Someone brought up eating grass.
---- Natalie <[email protected]> wrote: > Uncooked pork also can have hookworms....how did we get onto this lovely > worm topic? > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Beth > Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2011 4:24 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Cats eating grass, insects, etc. > > They can get tapes from rodents & certain insects, too. They are not the > same tapes as they get from fleas, just as the tapes we get from pork are > not the same. > > Don't Litter, Fix Your Critter! www.Furkids.org > > --- On Wed, 7/13/11, Natalie <[email protected]> wrote: > > From: Natalie <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Cats eating grass, insects, etc. > To: [email protected] > Date: Wednesday, July 13, 2011, 2:15 PM > > From hunting, cats definitely get roundworm; from fleas, definitely tapeworm > - I've seen their little white segments undulating until they dry up and > look like kernels of rice.... > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Beth > Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2011 1:19 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Cats eating grass, insects, etc. > > There are different kinds of tapeworms. They can get them from fleas, > rodents, roaches, etc. > Beth > Don't Litter, Fix Your Critter! www.Furkids.org > > --- On Wed, 7/13/11, Bonnie Hogue <[email protected]> wrote: > > From: Bonnie Hogue <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Cats eating grass, insects, etc. > To: [email protected] > Date: Wednesday, July 13, 2011, 11:23 AM > > It is a great honor for the cat to bring you their "kill"...I've always > praised the cat then disposed of the item (sometimes this frustrates the > cat, so you have to decide if it's best to give it back so you don't have a > cat going nuts looking for the mouse he just brought you). My mom's cat > Lucky is the best hunter I've ever seen: possum, rats, birds, etc. Hard on > wildlife though. Now he's "retired" and living indoors at my house. He's > gotten a little fat, but otherwise seems fine with his new status. > I have to believe that the cat's body can deal pretty effectively with the > results to hunting, for the most part. I know the world is different today > with the introduction by mankind of poisons to the environment. Hopefully > we can help keep our cats healthy, even if we can't 100% control their > behavior. > ~B. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Natalie > Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2011 7:01 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Cats eating grass, insects, etc. > > Unfortunately, every time they kill wildlife and eat at least part of them, > they can become exposed to parasites, mainly roundworm......which means > using poisons to get rid of them.... > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of MaiMaiPG > Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2011 9:07 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Cats eating grass, insects, etc. > > Copper and Thomas like to go to the garage to hunt---farm, lizards, snakes > etc come in and need to be removed from the genetic pool---cats have > occupied the house for too long for them to have an excuse for coming in. I > usually leave the door to the garage open so the boys can come and go. They > love to bring me their trophies and will even bring them into our > bedroom....more often alive than dead. I tell them how proud I am of them > and their hunting skills--and I really am. Then I take their trophies out > to show all the world how great they are. Cats...........aren't they > great????? > On Jul 12, 2011, at 7:57 PM, Georgetta Brickey wrote: > > > > > Hi! > > > > I usually just lurk on this list, but had to share a short story from > > the recent past. > > > > We have a set of security screen doors on our front door and tend to > > leave the interior solid door open for cooling breezes, sometimes all > > night in warm weather. There is a tiny 1/4 in. gap at the bottom of > > the screen doors. One morning I walked out and found a > > lizard tail (just the tail) on the rug just inside the front door. > > Apparently a lizard came exploring under the door and one of our > > family felines got into some midnight mischief. Hope the rest of > > the lizard got back outside, but it was a bit of a shock to pick up > > the "string" then realize it was a 6-7 inch lizard tail first thing in > > the a.m. A real wake up experience! > > > > Georgetta in Ventura, CA > > _______________________________________________ > > Felvtalk mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > [email protected] > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > [email protected] > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > [email protected] > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > [email protected] > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > [email protected] > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > [email protected] > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > [email protected] > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list [email protected] http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
