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From: jca@drutx.UUCP (ArnsonJC)
Newsgroups: net.pets
Subject: re:urinating on rug-- cat
Message-ID: <59@drutx.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 30-Sep-85 10:48:24 EDT
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Posted: Mon Sep 30 10:48:24 1985
Date-Received: Wed, 2-Oct-85 08:33:19 EDT
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	In reply to the article about a person having to destroy
their cat because it urinated on the carpet...

	The cat was doing this because it was LONELY, and was
showing the owner that it was unhappy with being left alone.  This
person stated that the cat in previous circumstances always had
company.  I had this very same problem when I moved into my own
place with my cat.  My vet called it "spiteful urination".

	SOLUTION:  I got another cat.  Granted it took a few weeks
for them to "make friends", but they keep each other company when I
am not there and two cats are no more trouble than one. (Just have
to clean out the mess box more often. :-) )  I have had both cats
since they were kittens, one is 11 the other 9.  Both are/were
males.  Advise:  when getting a second cat- get a kitten, especially
if the other cat is an adult.  The 'breaking in' period will be much
easier emotionally on everyone concerned. 
-- 
			jill c. arnson
			ihnp4!druky!drutx!jca
			AT&A IS, Denver
			(303)538-4800

May the hair on your toes grow ever longer.


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