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From: dbetz@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Drew Betz)
Subject: Re: What IS it with Q-tips?
Organization: SigSauer Fan Club 
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 17:27:50 GMT

Both of our cats, Cona and Hugo, generally dislike storebought toys.
They tend to like things like the tractor-feed part of computer
paper, espcially if its long enough.  For catnip, we order from
this cottage-industry place in Youngstown, Ohio.  This person
grows her own catnip in her backyard then sews together the
toys.  Our cats LOVE these (they are really strong smelling!).

Drew 
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 sex for the students."  OSU President E. Gordon Gee on the three
 things a great university must provide. 
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: dgerke@IMD.Sterling.COM (Deb Gerke)
Subject: Re: I've got a fetcher.
Organization: Sterling Software, IMD
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 19:13:58 GMT
X-Md4-Signature: 293b70448b26e3cf7384eacf7e2feb03


	My 2 1/2 year old Siamese mix, Samantha, fetches everything. I get a 
kick out of her putting one paw on one side of something so the other side
will lift up for her to bite. Loves the plastic milk rings and the little 
boomerrang things out of kids cereals; Captain Crunch.


	She's just a doll to watch except when I came home the other night and
she had pulled the screen off the window and was eating dead bug carcasses; 
YUCK!!!! The window was closed.

	Have you kissed your cat lately?


-- 
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Sterling Software		INternet: dgerke@ssbell.IMD.Sterling.COM
1404 Fort Crook Road South	Phone: 	(402) 291-8300
Bellevue, Nebraska 68005	Fax:	(402) 291-4362


Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: rms8340@ritvax.isc.rit.edu
Subject: Re: what do you think?
Reply-To: rms8340@ritvax.isc.rit.edu
Organization: Rochester Institute of Technology
Distribution: rec.pets.cats
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 19:02:43 GMT

In article <1992Jul28.145613.15459@super.org>, judith@super.org (Judith D. Schlesinger) writes:
>    "Making dough" is what I've always called it.
>
>
>Judith and Charlie and Sarah
>



I've always just called it "kneading," but I'm starting to build a 
preference for "makin' muffins."

	Bobbie		 
			 
			 

Newsgroups: uw.forsale,rec.pets.cats,kw.forsale
From: mskucher@math.uwaterloo.ca (Murray S. Kucherawy [MFCF])
Subject: Re: Free Cat(s)!!!!!!
Keywords: Free, Cat
Organization: MFCF Software Volunteer Squad, University of Waterloo, Canada
Distribution: uw
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 16:36:54 GMT

lcmyu@crypto2.uwaterloo.ca (Luis Ola Toshio Chi-Ming) writes:
>jklancto@jeeves.uwaterloo.ca (Kevin Lanctot) writes:
>>apartment. Even if it states No Pets Allowed in your lease you can still bring
>>them into your apartment.
>>
>This seems pretty unreasonable to me.  If one signs the contract that
>says no pets allowed then one should honour the agreement.  Simple
>in principle but I guess legally complex.

Yes, but a landlord should also not be putting clauses into a lease which
are not enforceable.  Another good example is a sublet fee, standard on
London leases, but completely illegal.  People who are intimidated or
can't be bothered just pay the fee, even though they don't have to, and
that's not fair.
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: ilana@kiowa.scd.ucar.edu (Ilana Stern)
Subject: Elvis Kittycat on people and food
Organization: NCAR/UCAR
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 15:10:55 GMT

"People eat weird stuff.  I mean, they give me scraps sometimes, which 
are pretty good, but face it:  the meat's *dead* already.  Now, I have
nothing against scavengers, but they *are* kind of gross.  Luckily, there's
all this great prey running around here, mice, bugs, snakes, you name
it.  But you know, I killed a bird and left it in front of the door for
them, and they just threw it away!  I don't know why -- it was dead, just 
the way they like it. 

"Of course, the people seem to have bought into the myth that cats eat
mice and that's that.  They make funny noises when I eat those yummy
crickets and spiders, and the big one once actually made me drop a lizard
I'd managed to snag, and let it escape!  And just yesterday, I found a
little snake in the garden, and the long-haired person tried to make me 
drop it, but when it saw that I'd already munched on it enough to kill it, 
it let me finish my tasty meal.  

"I mean, the crunchy stuff they leave out for me is ok, and at least
I know it's always there, but I hope they don't expect me to live on
it!  Besides, food always tastes better when you have to sneak up on
it.  Yeah, I could do without people food altogether.  (Except for 
ice cream, of course!)"

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From: sallyg@oregon.uoregon.edu (George, Sally)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Re: New Cat Book (humorous)
Date: 30 Jul 92 14:02:47 GMT
Organization: University of Oregon

In article <1992Jul29.155815.21329@pixel.kodak.com> young@serum.kodak.com [Rich Young (x37176)] writes:

>In article <1992Jul29.111029.6784@doc.ic.ac.uk> crb@doc.ic.ac.uk (Ruth) writes:

>>In article <1992Jul16.133411.13867@mahendo.jpl.nasa.gov>, julie@eddie.jpl.nasa.gov (Julie Kangas) writes:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> ... I found a very cute, very funny book in the bookstore last
>>> night.  It's called _The Cat Who Would be President or How I Clawed
>>> My Way to the Top_.
>>
>>>>My mother gave me a really good "cat" book last year - it's called
>>"The Cat Who Came for Christmas" by Cleveland Amory...

>       On the other hand, Cleveland Amory is (if I remember correctly)
>       responsible for the Friends of Animals group which supports Alex
>       Pacheco, PETA, and PETA's terrorist wing, ALF.  PETA has gone on
>       record as saying that it would be better if no one kept pets, since
>       its uncomfortably close to slavery (in their view).

>       Personally, I wouldn't have the book in my house (I threw it away
>       when I learned the above), but, as usual, other people's mileage
>       may vary.  This is only MY opinion; I do not force it on anyone
>       else, beyond expressing it in this forum.

Rich, you've convinced me!!

Sal
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
>Rich Young                             | Phone: (716) 253-7176
>Eastman Kodak Company                  | FAX: (716) 253-7254
>Clinical Products Division             | Internet: young@serum.kodak.com
>100 Carlson Road                       |
>Rochester, New York, USA   14653-9122  | These are MY opinions, not Kodak's!!!
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>Don't get angry, get accurate information.
From: zlsiida@fs1.mcc.ac.uk (dave budd)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Re: What does he DO in there???
Date: 29 Jul 92 15:23:31 GMT
Organization: Manchester Computing Centre
Originator: netnews@uts.mcc.ac.uk

In article <1992Jul29.105354.6105@doc.ic.ac.uk> crb@doc.ic.ac.uk (Ruth) writes:

>This has been bugging me for a while.

>Every night now, while I'm in the lounge watching TV, Geno disappears into
>the kitchen.  He's very quiet in there, but as soon as I make a move, I hear 
>a thud, and he lands on the floor near the door, poking his head round as
>if to say "who me? I wasn't doing anything".

>Now, I don't leave any food out on the surfaces, so he can't be after that - 
>and since I've not yet managed to catch him in the act, I'm not sure what
>he is acutally climbing on.  I only seem to get there when he's in mid thud.

>What IS he doing? What IS he after? And WHERE is he jumping from - this
>happens EVERY night now - and I still can't work it out!!!!!

>Any suggestions????????

>Roo

Try rigging up a series of mirrors?   Nah - he'll just play with them instead

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From: das@voodoo.boeing.com (Deb Schwartz)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Re: Help! Need advice on adopting a cat( I GOT A CAT!!!!!)
Date: 31 Jul 92 04:17:37 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: Boeing Graphics project, Bellevue WA

In article <1992Jul30.114253.10342@cci632.cci.com> agc@cci632.cci.com (Anupama Chathampally - co-op) writes:
>
>	Thanks for all the great advice!  Every reply I got said to go ahead 
>and get cat.  Well, yesterday I decided to go to the humane society "just to
>look"( You all know how that goes ) and I ended up taking home Sylvester. He
>is black and white and cute all over.  He is seven years old.  When he got home
>he explored all over.  Then I got on the bed and told him to come up.  He put
>his front paws on the bed and and meowed like he was asking permission. I said
>"Of course come on up".  He jumped up and walked over to me and laid down with
>his front half on my chest and nuzzled me with his head while purring really
>loudly.  Then he fell asleep on me. I'm so happy I can hardly stand it!!! I 
>love my cat!!!! 
>
Congratulations!  He sounds wonderful.  And thank you for adoptingn an older
cat - all too often they get ignored in favor of the younger ones.

Debbie
KC
Oreo (who took over Debbie's household when he was 8 years old)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: loosemore-sandra@CS.YALE.EDU (Sandra Loosemore)
Subject: more on Slinky and the new kitten
Organization: staff hacker @ Yale Haskell project
Distribution: rec
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 18:56:50 GMT

The new kitten is continuing to make himself at home here.  I've
decided to name him "Nerfball" after all, since he has turned out to
be considerably more active than he was at first!

It's been kind of interesting watching the two cats interact.  Slinky
was clearly the aggressor in their first few encounters but now it's
Nerfball who's always chasing after her and looking for opportunities
to make play attacks!  On the whole Slinky's being remarkably tolerant
with the little brat, although she still gives him a well-deserved
slap in the face once in a while.  I was able to leave them together
while I was at work today with nothing more disastrous happening than
the kitchen trash can getting knocked over.

BTW, Nerfball is a brown tabby with white markings but the tabby
pattern has spots instead of solid stripes.  I've never seen a spotted
cat before -- is he some kind of mutant?  It's actually kind of cute.
If you flip him over his tummy looks kind of like it has a white
zipper down the middle with black buttons on either side.

-Sandra
From: crb@doc.ic.ac.uk (Ruth)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: What does he DO in there???
Date: 29 Jul 92 10:53:54 GMT
Organization: Imperial College London

This has been bugging me for a while.

Every night now, while I'm in the lounge watching TV, Geno disappears into
the kitchen.  He's very quiet in there, but as soon as I make a move, I hear 
a thud, and he lands on the floor near the door, poking his head round as
if to say "who me? I wasn't doing anything".

Now, I don't leave any food out on the surfaces, so he can't be after that - 
and since I've not yet managed to catch him in the act, I'm not sure what
he is acutally climbing on.  I only seem to get there when he's in mid thud.

What IS he doing? What IS he after? And WHERE is he jumping from - this
happens EVERY night now - and I still can't work it out!!!!!

Any suggestions????????

Roo
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: rkn3u@kelvin.seas.Virginia.EDU (R. Keith Norwood)
Subject: New cat
Organization: University of Virginia
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 13:52:11 GMT

There seems to be a lot of questions about adopting cats lately, so I 'll
throw my question into the mix.  My wife and I already have Ziggy (1 year old
neuterted male) but we feel that he could use a companion while were at work.
What are some of the pros and cons of introducing an adult versus a kitten 
and a male versus a female. 

Thanks

Keith
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: poirier@ellerbe.rtp.dg.com (Charles Poirier)
Subject: Re: I hope no one else has done this!
Summary: They have, of course
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 92 19:08:10 GMT
Organization: Data General Corporation, RTP, NC.
Keywords: plastic shopping bags, unsupervised kitty

In article <berthiau.711693260@iros1> berthiau@IRO.UMontreal.CA (Andre Berthiaume) writes:
>
>...we come back to find poor Finster
>with his head through a handle of one of the bags!!!  He was such a
>nervous wreck! :(
>Eva

Some time ago I had a cat, Bobby, who did this trick several times, I guess
deliberately.  Bobby would be crawling in and out of a plastic grocery
bag and try to exit through the handle.  The result was that the bag would
drape over his back like a cloak.  He'd happily stroll and chase through
the apartment for hours, wearing his bag.

I'll grant you it seems dangerous now, but I thought it was quite
amusing at the time.

	Cheers,
	Charles Poirier
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: gck@hector.uucp (24641-kemmerling)
Subject: Re: New cat
Organization: Bellcore, Livingston, NJ
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 92 19:07:44 GMT

In article <1992Jul29.135211.24141@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>, rkn3u@kelvin.seas.Virginia.EDU (R. Keith Norwood) writes:
> There seems to be a lot of questions about adopting cats lately, so I 'll
> throw my question into the mix.  My wife and I already have Ziggy (1 year old
> neuterted male) but we feel that he could use a companion while were at work.
> What are some of the pros and cons of introducing an adult versus a kitten 
> and a male versus a female. 
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Keith

I had two cats and the older one was 5 1/2 years old when I got Boo 
who was 8 weeks.  The got along great from day one!
(They were both males - the older one (of course) neutered.)
 

Gayle
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: wbrs@binah.cc.brandeis.edu (WBRS-FM 100.1, Waltham MA USA)
Subject: I've got a fetcher.
Reply-To: wbrs@binah.cc.brandeis.edu
Organization: Brandeis University
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 15:09:54 GMT

	My cat will fetch anything she can pick up.  Not just play with 
something you throw her, but actually bring it back to you...Everytime!
She will play this game all night long-it's great if you drop a die or a
cover to your yogurt.  Anyone else have a fetcher?
				-Kira
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: wbrs@binah.cc.brandeis.edu (WBRS-FM 100.1, Waltham MA USA)
Subject: Re: Kitty needs a home
Reply-To: wbrs@binah.cc.brandeis.edu
Organization: Brandeis University
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 18:52:35 GMT

In article <25961@life.ai.mit.edu>, kathy@ai.mit.edu (Kathleen LaFrance) writes:

>      There has been a kitten (approx. 6 months old) hanging around
>      my apartment building the past couple of weeks.  
>
>      I'm looking for someone willing to take this kitten in and
>      give it a home.  I hate to see animals suffer!  

If you don't find anyone, contact the Northeast Animal Shelter in Salem MA.
They take any stray animal, and promise never to kill even one animal.  We
got our kitty from them and have been very happy with her.
				-KT
From: gibson@dl5000.bc.edu (Rene Gibson)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Re: Night crazies was (Sophie/Sparky...: )
Date: 21 Jul 92 12:49:17 GMT
Organization: Institute for Space Research, Boston College

In article <lswan.23.0@ucsd.edu> lswan@ucsd.edu (Swan, Lyn) writes:

> In article <18JUL199213453253@vax.sonoma.edu> (MICHELLE ESAIA) writes:

>> Michelle --Another question, do all cats get the night crazies, or is it 
>> only kittens? --

> My Kate & Allie are 16 months old now & still get the night crazies - as well
> as the 4:00 am crazies!  Arghhhhh!  Why do their crazies & chasing always
> have to include my bed when I'm in it???  And why do they have to put 
> all their toys on my bed during the night??? At least Allie doesn't suck on 
> my neck anymore (well, not often) & Kate rarely bites my toes at night 
> so I guess there has been some progress!

Kinda and Sheba are 8 years old by now and they STILL run amok sometimes at
night.  So I guess you have many years of fun to look forward to.  At least
they stopped running over me during their run amok sessions after I got 
married.  They seem to think that it's not a good idea to run over my
husband (running over me was fine before, though!).

Rene
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From: amys@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (Amy Schlotthauer)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Sleeping with cats...NEVER AGAIN
Date: 30 Jul 1992 13:02:05 -0500
Organization: Kansas State University
Distribution: na
NNTP-Posting-Host: matt.ksu.ksu.edu

Well, I have been reading all the positive stories about sleeping with cats,
feeling like I have a mean husband (he forbids having my 2 5-month-olds in
our room at night). So, during his recent business trip, I let them in for
the night. NEVER AGAIN. How do you people actually SLEEP with cats on the 
bed??!! Mine plopped themselves down in the middle of the bed, and looked at
me with great offense when I tried to make them move. They also pinned my legs
down by lounging on top of the sheet on either side of my knees. Finally, they
stood on me. Just stood there on me, like I was some sort of vantage point.

Really, it was all pretty funny. And, now I know what I have been missing. (-:
From: betsys@cs.umb.edu (Elizabeth Schwartz)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: How do I get the Meow Mix (tm) stain out of the rug?
Date: 30 Jul 92 21:59:54 GMT
Distribution: rec
Organization: University of Massachusetts at Boston

Old rug had cat damage. I said previous tenant. Landlord suspects my
cat. 
Landlord puts in shiny new rug.
Woooooops! goes my cat.
No more Meow Mix for him, and he's getting hairball medicine goop but
HOW DO I GET THE SPOT OUT? OR LIGHTEN IT?
FAQ was not much help.
Big brown stain in the middle of the rug.
Stupid cat will scratch to come IN to the house to use the box and to
throw up!

thanks, 

Desperate...

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From: lb04@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu (Laura Bassi)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: HIMALAYANS, ETC.
Date: 30 Jul 92 19:54:19 GMT
Organization: Lehigh University

hi, I'm new to this group but not to Cats!
I have 2 cats, a Female, Abbey (aka Pood) 6yrs. and Bandit (male, 1 yr)
Both are spayed and still have claws.  They really don't get along all that
well, as Bandit chases, nips, otherwise bothers Abbey & she just hisses at
him...In any event, my husband and I are moving to a larger place and I was
thinking abou maybe getting another cat sometime soon.
I think Himalayans are very cute, but know nothing more. Any info?
Also, what sex do you think is best (i'm guessing female)

thanks!
laura
From: reyes@buphyd.bu.edu (Jinara Reyes)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Re: Sharing my dinner with the cats.
Date: 27 Jul 92 15:07:32 GMT
Distribution: na

In article <1992Jul25.161807.18036@news.columbia.edu>, pjl2@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (Paul J Landsberg) writes:
|> Last night was one of those late nights at work so dinner  consisted
|> of me foraging around in the refridgerator until I could come up
|> with two things remotely related.  ............

|> I already know that both of our cats,
|> Octavia and Augustus like pita bread so I'm down some quantity
|> already but VIOLA!, Augustus, the male cat snarfs down two globs
|> of fresh ground peanut butter.  BANG! Octavia laps an envelope 
|> clean of two small servings of apricot preserves.  
|> 

That doesn't suprize me--  My cat loves pizza, expecially Dominoes with 
extra cheese!...I draw the line at anchovies, though!
From: sat@nut.tridom.com (Stephen Thomas)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Re: cat toys ideas
Date: 22 Jul 92 17:10:34 GMT
Reply-To: sat@nut.tridom.com
Organization: AT&T Tridom

Criseyde and Ellington can't seem to keep away from those little plastic rings that
you pull off of gallon milk jugs to open them. The rings don't seem to roll under the
furniture as much as paper or foil balls either.


---

Stephen Thomas (sat@tridom.com)
AT&T Tridom (404-426-4261)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: ccd@ccadfa.cc.adfa.oz.au (Carol C Denehy)
Subject: Re: cat toys ideas
Organization: None, and I like it like that
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 00:51:31 GMT

I just got back from the states where I bought Penny some lovely
toys (Cat Dancer, etc.). However so far she has ignored EVERYTHING
in favour of her all time favorite: a crushed ball of aluminum
foil. She will play alone with them, fetch when you throw them.
Ignores fur mice, and all sorts of other supposedly irrestistible
cat toys. At least they are cheap!

Carol Denehy

Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: pandit@ssd.intel.com (Milind Pandit,,,)
Subject: Re: cat toys ideas
Reply-To: pandit@ssd.intel.com
Organization: SSD Intel Corp.
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 22:25:02 GMT

Manu, a Siamese mix who left me to live with my family recently, has trained my mom to 
throw ping pong balls for him.  Whenever she goes into the basement, Manu follows her 
and sits in the play room meowing loudly.  When my mom comes in, he jumps on to the 
ping pong table, expecting her to bounce them so that he can chase them.  He'll play 
with them on the floor, but prefers seeing them bounce on the table.
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Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: ilana@kiowa.scd.ucar.edu (Ilana Stern)
Subject: Bald spots from disease or injuries?
Organization: NCAR/UCAR
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 17:44:29 GMT

Elvis seems to get in a lot of fights with neighbor cats (they were here
first, and regard our yard as their territory, I think, and he's still
under a year old and much smaller than they are) and often sports various
injuries.  When we got him he had a fresh cut across his nose;  often
he has scabs and cuts on his legs.

About two weeks ago, we noticed he had a large wound on his chest.  His
chest fur is white;  this was a pink (bare) spot with a slightly oozy
center.  It seemed like he was keeping it clean, and he wasn't acting
any different, so we figured he'd heal.  It's started to (slowly) heal 

Well, last week, he got another, similar injury just below the first.
And then yesterday, another, again in more or less the same place.

Is it possible that what I'm taking for a wound from a catfight is 
actually a symptom of a disease?  I was assuming that another cat bit
or clawed a patch of fur out.  The spots aren't bleeding, but the centers
are a little darker and moister pink.  They are healing slowly.

If you do think these are indeed catfight injuries, how can I keep
Elvis from fighting or getting injured?  I don't want to keep him 
indoors, especially since that would allow the neighbor cats free rein
to mark and keep our yard as their territory.  I have actually seen
Elvis start a fight with a cat that was twice as large as he!  (Elvie
is neutered, so it's not tom-fighting.)  Anyone know of a place I can
get kitty-armor?

-- 
/\        Ilana Stern DoD#009 | Whoever first said, "Things are seldom as they 
  \_][    ilana@ncar.ucar.edu | seem," was wrong.  Things are usually as they
      \_______________________| seem.  Otherwise, they wouldn't seem that way.