Designs? Household pets & safety?

Posted by Anon on October 27, 1999 at 03:38:19:

In Reply to: Horses too... (and half the barnyard...) posted by Catherine Cartwright Jones on October 27, 1999 at 02:31:29:

: hennaed. Some are hennaed up to their middles with lovely
decoration
: at the midline. Some have shanks, hooves and tails hennaed......then
: they may also have bracelets and gold trappings.

I'm picturing solid red for most of this, fading out into designs. Is
that what it looks like?

: Greyhounds and
: Salukis have their paws and tails hennaed similarly to horses in a

I can see the hooved beasts - painting designs on horses and elephants
seems familiar - but how do you get a dog to leave the henna on long
enough? Think it would be safe for a cat? Seems to me that cats &
rabbits do a lot of tongue-grooming, so the whole recipe needs to be
completely harmless. Or unreachable. Maybe a tiny test patch on the
back of the head. Wonder if a cat could stand the lemon smell. Or
what color it would end up...orange could be good for next weekend.

Follow-ups:

• Re: Designs? Household pets & safety? lisa 17:58:51 10/27/99 (3)
  • bunnies (mostly OT) Catherine Cartwright Jones 20:39:10 10/27/99 (2)
    • Re: bunnies (mostly OT) lisa 20:55:18 10/27/99 (1)
      • Re: bunnies (gettin waaay OT) Catherine Cartwright Jones 21:44:12 10/27/99 (0)
• Re: Designs? Household pets & safety? Catherine Cartwright Jones 15:28:42 10/27/99 (0)
• Re: Designs? Household pets & safety? Natasha Papousek 14:43:20 10/27/99 (0)