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| 236.1 | Theory on injured cats?? | HYDRA::BACON | | Mon Apr 21 1986 23:13 | 16 |
| I love happy endings!!!!
Your story brings out something that I've learned about cats from
various vets. Apparently, If a cat is hurt, and thinks it might
die, it will run and hide. It will stay in hiding until it is healed
enough that it knows it's going to live. The vets mention something
about cats wanting to die in peace and private. I thought this was really
interesting to know. Since Figaro had been hurt a little, maybe
this explains why Figaro didn't come out for 10 days. I guess it
is really common for cats who have been hurt in fan belts to disappear
for a few days and then re-appear.
Anyway - sorry for the diversion, but I thought it fit to mention
this here. Has anyone else heard this theory?
- Molly -
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| 236.2 | Maybe So | INK::KALLIS | | Tue Apr 22 1986 11:14 | 10 |
| The theory has some validity. When I lived in Huntsville, Alabama,
one of the people who worked with me had a sick cat who kept trying
to hide around the house. The vet said he didn't have much chance,
but the people, who'd heard the rumor, took turns staring with their
cat and would _not_ let him hide.
After a time, he recovered.
Steve Kallis, Jr.
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| 236.3 | | DSSDEV::EPPES | From the home office in Milwaukee | Tue Apr 22 1986 14:42 | 10 |
| I've heard this theory, too, and I think it might apply to animals
in general, though my only experience has been with a cat. Years
ago, one of my family's cats was ill, and disappeared. We assumed
he'd gone off to find a place to die, and in a few days we found out
the hard way that that was true -- the place he chose to die was
under the couch in the living room.
Ugh. Well, it illustrates the point...
-- Nina
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| 236.4 | | USMRW1::JTRAVERS | | Tue Apr 22 1986 16:49 | 10 |
| When Figaro disappeared we, too, thought that she may have crawled
away to die. Because she had been last seen in this great wooded
area, our biggest fear was that we'd never find her, dead or alive!
Anyway, we're real glad to have her back. We won't take her love,
attention and affection for granted, that's for sure.
^_^
(>.<)
) ( Jeannie T.
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| 236.5 | Another kitty car ride story | WHOARU::GOUN | Owned by three cats | Fri May 02 1986 18:54 | 17 |
| Jeannie,
As the ownee of another cat that was once lost for 10 days (see topic 98), I
can easily sympathize with your distress and eventual relief. Your story
brings me in mind of another.
My father owns an auto repair shop in the Bronx, New York. He's well known
for being able to solve mysterious problems with vehicles, so he tends to
get interesting cases.
He was once brought a truck that had been making strange noises for a couple
of days. He opened the hood to poke around, and found a kitten lodged deep
in the bowels of the engine compartment. My father and the kitten adopted
each other immediately. It was his shop mascot for several months before it
was killed by an encounter with another car.
-- Roger
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| 236.6 | | BEING::POSTPISCHIL | Always mount a scratch monkey. | Wed May 21 1986 17:01 | 7 |
| This is just a hunch, but I don't think a sick cat is going away
to die, but going away to recuperate. There aren't many hospitals
in the wild, so the best thing a hurt animal can do to get better
is get away from danger, which means hiding.
-- edp
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| 236.7 | ans to .6 | STUBBI::REINKE | | Tue Jun 03 1986 13:51 | 6 |
| I think you are probably right. The only problem is that this instinct
works against them in today's world since if you can't find your
cat you can't get it to the vet in time to save it. My first kitty
died in our attic after (I believe) being hit by a car. We didn't
find her until the body began to smell. I cried for quite a while
after we found her.
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| 236.8 | De-cat your car | LATOUR::AMARTIN | Alan H. Martin | Thu Jun 05 1986 00:21 | 9 |
| A bit of advice I hear from time to time in the media is to hit the
horn on your car briefly before you start it during the winter to de-cat
the engine. They like to crawl in (especially strays) because the engine
is often the only warm place around on a cold night.
I don't know anyone (not even any cat owners) who actually do this,
but it might be worth acquiring the habit if you have a cat which likes
V-8 heating pads.
/AHM
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| 236.9 | Please use your horn ! | USMRW4::CSTOLLER | | Thu Jun 11 1987 15:23 | 14 |
| Here is a cat-owner who DOES use .8's suggestion-
We now have 7 cats, and they love to lounge around
under the cars.
Before starting the car (you've heard those greusome stories
of cats getting caught in fan belts?!) we tap our horn,
and before moving the vehicle, rev the motor several times.
I have on more than one occasion seen one of our 'babies'
run out from under the car. There are 4 of us at home who
drive, and I'm sure we drive the neighbors crazy, but it's
better than the thought of hurting one of our own pets with
our cars !!
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