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- From: wd6cmu@netcom.com (Eric Williams)
- Subject: Re: Help me find a kitty.
- Message-ID: <1993Jan23.003329.4576@netcom.com>
- Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest)
- References: <1993Jan22.192540.15771@zia.aoc.nrao.edu>
- Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 00:33:29 GMT
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- rmilner@zia.aoc.nrao.edu (Ruth Milner) writes:
- > About the hissing method that everyone has been advocating: do you hiss
- > through your teeth like a long-drawn-out "sssss", or in the back of your
- > throat like the cats themselves do? I have tried both ways on my cats,
- > and they just look at me like I'm weird :-). So I figure I must be doing
- > it wrong somehow.
- >
- > Any advice on hissing technique?
-
- I prefer the back-of-the-throat hiss myself. Get up close so they get a
- good blast of hot breath in the face, that seems to be an essential element.
- My main problem is I need to use it when the preditor is stalking my
- dinner plate, and my mouth is often full.
- --
- Eric Williams wd6cmu@netcom.com | Never attribute to malice that which
- WD6CMU@WD6CMU.#NOCAL.CA.USA.NA | is adequately explained by stupidity.
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