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Does your cat fetch?
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*The_West*
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awwww lol, one of mine does. but she likes screwed up receipts, oddly enough. shes pretty good at soccer, she will dribble the "ball" around for a mintue, then pick it up and bring it back.
stosstruppe
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No, the little shit just eats, hunts, sleeps and wakes people up at 4am in the morning 
*The_West*
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sounds about right. i wont let mine in my bedroom, they are a pain in the arse. just will not settle. keep padding me, and trying to lick/sniff my face lol.
indeed. mine is locked out of my room at night for this very reason. then when my alarm goes off he cries at my door to let him in so he can nuzzle his fur all over my face.
*The_West*
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and spoil your last half hhour of being snuggled up in bed? yep, that too sounds familiar lol.
do you just have the one?
do you just have the one?
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UA_Iron
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i wouldnt let a cat touch my face at all
*The_West*
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yep. one.
would you consider having another one? when i got another one, (after the inital few weeks of them trying to tear eachother apart) they started playing with eachother, and not bothering me when im resting as much!
also, i know cats just laze about most of the time, but i didnt like the thought of them being home alone all day while i was at work, i wanted to get another one so he had a playmate. they have a little scrap everynow and then (sounds mean, but pretty fun to watch, as long as they are not actually trying to kill eachother) but they get along just fine
digimon7068
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yup. . .ours did the exact same thing (when she was younger. . .she's older than dirt now). . .the real fun was faking like i was throwing it. . .she'd run half way down the hall, then turn around and wait. . .then i'd throw the ball and she'd jump up in the air and try to bat it down as it flew over her head. . .she actually did a complete backflip in the air a couple of times sprawling into the air after the ball. . .that was very cool. . .thanks for reminding me
Would you let a dog?
yep. my little guy needs a playmate. preferably an older woman. maybe he'll get one soon
just shove them off. Hard. While screaming at them. My cats know better than to bother me when Im sleeping, they will go flying. lol
They both just lay nicely at my feet and do their best not to wake me
One of my cats is also on the "special" side. HE was abandoned by his mother when he was just a babe and never leared how to do ANYTHING correctly. He drinks water by scooping it with his paws instead of putting his head in the water bowl.
lol thats cute that your cat puts her toys in her water bowl. I wonder why she does that? lol
*The_West*
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just shove them off. Hard. While screaming at them. My cats know better than to bother me when Im sleeping, they will go flying. lol
They both just lay nicely at my feet and do their best not to wake me
i could do, but they would just go in a mood with me and walk off. i just avoid it by not letting them in in the first place. plus, my big boy is a long haired fecker, molts loads, another reason why my room is off limits to them.
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shrimp poboy
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Cats are disgusting i wish i had a dog that fetched cats
*The_West*
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lol, that soudns really cute.
*The_West*
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yep. my little guy needs a playmate. preferably an older woman. maybe he'll get one soon
do it, he will love it. it sounds geigh, but i love watching my cats being nice, they will sit there and lick eachother, then curl up next to eachother to sleep.
you bastard! Lol.
*The_West*
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when cats bring you "a present" (meaning they leave you a dead, mangled bird on your kitchen floor) do you think they are actually bringing you a present? or just decided to bring their new toy home, but it doesnt try to escape (because tis dead) they get bored and just leave it there?
They're bringing you a trophy and are seeking approval. Cats have a weird sense of pride and status for something that basically lacks frontal lobes.
With all the fucking weird ass pets you've owned how in the hell could you possibly dislike cats?
*The_West*
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so what would be the best course of action? obviously im not to keen to stumble into the kitchen half asleep in the morning to find a shredded bird on my floor, but at the same time, however weird it sounds, if my little guy thinks he is bringing me a present, doing something nice for me, i dont want to get mad at him.
Love cats, I want to have one but my 3 great danes disagree 
Depends what your feelings for the local bird population are
If you chastize him (and the only appropriate way to chastize a cat is to basically be clearly angry, point at the bird and in a loud voice say "DID YOU DO THAT?! BAD CAT!" then turn your back on him and don't give him any attention, in particular do not make eye contact, for about 30 minutes). He might get the message, or at least might not bring the trophies inside and will leave them somewhere else. You might have to do this more than once to get your message across. He may never get it, they're cats, they're predators, they like to kill things FYI, if he's a bird killer, some daft bastards get really strung out over birds and will kill or poison a cat they know is hunting them.
If you don't give a shit about the birds, and want him to hunt, you do the reverse of the bad cat scenario, you point at the corpse and compliment the cat, give him a scratch and tell him how wonderful he is, maybe continue doing that as you remove the carcass.
If the cat is really intelligent you might luck out and they start bringing you live trophies, that's lots of fun *sigh*
needtogetarmy
CEO of Project Mayhem
My cat harvests squirrels. Big ones. It is amazing. He leaves their bodies right by the front door. They are always missing their heads. My wife and I have no idea where the heads go.
We named him Dexter from the Showtime show about the serial killer.
We named him Dexter from the Showtime show about the serial killer.
chris302001
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Same with my dog!
chris302001
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yep. my little guy needs a playmate. preferably an older woman. maybe he'll get one soon
I know just the broad for him! She'll keep him in line!
Reminds me of the time I was chasing a baby rabbit around my apartment...
We were having a mouse problem around here for a while. After I complimented and praised my one cat, the smartest one in the house, for leaving a dead mouse by the side of the bed
(I found it once it got somewhat ripe), she decided if I like a dead one so much I'd really love the living ones. My favorite memory is of her hopping up on the bed and literally spitting a perfectly unharmed mouse out on the bed. Luckily my husband has pretty good reflexes. Another time I was on the phone with the company I subcontract for. She was meowing to get my attention, but it sounded really weird. I looked at her and realized something was hanging out of her mouth ... she had the entire mouse in her mouth and the tail was hanging out. Once she saw me looking at her she spit the mouse out and it darted under a piece of furniture. I swear the cat literally looked at me like "You moron."
I can always tell when my cats have come in with prey, there's a unique sound they make, and all of mine have made the same one. It's a sort of whimper. When I hear that sound I know to brace myself.
Nor I. I live in a densely populated, formerly suburban, getting more urban every day, area. There's tons of traffic, even on the back streets and yet idiots around here let their cats roam like we live out in the freaking countryman. I never let my cats outside to catch prey, Im afraid they will get squashed my a car.
My cat plays with crumpled up receipts. She loves it, we throw it up in the air and she hits it like it is a baseball..
My mom spend a shit ton of money on the cat getting her balls with bells, catnip, all kinds of toys, a cat house thing, etc.....She wont touch any of it, she just loves receipts and licking plastic shopping bags. Lol
someones a little obsessed with a cat.
you are so going to be a cat lady.
chris is going to be spending half of his net income on cat nip and food/treats.
you'll probably make him eat that, and let the cats have gourmet dinners and salmon prepared by chris every night.
your going to have to choose someday. chris or the cats!
you are so going to be a cat lady.
chris is going to be spending half of his net income on cat nip and food/treats.
you'll probably make him eat that, and let the cats have gourmet dinners and salmon prepared by chris every night.
your going to have to choose someday. chris or the cats!
*The_West*
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ahahaha lol, exactly the same as my furry little fucker. i buy them presents for their birthdays and christmas, wrap them up, get the toys out for them, and they are more interested in the wrapper than the actual toy!
bless them. i didnt used to be too keen on cats before i got them. now i love the little bastards to bits.
Nor I. I live in a densely populated, formerly suburban, getting more urban every day, area. There's tons of traffic, even on the back streets and yet idiots around here let their cats roam like we live out in the freaking country
I live in a kind of typical "midtown" area, it was The Suburbs between 1890 and WWI. I'm only half a block from the main drag through my area, which has a small 4-block-long business district. But my side-street area seems safe enough to let the cat out. He also has access to some semi-wooded area. Anyway, he's been going out here for 14 years and seems to deal with it responsibly.
The one time I saw my cat like that, with the tail hainging out of his mouth, he swallowed.
You have to do what you're comfortable with. I saw a retriever get hit by a car less than half a block from my house and my own dog was killed when it got away from my mother right in front of our place. At least twice a year my husband and/or I are forced to dispose of the remains of some poor beast (most recently it was the local stray cat that would mooching around the area for a couple years). I would never, in my lifetime, willingly let my cats out of the house. While the hunt has it's appeal, since I do not have a single cat household, with six of them they can (and do) hunt each other quite well.
I've figured the average cat to possess the approximate reasoning skills of a 2 to 3 year old child and there is no way in hell I would let a toddler run loose around here. That is, in fact, the rule of thumb I use vis a vis allowing my pets to go out unsupervised, would I allow my toddler to go out, unsupervised, under the same circumstances?
This is NOT an area I think dogs, cats or children under the age of 10 should traverse without adult supervision, ever.
Here he is!!
fetch.flv video by LaraCrane - Photobucket
fetch.flv video by LaraCrane - Photobucket
chris302001
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Hehehehe SOX!
There's a feral kitten who hangs out at my place of work, he's been around since just before xmas. Several businesses on our block have been giving him food. He has slowly started trusting a few of us enough to allow some petting. I'm guessing he's close to six months old now. I want to kidnap him and take him home, but I'm worried that (1) he enjoys his life of independence and would not appreciate captivity, and (b) my 14 year old cat Clyde doesn't get along with other felines very well, not only would a roommate be a betrayal for Clyde but it wouldn't be a very welcoming environment to bring the new little guy into.
He's solid black, short haired, and I love the way he scares certain customers at work. He seems to have a healthy fear of motor vehicles, which is a must for a cat hanging out on the sidewalk on friggin' Main Street.
He's solid black, short haired, and I love the way he scares certain customers at work. He seems to have a healthy fear of motor vehicles, which is a must for a cat hanging out on the sidewalk on friggin' Main Street.
Satva1100
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yeah WTF my cat takes a shit and then walks around the house meowing at 4am everyday like clockwork.No, the little shit just eats, hunts, sleeps and wakes people up at 4am in the morning
The thing is, he'll never tame if he isn't captured very soon. Six months is about the cut-off for them to become proper, civilized pets (not permanently skittish and timid).
Neutered males are usually wayyyyy accepting of the presence of other cats, toms are territorial, obviously but altered males are usually pretty laid back.
yeah WTF my cat takes a shit and then walks around the house meowing at 4am everyday like clockwork.
hes lonely
Clyde isn't laid back at all when he encounters other cats, he's all hissing and/or growling. And while he's domesticated around me, I'm the only human he accepts, none of my neighbors can even approach him, even after 14 years in the same apartment building.
The feral kitten is already more social around humans than my buddy Clyde, there are several people he will allow to pet him -- the staff of the bar down the street from us, all our security guys, and me. Sometimes he'll let strangers scratch his head for a second or two.
As much as I'd love to give the little guy a home, I'm not sure I'm up to the stress it would create at first. Clyde really enjoys being an only cat.
You know what they say about pets reflecting their owner's personalities!
My cat weird and has to cuddle/touch me 24-7. At least one part of him has to be touching me if Im anywhere in the house. Its almost annoying, creepy - stalkerish and alot of times I push him away. lol. Poor thing.
I sometimes do the same stuff to my husband - lol poor guy.
stosstruppe
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hes lonely
Wish he'd pick a more sociable hour to feel lonely
Or want to snuggle up to me when he hasn't just been drenched in the rain / groomed himself all over / just ate fishy cat food
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