits In North America.
-- 
Michael MY Hui  ~{~}  myhui@bnr.ca  Ottawa Canada
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From: graziano@ravel.udel.edu (Lisa Marie Graziano)
Subject: ferret tails
Organization: University of Delaware
Distribution: na
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 11:39:09 GMT


My ferrets also has a sparser tail than she used to.  Especially in the
summer, the fur gets very long but thin, with alot of bare tail showing
through.  This summer my male ferret also looked like that, for the first
time (most confusing when I'd see just a  tail wisking under the bed, and
I'd think it was Hava and it wasn't).  I don't know if its normal, either.
Lisa, Hava, and Cheerio
From: jwg0@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu (JOHN WALTER GEWARTOWSKI)
Newsgroups: rec.pets
Subject: Re: Finding a dog im not allergic to.
Date: 15 Dec 92 08:58:19 GMT
Organization: Lehigh University

>>My kids want a dog for christmas. However, im allergic to
>>dogs. (i dont know if its the hair or the skin, My guess is hair though)
>>Does anyone have any recommendations for dogs, that have a good
>>reputation for allergy sufferers?

Because I'm a reptile lover, my first response has to be "Get a lizard that's
as big as a dog".  It certainly would scare away intruders better than a pooch.

Of course, dogs give better lovin'.  I would suggest a hairless dog.  I know
that there is at least one breed of hairless dog, and possibly more.  I know
for a fact that you are allergic to the dander which eminates from the dog's
hair.  I'm an allergy sufferer too.  Without the hair, there's no dander to
speak of, and no allergies either.

You could also get a snake.
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