At 07:51 AM 3/8/2005 -0500, you wrote: > > >In a message dated 3/7/2005 11:43:06 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, >psharp212@xxxxxxx writes: >I own a cat, a 7-year old Flame-Point Siamese Rescue. Her name is Taffeta J. > >Poodlemeister. > > >My sister Terri bought a new house this year, lots of land, barn being >built, barn and house have cedar siding. A woodpecker moved in, and BOY >is he >busy! NOT good for the wood siding (unless you like a lot of natural >ventilation.) Turns out it's illegal to do anything >about woodpeckers. So, she did >the wind chime thing. Wind chimes all over the place. It's a wonder she >can >sleep at night. That didn't work. We suggested she get a cat, so she >rescued >a kitten. Now, we figured this would be an inside/outside cat. That's not >exactly a hardship because the barn (mice eventually, right?) has a heated >tack room. We figured wrong. The kitten FINALLY warmed up to my sister >after >several weeks, but basically is afraid of it's own shadow with no >intention of >putting even one pristine white foot out the door <G>....so, it's an inside >cat, living the life of Riley eating special food so it doesn't get a >hairball, using special kitty litter (something about avoiding urinary tract >infections) and the woodpecker and all of the mice to come are very, very >safe. > >Kathy > >visit _Pine Hill German Shepherd Dogs_ >(http://www.geocities.com/pinehillgsds/) I had 4 cats up until last week when one of them died. All but one of them are rescues. Just like the dogs, they are my kids & I find jokes about killing/eating them lacking ANY humor whatsoever. Sandy Sandra Kozub KcK Kennels http://iweb.tntech.edu/rkozub/kennel.htm ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2005. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://www.showgsd.org ============================================================================