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"Tracy" wrote in message om... Well, there you go. We're appalled by different things. I'm appalled by people who don't bother to tag and collar their indoor pets in the assumption that they will never, by any combination of circumstances, slip out of the house. This really is a good point. Much as I love my cats I had not thought of this. It's as though my mind stops at the worst possible outcome, that they might get hit on the busy street first thing. Both have collars, but I will have some tags made with their names and my contact info this weekend and attach them. |
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"Rona Yuthasastrakosol" wrote: would you have a young child spayed or neutered? Chuckle. I know some kids who would have benefitted from this. |
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In article ,
"Rona Yuthasastrakosol" wrote: would you have a young child spayed or neutered? Chuckle. I know some kids who would have benefitted from this. |
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On Fri, 19 Mar 2004 18:16:09 GMT, "Mary" wrote:
"Kristine Kochanski" wrote in message .. . On Fri, 19 Mar 2004 11:49:25 GMT, "nimue" wrote: The big deal is cats need company and stimulation. How would you like to be trapped in a house all weekend with nobody to play with?! Would you leave a child alone all weekend so long as it was healthy and enough food and water? I don't think so. What about if the cat has kitty companions and someone looking in on them twice a day? I would say that's fine (again, only my opinion!) . Having companions, feline, canine or otherwise, and some human intervention to check up on them is fine - leaving a solitary cat alone in a house for 24-48 hours isn't fine. What stimulation do they have? Nothing to chase, nothing to snuggle up with, nothing to distract them. What a boring existance that would be :-( |
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On Fri, 19 Mar 2004 18:16:09 GMT, "Mary" wrote:
"Kristine Kochanski" wrote in message .. . On Fri, 19 Mar 2004 11:49:25 GMT, "nimue" wrote: The big deal is cats need company and stimulation. How would you like to be trapped in a house all weekend with nobody to play with?! Would you leave a child alone all weekend so long as it was healthy and enough food and water? I don't think so. What about if the cat has kitty companions and someone looking in on them twice a day? I would say that's fine (again, only my opinion!) . Having companions, feline, canine or otherwise, and some human intervention to check up on them is fine - leaving a solitary cat alone in a house for 24-48 hours isn't fine. What stimulation do they have? Nothing to chase, nothing to snuggle up with, nothing to distract them. What a boring existance that would be :-( |
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On Fri, 19 Mar 2004 18:18:19 GMT, "Mary" wrote:
"Kristine Kochanski" wrote in message .. . On Fri, 19 Mar 2004 07:01:10 -0600, "Rona Yuthasastrakosol" wrote: Using that analogy (cat and child)...would you have a young child spayed or neutered? If it was going to go out and shag at random with nobody to look after its offspring, yes. Nazi. :-) *s******* ;-) Don't want to get into a whole heavy philosophical debate, but we construct our society and our knowledge and understanding of it. Who knows, if Hitler had won the war it may well be perfectly normal and natural to have vast sections of our society sterilised now, if they weren't deemed 'fit' to produce genetically superior offspring. Scary thought. Hilter liked cats, I believe. And he was a vegetarian. So you can't believe the stereotypes ;-) |
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On Fri, 19 Mar 2004 18:18:19 GMT, "Mary" wrote:
"Kristine Kochanski" wrote in message .. . On Fri, 19 Mar 2004 07:01:10 -0600, "Rona Yuthasastrakosol" wrote: Using that analogy (cat and child)...would you have a young child spayed or neutered? If it was going to go out and shag at random with nobody to look after its offspring, yes. Nazi. :-) *s******* ;-) Don't want to get into a whole heavy philosophical debate, but we construct our society and our knowledge and understanding of it. Who knows, if Hitler had won the war it may well be perfectly normal and natural to have vast sections of our society sterilised now, if they weren't deemed 'fit' to produce genetically superior offspring. Scary thought. Hilter liked cats, I believe. And he was a vegetarian. So you can't believe the stereotypes ;-) |
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On Fri, 19 Mar 2004 18:19:07 +0000, Gwenhwyfaer de Tierveil
wrote: Quoth Kristine Kochanski: Of course it's just my opinion, I don't go around removing cats from homes that are treated in a way I find abhorrent! I find lots of things other cat owners do quite unbearable but I have my own beliefs and I have to live by them - and if I had to leave my cats regularly I wouldn't have them, it's as simple as that. That's my opinion as a cat owner and I'm entitled to express it. OK, fair enough - and yes, you are; I just wanted to head off any Bobbing at the pass. In fact, I might be faced with that situation myself soon - I'm between jobs, and I may well be in a situation where I'm away from the house 5 days a week. Obviously, should that happen, I need to find my cats some nice new slaves... *sniffle* so I'm hoping it doesn't come to that. :-((( I'll have them!!! |
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On Fri, 19 Mar 2004 18:19:07 +0000, Gwenhwyfaer de Tierveil
wrote: Quoth Kristine Kochanski: Of course it's just my opinion, I don't go around removing cats from homes that are treated in a way I find abhorrent! I find lots of things other cat owners do quite unbearable but I have my own beliefs and I have to live by them - and if I had to leave my cats regularly I wouldn't have them, it's as simple as that. That's my opinion as a cat owner and I'm entitled to express it. OK, fair enough - and yes, you are; I just wanted to head off any Bobbing at the pass. In fact, I might be faced with that situation myself soon - I'm between jobs, and I may well be in a situation where I'm away from the house 5 days a week. Obviously, should that happen, I need to find my cats some nice new slaves... *sniffle* so I'm hoping it doesn't come to that. :-((( I'll have them!!! |
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"Kristine Kochanski" wrote: What about if the cat has kitty companions and someone looking in on them twice a day? I would say that's fine (again, only my opinion!) . Having companions, feline, canine or otherwise, and some human intervention to check up on them is fine - leaving a solitary cat alone in a house for 24-48 hours isn't fine. What stimulation do they have? Nothing to chase, nothing to snuggle up with, nothing to distract them. What a boring existance that would be :-( Well, and I think about, what if they swallow a string or get caught in something and choke? I'll never forget the time Gnarly stuck her head in one of those small tissue boxes. Yes, it was hilarious, and as soon as my husband got a load of her stumbling around, I removed it. If she had done this over a long weekend, she would have been a wreck at the end of it, and dehydrated too. |
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