Re: chat messages

It sounds like she needs a bath. Some cats enjoy being bathed. If she's got
some really sticky spots, you might first rub some vegetable oil into them
to soften the gunk a little.
I had a slob of a cat for a while. Every now and then the other 2 would pin
him down & give him a good stem to stern wash.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kitty" <kmrsy@comcast.net>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Saturday, May 29, 2004 7:55 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] chat messages


> Have you tried giving her a bath?  Use bluing to make her a brighter
white.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <Aplfgcnys@aol.com>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Saturday, May 29, 2004 8:42 PM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] chat messages
>
>
> > In a message dated 05/29/2004 7:57:36 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> > kmrsy@comcast.net writes:
> >
> > > Anyway - I
> > > stick to DSH these days (for non-cat people, that's the shorthand for
> > > Domestic Short Hair)
> > >
> >
> > Kitty, this cat is definitely DSH, but her hair is remarkably thick.
None
> of
> > my other cats have such a thick coat.  She'd be a pretty cat if she
> weren't
> > so dirty - white, with a pretty face, one dark ear, one dark spot about
> two
> > inches across on her back and a tabby tail.  Odd looking, but attractive
> if she
> > were clean.  I'm sure you're right about the licking being an automatic
> > response, but I wish I could get her to lick some of the other parts.
Her
> backside
> > is disgusting.  I've never had a dirty cat before.  This one has a sweet
> > nature, but I guess her mother didn't teach her to wash herself.  My
other
> three are
> > really fastidiously clean, but not this gal.  She's really fat, as the
> others
> > are not.   She lies on her back with her legs spread out - riduculous
> > looking.
> > We love her anyway, but wish we could clean her up.
> > Auralie
> >
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