liang@cvl.UUCP (Eli Liang) (03/06/85)
One of my room-mates has a young, male, un-neutered cat that has some rather
strange quirks. He saved the cat from a tree when it was just a kitten so
he doesn't know its lineage or anything, but lineage probably has nothing at
all to do with the problem. The problem is that the cat is developing very
strange behaviors. It goes around and sniffs at sweaters and bits of rug
and things like that, and then it attempts to masturbate on these items.
This occurs constantly regardless of who is present. Does anyone know what
causes these problems? My room-mate is afraid that the cat is mal-adjusted,
it that's possible for cats.
-eli
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UUCP: {seismo,rlgvax,allegra,brl-bmd,nrl-css}!umcp-cs!cvl!liangariels@orca.UUCP (Ariel Shattan) (03/19/85)
> One of my room-mates has a young, male, un-neutered cat that has some rather > strange quirks. He saved the cat from a tree when it was just a kitten so > he doesn't know its lineage or anything, but lineage probably has nothing at > all to do with the problem. The problem is that the cat is developing very > strange behaviors. It goes around and sniffs at sweaters and bits of rug > and things like that, and then it attempts to masturbate on these items. > This occurs constantly regardless of who is present. Does anyone know what > causes these problems? My room-mate is afraid that the cat is mal-adjusted, > it that's possible for cats. > > -eli My sister's cat did that before he was neutered (maybe because she named him "Genevieve"). She gave him a towel all his own for he purpose, and he still uses it now that he's "fixed." My cat also did it (to anything he could manage to reach, including visiting children), but he doesn't anymore. Getting the cat neutered will probably take care of the problem. That, or getting him a series of willing girlfriends, but you'll have to make him pay paternity support... Ariel Shattan ..!tektronix!orca!ariels