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Conference misery::feline_v1

Title:Meower Power is Valuing Differences
Notice:FELINE_V1 is moving 1/11/94 5pm PST to MISERY
Moderator:MISERY::VANZUYLEN_RO
Created:Sun Feb 09 1986
Last Modified:Tue Jan 11 1994
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:5089
Total number of notes:60366

475.0. "TOYS: emery boards, fur (and nail clippers?)" by GLINKA::GREENE () Thu Feb 12 1987 18:38

    After spending much too long looking all over the house, I remembered
    that one of my cats' favorite toys (?) is an emery board -- the
    cardboard-covered-with-some-brown-sandy-stuff, not metal.
    
    They love to bat them around, and sort of chew on them -- not real
    chewing, though it just occurred to me that it is too bad they
    can't rub them against the flat surfaces of their teeth to remove
    the plaque!
    
    BTW, this is something enjoyed by my older Cosette and Fantine,
    who are pretty subdued and "above that sort of thing" usually.
    
    Nutmeg and Tag-Along (oh, I miss them while they are away!) haven't
    taken to emery boards.  Their favorite, by far, is *real* fur, so
    I get them the little fur mice, and then remove the eyes and nose
    (those are meant to trick the humans -- the cats could care less!)
    so nothing untoward gets swallowed (ah, all those years baby-
    proofing a house pay off again now!).
    
    I admit to mixed feelings about using real fur.  I guess a rabbit
    paid the price.  I do not have a mink coat -- but my final threat
    to our smaller household members is a warning that I might decide
    to have a set of silvery grey fur mittens.  That is said, of course,
    with warmth and petting, and as they purr away I am sure they
    translate it to "that's right, sweetie, just go ahead and tip over
    that vase and I'll pet you again."
    
    
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475.1PUZZLE::CORDESJAThu Feb 12 1987 18:461
    Where are Nutmeg and Tag-A-Long?
475.2Kitty hygieneCLUSTA::TAMIRFri Feb 13 1987 13:4714
    Chauncey has a thing for emery boards as well.  Honey could care
    less about them.  And neither of them seem to care about the real
    fur mouse that I keep stepping on.  When Chauncey had gingivitis,
    I had to brush his gums with peroxide and milk, using a little kiddie
    type toothbrush (the kind with Mickey, Minnie, or Donald on
    them...remember?).  Now he chews on the brush as a toy (if I could
    only get some toothpaste on it...old Buffalo Breath could use it!).
    
    Speaking of emery boards, do any other cats out there "bite" their
    fingernails?  Honey will sit and chew away at his claws and will
    remove what looks like a claw shell.  I've never seen another cat
    do it.  Maybe he's molting!
    
    Mary
475.3Pip brushes after breakfastVAXWRK::SKALTSISDebFri Feb 13 1987 14:1111
    Pip also has a thing for tooth brushes. When I first got her, she
    would sit on the corner of the bathroom sink and watch me brush
    my teeth. She then got bold and one day after I put my toothbrush
    back in the holder, she started chewing on it. Needless to say,
    I got a new toothbrush but I left the old one for her. Now, every
    morning I wet the old brush for her and she chews it while I brush
    by teeth. She must be doing a pretty good job because when she went
    in for her annual 50,000 mile checkup the vet remarked about how
    very clean her teeth were.
    
    Deb
475.4Can I buy chicken flavored toothpaste?GLINKA::GREENEFri Feb 13 1987 16:327
    Cosette and Fantine also pull out claw shells.  I wish all the cats
    would pull out sharp claws -- THAT would be a handy trick.
    
    Jo, Nutmeg and Tag-Along are in New Jersey to be bred. Let's hope
    they don't go out of heat (or at least not for too, too long).
    
    	P
475.5Clean NailsBUFFER::HOFFMANFri Feb 13 1987 16:4811
    Ref: .2
    
    Mary,
    
    Mutu cleans her nails also.  It's the strangest sound, isn't it?
    She puts a claw in her mouth and pulls it through her teeth.  When
    she's really mellow, i.e. kneading and drooling, she cleans my nails
    too!  Strange cat...
    
    J.
    
475.6PUZZLE::CORDESJAFri Feb 13 1987 19:154
    Winston is the only one of my cats who chews his claws and he only
    does the back ones.  The front ones are taken care of by the scratching
    post I guess.
    Jo
475.7KITTY CLAW-SHEDDINGJULIET::RHODE_LIWed May 25 1988 20:4913
    REPLY TO 475.2 (CHAUNCEY'S MOM - MARY)
    
    MY BRUNO (AFFECTIONATELY KNOWN AS BRU-KITTY KITTY) SOMETIMES "MOLTS"
    HIS CLAWS.  HE DOESN'T BITE THEM THOUGH.  I WILL FIND THEM LAYING
    ABOUT ON MY CARPET (USUALLY STUCK IN THE CARPET).  THIS HAS LITTLE
    EFFECT ON ME, HOWEVER, MY FUTURE HUSBAND (AS MANLY AS HE IS) IS
    FLUNG INTO A HYSTERICAL FRENZY OVER THE SIGHT OF ONE OF THESE GASTLY
    DISCARDS!  SORRY - I CAN'T HELP ON AN EXPLANATION THOUGH! ANYONE
    ELSE?
                   
    LISA
    
    ON JULIET::RHODE_LI
475.8Chomp chompKLEINE::TAMIRThu May 26 1988 21:5610
    Hi Lisa,
    
    I have a friend who also thinks that a claw molt is the most disgusting
    thing on Earth.  But he's wrong...the most disgusting thing is the
    *sound* Honey makes when he chews his nails!!  AARRGGGHHH!  Of course,
    he always finds time about 2:00 a.m. to attend to his toilette...
    
    You're lucky Bru doesn't chew!
    
    Mary
475.9CIRCUS::KOLLINGKaren, Sweetie, & Holly; in Calif.Fri May 27 1988 14:254
    Geez, I always thought the little claw shells were kind of cute
    and interesting, sort of like finding a snake's shedded skin in
    the backyard....