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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / March 2006Avian flu
I don't know whether to worry about myself or Bert. During the news tonite Connie yelled (I was next room...online, of course) "Your cat's gonna die". When, I guess not if, it gets here-USA, what's the cat danger? Did I hear they lost a couple of cats in Europe? At 10 or so Bert's less of a bird hunter, but I'm afraid he's still an occasional threat. And as I gather chickens are prime targets. Frank Perdue and similar must be thinking... Brad > I don't know whether to worry about myself or Bert. During the news > tonite Connie yelled (I was next room...online, of course) "Your cat's [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Brad Just another scare, like mad cow. I still buy and eat beef; so far, so good. But you know what? I'd rather die after having a nice dinner of beef or chicken than some stupid crap like a brain tumor which they couldn't ascertain where it came from. Jill >I don't know whether to worry about myself or Bert. During the news > tonite Connie yelled (I was next room...online, of course) "Your cat's [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Brad Keeping your cat indoors will assure it has *NO* chance to get the avian flu.  SignatureHugs, CatNipped See all my masters at: http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/CatNipped/ > Keeping your cat indoors will assure it has *NO* chance to get the > avian flu. You hope. The pet cat that died caught the bird flu from a bird it ate. Keeping your cat indoors will protect it from getting the flu that way. But if you get the flu, will you be able to give it to your cat? I don't think anybody knows, yet. I wasn't worried about getting bird flu until I realized I might endanger my cats that way. Chak SignatureI would like at least one political party in this country to be willing to say that sex is fun and an important part of being human. --PZ Myers, http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/ >> Keeping your cat indoors will assure it has *NO* chance to get the >> avian flu. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > if you get the flu, will you be able to give it to your cat? I don't > think anybody knows, yet. DH & I are getting over a bout withthe flu, but since we didn't go to DR about it, we don't know if it's the feared avian flu or not. Cat have been unaffected by it - except for being more cuddly than when we're well. > I wasn't worried about getting bird flu until I realized I might > endanger my cats that way. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > willing to say that sex is fun and an important part of being human. > --PZ Myers, http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/ > I don't know whether to worry about myself or Bert. During the news > tonite Connie yelled (I was next room...online, of course) "Your cat's [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Brad This is called fear-mongering! >> I don't know whether to worry about myself or Bert. During the news >> tonite Connie yelled (I was next room...online, of course) "Your cat's [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > This is called fear-mongering! As for fear mongering....down here in Oz, they are recommending people with a cough and fever wear masks in public. Somehow I doubt that will take off. So far we have no bird flu, AFAIK, but they are putting precautions in place. But masks in public is a bit too much fear mongering for me. IMo the authorities covering their butt just in case. > I don't know whether to worry about myself or Bert. During the news > tonite Connie yelled (I was next room...online, of course) "Your cat's > gonna die". When, I guess not if, it gets here-USA, what's the cat > danger? Did I hear they lost a couple of cats in Europe? At 10 or so > Bert's less of a bird hunter, but I'm afraid he's still an occasional > threat. If (or when) avian flu reaches the UK, and if it's clear that birds are dying from it, I will be keeping all 4 of mine indoors. They will go mad as they are indoor/outdoor cats - we live in a very quiet area - but we also live opposite a nature reserve and at least one of mine does hunt rodents and birds, unfortunately. I don't want to take the risk, as the link has been proved to exist. Deb. Signaturehttp://www.scientific-art.com "He looked a fierce and quarrelsome cat, but claw he never would; He only bit the ones he loved, because they tasted good." S. Greenfield > If (or when) avian flu reaches the UK, and if it's clear that birds are > dying from it, I will be keeping all 4 of mine indoors. They will go mad > as they are indoor/outdoor cats - we live in a very quiet area - but we > also live opposite a nature reserve and at least one of mine does hunt > rodents and birds, unfortunately. I don't want to take the risk, as the > link has been proved to exist. I don't want to take the risk either. If it reaches Finland with the migrating birds, I won't be going to the island with the cats this summer. They say it affects sea birds especially. I know that if the cats find a dead bird, they will most certainly play with it. But I'm also worried about the mass hysteria, now that a cat's death has been linked with avian flu. Cat haters could have a field day. :o(( SignatureMarina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki. marina (dot) kurten (at) iki (dot) fi Stories and pics at http://koti.welho.com/mkurten/ Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki > I don't want to take the risk either. If it reaches Finland with the > migrating birds, I won't be going to the island with the cats this > summer. They say it affects sea birds especially. I know that if the > cats find a dead bird, they will most certainly play with it. I think that's a very sensible plan. It's so sad that we have to think of these things - so sad for the birds as well as us and the cats. If it really gets that bad I might make an enclosure for them as they really will go crazy not being allowed out for a long time. > But I'm also worried about the mass hysteria, now that a cat's death has > been linked with avian flu. Cat haters could have a field day. :o(( I can see that coming for sure. Another reason for keeping them in - to avoid any poison put out by idiotic cat-haters. It doesn't take much to set them off. I bet cats will be handed in for rehoming or abandoned left right and center. :-((( Deb. Signaturehttp://www.scientific-art.com "He looked a fierce and quarrelsome cat, but claw he never would; He only bit the ones he loved, because they tasted good." S. Greenfield |
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