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| 468.1 | I know 2 | PARITY::DENISE | And may the traffic be with you | Thu Dec 31 1992 13:24 | 18 |
| My next door neighbor's daughter has lived on a boat with her cats
for many years. The tales I hear are so funny. Apparently, the cats
are very well adapted to their life. They were both rescues from a
local Florida shelter. They have both been trained on what to do if
they fall overboard, which has only happened once. A very heavy rope
is left on the side of the boat and the cats have actually been trained
to go to that rope if they fall over. The one time that one of them
did fall, she went right to the rope and climbed up. That's really the
only incident that has occurred. The cats don't wander at all from
their "turf", and seem to know the limits and dangers of "big" water.
It's been about 8 or 9 nine years, so it must be working out well.
If you have a specific question, I can get it answered for you I'm
sure. My neighbor will be heading to Florida in a few weeks to visit
with her daughter, I'm sure she wouldn't mind if she took some ?'s
down with her.
Denise
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| 468.2 | | BPSOF::EGYED | Per aspera ad astra | Mon Jan 04 1993 03:00 | 2 |
| try perhaps a lash for the first time??
Nat
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| 468.3 | | DELNI::MANDILE | Toepick! | Mon Jan 04 1993 06:34 | 4 |
| During my boating days, a cat used to live on a boat with
his family all summer long. He wore a lifejacket made just
for cats! It was the cutest thing! He also wore a collar
with multiple phone numbers, in case he fell overboard.. (8
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| 468.4 | My Cats Love The Boat | ODIXIE::RHONE | Impossible is an opinion--not a fact | Mon Jan 18 1993 18:23 | 19 |
| My husband and I live on a boat with our 3 cats -- an 8-year
old, a 5-year old, and a 4-month old. We have only been on
board for 7 months, so the older ones had some adapting to do.
They have adapted very well.
Each cat has a life jacket (available from Survival Technologies,
6418 US Hwy 41 North, Suite 266, Apollo Beach, Florida 33572). Best
time of the day is DECK time -- they sit on the deck for hours and
watch the water and the wildlife. We have safety netting all
around to boat to help prevent accidents.
There are a lot of cats living in our marina -- 15 to 20. On
occasion, one has to be fished out of the water -- everysix
months or so. We have never had to fish one of ours out, but
then they are confined to the boat.
All things considered, your cat is going to love boat life.
Chris Rhone
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| 468.5 | Depends on what the cat is used to already... | SALEM::SHAW | | Wed Jan 20 1993 06:15 | 14 |
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We used to live on a house boat in Sausalito CA. We had two dogs and
two cats, which all were used to living in our house with a big yard
and lots of ground to play. The dogs adopted fine, (of course they got
their daily walks in the park.) the cats, however (a mom and her son)
never got used to it. We tried for several months and the showed us
their disatisfaction with the move by leaving us presents in the living
room, on the bed (right on the pillows :-) ). We eventually found
a friend that adopted both mom and son. We missed are kitties so
much that we then adopted a little guy (just a few months old) and
he got used to the boat just fine.
Shaw
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