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["Bruce Hansen" <brucehansen@acd.net>]

I have seven outdoor cats. They are all way over two years old. They live in
the hay in the barn in the winter. They burrow holes in the hay and live,
quite cosizly,in dens. I feed and water them. Keith, where did you get your
data?

-----Original Message-----
From: nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org
[mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org]On Behalf Of Keith Benson
Sent: Friday, February 21, 2003 3:07 PM
To: North American Fruit Explorers
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] A rewarding little fruit...


Someting to bear in mind:

Average lifespan of an outdoor cat = 2 years
Average lifespan of an indoor cat = double digit years

Keith

list@ginda.us wrote:

> I have two new cats, who will be allowed out this season.  (They were
> too young last year - outdoors cats need rabies shots around here.)
> They have already caught a number of small critters.  I just hope I
> can lure them to hang out around the garden.
>
> Snow melting here at a balmy 47  (surprised that you're warmer)
>
> Ginda Fisher, Zone 6, Eastern MA
>
> On Friday, February 21, 2003, at 01:54  PM, John Van Hazinga wrote:
>
>> I read somewhere that spraying strawberry plants with a kelp solution
>> deters
>> chipmunks so I tried it last year  (using watering can) and had
>> minimal loss
>> compared to the two previous years. It could just be a cyclical
>> population
>> but there seemed to be just as many in the stonewalls around.  I also
>> keep
>> beds a bit from stone walls giving my rodent control officer (cat) a
>> better
>> chance.
>>
>> basking at 50 today
>> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
>> Vann Hall Rd. Gardens Zone 4 Southern NH
>>
>
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