re: Getting a cat

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Depending on where you get the cat, they usually require you to sign papers that youre going to keep them inside

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We just got our first cat from the shelter 4 months ago. They told me the same thing which was never let the cat go outside. Ha ha. The cat has never stepped foot in our house and he never will. He does come into the garage at night time and that is where he sleeps. During the day he is free to roam. He has already killed 2 rats in our yard and some birds. I have spotted him sitting on our roof of our house over looking his territory. The animal shelter had over 50 cats. We asked the guy which was the most child friendly. He showed us this cat. This guy acts more like a dog than a cat. Plays catch and chases a ball. Very chill cat but will kill anything smaller than himself. I don’t mind the company when I am working late in the garage.

Lot of mentions of cats being cold blooded killers, and that's the reason I've heard a time or two that a cat would absolutely kill you for fun if it thought it could. Sometimes I've seen ours give that look, but guess realizes he couldn't so plays nice instead.

Note, didn't say kill you and eat you, that's not their jam, they're cold killa's and enjoy the kill for kicks....yea, some wild critters.

I know cats are hell on birds but I live in rural Oklahoma and can't seea neightbor anywhere around my house.

I'll be fine without more songbirds around of I don't have rodents and snakes. Having birds doesn't help my pocketbook. Having mice, rats and squirrels have cost me well over $5k in damage to all of my different vehicles and equipment.

I have a cat that has never been inside. I can't stand a cat. kids love it, and he comes to see them every time they are outside. and it kills a lot of shite. definitely spay/neuter or you'll really hate cats before long

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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

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Got a grey one in my back yard right now. Birds, squirrels, snakes. Will sit in my lap and cuddle while I pet it.

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I’m pretty ignorant about them

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They're indiscriminate killers and deserve to be treated the same way they treat everything else.

(Except done humanly which is not in their DNA.

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Especially after being boxed in the face a few times.

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fwiw id watch out for this. dog can lose an eye and that shite aint fun. vet visit sticker shock kinda stuff ya know?

I adopted a barn cat as she had two large and one a very spoiled tuxedo cat that now weighs 30 lbs. I never believed the vet when she said that my tuxedo cat was going to be a big boy.

We play fetch with balls and he 100% indoor cat except when his mama's in trouble.

Waits by the bed to wake me up 5 am sharp every morning.
He is right on time alarm or no alarm.
If I don't get up he tries to pull the covers off and meows in my face.
He has a serious OCD problem as he runs like clockwork.

He 100% a mammas boy as he runs to my wife every time he mad or feels sad.
One time I took him to the vet where they put him to sleep to do a checkup.
They put him in two large pet condos and he not just fat , but a long large cat.
Brought him home and he ran into the bedroom.
Came out a few minutes later meowing at me.
Looked at him and he hissed at me.
Ran under the bed and did not come out until my wife came home.
Then he seemed like he kept meowing while laying on my wives lap.

Now his mamma who was a barn cat is alot smaller.
She likes to fight with geese, a skunk, cats, and dogs.
She picks a fight, wakes up her huge 30lb baby boy, he gets up all moody, and does a good job kicking tail.

They both ganged up killing a skunk after getting sprayed, two geese that tried to attack him, one goose snapped at me and it triggered him where he killed it, hawk that tried to pick him up he killed it, and bit a mid size poodle.

My lab and him do get along and I think they are plotting to slowly kill me.

We had a solid white cat once,spayed female,that was a very nice cat.We let her in some but she shed terribly.

She caught mice and shrews but I don’t think she ever caught a bird.
I had 2 bird feeders in the yard,it was comical watching her trying to sneak up on birds at the feeders.They would let her get a certain distance then they would all fly to the other feeder.Over and over for awhile.She eventually realized she wasn’t catching a bird.

She followed my wife around outside like a dog.