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> jmcquown wrote:
>>
>> wrote:
>>> Margaret Suran wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Melba's Jammin' wrote:
>>>>> In article >, Blair P.
>>>>> Houghton > wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> I had a mouse.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> (hilarious story snipped)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>> My daughter just had a baby. The cat took a liking for the crib when
>>> the baby was not there. After having to wash the crib linens once
>>> too many times we did just what I described. No more cat problems.
>>>
>>> Bert
>>
>> Why not simply close the door? No need to scare the poor cat to
>> death. The child will outgrow the crib eventually. You're going to
>> make the cat terrified to even go into the room with the kid.
>>
>> Jill
>
> The cat is very fast and will outrun anyone to get to a barely open
> door. My daughter has to keep the door open to hear the baby (he is
> less than two months old) who is in an on-demand breast feeding
> schedule. It is best to train the cat.
>
> The cat, by the way, is an outside cat. She goes in and out whenever
> the outside doors get open. She does not get terrified easily at
> almost anything.
>
> Bert

Uh huh. You or your daughter ever heard of a baby monitor? I won't even
speak to the "on demand" thing.

It is downright cruel to use mouse traps to scare the living daylights out
of the cat, not to mention the fact that it might, in its curiosity, get one
of its paws snapped shut in it. Geezlepeets. It's not like... oh wait...
are you one of those people who believe cats suck the breath out of babies?!

Jill