How do other People Feel about the subject of cat enclosures.

On Aug 24, 10:17 am, "Sheelagh o"
wrote:
On 24 Aug, 05:07, Sherry wrote:





On Aug 23, 9:03 pm, Cheryl wrote:

On Wed 22 Aug 2007 10:59:24p, Sherry wrote in
rec.pets.cats.health+behav
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Are they bad there this year? Wonder if there's an effective
mosquito repellent
for the enclosure. The vets here really push the heartworm
preventive meds too.

I'd have to say yes. Any time I've been out doing yard work,
standing out having a smoke, sitting outside reading, especially
near dusk, the mosquitoes are massively swarming! I can't recall a
time that I have been out during those hours that I don't get bit.
It's so dry here, so I don't know how they're breeding, but
apparently they are.

When you wrote about mosquito repellent for the enclosure, my mind
went directly to what they are trying to get all of the citizens of
S Africa to use to prevent malaria - mosquito netting. They treat
it with something. Hmm.. I wonder.....

--
Cheryl

Hey, that would be an option.
Let me know what you find out researching HW preventive. I'm going to
check it out too. Weirdly enough, we don't have
mosquitos here, even after all this rain??? But they cats do go out
sometimes, and I'm seriously considering putting
them on preventive.

Sherry- Hide quoted text -

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Does preventative work, & is it as effective if not better than cure
for Heart worm?
I ask this because prevention is always better than dealing with the
full blown disease? As far as I am currently aware, there is no cure
for it, is there?

Sheelagh"o"- Hide quoted text -

Sheelagh, I haven't researched very much yet but I do know that from
what I've read,
cats just die from heartworm, period. With dogs, there's a chance with
very expensive
treatment. They don't seem to give the cats even a chance. Sounds like
it is 100% fatal.
Or that's how I interpreted what I read.

"Sherry" wrote in message
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On Aug 24, 10:17 am, "Sheelagh o"
wrote:
On 24 Aug, 05:07, Sherry wrote:





On Aug 23, 9:03 pm, Cheryl wrote:

On Wed 22 Aug 2007 10:59:24p, Sherry wrote in
rec.pets.cats.health+behav
oups.com:

Are they bad there this year? Wonder if there's an effective
mosquito repellent
for the enclosure. The vets here really push the heartworm
preventive meds too.

I'd have to say yes. Any time I've been out doing yard work,
standing out having a smoke, sitting outside reading, especially
near dusk, the mosquitoes are massively swarming! I can't recall a
time that I have been out during those hours that I don't get bit.
It's so dry here, so I don't know how they're breeding, but
apparently they are.

When you wrote about mosquito repellent for the enclosure, my mind
went directly to what they are trying to get all of the citizens of
S Africa to use to prevent malaria - mosquito netting. They treat
it with something. Hmm.. I wonder.....

--
Cheryl

Hey, that would be an option.
Let me know what you find out researching HW preventive. I'm going to
check it out too. Weirdly enough, we don't have
mosquitos here, even after all this rain??? But they cats do go out
sometimes, and I'm seriously considering putting
them on preventive.

Sherry- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Does preventative work, & is it as effective if not better than cure
for Heart worm?
I ask this because prevention is always better than dealing with the
full blown disease? As far as I am currently aware, there is no cure
for it, is there?

Sheelagh"o"- Hide quoted text -

Sheelagh, I haven't researched very much yet but I do know that from
what I've read,
cats just die from heartworm, period. With dogs, there's a chance with
very expensive
treatment. They don't seem to give the cats even a chance. Sounds like
it is 100% fatal.
Or that's how I interpreted what I read.



Actually, I've had two cats with heartworm. One of them had to be put to
sleep after a horrible 3 or 4 month illness but the other is doing great and
has been heartworm free for several years. Heartworm in cats isn't
uniformly fatal but there is no effective cure for it in cats so prevention
is really important if you are in an area with heartworm.

Good luck, Bonnie

On Aug 24, 4:41 pm, "22brix" wrote:
"Sherry" wrote in message

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On Aug 24, 10:17 am, "Sheelagh o"
wrote:
On 24 Aug, 05:07, Sherry wrote:

On Aug 23, 9:03 pm, Cheryl wrote:

On Wed 22 Aug 2007 10:59:24p, Sherry wrote in
rec.pets.cats.health+behav
oups.com:

Are they bad there this year? Wonder if there's an effective
mosquito repellent
for the enclosure. The vets here really push the heartworm
preventive meds too.

I'd have to say yes. Any time I've been out doing yard work,
standing out having a smoke, sitting outside reading, especially
near dusk, the mosquitoes are massively swarming! I can't recall a
time that I have been out during those hours that I don't get bit.
It's so dry here, so I don't know how they're breeding, but
apparently they are.

When you wrote about mosquito repellent for the enclosure, my mind
went directly to what they are trying to get all of the citizens of
S Africa to use to prevent malaria - mosquito netting. They treat
it with something. Hmm.. I wonder.....

--
Cheryl

Hey, that would be an option.
Let me know what you find out researching HW preventive. I'm going to
check it out too. Weirdly enough, we don't have
mosquitos here, even after all this rain??? But they cats do go out
sometimes, and I'm seriously considering putting
them on preventive.

Sherry- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Does preventative work, & is it as effective if not better than cure
for Heart worm?
I ask this because prevention is always better than dealing with the
full blown disease? As far as I am currently aware, there is no cure
for it, is there?

Sheelagh"o"- Hide quoted text -

Sheelagh, I haven't researched very much yet but I do know that from
what I've read,
cats just die from heartworm, period. With dogs, there's a chance with
very expensive
treatment. They don't seem to give the cats even a chance. Sounds like
it is 100% fatal.
Or that's how I interpreted what I read.

Actually, I've had two cats with heartworm. One of them had to be put to
sleep after a horrible 3 or 4 month illness but the other is doing great and
has been heartworm free for several years. Heartworm in cats isn't
uniformly fatal but there is no effective cure for it in cats so prevention
is really important if you are in an area with heartworm.

Good luck, Bonnie- Hide quoted text -

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I stand corrected! Thanks for the info., Bonnie. Glad your other kitty
is doing well.

Sherry

On 27 Aug, 03:19, "cindys" wrote:
"Sheelagh o" wrote in message

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If your cats are protected with revolution, wouldn't this mean that
any flea stupid enough to jump on your poor puss cats, mean that they
would simply drop dead anyway? '

Yes, *if* my cats were protected with Revolution...but they're not. I have
used Revolution only in the two instances where there were fleas already
present (carried into my house on foster cats).

Or,. are you worride that they would
pick one up that would live long enough to come indoors, jump off then
start breeding?.

No, I'm not worried about that. As far as I know, even if the flea lived
long enough to come indoors, it would still be unable to reproduce and would
die very quickly after that. As long as my cats are content being indoors
only, I just keep them inside and don't use preventives. But if I were to
build an enclosure and they went outside, then I would use a preventive.
Best regards,
---Cindy S.



Thanks for the answer though Cindy, it was
comprehensive and full of information I wasn't aware of actually.
Sheelagh"o"- Hide quoted text -

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Thank you. That has just put my mind @ rest. The one thing that I was
worride about was them picking up fleas whilst they were outside, then
bringing them back indoors to use my house as a breeding ground. In
that case, it is all full ahead for the new cat run. I will post
photos as soon as we finish the latest one. Paul has decided that he
can make the panels himself, so that should save us a pretty penny
here & there.. Haven't been on Usenet so much recently.

Been outside digging the footings for the new pen, because we want to
have a high walk around the top, so the footings need to be sturdy to
support that. Activities are the next thing that pop to mind. We are
putting hide holes all over the place by using Carpet rolls( the thing
that most carpet is rolled around in the shop), they are just the
right size to cover with cheap carpet off cuts so that the cats can
curl up inside them. We have made several ladders for them to reach
the upper walk way, & a couple of hammocks for them to curl up on too.
They are human sized so that we can go out there and share their space
sometimes.

If anyone has any other idea's, I would love to hear about them.
Inspiration is not coming as fast as I would like it. Best to find out
now in the planning stages, than after it's halfway up, & we haven't
catered for it!!
Thanks Cindy,
Sheelagh"o"