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re: Getting a cat
Posted on 10/11/23 at 10:42 am to CrawfishElvis
Posted on 10/11/23 at 10:42 am to CrawfishElvis
After having a dog, I really appreciate how low maintenance house-trained cats are.
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Posted on 10/11/23 at 10:45 am to auggie
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I bet a cat will show up soon. When it does, start putting some food out for it.
This. The cats who adopt you are the best.
There are plenty of cats who love humans and kill vermin.
Posted on 10/11/23 at 10:56 am to CrawfishElvis
As mentioned above get 2 kittens from same litter if possible. They will entertain you watching them play together.
Have them spayed/neutered as soon as they are old enough.
A pet door is the way to go for no litter box needed. But strays may find the way in at times depending on your area.
Have them spayed/neutered as soon as they are old enough.
A pet door is the way to go for no litter box needed. But strays may find the way in at times depending on your area.
Posted on 10/11/23 at 10:58 am to CrawfishElvis
I have 2 cats, a male and female that are 60% outside cats. They come in for a bit here and there to nap and hang out. The male is the most friendly and loud purring cat I've ever seen. The female only likes me but she loves to sleep in my lap and will sleep between my legs next to my bulldog. The dog and cats get along great.
The male is a certified mouser. There are zero rodents around because of him. The female is a snake killer. She drug up a 6' snake last year.
When we go out of town for several days or a week, they're fine outside by themselves but always happy when we get back.
ETA--no doggie door or whatever. I don't want them inside when we're gone for days.
Got 2 kittens from the shelter (boy and girl) same age but different litters.
The male is a certified mouser. There are zero rodents around because of him. The female is a snake killer. She drug up a 6' snake last year.
When we go out of town for several days or a week, they're fine outside by themselves but always happy when we get back.
ETA--no doggie door or whatever. I don't want them inside when we're gone for days.
Got 2 kittens from the shelter (boy and girl) same age but different litters.
This post was edited on 10/11/23 at 11:02 am
Posted on 10/11/23 at 11:00 am to CrawfishElvis
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Is there such thing as having a cat that the kids can love on but it also be a cold hearted killer?
American shorthairs very much fall into this category. I can tell you from experience that a calico is typically very affectionate, playful, assertive, and excellent mousers.
Posted on 10/11/23 at 11:03 am to PillageUrVillage
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a calico is typically very affectionate, playful, assertive, and excellent mousers.
I miss my calico.
Posted on 10/11/23 at 11:18 am to btrcj
Yep. Just get tabby cats. Or the black and white kind. All of my family growing up had farms and between the farms, had dozens of outside cats.
The male I have is the friendliest outside cat I've ever seen. An orange tabby. My female is a brown tabby. Bit man, that orange cat is so appreciative and goes out of his way to be affectionate and will even roll over like a dog for you to rub his tummy.
The male I have is the friendliest outside cat I've ever seen. An orange tabby. My female is a brown tabby. Bit man, that orange cat is so appreciative and goes out of his way to be affectionate and will even roll over like a dog for you to rub his tummy.
Posted on 10/11/23 at 11:31 am to El Segundo Guy
[/url][/img] The male is the friendliest cat I've ever seen but fine outside for days at a time and a rodent destroyer.
Posted on 10/11/23 at 11:31 am to El Segundo Guy
quote:I've had more than 10 cats over my life and our orange tabby was the friendliest by far, almost the personality of a dog. He was not a great hunter, though. Maybe because he weighed about 23 lbs. Not super fat - mostly just big.
The male I have is the friendliest outside cat I've ever seen. An orange tabby.
The best hunter and most intimidating cat we had was a little tortoise-shell that weighed maybe 7 pounds. She was normally very sweet but she could kick the arse of every other cat we've had and out-hunt them all as well.
Least friendly was our Siamese, that cat was purely an a-hole. We had several long haired cats of different varieties. They were all dumb as posts.
Posted on 10/11/23 at 11:36 am to El Segundo Guy
[/url][/img] The female tabby and my female bulldog are best friends. The female cat follows me all over my acreage.
Posted on 10/11/23 at 12:17 pm to CrawfishElvis
Beware of “Cat scratch fever”, 11 y o Niece died after being scratched,
I HATE frickING CATS
Posted on 10/11/23 at 12:29 pm to namvet6566
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Cat scratch fever”, 11 y o Niece died after being scratched,
What the hell? I didn't know this was really a thing
Posted on 10/11/23 at 1:34 pm to CrawfishElvis
All cats are cold hearted killers.
Posted on 10/11/23 at 2:00 pm to geauxbrown
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All cats are cold hearted killers.
They are. That is the reason they are scared of their own shadows...they are psychotic and assume everything is. They are always aware of who they can kill and who can kill them LOL.
Posted on 10/11/23 at 3:07 pm to AwgustaDawg
depending on where you live, an outside cat could be dead in a few weeks. coyotes tend to keep them in check.
Posted on 10/11/23 at 3:12 pm to Jmcc64
I have seen coyotes, hawks, owls, hawks, & raccoons from my front porch where I live. I do shoot the coyotes and have trapped a coon or two, but my cats are pretty smart, especially since they've been half outside since they were barely old enough to be spayed and neutered. They're used to the dynamic and are always aware of their surroundings, escape routes and places to duck for cover. Now if you immediately threw a cat that's not used to it, they wouldn't last 2 weeks.
The female is always within whistling distance or she's in one of my shops or sheds. The male will go off to who knows where for a day at a time even though he's neutered.
The female is always within whistling distance or she's in one of my shops or sheds. The male will go off to who knows where for a day at a time even though he's neutered.
This post was edited on 10/11/23 at 3:14 pm
Posted on 10/11/23 at 5:43 pm to Turnblad85
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After having a dog, I really appreciate how low maintenance house-trained cats are.
This is an often overlooked bonus. Clean out the litter box once a day and keep food and water in their dish and they pretty much take care of themselves.
Dogs, on the other hand, need to go out to crap and pee, then you have to go behind them and pick their crap up and watch your grass go brown where they pee.
They can often wear paths in the yard where grass won't grow.
You put out food and they will eat it right away as opposed to eating it at different times like cats do.
Dogs need to be bathed while cats groom themselves.
Many dogs love to bark----for no reason at all and can become a PITA for you and neighbors.
I had dogs for decades, but will never have another one. At my age, I have no desire to have another dog and all that goes with it.
Posted on 10/11/23 at 6:31 pm to gumbo2176
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Dogs, on the other hand, need to go out to crap and pee, then you have to go behind them and pick their crap up and watch your grass go brown where they pee.
I am fortunate to have a dog that insists on going pee and poo in the woods.
Posted on 10/11/23 at 6:32 pm to CrawfishElvis
Outdoor cats are a menace to society.
Posted on 10/11/23 at 9:13 pm to CrawfishElvis
After all the comments I’m convinced to get a cat. I love the idea of a cat adopting us but who know when that would be. Will probably just get a pound cat and hope for the best. My dog probably won’t like it at first but hopefully he gets over it soon. Especially after being boxed in the face a few times.
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