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From: blymn@awadi.com.au (Brett Lymn)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Re: other monsters....
Date: 11 Nov 92 19:17:57
Organization: AWA Defence Industries
	<philip.721004052@labtam>
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In-reply-to: philip@labtam.labtam.oz.au's message of Thu, 5 Nov 1992 22:54:12 GMT

>>>>> On Thu, 5 Nov 1992 22:54:12 GMT, philip@labtam.labtam.oz.au (Philip Stephens) said:

Philip> Deirdre A. Johnson writes:

>My cat when I was little just loved the clarinet - or that's
>the only explanation we could think of for the way she would
>behave. Whenever my sister started to play, Whitefoot (Manx/Siamese
>jellicle cat) would drop whatever she was doing, go to wherever
>my sister was, sit down right under the clarinet and stare straight
>up into the bell until the music stopped.  She seemed to be absolutely
>mesmerized - she wouldn't even blink - and she'd even come inside
>from hunting in order to do this.  So we think she must have loved it.

Philip>   Hmmm.  Our cat has always reacted strangely to my sister playing the flute.
Philip> She gets all cute and lovable all of a sudden, starts to purr madly, make funny
Philip> meowing noises, and will kneed you and cuddle up to you...the whole works!
Philip> But it's only for the flute, and I've wondered whether it has something to do
Philip> with the high pitch of the instrument?  I've noticed that if my sister is
Philip> playing a song on the flute in a low key, our cat will hardly prick up her
Philip> ears, but when the high notes start rolling--it's time to get attention from
Philip> the nearest human :-)

Our cat is the same, loves the flutey sort of music.  She also loves
having poetry read to her.  Not just any poetry mind you it has to be
something like Coolridge, Byron, Shelley or may be Shakespeare's
sonnets but definitely no modern day hacks.  My SO and I cannot work
out what she likes about the poetry and how she can tell but with the
right poet she will snuggle up and meow and purr contentedly, with
others she will not even twitch an ear.

--
Brett Lymn
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: lhuffman@stsci.edu
Subject: Re: Humane society vs. prospective adopters
Organization: Space Telescope Science Institute
Distribution: na
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 18:43:34 GMT

> 	I am not a regular reader of this group, but also wanted to add $.02 worth of defense
> for the people who find homes for animals.  Toward the end of January each year, I find 2 or 3
> cats in or around my bird feeders.  Kind of tough on the birds.  However, I have found in every
> case except one that these were cold, frightened, and very hungry critters who appearently were
> "not fun anymore", and were turned out to fend for themselves.  It gets cold here in January,
> and these guys usually don't even have a winter coat of fur to help them through.  I get so
> irritated that someone would do something like this, I would like to dump them in northern
> Canada without a coat and see how they do.  But reality is there are many thoughtless humans 
> in the world so I don't blame the shelter people for trying to make sure they are placing an
> animal in a good stable home.  The volunteers I have met care greatly about the cats and dogs
> they have under their care.  They spend many thankless hours trying to help.  They are great
> people.
> 	Thanks for letting me state an opinion.

Right on! We who work the streets picking up abandoned animals place these 
animals VERY CAREFULLY, because we do not want to have to pick them up again.
From my experience, your opinion is very near to fact.

Xref: sparky rec.pets.cats:13323 rec.pets:3542
From: ozernoi@poisonoak.berkeley.edu (Irina Ozernoy)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats,rec.pets
Subject: No longer sad
Date: 9 Nov 1992 23:45:25 GMT
Organization: /etc/organization
NNTP-Posting-Host: poisonoak.berkeley.edu

Hello, everybody!

I just wanted to let you all know that my missing cat, Kuzya, has come home.
He was gone for 9 days and we were expecting the worst, since the flyers had
brought about no response, and my parents live so close to an incredibly busy
street. Sunday night, however, he appeared nonchalantly, looking none the 
worse for wear, except for a gash on his hind leg.  Needless to say, his son, 
Vasya, is ecstatic.  He had been moping this entire time -- hardly eating, 
not playing, etc., but has since reverted to his more typical "psycho-kitten"
personality.  (A typical Vasya thought process: "Dad!  That's my dad!  I'm 
going to jump on him! Oh boy!  Now I'm smelling Dad's butt! Yay! Dad! Excuse
me, I have to be in the living room now -- *Whoosh!*")

Many thanks to those of you who took the time to drop me a note.  Your letters
helped me not lose hope, and I really appreciated all of them!!

Love & Kittens,

Irina "no longer sad" O., Kuzya & Vasya
From: lizzie@ecst.csuchico.edu (Lizzie Borden)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Help for rectal problem
Date: 8 Nov 1992 23:22:34 GMT
Organization: California State University, Chico
NNTP-Posting-Host: cscihp.ecst.csuchico.edu

Help me please.  My cat has something wrong with his rear.  It seems to be
somewhat inflamed and the fur all around the area is stained a nasty yellow
color.  He can't seem to leave it alone.  He's about six months old and eats
constantly.  He was a stray until two months ago, so he could easily have
picked up something nasty.  My roommate says it could be a tapeworm, and if
this is so, could he spread it to us.  He drinks out of my glass of water 
regularly, and occasionally eats off my plate when I don't catch him in the
act.  I plan to call the vet tomorrow first thing, but is there anything I can  do for him to relieve him now.
lizzie@cscihp.ecst.csuchico.edu

Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats,rec.pets
From: jereese@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (jean reese)
Subject: Re: the presidential cat
Organization: Indiana University
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 16:28:54 GMT

In article <1dm0tjINNoj9@FUNCTOR.SYSTEMSZ.CS.YALE.EDU> loosemore-sandra@cs.yale.edu (Sandra Loosemore) writes:
>Actually, I've read that Clinton himself claims to be allergic to
>cats.  Socks hangs out with Chelsea Clinton instead.
>
>-Sandra


Also, I've read that "Socks" is actually spelled "Sox."
Not that I'm an authority or anything; I just saw it in the paper.

Jean
From: mark@whizbang.wariat.org (Mark W. Schumann)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Reusable litter & vomiting
Distribution: world
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 92 04:37:07 GMT
Organization: The Software Sweatshop, Cleveland, Ohio USA


We have just started using Scoop Away (tm) and perhaps coincidentally
Catlet, Spike, and Pooky have been just heaving Kitty Hurl daily.

Do you think Scoop Away could be the culprit?

Now Scoop Away comes in very small particles, and therefore is easily
stuck between the toes, and therefore is probably easily eaten while
cleaning.

--
Mark W. Schumann/3111 Mapledale Avenue/Cleveland, Ohio 44109-2447 USA
Domain: mark@whizbang.wariat.org                      CIS: 73750,3527
"We're not nuts or anything; I mean *I'm* not nuts." <whizbang!judy>
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: aeckert@diana.cair.du.edu (AMY E. ECKERT)
Subject: Re: Welcome to the First Cat (Socks)
Organization: University of Denver, Denver, Colorado
Date: Sat, 14 Nov 92 02:58:15 GMT

The other night, there was a story about Socks/Sox on the local news.
They said that there is some dispute over his political affiliation, but
if he is a typical cat he's an independent. =)

Amy


Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: barlow@prodigal.psych.rochester.edu (Rebel)
Subject: Re: JELLO PUDDING for cats?
Organization: University of Rochester - Rochester, New York
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 92 15:31:35 GMT

In <1992Nov11.023351.8474@galileo.cc.rochester.edu> jsmt@troi.cc.rochester.edu (Julia Smith) writes:
>>
>My cats both get extremely sick when they get any milk.  I don't think
>you need to worry about calcium sources for Zeb - are you sure it is good
>for her to get milk?  Watch her stool...
>  
>--j

I was concerned about this as well when we first got Zeb, but most of the
sources I have read have said that milk intolerance only affects some cats
and so we only gave her a little bit and checked her stool to see if it
upset her stomach....it didn't. She's also had ice cream (a treat for a long
car ride)
and it was ok as well. So my concern is not that the milk will make her sick
just the other pudding stuff.

Jen
From: bette@wc.novell.com (Elizabeth Brennan)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Re: Welcome to the First Cat (Socks)
Date: 11 Nov 92 00:30:21 GMT
Reply-To: bette@wc.novell.com
Distribution: usa
Organization: Novell, Inc.

In <1992Nov7.212530.21935@cbnewsj.cb.att.com> jeremy@cbnewsj.cb.att.com (jeremy.l.radosh) writes:

>In article <1992Nov7.205007.22367@noao.edu> morin@noao.edu (Marg Morin) writes:
>>>>A 21 can salute to the soon-to-be-resident cat in the White House,
>>>>Socks!  When (if ever) was the last time there was a cat in the
>>>>White House?
>>>
>>>The Carters had a White House Cat, so the last one left in 1980.
>>>
>>Does this mean that Democrats are cat people while Republicans
>>are dog people?
>>-- 

>Actually, this is a very good question, and one for which I would love to
>hear some responses.

Ow. Dangerous topic! But anyway...

I saw a list once of famous cat lovers vs (in)famous cat haters in history. 
President Abraham Lincon was on the list of cat lovers. So that's yet another
thing Ole' Abe did to make the Republicans look good.

Bette
From: vmp@wdl1.wdl.loral.com (Valerie Pierce)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Re: Weird cat treats
Date: 12 Nov 92 23:10:20 GMT
Followup-To: rec.pets.cats
Organization: Loral Aerospace

My cats love corn on the cob.  If they smell it cooking, they will follow
me around to make sure they get some.  They also like to lick the lids from
the yogourt containers.

-Valerie   (Proud "MOM" of Rascal and Raggamuffin)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: ramirez@julia.math.ucla.edu (Alice Ramirez)
Subject: the sick cat and kitten
Organization: UCLA Mathematics Department
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 92 17:55:27 GMT




Subject: Re: help for my little kitten
Status: RO

I tried to make this reply directly to the person who wrote the original
posting, who brought in a kitten who came down with flu, who made the mistake
of not separating the sick one from her older cat and now the older one is
very sick indeed, but my reply bounced back.

I'd like to make one suggestion that MIGHT help. Once, I had two cats
who were horribly sick with something involving loss of appetite and diahreah.
By chance, after bringing them home from the vet, my roommate went out to
buy us dinner at Colonel Sanders.  Brought the bags home and the
wee sick ones immediately perked up and showed interest.  To make a long
story short, they managed to "choke down" about 2 pieces of chicken
breast (removed from the bones and hand fed to them).  I think it was 
the strong smell of the chicken that somehow got thru to them. The sacrifice
of dinner was well worth the response.  Maybe it won't work for you, but 
maybe it might.  Good luck.  I hope your older cat pulls through ok.





Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: cstanto@nyx.cs.du.edu (Cat Stanton)
Subject: Re: My roommate broke my kitten's leg!!!!
Organization: Nyx, Public Access Unix at U. of Denver Math/CS dept.
              Nyx lags like HELL only use it in a state of sheer emergency
              took me 20 minutes just to get to this post.  :)
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 92 07:16:56 GMT

In article <1992Nov12.024243.17515@netcom.com> wd6cmu@netcom.com (Eric Williams) writes:
>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?
>-- 
Eric,
I have to disagree with you here.  I had no advice other than what the other
posters replied but many of us have roommates and own cats and this is VERY
much something we need to watch for.  I think that the responses I have seen
and whatever the original poster decides to do will be of great help to me
in the future.  Besides, rec.pets.cats is about *people* and their love for
cats and their relationships with their cats.  To me this post could not
have been more appropriate.

Besides, there doesn't seem to be an alt.abusive.sh*t.roommates.who.should.be.-
shot newsgroup out there.

Cat
if you feel like you MUST reply do so at stanton@athena.cs.uga.edu please
athena's something or the other is too full forcing me to post via here.


Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: afdenis@lims02.lerc.nasa.gov (Stephen Dennison)
Subject: Re: Welcome to the First Cat (Socks)
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Organization: Ancient Souls Inc.
Date:  6 Nov 1992 17:32 EST  

In article <2620@cronos.metaphor.com>, pstevens@Metaphor.COM (Paul Stevens) writes...
> 
>A 21 can salute to the soon-to-be-resident cat in the White House,
>Socks!  When (if ever) was the last time there was a cat in the
>White House?

I dunno... Jimmy Carter was kinda a .... (naww... even *I* can't be that 
obvious. :-))

Protection for the *really* easily offended ... press `n' now...


OK, how about this one ... With Clinton in the White House, what do you 
think the odds are of `Socks' being the only pussy running around ? 

:-) :-)

-- Stephen

A disgruntled Perot supporter.

Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: sarah@albnyvms.bitnet
Subject: Re: Bubbles likes to eat my hair. Help!!
Reply-To: sarah@albnyvms.bitnet
Organization: University of NY at Albany
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 92 06:52:17 GMT

It smells bad, but it should help you to break him/her of the habit.
 
Sarah, whose companion kitties LIKE the smell of the repellant
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: morin@noao.edu (Marg Morin)
Subject: Re: WHAT TO NAME A WHITE MALE KITTEN
Organization: National Optical Astronomy Observatories, Tucson AZ
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 18:23:41 GMT

In article <Bx8yzo.MrH@cmptrc.lonestar.org> brad@cmptrc.lonestar.org (Brad Barton) writes:
>>In article <1992Nov4.014446.175240@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu>, gjs2@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu (GEORGE 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.
>>> GEORGE AND ? signing off
>>> and im living here in allentown
>
>Miyuki means "Beautiful Snow" in Japanese, but its traditionally a female name.
>
>If you're in Allentown, how about "Steel"?  /too obvious?
>
>-- 
>---------------------------------------------------------------
>|            Brad Barton -- brad@cmptrc.lonestar.org          |
>| "Mother you've taught me the laws are so fine,              |
>|  If I'm good, that I will be protected.                     |
>|  I've fallen through the crack and there's no getting back, |
>|  Now I'll never trust whoever gets elected.                 |
>|                      -- Suzanne Vega "Bad Wisdom"           |
>---------------------------------------------------------------

For a WHITE cat? Steel would be great for a grey or blue-grey!
Steel (the metal) is not white! (Except _maybe_ when it's
being forged ... white hot?)
-- 
 MARG MORIN  "Call me M"		(morin@noao.edu)  
	aka: The Seeker   		 AURA/NOAO Tucson, AZ
--------------------------------------------------------------------
 "I'm just a person trapped inside a woman's body" - Elaine Boosler
From: lizzie@ecst.csuchico.edu (Lizzie Borden)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Re: Help!  How to get car oil off my kitty
Date: 8 Nov 1992 23:16:21 GMT
Organization: California State University, Chico
Distribution: usa
NNTP-Posting-Host: cscihp.ecst.csuchico.edu

>Well my kitty appears to have decided that the nice warm underside
>of a car is a good place to hang out and rub her back against.
>(I recently moved to a new (larger) apartment complex so the availability
>of warm cars is greater and winter has finally arrived here in Boulder)

Well, I don't know how to get the oil off, but I do have a very serious
suggestion.  Please don't let the kitty play under the cars.  It doesn't   
take long before they discover that it is even warmer if they crawl up
inside the workings.  There is nothing more horrible than opening the hood
of your car, and finding a cat who has been there a while.  I speak from
experience.  Take pity on the cat, and keep it inside to avoid the 
temptation.  The chances are that most people who live in the complex
wouldn't think to warn cats (by making noise, etc.) before starting cars.
Please, be careful.  
   Lizzie (and BC--Bionic the six million dollar cat)
From: sstover@sumax.seattleu.edu (   Kate   )
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Re: Cats that JUMP (was fetch)
Date: 13 Nov 92 08:46:28 GMT
Organization: Seattle University

In article <1dvi1qINN6uv@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> at881@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (N. French) writes:
>
>Nicole
> and Spanky, who is standing on my arm. I wonder how many rpc
>people post with a cat sitting on them :-)

Me!

(Hemingway says hello.  He always reads r.p.c with me.)

ciao,
--
       Sheryl Stover  %  If you ask me what I have come to do in the world,
  & Hemingway & Clio  %  I who am an artist, I will reply: "I am here to
sstover@seattleu.edu  %  live aloud."                    -Emile Zola


Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: "doug powless" <doug.powless@canrem.com>
Subject: the presidential cat
Reply-To: "doug powless" <doug.powless@canrem.com>
Organization: Canada Remote Systems
Distribution: rec
Date: 11 Nov 92 14:53:17 EST

HLBTW, an addendum to my earlier post on the topic:

HLAccording to the Washington Post, both Bill & Hillery Clinton are mildly
HLallergic to Socks, but take allergy shots so Chelsea can have a pet!  I
HLthink I'm going to like them...

        Now THAT's something to smile about!  Anyone who chooses to
        inconvenience oneself in favour of their cat has my undying
        admiration.  How unselfish!


               
                Doug Powless 
                Oshawa, Ontario Canada   
               
                Tyendinaga 
               
---
  1st 1.01 #818  * Appreciate me now! (and avoid the rush).
--
Canada Remote Systems  - Toronto, Ontario
World's Largest PCBOARD System - 416-629-7000/629-7044
From: hcrain@convex.csd.uwm.edu (Helen C Crain)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Re: Re: Cats that JUMP (was fetch)
Date: 12 Nov 1992 16:22:23 GMT
Organization: University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
Reply-To: hcrain@convex.csd.uwm.edu
NNTP-Posting-Host: 129.89.7.30
Originator: hcrain@convex.csd.uwm.edu

From article <1992Nov11.214330.1@acad2.alaska.edu>, by axpmw@acad2.alaska.edu:
>......... 
> Plus he can jump 7 ft in the air if you dangle the fetch toys ... 
> How high do your cats jump! Just curious.. (this can be a dangerous
> cat skill for the owner...)
> -- 
> Pam Woods                              Email:  Internet: axpmw@acad2.alaska.edu
My Maine Coon Eli jumps up to get just about anything:  a
dangling CatDancer, a noseeum, and especially any flashing
light.  I've seen his rear legs higher than my chest (?
4ft), and he stretches considerably above that.  Is this a
Maine Coone thing?

-- 
Helen C. Crain             hcrain@convex.csd.uwm.edu 
UWMilwaukee Nursing                   Wisconsin, USA
"There is more of good nature than good sense at the
bottom of most marriages"    HD Thoreau
From: hcrain@convex.csd.uwm.edu (Helen C Crain)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Re: Cats that fetch
Date: 6 Nov 1992 14:33:38 GMT
Organization: University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
Distribution: rec
Reply-To: hcrain@convex.csd.uwm.edu
NNTP-Posting-Host: 129.89.7.30
Originator: hcrain@convex.csd.uwm.edu

From article <92310.164505U53064@uicvm.uic.edu>, by Shawn Durham <U53064@uicvm.uic.edu>:
> I've know several fetchers.  Genghis would fetch those little spongy
> balls, and Kelly will fetch ANYTHING he can carry -- balls, fur mousies,
> an old silk flower was his favorite toy for a while.  Arvid would
> only fetch wooden clothes pins with the spring, and only if they
> were thrown across an uncarpeted floor.
> 
> Neither of my own cats, Tucker or Merlin, has any interest in fetching 8<

Fetching is one thing.  Joshua will fetch those
practice golf balls and Eli goes after *any*
crumpled paper.  <Is it fetching, technically, if
they don't quite bring it all the way back?>

Cassandra used to fetch from all over the place.  I
think its called stealing.  She brought us
workgloves (not ours), oil rags, a pair of
prescription sunglasses, and once she dragged in
some small girl's (2y/o) bikini swimsuit bottom.  I
told that the bottom was pretty useless without the
top, except at hippie hollow.  So the next night she
went out and got the top!

-- 
Helen C. Crain             hcrain@convex.csd.uwm.edu 
UWMilwaukee Nursing                   Wisconsin, USA
"There is more of good nature than good sense at the
bottom of most marriages"    HD Thoreau
From: jshouman@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Joan-Marie Shouman)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Re: Bubbles likes to eat my hair. Help!!
Date: 11 Nov 92 07:28:04 GMT
Organization: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin TX

In article <1992Nov8.191252.28170@math.ucla.edu> ramirez@julia.math.ucla.edu (Alice Ramirez) writes:
>My wonderful, delightful fluffy brown tabby, Bubbles, has developed
>a fairly annoying passion of late...that of trying to eat my hair.

(stuff deleted)

>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.
>

My half-tabby Ari used to do the same thing -- only he'd wait till my husband  and I were asleep. (It took me awhile to figure out what it was that was
waking me up every night.)

Ari started this lovely habit one day, and suddenly stopped a month or two
later.  I guess he just got sick of it, 'cause the only thing I did is mutter
for him to stop -- and I vaguely remember my husband covering his head with
the sheets.

I think that if you give Bubbles a stern "No," she'll get the message without
hurt feelings. 

As for the hairball problem I wouldn't worry much -- Bubbles would have to eat
alot of your hair.  Ari did not have any problem.

Good Luck.


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