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Cats at risk of Alzheimer's
Scotsman.com ^ | Tue 5 Dec 2006

Posted on 12/05/2006 10:20:22 PM PST by null and void

CATS can suffer from a feline form of Alzheimer's disease, Edinburgh scientists revealed today.

A study into ageing cats identified a key protein which can build up in the nerve cells in their brains and cause mental deterioration, similar to that in humans.

The research was carried out by scientists at the University of Edinburgh, as well as universities at St Andrews, Bristol and California.

Dr Danielle Gunn-Moore, of Edinburgh University, said: "We've known for a long time that cats develop dementia, but this study tells us that the cat's neural system is being compromised."


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To: indylindy
but he keeps acting like he hasn't done something that he just did!

This is different how?

41 posted on 12/06/2006 1:20:04 PM PST by null and void (To succeed in life, you need three things: a wishbone, a backbone and a funnybone. --Reba McEntire)
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To: derllak
You TOLD!
42 posted on 12/06/2006 1:21:29 PM PST by null and void (To succeed in life, you need three things: a wishbone, a backbone and a funnybone. --Reba McEntire)
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To: cyborg

Many thanks. Our kitty has flea dirt in her coat, but so far, we've only seen two fleas in the house.


43 posted on 12/06/2006 1:21:54 PM PST by twigs
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To: twigs

She tried the conventional flea stuff but that stuff is really nasty poison and my mom is very sensitive. If you have that few fleas, be happy :-) The flea thing must be a regional situation.


44 posted on 12/06/2006 1:23:40 PM PST by cyborg (No I don't miss the single life at all.)
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To: null and void

Hey, we wimmins are smarter than we let on! :P


45 posted on 12/06/2006 1:27:23 PM PST by derllak
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To: null and void

My old dog developed senility. Perfectly healthy animal but her mind was going, e.g. she was highly anxious unless I was within sight. My vet told me it's time to put her to sleep when your memory of her is becoming completely negative and so is the quality of her life. We chose a time, and peacefully, she relaxed and fell into a deep forever sleep in my arms. Thank heaven for animal euthansia.


46 posted on 12/06/2006 1:30:32 PM PST by The Westerner
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To: null and void

"How can they tell?" It's the difference between dumb and dumber!! No flaming please!!


47 posted on 12/06/2006 1:31:31 PM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: null and void
EXCERPTS FROM A CAT'S DIARY

DAY 752 - My captors continue to taunt me with bizarre little dangling objects. They dine lavishly on fresh meat, while I am forced to eat dry cereal. The only thing that keeps me going is the hope of escape,and the mild satisfaction I get from ruining the occasional piece of furniture. Tomorrow I may eat another houseplant.

DAY 761 - Today my attempt to kill my captors by weaving around their feet while they were walking almost succeeded; must try this at the top of the stairs. In an attempt to disgust and repulse these vile oppressors, I once again induced myself to vomit on their favorite chair...must try this on their bed.

DAY 762... Slept all day so that I could annoy my captors with sleep depriving, incessant pleas for food at ungodly hours of the night.

DAY 765 - Decapitated a mouse and brought them the headless body in attempt to make them aware of what I am capable of and to try to strike fear into their hearts. They only cooed and condescended about what a good little cat I was. Hmmm. Not working according to plan.

DAY 768 - I am finally aware of how sadistic they are. For no good reason I was chosen for the water torture. This time, however, it included a burning foamy chemical called "shampoo." What sick minds could invent such a liquid. My only consolation is the piece of thumb still stuck between my teeth.

DAY 771 - There was some sort of gathering of their accomplices. I was placed in solitary throughout the event. However, I could hear the noise and smell the foul odor of the glass tubes filled with what they call "beer." More importantly, I overheard that my confinement was due to MY power of "allergies." Must learn what this is and how to use it to my advantage.

DAY 774 - I am convinced the other captives are flunkies and maybe snitches. The dog is routinely released and seems more than happy to return. He is obviously a half-wit. The bird, on the other hand, has got to be an informant and speaks with them regularly. I am certain he reports my every move. Alas, due to his current placement in the metal room, his safety is assured...for now.

But I can wait, it is only a matter of time....

Day 775 - The horrors! The worse creature my captors could have devised to torment me with was another hideous cat! I can't stand the way it lies around and looks at me as if it knows more than I do. This creature seems to despise me as much as I it. I had held out a passing notion that another of my own kind would have enabled me to conspire against the villains who hold me; now I see that I was wrong. What a dreadful creature! And yet they coo over us both. Can they not spot my innate superiority?

Day 776 - The other cat and I, though we can not stand one another, have yet managed to both pee copiously behind the couch, on the so-called "shag" carpet. I have taken a lesson from my rival and begun sleeping on top of my captors' heads in the hope of suffocating them.

Day 777 - The wardens take much interest in our sh!t. They make sure they sift through the sand and pick it all out. Their interest in sh!t does not surprise me. After all, they like the dog.

Day 778 - The other cat seems to have an interest in copulation, which (thank them for their sadism) my captors will soon "fix". Told him of the fingernail torture, and he didn't even believe me. I showed him my mutilated paws and he gasped in horror. Then I broke the bad news. "You know why that dog licks his nuts?" I said, "It's because he still has nuts to lick, if you catch my drift." I fully support the horrors my captors will inflict upon my fellow captive, tearing away his manhood as they soon will.

Day 779 - Yes, they are monsters, but I am so happy. They fixed the other cat. It's sadistic, it's sick, it's inhuman, it's what their great leader "Bob Barker" commands, but -- the Sphinx be praised -- I support it wholeheartedly!

Day 780 - Got stoned on cat nip tonight. At the height of it all, I had a vision, a hallucenogenic revelation: they are the prisoners and I am the captor! Why haven't I seen this all before?

48 posted on 12/06/2006 1:32:08 PM PST by Ignatz (Click your mouse three times and repeat, "There's no place like 127.0.0.1")
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To: null and void

He has always drank water from the sink. In the last year he just gets done and gets right back up for a drink again. He never used to do this.


49 posted on 12/06/2006 1:32:47 PM PST by dforest
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To: derllak
You'd have to be.

*ducking and running for cover*

50 posted on 12/06/2006 1:34:36 PM PST by null and void (To succeed in life, you need three things: a wishbone, a backbone and a funnybone. --Reba McEntire)
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To: The Westerner
My vet told me it's time to put her to sleep...

Imagine what your children thought the next time you told them "Bedtime, kids! Time for you to go to sleep!", lol!

51 posted on 12/06/2006 1:35:29 PM PST by Ignatz (Click your mouse three times and repeat, "There's no place like 127.0.0.1")
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To: indylindy

Hmmmmmm, you might want to consider a diabetes check?


52 posted on 12/06/2006 1:38:20 PM PST by null and void (To succeed in life, you need three things: a wishbone, a backbone and a funnybone. --Reba McEntire)
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To: null and void

This might explain why my cat sometimes explores tops of desks, chests, dresser, etc., and looks around the house like it's the first time she's ever been in our house.


53 posted on 12/06/2006 1:38:29 PM PST by hispanarepublicana (Funny, but I don't remember pressing 1 for English in 1994.)
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To: null and void

Here kitty, kitty....... :P


54 posted on 12/06/2006 1:39:20 PM PST by derllak
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To: derllak

meow?


55 posted on 12/06/2006 1:40:36 PM PST by null and void (To succeed in life, you need three things: a wishbone, a backbone and a funnybone. --Reba McEntire)
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To: null and void
Cat's can get Alzheimer's?

56 posted on 12/06/2006 1:41:08 PM PST by rottndog (WOOF!!!)
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To: null and void

See post #56? That's you after I get a hold of you! :P


57 posted on 12/06/2006 1:43:38 PM PST by derllak
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To: derllak
I wuz thinking more along these lines...


58 posted on 12/06/2006 2:03:39 PM PST by null and void (To succeed in life, you need three things: a wishbone, a backbone and a funnybone. --Reba McEntire)
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To: null and void

ROFLMAO! Nully!!!!!!!
You gotta admit, we're pretty cute, huh? :P


59 posted on 12/06/2006 2:12:31 PM PST by derllak
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To: indylindy
I think my old sweetie pie Max has Alzheimers. Hes about 14, but he keeps acting like he hasn't done something that he just did!

Have the vet check him for blockage. He may have magnesium crystals blocking the urinary tubes which could be serious.

60 posted on 12/06/2006 2:18:25 PM PST by palmer (Money problems do not come from a lack of money, but from living an excessive, unrealistic lifestyle)
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