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From: ellene@microsoft.com (Ellen Mitsue Eades)
Subject: Re: other monsters .... music
Date: 09 Nov 92 16:46:00 GMT
Organization: Microsoft Corp.

Not *exactly* a monster story...

I play hammer dulcimer, which is a large trapezoid-shaped instrument.
When I practice, I sit on a director's chair which, when I'm not
practicing, belongs to my cat Sarah.  She gets miffed when booted
off the chair during music time, so she developed the habit of
sitting on, or in, the dulcimer case, which is burgundy-colored
cordura nylon that boasts excellent fur retention.

A couple of years ago I was performing at the Seattle Folklife Festival,
and had checked my cased dulcimer in to the performers' room, where it
was put away by a volunteer Boy Scout.  I left it overnight and came
back in the morning, half an hour before my next gig, and discovered
that I had left my claim check in yesterday's pair of jeans.

Undaunted, the Boy Scout on duty went off to look for hammer dulcimers
in burgundy cases.  "There's two red cases here," he yelled over to me.
"Can you describe yours?"

"Uh, um ..."

"Wait a minute.  DO YOU HAVE A CAT?"

"Yeah!"

"What color is it?"

"Gray and white."

"Here you go," he said with a big grin, and handed me my dulcimer case.
-- 
Ellen Eades					Microsoft Corporation
"Just call me F.G.M.  I hate excess verbiage."  _Twice Upon a Time_
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: abb@unislc.uucp (Anne Beck)
Subject: Re: Naming Black Kittens
Organization: Unisys Corporation SLC
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 21:47:51 GMT

As my friend said, while trying to steal my Burmese to take
home to live with her Siamese named Spencer:

"I'd have to change his name to HAWK."

Parker fans will understand.
-- 
   Anne Beck			| The difference between difficult
   abb@unislc  sun!unislc!abb   | dogs & vicious human beings is
   Unisys  SLC UT               | that difficult dogs don't rise to 
			        | prominent positions in the community.
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: skafte@ee.ualberta.ca (Greg C. Skafte (skip))
Subject: Re: Weird cat treats
Organization: University Of Alberta, Edmonton Canada
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 21:13:57 GMT

my cat Miesha, for treats will eat:
	-) yogurt
	-) coattage chese
	-) fish heads
	-) cat nip or cat grass
Miesha goes crazy over the fish heads.  She'll carry it all over the
house, and usually has the biggest grim.  Just don't try to take it
away from her.

		Greg and Miesha 
-- 
Internet:  skafte@bode.ee.ualberta.ca  CIS: 70674,322 
When things can't get any worse, they simplify themselves by getting a 
whole lot worse then complicated. A complete and utter disaster is the 
simplest thing in the world; it's preventing on that's complex.(janet morris)
From: zari@ee.fit.edu (Kevin Zari)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: spit up
Summary: kitty spitting up white foam...what is ti?
Date: 10 Nov 92 03:15:46 GMT
Organization: Florida Tech, CP/EE Dept.


 i mean what is it? my 6 month female siamese just started to spit up some
white foamy substance. She does it next to her litter box
so I guess she knows it's gonna happen before it does. Anyone know if
this is caused by her eating something bad or could it be a disease?

please e-mail
thanks
kz
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: bonni@ferris.cray.com (Bonni Ensminger)
Subject: Re: "weird" cat things
Originator: bonni@ferris
Organization: Cray Research, Inc.
Date: 13 Nov 92 02:30:23 CST


In article <1992Nov5.232426.5430@netcom.com>, wd6cmu@netcom.com (Eric Williams) writes:
> Sounds normal to me.  Cats seem to like to crawl inside things, and
> Murphy will often play "cave cat" and crawl under the covers of my bed.
> Since I would do the same thing as a kid and never come close to
> asphyxiation, I don't think there's any danger of a cat running out
> of air.
> -- 
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Eric Williams     wd6cmu@netcom.com  |  Never attribute to malice that which
> WD6CMU@WD6CMU.#NOCAL.CA.USA.NA       |  is adequately explained by stupidity.
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------


Winston only likes to lay under the covers like that when I'm making the bed.
As soon as I strip all the sheets off, he jumps up, patiently waiting for
me to start making the bed.  Then he stays under the sheets for about 15
minutes, and doesn't go under until the next time I change the sheets.  

Bonni
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: kitty@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Jennifer)
Subject: RE: help for my little kitten
Organization: Purdue University Computing Center
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 20:45:42 GMT

Thanks for all the responses from all the cat lovers.
my little kitten has finally started to play again
Spring still has a little stuffy nose, but at least, she does not
breath like a piggy now.  Her eye is no longer watering either.
Finally all three babies are back to the playing mood.
thanks for all

kitty cat
From: at881@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (N. French)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Re: other monsters....
Date: 12 Nov 1992 06:53:29 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Reply-To: at881@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (N. French)
NNTP-Posting-Host: hela.ins.cwru.edu



In article <Bx5J99.8K4@dcs.glasgow.ac.uk> jack@dcs.glasgow.ac.uk (Jack Campin) writes:
>>>Anyone else had their musical instrument diagnosed as really being a Psycho-
>>>Killer Were-Cat with a Meow from Hell?
>
I used to have a male tabby (Boogie) who tried to play the guitar
a lot. He was also completely oblivious to the stereo until I played
anything by Benny Goodman or Oingo Boingo (I raise eclectic cats :) )
he would sit smack in front of the speakers and tilt his head back
and forth until the music stopped. Of course this is the cat who
tried to play along with the NBA when they were on tv...
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: diana@wetware.com (CatWoman )
Subject: Re: cat food/boarding questions
Organization: Castle WetWare MouseCatcher
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 21:37:25 GMT

One other thing to remember when you are confused
about the magnesium vs. ash advice - only 20
years ago NEITHER was considered bad for cats.

There are new discoveries made practically daily.
I am certain that some vet will do some research
that will uphold my contention that anything but
distilled water is going to cause or aggravate
FUS.

Ash was one of the first things considered as bad,
Magnesium is a recent find - I think BOTH are
probably contributors.

AND, use distilled water...

Diana
From: ramirez@julia.math.ucla.edu (Alice Ramirez)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Bubbles likes to eat my hair. Help!!
Date: 8 Nov 92 19:12:52 GMT
Organization: UCLA Mathematics Department

My wonderful, delightful fluffy brown tabby, Bubbles, has developed
a fairly annoying passion of late...that of trying to eat my hair.
It usually occurs after I have just washed it.  I will come to bed,
damp haired, to read and relax afvter my evening bath only to have this
FOOL coming up behind me and start to lick and chew and tug on my hair.
If I try to pull away, she'll slap her paw on my head, claws out, and hold
me firmly in place.  I need to use my hands to free myself.  If I do, she
almost immediately begins again.  Sometimes, in her enthusiasm, she will
start biting at my scalp.  

I am concerned because (a) it is sometimes painful (b) I fear she might
cause hair loss, (c) give herself hairballs partly from my hair.  
It is also, simply, not all that delightful to have a cat, even one as
superior as Bubbles, gnawing on one's head and hair.

The behavior can go on for as long as half an hour at a time, until she
grows bored.  Nothing I do seems to dissuade her and I don't have a door
right now (due to remodeling) to shut her out.

Why might she be doing this and how can I get her to stop without
hurting her feelings?
From: hagel@stsci.edu
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Musical monsters & otherwise (was: Re: other monsters)
Date: 5 Nov 92 22:25:04 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: Space Telescope Science Institute

My lot _adore_ my Irish pennywhistle (like James Galway plays) and soprano 
& alto recorders (the proto-clarinet, not the machine).  When I'm trying to 
play, they do things like jump in my lap and rub their heads against 
whichever instrument, or climb on the table, stand _on_ the music, and meow 
in my face!  If I throw them out and shut the door, they sit outside and 
yowl until the other humans in the house threaten drastic action. I don't 
get much practice anymore... ;) at least they leave me alone when I play 
guitar or piano.

I think it's the piercing quality of all 3 instruments that attracts
them.  When my fiance plays his Japanese bamboo flute, which is much more
mellow-sounding to human ears, they all leave the room!
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats,rec.pets
From: teshima@uhunix.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu (A. Lani Teshima)
Subject: Re: Pig farts...
Organization: University of Hawaii
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 22:57:20 GMT

In article <Bx6Fuw.Cr@ais.org> tim@ais.org (Tim Tyler) writes:
>In article <Bx5sI9.J6u@news.udel.edu> william@chopin.udel.edu (Wild William) writes:
>>
>>I know, a gross subject, but how do I keep my pig from perpetual 
>>farting?
>>
>>Anyone suggest anything (i.e. what is in the pig feed that
>>make him so gassy?)
>>
>
>    Unfortunately, I know what you mean...
> 
>   I dunno what your oinker eats, but my child eats a lot of 'pig-chow' that
>has a lot of grains in it, as well as a lot of grass, weeds, & stuff.
> 
>   I think the grass is what causes it.  I don't think there's much that can
>be done to stop it, & of course you can't blame the piggy...
> 
> 
>   I just wish there was some way to bottle up all the gas produced by these
>walking, talking methane factories & sell it! 

My friend says they sell this thing called "Beano" at the supermarkets
that you're supposed to put into bean dishes (it's a liquid with
eyedroppers or something) that keeps you from building bean-based
gasses. i wonder if it would work for pigs, too.

--
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Student, UH School of Library & Information Studies     o|<0_0>--------*
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Blessed is a mind too small for doubt.                        \_}B   \_}B
From: nvonstein@memstvx1.memst.edu
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Re: My roommate broke my kitten's leg!!!!
Date: 11 Nov 92 17:13:14 -0600
Organization: Memphis State University

In article <40840@sdcc12.ucsd.edu>, ph600fcy@sdcc14.ucsd.edu (Matthew Harrington) writes:
> My 10 week old kitten named Simon climbed up onto the dinner table
> the other day and jumped into my roommate's plate of spaghetti.  The
> roommate angrily threw the kitten down.  It wasn't a toss, it really
> had some force in it.  My girlfriend, who watched the whole thing,
> then went to clean the kitten off and noticed that his rear leg was
> hanging limp.  The kitten began crying.
> 
> I took the kitten into the animal emergency room to have some X-rays
> done, and it turns out that the leg is broken.  It will be OK, but
> just painful for a while.
> 
> The problem is dealing with the roommate.  She is from Ecuador, and
> from what I've heard, Latins aren't generally kind to animals.  She
> has told us stories of family members smuggling rare Amazon monkeys
> into New York by tranquilizing the animal and putting it in a
> suitcase.  This incident with the kitten isn't the woman's first
> case of being abusive. 
> 
> It looks like a confrontation between me (or my girlfriend) and the
> roommate is inevitable.  I hope that no one has had to deal with
> this situation before, but it so I'd like some advice and comments.
> 
> 
> 					Regards,
> 
> 					Matt Harrington
>  


Matt - As far as I'm concerned that person would have been out of my home that
night.  I cannot tolerate such people.  You did not mention that this roommate
felt any remorse for what she did - therefore I can only believe that she never
will and I would never be able to leave my pet unattended with her.  Ditch the
bitch!

Nancy
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: wd6cmu@netcom.com (Eric Williams)
Subject: Re: My roommate broke my kitten's leg!!!!
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 02:42:43 GMT

Not to be off-putting, but what you have is a people problem, not a cat
problem.  Maybe one of the other newsgroups would be more helpful?
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From: rkn3u@kelvin.seas.Virginia.EDU (R. Keith Norwood)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Cat up a tree
Date: 13 Nov 92 04:27:41 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: University of Virginia

Does anyone out there have any ideas for getting a cat out of a tree?
I've tried the SPCA and fire department but they both refuse.  Boo has
been in the tree for about 24 hours and the height(~30') is out of my
ladder's range.  The tree is a tall pine with no low branches for climbing
up.  I've heard that if she gets hungry enough, she will come down.  Is
this true?  


It is starting to rain so I willing to try any ideas no matter how crazy!

Keith
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: sbp@cbnewsh.cb.att.com (Sue Price)
Subject: Re: Brave Missy and the Sock Monsters
Organization: AT&T
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 20:45:26 GMT

In article <1992Nov11.023959.8673@galileo.cc.rochester.edu> jsmt@troi.cc.rochester.edu (Julia Smith) writes:
>In article <1992Nov10.210532.21491@oracle.us.oracle.com> schiles@us.oracle.com writes:
>>I should have known better.  I should have known to keep my sock drawer
>>tightly closed.  After all, all the socks together create so much energy
>>that Sock Monsters can come out and take over the house.
>>monster again.
>>
>Bravo!  But watch that monster - Socrates has started hearing it
>scratching on the sock drawer even when closed.  He sits on top of

He must think his name is SOCKrates. :-)

-- 

Sue Price
sbp@hound.att.com

Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: wd6cmu@netcom.com (Eric Williams)
Subject: Re: When to Neuter?
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 04:47:28 GMT

The most common suggestion seems to be when the urine changes to a
more pungent odor.  It hasn't happen yet here, but others say it is
hard to miss.

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From: sbrooks@ncratl.AtlantaGA.NCR.COM (Susan Brooks)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: cat behavior
Date: 5 Nov 92 18:15:00 GMT
Organization: NCR Engineering and Manufacturing Atlanta -- Atlanta, GA

I need help with a new, totally unexpected problem with my two cats.  I will
try to keep this as short as possible, but need to explain some background
first.  Peaches (female, not spayed, 4 yrs. old, 2 pounds) and Cream (male,
neutered, 3-1/2 yrs. old, 8 pounds) have been having major problems since last
Saturday.  Peaches got out of the house last Saturday (both cats are strictly
indoor cats) and was out for about three mins.  Two male cats from
neighborhood were in yard and starting fighting - Peaches did not get mixed up
in it.  As soon as she came in, she violently attacked Cream and completely
terrorized him.  He found a hiding place on top of the kitchen cabinets and
she would not let him down.  Every time they got near each other, they would
viciously go after each other.  If she spots him, she hisses and spits and
growls.  If he spots her, he hisses and spits and growls.  And that's if they
aren't able to get to each other to fight.  Cream stayed in his hiding spot
for 28 hours until we could finally get him down to the litter box and to eat
(it was quite a chore getting him down without being scratched to pieces.  

This is from two cats who have grown up together for the last 3-1/2 years. 
They've always played together, eaten together, slept together, washed each
other's faces - all that neat cat stuff.  Now it's Thursday and they still
won't get near each other.  I've put Peaches in a room with the door closed
just so Cream can eat and use the box and get a little lovin' in without being
afraid of "the cat from he**".  I've tried to get advice from the Humane
Society, local Animal Control, my vet's office - all to no avail.  Does anyone
have any suggestions or insight into this change of behavior?  It's not the
first time that Peaches has been around these two cats, but it is the first
time this behavior has come about.  Many thanks.
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: diana@wetware.com (CatWoman )
Subject: Re: My roommate broke my kitten's leg!!!!
Organization: Castle WetWare MouseCatcher
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 21:08:27 GMT

ph600fcy@sdcc14.ucsd.edu (Matthew Harrington) writes:

] The problem is dealing with the roommate.  She is from Ecuador, and
] from what I've heard, Latins aren't generally kind to animals.  She
] has told us stories of family members smuggling rare Amazon monkeys
] into New York by tranquilizing the animal and putting it in a
] suitcase.  This incident with the kitten isn't the woman's first
] case of being abusive. 

When you say abusive - do you mean with the kitten, or
with you two, or both?

] It looks like a confrontation between me (or my girlfriend) and the
] roommate is inevitable.  I hope that no one has had to deal with
] this situation before, but it so I'd like some advice and comments.

Fortunately, no, I haven't had to deal with this.

However - it sounds like your options are:
IF you are the primary person on the lease (or
your girlfriend is), then you can "lay down the
law" - that is, if the person does not cease and
desist, you will give them one month's notice.
Just as you would if you were a landlord dealing
with any other rental agreement violation.

Since the kitten was apparently "invading the
space" of the roommate, you may have to keep 
the kitten in your portion of the apartment as
long as you aren't there to supervise.

If the roommate is the primary person, or if
it is a co-tenant lease, then I would look for
another place.

It sounds like you are going to have more problems
with the roommate - probably mainly over the kitten,
but quite likely over other issues.  It sounds like
you need a new roommate...

Diana
(suddenly thankful that all she had to deal with was
roommates who argued loudly with their own girlfriends!)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Re: cat games & elevenses 
From: shoran@mtroyal.ab.ca
Date: 10 Nov 92 15:12:57 MST
Distribution: world
Organization: Mount Royal College, Calgary, Alberta

In article <720855115snx@n5ial.chi.il.us>, jim@n5ial.chi.il.us (Jim Graham) writes:
> I tried this via e-mail, but it apparently bounced both times (so I'm
> told by the original poster --- I've yet to receive a reject message
> except those manually sent by the would-be recipient saying they'd
> gotten a reject message at their end!)
> 
> shoran@mtroyal.ab.ca writes:
> 
>> Hmmm, being from the Olde Country, I had always thought that elevenses
>> meant tea and biccies as a welcome snack between brekkie and din-dins.
> 
>> Go on, now ask me what biccies are.....
> 
> well, judging from the ``tea and '' part, I'd have to guess you're
> referring to tea and biscuits (or crackers, as they're called here).
> 
> am I right?
>    --jim
> 
> PS:  how is it that the person the mail is addressed to gets the reject
>      message, and the person who sent it doesn't?  this isn't the first
>      time I've seen this....the last time, the mail that couldn't be
>      delivered to me was delivered (to me) along with the usual style
>      automatic reject message telling me it couldn't deliver the mail
>      that followed to me....  seriously --- this really happened!
> 

You're almost right - biccies is short for biscuits, but NOT the American
biscuits, nor crackers.  On this side of the pond, they're called cookies.

Beats me about the mail problem.  I have had several people e-mail me in the
last few days from all over North America, and have received only a weird
"error" message, plus the e-mail address of the sender.  Using that, I can
reply and ask the sender to try again.  Ain't technology grand?  (When it
works!)

Stef
From: avi@rix.Corp.Sun.COM (Ann Adamcik)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Re: My shoes have fallen victim!
Date: 9 Nov 1992 21:34:10 GMT
Organization: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Distribution: world
Reply-To: avi@rix.Corp.Sun.COM
NNTP-Posting-Host: rix.corp.sun.com

In article 720978619@iros1, berthiau@IRO.UMontreal.CA (Andre Berthiaume) writes:
>Help!!! Kinski has developed a nasty habit of chewing off the ends
>of some of my shoelaces!  I now can't wear one pair of shoes 
<stuff deleted>

>Does anyone have any suggestions in preventing her from doing this
>anymore?

Sure.  Keep your shoes in the closet...


Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: vboynton@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Virginia R Boynton)
Subject: Sucking Kitten
Organization: The Ohio State University
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 22:40:22 GMT

I'm new to this newsgroup, so I apologize if this topic has already been 
addressed.  A friend of mine has a young kitten (about 2 months old) who 
insists on sucking on her sweaters.   It's probably because Clio was taken away
from her mother too soon, but Greta found her on the streets of Moscow, 
homeless (a serious problem there as well as here), and took her in.

Does anyone have any suggestions of ways to deal with this problem?

Thanks for your help.

Ginny