Posted on 06/17/2016 6:55:03 AM PDT by C19fan
We have 4 cats. Three ignore me. The fourth likes to sprawl all over my desk and sit on my head.
Two words: belly fur.
Softest thing in the universe other than the resolve of GOP leadership.
Kitties are wonderful!
Thanks for sharing!
I also have four. My limit used to be TWO, but as each extra one was rescued and needed a home, I gave in and brought them into my life.
Not a day goes by that I do not have a barf mess to clean up. Sometimes they will get their rump too near the edge of a litter box and actually mess on the floor. And I have my share of cat scars here and there. But you can’t beat the feelings you get when one wants to play hide and seek with you. Or follows you from room to room. Or wants to snuggle in your lap.
I totally belong to them.
The songbird guild disagrees.
God does not need any human either… does that mean his unconditional love is a one-way street?
“Beware of people who dislike cats.” - Irish proverb
This cat behaves like a dog with an attitude. Someday will really miss him.
>> 1. OWNING A CAT IS BETTER FOR THE ENVIRONMENT.
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> The songbird guild disagrees.
I guess that depends on if you *like* songbirds waking you up that early, doesn’t it?
Those and more to!
“One of my current 5 cats absolutely HATES being handled by human.”
Same for one of our 6 cats, who we rescued from raccoons about three years ago and brought inside. She’s still wild. We sold our home and bought another one. Our biggest worry was how we’d get her in a kennel to move. It wasn’t pretty.
Vet gave us drugs to put in her smelly tuna in oil, which she loves. Moving day morning two days ago, I put the drugs in the tuna, she sniffed it, turned up her nose, and sauntered away. Oh, NO! Now what do we do??
Hubby had had the foresight a month ago to buy one of those critter-getter nets, just in case. Chasing a wild cat around a 5,000-square-foot house, arms flailing, net waving in the air... it would’ve been funny if it weren’t happening to us. Thank Heaven for the fact that it’s difficult for a cat to get traction on a hardwood floor, which opened up a one-second window of opportunity.
He trapped her, snapped the pole to close the net, and she was done. Then it was a matter of getting her into the kennel.
No calming effect in the entire scenario. Now, in the new house, she’s adjusting, but has a few choice scolding words for us once in a while. No petting ever.
Didn’t know your cat was an omnipotent, omnipresent, creator of the universe.
“If you’re worried about your carbon footprint, it’s better to own a cat than a dog. A 2009 study found that the resources needed to feed a dog over the course of its life create the same eco-footprint as that of a Land Cruiser. Meanwhile, cats—which eat less in general and are more likely to eat fish than corn- or beef-flavored products—only have the approximate carbon footprint of a small hatchback.”
That is one piece of information that I could have done very well without knowing.
Some “researchers” have too much time on their hands.
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No, but the argument was that since cats don't need you their love is a one way street.
I just found it an odd argument and had to point out the theological flaw in the implication.
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