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From: dzenz@catskill.kgn.ibm.com (Dave Zenz)
Subject: "Soft Paws" (covers for cat's claws)
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 92 12:18:36 GMT
Reply-To: dzenz@vnet.ibm.com
Organization: IBM T. J. Watson Research

Does anyone have any detailed information on the plastic covers for
claws mentioned in the FAQ? A phone number of a supplier would
be very helpful. I've called my cat's vet, they've heard of the
covers, but they don't know where to get them.

Other than the "Soft Paws", does anyone have suggestions on how to
protect furniture from scratches due to cat's claws? 

Thanks,

Dave Zenz
From: ken@ece.orst.edu (KEN MCCRACKEN)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Re: Drumming the Cat
Date: 29 Sep 92 20:30:33 GMT
Article-I.D.: ece.ken.4
Organization: Electrical & Computer Engineering Department, OSU

In article <1992Sep25.220255.12615@epas.toronto.edu> dschlow@epas.utoronto.ca (Deborah Schlow) writes:

>I know a cat, who now lives in Arkansas, who loves to be stroked very
>roughly down his back six or seven times, and then picked up by his
>tail about two feet off the floor. Go figure.

Watch a mother-kitty one time, and you'll see her do a cat version of what 
every mother does; attend to her babies.  But she's rough!  I think it just 
may be similar to what you've described.

As for being lifted by the tail, it takes conditioning.  All my cats enjoy 
it, but I've been doing it to them since they were kittens.  As for 'why,' I'
ve noticed that I can often feel the vertebrae(?) popping back where they 
belong, then the cat whips its tail around as though he/she had gained a 
whole new control of it.  They probably get as much out of it as I get going 
to the chiropractor.
From: artc@bacchus.epps.kodak.com (Art Campbell)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Re: cat sleeps in bad place...  help...
Date: 5 Oct 92 14:48:33 GMT
Article-I.D.: APS.1992Oct5.144833.2365
Reply-To: artc@bacchus.atex.kodak.com
Distribution: usa
Organization: Atex Publishing Systems, Inc.

In article <BvH6Eq.L8@mentor.cc.purdue.edu>, hartlemp@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Michael P Hartley) writes:
|>    My new kitten, "chutzpah", has chosen an anoying place to sleep.
|> I have a large computer desk against the wall.  Under, and behind the 
|> computer, is a typical 1000 sheet form-feed box of paper.  The cat has
|> decided that this box is real cumfy...  The problem is that I never know
|> if the cat is in it or not, so when the printer starts, the paper may or
|> may not come through.  
|>    Any ideas on how to get the cat not to sleep there?

How about this:
Cut a paper-width slot in the front of the box an inch or two down from the top
to feed the paper through. Put the top on the box. Let the cat sleep on top.

Art 
-- 
Art Campbell          artc@atex.kodak.com            72227.1375@compuserve.com
   DoD 358                                  _Real_ BMWs have just two wheels.
    "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent 
     and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson
                      All the usual disclaimers apply.
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: hagel@stsci.edu
Subject: Re: Fraidy cat
Organization: Space Telescope Science Institute
Distribution: na
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1992 23:17:26 GMT

My Kami behaves similarly, but with a distinction.  He will make friends in 
pretty short order with strange women, but hides from strange men.  And 
strange men of a tall, slender build reduce him to absolute terror.  We 
find him on these occasions behind the washer downstairs or the toilet in 
the master bath, wild-eyed and shaking.

A salesman of this description did a demo at our house the other 
evening.  Afterwards, Kami wouldn't come out of the bathroom for a good 2 
hours, and even seemed afraid of us, probably afraid that we were going to 
give him to the stranger.  (That apparently happened to him at one point; he 
even panics when one of us hands him to the other.)  He's been more clingy 
than usual ever since.

He has accepted certain male friends who come regularly, but he's not too 
friendly even with them.

We got him from the shelter at 4 or 5 months old, but he surely had a hard 
life until then.  I just hope whoever abused him so badly comes back in their 
next life as something small & helpless...
From: donrm@hpnmdla.sr.hp.com (Don Montgomery)
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 16:12:00 GMT
Subject: Re: Flourescent Urine
Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Santa Rosa, CA
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats

In rec.pets.cats, snoopy@spacemanspiff.den.mmc.com (Cindy Camp) writes:

>    I remember reading on the net a few monthes ago about
>    a good way to find urine spots on the carpet, something
>    about them becoming flourescent after being sprayed
>    with something.  Of course, I  purged my account and
>    that article must have been purged as well.  Oops.

I posted a note in rec.pets.dogs a couple of months ago titled:
"Invisible Urine Spots Revealed!"  Maybe this is what you saw.
I use a little four watt ultra-violet fluorescent light.  You'll 
be amazed at how it shows up the pee spots. 

You'll need the UV lamp that has the filter built in (to eliminate
any remnant visible light).  The lamp itself looks black.  I bought
mine at a hardware store and put it into an RV fixture that runs off
12 volts, so it's portable.  I've also seen the lamps in hobby 
stores and places that cater to spelunkers and rockhounds, but
they're more expensive.

UV exploring is a lot of fun.  You'll see all sort of things
glowing in the medicine cabinet, under the sink, out in the
backyard.  It'll also show up a person's false teeth, so be
discriminatory in how you use it.  The UV source is safe as
long as you use the longwave lamp and not the shortwave lamp
used for tanning.  

BTW, I got the idea from my uncle, who used to be a state agri-
cultural inspector.  He used the UV lamp to search for rodent
urine in grain storage areas.  He could've solved all his prob-
lems with an army of kitties.

Don Montgomery, Santa Rosa, CA
donrm@hpnmdla.sr.hp.com
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: schumach@convex.com (Richard A. Schumacher)
Subject: Re: help me name my kittens
Organization: CONVEX Computer Corporation, Richardson, Tx., USA
Distribution: rec.pets.cats
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 1992 22:53:22 GMT
X-Disclaimer: This message was written by a user at CONVEX Computer
              Corp. The opinions expressed are those of the user and
              not necessarily those of CONVEX.

In <SBILES.92Sep26145421@dante.nmsu.edu> sbiles@nmsu.edu (Susannah E Biles) writes:
>But any Shakespearean names are nice ---
>Capulet and Montegue

Catulet and Mouseague? Nah...





Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: yozzo@watson.ibm.com (Ralph Yozzo)
Subject: Cat itching and biting back?
Date: Thu, 01 Oct 1992 02:56:28 GMT
Disclaimer: This posting represents the poster's views, not necessarily those of IBM
Organization: IBM T.J. Watson Research Center


I have a cat that sometimes bites the hair on his back.  The cat is 
15 years old.  I've been told that it is caused by dry skin.  It 
is not caused by fleas.  When he bites the hair, he leave bare spots
behind. 

Has anyone else seen this condition in their cat or dog and if so,
what did you do?
I read that the itching is caused by a vitamin deficiency.  
(But this information came from a vitamin retailer.  
(Hardly, an unbiased source))

-- 
Ralph Yozzo (yozzo@watson.ibm.com)  
From the beautiful and historic Mid-Hudson Valley area of NY state
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: moe@rainier.lib.washington.edu (Joe Shippert)
Subject: Cat dead, to do?
Organization: University of Washington Libraries, Seattle
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 1992 07:29:43 GMT


After being gone for about 36 hours (longer than ever before) I felt
silly calling the lost pets hotline but the recorded message described
my cat perfectly (she's the only black manx in the neighborhood) found
dead less than a blockk away from my house.

I wanted to see her one last time but the guy at the shelter said they 
just keep them all in barrels and I'd have to go through all the other 
dead animals to find her.

She was only 16 months old. All I can think of is her lying dead in a 
barrel covered with other dead pets.

I would greatly appreciate any experience anyone would like to share
about losing the pets.

thanks,
joe
-- 
==============================================================================
moe@u.washington.edu
Let all the poisons that lurk in the mud hatch out.
From: peggys@orca.wv.tek.com
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Re: Has my cat gone mad?
Date: 2 Oct 92 16:36:12 GMT
Article-I.D.: shaman.1890
Reply-To: peggys@orca.wv.tek.com
Organization: Network Displays Manufacturing, Tektronix,Inc

In article <1992Oct2.160156.13567@cs.yale.edu>,
loosemore-sandra@CS.YALE.EDU (Sandra Loosemore) writes:
> From: loosemore-sandra@CS.YALE.EDU (Sandra Loosemore)
> Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
> Subject: Re: Has my cat gone mad?
> Date: 2 Oct 92 12:01:49 GMT
> Organization: staff hacker @ Yale Haskell project
> 
> My guy Nerf chases his tail too.  He *really* likes to chase my other
> cat's tail better, but sometimes he spots his own tail out of the corner
> of his eye and gets confused....
> 
> -Sandra

I've seen Muffin get the silliest look on her face sometimes when she spots
her tail & then goes after it.  She seems to get rather annoyed because that
thing keeps following her...;}

					Peggy

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          | Tektronix, Inc., Network Displays Division	      |
          | PO Box 1000, MS 60-430, Wilsonville, OR 97070     |
          | (503) 685-2030 - email: peggys@orca.WV.TEK.COM    |
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Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: yozzo@watson.ibm.com (Ralph Yozzo)
Subject: Re: Help name my kittens
Date: Fri, 02 Oct 1992 02:41:43 GMT
Disclaimer: This posting represents the poster's views, not necessarily those of IBM
Organization: IBM T.J. Watson Research Center

Name the intelligent looking one "Promethesus" and the 
less intelligent looking one "Epimetheus".

Failing the intelligence test, why not try "Tom and Jerry"?

-- 
Ralph Yozzo (yozzo@watson.ibm.com)  
From the beautiful and historic Mid-Hudson Valley area of NY state
From: ehp@poe.acc.Virginia.EDU ("Didi Pancake")
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Re: cats in box springs
Date: 29 Sep 92 20:10:32 GMT
Article-I.D.: murdoch.1992Sep29.201032.13498
Organization: University of Virginia


Our very first cat, when I was very young (1,000 years ago), was a black
and white "Figaro" kitten. During one period in his life, we used to hear
funny noises under the living room furniture. One Sunday, while Father
and I were lying on the floor reading the funnies, we heard the noise and
looked over to see Figaro lying on his back on the hardwood floor with
his legs up, claws out, in the fabric under the couch, running around in
big ovals under the couch with his back sliding on the wood floor! He
would also do little circles under the big chair. He stopped when he got
to be the wrong size to fit just right.

--
|  Didi Pancake                 |   Order is half of life...            |
|  ehp@virginia.edu             |      ...the other half is more fun!   |
|-------------------------------|                                       | 
|  All usual disclaimers apply  |                    --German Proverb   |
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: gck@hector.uucp (24641-kemmerling)
Subject: Re: Help, my kitty has dandruff
Organization: Bellcore, Livingston, NJ
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 92 19:10:03 GMT


My Skippy (RIP) had dandruff real bad also and as much as he didn't like it
the vet had me shampoo him with a shampoo they gave me.  It worked and I
had to do this a couple of times - usually only in the winter.  He liked to
lay in front of the heat register which made the dandruff worse. 

gayle

E-mail address: gck@hector.cc.bellcore.com 
Morristown, N.J.
(201) 829-3950
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: dzenz@catskill.kgn.ibm.com (Dave Zenz)
Subject: Re: "Soft Paws" (covers for cat's claws)
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 92 19:09:41 GMT
Reply-To: dzenz@vnet.ibm.com
Organization: IBM Kingston NY

In article <28570@life.ai.mit.edu>, marie@guppy.ai.mit.edu (Marie Lamb) writes:
|> 
|> In article <1992Sep29.121836.14801@watson.ibm.com>, dzenz@catskill.kgn.ibm.com (Dave Zenz) writes:
|> |> 
|> |> Other than the "Soft Paws", does anyone have suggestions on how to
|> |> protect furniture from scratches due to cat's claws? 
|> 
|> This is what worked for me.  I put double-sided tape (sticky on both
|> sides) along all the edges of the furniture being scratched (in my case,
|> a brand new sofa and loveseat :-(), and I also put one of those

Sorry, I didn't explain my cats' furniture scratching well enough. The
problem is that our cats love to jump on our bedroom dresser. When jumping
on or off, their back claws dig into and scratch the top of our new
maple furniture. And, when the dresser is newly polished, they end up sliding
half way across the tops with their claws out full force trying to stop
themselves. 

I have to get the tops repaired, but I want to solve the problem first, and
only pay to repair the dresser top once.

Dave Zenz
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: lyndap@Novell.COM (Lynda Peterson)
Subject: Re: Why Do Cats Lick Humans?
Organization: Novell, Inc.
Distribution: na
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 21:49:15 GMT

In article <22930@optima.cs.arizona.edu>  writes:
> (stuff deleted)
> 
> >   Chunky, my only male cat, is the only one of my five cats that  
is obsessive 
> > about licking me.  He especially loves to lick my nose (it is a  
wee tad
> > greasy) and (now this is kinda gross...) would even lick inside  
my nose if
> > I would let him.  Sometimes his breath confpetes with the  
affection he
> > gives me.  At one time i nicknamed him 'Mr Tongue' because of  
this
> > behaviour.
> > 
> >    Steve
> 
> 
> My late cat Mouser (Mighty Mouse) used to get very intense about  
licking
> my nose, forehead, eyelids, etc...  Occassionally he would lick my  
feet,too.
> The worst tho was sniffing and trying to lick my armpits.  Yes, he  
was
> a unique cat...
> 
Question: Doesn't this constant licking of tender face parts hurt?

I can only stand to have Boo lick my hands, let alone my eyelids  
because her tongue is so prickly.

OUCH! :~|

lyndap@novell.com

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Date: Tuesday, 29 Sep 1992 14:13:40 CET
From: Richard Chase <RCHASE@ESTEC.BITNET>
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Re: Using your hands (was Re: Help! Vicious kitten)

My cat, Casey, likes to play kind of rough sometimes.  She obviously
didn't read the cat books which say they keeps their claws in when
playing with people.  In the end, she trained me to use an old ski
glove for the "playing for keeps" games.  That way she can wrap
herself around my hand and kick and bite all she wants and I get the
fun of playing but without the scratches.  This has worked for years
now but I'll soon need another glove.  The only problem I have is
when she decides to play when I don't have the glove on.  Ouch!!

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Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: polly@IASTATE.EDU (Paula Puffer)
Subject: Re: Everywhere but the dish...(plus kitty update)
Reply-To: polly@IASTATE.EDU (Paula Puffer)
Organization: Iowa State University
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1992 01:33:22 GMT

In article <wlhadley.717964553@mwunix>, wlhadley@mwunix.mitre.org (William L.
Hadley) writes:
> lianne@bcarh17e.BNR.CA (Lianne Raley) writes:
> 
> >In article <1992Sep23.101027.1@opal.tufts.edu>, cwaite@opal.tufts.edu
writes:
> >|>I had read that cats don't like having their water dishes near their food
> >|>bowls.  Since I had a cat that had FUS that I was encouraging to drink
more
> >|>water but who preferred drinking out of the pans of water I put on the
> >|>radiators for the dry air, I tried moving the water dish into the
> >bathroom.  It
> >|>worked, and now I always separate the water and food bowls.  Can't
> >explain it,
> >|>but it seems to help...
> >      
> >I discovered this myself, but thought my cats were just bizarre - well they
> >are, but not for that reason :) 
> 
> >One of my cats, Cairo (RIP), developed FUS when he was only 4 months old.
> >He always used to drink his water from beside his food, but I'd noticed
> >he wasn't doing it as much. So I put a second bowl down at the end of the
> >hall. 
> 
> >It was amazing! He immediately stopped drinking from the bowl by his food
> >but would head straight for the other one after eating. Even if he walked
> >by, he'd stop and take a drink (just because it was there, I think). 
> 
> >When I got my second kitten, he completely ignored the water by his food,
> >so I ended up putting both bowls out there. Of course, he still prefers
> >the toilet bowl :)
> 
> Hmmmmmmm....I have noticed this with my cat but I just thought he was weird
> (sort of like his humans! 8-).  He will drink out of his bowl if he *has* to,
> but would much rather drink out of the sink, any un-guarded glasses of water,
> and even the toilet (yes, the toilet...it has to be the most interesting bit 
> of acrobatics I have ever seen).  I will move his bowl away from his food
dish
> and see if he drinks out of his bowl after that.
> 

well my kitties must be the exception to the water next to the bowl rule
both Sarafina and Leo have their food and water next to each other.  I find
 that the only time that they don't drink out of the water bowl is when a 
piece of food is floating in it and has made the water all gunky and gross.
However leo does make for an amusing view as he drinks out of the toilet.

After last week's escapade of catching Sarafina, my hand is healing nicely
and the cats are getting along well together.   Leo seems to be much happier
than he was and Sarafina is such a freindly and pretty little girl.   
The only excitement came when i decided to let my wonder dog abby in. 
I don't think i've ever seen a kitty scale curtains faster than Sarafina
did that night.   

Paula 
who is owned by Sarafina and Leo (let's wake mommy up by staring at her 
so we can get fed) and Abby (i'll use the more direct wakeup method and 
just bark alot) 
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: kathy edwards <KTHY@UNB.CA>
Subject: moths and shrews
Organization: The University of New Brunswick
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1992 12:21:48 GMT

Our cat Pumpkin has discovered the great outdoors this past summer.
We took her from a friend whose roommate had taken her from someone else
who had taken her from someone else...unfortunately none of these people
either wanted her or were allowed to keep her in their apartment.She took
a while to adjust but now is the bestest kitty in the whole world (IMHO)!
Although she has no front claws (someone else's doing not ours!) she is a
fairly efficient hunter. Question: Can anyone comment on the safety of moth
consumption? She loves to do flips and stuff to catch them, she doesn't throw
up after eating them, is it okay?
  One day a few weeks ago she proudly came into the house and went down to my
husband's studio and deposited a dead shrew for all to admire (he was entertaining
musicians at the time). I told him he should be pleased that she loved him so much.
The next day she brought one for us at the breakfast table. I instructed my husband
to let her into the dining room from outside. She trotted in, we told her how proud
we were and how smart she was. She dropped it at our feet ...and it ran away!!!The
chase ensued accompanied by paroxysms of laughter until the little creep slipped under
the dishwasher (firmly fixed under counter) An hour later after playing electrician
and plumber, Mr.Shrew and Miss Pumpkin were ceremoniously dumped outside to
continue their encounter...the shrew won. She gets birds too!
Ain't life grand!
From: klier@iscsvax.uni.edu
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Re: Fundraising For Animal Shelters
Date: 6 Oct 92 12:39:20 -0500
Organization: University of Northern Iowa

jimoates@panix.com (Jim Oates) writes:
> 
> My question:  Does anyone know of private corporation, private
> foundations, or any other organization that contributes money
> to organizations such as animal shelters.

There is a dandy publication called the Foundation Directory (or
maybe Directory of Foundations) that lists gazillions of charitable
foundations, what sort of projects they support, where they support them,
what deadlines there are....

University libraries and grant offices usually have a copy floating about,
as do most large public libraries.

(Don't forget to hit up the pet food companies!)

Kay Klier   Biology Dept  UNI
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: levine@symcom.math.uiuc.edu (Lenore Levine)
Subject: Re: Has my cat gone mad?
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1992 16:48:40 GMT

schlumpf@uimrl7.mrl.uiuc.edu () writes:

>We noticed the STRANGEST behavior in out 1.5 year
>old Siamese today. She'd get up in my chair and 
>chase her tail...around and around and around she'd
>go. 

My Neek (Maine Coon type, 11 years old) likes to climb up 
to the closet shelf and chase her tail there!

Lenore Levine
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats