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Jeff - 30 Jun 2004 22:33 GMT

This is my cat's first summer and I noticed she loves to chase the
occasional fly that gets into the house. Do flies pose any danger to
cats? Can my cat pick up a disease or worms or any thing like that from
it?

thanks, hope this isn't a stupid question.

Jeff

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Mary - 30 Jun 2004 22:45 GMT

>This is my cat's first summer and I noticed she loves to chase the
>occasional fly that gets into the house. Do flies pose any danger to
>cats? Can my cat pick up a disease or worms or any thing like that from

Flies carry coccidia. My cat chases and eats flies, has done it for years.
She's fine. More info on house flies
http://www.ivyhall.district96.k12.il.us/4th/kkhp/1insects/fly.html

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Jeff - 01 Jul 2004 04:48 GMT

> >This is my cat's first summer and I noticed she loves to chase the
> >occasional fly that gets into the house. Do flies pose any danger to
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> She's fine. More info on house flies
> http://www.ivyhall.district96.k12.il.us/4th/kkhp/1insects/fly.html

Ok I looked up coccidia; looks like something not too serious for a
healthy adult thank goodness. Thank you for the info!

Jeff

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Laura R. - 30 Jun 2004 22:54 GMT

circa Wed, 30 Jun 2004 17:33:25 -0400, in alt.cats, Jeff
(jeff@invalid.net) said,

> This is my cat's first summer and I noticed she loves to chase the
> occasional fly that gets into the house. Do flies pose any danger to
> cats? Can my cat pick up a disease or worms or any thing like that from
> it?
>
> thanks, hope this isn't a stupid question.

Does she eat 'em, or just chase 'em?

Laura

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Jeff - 01 Jul 2004 04:37 GMT

> circa Wed, 30 Jun 2004 17:33:25 -0400, in alt.cats, Jeff
> (jeff@invalid.net) said,
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> >
> Does she eat 'em, or just chase 'em?

I don't know yet. I haven't seen her act like she wants to eat one. So
far I see her hold them under her paw and then release it to chase it
again...

Jeff

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Hope Munro Smith - 01 Jul 2004 17:35 GMT

> > circa Wed, 30 Jun 2004 17:33:25 -0400, in alt.cats, Jeff
> > (jeff@invalid.net) said,
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>
> Jeff

Our cats LOVE moths, I guess they are easy to catch and tasty to eat!

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Nik Simpson - 01 Jul 2004 17:52 GMT

> Our cats LOVE moths, I guess they are easy to catch and tasty to eat!

My first cat, Eliza used to love Moths as well, many times I saw her walking
around the house with moth wings fluttering futilely on either side of her
mouth. This was usually followed by crunching sounds :-)

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KiaSidhe - 03 Jul 2004 16:58 GMT

"Nik Simpson" wrote...

> My first cat, Eliza used to love Moths as well, many times I saw her walking
> around the house with moth wings fluttering futilely on either side of her
> mouth. This was usually followed by crunching sounds :-)

The cat we have now, for some reason, likes to eat beetles and junebugs.
(Then again, my fiancee ate a junebug the other day on a dare....ugh.....so
maybe they really are tasty.) But my mom had a cat that would eat
centipedes, but would rip the legs off of it and only eat the body. Then we
found out from somewhere that centipedes carry a poison on their legs as a
defense. Somehow the cat knew that though!

---Julia

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Laura R. - 01 Jul 2004 18:06 GMT

circa Wed, 30 Jun 2004 23:37:14 -0400, in alt.cats, Jeff
(jeff@invalid.net) said,

> > > This is my cat's first summer and I noticed she loves to chase the
> > > occasional fly that gets into the house. Do flies pose any danger to
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> far I see her hold them under her paw and then release it to chase it
> again...

Then I'd definitely not worry. Heck, even if she does eat 'em, I'd
probably not worry. I've had many a cat who ate flies, and not a one
of 'em was ever harmed by it. :-)

Laura

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Jerry Kohl - 01 Jul 2004 00:59 GMT

> This is my cat's first summer and I noticed she loves to chase the
> occasional fly that gets into the house. Do flies pose any danger to
> cats? Can my cat pick up a disease or worms or any thing like that from
> it?
>
> thanks, hope this isn't a stupid question.

I've never heard of any problems from flies, but you may experience
some difficulty trying to explain the difference between flies on the
one hand, and bees and wasps on the other. One of our cats was stung
on the paw by a wasp, and it swelled up to twice its normal size. (The
paw, not the wasp.) A frantic call to the vet prompted the comforting
response: "Is she still breathing? Then she'll probably be all right."
She did survive the sting, but slept for 24 hours before the poison
wore off.

--
Jerry Kohl <jeromekohl@comcast.net>
"Légpárnás hajóm tele van angolnákkal."

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SpammyFriends - 01 Jul 2004 02:05 GMT

>> This is my cat's first summer and I noticed she loves to chase the
>> occasional fly that gets into the house. Do flies pose any danger to
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>She did survive the sting, but slept for 24 hours before the poison
>wore off.

I've been through that as well. Kitty decided to go after a wasp.
She never went after another wasp.

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Laura R. - 01 Jul 2004 02:18 GMT

circa Wed, 30 Jun 2004 20:05:03 -0500, in alt.cats, SpammyFriends
(SpammyFriends@spammyfriends.com) said,

> I've been through that as well. Kitty decided to go after a wasp.
> She never went after another wasp.

When I was a kid, we had one who would regularly catch and eat wasps.
I have no idea how he managed to not get stung.

Laura

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Jeff - 01 Jul 2004 04:34 GMT

> > This is my cat's first summer and I noticed she loves to chase the
> > occasional fly that gets into the house. Do flies pose any danger to
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> She did survive the sting, but slept for 24 hours before the poison
> wore off.

Wow, didn't think of how playing with a fly could potentially lead to
playing with a bee or wasp. There's never been one in the house as of
yet, but I'll have to watch that.

Jeff

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J Blanchfield - 04 Jul 2004 03:05 GMT

I certainly hope not. Nikka actually hunts flies. Because of her I've
hardly had any flies for over two years. When one does get inside, she will
leave her bed to follow it around until she gets it. She is 4 years old now
and the vet says she is in excellent health. She doesn't go near wasps or
bees, but she is interested in black birds. Maybe she thinks they are just
large flies. Other birds don't interest her.

> This is my cat's first summer and I noticed she loves to chase the
> occasional fly that gets into the house. Do flies pose any danger to
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> Jeff

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