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Conference misery::feline_v1

Title:Meower Power is Valuing Differences
Notice:FELINE_V1 is moving 1/11/94 5pm PST to MISERY
Moderator:MISERY::VANZUYLEN_RO
Created:Sun Feb 09 1986
Last Modified:Tue Jan 11 1994
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:5089
Total number of notes:60366

570.0. "eating habbits ..." by FOREST::BOUCHER (Peter Boucher, BTO-Systems Mfg.) Thu Apr 30 1987 11:41

    Is it normal for a cat to go out and nibble down alittle grass
    everynow and then ?  Is there any special reason for this behavior?
    
    Also, everytime I go to the refrig to get the milk, Samantha follows
    me around the kitchen stareing at the milk carton. Obviously she
    wants some (she thinks). So I put alittle in a saucer and she won't
    touch. I must be doing something wrong ?  Maybe she doesn't like
    the milk that we buy.
    
    - Peter
    
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570.125175::KALLISHallowe'en should be legal holidayThu Apr 30 1987 15:258
    A cat nibbles at grass often as a means of helping bring up hairballs.
    If you've abn outdoor cat and it's "cropping," wait a bit before
    calling it inside.
    
    Milk is usually a _very_ bad idea for an adult cat.  Tends to produce
    diarrhea.  Check with your vet.
    
    Steve Kallis, Jr
570.2grazing and milk ringsNEWVAX::BOBBI brake for Wombats!Fri May 15 1987 18:0618
    Merlin and Rascal both "graze" when they are outside, but very rarely
    do they "reintroduce" it when they are inside. I don't know if that
    means they are getting rid of it outside, or aren't vomiting at
    all.
    
    When I asked the vet about this several years ago, she said that
    they may just want some veggies in their diet. Of course, when I
    try to feed them veggies - forget it!
    
    About the milk carton - is it one with a plastic top? Merlin used
    to go crazy over the plastic strip that gets pulled off of the milk
    container. He would play with it for hours. He would even jump up
    on a counter to get one (I would put them up them to save them for
    a later date). It could be that, that the cat is eyeing up!  Neither
    of ours will have anything to do with milk, btw!
    
    janet b.
    
570.3still waiting for "free trial milk ring"GLINKA::GREENEFri May 15 1987 18:4610
    SOMEBODY (alas, I have forgotten who) was going to send me some
    of the milk container rings for my troops to play with.  They
    seem to be a real hit!  
    
    Can someone send me 1 or 2 extras?
    
    Many thanks,
    
    	Penelope Greene     or 85 Trowbridge St
    	MLO5-5/E76             Cambridge, MA  02138
570.4TOMLIN::ROMBERGKathy Romberg DTN 276-8189Mon May 18 1987 15:579
	<color_my_face_red>

	 It was  me....I have them sitting here on my desk and have just
     finished  addressing  the envelope. It took me a while to drink the
     milk :-) (and other various excuses).


			Kathy