Re: Re: catnip

Wow. That's amazing considering he's declawed. Sugar is not. I don't
believe in it, though I understand the point-of-view of those that do.
Just got done doctoring a scratch I got for bringing her in earlier than
she likes. She hates this early getting dark business as much as I do. I
understand my formerly feral kitty. She will always have one paw in the
jungle. Fortunately the vet understands as well.


Pam Evans
Kemp, TX
zone 8A
----- Original Message -----
From: Cathy Carpenter
Sent: 11/22/2004 6:44:44 PM
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Subject: Re: [CHAT] catnip

Jason was never feral, but he is a pretty good hunter, even though 
missing his front claws! He has taken birds (rarely) further from the 
house, but I suspect they were not healthy to begin with.
Cathy
On Sunday, November 21, 2004, at 06:27 PM, "" 
<gardenqueen@academicplanet.com> wrote:

> But was your indoor/outdoor baby ever feral? Sugar was. Even w/ mama
> watching her like a hawk and being on a tether, she still gets one
> occasionally. We have no voles, but she gets mice big time too. Which 
> is
> handy this time of year, when it starts cooling off they try to come
> indoors. They last only seconds when they make that mistake here.
>
>
> Pam Evans
> Kemp, TX
> zone 8A
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Cathy Carpenter
> Sent: 11/21/2004 4:37:33 PM
> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] catnip
>
> Only one of my cats is indoor/outdoor. He hunts, kills, and eats mice
> and voles. I have two feeders and a bird bath on the deck attached to
> my house, and while he spends much of his time on the deck, next to
> those feeders, he has not once gone for a bird. The birds go to and
> from the feeders as he reclines on the deck. He ignores them, they
> ignore him. Go figure!
> Cathy
> On Saturday, November 20, 2004, at 07:58 PM, Aplfgcnys@aol.com wrote:
>
>> Pam, my catnip is inside the fenced vegetable garden - that is the
>> only way
>> I can protect vegetables from the deer.  I suppose a determined cat
>> could
>> get in, but I don't think they would bother.  I have taken one of my
>> indoor
>> cats down there a few times for a treat, and she was not able to get
>> out.
>> One of my outdoor cats has followed me in a few times, but she is much
>> too fat to get out.  We feed birds and have lots and lots of them.  I
>> can't
>> really declare that no bird has ever been caught by a cat of mine, but
>> it
>> hasn't happened often.  Nick, my stupid male goes dashing up trees
>> after birds and then looks puzzled when the bird is not there when he
>> gets there.  I have had more birds die from flying into the picture
>> window
>> than be caught by cats.
>> Auralie
>>
>> In a message dated 11/20/2004 7:12:37 PM Eastern Standard Time,
>> gardenqueen@academicplanet.com writes:
>> Auralie - I let a lot of things reseed all over the place too. One 
>> nice
>> thing about having a bird & butterfly habitat is you can tell people
>> it's supposed to look that wild and they don't know any different! But
>> I
>> don't grow catnip because I don't want cats in the yard eating my
>> birdies.
>>
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