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From: hcls7@jetson.uh.edu (Marino, Nancy F.)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Re: Conversations with cats
Date: 4 Sep 92 21:25:00 GMT
Article-I.D.: jetson.4SEP199216254335
Organization: University of Houston
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41


   I have a 10 year old cat named Bambita (alias The Bunny) who has always
thought that any kind of whistling is conversation with her.She answers with a
variety of meows or coos when we whistle, especially the
whistling-between-the-teeth variety. You can carry on a conversation a{ length
with her in this way. Consequently, she comes running when anyone whistles, and
this is a good way to find her when she's holed up somewhere. Last year we got
a new kitty (Jordi) who quickly discovered the whistling business, and also
answers to it. We may have the only cats who actually come when called. Our
firends think it's pretty funny that they can "talk" to these kitties in this
way.
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: walker@eplrx7.es.duPont.com (Scott Walker)
Subject: Re: What we say; what cats hear
Organization: DuPont Central Research & Development
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 17:04:41 GMT

Our cats OJ and Sock respond very well to "no", no matter whether I yell it
or say it slowly.  OJ chatters alot at birds, and when he's not chattering
at him, I only need to say "Git 'em, OJ!" and off he goes for a minute.  
And at nighttime when we are putting them in the basement, it's a loud
"yum yum time!" and a shaken Bonkers box to get them to come running.  Also,
any sound of food dropping into their plastic bowls ( a very distinct sound)
will get them to come.  OJ knows his name, as he will meow at me when I say
it, but Socks ignores me when I say his.

Scott C. Walker
walkersc@esvax.dnet.dupont.com
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From: ericj@hwcae.Honeywell.COM (Eric Jacobsen)
Subject: Re: Sachia doesn't like bare skin
Organization: Honeywell, Air Transport Division; Phoenix, AZ
Date: Sat, 5 Sep 1992 01:18:20 GMT

In article <4980@calmasd.Prime.COM> mas@calmasd.Prime.COM (Marisa SorBello) writes:

   One more thing I should have added about Sachia's
   disdain for bare skin...

   She has no objection to curling up on Peter's legs when he's
   wearing shorts.  It may be because he's furry, too.

I have fairly fuzzy legs, and our cat won't sit on my lap unless it's
covered. She doesn't paw much so I don't think she's worried about that.
Why she won't park on bare skin is a mystery, but our cat is like this
also.

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From: ege@cbnews.cb.att.com (Ernie Englehart)
Subject: How to comb out squermish cat?
Organization: AT&T Network Systems
Distribution: na
Date: Sun, 6 Sep 1992 23:31:30 GMT
Keywords: long hair, matted, won't sit still

I have a wonderfully affectionate, female, light brown, long hair cat.
She loves to be petted and he loves to lick my earlobes, but when I want
to comb her out she hardly ever sits still for more than 30 seconds before
she starts squerming so much that I have to let her go.  If I can't get her
unmatted I'm going to have to take her to the vet again.  I've had to take
here in to be unmatted and combed out before.

Are there any tricks for keeping her still and content while I comb her out
and pull out her matts?

Please respond by email to ege@cbnmva.att.com, or post.  If I get some
responses I'll summarize in a future posting.

Thanks a lot!
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From: lyndap@Novell.COM (Lynda Peterson)
Subject: Re: Should I get a second kitten?
Organization: Novell, Inc.
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 19:22:06 GMT

In article <1992Sep8.155754.17096@gateway.novell.com> lyndap@Novell.COM  
(Lynda Peterson) writes:
> 
> This so strange, I was just going to post with the same question. I have  
> had my cat for almost four years and I wonder if she would want a  
> companion. I am away most of the day and I wonder if she would want the  
> company. I once tried to adopt a stray but my cat had a fit! She hissed  
> and would not come near us. Now that I have read some of these postings
> on how to introduce new cats, I have thought about trying again. My only  
> concern is about her getting mad and peeing on things which she has a  
> history of doin gwhen we make her VERY mad (like moving, having dogs
> over and other serious stuff). 
> 
> Is it everyone's opinion that two cats are better than one? Is it every  
> cats opinion that two are better than one?

I just went to the animal shelter and there were a lot of cats there but,  
the shelter said that only three of the kittens were available for  
adoption. What about all the other ones? Are they going to be put down?  
What about all the adult cats?

Some more questions:
1. What if Boo doesn't get "used" to another kitten.
2. How do I prevent diseases from an animal shelter kitten.
3. Should I get a grown-up cat or a kitten? 
4. Boy or girl? (I think girl because Boo is spayed)

Also, the shelter charges $5.00 plus $40.00 to neuter before they will let  
us adopt. I am not against neutering but, I guess I just wait until the  
kitten is old enough, right?

Please give advice!!

lynda peterson
From: klier@iscsvax.uni.edu
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Re: Crippled kitty
Date: 8 Sep 92 18:35:07 -0500
Organization: University of Northern Iowa

In article <92252.080051FHSKRS@BYUVM.BITNET>, <FHSKRS@BYUVM.BITNET> writes:
>.  The bad news is that there was
> some nerve damage and she has no feeling and no mobility of her right
> front leg.  The vet said all we can do is wait and see; it might be
> temporary due to the trauma and clear up by itself.  

Yep, may very well clear up of its own accord.  I was hit by a car when
I was about 15; took about a year before I regained full feeling in one
leg (though the mobility came back sooner).  And cats and dogs can
adapt wonderfully to 3 legs.  I even met a cat that was so severely
ataxic it couldn't walk-- the vet the cat belonged to had made a
skateboard for the cat out of a roller skate, and the cat got along
quite nicely.  Great cat-- marvelous purr!

And I just met a 2 legged dog the other day -- *bad* farm accident, 
and the dog's front and back legs on the right sides were amputated
to small stumps.  The farmer just couldn't bring himself to euthanize
the dog, and the vet agreed to do what he could.  Next day, the dog
was up on two legs (much to *everyone's* suprise), and within a month
was back to chasing cattle.

Just watch the "elbow"-- make sure there are no pressure sores or
scrapes that get infected.

Kay Klier  Biology Dept  UNI
From: martin@mala.bc.ca
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Re: FLEAS - Tried everything, failed
Date: 14 Sep 92 23:39:00 GMT
Organization: Malaspina College

> As I said, all this has been for nothing.  One cat had more fleas
> then we've ever seen.  According to the FAQ and all the information
> we've received - the precor should have supressed immature fleas and
> the mature ones should have died off and disappeared by now.
> 
> I put a lot of faith in that Enforcer stuff but I feel the entire
> gallon has been wasted.   I would appreciate any advice.  Please
> e-mail so I don't miss it.
> 

Wow, I can't imagine what's going on..

my version of the precor/pyrethrins combo (Siphotrol) has given me
the first effective relief in years..  this is a product to treat the 
environment, not the pet directly.  My dog has an allergy that 
causes her to loose big chunks of fur from her back if we get fleas
and she looks better now that she has for the last 3 years...

I only use about a quart of the stuff a year, and fleas are much more
of a problem here in the warm, wet climate of Vancouver Island than
they were in the cold (or hot) dry Kootenays where I used to live..

my friends who use the version that you use right on the animal seem
to need to spray more, which makes sense to me since the fleas 
live in the environment not on the animal according to what I've read..

Please don't be insulted when I ask "did you follow the directions 
on the product".. it has to be asked...  how about, "do your cats go
outside?"... I wonder if they could be getting re-infested outside...
 
I saw someone here mention a product with the same combo of active 
ingredients for treating your lawn...
From: klier@iscsvax.uni.edu
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Re: Little Black Spots
Date: 10 Sep 92 20:11:31 -0500
Organization: University of Northern Iowa

In article <1992Sep10.234811.11859@newsgate.sps.mot.com>, karenr@geronimo.sps.mot.com (Karen Ramondetta) writes:
> 
> I have two cats, both about 2 years old.  They both have little black spots
> on their noses, lips and skin around their eyes.  One of them had these spots
> when I found her as a stray.  The other didn't have them when I got him 2 years
> ago, but does now.  They are very small, and almost look like dirt but don't 
> come off.  My sister, the hypocondriac, thinks it's melanoma.  I thought maybe 
> just aging.  Has anyone seen this type of thing before? Should I have been at 
> the vet weeks ago?  They are both very healthy indoor cats otherwise.

Are these orange cats?  Or have some orange on them?  Kitty-freckles are
*very* common in orange cats. "Hyperpigmented lesions" in vet parlance.
More common as they get older.

Kay Klier  (who also has freckles, but is not an orange tabby)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: cmickan@cc.curtin.edu.au
Subject: Taste Test
Organization: Curtin University of Technology
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 23:42:27 GMT

Had a good laugh at my cats expense last night.

I saw an ad for a new cat food from a health store in the paper so I rang
them up and they delivered a sample for my cats to try.  It was supposed to
be healthy for them and didn't have any preservatives or additives in it.
I tried the cats last night and this was their reactions.

Josie immediately tried to bury it in the kitchen and walked away disgusted.
Stuffy likes to try new things by putting his paw in it and then licking his
paw.  Well he got some of this stuff on his paw and licked it.  He then looked
at me, at his paw and meowed as if to say "You're joking, right?"
Anyway he kept shaking his paw and looking at me so I ended up having to go
get a cloth a wash it off his paw to shut him up.  So much for trying to give
them healthy food.

I then opened up their favourite(and cheap) can of food and proceeded to feed
them properly.
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Judy Mickan                    
Curtin University               Internet: CMICKAN@cc.curtin.edu.au
Perth, West Australia           Bitnet: CMICKAN%cc.curtin.edu.au@cunyvm.bitnet
From: mooring@rikki.Eng.Sun.COM (Linda Mooring)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: cat allergies
Date: 9 Sep 1992 17:44:23 GMT
Organization: Sun Microsystems, Inc.  Mt. View, Ca.
Distribution: usa
Reply-To: mooring@rikki.Eng.Sun.COM (Linda Mooring)
NNTP-Posting-Host: rikki

Hi all,

I don't read this newsgroup, so please respond to me
directly.  Also, if this subject has already been 
covered in an faq, I apologize, and could you please
direct me to the location of the faq?  Thanks.

My sister got married this May.  Her husband has 
always been allergic to cats.  Not violently, but
his eyes will tear up and his nose will clog if
a cat sleeps on his lap or near him for 15 min or
so.

He also works nights, so my sister's been pushing
to get a kitten to keep her company while he's
out.  My attempts to talk her out of it failed,
and she bought a cat this weekend (he didn't 
protest and will start getting allergy shots).
(Please no flames, I know my sister is stupid,
I'm just concerned for the cat since I won't
be able to take it if Howard can't tolerate her.)

So, to help my folks avoid "inheriting" another
cat (they already have 4 that they adore), I'd
like any net.wisdom I can find that will help
keep Howard's allergic reactions to a minimum.

First of all, will the allergy shots help?  Do
any of you live with cats in spite of your
allergies?  Are there oils you can add to the
cats diet to keep the dander down?  Besides
keeping their house aired out and vacuumed,
are there any other procedures that might help?

Finally, assuming that Howard is allergic to
cat dander, will the amount of it the kitten
gives off increase as it reaches maturity?

Thanks in advance!

Linda
From: linda@frcs.Alt.ZA (Linda Jacobson)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Re: Need info on Feline Leukemia
Date: 13 Sep 92 17:23:56 GMT
Article-I.D.: frcs.1992Sep13.172356.12211
Organization: Onderstepoort School of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria

Thus spake K_LEPA@unhh.unh.edu (Kristen   Lepa):

> 1.  Will my other two cats be at risk if they're up to date with their
> vaccinations?

Just one addition to Kay's good advice: at least one bunch of people
have done some research recently which shows that the vaccine is
unlikely to make much difference, one way or another.

Linda

 
       
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: rivkin@watson.bms.com (Teresa Rivkin)
Subject: Re: Water Bowl Fetish (was Re: Ice cubes in water bowl)
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.4-b1  
Organization: Bristol Myers Squibb Pharmaceutical Research Institute
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 21:30:00 GMT

>Any one else have a cat with a water bowl fetish?

Yes, our female cat Princess frequently puts things in their water bowl dish.  
Mostly my pony tail holders that she steals!  Sometimes we find rubber bands 
in the water dish (I like to think she is subtely reminding my husband that 
leaving things like rubber bands laying around is not good for the kitties, 
since he doesn't listen to me!).  I don't think her brother, Arpeggio, is very 
fond of her clepto habits, but she thinks it's great!

Terri Rivkin
Bristol-Myers Squibb
Princeton, NJ
rivkin@bms.com
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: trish@tronsbox.xei.com (Trish)
Subject: Re: Ice cubes in water bowl
Organization: Xanadu Enterprises Inc.
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 02:59:04 GMT

In article <1992Sep8.202800.19234@infonode.ingr.com> maverick@topgun.b29.ingr.com writes:
>Someone posted an amusing story a while ago about putting ice cubes
>in Kitty's water bowl, so I thought I would try it on Buttons, my 
>10-week-old grey tabby.
>It really was pretty funny! (sorry, Buttons)
>Anyway, he watched the ice cube swirl around for a little bit, then he
>raised his paw and swatted the cube.  [Aaiiee, I got my paw wet!]
>Well, he shook his paw, trying to sling the water off, but didn't lose
>interest in the ice cube.  He watched the cube a little more, then
>swatted it again.  [Darn, I got my paw wet again!]
>Another round of paw-shaking, then he decided he didn't like playing
>with that ice cube anymore, and sauntered off.

One of my four cats loves ice cubes in his water bowl.  He will bat
them and dunk them until they melt and then he meows for more.  One
time he decided to pick it up in his mouth and carry it onto the rug
in the livingroom.  When he got it there he batted it around like a
ball but got very upset when it melted.  Now occasionally I find his
ball in his water dish -- I think he is a little confused!! 

I had a cat a couple of years ago that when he heard the refrigerator/
freezer door open he would come running fro an ice cube.  He also
liked it in the water dish but especially liked to bat it around so
one day I carried the ice cube to the tub and he followed me.  When I
threw it in the tub he hopped into the tub and batted it until it melted...

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From: ccspjs@gdr.bath.ac.uk (Pete J Suters)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Re: What we say; what cats hear
Date: 11 Sep 92 09:31:16 GMT
Organization: Bath University Computing Services, UK

In article <BuDuun.3It@csn.org> steveg@teal.csn.org (Steve Genoff) writes:
>
>  Chunky knows what is meant when I say "kitty treat".  His ears perk up,
>his irises dilate, and he knows I am about to give him some Bonkers or
>something similar.  He does NOT react this way if I just say 'kitty'.
>Some would say it's just pavlovian, but i'm sure everyone will agree with
>me in saying that this demonstrates cats are intelligent.  (As if there was
> any doubt).

Roo does the same thing if we mention the word 'biscuits'.  She also
knows her name when its said in a certain tone of voice which means
that it's going to be biscuit time!  She will always look up as
if to say 'yes?', and when we say 'biscuits', she will jump up
and wander out into the kitchen to the biscuit drawer, and smile
at it.
  She also knows the word 'NO!', but it doesn't have much effect.
If she's sharpening her claws on the furniture, and I shout NO!, she
will stop, look at me, and then start doing it again, but a little
faster!
  Little devil ...

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Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: yehuda@ilx129 (Yizraeli Yehuda)
Subject: try of the test
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 13:43:54 GMT
Organization: Intel
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Re: Are humans able to get fleas? 
From: graeme@hart.actrix.gen.nz (Graeme Hart)
Date: 12 Sep 92 23:20:31 GMT

delphine@garfield.cs.mun.ca (Delphine Au @ CS Dept., Memorial University of Newfoundland) once wrote....
>I have a cat, and he has fleas.  I can see them.  They are
>tiny, about the size of a pin head, and they jump very high
>and far.
>
>I have tried many things to get rid of them, but doesn't work.
>
>My question is: Would I be able to catch these fleas?
>

You can if you are quick enough!!  My wife does.  Now that I read your
post again, I don't think this is quite what you meant :)

You might like to try a flea collar, combined with regular combing
with a flea comb.  The collar may not kill the fleas, but it will slow
them down and make them easy to catch.  The flea comb has teeth that are
very close together, so you can comb the fleas out of the cat's coat, and
catch and kill them.

Fleas are hard to kill, the best way is to squeeze them between your
nails until you hear a crunch :)

I don't think you'll have a problem with your catching fleas, but they
will live in carpets, chairs, beds etc...

>I am very nervous about this.  Please email responese if possible.
>
>Thank You
>
>Delphine Au
> 
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>| Computer Science | Memorial University of Newfoundland                 |
>|        Smart     :  When you only believe half of what you hear...     |
>|        Brilliant :  When you know which half to believe!!              |


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From: andrewr@ultrix.Sun.COM (Andrew Roach)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Post spay (spey)?
Date: 11 Sep 1992 23:49:30 GMT
Organization: Sun Microsystems Inc.
Distribution: world
Reply-To: andrewr@Eng.Sun.COM
NNTP-Posting-Host: ultrix


Our two 6 month old female kittens are due to be spayed on Tuesday.

What condition will they be in when I pick them up ?
Do they scratch their stitches etc ?

Any info appreciated.

Andy
From: joanm@moe.coe.uga.edu (Joan Maxfield UCNS)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Re: Naming cat behaviors
Date: 6 Sep 92 06:43:25 GMT
	<1992Sep6.030526.17771@athena.cs.uga.edu>
Organization: College of Education, University of Georgia

In article <1992Sep6.030526.17771@athena.cs.uga.edu> stanton@athena.cs.uga.edu (Catherine Stanton) writes:

   After a LOOONG Absence, may I say it's good to be back! :)
	and so good to have you back!


   Also don't know if this one has been mentioned but it IS an officil
   "Sniglet".  The action of a cat rearing up it's butt to meet your
   hand as you rub along it's back is called "Caltitude" (or Catitude, or
   something like that, it's been awhile.)
	I though that Catitute was what Amos gives me when I tell him
it's time to go to bed/come inside/stop esting the nieghbors food/stop
licking his genitalia in public/fetch to toy/etc.  sort of a
combination of cat and attitude! 

   To Joan: Happy Birthday you Weasel you didn't tell me the other day!
   :-(  Next ice cream at Hodgson's is on me! ;-)
	Fine by me, you knwo I'm broke!

Joan
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: msmam@super.org (Margaret A McGarry)
Subject: Re: Mice, Cats and choking
Organization: Supercomputing Research Center (Bowie, MD)
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 20:58:39 GMT

 I was told that swinging a cat back and forth
 between your legs in this manner is also the
 standard way to resuscitate a cat that has stopped 
 breathing.
 
 Marge
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: lexier@fraser.sfu.ca (Lyle Lexier)
Subject: Re: Crippled kitty
Organization: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 17:18:23 GMT


     Hello everyone,
 
     In my opinion, if the cat's front right leg is paralysed, it is better
to have a paralysed leg that could one day be healed, rather than losing the
leg which will result in guilt to the owners of the cat who feel in two or
three years that they regret having amputated the leg for no reason at all.
I think that the cat will soon be able to re-use that leg, if not in a month,
then in a year or two.
 
     Lyle

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From: jrc@IEDV4.acd.com ( Janis Clark )
Subject: Re: bathtubs
Organization: Applied Computing Devices, Inc., Terre Haute IN
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 21:33:32 GMT

In article <186vg8INNhbi@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> cb771@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (S. Macfarland) writes:
>
>Lately my 4.5 month old long hair tuxedo has developed some
>kind of bathtub fetish. Any time I want to take a shower or
>bath, I have to first remove an assortment of milk bottle
>caps, spongy balls, socks, etc from the tub, and often the
>kitten himself. Anyone else experienced this? He's the first
>kitten I've had with this behavior!
>

I recently had a kitten come to live with me, a now ten-week-old gray
tiger named Carson, who loves to play in the bathtub.  One of her
favorite toys is a bathroom-sized dixie cup and one time she played
for an hour or so with a disposable razor one of my teenaged daughters
left on the side of the tub (the safety cap was on, fortunately)!

Janis and Carson