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Organization: The American University - University Computing Center
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 18:36:19 EST
From: Diane L. Herdt <DH6530A@auvm.american.edu>
Newsgroups:  rec.pets.cats
Subject: Re: Help me name my cat

I cast my vote for "Armentrout"!
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: joanm@moe.coe.uga.edu (Joan Maxfield UCNS)
Subject: Re: Vet Problems
Organization: College of Education, University of Georgia
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 16:47:55 GMT

In article <1993Jan21.224208.3259@zmax.com> mary@flipper.zmax.com (Mary Papp) writes:
>I have a 1.5 year old nueterd male cat.  He is a fractious cat and he can get
	Has it been that long?? I do believe I remember when you got
Slash :)

>How do your vets handle the fractious cats?
	Well, first there's Angelica, she LOVES the vet.  When I bring
her in she likes to run around the room, play on the keyboards, and
look out the windows.  She even likes the Vet himself, she purrs!  BUT
if they need to take blood or hold her down for anything other than
the usual tummy feel-look in the mouth-check the ears thing she will
go NUTS!  The vet I went to before this one would just hold her down,
she would have seziures, poor thing, she was so scared.  Dr. Askren
can tell if she's getting upset and will either let her go back to me,
or under the table for a few minutes or, if it's something important,
like bloodwork, he will sedate her mildly (and for free) and do what
needs to be done.  She is wobbly for about an hour and then is just
like normal.  The only thing she doesn't like about the vet now is the
thermometer guy, but who'd blame her.
	Now, Amos, you see is a different story.  Amos wants to eat
the vet and all the people that work for him.  Sometimes he's not too
hungry and only needs one tech to hold him.  Other days he's starving
and has to have two techs and the big leather gloves.  The whole time
everyone in the room is telling him what a nice kitty he is, and how
big and strong he is, and how he has such good reflexes...Why, they've
just never seen such a quick mauling...  Amos tolerates it.  I think
he likes being told how awesome he is.  
	So far they have never had to stay overnight so I'm not sure
how that would work but from what I've seen of the place and the look
of the pets being picked up I wouldn't flinch if I had to leave them.
The staff also helps, they LOVE animals and are extremely friendly.
Amos, who would take off my hand if I got it too close to his carrier
will let the receptionists stick in a finger to scratch his nose!
	Well, I didn't mean to turn itno a commercial for my vet but I
do love them and they are so good with my babies!

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: ardie@UIUC (Ardie Mack)
Subject: Re: SPAYED CAT IN HEAT - HELP!!
Organization: Department of Plant Pathology
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 13:02:37 GMT

In article <1993Jan23.214738.19908@netcom.com> wd6cmu@netcom.com (Eric Williams) writes:
>From: wd6cmu@netcom.com (Eric Williams)
>Subject: Re: SPAYED CAT IN HEAT - HELP!!
>Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 21:47:38 GMT
><KMD129@psuvm.psu.edu> writes:
>> I HAVE A ONE YEAR OLD CAT WHO WAS SPAYED AT SIX MONTHS.  SHE HAS GONE
>> INTO HEAT THREE TIMES!!  HAS ANYONE EVER SEEN THIS HAPPEN IN A
>> SPAYED ANIMAL?  ANY COMMENTS?  DO I NEED TO GET HER RE-SPAYED?
>> I'D APPRECIATE ANY HELP!       KELLY
>
     I had an old, balding cat that was about 11 years old.  The balding was 
in a regular shape on her underside.  The vet explained that feline pattern 
baldness affects females and could be cured by hormones.  Imagine my 
surprise when this cat, neutered over 10 yrs previouly, went into heat!  I 
decided I prefered a bald, happy cat!
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: lhuffmanp@stsci.edu
Subject: Re: Strange wanted posting
Organization: Space Telescope Science Institute
Distribution: na
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 11:37:20 GMT

In article <1993Jan24.054238.2192@qiclab.scn.rain.com>, al@qiclab.scn.rain.com (Alan Peterman) writes:
> I saw this yesterday in misc.wanted newsgroup.  It's either a very
> bad joke...or something worse.
> 
> ______________________________________________________
> 
> Article 29407 of misc.wanted:
> Newsgroups: misc.wanted
> Path: qiclab!psgrain!uunet!spool.mu.edu!yale.edu!newsserver.jvnc.net!glassboro.edu!bizlab30.rowan.edu!t7
> From: t7@elan.rowan.edu (TEMP_7)
> Subject: wanted kittens for scientific experiments
> Message-ID: <t7.30.727639977@elan.rowan.edu>
> Lines: 2
> Sender: news@gboro.glassboro.edu (USENET News System)
> Nntp-Posting-Host: bizlab30.rowan.edu
> Organization: Rowan College of New Jersey
> Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 18:12:57 GMT
> 
> any size, any color, just as long as their kittens.
> 
> ______________________________________________________
> 
> I kind of hope from the lack of name, and the temporary login that this
> is a bad joke.  
> 
> -- 
> Alan L. Peterman                                 (503)-684-1984 hm & work
>                        al@qiclab.scn.rain.com
> It's odd how as I get older, the days are longer, but the years are shorter!


Not so strange. Kittens are used to train attack dogs, such a pit bulls to kill.
Here is Baltimore, some wierdos on 41st street were using kittens for target 
practice. 

This wanted posting is a bit more blatant than most. Usually those looking to
toture kittens at least POSE as cat lovers when they answer the "Free to a 
good home' ads.
From: lydia@tarsal.dsg.ti.com (lydia middendorf )
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: spazz attack
Date: 26 Jan 1993 08:32:57 GMT
Organization: Texas Instruments, Austin, Tx.
Distribution: usa
Reply-To: middendorf@tsd.itg.ti.com
NNTP-Posting-Host: tarsal.dsg.ti.com


Hi!

I've wriiten about by cat before, Ophelia. I mentioned I got her when
she was about 2 years old, 2 1/2 years ago at the local shelter. I
also mentioned I thought she had been abused.

Saturday something bizarre happened. I walked out into my living room,
and my normally docile pussy cat attacked my foot. I don't mean the usual
"feed me" attack. I mean a hollering, screaming, cat yowling, hissing,
fur flying attack!!!! She beat my foot to a bloody stump. I was so shocked
I didn't know what to do, she was obviously scared sh*tless. Finally
I leaned down and said "kitty, it just me", upon hearing my voice she
immediatly stopped and ran to one of her favorite sitting places. She
was visibly shaken. I went and cleaned up my stump, (thank goodnes I had
on heavy socks). About an hour later she was back to her old self.

My question is, what happened?	Did she not like my purple socks?
Could she have been given LSD once & was having a flash back? Was
she hallucinating (sp?). Has this ever happened to anyone else?

Do I need a tetnis shot?


thanks!!
--
Recycle yourself...be an organ donor  |  visualize whirrled peas....
 :-o		     Internet: lydia@tarsal.dsg.ti.com
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: jeffp@.wsu.edu.wsu.edu (Jeff Parke)
Subject: Re: Rabies (was raccoons and dogs :( )
Organization: Washington State University
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL8]
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 93 01:09:00 GMT

klier@iscsvax.uni.edu wrote:

> Even if you don't live in Cromwell, CT.  Story Co., Iowa, is one of the
> US rabies "hot spots", with an incredibly high number of cases reported
> ....  One of the reasons that the rabies
> reports are so high there MAY be that there is a vet college and the
> National Animal Disease Lab there--- more people who recognize the disease
> in all forms.

Rabies, an always fatal disease, rarely goes unrecognized in the fatal
end.  Northwest Iowa has a lot of rabid skunks running around.  Rabies
incidence in a given locality is proportional to the number of rabid
skunks, raccoons, foxes or bats that are carrying the disease.

--
Jeff Parke <jeffp@vcs10.vetmed.wsu.edu>
also:   jeffp@WSUVM1.bitnet    AOL: JeffParke
Washington State University College of Veterinary Medicine class of 1994
Pullman, WA  99164-7012
From: jkl@fsl.noaa.gov (Jennifer Longstaff)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Re: early wake up calls
Date: 26 Jan 93 17:22:28 GMT
Organization: Forecast Systems Lab, NOAA - Boulder CO, USA
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]

Marble seems to wake up with the sun (right now that equals about 5am), then
she goes to her kitty condo which is right next to the head of my bed.  She
scratches the side of it as loudly as possible which usually wakes me up.
I ignore the condo-scratching until she (knowing she's being bad) reaches
a paw over to also scratch the mattress.  Then I reach down and swat her
little rear.  Then the game is on!!  She peers out at me, takes one swipe 
at the mattress, then runs back under the bed.  Note that the other two
cats are completely zoned out sleeping on the bed during all this, and they
never wake up or move a muscle.

Anyway, I eventually get up and pick up Marble (who has run over to her
empty bowl expectantly) and put her downstairs and close the bedroom door.

This story has a (temporarily) happy ending; this morning Marble woke up
at 5, clawed the kitty condo, then jumped up in front of my face and curled
up and snuggled down to go back to sleep until everyone else got up later.
Maybe she's finally realized that all she will accomplish is to get put
downstairs when she'd rather stay upstairs where the people and the other
cats are.
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: toftner@icd.teradyne.com (Liv Toftner)
Subject: Re: Help me find a kitty.
Reply-To: toftner@icd.teradyne.com
Organization: Teradyne, Inc. Boston MA
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 15:44:04 GMT


>My approach to cats: Indulge them, spoil them, let them do whatever they
>want! :-)

>--Bill



That's my approach too!  The guys love it.


Liv, Pounce and Lion
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: npm@dale.cts.com (Nancy Milligan)
Subject: Re: Cat Show Info Request- Boston, MA
Organization: Titan Linkabit Corporation
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 18:40:36 GMT

ac999257 (ac999257@umbc.edu) wrote:
> 2nd tip. There will be lots of vendors selling the neatest cat
> toys -- the Feline Feather Flyer is the best! It's a black stick
> with a twirling feather collection on the end of a line, like
> a fishing pole. 

I got a toy like this for my cat and he has gone absolutely nuts
over it.  He's never played much since he became an adult, but the
sight of those feathers just makes him a little kitten again.  It's
so funny to hear him purring like a banshee while he's stalking 
"the birdie".  

And the feathers really stick in place.  The way my cat mauls the thing, 
I figured it would be in pieces after the first day. Though the
feathers are looking a bit tattered, they're still firmly stuck where
they should be.

I highly recommend this toy!
--
Nancy P. Milligan 				npm@dale.cts.com
Titan Linkabit		San Diego, CA		cts!dale!npm
		  Gravity is no laughing matter.
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: npm@dale.cts.com (Nancy Milligan)
Subject: Re: early wake up calls
Organization: Titan Linkabit Corporation
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 21:09:50 GMT

Kammeyer Michael K (kammmk@cray.com) wrote:
>  My cat Ashes used to wake me at 5am every morning.  He didn't need food or want outside, he just wanted my attention.  I had to get mad at him to get him stop
>  waking me up so often.

'Boo likes to get up at 5:30 and he always meows really loud to announce
the fact.  I just get up with him, feed him, and go back to bed.  I've
had occassions when I couldn't fall asleep after he woke, and that was
a real problem.  But lately, I'm just sleeping better, so I go along with
his demands.  It's easier that way.  :)

--
Nancy P. Milligan 				npm@dale.cts.com
Titan Linkabit		San Diego, CA		cts!dale!npm
		  Gravity is no laughing matter.
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: dsmither@alfred.carleton.ca (Diane Smithers)
Subject: kitties and gingivitis
Organization: Carleton University
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 21:29:05 GMT

I need some information on gingivitis in cats.  I have relatively
recently (Dec) moved to a new place with my two cats (two strays that
I have had for almost a year).  The female has adjusted quite well,
eating, grooming, etc.. but the male has had some problems, i.e.
stopped eating, got constipated, quit grooming, hid under bed most of
the time for weeks.  

I had started feeding him some wet food again to make sure he ate
(after the constipation thing I didn't want to take any chances), and
have been gradually trying to wean him off it and back onto the dry
(science diet).  I have recently noticed that when he eats the dry, he
doesn't chew it, and it doesn't look right somehow - I'm sure he used
to chew before.  Also, his breath is kind of bad,  but I have trouble
knowing whether that is just cat "winter-dry-air-too-much-time-near
-a-heater-and-not-enough-water" breath, or something to do with the
wet food, or whether it could be gingivitis.  I will take the cat in
to the vet in a couple of days, but I'd like some information about
gingivitis if people have any.  The cat is about 2 years old - can it
occur at any age?  What causes it and what are the main ways of
telling?  


Diane
From: adr@ecs.soton.ac.uk (Tony Roberts)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Re: Catnip mania
Date: 22 Jan 93 14:02:17 GMT

An excellent way to introduce kitties to catnip is to take a 7" x 5"
piece of chamois leather and a fistfull of chopped-dried catnip, roll
it up like a chinese spring-roll, i.e., with the ends securely tucked
in, and secure it tightly with cable-ties (those plastic straps with a
one-way ratchet at one end). String wouldn't last 5 minutes.

This makes a catnip sausage-shaped toy that our two cats go wild for
and kick the hell out of (then ignore for three days) but they don't
seem to overdose on the stuff as the smell (and eventually the catnip
leaves) are released steadily.

Sounds cranky but they go WILD for them.

Tony
From: ac999257@umbc.edu (ac999257)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Re: Cat Show Info Request- Boston, MA
Date: 22 Jan 1993 22:28:00 -0500
Organization: University of Maryland, Baltimore County Campus
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: umbc8.umbc.edu

In article <727730609snz@granta.demon.co.uk> malwen@granta.demon.co.uk writes:
>In article <C17vvo.CqE@dale.cts.com> npm@dale.cts.com writes:
>
>>I highly recommend this toy!
>
> - about something where feathers are involved .
>Anyone any idea if such a thing is available in the UK?
>Or is it something I could try to improvise?

You could try to improvise. When our feathers are really tattered
I just go buy more at a craft store and glue them in. But here's
an addrss you could try:

	Kitty Kouture
	29 Harvest Lane
	West Hartford, CT 06117 (U.S.A.)
	Telephone # (203)236-0342

The Fabulous Feline Feather Flyer is $6.00. Replacement 'birds' are
$3.50 or 3/$10 -- but once you've seen one, you'll know exactly
how to make your own for much less. Shipping/handling is 3.50.

These are U.S. prices, so I can't guarentee them for the UK, or
even that Kitty Kouture will ship to the UK. But try.

Kitty Kouture has lots of other toys, too. My cats like the Extra
Long Sparkling Tickler (this is beginning to sound risque!).
But the Feline Feather Flyer is the *ultimate* cat toy! If
Kitty Kouture won't ship to you, send me e-mail and I'll give
you better specifications to make your own.

Good luck!

Mary
From: npm@dale.cts.com (Nancy Milligan)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Re: Catnip
Date: 22 Jan 93 18:09:10 GMT
Organization: Titan Linkabit Corporation
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]

Anneliese Kropf (akropf@mariner.amc.edu.au) wrote:
> Thanks also to those that let me know what a 'cat dancer' was. 
> Unfortunately my monsters would probably just look at it, like they do
> other toys and stuff, as if to say, "so what!", "big deal", "what are we
> supposed to so with this".

I worry that the cat dancer might be dangerous.  That I might poke my cat
in the eye with it or something.  Those weird little rolled up pieces of
paper are too small.  Now, if they just put a wad of feathers on the end
of it, my cat would go nuts.

Actually, my cat prefers his "birdie" (my name for the toy I bought him
that looks like a flexible fishing pole, with a plastic line attached and
a wad of feathers on the end).  It's surprisingly sturdy too!
--
Nancy P. Milligan 				npm@dale.cts.com
Titan Linkabit		San Diego, CA		cts!dale!npm
		  Gravity is no laughing matter.
From: cwaite@opal.tufts.edu
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Re: prednisone
Date: 22 Jan 93 14:31:36 GMT
Organization: Tufts University - Medford, MA

Prednisone is a drug that can have serious side effects, but as others have
posted it is sometimes the only treatment for some disorders.  It should be
used with caution but is standard therapy for asthma, some intestinal dis-
orders, some chronic skin problems, etc.  Most vets will start treatment with
a high dose to provide quick relief, then wean the cat down to the lowest dose
that will control the symptoms.  It is very important to cut down on the dosage
gradually.  Because it suppresses the immune system, it can make your cat more
susceptible to colds and other diseases,so be sure it is up to date on
vaccines.  It can also cause diabetes, but please note that this is rare and
often irreversible (this happened to my cat and some others that I am aware
of).  But please don't let this prevent you from giving it to your kitty!  As I
said, used with caution it can often be the difference between life and death,
or between an ill, uncomfortable pet and a healthy, happy one.
--Carolyn
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: erc@unislc.uucp (Ed Carp)
Subject: Re: Cat begging
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Organization: Unisys Corporation SLC
Distribution: usa
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 06:32:38 GMT

CAT LOVER (magarret@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu) wrote:

: My kitten, Zach, begs horribly for food everytime I try to sit down and eat!
: He'll meow constantly and try to jump up on the table, which he knows he's
: allowed to do.  I've sprayed him with water, but it doesn't much bother him, 
: and I've picked him up and set him down, but he's right back up in a flash.
: 
: It's partly my fault, cause sometimes I give them a piece of what I'm eating, 
: or let them lick the sauce that's left, but just as a treat on occasion.
: 
: I can't eat in peace anymore...I have to gulp down my food!  Help!

I have this problem with Isis.  She meows up a storm when I even get *near*
the kitchen, and when I sit down at the computer with anything to eat, she
tries to climb up in my lap and steal something.  :)

I finally got to closing the computer room door when I eat.  :)
-- 
Ed Carp			erc@apple.com, erc@saturn.upl.com	801/538-0177
1935 will go down in history.  For the first time, a civilized nation has
full gun registration.  Our streets will be safer, our police more efficient,
and the world will follow our lead into the future.  --Adolf Hitler
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: hyler@ast.saic.com (Buffy Hyler)
Subject: Cat Show Info Request- San Diego, CA.
Reply-To: hyler@ast.saic.com
Organization: SAIC
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 22:30:06 GMT

I may be too late with this!!!

I now remember that one of the Cat Fancy magazines from late last
year said there would be a Cat Show in San Diego in January.  But
it didn't have any details at the time.

So, does anyone have any info on this or other San Diego cat shows?

Thanks!

---
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Buffy Hyler (hyler@ast.saic.com)
SAIC, Campus Point
San Diego, California
----------------------------------------------------------------------
From: dan@msen.com (Dan and Karen Sugalski)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Re: Cat Show Info Request- San Diego, CA.
Date: 23 Jan 1993 14:18:25 GMT
Organization: Msen, Inc. -- Ann Arbor, Michigan
NNTP-Posting-Host: garnet.msen.com
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL8]

Buffy Hyler (hyler@ast.saic.com) wrote:
: I may be too late with this!!!

: I now remember that one of the Cat Fancy magazines from late last
: year said there would be a Cat Show in San Diego in January.  But
: it didn't have any details at the time.

The show in San Diego is todau and tomorrow (23-24 January).  I'm not sure
where, for some reason the location is not in Cats.  It is probably at a
civic center or convention center or fairground. You might check with the
local newspaper and/or animal shelter.  Oftern these shows benefit animal
shelters, so they might know of the location.

I found a listing for a previaous show in San Diego which was at Concourse
Golden Hall.  This might be a good place to check, as it is likely that
most of the area cat shows are held at the same location.

Karen

Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: stanton@athena.cs.uga.edu (Catherine Stanton)
Subject: Re: choose him or your cats??????
Organization: University of Georgia, Athens
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 22:58:28 GMT

In article <1993Jan28.165813.21461@unislc.uucp> erc@unislc.uucp (Ed Carp) writes:
>: 
>: But give me a good dog, a real dog, and I like it just
>: fine.  See?  I'm not intolerant.
>
>I agree!  Give me a golden retriever any day for the Gang of Four to play
>with!  ;)
>-- 
Yes, golden retrievers and german shepherds are GREAT.  I can't stand little
dogs or setters, which drool though.  However, after about 30 minutes of
undying panting gratitude from a very energetic dog I am more than ready
for the cool aloofness of a cat.  But dogs are cool.

Cat

-- 
_______________________________________________________________________________
    Cat Stanton
    stanton@athena.cs.uga.edu
_______________________________________________________________________________
From: mlinda@novell.com (M'Linda Taylor)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Re: Help me name my cat
Date: 22 Jan 93 22:47:08 GMT
Organization: Novell Inc.,  Austin, TX.

In article <1joh6hINN23j@lynx.unm.edu> blowfish@carina.unm.edu (rON.) writes:
>Name it Rover.
>r.


My Dad always wanted to name one....

Phydeaux (fido) %<

So far his wife has named the cats.....
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Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: bette@wc.novell.com (Elizabeth Brennan)
Subject: Re: choose him or your cats??????
Reply-To: bette@wc.novell.com
Organization: Novell, Inc.
Distribution: usa
Date: 28 Jan 93 01:47:20 GMT

In <C1J1Hs.1q1@apollo.hp.com> nelson_p@apollo.hp.com (Peter Nelson) writes:

>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

I think you'll find that virtually all of the dog bashing that is done
in this group is meant to be taken as humor. The original posting is
a good example of this.

Bette