OT Cat about to be down - what do I tell eldest?

From that age they're not yet fully adult, so there's a fair chance,
especially in only 'semi' feral, that they'll take to human contact.

That's just you. HTH.
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Ah, so you're delusional as well as bipolar ?

Interesting.

D.

 

I do love this place.

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So I see from Wessie's piece. Ta.

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I suspect you're right. Interesting, but not that much.

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<Fx: thinking>

 

Well quite. They are primary carnivores who discovered that shacking up
with humans was a pretty good survival strategy. And involved having
copious food and warm places to sleep. They *are* cute and have distict
personalities but ascribing human qualities to them is pretty foolish.
And I speak as someone who has had cats all his life..

Why thank you.

Just as well we only have 2 cats now. We'll ignore the 4 dogs for the
moment..

Phil

 

It'll be open season when my hamster kicks the bucket.

 

I guess a dogs brain size would be dependent on the size of the dog. So
our dachshund (who has a braincase not much bigger than a cat) would
have a teaspoonfull whereas Jed (head almost human sized) would have a
pint glass full?

Phil

 

Not entirely true from what I recall. Maybe while they are in the house
or in our presence but once outside they revert to adult to hunt, breed
and maintain their territory.

Again - cats will stay where they are if it ticks all the right boxes
(food, warmth and company). If any of the essentials (to them) are not
present then a cat will soon leave and look for another home. Unlike a
dog where the pack instinct is so strong that a dog will stay in a
place where they are abused.

Phil

 

Ours get buried in the garden and a plant planed on top of them. That
way at least we get *some* benefit out of it.. (Cheryls idea, not
mine).

Attilla the Hun had more empathy than some of the posters here.

Phil

 

Yeah. Think of the damage to the kitchen.

Phil

 

with me, it's not exclusive.

 

AOL. I'm keenly watching Big Cat Live of an evening, but that may be
as much to do with Kate Silverton as anything else, to be honest.

 

I had one that did return to the old house and keep doing so. She
managed to get locked in while it was being renovated by builders
because the cat flap was on in only mode. The hid under the
floorboards, it was several days before they noticed and she had to be
collected.

One of out ex neighbours had some form of ornamental bird life in
their garden, I unremember what. On her next return she killed them,
we couldn't keep her at the new house at all.

The usual fate of moggies

 

<Gross generalisation alert>

Ones that live on busy roads develop it quite quickly.. for obvious
reasons.

It comes down to what they experience as youngsters - if they get
frightened by cars when they are young they tend to develop a healthy
respect for them. Living on quiet roads they often don't develop the
fear.

I've only ever had one family cat run over - he didn't die although he
lived the rest of his life (about 12 years post-accident) with no head
of the femur on his right rear leg. Didn't stop him catching
squirrels..

Great cat, good personality. Even though he was a small cat he ruled
our neighbourhood.

Phil.

 

You *like* the bats up your nightie don't you?

 

Well quite. A thick skin is required..

Phil.

 

What sort of bikes?

I mean, there are some bikes that really aren't good at all.

 

No