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From: jeremy@cbnewsj.cb.att.com (jeremy.l.radosh)
Subject: Re: Cat Seizures
Organization: AT&T
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 23:03:07 GMT

In article <1992Nov5.195740.12333@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> vboynton@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Virginia R Boynton) writes:
>My two-year-old spayed female cat (strictly an indoor cat) has had 5 seizures 
>(3-5 minutes each) about 3-4 weeks apart, between May and September.  None 
>since early September (it is now early November).  She's had blood tests (an 
>elevated liver enzyme), ultrasound of her liver (normal), and a cerebral spinal
>fluid tap of her brain fluid (normal).  Recently I heard of another cat that 
>had a seizure (it's pretty rare) and we were wondering if anyone out there had 
>any wisdom to share -- unusual diagnoses, treatments, etc.  Emma is otherwise 
>fine, and hasn't had a seizure (that I know of) in 2 months.
>
>Any advise?
>
>I'd prefer that you reply to my e-mail address, unless you think a general 
>posting would be of interest to the network.
>
>Ginny


Ginny,

	I am posting this cuz it might help someone else, if they are having
similar seizures with their cat.  My cat's story is this (and it's sad):

	Buddah was my cat of 9+ years.  I adopted her from a NYC animal 
shelter where I was told she was not quite 1 year old.  I named her Buddah
because she was the quietest, friendliest, sweetest cat ever!  The Buddah
(the regilious one) is all-loving, and so was this cat.

	About 5 months ago I was woken up by Orson (my other cat, Buddah's
son) for a midnight feeding.  I noticed Buddah was up and was having what
looked like dizzy spells.  I though she was just half-asleep and thought
nothing more of it.  Two months later I noticed another of these seizures, 
but this one was during the day.  Buddah just went limp and, without outright
falling down, she sunk to the floor and waited until it passed (about 20 secs).
I now got worried, and I called the vet to ask what should I do.  He 
suggested that I bring Buddah in.

	That night I was woken up by a noise at 2:00 am.  Buddah had fallen
off of the dining room table.  Her back legs were cold and she couldn't move
them.  

	[much of this is too sad and recent to relate again]

The bottom line was this: the seizures were strokes.  Buddah's heart, for
some reason, was passing small blood clots.  That night she had passed a
large clot which cut off circulation to her hind quarters.  She died
two days later of a massive stroke. 

There was nothing I could have done. She had just had a check-up months
before her death and nothing was detected.  I trust my vet, and don't think
he missed anything.  

Good luck and best wishes.
 Jeremy




-- 
  (\_/)          " 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
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: david@tms390.micro.ti.com (David Thomas)
Subject: Re: WHAT TO NAME A WHITE MALE KITTEN
Organization: Texas Instruments, Houston
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 15:11:54 GMT

gjs2@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu (GEORGE J. SCHLOGL) writes:

>ALSO I NEED A GREAT NAME.
>NOTHING STUPID OR TIPICAL LIKE WHITEY OR SNOWBALL,FLUFFY

Names for white cats, from What_to_Name_the_Cat by Thelma Kandel
(1983, Linden Press/Simon and Schuster, ISBN 0-671-46000-5):

Alabaster
Alba
Bianca   (Ital., white)
Blanca   (Span., white)
Blanche  (Fr., white)
Blizzard
Buttermilk
Byell    (Rus., white)
Candida  (Lat., pure white)
Chantilly (lace)
Fionnula (Gaelic, white-shouldered)
Frosty
Glacier
Malako   (Rus., milk)
Marshmallow
Milky Way
Misty
Nevada   (Span., snow-white)
Nivea    (Lat., snow-white)
Phoebe Snow                 [or Hank Snow?]
Shiro    (Jap., white)
Snowball                    [I know, I know, ...]
Snowdrop
Snowflake
Tundra
Vanilla
Yuki     (Jap., snow)

I know some of these are inappropriate for a male kitten, but they
could serve to give you ideas.  Two white cats I have known were
named "Whitney" and "Coke" (this was 20 years ago).  I've also heard
"Cueball" suggested (could be shortened to "Q").

I have a few pet theories (pardon the pun) about naming cats, that
I like to think are based on the way cats hear their names.  Based
on the observation that they don't like hissing (sibilant) consonants,
I avoid names that begin with 'S' or a soft 'C'.  Barbara Woodhouse
claimed that dogs love the sound of hard consonants (one of the
James Bond movies made an allusion to "Training Dogs the Woodhouse Way"
when Roger Moore stopped a tiger in its tracks with "siTTT!").  I've 
noticed that cats seem to like the hard consonants, too (would explain
why they all like "kitty, kitty").  I'd suggest hard 'C' or 'K', 'D',
'Q' or 'T'.  Our Bombay "Gina" (officially "SGC Thomcats Aubergine") 
seems to prefer to be called "Tina".  Finally, for many cats the first 
syllable is the only significant one, so you might want to think about 
what just the first syllable sounds like.  Our Maine Coon "Kactus" 
shortened his name to "Kat" or "Kat-kat" many years ago.
-- 
David Thomas  Texas Instruments  (david@wotangate.sc.ti.com)  (713)-274-2347
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: jon@zeus.med.utah.edu (Jonathan Byrd)
Subject: Re: Cat up a tree
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 17:40:23 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: University of Utah

In article <1992Nov13.042741.213@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> rkn3u@kelvin.seas.Virginia.EDU (R. Keith Norwood) writes:


   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!

Once, my cat Itchy was chased up a tree that went straight up for 18
feet before it branched.  I tied figure-eight loops in a rescue rope,
threw it up over the lowest branch, and secured the end to a dumpster.
I then used the loops to pull myself up to the branch.  As soon as I
got to the branch, my kitty climbed on my shoulder and she just stayed
there as I lowered us down.

Use a good, strong rope, and make sure to tie the loops fairly close
together.  Understand that if you try this method, it is at your own
peril.

--
jonathan byrd
jon@apollo.med.utah.edu
From: wall@cc.swarthmore.edu (Matthew Wall)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Re: WHAT TO NAME A WHITE MALE KITTEN
Date: 5 Nov 92 22:47:26 GMT
Followup-To: rec.pets.cats
Organization: Swarthmore College Computing Center

In article <1992Nov5.145142.148404@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu>,
mas5@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu (MICHELLE A. M. SZENA) wrote:
> 
> In article <1992Nov4.014446.175240@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu>, gjs2@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu (G
> EORGE J. SCHLOGL) writes:
> >ITS MY FIRST TIME TO EVER HAVE A PET IN MY LIFE.
> >ANY ADVICE GIVE IT. ILL NEED IT.
> >ALSO I NEED A GREAT NAME.
> >NOTHING STUPID OR TIPICAL LIKE WHITEY OR SNOWBALL,FLUFFY
> >THANK YOU.

How about...

Dirtball (what it will usually look like)
Blanky
Cocaine
Madonna (like a virgin, etc.)
John-Paul (somebody else who always wears white)
Saline
Papercut (for the rear view)
Al B. Ino
Abominable (after the snowman - what's the Tibetan word again? Yeti?)
Yeti (that's a good idea now that I think of it)
Vanilla Mice 
Steve Martin (see John-Paul)
Lou Reed ("White Light/White Heat")
David Duke (to be really, really, really tasteless)
Static
Sno-Cone
Marshmallow
Staypuff
Corn Starch (or flour, or baking soda, etc.; Corn Starch sounds more like a
cat)
Blacky (the Curly theory of names)
Dogfood (what I named by slow-footed cat of about 15 years ago; yours
because it's visible)
Bullseye (same reasoning)
TP (short for Toilet Paper)

gotta go now...

let us know what you pick!

- matt





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From: andrewr@ultrix.EBay.Sun.COM (Andy Roach)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: New Pounce Tartar Control stuff
Date: 5 Nov 1992 18:10:44 GMT
Organization: Sun Microsystems Inc.
Distribution: world
Reply-To: andrewr@Eng.Sun.COM
NNTP-Posting-Host: ultrix

Has anyone out there tried this new Pounce tartar control snack ?, well your
cats that is :-)

I just bought a small box last night and the cats just went crazy for it. They
liked it more than the ordinary Pounce.

The label claims it will reduce tartar by uptp 50% !

Andy

Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: diana@wetware.com (CatWoman )
Subject: Re: harnesses
Organization: Castle WetWare MouseCatcher
Date: Sat, 7 Nov 1992 19:48:23 GMT

rmilner@zia.aoc.nrao.edu (Ruth Milner) writes:

] diana@wetware.com (CatWoman ) writes:
] >Muffin chewed through the cross-piece
] >on the first one - I've since wrapped the second one in 
] >adhesive tape, and he runs around with a loose end, but has
] >not chewed on the harness again.  One I'd put on too loosely
] >and the lower jaw got caught.  
] 
] I was looking at harnesses in PetSmart a couple of weeks ago, and they didn't
] have any leather ones at all. They are made out of the same material that the 
] collars are (a non-snagging nylon weave), and they have two loops (with buck-
] les) and a cross-piece between them.

That's the style that is preferable.  The "figure 8" 
style can allow the cat to slide out too easily, and/or
can choke it, because the pull is not limited to the
body area.

I started looking for the leather harnesses because
Muffin could destroy the nylon ones within about 2
days, and the ends got raggedy because they needed
to be shortened - or new holes needed to be punched,
etc.

So the ones I have are custom made because I couldn't
find anyone who made the leather ones any longer (I
DO have a 10+ year old leather version, but it's 
getting limp).  

If your cat will tolerate the nylon ones, go for it!
they're cheaper, but they also are more trouble.
BTW - I DID see an ad in one of the mail order 
catalogs a while ago for leather harnesses - looked
like a good one, but I thought it was rather
funny that the picture accompanying the blurb showed
the collar on BACKWARDS!  Cat looked VERY uncomfortable,
with the tight, small loop around the chest, and the
bigger loop around the neck, being held UP by the
neck...If I find it again I'm going to write to the
people...

Diana
From: nvonstein@memstvx1.memst.edu
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Re: Cat drooling excessivly
Date: 11 Nov 92 19:00:35 -0600
Organization: Memphis State University

In article <1992Nov11.235352.25753@athena.cs.uga.edu>, maxfield@athena.cs.uga.edu (Joan C. Maxfield) writes:
> 	You said that one of the cats had been eating a houseplant.
> Perhaps the plants sap or leaves irritated her mouth (they must have
> irritated her tummy) assuming she was the one that ate it.  I would
> double check to see that the plants are not toxic, if the are check
> with the vet to see what problems they cause and if she is in danger
> (you may be able to call poison control) some plants can cause organ
> damage and some may just cause vomiting.  Other than that I'd keep an
> eye on her teeth and mouth.  If she was just at the vet I wouldn't
> expect tooth trouble, I assume your vet looked in her mouth.  Just be
> carefull, a friend of mine had to put her cat down because of an oral
> cancer, they noticed it becaue the cat drooled a lot.  Then again
> maybe she always drooled and you never noticed? nahhh.
> 
> 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!


Well, one of my girls, Chili, doesn't just drool profusely, but when she meows
little tiny droplets of spit spurt forth.  I saw a Shakespearean play here on
campus and was on the second row.  With the projection of their words there was
spit flying everywhere, and I startled chuckling (to myself as best I could)
because I couldn't help thinking of Chili.  These meows start out with her
drawing her lips up as far as they will go - no sound for a second then comes
this garbly meow and spit flying.  

I'm sorry - it just makes me laugh when she does this.  She is physically fine
- she just does this.  After she grooms herself there are tiny little droplets
of spit all over here.  As Judy Tenuta says "It can happen!"

Good luck, also!
Nancy
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: ssnyder@sunai.er.usgs.gov (Steve Snyder)
Subject: Re: My shoes have fallen victim!
Keywords: shoelaces
Organization: who me?
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 22:24:32 GMT

In article <berthiau.720978619@iros1> berthiau@IRO.UMontreal.CA (Andre Berthiaume) writes:
>
>[cat attacking shoelaces]
>
>Does anyone have any suggestions in preventing her from doing this
>anymore?
>
Try spreading some tabasco sauce on the ends of the shoelaces. Should
work, unless your cat loves tabasco sauce.

Steve

Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: erc@unislc.uucp (Ed Carp)
Subject: Re: My roommate broke my kitten's leg!!!!
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Organization: Unisys Corporation SLC
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 19:11:43 GMT

Eric Williams (wd6cmu@netcom.com) wrote:

: 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?

Yeah.  Perhaps rec.guns...
-- 
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
From: dgordon@gssec.bt.co.uk (David Gordon)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Re: Any Good "natural" food for cat beside canned one??
Date: 6 Nov 92 13:31:17 GMT
Organization: BT

In article <1992Nov6.015459.16452@trl.oz.au>, hui@apaturia.trl.OZ.AU (Alvaro Hui) writes:
|> Hi,
|>    I found that my cat is getting sick of canned & dry
|> food and I want to give her some change....:) :)
|> 
|>    Any good food recommendations beside those specially made
|> for cats ( i mean those 'pet' food off the self )??
|> 
|>   All I can think of is milk and other diary products...
|> 
|>   Also, how can I make sure she get enough vitamins/minerals...
|>   The reason I give her 'pet' food all the time because
|> those food is advertised to contain xxx, yyyyy, ttt which
|> is essential to healthy cats....
|> 

..we have found that one thing our two go *bananas* over is rabbit
which we buy from our local supermarket frozen and diced. Main
treat is to nuke couple of handfuls in the microwave for a couple of
minutes until the juice runs and presto - kitty cordon bleu ! 

I don't know if it could form the basis of a complete diet but my
two girls would probably say "yesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyes!!!!!!"


----------------------------------------------------------------------

David Gordon                                    dgordon@gssec.bt.co.uk

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Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: ruthc@sco.COM (cross index)
Subject: Re:  My cat has a check-cashing card
Organization: The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc.
Date: Fri, 06 Nov 1992 15:52:06 GMT


In article <1992Nov5.150722.13238@icd.teradyne.com> toftner@icd.teradyne.com writes:
>Many years ago, I changed my phone listing to 'Clarence and Elizabeth ...' 
>to cut down on obscene phone calls.
 
>He has gotten phone calls, junk mail, and a year ago he got a jury summons.
>Do you know that there is no box on that form for 'this person is a cat'?

I thought the pool of names they use to summon jurors was either 
registered voters or licensed drivers, not just whoever's listed
in the phone book...

now getting the cat a drivers license would be impressive!

oh, Toonces, look out!!

-r
-- 
  Wow!  Talk about hitting the bird in the hand on the head with
  a bush!  Nail!  TWO birds!  Ut!                       - allanh
From: jack@dcs.glasgow.ac.uk (Jack Campin)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Re: other monsters....
Date: 6 Nov 92 14:37:22 GMT
Reply-To: jack@dcs.glasgow.ac.uk (Jack Campin)
Organization: COMANDOS Project, Glesga Yoonie

philip@labtam.labtam.oz.au (Philip Stephens) wrote:
> Our cat has always reacted strangely to my sister playing the flute.  She
> gets all cute and lovable all of a sudden, starts to purr madly, make funny
> meowing noises, and will knead you and cuddle up to you...the whole works!

According to (I think) a Time magazine article about the flute from around
1967, the same effect works for lions.  Maybe your sister could...?

-- 
--  Jack Campin    room G092, Computing Science Department, Glasgow University,
17 Lilybank Gardens, Glasgow G12 8RZ, Scotland   TEL: 041 339 8855 x6854 (work)
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From: dedward1@cc.swarthmore.edu (Deirdre)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: College students
Date: 13 Nov 92 15:21:15 GMT
Organization: Swarthmore College

OK, I'm new to the net, and while reading the pieces in this group (which I
love, great people, great input), I keep running across references to the
"dreaded college student".  I am a student.  I have never, and have no
plans to, abandon or abuse any animal,cat or otherwise, merely being in
college hasn't changed my character.  I understand why the stereotype
exists.  The feral cat populations at many universities are huge, not to
mention what frats have been known to do to their "mascots", but please
don't tar all students with the same brush. My school has a "no pets"
policy, which I think is a good idea in light of the transience of student
life, but I miss my cats terribly, and if I were to have a cat at school,
she would be treated no diffferently than the two I have at home.  I don't
consider companions to be disposable.  OK, that was my spiel.  Thanks for
reading

Deirdre
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: C11815@maccvm.corp.mot.com (Josette Giacobbi)
Subject: Eating Yogart
Organization: Motorola
Date: 9 Nov 1992 10:09:23 CST

Sheryl asked if anyone else had a cat who ate yogart.  Our siamese, 11 yr
old male, SAM, loves yogart, only if you share yours with him. If it
is in his dish, then its cat food and he doesn't want it.  He also
eats oranges, pears, strawberries, watermelon, grapes are his favorite,
if you hold them open so he can lick out the inside, and then he will
eat the skin. Loves bananas, french fries, potato chips, doritos and many
more I can't even think of at this time.  josette
---------
inybody else have a cat who loves yogurt?

--
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
.     . *~*}    Sheryl Stover           | "The Republicans were right! We're
   .    *~*}    sstover@seattleu.edu    | all gettin' sucked down a cesspool
 . *  . *~*}    (& Hemingway & Clio)    | of depravity and bad manners! Time
 *    . *~*}    Medici in the studio in | for action!! We'll stop it cold!!!
.  .    *~*}    December                | Get goin! Okay! sit down, shut up,
    *   *~*}                            | and do the family values thing!!"
 .    . *~*}                            |		-Opus
From: barlow@prodigal.psych.rochester.edu (Rebel)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: JELLO PUDDING for cats?
Date: 10 Nov 92 21:05:36 GMT
Organization: University of Rochester - Rochester, New York

Another question concerning Zeb for all you cat wise people! :-)
Recently I decided to make some Banana Cream pudding..Jello brand ...as
it is my favorite. Zeb who normally never takes food out of my dish or 
plate helped herself to a lick or two of it and ever since I have to fight
off the cat for my banana pudding!! God forbid I should turn my head to
watch TV or talk to fiance or half the bowl will disappear... Zeb is a
real finicky eater and at 8 months has turned her nose up at "kitten"
food so we have switched to normal Friskies cat food which has more of
a taste selection and I have been giving her milk to supplement the calcium.
However I am always a little worried about her not getting enough calcium and
I know this pudding has two cups of whole milk in it and that she loves it! 
But I am wondering if the artifical coloring or something else in the pudding
is bad for her? So far I have been rescuing my pudding from tiny cat tongues
but is that really necessary (aside from the fact that I WOULD LIKE SOME TOO!)

:-) jen and zebulon (the banana pudding fanatics)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: liana@nexus.yorku.ca (Liana Becker)
Subject: Re: Kitty's 1st christmas!
Organization: York University, CS Dept. Toronto
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 20:15:43 GMT

Hi,

	Well since we live 21 floors up we opted for a artificial tree,
I don't think that that makes much difference as a friends cat climbed their
artificial tree.
	Basically Spirit was curious during the entire setup and decorating
stages.  We got some of those old plastic "tear drop" shaped ornaments with
the shiny insides and put them on the bottom of the tree where Spirit could
play with them.  We felt that if she could play with the nonbreakables and
was not chased away from the tree that she would come to accept the tree
as ordinary.  Well as it turned out she played with the low (bottom branched)
ornaments and had no desire to climb up for more.
	Our biggest problem was with the presents.  Once presents appeared
under the tree she decided that they where monsters of some sort and
attacked them.  Everyones gifts had Spirits own personal touch, teeth 
marks.

Liana and Spirit.

P.S.  Don't use tinsle as our vet refered to a condition called "Tinsle Cat".
      This is where a cat eats a long tinsle and it somehow twists up their
      intenstines and can kill them.  The cost of the operation to save a
      cat suffering from severe Tinsle Cat is ~$800.  The vet said that she
      see 2+ every year.  After hearing that we went home and rescued all of
      the tinsle from the tree and Spirits paws.

Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: griffen@iesd.auc.dk (Thomas P. Graff)
Subject: Re: My roommate broke my kitten's leg!!!!
Organization: Mathematics and Computer Science, Aalborg University
Date: 12 Nov 92 09:43:07



That girl from Latin-America to be punished very hard, here in Denmark we have a law against who is begin cruel against animals.I think it is awful to hear that people are trying to hurt an animal, beacuse that kitten have no chance for protectibg itself against such people.Why can that motherfucking Latin-woman just yell at the kitten, or telling not walk on table, when there is dinner????

I hope that your kitten ok.

THOMAS P. GRAFF
VESTERBRO 61B 2tv
9000 AALBORG
DENMARK
From: klier@iscsvax.uni.edu
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: undiagnosed illness; "fading cat"
Date: 12 Nov 92 12:20:08 -0600
Organization: University of Northern Iowa

Posted upon request:
-------
From:	IN%"xrsxs@calvin.gsfc.nasa.GOV" 12-NOV-1992 12:09:59.91
Subj:	Undiagnosed problem

It would be very nice if you could post this--
it's not allowed on this machine.

I remeber seeing some letter that said that their
cat was fading away and that the vet could find
nothing wrong--no fever, blood, etc. tests o.k.
and so on.

I was reading about a cxat who had the same problem,
and it turned out that there was a large hairball in
the stomach, and its intestines were blocked with
hairballs, too. An operation to remove these was
successful, and the kitty recovered.

If this will save only one cat, it will be worth it.

Thanks a lot--Sally, Spicecake, and Beaufort Taglifero
              (pronounced tolliver)