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by Janet Spencer • January 22 has been designated National Answer Your Cat’s Questions Day, giving you an opportunity to work out what your cat wants to know. Come along with Tidbits as we answer your questions about cats!

CAT FACTS • Attab was a Moslem general and contemporary of Mohammed who had a city named after him: Attabieh. Attabieh became a sector in Bagdad famous for its richly colored striped silk cloth, also called attabieh. The word was passed into other languages as ‘attabi’ and came into English as ‘tabby.’ Cats with striped coats similar to striped silk became known as tabby cats.

• A male cat is called a tom cat because of a popular story published in 1760 called “The Life and Adventures of a Cat.” The hero of the story was named Tom. • The word for cat in the ancient Egyptian language was ‘miu’ and in Chinese it’s ‘mao.’

In Arabic it’s ‘qittah’ which is very similar to the English kitty. In German it’s ‘kata’; in French ‘chat’; in Polish ‘kot’; and in Spanish ‘gato.’

• A single pair of breeding cats, assuming all offspring survive, can produce 65,536 cats in five years.

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HEALTH PAGE TO YOUR GOOD HEALTH

By Keith Roach, M.D.

Diabetic Foot Ulcers Deservedly Feared --DEAR DR. ROACH: My father is an 84-year-old diabetic. He has had a wound on his foot (on the inner side of his right foot, near his big toe) for about five months. He has been treated by a podiatrist, who has debrided the wound every week. He prescribed antibiotics when the wound has looked infected. A visiting nurse and my mother have changed and dressed the wound regularly during these months.

This week, the podiatrist said he could see the bone in my dad’s foot, and recommended hyperbaric treatment. Could you tell me what your opinion is of this treatment in my father’s case? Do you know if it has a high percentage of success? -- C.O. ANSWER: Foot ulcers in diabetes are common and feared. Diabetes damages blood vessels, both large and small. Also, longstanding diabetes decreases the effectiveness of the inflammatory response and immune system. Finally, poor nerve function in people with diabetes combines with these other factors to predispose one to developing breakdown of the skin and development of ulcers. These ulcers can get large and deep, and when the bone is visible (and sometimes even when it’s not), the bone is infected. In this case, there is a high risk of the need for amputation.

By far, the best way to deal with diabetic foot ulcers is to not get them in the first place. Good control of diabetes, proper footwear, regular checks by a professional and daily self-checks of the feet for people at high risk can reduce the likelihood of developing ulcers. Early and aggressive treatment of precursor lesions, even mild redness of the skin, ingrown toenails or fungal infection of the feet, should prompt urgent evaluation by a podiatrist.

Once the ulcer has progressed to the point where your dad’s is now, aggressive measures are called for.

In addition to care by a podiatrist or orthopedic surgeon, evaluation by a vascular surgeon and a woundmanagement specialist may be limb- and even life-saving.

While hyperbaric oxygen has indeed been shown to be beneficial in several studies (reducing amputation rate from 33 percent to 9 percent in one study), only an expert with detailed knowledge of your dad’s case can decide whether this is appropriate treatment. If you trust your podiatrist, I think it may well be a useful treatment. However, I would be sure that he, or a vascular surgeon, has looked at the quality of blood flow to the foot. *** DEAR DR. ROACH: What is your position on the shingles vaccine for people in their 70s? We have been told that some doctors do not approve of it. Yet we know of so many people who suffered terribly from shingles.

Thank you. -- J.T. ANSWER: I’ve written about the vaccine lots of times. I am a strong believer in it and think anyone over 60 should get it unless they have a medical reason not to. The older you are, the more important it is to get the shot, since the complication of pain (postherpetic neuralgia) is so devastating and tends to lasts longer the older you are. *** Dr. Roach regrets that he is unable to answer individual letters, but will incorporate them in the column whenever possible. Readers may email questions to ToYourGoodHealth@med.cornell.edu. To view and order health pamphlets, visit www.rbmamall.com, or write to Good Health, 628 Virginia Drive, Orlando, FL 32803. (c) 2016 North America Synd., Inc. All Rights Reserved

KINDS OF CATS • There are 41 breeds of pedigree cats recognized by the Cat Fanciers’ Association. Breeds of the domestic dog differ greatly in size, form, and shape. But in the domestic cat family, there is no equivalent of the Great Dane or dachshund. The smallest full grown cat weighs three pounds; the largest about 18 pounds, for a differing factor of six. However, a St. Bernard can weigh 300 times as much as a Yorkshire terrier.

• Crossbreed cats tend to live longer than purebred cats.

• One study showed that neutered cats live an average of three years longer than unneutered ones.

• The manx, a tailless cat, is not a true breed. The special characteristics of a true breed must hold true through many generations of breeding. Manx cats, when bred, almost always produce at least one kitten with a tail. Furthermore, a tailless kitten may show up occasionally in a litter of any breed of cat.

CAT FACTS • Whiskers are important hunting tools. Studies have shown that a cat with whiskers intact can kill cleanly at the first bite in both light and darkness. A cat with damaged whiskers, however, kills cleanly in the light but not in the dark. Whiskers are a guidance system than can sense the outline of the prey and direct the cat where to sink the teeth for maximum effect. Whiskers also help 14 a cat maneuver in the dark.

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MORE CAT FACTS • The claws of a cat are the sharpest and most hooked of all mammal claws. A cat must scratch at things such as furniture, trees, or scratching posts not to “sharpen” its claws, but to remove the old sheaths that cover the claws. A cat also scratches because there are scent glands on the underside of the footpads, so scratching is also a method of marking its territory. A cat without claws is not only psychologically damaged but is also unable ever again to climb, hunt, or defend itself.

• Cats can jump ten times the length of their bodies.

When dropped upside-down from a height of only ten inches (25 cm), a cat can right itself in mid-fall and

land on its feet.

CAT HABITS • Cats trample your lap with their paws because when they were kittens drinking milk from their mother, that action stimulated the flow of the milk.

• A cat rubs its head against things to mark them with its scent. Cats have scent glands in their forehead and around their mouths.

• Not all cats bury their poop. In a study of feral cats, it was found that the dominant tom cat in the area will leave his poop unburied in a very prominent spot where every cat in the neighborhood will be aware of it.

• Every time a cat rubs against something or sprays it with urine, it is marking its territory. The scent immediately begins to wear off. A cat prefers to return to its marking posts frequently to see if anybody else has been there, and to renew its scent. That is why a cat perpetually wants to go outside, then comes in again, only to want out once more.

• Cats will typically sleep 16 hours out of every 24. That means that a nine-year-old cat has only been awake for a total of three years.

• Cats in the wild will normally kill prey immediately with a single bite. But domestic cats that don’t do much hunting may consider the capture of prey a momentous occasion and will prolong the experience as long as possible. This could explain why they play with their prey before killing it.

• One study attempted to discover if farm cats would catch more mice if they were not fed anything besides what they caught. The results were inconclusive because cats fed extra food stayed at that farm, but cats that were never fed moved to other farms where they could get better hand-outs.

• Cats can’t see in total darkness, but they can see in a lot less light than humans. One researcher performed an experiment in which cats were taught there was a treat hidden behind a lighted doorway, but no treat was behind the unlighted doorway. He then gradually reduced the amount of light. He found that cats were still able to distinguish the lighted doorway even when it looked dark to humans. Cats consistently chose the correct door even when there was only one-sixth of the amount of light needed for humans to distinguish it.

• Cats and monkeys were both used in an experiment in which they were presented with two boxes. One box had a buzzer buzzing or a bell ringing, and the other did not. The treat was in the box making noise. It took the monkeys an average of 437 trials to learn the rules of the game and figure out where the treat was hidden.

Cats learned it in only 33 trials. Cats learned so much faster perhaps because hearing is very instrumental in their hunting techniques, whereas monkeys are mainly vegetarian and don’t rely on their ears to find food.

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Tiger is our cat of the week at Second Chance Sheridan Cat Rescue! Tiger is a handsome young male cat. He is very sweet and playful and would love a nice family to adopt him! For more information about Tiger or any other adoptable cat, please call 307-461-9555 or visit http://sheridancatrescue.org.

PAW’S CORNER

By Sam Mazzotta A Scrappy Situation --DEAR PAW’S CORNER: Can you feed leftover meal scraps to cats? My boyfriend says no; I say yes, because I’ve been feeding scraps to my three cats for years. What do you say? -- Carole in Davenport, Iowa

STOCK MARKET TRIVIA • When Dutch explorers founded a colony called New Amsterdam on an island now known as Manhattan, they built a wall around their settlement to protect themselves from Indians and the British. When the British invaded New Amsterdam in 1664, they easily overcame the Wall and conquered the settlement, renaming it New York.

The road that ran along the wall became known as “Wall Street” and the first trading done there was for fur, food, and tobacco. Later the British tore down the wall and used it for firewood, though the name Wall Street remained even after the wall was gone.

• The word “broker” originally came from the French word “brochier” which referred to someone to broaches, or breaks open, a keg of wine.

Often, enterprising businesspeople would buy a keg of wine, then break it open and sell it by the cup for a profit.

• Thomas Edison was penniless when he arrived in New York City at the age of 22. He persuaded a friend of his to let him sleep in the office of the Gold Indicator Co., a stock-ticker firm. When the stock ticker broke down a few days later, Edison repaired it after everyone else had failed. He improved the design of the stock ticker, and when the president of the company asked him how much he wanted for the patents, he couldn’t decide whether to ask for $5,000 or $3,000-- so he said, “How much are you offering?” The president said, “How would $40,000 strike you?” whereupon Edison replied, “Yes, I think that will be fair.” With that money, he was able to open his first workshop and begin his inventing career.

• Edison’s reputation was already so great that when he announced he was attempting to invent an electric light bulb, the value of stock in gas companies plummeted. (continued on last page)

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DEAR CAROLE: Feeding scraps to pets -- dogs or cats -- is not recommended. The main reason is that food prepared for humans often contains ingredients that are harmful to pets, such as onions, garlic, raisins, avocado and many more. Scraps also can contain more fat than pets are used to, creating digestive problems and setting them up for obesity. And leftovers can be high in salt, which can be as detrimental to pets as it is to us.

However -- and this is a big “however” -- table scraps tend to get fed to begging cats anyway by kindhearted owners or their guests. Or, cats just steal them off counters when no one is looking. Is there a balance between the “absolutely no scraps” guideline and the “live and let live” tendency of some owners?

If you really want to share table scraps with pets, be very selective about what you share and how much.

Fresh (not cured) meat, poultry or fish are good. Trim away all fat, and make sure no gravy or seasonings are on the food. Serve pets only a small handful, and if they exhibit any health issues -- excessive vomiting, lethargy or other symptoms -- contact a vet right away.

A healthier option is to prepare a small amount of protein and vegetables separately for your pets as you cook dinner. Leave out seasonings and consider steaming or roasting the food rather than cooking in oil.

Cool completely before serving to pets.

Send your questions or tips to ask@pawscorner.com. (c) 2016 King Features Synd., Inc.

DOGS • Dogs can hear both higher and lower on the frequency spectrum than humans can. They can also pinpoint sound direction faster, and can hear sounds that are four times as far away as what humans can hear. Dogs with upright ears have better hearing than dogs with droopy ears. Droopy ears were bred into dogs in order to protect their ear canals from grass seeds and bugs when running through brush.

• A dog’s acute sense of smell is 10,000 to 100,000 times sharper than a human’s. The part of the brain devoted to processing scent is four times larger in a dog’s brain than in a human’s. People have 5 million scent-detecting cells, but dogs have 220 million. They can detect bladder cancer in a urine sample, and detect a chemical odor change in a person who is about to suffer a seizure.

• Why is a dog’s nose wet? It’s covered by a thin layer of mucus that helps them absorb scent.

They then lick their noses to sample the scent through their mouth.

• Although dogs have a better sense of smell and hearing than humans, their sense of taste is awful. They only have 1,700 taste buds whereas humans have 9,000. Cats come in last with only 473. This helps explain why dogs so willingly eat garbage: ‘smells interesting, can’t taste it.’

• The myth that dogs see only in black and white has been disproved. They can see some colors such as blue and yellow but tend to have the same sort of red-green colorblindness that some humans have. Dogs have better night vision than humans.

• When dogs kick after defecating, they are using the scent glands on their paws to further mark their territory.

• Dogs sweat through their paws. • The breeds that bark the most are beagle and border collie.

• The chow is the only breed with a black tongue instead of a pink tongue. However, chow puppies are born with pink tongues that turn black after a few months.

• Dalmation puppies are born all white. Their spots arrive later.

• Whereas humans have four different blood types, there are eight different blood types among dogs.

• Dogs do not have an appendix.

• Tallest breed: Irish wolfhound (31 inches / 70 cm at the shoulder). Smallest: Chihuahua (6 inches / 15 cm at the shoulder). Heaviest: St. Bernards, mastiffs (up to 200 lb / 91 kg). Fastest: Greyhound, whippet (45 mph / 72 kmh) • The American Kennel Club recognizes 184 dog breeds in the United States. They are split into seven types: toy / hound / herding / sporting / non-sporting / working / terrier.

• The most popular breed in the U.S. and Britain is the Labrador retriever.

• The smartest breeds are generally thought to be border collies, golden retrievers, Labradors, poodles, Doberman pinschers, and German shepherds.

•.Less intelligent breeds include Afghan hounds, chows, and Chihuahuas • Longest ears: basset hounds.

• The phrase “man’s best friend” may have originated from a courtroom speech in Missouri in 1870 when a farmer sued a neighbor who shot his dog.

• The most common command is ‘sit.’

• It costs about $1,500 per year to maintain a dog.

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SALOME’S STARS --ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Single Lambs looking for romance could find Cupid especially accommodating this week. Paired partners also find their relationships benefiting from the chubby cherub’s attention.

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Keep your keen Bull’s eye focused on your target, and shake off any attempt to turn your attention elsewhere. You should get some news later in the week that might answer some questions.

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Your early enthusiasm for a project might have been somewhat premature. Although you feel positive about it, you might need more information in order to make an informed decision.

CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Taking on a new responsibility might seem like the politically correct thing to do. But even with the promise of support, was it the wisest? Consider reassessing your upcoming decision.

LEO (July 23 to August 22) Apply yourself to completing your task despite all the distractions that might be interfering with your work. Then reward yourself with a weekend of fun shared with people who are close to you.

VIRGO (August 23 to September 22) A business agreement from the past might need to be looked at again. Use this unexpected development to check out other matters related to it. A weekend venture proves to be rewarding.

LIBRA (September 23 to October 22) Don’t ignore that uneasy feeling about making a commitment. It could be a case of understandably cold feet, or a warning that something isn’t as right as it should be.

SCORPIO (October 23 to November 21) A colleague could be more supporting of one of your efforts. But it’s up to you to make the case for it, and that could mean opening up a secret or two, which might be a problem for you.

SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to December 21) Expect some good news about a relative you’ve been worried about. But don’t expect the full story to be told -- at least not yet. A workplace matter might face shifting priorities.

CAPRICORN (December 22 to January 19) Despite some anxious moments, you could have good reason to be pleased with how things are turning out. An end-ofthe-week call might hold some interesting information.

AQUARIUS (January 20 to February 18) A long-overdue expression of appreciation could be offered soon. But admit it: You never really expected it would happen, right? Meanwhile, keep your weekend options open.

PISCES (February 19 to March 20) It’s a good time to dive right into a new challenge, whether it’s learning a computer app, or how to drive a stick shift, or making a new friend. Whatever it is, good luck.

BORN THIS WEEK: You see the wisdom in honesty, and you help others appreciate your vision. (c) 2016 King Features Synd., Inc.

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STOCK MARKET (cont’d) • In 1814, British banker Nathan Rothschild learned of Napoleon’s defeat at Waterloo by carrier pigeon a full day before the general public knew. As a result, he made a fortune on the stock market, and subsequently saved the London stock exchange from collapse by buying up all the shares that were sold by frightened investors.

• A man named Bernard Smith made a fortune off the stock market during the Great Depression by correctly guessing that the market would fall every time President Hoover made an optimistic statement about economic recovery.

• After investing heavily in the stock market, former president Ulysses S. Grant was swindled out of his fortune by a crooked broker. The broker went to prison, and Grant found himself flat broke and heavily in debt. To earn some cash, he decided to write his memoirs after a popular monthly magazine offered him a small sum. Samuel Clemens (otherwise known as Mark Twain) heard about the deal, and rushed to see Grant before the contract was signed. He encouraged Grant to write an entire book and offered to have his own publishing company produce it, for a generous royalty.

He gave Grant advance royalties, and Grant finished writing the book only days before he died of throat cancer. The book was wildly successful, earning a fortune for both Clemens and Grant’s widow.

• Abbie Hoffman once created chaos when we dropped 300 crisp $1 bills on the floor of the New York Stock Market Exchange. Brokers scrambled for the money and pandemonium ensued.

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