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| 2309.1 | Good luck - cats are wonderful | WITNES::HANNULA | Cat Tails & Bike Wheels Don't Mix | Mon Mar 20 1989 13:12 | 34 |
| Regarding food -
I have found that every pet owner and every vet has slightly different
opinions as to what food is best. Therefore, I rely heavily on
the advise given to me by my own veternarian. If I can't believe
my vet about food, how can I believe him when it comes to serious
medical problems?
You said your vet recommended the Hill's products. They can be
purchased at most feed stores or pet stores. Erickson's in Acton
carries them.
Re cat trees -
Cat tres can be purchased at many pet stores, as well as at many
cat shows. I personally do not own any - I have other things I
let myu cats play with and scratch.
Re natural living -
I also like to let my cats live a natural life. However, by the
fact that our cats are no longer wild, and have been domesticated,
there are times when human intervention is necessary. I think you
may have a problem with fleas come this spring and summer. I have
adopted a flea maintenance program which involves flea collars,
regular flea baths, and routine flea bombing.
I sincerely hope that you do bring your cat in for regular veternary
check ups. There are some diseases that cats can pick up that are
transmittable to human. Since Puma is a house cat, you should take
the responsibility to immunize him yearly, and have him neutered.
Natural living for cats is wonderful. Yet as a responsible pet
owner, it is your responsiblity to assure that the natural environment
does not cause your cat any harm or pain.
-Nancy
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| 2309.2 | Oh, to be cat owned | MARKER::REED | A laugh a day keeps the blues away | Mon Mar 20 1989 18:29 | 26 |
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Congratulations and welcome to feline notes. I agree with Nancy
on the flea prevention (HA!)/removal, immunizing and neutering.
The neutering you may want to consider sometime soon with Puma being
an indoor/outdoor kitty. He may start to disappear for days at
a whack when any female comes into heat in and around your area
and he will probably start to *mark his territory* both inside and
outside.
The only other thing you might consider is grooming Puma once in
a while. Brushing/combing, especially during the change of seasons
helps rid them of their shedding coats and helps you minimize kitty
fur covered clothing, furniture, bed, and puked up hairballs.
As far a cat trees and scratching posts go, I saw a nice 3 ft. rug
covered one at Erikson's Grain Mill in Acton today for $15. A friend
of mine who owns Pets Plus in Tewksbury, MA has someone who can
probably make them to order. Their phone number is: 508-658-0860.
I have also seen these items for sale in the various cat magazines.
(My two tend to go for the scratching posts with rug and sisal rope
covering.)
Well, I hope this helps. Please enter any stories, poems, antics,
problems, solutions, etc. in this file. We love to hear kitty chat.
Roslyn, Escho and Brandy
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| 2309.3 | you can learn a lot from the magizines | VAXWRK::SKALTSIS | Deb | Mon Mar 20 1989 18:33 | 8 |
| you might want to stop at your local newsstand and pick up a copy
of the cat magazines like Cats and Cat Fancy. They discuss a lot of
issues regarding food, FUS, disease and behavior, and they have a
directory of ads for cat products and catalogues that you can send
for, and just looking at them can give you ideas of what is available,
what the costs are.
Deb
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| 2309.4 | | CIRCUS::KOLLING | Karen, Sweetie, & Holly; in Calif. | Sat Mar 25 1989 00:21 | 7 |
| I think grooming is a good idea too. Puma will consider it
petting once he gets used to it, it reduces the chance of hairballs,
and it's a good way to notice body problems early. About letting
Puma go outside; I don't want to start the huge argument that that
topic always involves (there are plenty of notes already in here about
it), but you might want to consider how safe that is.
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