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- From: klier@iscsvax.uni.edu
- Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
- Subject: Re: Plant question
- Message-ID: <1992Dec31.104730.9608@iscsvax.uni.edu>
- Date: 31 Dec 92 10:47:30 -0600
- References: <1992Dec30.033244.25376@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> <C031yo.8x0@SSD.intel.com> <1992Dec30.180206.16054@crd.ge.com>
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- In article <1992Dec30.180206.16054@crd.ge.com>, feldman@flash.crd.ge.com (Sandra F Feldman) writes:
- > Everyone has had the opinion that spider plants are OK for cats. How come the
- > one time Tom got into the spider plant he had the kitty runs for the rest of
- > the day? Was it coincidence? I'd love to get a new plant, but I've always
- > been afraid.
-
- Just about any drastic change in diet can result in diarrhea -- not just
- for cats, but any critter. And an increased amount of vegetable matter
- in the diet is a good way to "loosen up the stool".
-
- This link between plant foods and loose stools is well known to many
- midwesterners-- during sweetcorn season, some of us eat 6-8 ears a day,
- and do not stray far from the plumbing for a week or so...
-
- Kay Klier Biology Dept UNI
-