wjr@frog.UUCP (STella Calvert) (03/04/86)
In article <1176@alvin.mcnc.UUCP> mendell@mcnc.UUCP writes: >is that Desper doesn't always leave everything that he is supposed >to leave in the box. He walks away with feces dangling from his >rear. If I am around when he uses the box, I check him and clean >him up right away. Sometimes I am not around though, and I come >home to find smeared evidence on the carpet, on the bedspread, etc. Yeah, I have the same problem with Luna. The problem seems to be that she likes to chew on brushes, which means she eats hair. Which means that she $h|ts beads. I've been attempting to teach her that if she draws it to my attention I will _instantly_ stop whatever I'm doing, grab the scissors, and "debead" her. One person has told me that adding a bit of sugar (about 1 t./day) to her diet would fix this, but I haven't noticed any effect. You might try giving her kitty-mushies (semi-moist catfood) though, since it does produce a somewhat softer stool than kittycrunchies do. Or you, your SO, and the sprout could shave your heads, to minimize the hair available. (I prefer to believe that I don't NEED a smiley after such an absurd suggestion....) At least, it's not a serious health problem for the cat, and if you put a screendoor on the baby's room, it won't be a problem for the kid till it gets bigger. I use surplus carpet samples for bathmats and Luna has been seen to head for that rather than the living room floor when I was too slow grabbing the scissors. (Sure glad we don't have wall-to-wall carpet!) I wish I had a _real_ fix-type answer.... Hope someone on the net does! _Please_ post if you come up with a trick that _WORKS!_ STella Calvert Do what thou wilt -- not just a good idea, it's the law! Guest on Account: ...!mit-eddie!frog!wjr Life: Baltimore!AnnArbor!<LongStrangeTrip>!Taxachusetts Future: ... (!L5!TheBelt!InterstellarSpace)
mrgofor@mmm.UUCP (MKR) (03/14/86)
In article <677@frog.UUCP> wjr@frog.UUCP (STella Calvert) writes: >In article <1176@alvin.mcnc.UUCP> mendell@mcnc.UUCP writes: >>is that Desper doesn't always leave everything that he is supposed >>to leave in the box. He walks away with feces dangling from his >>rear. If I am around when he uses the box, I check him and clean >>him up right away. Sometimes I am not around though, and I come >>home to find smeared evidence on the carpet, on the bedspread, etc. > >Yeah, I have the same problem with Luna. The problem seems to be that >she likes to chew on brushes, which means she eats hair. Which means >that she $h|ts beads. I've been attempting to teach her that if she >draws it to my attention I will _instantly_ stop whatever I'm doing, >grab the scissors, and "debead" her. > >One person has told me that adding a bit of sugar (about 1 t./day) to >her diet would fix this, but I haven't noticed any effect. > >You might try giving her kitty-mushies (semi-moist catfood) though, >since it does produce a somewhat softer stool than kittycrunchies do. > Or you could try feeding kitty intraveniously (sp?)) -- --MKR Sometimes even the President of the United States must have to stand naked. - Dylan