Well, we just got back from Dallas, where we put two of our jills with two
dud-studs.  And, now, it looks like we will have to go back next week,
because at least one of our remaining jills is coming into season.  At least,
whenever this happens again, we will have our own dud-stud.  We purchased a
real nice little albino, named Samson, from Patti Israelson.  She had her vet
perform the vasectomy on Tuesday (her vet charges much less than most for
this operation) and I will be taking him home with me this coming weekend.
It will be about six weeks before he can be used as a dud-stud, though.  It
will take that long to make sure that his plumbing is clear.
 
Whils I was in Dallas, I was told about a type of cat food that I have never
heard of.  Has anyone ever used or heard of "Wysong" cat food.  The
ingredients list begins with Chicken (not chicken parts or byproducts),
followed by poultry fat.  The protien level is at least 34%.  It contains
taurine.  It is supposed to be ALL NATURAL.  The chickens used in this food
are Amish chickens.  It sounds like it should be good.  Any comments?
 
On other subjects,
"Kurt Schumacher" <[log in to unmask]> writes:
> Penny also takes immediate possession of any squeeky toys we being home,
> and makes sure they are always in their proper place in a corner of the
> cage.
 
Watch out for those squeaky toys.  See my previous posting.  It looks like we
may have gotten off light.  I have heard of many who required an operation to
remove foreign objects (I think that there was a posting mentioning something
about that just yesterday).  We always monitor our carpet sharks when they
have squeaky toys and still, Nenya managed to rip a portion off and swallow
it.
 
> Zoe loves to play in mailing tubes (the kind for mailing posters).  She
 
Everyone has there own type of tubes.  However, the kind we and the carpet
sharks like are 3" and/or 4" clear plastic tubes joined by 3" and/or 4"
thinwall PVC (_NOT_SCHEDULE_40_PVC_) joints to form a maze.  The girls can
all fit easily in the 3" tubes and Arnie, our 4 lb hob can only fit through
4" tubes.  The specification for the plastic tubing is "3 inch OD clear
extruded 1/8 inch tube".  This tubing fits perfectly inside the 3" thinwall
PVC joints.  The only difference in the 4" tubing spec is the OD size is
changed to "4 inch".  The clear tubing cost only a little bit more than the
opaque PVC, but it is well worth it.  The carpet sharks try to attack each
other through the clear tubes.  It is really fun to watch.  It is also easy
to find them when one of them has fallen asleep inside one of the tubes in
the maze.  We have made a maze that is four or five tube stories high (about
3 to 3-1/2 feet) with one long tube forming a slide from the top down to the
floor.  Two of our girls can hardly get enough of the slide.
 
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"Cats may be cool, but carpet sharks rule!"
 
John Gaver ([log in to unmask])
 
[Posted in FML issue 0513]