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Poll: Are you a cat person?
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I love and keep dogs. I'll never have a cat in my home. However, I do like other peoples cats.
A UK chain.
Duh.... If I'd looked harder I could have seen that from the phone number.
prairieviper
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Rather than buy expensive wood pellets branded for cat litter, we buy 40 pound bags of equine bedding pellets from the local farm store for $4.99. The cats don't seem to know the difference or don't care.
I use old-fashioned "cat litter." The hardwood pellets go in the pellet stove
hemiram
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Once I used "The World's Best" cat litter I wouldn't use anything else. It's made from corn, and that means you can flush it without worrying and if you scoop it like you should, it lasts a long time before it gets funky. You can get it scented (WHY??) or unscented. We used several different brands of litter before my mom got her cat in 2006, and TWB is the way to go. Clay litter is just a stinking hassle.
This the stuff? I'll pass this on to my gf (of Izzie and "Epic Whiskers Charlie" fame.) She already buys their food from Chewy and I see they carry it.
This is Smoquet(my daughter named her). We just brought her home from getting spayed. She is a bit groggy so we are having a bit of a lie down. A cat purring on your chest is a therapeutic experience.
beautiful kitty. What color is she. It doesn't look gray in the pics.
She is sable gray. Bad cellphone pics with the sunlight glare from open blinds.
I don't know what it is with cats and cucumbers...
[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7vML9C3PZk[/ame]
These cats in the hats crack me up...
[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSrMeqQuCLU[/ame]
There are more videos of cats and cucumbers and cats ringing the bell for treats on youtube. Easy to find and just more fun to watch.
[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7vML9C3PZk[/ame]
These cats in the hats crack me up...
[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSrMeqQuCLU[/ame]
There are more videos of cats and cucumbers and cats ringing the bell for treats on youtube. Easy to find and just more fun to watch.
sigp220.45
US Veteran
A couple of weeks ago a lttle cat showed up on my neighbor's fence. There is a big field behind our house, with lots of coyotes and raptors. Somebody probably dumped it there.
I put the picture of Facebook and Nextdoor. Nobody said it was their cat.
I put out a trap and caught it a few days later. It was a sweet little girl, collar but no tag. I updated my posts with - Hey, I caught it.
No response. I took the little thing to the shelter so Randy the Rottweiler wouldn't eat it. I update my post with - Hey, its at the shelter.
I immediately got leapt upon. "That could be somebody's outdoor cat! Now they'll have to pay to get it out!"
My response: It was in my yard. If the owner had spent 6 bucks on a tag, I would have called. If they had spent $45 on a chip, the shelter would have called. There are very few coyotes loose in the shelter, so it will probably live through the night. Expletive deleted.
I hope someone who cares about it will adopt it.
You can argue if cats are better than dogs. They are definitely better than people, though.
I put the picture of Facebook and Nextdoor. Nobody said it was their cat.
I put out a trap and caught it a few days later. It was a sweet little girl, collar but no tag. I updated my posts with - Hey, I caught it.
No response. I took the little thing to the shelter so Randy the Rottweiler wouldn't eat it. I update my post with - Hey, its at the shelter.
I immediately got leapt upon. "That could be somebody's outdoor cat! Now they'll have to pay to get it out!"
My response: It was in my yard. If the owner had spent 6 bucks on a tag, I would have called. If they had spent $45 on a chip, the shelter would have called. There are very few coyotes loose in the shelter, so it will probably live through the night. Expletive deleted.
I hope someone who cares about it will adopt it.
You can argue if cats are better than dogs. They are definitely better than people, though.
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If I let Ruthie see this pic we'd be headin' fer Colorady.
sigp220.45:
My wife and I love cats. We have seven, now that the oldest passed away last year. 5 are walk-ons (meaning they were dumped out here in the country and just showed up on our ranch). The other 2 were adopted from friends who rescued a momma cat and her babies (all 7 of them) abandoned in their neighborhood in the city. 3 live in the barn and 4 live in the house. They all roam free on the property during the day but are tucked inside safely at night. We've lost a few to predators (mostly coyotes) and we learned the hard way to keep them in at night.
As a last resort, I've had to trap a few feral cats that beat up on ours and couldn't be handled any other way. Took them to the pound where they surely met their demise. Your cat looks domesticated and was surely someone's pet at one time (just like our walk-ons). Hopefully someone will adopt it. I applaud you for going to the trouble to save that cat from predators in your area.
My wife and I love cats. We have seven, now that the oldest passed away last year. 5 are walk-ons (meaning they were dumped out here in the country and just showed up on our ranch). The other 2 were adopted from friends who rescued a momma cat and her babies (all 7 of them) abandoned in their neighborhood in the city. 3 live in the barn and 4 live in the house. They all roam free on the property during the day but are tucked inside safely at night. We've lost a few to predators (mostly coyotes) and we learned the hard way to keep them in at night.
As a last resort, I've had to trap a few feral cats that beat up on ours and couldn't be handled any other way. Took them to the pound where they surely met their demise. Your cat looks domesticated and was surely someone's pet at one time (just like our walk-ons). Hopefully someone will adopt it. I applaud you for going to the trouble to save that cat from predators in your area.
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As my gf would say, "There will be many bis-cu-its for you both in heaven."
sigp220.45
US Veteran
I probably should have added two of my neighbors had seen the little gal on their yard cameras well after midnight. I don't think she was going home at night.
Jeromejr
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They can be very loving companions. My son's cat is so bonded to him that she cries and wanders the house looking for him every time he leaves. She carries a little toy fox in her mouth like a kitten when she does it. She is definitely a people cat. I agree that many cats can be very moody and don't want anything to do with people bu not all are like that.
I find that I have no use for most dogs. I do like the ones that are intelligent and not super needy. I can't stand a yapping mutt that barks at everything, pees on my tires, digs up the yard, wants to hump everything, etc.
This is my son's little buddy.
He likes ARs!
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Chubbo
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Are you a Cat Person?
My first cat circa 1940, was a female domestic kitten that I named Toby. I sometimes called her Hoots. She followed me on most of my paper route, but being a weak unfed, stray kitten, she played out. I hated to leave her there stranded, and let her hop into my news-paper carrying sack, and she rode there, contentedly, the rest of the way home. Later, she and a neighborhood Tom cat, became friends, and Toby presented our family with two kittens, that I named one De- De, and the other Posy, as she slept in a neighbor's flower urn.
I haven't tried to make friends with cats, but I seem to attract them, even ones that were known for their animosity toward strangers. Owners of a few of that type, gave me strict warnings, not to try to touch, or try to make friends with their fierce, hatful cats, but in minutes some of those cats were on my lap, purring. A couple of those cat owners claimed that even their spouses 'couldn't touch their cats, and never had a stranger. That I was able to, has never been explained to me.
A next-door neighbor couple, used to bring their Cat, on their daily visit, to our house. That cat was a large, Tom, Main Coon Cat, that I nicknamed Garfield. He delighted in his visit. Garfield brought his wild game catches to our doorstep to share with my wife and I, rather than to share with his owners. Why?
I've observed some amazing shows of intelligence, humor, loyalty, and love, shown by domestic felines.
I'll qualify myself as a Cat Person, although I haven't owned one for many years, since my last cat was killed by a nasty, careless neighbor, that was also a poor marksman.
Please pardon my long-winded story of the cats, that I have associated with. They mean, a lot, to me.
My first cat circa 1940, was a female domestic kitten that I named Toby. I sometimes called her Hoots. She followed me on most of my paper route, but being a weak unfed, stray kitten, she played out. I hated to leave her there stranded, and let her hop into my news-paper carrying sack, and she rode there, contentedly, the rest of the way home. Later, she and a neighborhood Tom cat, became friends, and Toby presented our family with two kittens, that I named one De- De, and the other Posy, as she slept in a neighbor's flower urn.
I haven't tried to make friends with cats, but I seem to attract them, even ones that were known for their animosity toward strangers. Owners of a few of that type, gave me strict warnings, not to try to touch, or try to make friends with their fierce, hatful cats, but in minutes some of those cats were on my lap, purring. A couple of those cat owners claimed that even their spouses 'couldn't touch their cats, and never had a stranger. That I was able to, has never been explained to me.
A next-door neighbor couple, used to bring their Cat, on their daily visit, to our house. That cat was a large, Tom, Main Coon Cat, that I nicknamed Garfield. He delighted in his visit. Garfield brought his wild game catches to our doorstep to share with my wife and I, rather than to share with his owners. Why?
I've observed some amazing shows of intelligence, humor, loyalty, and love, shown by domestic felines.
I'll qualify myself as a Cat Person, although I haven't owned one for many years, since my last cat was killed by a nasty, careless neighbor, that was also a poor marksman.
Please pardon my long-winded story of the cats, that I have associated with. They mean, a lot, to me.
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