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Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: REVENGE
From: acutshall@acs.harding.edu
Date: 26 Jan 93 16:21:17 -0600
Reply-To: acutshall@acs.harding.edu
Organization: Harding University

     Sorry about that empty post there.  Anyway, what I wanted to say was
that my 9 month old cat, Bo, has a method he uses at getting back at me
when I've punished him(I just swat him on the backside).  Bo's method:
He'll lay on the floor or sit on the couch beside me and look at me with
very angel-like eyes (little do I know what he's concocting in that small
brain of his at the time).  Then when I'm not looking, he'll race back to
my bedroom and drag out my favorite stuffed bunny, drop it in front of me,
and attack it!!  I have to laugh, though, because now that I know he does
that, I hide my bunny behind all my other stuffed animals and somehow, for 
some reason, he digs through the others to get to my poor bunny.  I can't 
figure out why he won't use any of the others.  Anyway, it's hilarious and
I just had to share it with everyone!   
     Does anyone else have a Revenge story they would like to share? I'd
love to hear it!
     BTW, I'm a new poster and I've enjoyed everyone's stories, comments and
suggestions!
                                      Alana
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: erc@unislc.uucp (Ed Carp)
Subject: Re: Max and Rita need a New Home!
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Organization: Unisys Corporation SLC
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 17:02:44 GMT

David livigni 303-497-5898 (livigni@bldrdoc.gov) wrote:

: When I first met my fiance she went out with me only on the
: condition that I find a new home for my kitties, and I gave her my word that

Why anyone would go out with such a ... creature ... is beyond me.  You must
have been pretty desperate... ;)

"I'll go out with you only if you get rid of your cats!  You'll never know
what you're missing!"

As Worf said... "Then I will never know".  Love me, love "my" cats.  Oh, and
"my" rabbit.
-- 
Ed Carp			erc@apple.com, erc@saturn.upl.com	801/538-0177

"It is your resistance to 'what is' that causes your suffering."   -- Buddha
From: tittle@alexandre-dumas.ics.uci.edu (Cindy Tittle Moore)
Subject: Separating Cats
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Organization: Univ. of Calif., Irvine, Info. & Computer Sci. Dept.
Date: 21 Jan 93 21:38:35 GMT

This is posted anonymously for someone else:

---
Has anyone ever had any experience in having to split up a multi-cat
household due to a separation or divorce?

If so, what advice can you give regarding the needs each cat will
have, when one cat goes with each person?
---

I'd prefer followups to go to the group, but if people have private
stories they don't want to post, I'll forward them to the person in
question.

--Cindy
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: magarret@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (CAT LOVER)
Subject: System 7 Kitty Litter Icon
Organization: The Ohio State University
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 14:23:17 GMT

Ha!  I knew it, I knew it!  I went home and tried to install the System 7 kitty
litter icon, but it didn't work again, so it must be because I have System 
7.0.1P (I have a Performa, which is an LCII in other words).

Any chance of it ever coming out for System 7.0.1?

Sigh...

Marti
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: joanm@moe.coe.uga.edu (Joan Maxfield UCNS)
Subject: Re: Help! Cat in distress!
Organization: College of Education, University of Georgia
Distribution: na
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 02:33:23 GMT

Well, I can't say anything about questions 2-5 but...

Amos used to lick himself bald in a few spots last year.  I can't say
I blame him, it was a tough move.  We went from me and the two cats in
a one bedroom apartment to me, two other people, my two cats and Spot,
the kitten from hell, in a two bedroom apartment.  Poor Amos licked
all the hair off the inside of his thighs, and then proceded to remove
the skin.  The vet gave him some Panalog (ouchers, not the anti-sting
kind) and told me to be extra nice to him (Amos, not the vet).  I did,
but he didn't really stop licking until the situation was
rememdied--in other words when the other roomate and Spot moved out.

I hope your kitty feels better.  Perhaps an older kitty to be a friend
instead of a 'full of piss and vinegar (as my grandmother used to
say)' kitten.  When I got Angelica she was 6 months old.  Young enough
to be cute yet still old enough to hold up against a spoiled rotten 1
year old Amos.  

Good luck,

Joan

the proud grandma of Angelica's 3 beautiful kittens!

-- 
Joan C. Maxfield		* "Je Crois que je vais cracher une
maxfield@athena.cs.uga.edu	*  boule de poils" -Henri de la Barbe
joanm@moe.coe.uga.edu		*
From: 00cmmiller@leo.bsuvc.bsu.edu
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Re: Help me name my cat
Date: 25 Jan 93 02:01:10 GMT
Organization: Ball State University, Muncie, In - Univ. Computing Svc's

In article <1993Jan24.205936.14009@bsu-ucs>, 00cmmiller@leo.bsuvc.bsu.edu writes:
> bob
> 
> felix
> 
> chico-san
> 
> mackenzie
> 
> sidney
> 
> sam
> 
> i can't think of anyt
> 
> 
> candace miller
> department of psychology, ball state university
> 
> *my opinions are MY opinions*
something happened to the end of my sentence.  it should have
continued to say:  anything else.  you must let us all know what
you finally decide upon!
From: tcurtis@snakebite.Doc.Provo.Novell.COM (Tony Curtis)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Need info about Persians.
Date: 25 Jan 93 22:50:31 GMT
Organization: Novell, Inc.

I recently got a male Persian kitten about 5 months old.
I really have been concerned because he is very reclusive and timid.  He  
isn't active or playful.  Occasionally he moves around, but only at night.   
I have another cat who is 4 months old but he seems to be the aggressor.  

Please post information regarding how to deal with this cat.

Tony Curtis
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: m2choi@undergrad.math.waterloo.edu (Margaret Haag)
Subject: Burying Food
Keywords: cats, food
Organization: University of Waterloo
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 15:23:02 GMT

My cat, Sasha, occasionally "buries" her food.  It will only 
happen when she has been eating some canned food and can't
finish it all.  Then she makes these ground-scratching motions.
Anyway, I asked my father-in-law about it, and he told me that
she is burying the food to save it for later : he thinks it is
something that all cats do by instinct, kind of like dogs
making little circles before they lie down.  
This sounds like a reasonable explanation but who knows the
REAL reason cats do what they do?



Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: rkn3u@kelvin.seas.Virginia.EDU (Keith Norwood)
Subject: Re: DECLAWING? 
Organization: University of Virginia
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 18:53:45 GMT

In article <727902668snz@granta.demon.co.uk> malwen@granta.demon.co.uk writes:
>In article <1993Jan22.193036.2730@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> rkn3u@kelvin.seas.Virginia.EDU writes:
> 
>>...... but don't the same hazards exist in Britain?  Why the different
>>views?  
>
>I did see the programmes on BBC when first transmitted. 
>The hazards faced by cats outdoors in Britain are, of course,
>rather different to those in other countries, and I have to 
>remind myself of this when getting het-up about cats confined
>indoors.
>Yes, the cats are very much at risk from traffic, being shut in when 
>their curiosity leads them into dangerous places, catching parasites
>or diseases from other animals, getting into fights, and, most
>distressing of all, being maltreated by evil people.
>But we have very few wild animals left here who can harm a cat.
>The one type of poisonous snake is rare in most habitats, rats
>are not often a problem, foxes are rarely spoken of as a 
>danger to cats. We killed most of the larger wildlife long
>ago - sad but safer for the pussy cats.

So if I understand you correctly, the same cat hazards that exist in the
US are also present in the UK minus wild predators.  Is it true that most
cat in UK are indoor/outdoor? 

Keith
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: das@emmapeel.ca.boeing.com (Deb Schwartz)
Subject: Spooky feeling
Organization: Yet Another Graphics Project, Bellevue, WA
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 04:06:06 GMT

This is unnerving.  I'm sitting here at my terminal, in the upstairs
of my house, and I can hear the living room heater humming.  It sounds
exactly like a gigantic cat purring, in fact, when I first heard it,
I couldn't quite figure out what it was.  At least, I think it's the
heater.  I wonder what's down there in my living room......I sure
hope it's not hungry.
------
Debbie Schwartz // das@voodoo.ca.boeing.com  // ....uw-beaver!bcsaic!voodoo!das

"Are you telling me there are dead people in my living room watching videos?!"
				- Nina in 'Truly, Madly, Deeply'
Organization: Office of the Dean - CFA, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 17:03:57 -0500 
From: Liz Fox <lf01+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Macintosh Kitty Litter


I FTPed and got the file and got into ResEdit but I can't copy it to the
finder.  Can anyone help?  I copied it to a Copy of Finder (as the
ReadMe said) but after I get out of ResEdit, I don't get the Kitty
Litter - I still have my old trash can.

I'd appreciate any help - I want my Litter Box!!

thanks

Liz Fox
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: joanm@moe.coe.uga.edu (Joan Maxfield UCNS)
Subject: Re: Cats need New Home
Keywords: adoption allergy help
Organization: College of Education, University of Georgia
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 16:12:12 GMT

In article <C1Jwr0.5n6@athena.cs.uga.edu> stanton@athena.cs.uga.edu (Catherine Stanton) writes:

>You could say I'm uncaring and a bitch.

Catherine Stanton, you uncaring bitch!		(well you SAID!)

I also had 'the talk' with several boyfriends, most were very insulted
but not near as bad as when I'd say "I'm sorry but I can't see you
anymore, Amos doesn't like you."  I promised Amos a home when I found
him in a pile of hay, alone, at 2 weeks old.  Daniel (my fiance)
shocked me when I told him, "just remember, Amos ALWAYS comes first,
I've had him longer..."  he replied "I would never ask you to get rid
of him.  I know how much he means to you."  Wow, what a guy!  Of
course that doesn't stop him from making chinese food jokes when Amos
or Angelica do something nasty but you can't have everything.

Joan




-- 
Joan C. Maxfield		* "Je Crois que je vais cracher une
maxfield@athena.cs.uga.edu	*  boule de poils" -Henri de la Barbe
joanm@moe.coe.uga.edu		*  
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: ted@majiq.com(Ted Bardusch)
Subject:  Lonely Kitty Seeks Same
Reply-To: ted@majiq.com
Organization:  MAJIQ Systems & Software
Distribution:  usa
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 19:02:45 GMT

Hi, my name is Chumley, although my people call me Chummy.  I am
a two year old neutered pedigreed Maine Coon cat, brown classic
tabby with white feet, face, and chest.  My nose is pink except for
a very cute brown dot on the bottom.  I'm 8-1/2 pounds of very
playful energy, except when I'm eating, sleeping or kneading on one
of my people.  I am very small for a Maine Coon, but I make up for
it in cuteness!

My two older brothers, both very big Maine Coons, are getting a
little too old to enjoy my playing with them.  They are getting
more and more bothered with my attempts to play, and my people are
getting concerned for my welfare.

So if you have a young cat or kitten that would like to have a very
playful friend to share a home with, please let my owners know by
sending e-mail back.  I am free to an excellent home, Seattle area
or PNW region is easiest... 


Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: kkv@inel.gov (Jamie J Ferguson)
Subject: Re: Sliding Closet Doors...
Organization: Idaho National Engineering Laboratory, Idaho Falls, Idaho
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 93 18:50:20 GMT


All 3 of our cats LOVE socks, and the older 2 have acquired a
taste for them...meaning they actually EAT them!  Disgusting!
(Especially when they come out the other end...)  Our solution
is to keep all socks (and sweaters, another known delicacy)
out of reach of the cats (who also learned to open closet
doors -- fortunately our new house has different doors, although
I suppose they might figure these out someday...).  My only
suggestion is to put your socks somewhere else...

Good luck!


Jamie

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               Meggin -- 8 month old Australian Shepherd X
               Harry  -- 4 month old Border Collie X

     felines:  Kieri  -- 5 1/2 yr old lilac point Siamese
               Zak    -- 5 1/2 yr old blue point Siamese
               Duke   -- 1 yr old seal point Siamese
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and shall not be used for advertising or product endorsement purposes.
From: ses3n@fermi.clas.Virginia.EDU (Sharon Elizabeth Silverman)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Fel Lukemia Question
Date: 27 Jan 93 22:05:24 GMT
Organization: University of Virginia


	I will be moving in a few months, and found a wonderful
house already well-stocked with animals (and I thought *my* place
was a zoo!). The only problem is that one of the previous residents 
has Feline Lukemia (sorry if I'm misspelling that). The human in 
charge of all this assures that it's safe as long as my cats are 
immunized. 
	YES, I INTEND TO ASK MY VET, but in the meantime do you 
have any words of advice? Alexei gets spayed in a week, so I'll
ask then. BTW - the infected cat has lived 4-5 years since diagnosis.

						Sharon
 
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: kilroy@netcom.com (Jeffrey S. Shulman)
Subject: Re: Giving Pills to our Fuzzy Friends
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 04:25:32 GMT

Fizzie needs his pills 3 times a day. We found the following works:

First, all pills are put into empty gelatin capsules. You can get these at
a drug store by knowing what to ask for (it seems the drug stores think anyone
who asks for empty capsules must be doing something illegal). We found size
4 works best. You will probably need one of those pill cutters to slice up
the pill to fit. With the pill in the capsule it is both tasteless and
easier to swallow. We too tried mixing it in the his food at first and the
llttle scamp would eat around a pill or not eat the stuff at all!

Next we use a "pill gun." This is a little device that looks like an oversized
hollow syringe. The capsule goes in followed by the plunger which shoots
it out when pressed.

You can get one of these from Wholesale Veterinary Supply (1-800-435-6940)
called a "Pet Piller" item #45549 price $1.85.

When "pill time" comes we announce it and find Fizzie (he now tolerates it
and gives us little grief). We usually put him curled up, upside down, in
our lap. Then use your left hand to gently pry open his mouth and "shoot"
the pill with your right hand by placing the syringe halfway into his mouth.
The object it to make sure it gets to the back of their throat, behind their
tongue, so they have no choice but to swallow it. I usually close his mouth
immediately and stroke his neck to encourage swallowing. My wife simply shoots
it into the back of his throat. Maybe once a week he will manage to not
swallow it on the first try. We then dry the capsule off and try again.

Our newest problem is "goo time" where we have to try to put toothpaste (pretty
gooey) onto his back teeth between the teeth and gums. Now *that* is something
he isn't use to yet. At least he doesn't seem to mind the taste of the
toothpaste [Lurkers: This is *animal* toothpaste. Do NOT use human toothpaste.
Also, *do* remember to take care of your cats teeth! Our older cat had to have
several removed because we didn't know to do this until it was too late. ]

All this may seem like a pain but Fizzie is *definatly* worth it!

Jeff
-- 
Jeff Shulman
kilroy@netcom.com
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: nelson_p@apollo.hp.com (Peter Nelson)
Subject: Re: choose him or your cats??????
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 19:15:27 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Corporation, Chelmsford, MA

In article <C0ponM.CHB@cs.uiuc.edu> noe@cs.uiuc.edu (Roger Noe) writes:

>the boyfriend rather than the cat(s).  Men like this are really just
>hulking, smelly, noisy, stupid dog-people.  Men who are more cat-like
>(and who like cats) are better groomed, quieter, smarter, more
>affectionate, and cuter.

   I'm new to this group, so I don't know if this is a Never-
   ending Topic, but I'd like to take issue with the dog-people/
   cat-people dichotomy.  In my experience it's rare to begin
   with and people with such strong species-preferences are 
   usually narrowminded and intolerant.

   Personally I like cats *and* dogs (and horses, and etc).  I
   don't currently have a dog because my schedule is too hectic
   and dogs require more maintainance than I'm in a position
   to offer, so it wouldn't be fair.   It's also a false idea
   that cats and dogs don't do well together; puppies and kittens 
   raised together usually grow up to be the best of friends 
   (and often co-conspirators in conducting household mayhem)


---peter

   
   
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: bill@bilver.uucp (Bill Vermillion)
Subject: Re: ants in the catfood
Organization: W. J. Vermillion - Winter Park, FL
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 16:12:10 GMT

In article <26JAN199315115227@lims01.lerc.nasa.gov> prkenne@lims01.lerc.nasa.gov (CAROL SHARP) writes:
>In article <25JAN199314291861@ariel.lerc.nasa.gov>, piltch@ariel.lerc.nasa.gov (Nancy Piltch) writes...
>>I came home yesterday to the sight of ants swarming around the catfood
>>dish (and assorted bits of food on the floor.)  Any ideas how to eliminate
>>the ants without poisoning the cats too?

>You have ants at this time of year?  How did you manage that - I thought 
>all the little creepy crawlys were frozen by now! 

Takes more than a 40 degree overnight low to kill ants.  Thats what we
had last night, and that's the coldest it's been in over a year.

Last couple of weeks, the lows have been in the 50's and the highs in
the mid70s.    And the cool nights drive the insects indoors. Aggh! 
Invasion of the Palmetto bugs!

-- 
Bill Vermillion - bill@bilver.oau.org  bill@bilver.uucp
                - ..!{peora|tous|tarpit}!bilver!bill
From: assana@polkadot.Eng.Sun.COM (assana)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Re: choose him or your cats??????
Followup-To: assana@polkadot.eng.sun.com
Date: 28 Jan 1993 03:32:47 GMT
Organization: Sun Microsystems, Inc., Mountain View, CA
Distribution: usa
NNTP-Posting-Host: polkadot

In article <1993Jan27.195812.22460@ncar.ucar.edu> vicki@steam.atd.ucar.edu (Vicki Holzhauer) writes:
>
>For one thing, dogs don't purr.  

Yes, but they'll go hiking with you, and jogging, and camping, and
they welcome you home, and a lot of other things that kitties just aren't
built for.

>For another, you have to follow them around outside with a scoop if you 
>want your neighbors to be friendly.

Or you can train them (rather easily with most kinds) to only poop
in a certain area. 

>It is mostly that second reason that keeps me from
>getting one, although I'm still occasionally turned to mush by the
>sight of a german shepherd's intelligent and sensitive face ...

I grew up with a german shepard...I know what you mean. I think they
are the BEST dogs to have! Were I in a situation where I could have 
one, I'd get one in a sec. Not that I would stop looking for 2 kittens!!

-- 
         ^-^
        /o o\
       ===^===   assana@polkadot.eng.sun.com
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Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: bukh@stack.serpukhov.su (Yuri Bukhtiyarov)
Subject: Lichen (herpes?) info needed.
Keywords: lichen, herpes, bald patches
Organization: The Institute of Biochemistry And Physiology of Microorganisms, Russian Academy of Sciences
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 17:18:02 GMT


Apologies for my previous empty posting, but me and the vi editor
didn't understand each other :-)

My cat has got bald patches on its neck, and it's scratching them all the time.
I suppose that this is a lichen (or herpes? I'm not sure about the
translation). I've searched for any information on the disease in
the r.p.c. FAQ, but found nothing.

I wonder if anybody out there could tell me how to combat the infection.
Any help and advice will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance,
--
Yuri

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Institute of Biochemistry and    ||        bukh@ibpm.serpukhov.su
Physiology of Microorganisms,    ||  Tel.  (095)925-7448
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Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Re: Cat Dancing
From: kroin@mcvax4.d48.lilly.com
Date: 21 Jan 93 09:48:13 EST
Followup-To: Cat dancing,rec.pets.cats
Distribution: na,local
Summary: reply to steve

-- 
> 
> When the cat hunches her front half down, and her back half
> is thrust up and out with her tail off to one side, and her
> rear is waved back and forth in what you called "the samba"
> and all this is accompanied by prolonged, mournful wails,
> well... It means your girl kitten is now an adult cat, and
> is in (or approaching) her first "heat."
> 
> Probably now, she's just practicing a bit for the real thing
> in a month or two. Is your kitten about 5-6 months old?
> 
> ../Steven
 Thanks Steve, I hadn't thought of that. Carol Lindsey is about 9 mos. old and
neutered. She doesn't wail or lay her tail sideways which might have been a
hint, but who knows, she may have her own style. Stan-- 
      +--------------------------------------------------------------+
      J.S.K@Lilly.Com is really Julian Kroin,late of Indpls. IN.
      +--------------------------------------------------------------+
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: lrd@rmtc.Central.Sun.COM (Leandra Dean)
Subject: Cat Covers His Food with Bathroom Rug
Reply-To: lrd@rmtc.Central.Sun.COM
Organization: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 93 10:08:31 GMT

Hello, cat lovers.  I've been having an enigmatic dilemma with my
feline for a few years now.  It's possible that it's too late to alter this
behavior (if, in fact, it should be altered).  My three year-old male
cat, Carlisle (a.k.a. Kitty Carlisle for those of you familiar with
the actress of the same name), continuously insists on covering his
food with our bathroom rug.  I have always fed him dry catfood, and
given that dry food doesn't have much of a smell, I am surprised that
he confuses the instinct to cover up the *smell* in the litterbox with
the *smell* in his food bowl.  Whether or not he is about to eat, he's
just finished eating, or he has no interest in the food, he covers it.
Sometimes he is interested in what my husband and I are feasting upon,
so sometimes when we finish our meal, we will allow him to partake of
"licking the bowl".  Even then, he makes a covering motion and pretends 
to use the carpet as a cover.

In the beginning, we thought it was cute.  Then we tried to see what
might make him stop.  Now, we're wondering if we should just chalk it
up to confused instinct.  It's not such a nuisance, I suppose, but the
bathroom rug takes a beating.  Has anyone else ever had such an
experience?  If so, what action(s) did you take?  Should I be
concerned?  Your help is appreciated.


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