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Re: Pet Porte microchip cat flaps £20 discount

spam-t...@beeb.net (Steve Walker) — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 19:09:27 UT

But if it malfunctions, your beloved cat will be locked outside in the
driving winter rain.
Can you take that chance on some patent contraption?

Re: Sharing my favorite blog

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Re: Communication

he...@world.org (Stampir) — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:44:02 UT

YOu have your own cat clowder!

Re: Communication

tda...@mst.edu (Ted Davis) — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 00:55:14 UT

It's usually held that two will be playmates; with three, two will gang ou
on the third. That may or may not be true: three may get along well with
each other, or two will be a team and ignore the third while the third
ignores them; on the other hand, two may never become friends, but they do
provide interest for each other.

Re: Communication

he...@world.org (Stampir) — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 20:24:20 UT

Why is that? My family has usually had only one cat at a time. The cats
always seemed
happy. I guess w/two or more they have company and someone to play with
though.

Re: Communication

tda...@mst.edu (Ted Davis) — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 00:30:49 UT

Well, I guess not everybody can live out in the country ... with fourteen
cats, plus visiting families of skunks, coons and possums ... and
hummingbirds, more of those than I can count or even estimate.

Re: Communication

timre...@msn.com (Kermit Tisdale) — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 21:40:22 UT

This is my 2nd cat sequentially....see in the building I live, we can
only have one cat or dog at a time and the dog can't be over a certain
size You can have more birds and fish though.

Re: Communication

tda...@mst.edu (Ted Davis) — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 20:04:42 UT

Second at the same time or second sequential? The optimum number of cats
is usually two or three at the same time.

Re: Communication

timre...@msn.com (Kermit Tisdale) — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 13:07:29 UT

Thanks to ALL that replied to my original question . Your answers have
been very insightful. This is only my 2nd cat, but I've already learned
much about her (from this Discussion group).
Again; Thanks!!

Re: Communication

tda...@mst.edu (Ted Davis) — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:42:49 UT

I have well water - deep well, highly mineralized. Several of the cats
prefer rain water, no matter how old and infested. One of them so likes
rain water that he walks out into puddles to find it deep enough. They
also like the stock pond water, but the pond is too far away for most of
them most of the time. It's also popular with the local wildlife: all the

Re: Communication

aj...@ncf.ca (Ralph) — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 01:02:46 UT

I have to go with Ted on the separation of food, water and litter.
I knew to keep the litter a good distance away, but only recently found that
my tabby preferred the water a distance apart.
I tested by having two dishes available, and then switching the dishes to
see if the actual dish was a preference.

Re: Communication

tda...@mst.edu (Ted Davis) — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:58:11 UT

It's highly unlikely that a cat would be able to catch a bird in a bird
bath or to drink from one.
Doing what you have to to stay alive is not quite the same thing as being
quite content.

Re: Pet Porte microchip cat flaps �20 discount

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Re: Communication

the_stan_br...@fastmail.fm (Stan Brown) — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:35:23 UT

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 07:47:15 -0500 from Ted Davis <tda...@mst.edu>:
You mean they would ignore a bird that was standing on a birdbath?
Somehow I'm just a tad skeptical. :-)
Seriously, I have no problem believing that*some* cats don't like it,
but to say "cats don't like it" seems like a big overgeneralization.

Re: Communication

tda...@mst.edu (Ted Davis) — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:47:15 UT

Cats don't like it. In nature, they don't eat and drink at the same
places. Other than that, and the collected experiences of cat slaves over
the years, I really don't have a clue. Mine are about four feet apart,
and still some of the cats insist on drinking from a bowl in the kitchen
sink or from puddles outside, and a couple of them prefer to eat the