Re: Kitty zits


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On Mon, 29 Sep 2008 13:42:33 -0700, Bobcat wrote:

A couple of weeks ago I noticed a lump on our little black Sophie's
chin, and I was concerned about it. The next morning it had
disappeared,
so I cancelled my planned trip to the vet. But yesterday the lump
returned, and I became doubly concerned, so today I took Sophie to
the
vets. Dr. Beck's verdict? Feline acne! Sophie had a zit! I was very
relieved, and asked what had caused it, other than Sophie's a
teenager.
Dr. Beck said it's very important that her feed bowls- preferably
stainless steel - be clean at all times. Good news all round.

It's amazing the number of kitties that do develop zits due to plastic
bowls.

So much so that when I read about how many do, I made sure my two only
eat of out of stainless steel bowls and occasionally enamel saucers,
clean for every meal. It may be that plastic gets scratched through
being cleaned over time and bacteria can enter the scratches. I
haven't heard about the same problem in dogs, though. My whippets used
to eat/drink out of heavy porcelain bowls, to stop them pushing them
around to get out the last microscopic piece of edible substance out,
so whether the bowls were as impervious as stainless steel would be or
whether whipppets just don't get acne, I'm not too sure ;-)
Perhaps plastic bowls are more likely to get contaminated by bacteria
because of cats habits of leaving food to go back to. D*gs (or at
least mine) normally *never* do this. If they did I knew they were
ill.
It was a big learning curve for me when my d*gs had all gone to RB and
the cats moved in. I was worried when they didn't gobble up all their
food the instant it was presented. It concerned me that they didn't
seem to understand despite repeated warnings that there were some
things I didn't want them to do and they ignored it. I began to think
I'd got a couple of cats with learning disabilities ;-)

ROTFLMAO! Nope, *you* were the one with learning disabilities (at least
in their eyes)!


I'm learning, truly I am. It's a difficult shift from being a d*g person
all your life to having two cats move in without permission ;-)
And then finding you don't understand how their minds work because they
are *so* different. I used to think they were deliberately being
"naughty" by insisting on behaviour my d*gs would never have dreamed of,
like jumping up on the worktops to steal food, sneaking upstairs to get
on the beds (no d*g was allowed upstairs except to be nursed during
illness, or end of life comfort in bed with me) Oh, except for Minnie,
my heart dog who slept with me always, tucked up like spoons until
morning. Ask anyone who has a whippet - those dogs gravitate towards
the bed at night. Legend has it that oldtime miners used to pop a whippet
in bed with their children to keep them warm at night.

I think it's because d*gs are pack animals that have to please the pack
leader in order to eat. Cats, on the other hand, tend to be solitary
hunters and need to figure out their own way of stalking and killing prey
(even though they learn how from their mothers, each still hones his/her
own style as an adult).

I've always, until now, had both cats and dogs in my household (and as a
child ducks, geese, chickens, pigs, snakes, gerbils, hamsters, mice, rats,
parakeets, doves, finches, canaries, etc. - and we *didn't* live on a
farm!)

It would certainly suit the whippets who have short hair, little flesh
and easily get cold. How nice to have a canine hot water bottle that
never gets cold.
I can recommend it.

Tweed

I love the whippet's personalities, but my goodness they always look like
they're starving to death! I'd probably over-feed them just trying to
fatten them up! ;>

Whippets are *supposed* to be slim, they are running dogs, sighthounds that
are bred to kill their prey by running it down. You should not see their
ribs unless they are breathing in. Sighthounds like greyhounds, salukis,
whippets etc are peculiar in the dog world, they have no subcuteneous (under
the skin) fat which makes them an anaesthetic risk.
Oh, never get a whippet unless you have room for more. They are
enthralling, delicately beautiful and addictive. You cannot just have one.
Well you can try it, I suppose ;-) I did.
Before I knew it I had 11 and over the years I showed them and judged them
at shows too. I so miss them.
Cold in bed at night? Just pop a whippet into your bed. They are a living
hot water bottle and never move a muscle once you both settle down.
I have never slept properly since my last bed-dog went to RB. If you ask
most people who have whippets here if they have a bed-dog, only those who
are afraid of what you might say will say no. It's a given. Whippet = hot
water bottle, right down under the covers, sound sleep for the human.

Tweed




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