Posted on 06/10/2013 12:30:41 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Cat bells are a good idea. Wish my old cat Lucky had one when he killed that rat. Brought it home. Lucky died the next day, apparently from catching a rat that had been poisoned. Maybe the thing would have run away if he’d heard that bell and Lucky would still be on the planet.
On the other hand, I'm a big fan of inside cats. You can still give them limited access to the "great outdoors," but keep them inside. They live MUCH longer, and you don't have to worry about fights, many diseases, or finding Kitty as roadkill, or just not at all.
Mark
All three of my7 cats know their names and come when called by them-the Maine Coon jumps onto my chair when called-all 22 pounds of him.
I think there is kitty LSD in Party Mix-my cats love the stuff, too, and they come running when I open the fridge at 8pm, because they know they will get Party Mix...
Oops-I don’t have 7 cats-just 3 and clumsy fingers...
Feral felines should be exterminated, period.
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You are correct.
Ah yes, again the Freudian-like explanation for why some men hate cats.......I have long suspected it.
>> Party Mix is the best cat training aid
What is IN that stuff, anyway? Is it legal?
It works though.
I suppose if push came to shove, I come down on the dise of the cats, being a carnivore like them.
That said, I am helping raise the second batch of yellow billed cardinal chicks in the last few months. The parents come up to my kitchen window in the morning and agitate for me to come out and distribute bread crumbs. They take these back to the nest. The babies from the last batch have not shown up much yet, but they will.
Our cats come out on the lanai while they are there, and know no hunting is allowed. They will chatter at them sometimes, but the birds keep their distance for the most part.
I find it interesting that a lesbian would name her dog Peter.
Birds are a prey species. Cats are carnivores. End of conversation. Oh, except that I love my indoor/outdoor cat. We had to say goodbye to our 19 year old indoor/outdoor cat Boris this year so not interested in the debate about how indoor only cats live longer. It just seems that way. We feed birds. We call them welfare birds. But we feed them because they amuse us. We are the humans and it amuses us to have birds in our yard. It does not amuse us to have chipmunks, ground squirrels (or very many tree squirrels), or other rodents so we love our cat. It amuses us to live with a cat. It is totally about us and anything beyond that whether from PETA or anyone else is silly. I just spent $300 to have my geriatric cattle dogs ears cleaned and his toenails trimmed. Okay, they’re doing some other tests but that’s just because that’s what vets do. I mainly took him because of the ears and the nails. He’s 105. I love him. I will keep him happy as long as I can but when he no longer has a good quality of life, I will happily pay the vet to put him down. Or Mr. Mercat will take him out to the farm and shoot him. He’s a dog, not a child.
Do you realize how many cute, cuddly worms are cruelly slain by robins every time it rains around here? Who will speak for the orphaned baby worms, huh? WHO?
As a human it amuses me to read your post.
You’re not an FR joke explainer, are you?
I apologize! I thought it was rather obvious that a lesbian had no use for a peter, so why name the dog that?
They’d most likley find them undigestable, and simply bury them from the smell.
“dainbramaged”, indeed.
I am cat lover, and I agree. Also, they should be tagged, and the owner heavily fined. I am so tired of irresponsible human slime dumpin or not properly caring for their pets.
“They kill for fun”
No, they don’t, you moron. Stop assigning human qualities and motives to animals. They hunt because they are nature’s most efficient killer. It’s what they do. If their hunting drive bothers you, avoid them and adopt a bunny.
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