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How to stop too many cats/kittens from driving you insane...
This is mainly for kittens. But my male cat enjoys chasing his tail,
so it might work well for him too. Currently, he needs the exercise. I found a way to give my three kittens all the indoor exercise they can handle. Basically, it's just extending their tail 6 or 8 inches with a 1/4 inch thick nylon cord, using packaging tape. It's not very nice, but I'd rather feel a little guilty than feel angry at them. I know some people have injured and even killed their pets out of anger. And these kittens (in addition to three adult cats) have been driving me crazyer. To my pleasant surprise... These kittens appear to enjoy their tail extension. One reason is because it helps a lot with chasing their own tail. Serious tail chasing action. Sometimes one chases another while it is being chased. Sometimes they play with their own. I haven't seen a circle chase yet (with all three kittens). They stop the action simply by being at rest, and the other cats lose interest. The most active kitten became so wild the first time, I removed the thing early so it wouldn't go crazy. But it's just that way, it's very active. Since then, it's done great. So... When they start getting into stuff that they're not supposed to (like all the time), I just whip out the tail extenders and that's all they do until their next nap. If they lose interest, I will post saying so. I'm happy to hear about any potential injury. Most useful would be personal experience. Apparently getting caught on something is it, that's why I'm using a breakaway device. And this will happen only under human supervision. |
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How to stop too many cats/kittens from driving you insane...
At the moment, there are three cats in my lap. I guess that is a good
thing... The fabulous tale toy might be waning. If so, that would IMO prove there is no enduring toy. Will see. |
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How to stop too many cats/kittens from driving you insane...
The Humane Society accepted those 3 1/2 month old kittens today. Yea.
They were fun, and cute, but they will be all that to somebody else who doesn't already have more than enough cats. |
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How to stop too many cats/kittens from driving you insane...
They ended up playing a lot less with each other's extended tales,
but played more with their own. |
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How to stop too many cats/kittens from driving you insane...
On Wednesday, November 6, 2013 8:51:46 PM UTC-5, John Doe wrote:
This is mainly for kittens. But my male cat enjoys chasing his tail, so it might work well for him too. Currently, he needs the exercise. I found a way to give my three kittens all the indoor exercise they can handle. Basically, it's just extending their tail 6 or 8 inches with a 1/4 inch thick nylon cord, using packaging tape. It's not very nice, but I'd rather feel a little guilty than feel angry at them. I know some people have injured and even killed their pets out of anger. And these kittens (in addition to three adult cats) have been driving me crazyer. To my pleasant surprise... These kittens appear to enjoy their tail extension. One reason is because it helps a lot with chasing their own tail. Serious tail chasing action. Sometimes one chases another while it is being chased. Sometimes they play with their own. I haven't seen a circle chase yet (with all three kittens). They stop the action simply by being at rest, and the other cats lose interest. The most active kitten became so wild the first time, I removed the thing early so it wouldn't go crazy. But it's just that way, it's very active. Since then, it's done great. So... When they start getting into stuff that they're not supposed to (like all the time), I just whip out the tail extenders and that's all they do until their next nap. If they lose interest, I will post saying so. I'm happy to hear about any potential injury. Most useful would be personal experience. Apparently getting caught on something is it, that's why I'm using a breakaway device. And this will happen only under human supervision. That sounds just plain cruel to me. IBen Getiner |
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How to stop too many cats/kittens from driving you insane...
No telling how many skeletons this holier-than-thou thing
has in its closet... -- See also Google groups IBen Getiner LloydsEelAaron aol.com wrote: X-Received: by 10.224.14.79 with SMTP id f15mr5048554qaa.7.1384856365319; Tue, 19 Nov 2013 02:19:25 -0800 (PST) X-Received: by 10.49.35.243 with SMTP id l19mr24577qej.15.1384856365304; Tue, 19 Nov 2013 02:19:25 -0800 (PST) Path: eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.bbs-scene.org!border4.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border2.nn tp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!i2no5728489q av.0!news-out.google.com!9ni36967qaf.0!nntp.google.com!i2no5 728483qav.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo. googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats.health+behav Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2013 02:19:25 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: l5erni$9ei$1 dont-email.me Complaints-To: groups-abuse google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=173.65.250.199; posting-account=NOHl3QoAAABvFpqLRaWF78iW_ncWcAwM NNTP-Posting-Host: 173.65.250.199 References: l5erni$9ei$1 dont-email.me User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: 03cdf047-f866-496e-86b7-d49adc0d803e googlegroups.com Subject: How to stop too many cats/kittens from driving you insane... From: IBen Getiner LloydsEelAaron aol.com Injection-Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2013 10:19:25 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Lines: 64 Xref: news.eternal-september.org rec.pets.cats.health+behav:11497 On Wednesday, November 6, 2013 8:51:46 PM UTC-5, John Doe wrote: This is mainly for kittens. But my male cat enjoys chasing his tail, so it might work well for him too. Currently, he needs the exercise. I found a way to give my three kittens all the indoor exercise they can handle. Basically, it's just extending their tail 6 or 8 inches with a 1/4 inch thick nylon cord, using packaging tape. It's not very nice, but I'd rather feel a little guilty than feel angry at them. I know some people have injured and even killed their pets out of anger. And these kittens (in addition to three adult cats) have been driving me crazyer. To my pleasant surprise... These kittens appear to enjoy their tail extension. One reason is because it helps a lot with chasing their own tail. Serious tail chasing action. Sometimes one chases another while it is being chased. Sometimes they play with their own. I haven't seen a circle chase yet (with all three kittens). They stop the action simply by being at rest, and the other cats lose interest. The most active kitten became so wild the first time, I removed the thing early so it wouldn't go crazy. But it's just that way, it's very active. Since then, it's done great. So... When they start getting into stuff that they're not supposed to (like all the time), I just whip out the tail extenders and that's all they do until their next nap. If they lose interest, I will post saying so. I'm happy to hear about any potential injury. Most useful would be personal experience. Apparently getting caught on something is it, that's why I'm using a breakaway device. And this will happen only under human supervision. That sounds just plain cruel to me. IBen Getiner |
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How to stop too many cats/kittens from driving you insane...
On Wednesday, November 6, 2013 8:51:46 PM UTC-5, John Doe wrote:
This is mainly for kittens. But my male cat enjoys chasing his tail, so it might work well for him too. Currently, he needs the exercise. I found a way to give my three kittens all the indoor exercise they can handle. Basically, it's just extending their tail 6 or 8 inches with a 1/4 inch thick nylon cord, using packaging tape. It's not very nice, but I'd rather feel a little guilty than feel angry at them. I know some people have injured and even killed their pets out of anger. And these kittens (in addition to three adult cats) have been driving me crazyer. To my pleasant surprise... These kittens appear to enjoy their tail extension. One reason is because it helps a lot with chasing their own tail. Serious tail chasing action. Sometimes one chases another while it is being chased. Sometimes they play with their own. I haven't seen a circle chase yet (with all three kittens). They stop the action simply by being at rest, and the other cats lose interest. The most active kitten became so wild the first time, I removed the thing early so it wouldn't go crazy. But it's just that way, it's very active. Since then, it's done great. So... When they start getting into stuff that they're not supposed to (like all the time), I just whip out the tail extenders and that's all they do until their next nap. If they lose interest, I will post saying so. I'm happy to hear about any potential injury. Most useful would be personal experience. Apparently getting caught on something is it, that's why I'm using a breakaway device. And this will happen only under human supervision. All my 'skeletons' are right out in the open, as anyone can verify with a simple Google Usenet search... Friggin' dick-wad. IBen Getiner |
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How to stop too many cats/kittens from driving you insane...
Regular Google Groups troll...
-- IBen Getiner LloydsEelAaron aol.com wrote: X-Received: by 10.50.85.109 with SMTP id g13mr653452igz.1.1385107800725; Fri, 22 Nov 2013 00:10:00 -0800 (PST) X-Received: by 10.49.130.167 with SMTP id of7mr16814qeb.33.1385107800660; Fri, 22 Nov 2013 00:10:00 -0800 (PST) Path: eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!xmission!usenet.blueworldhosting.com !feeder01.blueworldhosting.com!peer01.iad.highwind s-media.com!npeer01.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!i2no1495945qav.0!news-out.google.com!9ni178qaf.0!nntp.google.com!i2no149 5940qav.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.go oglegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats.health+behav Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2013 00:10:00 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: l5erni$9ei$1 dont-email.me Complaints-To: groups-abuse google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=173.78.5.79; posting-account=NOHl3QoAAABvFpqLRaWF78iW_ncWcAwM NNTP-Posting-Host: 173.78.5.79 References: l5erni$9ei$1 dont-email.me User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: 352022d1-4e19-4258-b23d-5d091d749341 googlegroups.com Subject: How to stop too many cats/kittens from driving you insane... From: IBen Getiner LloydsEelAaron aol.com Injection-Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2013 08:10:00 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Received-Bytes: 3233 X-Received-Body-CRC: 838621148 Xref: news.eternal-september.org rec.pets.cats.health+behav:11505 On Wednesday, November 6, 2013 8:51:46 PM UTC-5, John Doe wrote: This is mainly for kittens. But my male cat enjoys chasing his tail, so it might work well for him too. Currently, he needs the exercise. I found a way to give my three kittens all the indoor exercise they can handle. Basically, it's just extending their tail 6 or 8 inches with a 1/4 inch thick nylon cord, using packaging tape. It's not very nice, but I'd rather feel a little guilty than feel angry at them. I know some people have injured and even killed their pets out of anger. And these kittens (in addition to three adult cats) have been driving me crazyer. To my pleasant surprise... These kittens appear to enjoy their tail extension. One reason is because it helps a lot with chasing their own tail. Serious tail chasing action. Sometimes one chases another while it is being chased. Sometimes they play with their own. I haven't seen a circle chase yet (with all three kittens). They stop the action simply by being at rest, and the other cats lose interest. The most active kitten became so wild the first time, I removed the thing early so it wouldn't go crazy. But it's just that way, it's very active. Since then, it's done great. So... When they start getting into stuff that they're not supposed to (like all the time), I just whip out the tail extenders and that's all they do until their next nap. If they lose interest, I will post saying so. I'm happy to hear about any potential injury. Most useful would be personal experience. Apparently getting caught on something is it, that's why I'm using a breakaway device. And this will happen only under human supervision. All my 'skeletons' are right out in the open, as anyone can verify with a simple Google Usenet search... Friggin' dick-wad. IBen Getiner |
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How to stop too many cats/kittens from driving you insane...
I haven't used the method since the Humane Society took the
kittens. But I definitely would consider using it in another situation, like when you have an overly aggressive (or perhaps overly playful) cat that is terrorizing others. Immediately start clipping its claws. But also consider adding a tail extender as described. Never know, it might just need to get some exercise or let off steam. Always keep in mind the dynamics of captivity. Pursuing cats is a bad idea because they have no place to run. Outside they would run away. Must give them space. Correction without letting them know it's you is best. I think the space thing should also be considered to some extent to governing interaction between cats. This is mainly for kittens. But my male cat enjoys chasing his tail, so it might work well for him too. Currently, he needs the exercise. I found a way to give my three kittens all the indoor exercise they can handle. Basically, it's just extending their tail 6 or 8 inches with a 1/4 inch thick nylon cord, using packaging tape. It's not very nice, but I'd rather feel a little guilty than feel angry at them. I know some people have injured and even killed their pets out of anger. And these kittens (in addition to three adult cats) have been driving me crazyer. To my pleasant surprise... These kittens appear to enjoy their tail extension. One reason is because it helps a lot with chasing their own tail. Serious tail chasing action. Sometimes one chases another while it is being chased. Sometimes they play with their own. I haven't seen a circle chase yet (with all three kittens). They stop the action simply by being at rest, and the other cats lose interest. The most active kitten became so wild the first time, I removed the thing early so it wouldn't go crazy. But it's just that way, it's very active. Since then, it's done great. So... When they start getting into stuff that they're not supposed to (like all the time), I just whip out the tail extenders and that's all they do until their next nap. If they lose interest, I will post saying so. I'm happy to hear about any potential injury. Most useful would be personal experience. Apparently getting caught on something is it, that's why I'm using a breakaway device. And this will happen only under human supervision. |
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