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| 4408.1 | Say What? | SPCTRM::SECURITY | ACT POLICE AND STATE YOUR CODE | Fri Feb 22 1991 09:09 | 6 |
| Lynne,
Not be be blonde but I can't figure out what you are talking about.
Was the little guys sick?
Lisa
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| 4408.2 | | JUPITR::KAGNO | I'm51%Pussycat,49%Bitch-Don'tPush it! | Fri Feb 22 1991 09:45 | 4 |
| Lisa, I couldn't figure it out either, but after reading it again it
seems as though she was adding the brewers yeast with garlic to the cat
food as a means to repel fleas.
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| 4408.3 | Hop off | NQOAIC::MACDONALD | one small part of forever | Fri Feb 22 1991 10:18 | 10 |
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You might try a product called HOP-OFF. It contains the yeast and
garlic in a liquid form. My guys all seem to tolerate it, in fact
when I ran out once they wouldn't eat! It comes in fish and meat
flavor. ( I use the meat) I get mine at Food For Pets in Amherst NH
and have also seen it at health food stores. (the A Market in
Manchester NH) I can't say that it really works on the flea problem
but it does do a nice job on their coats.
MaryAnne
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| 4408.4 | Flea Wipes | SOLVIT::IVES | | Fri Feb 22 1991 11:52 | 21 |
| I am glad to be able to write in this note about a flea product
I just tried. FLEA WIPE. I bought if from R.C. Steele. Ming
is constantly licking herself to the point she has almost no ruff
left. She has little scabs at the base of her tail and under her
chin and chest area. The vet said it was from fleas. Well she doesn't
have a flea on her.
I used the flea wipe on Ming and she stopped licking immediately
(probably because of the smell and she was wet) but by the next
evening when I had time to check her all the pumps were gone and
she isn't licking anymore.
The flea wipes were quite inexpensive 8 or so for $4.00. I got
two boxes while I was at it.
Now we shall see when the flea season comes. I am happy with
the results now even if we don't get any further benefits.
Has anyone else used these. (I frankly didn't expect much)
Barbara & her 3M's
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| 4408.5 | | AIMHI::OFFEN | | Fri Feb 22 1991 12:30 | 10 |
| I use the Hop-Off too. It's much easier and nicer the the dry
products.
My cats seem to like it, even Lightning (alias Miss Finicky).
I would like to try the wipes. I am forever petting them anyway so
I might as well put that time to constructive use.
Sandi and the Storm Troopers
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| 4408.6 | Clarification...... | BOOVX1::MANDILE | | Fri Feb 22 1991 13:12 | 5 |
| Re .2 - you are correct!
They wouldn't touch the food as long as it was in
it. To tell the truth, I thought it smelled pretty
bad, too.
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| 4408.7 | Try Mixing w/Canned | HDLITE::SCOTT | | Mon Feb 25 1991 12:07 | 5 |
| Did you mix it with the dry or moist food? If the answer is dry,
I'd try mixing it with 9-Lives or something. My kitties will "munch
it down" that way!
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| 4408.8 | | CRUISE::NDC | Putiput Scottish Folds DTN:297-2313 | Tue Feb 26 1991 10:58 | 13 |
| I heard something interesting at the Bristol show about mixing
dry and canned. From the man selling Biljac & Lick your chops.
He said that mixing dry and canned, or wetting dry food interfears
with the digestion.
What he said, and it makes sense, is that when the cat eats dry
alone it absorbs moisture from the cat's saliva which contains
enzymes and starts the digestion immediately. When you mix the
dry with canned, it absorbs moisture from the water in the canned
food rather than the saliva. Its fine to have a bowl of dry next
to a bowl of canned, just don't mix them together.
Nancy DC
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| 4408.9 | Specially formulated dry food for mixing | SUBURB::THOMASH | The Devon Dumpling | Mon Mar 04 1991 09:32 | 13 |
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We have dried food which is specifically for mixing with canned food.
I only noticed it a month ago on the shelves, and my cats have turned
their noses up at it!
It's made by Whiskas - it doesn't look like the normal dried food, it's
much thinner and smaller, and is more like the texture of hard biscuits
(like Rich Tea Biscuits, not scones).
Do you have any specific dried food which is formulated for mixing with
canned food?
Heather
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| 4408.10 | | WILLEE::MERRITT | | Tue Mar 05 1991 08:23 | 10 |
| I just read a phamplet this weekend by Science Diet and they
have a product called Mixit (I think that's what the name is??)
that is used for that purpose.
I had never heard that you should not mix dry with wet...but this
pamphlet stated you can for dogs...but you shouldn't for cats.
Sandy
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