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Name | Date | Lines |
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| 960.1 | Possible Help | PHILEM::WOODS | | Tue Dec 15 1987 11:48 | 9 |
| I'm not sure if this will help but, does your cat have any
kink of treats that he likes that you might be able to entice
him with. My cat loves Pounce and all I have to do is shake
the container and she comes running. I would try this and see
what happens.
Hope this has helped.
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| 960.2 | | CIRCUS::KOLLING | Karen, Sweetie, Holly; in Calif. | Tue Dec 15 1987 14:53 | 3 |
| Take a look at notes 6 and 812 and their replies. Please let us
know what happens.
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| 960.3 | Hang in there | SACMAN::GOLDEN | | Tue Dec 15 1987 16:35 | 5 |
| I was in a similar predicament a few months ago. Sometimes just
waiting and letting them come down on their own works.
I know it's hard hearing that little "mew" up in the tree, but,
if they found their way up they can certainly find their way down.
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| 960.4 | | CHET::SULLIVAN | | Wed Dec 16 1987 08:06 | 10 |
| As of 6:00 A.M. today, Hillary was still up in the tree. When
the firemen tried to get him down yesterday he would just go
higher in the tree. We think he was afraid of the firemen, so
today my wife ( a member of the fire dept.) is going to use
their equipment to try to get him down.
Hope this works!
Ken
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| 960.6 | Down at last! | CHET::SULLIVAN | | Thu Dec 17 1987 14:09 | 10 |
| On Wednesday afternoon a carpenter, who had been working on the house
next to mine, put his forty foot ladder against the tree where Hillary
was, climbed to the very top of the ladder, and brought Hillary
down.
He is tired, hungry, and full of pitch, but none the worse for his
wear.
Now I have another problem.....how do you remove pitch from a cat's
fur?
Ken
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| 960.8 | | CIRCUS::KOLLING | Karen, Sweetie, Holly; in Calif. | Thu Dec 17 1987 14:37 | 5 |
| I seem to recall a story about a cat who got into some turpentine
during painting and suffered some ill effects. Please call your
vet and ask what to do. If all else fails, you can clip the fur;
it will grow back.
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| 960.9 | call your groomer | VAXWRK::SKALTSIS | Deb | Thu Dec 17 1987 15:00 | 10 |
| I can sympathize; Pip used to get pitch in her very long fur by
climbing my (late) Norfolk pine. Sometimes I was able to comb it
out, but usually I brought her to the groomer.
If I were you, I'd bring the cat to a groomer and get a professional
assessment. The groomer might be able to shampoo it out, or might find
it necessary to shave the bad places. Please do whatever is least
painful to the cat.
Deb
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| 960.10 | It's kind of gross but it works | SALES::RFI86 | 21st Century Schizoid Man | Thu Dec 17 1987 16:39 | 5 |
| This may sound kind of disgusting but urine will remove the pitch
from her fur. I would definitely suggest this method over turpentine
which will definitely cause the animal ill effects.
Geoff
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| 960.11 | Home Cleaning | TOXMAN::MECLER | FRANK | Thu Dec 17 1987 16:39 | 17 |
| Ken,
First, don't use turpentine on the cat. Go to the hardware or auto
parts store and get a can of GOOP, the mechanics' hand cleaner.
Clip the cats claws. Take a handful of GOOP and work it well into
the fur particularly where you can feel deposits of pitch. You
should be able to feel the pitch soften and dissolve as you work
it with your fingers. This may take a few minutes so have help
near by to restrain the adventurer. When the pitch is
softened/dissolved, wash the GOOP out of the fur. The kitchen sink
sprayer helps with this. A wash with Dawn for dishes will remove
any last traces of GOOP. Another rinse to get rid of the Dawn and
you're ready to towel dry then blow dry your cat.
Good luck,
Frank, who_would_do_it_but_you_can't_afford_him
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| 960.13 | | CIRCUS::KOLLING | Karen, Sweetie, Holly; in Calif. | Fri Dec 18 1987 21:46 | 2 |
| So, is Hillary still stuck together?
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