Starving kitty or glutinous hood cat? Kitty pics inside.
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How do you guys feel about indoor cats? My last cat spent most of his life outside, so I have no experience with indoor-only cats. I want to get a new cat but he'd get his *** beat outside where I'm living currently. Thoughts? Is it humane? Do they need a partner to keep sane?
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my cats growing up were in/out
current cats are indoor only.
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Do you feed your cats wet food at all? Our cat eats one maybe two tablespoons a day and it does great things for his fur. Our cat has only puked on two occasions and both times it was a little bit of foamy liquid like perhaps he drank too much water.
#47
I know WTF is up with that? I have a full open concrete basement, and hardwood floors on the main floor. In my hallway I have this long rug that runs down the middle and they ONLY BARF ON THE FREAKING RUG!!! AGHZ DIE!!
The worst is waking up in the morning, opening the door, stepping into the hallway and then finding your bare foot in a pile of undigested moist cat food.
Here's my lazy *** cats. The stupid one is the white one.
The worst is waking up in the morning, opening the door, stepping into the hallway and then finding your bare foot in a pile of undigested moist cat food.
Here's my lazy *** cats. The stupid one is the white one.
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Actually my friends had both cats at the vet for a routine visit and the white one just suddenly died right there in the waiting room. This was two weeks ago and my friends were quite upset. The other cat, which was less social and didn't play much with the white cat while he was alive, has suddenly become affectionate and needy. She will sit and stare at the cupboard that he used to get into and hide, as if she's hoping he'll pop out of there. It's cute and sad.
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I don't think that's true 100% of the time. There might be some predisposition, but my friends had a white cat with two blue eyes and he would come running in from the other room when he heard the shake of the Friskies treat bag or if you called his name, so he had at least one good ear. He was a bit sickly when he was a kitten though, and he died at only 9 years of age. Vet presumed it was some undiagnosed heart condition.
Actually my friends had both cats at the vet for a routine visit and the white one just suddenly died right there in the waiting room. This was two weeks ago and my friends were quite upset. The other cat, which was less social and didn't play much with the white cat while he was alive, has suddenly become affectionate and needy. She will sit and stare at the cupboard that he used to get into and hide, as if she's hoping he'll pop out of there. It's cute and sad.
Actually my friends had both cats at the vet for a routine visit and the white one just suddenly died right there in the waiting room. This was two weeks ago and my friends were quite upset. The other cat, which was less social and didn't play much with the white cat while he was alive, has suddenly become affectionate and needy. She will sit and stare at the cupboard that he used to get into and hide, as if she's hoping he'll pop out of there. It's cute and sad.
Bob
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How do you guys feel about indoor cats? My last cat spent most of his life outside, so I have no experience with indoor-only cats. I want to get a new cat but he'd get his *** beat outside where I'm living currently. Thoughts? Is it humane? Do they need a partner to keep sane?
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I do recommend kitty partners, preferably from the same litter. Some cats are "only cats" though and they hate other cats. There's not that many of those kinds though.
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I do not recommend letting your cat outdoors ever. If you do it once, they will forever try to run out the door. Outside, they will get run over, tortured by people that need to be executed slowly, get killed by dogs, killed by racoons, kill all the birds in your neighborhood, and BREED. There are a ******* bazillion cats so the first thing you do, please fix it.
I do recommend kitty partners, preferably from the same litter. Some cats are "only cats" though and they hate other cats. There's not that many of those kinds though.
I do recommend kitty partners, preferably from the same litter. Some cats are "only cats" though and they hate other cats. There's not that many of those kinds though.
We encourage our cat to go outside and be social with other cats and also to catch birds. Unfortunately he sucks at catching birds, only brought back one but he got rewarded with lots of attention, treats and wetfood for that one so he should be more motivated to do better.
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People would be less likely to get killed or injured if they never went outside too. Can you imagine how shitty life would be if you never went outside?
We encourage our cat to go outside and be social with other cats and also to catch birds. Unfortunately he sucks at catching birds, only brought back one but he got rewarded with lots of attention, treats and wetfood for that one so he should be more motivated to do better.
We encourage our cat to go outside and be social with other cats and also to catch birds. Unfortunately he sucks at catching birds, only brought back one but he got rewarded with lots of attention, treats and wetfood for that one so he should be more motivated to do better.
Here, read this **** about why to not let your cat oudoors-- the wildlife homicide.
Birds and Cats - The Cats Indoors! Campaign
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**** the birds. Noisy **** machines. My cats go in and out as they please, but are in at night (around 9:30) for their own protection. Racoons and such will mess up a cat bad, and I don't need the vet bills.
ALL cats should be fixed, as a matter of course. But not letting them out is cruel. We have prisons for a reason - it's punishment.
ALL cats should be fixed, as a matter of course. But not letting them out is cruel. We have prisons for a reason - it's punishment.
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**** the birds. Noisy **** machines. My cats go in and out as they please, but are in at night (around 9:30) for their own protection. Racoons and such will mess up a cat bad, and I don't need the vet bills.
ALL cats should be fixed, as a matter of course. But not letting them out is cruel. We have prisons for a reason - it's punishment.
ALL cats should be fixed, as a matter of course. But not letting them out is cruel. We have prisons for a reason - it's punishment.
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