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Plague - another reason to leep your cats inside

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Elizabeth  Blake - 10 Jul 2005 05:16 GMT
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2005-07-09-wyoming-cats_x.htm?csp=34

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Alison - 10 Jul 2005 13:02 GMT
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2005-07-09-wyoming-cats_x.htm?csp=34

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 Plague is spread by fleas so I suggest all cat owners take
precautions and flea treat *all* their pets including small furries as
recommended by your vet. You should also flea treat your carpets and
soft furnishings.
Alison
Spot - 10 Jul 2005 15:16 GMT
It wouldn't be a bad idea to do the yard also.  Where I lived before I had
carpenter ants infest the house and had to spray outside weekly to keep a
barrier around the house to avoid re-infestation.  The added bonus was that
the product I used also killed fleas.  I just made sure that on the days
that I sprayed that my dogs weren't out playing in the yard.

Celeste

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>  Alison
Candace - 10 Jul 2005 21:18 GMT
> http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2005-07-09-wyoming-cats_x.htm?csp=34

I worry that something like this could cause a witch hunt of cats.  I
hope rationality prevails.  Any poor stray kitties in Wyoming better
watch out...

Candace
CatNipped - 10 Jul 2005 21:20 GMT
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> Candace

I hope so too.  Wasn't it the killing of cats (for being witches' familiars)
that *caused* the plague in the middle ages??!  Not enough cats let all
those rats with plague-carrying fleas spread throughout all of Europe
unchecked!

Hugs,

CatNipped
Candace - 10 Jul 2005 21:26 GMT
> I hope so too.  Wasn't it the killing of cats (for being witches' familiars)
> that *caused* the plague in the middle ages??!  Not enough cats let all
> those rats with plague-carrying fleas spread throughout all of Europe
> unchecked!

Yes, that's my understanding, too.

Candace
 
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