Posted on 09/08/2019 11:58:45 AM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
Our cat just disappeared after several years. No smell, no buzzards, nothing. Don't have a clue. Anyone have a spayed/neutered cat or two to live out in the country and kill mice for a living (benefits supplied - i.e. extra food, medical, dental and vision). PM me here if you live in the area between Austin, San Antonio and Houston and we'll take care of it for you.
Want a Freeper cat. No liberal, leftist cats need apply (just joking). Wife sad. Wife is sunshine of life. Want wife happy again.
you can probably find lots of cats at your local pound-
hope coyote didnt get your old cat
She’ll be happy very, very soon! A good cat is in her future. Wish I could help, though. My beloved cat was taken by coyote and thanks only to many kind neighbors, I found out the story. Better she not know the details, imho.
You have an interesting handle. I just searched it and look what came up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FF2s7LhslmI
Less than three minutes.
That was the way it was with cats when I was a kid. Cat would just disappear.
Now I’m on a ranch with five “rescue” cats. Nothing seems to be able to kill those things. Not a rodent anywhere.
Outdoor cats have short lifespan. We have indoor-only cats that have lived in some cases well over 20 years.
I wish I were closer. A Japanese Bobtail showed up here around two years ago. She is an excellent hunter, rats, snakes,birds etc.
She has kittens a couple of times a year. They are really beautiful. She has four right now. I am not sure if something gets them or they go wild or what but the numbers stay around 5 or 6 no matter how many kittens she has.
Anyone in the Florida Panhandle want one?
Check with some of the area animal shelters. They usually have a bunch from young to old.
Same here, but at our age I’d rather not. Shhhhhhhhh don’t tell wife.
I have an outside feral cat who only goes near me and my son. Sorry, I live in the country north of Houston, but love her too much to give her up. She had an incident, I think a dog but who knows, de-gloved her tail. Every morning she’d show up on my front deck to be fed, but this one day she was no where around. We called and called for her that morning and when she finally showed up after about 3 hours, ran in the door and hid under my couch for about 3 weeks. When I 1st saw her when she ran in, I thought it was a possum because she had a tail bone only, no hair or tail flesh. 2 days later when we were sleeping, she must have come out from under there. I guess the bone had dried out and she rubbed against something and the bone broke off.
Since then, we’ve brought a cat from another property who used to be an in/out cat there but is now 100% inside because he 1 time got out and attacked my outside cat so fast it was unbelievable. He’s really lucky because I wanted to kill him then and there but my son stopped me because theoretically it is/was his cat.
Heck, as a matter of fact, I’d like to give him to ya.
I befriended a feral that was living and hunting the south 40. He turned into a great friend, surprisingly well mannered and affectionate (but still dedicated to an unfettered lifestyle).
He was a great mouser who came and went as he pleased...and then one day stopped coming around. I checked the pound for several weeks but no joy. It was good while it lasted.
Dear friend, I hope you are able to find a suitable kitty to make the wife happy again. I thought I could never love an animal anywhere near as much as I do dogs. Then I rescued a cat from being euthanized and I find that cats very quickly get into your heart. My cat is with my estranged wife, and I often sneak over to check on it. She wails with delight and almost turns herself inside out with joy. I will be deeply saddened when her time is up. Best of luck.
I found, if you can get a relationship going with a feral cat, it can be real cool. My female, if we were sitting out front with her and you pulled in my driveway, her head would perk up and trust me as soon as you got out, she’s outta here fast as sheet. Where she sleeps or goes at night, I don’t know but every morning she’s out there waiting to say “good morning.”
We will truly miss her the day she stops showing up.
Dalmatian is better than a cat
A place on craigslist is giving them away in pairs to avoid euthanization. We may get a pair there. Don’t want them too wild.
1000s in rescues and shelter in the area. Check to see if you have a feral/barncat program.
Most shelters will not let you have a cat if it will be outdoors. I know you can lie but I hope not.
To the OP, if you know of any farms close by, check with them. They may have a barn cat that would love to live with you.
I’m fostering 6 kittens and their moms-both pets abandoned by summer people when they left the area-for the animal shelter right now-they are beautiful, loving and likely part purebred oriental shorthair-most are already showing good mousing skills by bringing brown wood rats from the woods to the deck to kill-but you live far away-maybe you can adopt a kitty or two from the shelter in your area-but you will have to pay for their spay/neuter at a reduced price-that isn’t free-I will refer anyone who adopts one of my foster cats to the low cost vet clinic in the next county foer shots, and spay/neuter I;m sure it is the same where you are-good luck finding a pet kitty...
My own 3 neutered/spayed cats are indoor only-way too many predators in this rural area-from coyotes and wild hogs to a resident mountain lion to let them roam-since they are smart shelter rescues, there are no rodents in house or storeroom-they are very good at their job, and are amply rewarded with food, treats and love...
It seems to me that a smart husband would build a better mousetrap to be the hero & make the wife happy rather than let a cat get all the credit & affection...
...based upon the wording of your post.
lol
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