Indoor cat..quality of life?

In the U.S., anyway, cats have sometimes been promoted as sort of "easy care"
and less work than having a dog--which some people seem to think means they
don't need to spend any time interacting with a cat, that the cat is just
fine
spending most of his/her time alone. Then when problems turn up, too often
it's
a one way trip to the vet.

What really slays me are the people who have strictly indoor, sometimes
declawed cats who bring them to the shelter and say, "Here, he pees everywhere.
Can you find him a good home?"
Like, THEY can't tolerate the behavior but they expect we can find someone else
who can?

Sherry

From: itty (Sherry )

What really slays me are the people who have strictly indoor, sometimes
declawed cats who bring them to the shelter and say, "Here, he pees
everywhere.
Can you find him a good home?"
Like, THEY can't tolerate the behavior but they expect we can find someone
else
who can?

and they don't want to claim responsibiilty for mutilating the cat and its
problems as a result of it. They'll just go out and adopt another cat and
mutilate that one as well.

Lauren
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See my cats: http://community.webshots.com/album/56955940rWhxAe
Raw Diet Info: http://www.holisticat.com/drjletter.html
http://www.geocities.com/rawfeeders/ForCatsOnly.html
Declawing Info: http://www.wholecatjournal.com/articles/claws.htm

From: itty (Sherry )

What really slays me are the people who have strictly indoor, sometimes
declawed cats who bring them to the shelter and say, "Here, he pees
everywhere.
Can you find him a good home?"
Like, THEY can't tolerate the behavior but they expect we can find someone
else
who can?

and they don't want to claim responsibiilty for mutilating the cat and its
problems as a result of it. They'll just go out and adopt another cat and
mutilate that one as well.

Lauren
________
See my cats: http://community.webshots.com/album/56955940rWhxAe
Raw Diet Info: http://www.holisticat.com/drjletter.html
http://www.geocities.com/rawfeeders/ForCatsOnly.html
Declawing Info: http://www.wholecatjournal.com/articles/claws.htm

itty (Sherry ) wrote:

In the U.S., anyway, cats have sometimes been promoted as sort of "easy
care"
and less work than having a dog--which some people seem to think means they
don't need to spend any time interacting with a cat, that the cat is just
fine
spending most of his/her time alone. Then when problems turn up, too often
it's
a one way trip to the vet.

What really slays me are the people who have strictly indoor, sometimes
declawed cats who bring them to the shelter and say, "Here, he pees
everywhere.
Can you find him a good home?"
Like, THEY can't tolerate the behavior but they expect we can find someone
else
who can?

Sure, and it never occurs to them that the inappropriate behavior is due to
their own treatment of the cat--usually such people act as though the cat is
doing it on purpose.

itty (Sherry ) wrote:

In the U.S., anyway, cats have sometimes been promoted as sort of "easy
care"
and less work than having a dog--which some people seem to think means they
don't need to spend any time interacting with a cat, that the cat is just
fine
spending most of his/her time alone. Then when problems turn up, too often
it's
a one way trip to the vet.

What really slays me are the people who have strictly indoor, sometimes
declawed cats who bring them to the shelter and say, "Here, he pees
everywhere.
Can you find him a good home?"
Like, THEY can't tolerate the behavior but they expect we can find someone
else
who can?

Sure, and it never occurs to them that the inappropriate behavior is due to
their own treatment of the cat--usually such people act as though the cat is
doing it on purpose.

"PawsForThought" wrote in message
...
From: itty (Sherry )

What really slays me are the people who have strictly indoor, sometimes
declawed cats who bring them to the shelter and say, "Here, he pees
everywhere.
Can you find him a good home?"
Like, THEY can't tolerate the behavior but they expect we can find
someone
else
who can?

and they don't want to claim responsibiilty for mutilating the cat and its
problems as a result of it. They'll just go out and adopt another cat and
mutilate that one as well.


Yep. As terrible as it was that I had my first cat declawed before
I understood what it was, I understood that she was mine to protect
for the rest of her life and I did that. Once I had a houseguest who
I just knew let her out. (I lived on a busy street.) This was an old
friend who had one day to be with me. We spent the day searching
the neighborhood and the surrounding neighborhoods. I was in tears.
Came home and the cat was under the kitchen sink. Hanging out.
Things were never quite the same with that friend.

"PawsForThought" wrote in message
...
From: itty (Sherry )

What really slays me are the people who have strictly indoor, sometimes
declawed cats who bring them to the shelter and say, "Here, he pees
everywhere.
Can you find him a good home?"
Like, THEY can't tolerate the behavior but they expect we can find
someone
else
who can?

and they don't want to claim responsibiilty for mutilating the cat and its
problems as a result of it. They'll just go out and adopt another cat and
mutilate that one as well.


Yep. As terrible as it was that I had my first cat declawed before
I understood what it was, I understood that she was mine to protect
for the rest of her life and I did that. Once I had a houseguest who
I just knew let her out. (I lived on a busy street.) This was an old
friend who had one day to be with me. We spent the day searching
the neighborhood and the surrounding neighborhoods. I was in tears.
Came home and the cat was under the kitchen sink. Hanging out.
Things were never quite the same with that friend.

From: "Mary"

Once I had a houseguest who
I just knew let her out. (I lived on a busy street.) This was an old
friend who had one day to be with me. We spent the day searching
the neighborhood and the surrounding neighborhoods. I was in tears.
Came home and the cat was under the kitchen sink. Hanging out.
Things were never quite the same with that friend.


ROFL!!! I bet things were never the same

Lauren
________
See my cats: http://community.webshots.com/album/56955940rWhxAe
Raw Diet Info: http://www.holisticat.com/drjletter.html
http://www.geocities.com/rawfeeders/ForCatsOnly.html
Declawing Info: http://www.wholecatjournal.com/articles/claws.htm

From: "Mary"

Once I had a houseguest who
I just knew let her out. (I lived on a busy street.) This was an old
friend who had one day to be with me. We spent the day searching
the neighborhood and the surrounding neighborhoods. I was in tears.
Came home and the cat was under the kitchen sink. Hanging out.
Things were never quite the same with that friend.


ROFL!!! I bet things were never the same

Lauren
________
See my cats: http://community.webshots.com/album/56955940rWhxAe
Raw Diet Info: http://www.holisticat.com/drjletter.html
http://www.geocities.com/rawfeeders/ForCatsOnly.html
Declawing Info: http://www.wholecatjournal.com/articles/claws.htm

"PawsForThought" wrote in message
...
From: "Mary"

Once I had a houseguest who
I just knew let her out. (I lived on a busy street.) This was an old
friend who had one day to be with me. We spent the day searching
the neighborhood and the surrounding neighborhoods. I was in tears.
Came home and the cat was under the kitchen sink. Hanging out.
Things were never quite the same with that friend.


ROFL!!! I bet things were never the same

Lauren

G I can't really blame her. But if she had actually let Gnarly out
things *really* never would have been the same.