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NATURAL PET NEWS
October 9, 2000 Edition
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This Issue Contains:

DONNA'S COMMENTS
Questions on Pet Overpopulation

HEALTH/HERBAL INFO
Lumps in Your Pet

SUCCESS STORY
Ear Mites

SPECIAL OFFERS

BEHAVIORAL/EMOTIONAL ISSUE
Intelligent Cat

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** DONNA'S COMMENTS **

Sometimes we need answers when we are discussing animal issues with other
people. The internet is a great place for research and to find the answers
we need. There's a new site that has just been launched that provides lots
of information in the area of pet overpopulation. A topic that breaks any
pet owner's heart. All of us wish we could make home for those animals that
don't have owners or a guaranteed meal, or a daily hug.

If you need some answers to these kinds of questions....check it out:

Why do owners relinquish their pets to animal shelters? How many dogs and
cats are adopted each year? For the answers to these questions and the
latest research on pet overpopulation in the United States, visit the
newly launched http://www.petpopulation.org. The site, created and
maintained by the National Council on Pet Population Study and Policy,
features research reports, suggested reading and the Council's newsletter.

Sending up a prayer for the homeless animals,
Donna

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** HEALTH/HERBAL INFO **

WHAT TO DO ABOUT LUMPS ON YOUR PET

"Lumps are very common occurrences, especially in geriatric pets," says Dr.
Timothy Fan, a veterinarian who specializes in cancer care. "Approximately
30 percent of all tumors found in dogs and cats occur on the skin. There are
a couple of important questions owners should ask themselves when they find
suspect lumps on their pets."

http://www.cvm.uiuc.edu/ceps/petcolumns/lump.html

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** SUCCESS STORY **

EAR MITES

"Cats and dogs get ear mites. They are not transmittable to humans, but
infestations are very contagious with pets in contact with other animals. We
have used TEA TREE OIL diluted. I use 10 drops in a tablespoon of olive oil
(you can use another kind). Then I take a small eyedropper and put two
drops in each ear, instantly covering the opening with the ear flap. I spend
a full minute massaging the ear to keep the animal from shaking it all out
before it gets into the ear canal and begins doing its work. Massage as long
as you can and rub the animal's head to make it a pleasant experience so you
can repeat this twice a day for a week. Consistency equals results." D.W.

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** BEHAVIORAL/EMOTIONAL ISSUE **

THE INTELLIGENT CAT
http://www.catsinternational.org

If we define intelligence as "the ability to acquire information, retain it,
and utilize it to solve problems," the cat is clearly the winner of all our
companion animals. Try putting an adult cat in a room in which he has never
been before and watch how every nook and cranny is carefully examined. This
need to do "basic research" as one behaviorist puts it provides the cat with
valuable, even life-saving, information about his surroundings. Actually,
curiosity didn't kill the cat, it gave him a reputation for having 9 lives!

We know that the ability of cats to investigate new environments is
legendary, but it has also been proven that their ability to retain
information is superior to that of other domestic animals. In a test of
canine-versus-feline intelligence, Dr. Maier, professor of psychology at the
University of Michigan and Dr. Schneirla, curator at the Dept. of Animal
Behavior, American Museum of Natural History, compared I.Q. as a function of
memory in dogs and cats. Both species were shown a large number of boxes and
taught that food could only be found under the one with a lighted lamp on
top. Once the training was complete, researchers turned the lamp on briefly.
Then to test the animal's memory, the researchers prevented them from going
to the box for a period of time. Canine recall lasted no more than five
minutes. Cats, however, returned to the correct box as long as 16 hours
later, exhibiting a power of recall superior to that of monkeys and
orangutans.

The cat's intellectual ability is highlighted by its ability to use the
information retained to solve problems. Cats are able to form "learning
sets," a skill once thought to be confined to primates. For example, cats
that were trained to pull boxes on wheels showed they could combine that
skill with their own insight to solve new problems. In one instance, a cat
pulled the box to a specific location and used it, step-stool fashion, to
reach a desired reward: a piece of food suspended from the ceiling by a
string. The full extent of the cat's cognitive abilities is still largely
unknown, but they continue to amaze their owners with their ingenious
abilities, nevertheless.

Cats learn by observation, imitation, trial and error just as humans do.
Stories abound which describe cats turning doorknobs to open doors, ringing
doorbells, opening cupboards, turning off lights, and even using the toilet
solely by observing the owner perform these activities. Many feline
behaviorists as well as child psychologists seem to agree that the
intelligence of an adult cat equals that of a 2 to 3 year old child. We know
how clever and manipulative children of this age are, is it any wonder that
cats are better at training their owners than the owners are at training
them?

While the cat is the most intelligent of all our domestic animals, it is
important for cat owners to be clear about the limitation of their cat's
thought processes, as attributing human motivations to the pet can interfere
with the patient, methodical, approach necessary to treat behavior problems.
For example, a cat cannot ponder the past or make plans for the future. It
is therefore useless for an owner to punish a cat for something it did even
a few minutes earlier, because the cat is incapable of making the connection
between the action and the punishment. Conversely, its actions can not be
motivated by revenge for some past insult by the owner. Stress caused by the
owner's actions, and not spite, is the culprit here.

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