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May 31 09 7:23 AM
After coming to terms with his loss, he became very aggressive. This photo is of my sister restraining him from eviscerating the cameraman.
BigDreams wrote: I am so never getting married. I've never really liked babysitting.
4Horses and Holding wrote: You know, with sperm banks and handy-dandy machinery, there really isn't much use for men. I mean, most cats will kill bugs.
aakora wrote: I think most problems in life can be traced to an incorrect ratio of men to cats.
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miss val wrote: Taldara, cats don't bury their poop very deeply. How do you find it? SMELL. It's unmistakable. Or sometimes, there's a little "mound" and that's a dead giveaway. Or, use your little hand cultivator to go after some weeds around the tomato plants and bingo! It doesn't decompose quickly and anyway, I don't want carnivore manure in my garden! I don't hate the cats, just their people.
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myfurrypanda wrote: NJ wrote: Its Wrong, if a cat got out that was declawed, it would never be able to protect it self, God gave cats claws for a reason.. Plain and Simple. Actually, my declawed cat kicked the poop out of the other cats in the neighborhood. He had favourites who he would allow to roam around, but the ones he didn't like weren't allowed to leave their property.... and god forbid they came onto HIS property!
NJ wrote: Its Wrong, if a cat got out that was declawed, it would never be able to protect it self, God gave cats claws for a reason.. Plain and Simple.
May 31 09 11:24 AM
myfurrypanda wrote: This is my declawed cat, sobbing because he has no fingertips. It took many, many hours of therapy to cure his depression. After coming to terms with his loss, he became very aggressive. This photo is of my sister restraining him from eviscerating the cameraman. It got to be too much, we had to lock him outside. He tried to tell us that he would be helpless without his claws, but we were heartless and didn't care. So he had to take his chances outside. He would have been killed by cars or big yellow puppies, but the cancer got him first at age 15. (Don't worry, I'm just having fun - I know how dangerous it can be for cats outside). He was a pretty awesome cat. Everyone liked him except for one family. The people who lived next door to us were thawing steak on their freezer in their open garage, and he stole one. He had to abandon it when they chased him because it was too big for him to carry, but they hated him forever after that (they would spray him with their hose whenever they saw him - he developed a love for water! They thought that was funny, and he started to grow on them after that). I'm sorry, but that was their own damn fault - thawing steak in the open air with your garage door wide open? You're begging for SOMETHING to take it. Anyways, he had a long happy life as a declawed outdoor cat. I would prefer to avoid declawing them in the future, and I've thought of only having indoor cats in the future (I get really stressed out about our current outdoor cat). But stop talking in absolutes, it isn't QUITE as horrible as some of you are making out. I would say that having declawed outdoor cats is actually better for the wildlife.... except this declawed cat killed way more (especially birds) than my current cat with claws does.
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Taldara wrote: I find this hard to believe. Cats bury their poo - how can it therefore 'pile up'? And how can you search round your garden and find it?
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foxjumper wrote: I'll be adopting a kitten from a friend who's cat was knocked up and while I wait for him to turn old enough for me to snag, I began thinking about the pros and cons of declawing. When I was younger we had female cats in the house and male cats outside. All of our female cats were from friends or shelters, where as the male cats were strays that hung out. The outside cats were never declawed because my parents felt they needed their weapons to survive, but the inside cats were declawed. When I was older I began reading the pros and cons about declawing and found a lot of the symptoms that go along with declawing seemed to plague our inside cats. When I got my own place and my own cats, I decided to never have them declawed. I never had any problems with shredded furnature. My cat, Klunk, will grab the carpet and pull himself along it while he lays down (he's a bit odd) but thats really all he ever uses his claws for...other than an appropriate slap to a dog thats being too playful. So what're your views on declawing? I know its been banned in some places and certain vets will refuse to do the procedure these days. Do you have declawed cats or do you keep the claws? What're your reasons for it?
Taldara wrote: Australian cats must be different than cats in other parts of the world. I've had many cats over the years and known many cats (I'm also a qualified vet nurse and have been a zookeeper for over 14 years ie I know a little about animals ), and I've never known one to not bury their scats. Also just an FYI for those that haven't been here long - we've already had this long extended conversation about the pros and cons of declawing cats (that particular discussion also involved the pros and cons of other questionable animal procedures such as trimming dogs ears). We didn't come to a consensus then and we're unlikely to now. As I said before though, my opinion is that many of these procedures are done simply because they are the 'done thing'. Not much thought goes in sometimes - "all our cats have always been done so when we get a new one we do it too" (circumcism anyone?). Then once it becomes an acceptable procedure in someones eyes, their only defense when questioned on their choice, is to become defensive. I just think it's an unnecessary procedure in the majority of cases.
May 31 09 2:38 PM
miss val wrote: I'm sure these sorts of discussions have come up before, and I for one am not looking for a "consensus"... I see no real harm in a discussion back and forth. Whether or not I agree with people, I still do like to read differing opinions on various things.
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