[Donnah]

quote:Originally posted by Broca

http://www.holisticmed.com/dental/amalgam/
http://www.algonet.se/~leif/AmFAQigr.html

Donnah...how are ya....check those 2 sites out..it isn't safe in our mouths either.

Thanks Broca, I particularly like the holisticmed link.  Guess you missed the old threads when I talked about having had mercury poisoning, mainly from dental amalgams.  I figure that the dental associations know full well how toxic the stuff is (how many old dentists do you know who handle amalgam?) but will not admit it for monetary reasons until the baby boomers die off in another 50 - 60 years.  When everyone who could sue them out of existence is dead they'll release some patronizing "whoops we goofed" statement.  I'd like to get my hands on them all and plug their teeth full of amalgam.

[dalya]

back to the water thing though.  
maybe cats don't like water because when you are putting them in a bath, YOU are PUTTING them in the bath.  All the cats I've known have liked to call the shots.  They always know when they are forced to do something, and they can sense when humans think something will be unpleasant for them and then react accordingly.

I had a cat that hated bathing.  The other one didn't mind so much.  We gave up on cat #1 since she was quite clean anyway.  However,after a while she would get jealous and/or curious when cat #2 had a bath.  So she would jump in to play.  Not only did we get her to have a bath by not forcing her to do so, she even let us blow dry her (please don't call the RSPCA -I was very opposed to the blow dryer)

[chris]

But you still had to put the first cat in the bath to lure in the second one. So why was the first one relaxed about it ?

Chris

"I never forget a face, but in your case I'll make an exception"
 - Groucho Marx

[deebelle]

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i have to laugh so hard about your stories of cats afraid of water!
years ago i owned a terrific cat. i would fill up my bathtub and come back and charlie would be in the water. when i took a bath, charlie would be right there climbing in. one time i had the bath water too hot and charlie jumped in anyway. he is the only cat out of many that loved to swim! he never read that book that said cats were afraid of water! god bless old charlie!!!!