On Sat, 11 Oct 2003 03:41:07 GMT, "Nedra" wrote:

Jan, A word about kittens. They don't have to trained to Do
Anything. They come pre-trained. All they need is a tiny litter
box, food and fresh water.

Oh I know, I use to raise siamese, but there are other things about
kitties, cute as they are, I'd just as soon avoid. I like older animals
with dignity not to be caught climbing the drapes, etc. ;o)

Then again, I might want to invest in that kitty potty training device that
goes on the toilet, this might mean starting with a more non-dignified
kitty. Anyone use those? ~ jan
See my ponds thru the seasons and/or my filter design:
http://users.owt.com/jjspond/

~Keep 'em Defrosted~
Tri-Cities, WA Zone 7a
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~ jan JJsPond.us wrote:

On Sat, 11 Oct 2003 03:41:07 GMT, "Nedra" wrote:


Jan, A word about kittens. They don't have to trained to Do
Anything. They come pre-trained. All they need is a tiny litter
box, food and fresh water.


Oh I know, I use to raise siamese, but there are other things about
kitties, cute as they are, I'd just as soon avoid. I like older animals
with dignity not to be caught climbing the drapes, etc. ;o)

Then again, I might want to invest in that kitty potty training device that
goes on the toilet, this might mean starting with a more non-dignified
kitty. Anyone use those? ~ jan
See my ponds thru the seasons and/or my filter design:
http://users.owt.com/jjspond/

~Keep 'em Defrosted~
Tri-Cities, WA Zone 7a
To e-mail see website
Do they learn to flush too? No, never tried it.

deanna

Jammer,
Jan is right check out the rescue cats, there are rescue groups for
all breeds of cats. A year & a half ago I lost my beautiful Red
Abyssinian to cancer. She was 16 years old and we had her from a
kitten. We had purhased her after falling in love with the breed at
cat show. I didn't know about rescue groups back then and she cost us
a small fortune. After we lost her I found an Abyssinian rescue group
on line and now have another pure breed Abyssinian from the group for
a fraction of what I would have had to pay normally. There is also a
site from breeders who are retiring cats they have used for breeding
and putting them up for adoption, the fee is a lot less than you pay
for a kitten from these same breeders. They list the breeders cats by
breed type and Maine Coon is one of them. Check it out, I just went
to the site and I think a Maine Coon is on their feature page. Here
is the link

http://breedlist.com/retired/

Sue W
You can see my pond Rippling Waters at
http://community.webshots.com/user/aspenjd


~ jan JJsPond.us
Jammer,

Did you look into rescued Maine Coons? You all made me curious so I went
looking in my area and there were a lot to choose from.

~ jan JJsPond.us wrote:

Then again, I might want to invest in that kitty potty training device that
goes on the toilet, this might mean starting with a more non-dignified
kitty. Anyone use those? ~ jan

Do they learn to flush too? No, never tried it.
deanna

Amazingly they do, a wire is attached to the flusher handle some how and
using the cat's natural tendency to try to bury their duty, they hit the
wire and flush. ~ jan
See my ponds thru the seasons and/or my filter design:
http://users.owt.com/jjspond/

~Keep 'em Defrosted~
Tri-Cities, WA Zone 7a
To e-mail see website