Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!i2pn.org!i2pn2.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: D Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: smart plugs??? Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2025 11:38:46 +0100 Organization: i2pn2 (i2pn.org) Message-ID: References: <70892435-a326-11bb-0e95-cde8e098caa1@example.net> <2f69a293-b457-cb76-99cc-af39ab981cdd@example.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Injection-Info: i2pn2.org; logging-data="4157160"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@i2pn2.org"; posting-account="w/4CleFT0XZ6XfSuRJzIySLIA6ECskkHxKUAYDZM66M"; X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 In-Reply-To: Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:64556 On Fri, 17 Jan 2025, rbowman wrote: > On Fri, 17 Jan 2025 10:45:41 +0100, D wrote: > >> A free range cat? Do you ever have problems with ticks? Every summer in >> the country house when I was young, the neighbours cat would more or >> less move in with us since the food was better than the dry food he got >> at his home. But sometimes it would happen that I would read, and the >> cat wanted petting. So I petted the cat while reading, then look at my >> hand to discover ticks crawling there. So the cat brought us rich gifts >> in the form of ticks and the occasional dead (or alive) mice. > > No, I've never seen tics on the cat. I've picked them up hiking but not > around home. The local version is the Rocky Mountain Wood Tick and true to > its name seems to prefer brushy areas. I don't think the cat goes out to > the tree line. There be dragons there. > Ahh... smart cat! And very convenient! I read there's some kind of collar you can buy for cats that has some chemical that spreads throughout the fur and repels ticks. I do not know how effective it is, so caveta emptor!