KFC today

Christina Websell wrote:
"Ted Davis" wrote in message
news
On Thu, 10 Jul 2008 01:02:13 +0100, Christina Websell wrote:

I'm glad I didn't take the vet's advice about sending her to RB
just yet. She continues to drink her rehydration fluid in
preference to plain water - she has a choice. It has made a real
difference to her, so thank you to
those who suggested it.
She is eating as well as a CRF kitty can. Turkey mince 12 secs in
the microwave goes down well. Tomorrow I will offer her beef
mince. What she
really liked was when Boyfie brought her a vole on Sunday, she
scarfed it down in a minute and a half which produced a good
litterbox result the following day. I wish I could buy voles for
her.

Feeder mice from pet stores are close. And safer than wild caught
voles.

Why are they safer?

They will be free of diseases and parasites that wild caught animals may
have.

Frozen mice could be gently warmed to blood temeprature before being offered
to KFC, if that was preferrable. I couldn't do it, but maybe if KFC was my
cat and it was good for her, I could get over my irrational revulsion.

Yowie

Christina Websell wrote:
I'm glad I didn't take the vet's advice about sending her to RB just
yet. She continues to drink her rehydration fluid in preference to
plain water - she has a choice. It has made a real difference to
her, so thank you to those who suggested it.
She is eating as well as a CRF kitty can. Turkey mince 12 secs in the
microwave goes down well. Tomorrow I will offer her beef mince.
What she really liked was when Boyfie brought her a vole on Sunday,
she scarfed it down in a minute and a half which produced a good
litterbox result the following day. I wish I could buy voles for
her.

I'm so glad to hear she's rallied again.
--
Adrian (Owned by Snoopy, Bagheera & Shadow)
Cats leave pawprints on your heart
http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk

Christina Websell wrote:
"Will in New Haven" wrote in message
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On Jul 9, 8:13 pm, Ted Davis wrote:
On Thu, 10 Jul 2008 01:02:13 +0100, Christina Websell wrote:
I'm glad I didn't take the vet's advice about sending her to RB
just yet.
She continues to drink her rehydration fluid in preference to plain
water
- she has a choice. It has made a real difference to her, so
thank you to
those who suggested it.
She is eating as well as a CRF kitty can. Turkey mince 12 secs in
the microwave goes down well. Tomorrow I will offer her beef
mince. What she
really liked was when Boyfie brought her a vole on Sunday, she
scarfed it
down in a minute and a half which produced a good litterbox result
the following day. I wish I could buy voles for her.

Feeder mice from pet stores are close. And safer than wild caught
voles.

I was going to mention that but I just couldn't _do_ it. Although,
for KFC, sure.

Get her a mouse.

There is a reptile shop near where I work. They sell dead frozen
mice and day old chicks but I don't know if she would eat one,
defrosted. She likes them warm.

12 seconds in the microwave?
--
Adrian (Owned by Snoopy, Bagheera & Shadow)
Cats leave pawprints on your heart
http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk

Christina Websell wrote:
"Ted Davis" wrote in message
news
On Thu, 10 Jul 2008 01:02:13 +0100, Christina Websell wrote:

I'm glad I didn't take the vet's advice about sending her to RB just yet.
She continues to drink her rehydration fluid in preference to plain water
- she has a choice. It has made a real difference to her, so thank you
to
those who suggested it.
She is eating as well as a CRF kitty can. Turkey mince 12 secs in the
microwave goes down well. Tomorrow I will offer her beef mince. What
she
really liked was when Boyfie brought her a vole on Sunday, she scarfed it
down in a minute and a half which produced a good litterbox result the
following day. I wish I could buy voles for her.
Feeder mice from pet stores are close. And safer than wild caught voles.


Why are they safer?










"Raised" in a "sterile" environment, so therefore less like to have/pass
on to KFC any parasites and/or diseases.

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On Jul 9, 9:46*pm, "Yowie" wrote:
Christina Websell wrote:
"Ted Davis" wrote in message
news
On Thu, 10 Jul 2008 01:02:13 +0100, Christina Websell wrote:

I'm glad I didn't take the vet's advice about sending her to RB
just yet. She continues to drink her rehydration fluid in
preference to plain water - she has a choice. *It has made a real
difference to her, so thank you to
those who suggested it.
She is eating as well as a CRF kitty can. *Turkey mince 12 secs in
the microwave goes down well. * Tomorrow I will offer her beef
mince. What she
really liked was when Boyfie brought her a vole on Sunday, she
scarfed it down in a minute and a half which produced a good
litterbox result the following day. * *I wish I could buy voles for
her.

Feeder mice from pet stores are close. *And safer than wild caught
voles.

Why are they safer?

They will be free of diseases and parasites that wild caught animals may
have.

Frozen mice could be gently warmed to blood temeprature before being offered
to KFC, if that was preferrable. I couldn't do it, but maybe if KFC was my
cat and it was good for her, I could get over my irrational revulsion.

I could do it. I don't like killing animals and I _really_ don't like
killing captive animals. But for one of my cats or dogs, for KFC or
any of the cats I know well from the newsgroups, sure. Killing would
be the hard part. Cooking for family is always a delight. Mice are
neat and clean when raised that way and any adult mouse is almost at
the end of its life, so I wouldn't feel too bad for it.

omit rant about how hunting is more ethical and often more humane
than stock-raising and slaughtering

--
Will in New Haven

On Jul 9, 5:02*pm, "Christina Websell"
wrote:
I'm glad I didn't take the vet's advice about sending her to RB just yet.
She continues to drink her rehydration fluid in preference to plain water -
she has a choice. *It has made a real difference to her, so thank you to
those who suggested it.
She is eating as well as a CRF kitty can. *Turkey mince 12 secs in the
microwave goes down well. * Tomorrow I will offer her beef mince.
What she really liked was when Boyfie brought her a vole on Sunday, she
scarfed it down in a minute and a half which produced a good litterbox
result the following day. * *I wish I could buy voles for her.

This is just such wonderful news!

Long may KFC scarf down voles!

Lesley

Slave of the Fabulous Furballs

Ted Davis wrote:
On Thu, 10 Jul 2008 01:02:13 +0100, Christina Websell wrote:

I'm glad I didn't take the vet's advice about sending her to RB just yet.
She continues to drink her rehydration fluid in preference to plain water
- she has a choice. It has made a real difference to her, so thank you to
those who suggested it.
She is eating as well as a CRF kitty can. Turkey mince 12 secs in the
microwave goes down well. Tomorrow I will offer her beef mince. What she
really liked was when Boyfie brought her a vole on Sunday, she scarfed it
down in a minute and a half which produced a good litterbox result the
following day. I wish I could buy voles for her.

Feeder mice from pet stores are close. And safer than wild caught voles.

It's odd, I have no real problem with humans buying animals for
slaughter (so long as their parts are all packaged neatly in plastic
when I get them). I know cats are carnivores, who hunt live critters
and kill them for food, and I have no problem with that. But somehow,
the notion of buying live mice to feed them to a cat bothers me! (I know
it's inconsistent of me, but there you are.)

"EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" schreef in bericht
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Ted Davis wrote:
On Thu, 10 Jul 2008 01:02:13 +0100, Christina Websell wrote:

I'm glad I didn't take the vet's advice about sending her to RB just
yet.
She continues to drink her rehydration fluid in preference to plain
water
- she has a choice. It has made a real difference to her, so thank you
to
those who suggested it.
She is eating as well as a CRF kitty can. Turkey mince 12 secs in the
microwave goes down well. Tomorrow I will offer her beef mince. What
she
really liked was when Boyfie brought her a vole on Sunday, she scarfed
it
down in a minute and a half which produced a good litterbox result the
following day. I wish I could buy voles for her.

Feeder mice from pet stores are close. And safer than wild caught voles.

It's odd, I have no real problem with humans buying animals for slaughter
(so long as their parts are all packaged neatly in plastic when I get
them). I know cats are carnivores, who hunt live critters and kill them
for food, and I have no problem with that. But somehow, the notion of
buying live mice to feed them to a cat bothers me! (I know it's
inconsistent of me, but there you are.)


Fortunately you can buy frozen mice too.

Nanny

On Jul 10, 2:31*pm, "EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)"
wrote:
Ted Davis wrote:
On Thu, 10 Jul 2008 01:02:13 +0100, Christina Websell wrote:

I'm glad I didn't take the vet's advice about sending her to RB just yet.
She continues to drink her rehydration fluid in preference to plain water
- she has a choice. *It has made a real difference to her, so thank you to
those who suggested it.
She is eating as well as a CRF kitty can. *Turkey mince 12 secs in the
microwave goes down well. * Tomorrow I will offer her beef mince. What she
really liked was when Boyfie brought her a vole on Sunday, she scarfed it
down in a minute and a half which produced a good litterbox result the
following day. * *I wish I could buy voles for her.

Feeder mice from pet stores are close. *And safer than wild caught voles.

It's odd, I have no real problem with humans buying animals for
slaughter (so long as their parts are all packaged neatly in plastic
when I get them). *I know cats are carnivores, who hunt live critters
and kill them for food, and I have no problem with that. *But somehow,
the notion of buying live mice to feed them to a cat bothers me! (I know
it's inconsistent of me, but there you are.)

I would buy them pre-slain and frozen and then nuke one for a few
moments and, voila, you will have cooked dear KFC a lovely treat.
Buying a live one for Boyfie to kill for her would be unsporting.

--
Will in New Haven

"EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" wrote:

It's odd, I have no real problem with humans buying animals for
slaughter (so long as their parts are all packaged neatly in plastic
when I get them). I know cats are carnivores, who hunt live critters
and kill them for food, and I have no problem with that. But somehow,
the notion of buying live mice to feed them to a cat bothers me! (I know
it's inconsistent of me, but there you are.)

Maybe it's not completely inconsistent. In the "wild" (OK, outside your
home ), a domestic cat might hunt, kill and eat a mouse. But in that
case, the mouse at least has a chance. It probably knows something
about how to avoid being caught. And while it's obviously not foolproof,
it must work some of the time, because if mice could never evade
predators, they wouldn't last long.

There is something a bit horrifying about delivering a live mouse to a
cat (or pet snake) in a situation where the mouse has almost no chance
of escape. It reminds me of those "canned hunting" ranches, not that
I'm blaming the cat, of course.

I suppose, though, that it's no more cruel than raising animals for
meat - they don't have a chance to escape either, no matter how humanely
they're raised. Domestication seems to tip the scales regardless of who
is getting the food (ie, whether it's humans raising food for themselves,
or feeding their domestic pets live prey in a contrived setting).

Apparently the most natural and "fair" way for any animal to eat
meat would be for them to hunt wild animals in their own environment.
But that's not very practical, unless we all want to go back to hunter-
gatherer societies. (politely steps aside and holds out hand "After
you." )

--
Joyce ^..^

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