Re: [Felvtalk] FW: Keep Cats Indoors

2011-08-28 Thread dlgegg
gt; > [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org > > ] On Behalf Of Kelley Saveika > > Sent: Friday, August 26, 2011 7:22 PM > > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] FW: Keep Cats Indoors > > > > Sorry! This is a 62 email thread in gmail.

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2011-08-28 Thread dlgegg
1 8:23 AM > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] FW: Keep Cats Indoors > > The rental apartment I own, in my two story cat shelter, allows > cats As many as they want, within reason of course, and > I'd never ask anyone to declaw a cat, but they must be neutere

Re: [Felvtalk] FW: Keep Cats Indoors

2011-08-28 Thread dlgegg
I WILL NEVER ALLOW MY CATS TO BE DECLAWED! Lynda Wilson wrote: > I will never use Banfield in Petsmart...oh the horror stories!! - Original Message - From: "Natalie" To: Sent: Saturday, August 27, 2011 8:10 AM Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] FW: Keep Cats Indoors >

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2011-08-28 Thread dlgegg
most cats are. > > > > -Original Message- > > From: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org > > [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org > > ] On Behalf Of Lynda Wilson > > Sent: Saturday, August 27, 2011 8:45 AM > > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org

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2011-08-27 Thread MaiMaiPG
-boun...@felineleukemia.org [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org ] On Behalf Of Lynda Wilson Sent: Saturday, August 27, 2011 8:45 AM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] FW: Keep Cats Indoors My thoughts exactly! - Original Message - From: "Marcia Baronda&q

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2011-08-27 Thread Lynda Wilson
I will never use Banfield in Petsmart...oh the horror stories!! - Original Message - From: "Natalie" To: Sent: Saturday, August 27, 2011 8:10 AM Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] FW: Keep Cats Indoors Benfield Health at Petsmart has a big promotion for kitten health which includes

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2011-08-27 Thread Natalie
ay, August 26, 2011 8:26 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] FW: Keep Cats Indoors It wouldn't be you going without the cat, it would be the cat going without you. I have seen cats given up by their owners grieve and mourn themselves TO DEATH. I've seen cats given

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2011-08-27 Thread Natalie
vtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] FW: Keep Cats Indoors And who is going to take care of the cat if the owner isn't available? In many rural areas the cat will be taken to the pound or thrown out to take care of himself/herself. This is particularly hard for older cats. It is

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2011-08-27 Thread Natalie
the declawing procedure. -Original Message- From: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of katskat1 Sent: Saturday, August 27, 2011 12:07 AM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] FW: Keep Cats Indoors Just add

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2011-08-27 Thread Natalie
urday, August 27, 2011 8:45 AM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] FW: Keep Cats Indoors My thoughts exactly! - Original Message - From: "Marcia Baronda" To: Sent: Saturday, August 27, 2011 7:30 AM Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] FW: Keep Cats Indoors > My cats

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2011-08-27 Thread Natalie
rg [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of Marcia Baronda Sent: Saturday, August 27, 2011 8:31 AM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] FW: Keep Cats Indoors My cats have destroyed my new furniture, but I love my cats much much more than I like my furniture, and declawing has n

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2011-08-27 Thread Natalie
Of Lorrie Sent: Saturday, August 27, 2011 8:23 AM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] FW: Keep Cats Indoors The rental apartment I own, in my two story cat shelter, allows cats As many as they want, within reason of course, and I'd never ask anyone to declaw a cat

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2011-08-27 Thread Lynda Wilson
My thoughts exactly! - Original Message - From: "Marcia Baronda" To: Sent: Saturday, August 27, 2011 7:30 AM Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] FW: Keep Cats Indoors My cats have destroyed my new furniture, but I love my cats much much more than I like my furniture, and declawing

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2011-08-27 Thread Lorrie
The rental apartment I own, in my two story cat shelter, allows cats As many as they want, within reason of course, and I'd never ask anyone to declaw a cat, but they must be neutered or spayed. I do not allow dogs however, as the last time I had a tenant with a dog (a big lab) we had a ho

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2011-08-27 Thread Marcia Baronda
r cat because her mother’s >>> oriental rug was being scratched up. It is one of my hand-out’s to >>> adopters – the story is heartbreaking, and very typical. After the >>> hurricane is over, I will scan it and post it. It is probably the best >>> I’ve read, withou

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2011-08-26 Thread Bonnie Hogue
: Re: [Felvtalk] FW: Keep Cats Indoors Problem is declawing is so harmful to adult cats- painful, hard to adjust to, it can ruin them. Not right for kittens, but for adults it's just mean, torturous. Just not a good thing to do. There are places that allow cats w claws but folks may not

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2011-08-26 Thread katskat1
is one of my hand-out’s to >> adopters – the story is heartbreaking, and very typical. After the >> hurricane is over, I will scan it and post it. It is probably the best >> I’ve read, without going into the gory details of declawing. >> >> Natalie >> >>

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2011-08-26 Thread Gloria Lane
st it. It is probably the best I’ve read, without going into the gory > details of declawing. > > Natalie > > > > From: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org > [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of Kelley Saveika > Sent: Friday, August 26, 2011 7:22 PM &g

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2011-08-26 Thread Terri Brown
ge - From: Natalie<mailto:at...@optonline.net> To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org<mailto:felvtalk@felineleukemia.org> Sent: Friday, August 26, 2011 8:04 PM Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] FW: Keep Cats Indoors I would seriously consider declawing very, very seriously- it is the most

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2011-08-26 Thread MaiMaiPG
a.org [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org ] On Behalf Of Kelley Saveika Sent: Friday, August 26, 2011 7:22 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] FW: Keep Cats Indoors Sorry! This is a 62 email thread in gmail. I don't know how your email program organizes stuff.

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2011-08-26 Thread Kelley Saveika
ll > the damage had already been done, and what was I to do – throw them out or > kill them? I found some homes that understood the ramifications and dealt > with the problems as well as they could. > > > > *From:* felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org [mailto: > felv

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2011-08-26 Thread Natalie
2011 7:22 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] FW: Keep Cats Indoors Sorry! This is a 62 email thread in gmail. I don't know how your email program organizes stuff. Anyway I did not look at the date. I've seen cats (especially senior cats) mourn their owners

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2011-08-26 Thread Kelley Saveika
y could. > > ** ** > > *From:* felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org [mailto: > felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] *On Behalf Of *Kelley Saveika > *Sent:* Friday, August 26, 2011 6:45 PM > > *To:* felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > *Subject:* Re: [Felvtalk] FW: Keep Cats

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2011-08-26 Thread Natalie
that understood the ramifications and dealt with the problems as well as they could. From: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of Kelley Saveika Sent: Friday, August 26, 2011 6:45 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] F

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2011-08-26 Thread Kelley Saveika
Because if the owner has to go into the nursing home and is fortunate enough to find one where they can take their cat, the nursing home is likely to require declawing. On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 9:34 PM, Natalie wrote: > That is true, but I don't understand why an old person can't have a cat > wit

Re: [Felvtalk] FW: Keep Cats Indoors

2011-03-25 Thread dlgegg
My first feral, Shorty, got me 2 times, both my fault. My father had built a house for my strays complete with lapped siding, a small porch with columns and I got leftovers from a client's new carpet ($50.00 a yard, wool) to line the walls and floor. Of course, we put in 2" styrofoam insulatio

Re: [Felvtalk] FW: Keep Cats Indoors

2011-03-25 Thread dlgegg
:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of POTT, BEVERLY > Sent: Friday, March 25, 2011 3:47 PM > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] FW: Keep Cats Indoors > > Dr. Nicholas Dodman wrote an awesome book about cat personalities and > problems, inclu

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2011-03-25 Thread Diane Rosenfeldt
..@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of POTT, BEVERLY Sent: Friday, March 25, 2011 3:47 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] FW: Keep Cats Indoors Dr. Nicholas Dodman wrote an awesome book about cat personalities and problems, including aggression towards housemates and people. It&#x

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2011-03-25 Thread Natalie
VERLY Sent: Friday, March 25, 2011 4:47 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] FW: Keep Cats Indoors Dr. Nicholas Dodman wrote an awesome book about cat personalities and problems, including aggression towards housemates and people. It's called "The Cat Who Cried For

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2011-03-25 Thread POTT, BEVERLY
fe...@wi.rr.com] Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2011 6:46 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] FW: Keep Cats Indoors My housemate and I were faced with such a decision 10 or 11 years ago, when we moved from our separate apartments to our formerly-two-flat house, and melded our cat fa

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2011-03-25 Thread Lorrie
On 03-24, MaiMaiPG wrote: > I deal with ferals too and all of my house cats have been ferals. One > cost me two surgeries thanks to biting through a finger...my fault not > hers. A lot of older people are on blood thinners, have extremely > "thin skin" etc. I've been scratched more times th

Re: [Felvtalk] FW: Keep Cats Indoors

2011-03-24 Thread MaiMaiPG
Behalf Of MaiMaiPG Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2011 4:49 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] FW: Keep Cats Indoors I can see some times where it is either declaw the cat or end its life.for the safety of an elderly owner for example. That being said, Copper and Thomas

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2011-03-24 Thread dlgegg
st certain death. > > Diane R. > > -Original Message- > From: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org > [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of MaiMaiPG > Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2011 4:49 PM > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk

Re: [Felvtalk] FW: Keep Cats Indoors

2011-03-24 Thread Diane Rosenfeldt
eleukemia.org [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of MaiMaiPG Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2011 4:49 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] FW: Keep Cats Indoors I can see some times where it is either declaw the cat or end its life.for the safety of an elderly

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2011-03-24 Thread Natalie
g] On Behalf Of MaiMaiPG Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2011 7:25 AM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] FW: Keep Cats Indoors I deal with ferals too and all of my house cats have been ferals. One cost me two surgeries thanks to biting through a finger...my fault not hers. A lot

Re: [Felvtalk] FW: Keep Cats Indoors

2011-03-24 Thread MaiMaiPG
elineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of MaiMaiPG Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2011 6:40 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] FW: Keep Cats Indoors Those may be very reasonable options for a lot of people. However, I suspect you overestimate the resources available to everyone. Not everyon

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2011-03-23 Thread Natalie
From: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of MaiMaiPG Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2011 6:40 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] FW: Keep Cats Indoors Those may be very reasonable options for a lot of people. However,

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2011-03-23 Thread POTT, BEVERLY
Shoot, why send it privately? Put it up here for all to see. Name and shame! From: Natalie [mailto:at...@optonline.net] Sent: Wed 3/23/2011 5:28 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] FW: Keep Cats Indoors That's horrible, and many p

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2011-03-23 Thread MaiMaiPG
vtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of MaiMaiPG Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2011 6:14 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] FW: Keep Cats Indoors That is a good optionif the owner is able to trim nails and put SoftPaws on. A lot of elderly people don't have the physic

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2011-03-23 Thread Natalie
: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of MaiMaiPG Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2011 6:14 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] FW: Keep Cats Indoors That is a good optionif the owner is able to trim nails and put SoftPaws

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2011-03-23 Thread MaiMaiPG
works well. -Original Message- From: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of Edna Taylor Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2011 1:44 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] FW: Keep Cats Indoors Natalie, I am with you a

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2011-03-23 Thread Natalie
.org > [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of Edna Taylor > Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2011 1:44 PM > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] FW: Keep Cats Indoors > > > Natalie, I am with you about the declawing. Someone I know adopted > t

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2011-03-23 Thread MaiMaiPG
ts and trimming their nails works well. -Original Message- From: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of Edna Taylor Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2011 1:44 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] FW: Keep Cats Ind

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2011-03-23 Thread Natalie
nails works well. -Original Message- From: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of Edna Taylor Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2011 1:44 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] FW: Keep Cats Indoors Natalie, I am with you abou

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2011-03-23 Thread Beth
We have removed cats from homes when we've found out they declawed. Our contract strictly prohibits it. Those things are usually handled through a lawyer, though. You don't want to go about it the wrong way. Beth Don't Litter, Fix Your Critter! www.Furkids.org   --- On Wed, 3/23/11, Natalie

Re: [Felvtalk] FW: Keep Cats Indoors

2011-03-23 Thread Edna Taylor
Natalie, I am with you about the declawing. Someone I know adopted two kittens from me and one died on the table during a declaw surgery. Yes, I HAD told her before hand "NO declawing" but people don't listen and they always know best, yadda yadda :( Then they wonder why Buster is peeing on