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Old April 16th 07, 11:31 AM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
marcos cheung
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Default Cats Are Very Shy Toileters

Cats in general are very shy toileters and will often only pee or poop
in their litter box if it is placed in a quiet, secluded area, away
from family members and other animals. The importance of your cat
toileting regularly cannot be over-emphasized. Too often owners do not
provide their cats with private & clean litter boxes, an unlimited
supply of water or access to the outdoors. Such a lifestyle quickly
leads to urinary tract disease which is very common in cats and often
very debilitating. In this disease, large crystals form in your cat's
bladder, which can then flow through your cat's urethra (the tube
linking the bladder to the outside world) and they often become lodged
and stuck! This obstruction of pee then causes a cat to become very
ill and very sore, at which time veterinary intervention is the only
option.
The key to preventing this problem is to encourage your cat to drink
more and to pee more! This helps prevent the formation of the crystals
in the bladder in the first place! Ensure that you have a couple of
full water bowls for your cat around the house as well as outside.
Your cat should have an unlimited supply of water. As for toileting,
you will need to encourage your cat to pee by ensuring privacy and
security when he does so. In general, there should be more than one
litter box in your household. In fact, the generally accepted formula
for the best number of litter boxes for your household is, one per cat
you own, plus one. So, if you have 2 cats, you should have 3 litter
boxes around the house, while if you only have one cat, have 2 litter
boxes - and so on. Just as important is that you use a good absorbable
litter that your cat likes and that you regularly replace this litter
once every 2 - 3 days (rather than once a week!). The cleaner the
litter, the more your cat will want to toilet on it. Then when placing
the litter boxes around the house, it is important to ensure that they
are in a secluded area away from a busy area of the house - however
make sure you don't leave a litter tray in a corner, or anywhere where
your cat may feel trapped while he is trying to toilet.
The key to avoiding your cat developing urinary tract problems and
toileting in inappropriate places, is to make the toileting experience
as stress free for your cat as possible. By providing unlimited water,
allowing some outdoors access and maintaining clean litter boxes in
private areas of your house you will be providing your cat with this
stress-free environment.
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Old April 16th 07, 03:02 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
Sherry
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Default Cats Are Very Shy Toileters

On Apr 16, 5:31 am, "marcos cheung" wrote:
Cats in general are very shy toileters and will often only pee or poop
in their litter box if it is placed in a quiet, secluded area, away
from family members and other animals.

snipped

This is very true. I've learned this with Bikkie & Jack, too. Cats
feel very
vulnerable when they're "on the box" and if there's another cat
in the household who is picking on them, they'll start going under a
table,
behind furniture, somewhere they can hide.
We ended up draping a card table with a sheet and putting the
litterbox under
there in an unused bedroom. We never had another issue with Biskit
going under the desk. She really *wanted* to use proper litter. She
was afraid
of Boots.

Sherry

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Old April 16th 07, 05:29 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
Matthew
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Default Cats Are Very Shy Toileters


"marcos cheung"


You have changed your id a few times just to advertise your blog site. You
have posted in every cat group


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Old April 16th 07, 06:01 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
Karen AKA Kajikit
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Default Cats Are Very Shy Toileters

On 16 Apr 2007 07:02:02 -0700, "Sherry" wrote:

On Apr 16, 5:31 am, "marcos cheung" wrote:
Cats in general are very shy toileters and will often only pee or poop
in their litter box if it is placed in a quiet, secluded area, away
from family members and other animals.

snipped

This is very true. I've learned this with Bikkie & Jack, too. Cats
feel very
vulnerable when they're "on the box" and if there's another cat
in the household who is picking on them, they'll start going under a
table,
behind furniture, somewhere they can hide.
We ended up draping a card table with a sheet and putting the
litterbox under
there in an unused bedroom. We never had another issue with Biskit
going under the desk. She really *wanted* to use proper litter. She
was afraid
of Boots.


Our girls obviously never got that memo... they'll follow me into the
bathroom when I go in to change their food or litter and do their
business right in front of me.

They don't care that their food and water are right next to the
litterbox either (something else they're 'supposed' to hate!)
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Old April 16th 07, 08:07 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)
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Default Cats Are Very Shy Toileters



Matthew wrote:

"marcos cheung"


You have changed your id a few times just to advertise your blog site. You
have posted in every cat group


That's a crime? Since his blog address is merely posted as
part of his signature, it isn't even "poor Netiquette"!



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Old April 16th 07, 08:38 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
Matthew
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"EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" wrote in message
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Matthew wrote:

"marcos cheung"


You have changed your id a few times just to advertise your blog site.
You have posted in every cat group


That's a crime? Since his blog address is merely posted as part of his
signature, it isn't even "poor Netiquette"!



No it is not never said it was

In the other groups he has spammed the groups multiple times using
different tactics and different ids just to visit his blog. that was the
point I was bringing up


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Old April 16th 07, 09:12 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
Ketzl's Dad
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Default Cats Are Very Shy Toileters

On Mon, 16 Apr 2007 15:38:26 -0400, Matthew wrote:


"EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" wrote in message
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Matthew wrote:

"marcos cheung"


You have changed your id a few times just to advertise your blog site.
You have posted in every cat group


That's a crime? Since his blog address is merely posted as part of his
signature, it isn't even "poor Netiquette"!



No it is not never said it was

In the other groups he has spammed the groups multiple times using
different tactics and different ids just to visit his blog. that was the
point I was bringing up



No, not a crime, but spamming is spamming. Maybe I'm more inclined to be less
tolerant of him because his blog is feeble. ;-)

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Joey DoWop Dee
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Old April 16th 07, 11:07 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
Shel-hed[_2_]
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Default Cats Are Very Shy Toileters

On Mon, 16 Apr 2007 12:07:21 -0700, "EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)"
wrote:


That's a crime?


It's spam. Not even clever anymore.

Since his blog address is merely posted as
part of his signature, it isn't even "poor Netiquette"!


That isn't a signature. It's bad netiquette.
Not surprising, Blogspot is a spammers haven.

From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signature_block

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The formatting of the sig block is prescribed somewhat more firmly: it should be
displayed as plain text in a fixed-width font (no HTML, images, or other rich
text), and must be delimited from the body of the message by a single line
consisting of exactly two hyphens, followed by a space, followed by the end of
line (i.e., "-- \n"). This latter prescription, which goes by many names,
including "sig dashes", "signature cut line", and "sig-marker", allows software
to automatically mark or remove the sig block as the receiver desires. A correct
delimiter is required for a news posting program to receive the Good Netkeeping
Seal of Approval.
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Old April 16th 07, 11:24 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)
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Ketzl's Dad wrote:

On Mon, 16 Apr 2007 15:38:26 -0400, Matthew wrote:


"EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" wrote in message
...


Matthew wrote:


"marcos cheung"


You have changed your id a few times just to advertise your blog site.
You have posted in every cat group

That's a crime? Since his blog address is merely posted as part of his
signature, it isn't even "poor Netiquette"!


No it is not never said it was

In the other groups he has spammed the groups multiple times using
different tactics and different ids just to visit his blog. that was the
point I was bringing up




No, not a crime, but spamming is spamming. Maybe I'm more inclined to be less
tolerant of him because his blog is feeble. ;-)


Well, I don't know what he's done on other newsgroups, but
the post that drew the diatribe here merely includes his
blog address as part of his signature, which SFAIK is
considered perfectly okay. (How many people even NOTICE a
web-address appended as part of a poster's signature, at the
bottom of a post?)
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Old April 16th 07, 11:48 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
Ketzl's Dad
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Default Cats Are Very Shy Toileters

On Mon, 16 Apr 2007 18:24:56 -0400, EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) wrote:



Ketzl's Dad wrote:

On Mon, 16 Apr 2007 15:38:26 -0400, Matthew wrote:


"EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" wrote in message
...


Matthew wrote:


"marcos cheung"


You have changed your id a few times just to advertise your blog site.
You have posted in every cat group

That's a crime? Since his blog address is merely posted as part of his
signature, it isn't even "poor Netiquette"!


No it is not never said it was

In the other groups he has spammed the groups multiple times using
different tactics and different ids just to visit his blog. that was the
point I was bringing up




No, not a crime, but spamming is spamming. Maybe I'm more inclined to be
less
tolerant of him because his blog is feeble. ;-)


Well, I don't know what he's done on other newsgroups, but
the post that drew the diatribe here merely includes his
blog address as part of his signature, which SFAIK is
considered perfectly okay. (How many people even NOTICE a
web-address appended as part of a poster's signature, at the
bottom of a post?)


I'm pretty much agreeing with you except that it's not, technically speaking,
a signature where his blog's URL is listed, it's in the body of his message.
As someone else pointed out, a signature should be delineated some way (and
there is a proper way for Usenet), but his isn't.

I wasn't aware of his other posts in other newsgroups either. I don't let
these things bother me anyway, usually, except that this one sounded like it
would be worth a visit, so I did. IMHO it wasn't worth the visit. So, I'll
just know enough to avoid him in the future.

I think it has something to do with a regular poster in a NG "suggesting"
others visit a web site (with the understanding that the regular poster is
just that: a contributor with the group's interests at heart.) When a
stranger visits a group and initially posts a web site, it seems it's most
likely to be a spammer or a marketer. I took a chance on this one. It was a
mistake. No problem but mine.

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