God fucking dammit. I wanted to make a question, but there are no cat general. Fine, i'll create one editionMy cat will turn 5 years old this month. She never purred. The only time i listened to her purring, was when she fell from my building and disappeared for 3 days. When we found her, and brought her, she purred very loud for some days. She was 1 yar old thenBut lately, in the past months, she purrs a lot when i pet her, give her food, or hold her like a baby. Why is this?
>>5121111Cats have personalities and internal thoughts. They can ponder and learn and grow like we do, and they can decide the change their mind about things. If she never purred its cause she never trusted you. If she does now it means she's warmed up to you. When she was gone for 3 days she probably developed a new appreciation for you.
>>5121111Cute cat OP!
>>5121111Its a different catThis happens all the time
>>5121321I have a long hair cat. My gf usually brushes the mats of his belly with a metal brush and it's rough going. When she's not around I "brush" him with the back side of the tv remote. It's so smooth so it feels good and he thinks I'm the better brusher. Anyone have more cat hacks to share?
Do you think this is funny?
>>5121750"differently balanced" that's a fucking new one lmaogiven that this is a tiktok-type video it's obviously not showing the many times it most likely stumbles and falls, which will naturally lower its quality of lifeit also looks like a fucking zombie and i have no idea how you can look at this day in and day out and not get sad
>>5121750>>5121752My friend and his gf are the types to take in foster cats and bring them to vet every other week because they like pissing money. Anyway, they adopted a wobbly cat that no one wanted and while he is adorable with a cute personality it is really sad to see. Sure you get some good laughs when he falls in the water bowl or tumbles down the stairs, but he's less than a year old and this is all he has to look forward too. Sometimes he falls while taking a shit and gets covered in it. By the time he's old he will be a miserable pile of arthritis and bruised bones. I genuinely believe killing him is the humane thing to do.
>AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH...Sorry I had to get that off my chest...
Any anons here have experience with cats with FLUTD? How fatal is it?
>>5121750Did he get hurt right as the video cut?>ah yes i know what i will do to show everyone i am a good person>i will make my severely uncoordinated cat run in the kitchengreetings from kazakhstanbreeding and keeping severely disabled animals is animal cruelty
>>5121750not putting these cats down is supremely cruelgive yourself vertigo and imagine that never going awayand social media freaks are seeking them out. is someone breeding them? are white women this desperate to pretend to be compassionate?
Cat has whispered, barbarism is in poor taste
Some questions Do male and female cats/kittens act differently? Like is one more aggressive/calm etc. They'd be neutered if that mattersI've only been around elderly cats and either were chill but I think that was just nature by being older. but I'm not sure about how younger cats/kittens would actAnd at what age are kittens fine with being around steep stairs? I'm worried about them going through the railing similar to image related and falling down. The older cats were smart enough not to, but we still put up a barricade to stop them looking out in case. Wondering if you'd need that with kittens (even thought they could jump over that compare to elder cats) We also used to have food/water/litter downstairs and upstairs so they didn't need to walk down/up every time if they didn't want to. I assume kittens would be ok with that in one location?Just trying to learn what having a kitten is like compare to the older cats that I'm used to. I don't know what habits/environment I'd need to change for them
>>5122065Females are generally more independent and less close than males, males need their daily rubbing and will come get it and then sleep on your head Depends on the cats ofc but it tends to be true for mine
>>5122019One thing you failed to see is that he bumped his head on a pillow
>>5122091Pretty!
>>5122112Thanks
>>5122065From my anecdotal experience, my female cats have tended to be less tolerant of strangers and more aloof around the house. My male cats were all lap cats who would live by my side or literally on my lap, and enjoyed the socialisation with house guests. YMMV.As for the steep stairs, I rented a flat with some a few years back while one of my cats was a kitten and by the time we let her have free-roam of our place, she could go up and down the stairs without much issue.
Want to a little plant for my desk, what do plant do you guy recommend that won't kill a cat?
This guy is very affectionate to the point of being obstructive
i dont know much about cats so i came here to ask>mom takes in lots of cats from her neighborhood>so many that she never takes them to a vet unless they're sick>a few young ones started dropping dead recently>vet told her its panleukopenia>quick search says its easy to spread, fatal and basically untreatablei worry she's about to witness a mass extinction event in real timewhat advice am i supposed to give her?
Guys help, I think one of my kittens is growing up to be a looksmaxxer.
>>5122874I have advice for you insteadDon't let your mom do stupid shit wtf?
>>5122874>easy to spread, fatal and basically untreatable. Its FPV. Neupogen treats 91% of the cases.
>>5121744>metal brushGet a Tangle Teaser (tm), makes the job way easier and you don't have to worry about the rounded cap on the metal brush wearing down and scratching the cat's sensitive belly
>>5122302Lil bowl of cat grass.
would you adopt a cyclops octopus cat?
Well, my family is about to put the old lady down on Monday. She’s gotten to the point where she can’t take more than a few steps before having to lay down from exhaustion, and she’s completely stopped eating now.I’d like to think 18 years was a pretty good run. I’ll miss her.
>>5123458Good luck anon. Our lady had lung cancer, but she had an appetite so I could give her a cocktail of sedatives in her food hours before they gave her ketamine and the lethal shot. I'm glad her suffering is over, but I never forget the glassy eyed, dissociated look before euthanasia. It's haunting.
>>5123216This sounds interestingThanks, friend!
>>5121111Ya my cat is about 6, never purrs and now will come by about twice a week randomly this year wanting a petting, claws me when done and darts off.Cuddles my 3 year old pitty daily.Cats do whatever they want to whenever they feel like it.Had a mean manx that finally wanted cuddles and purred at age 22. Died soon thereafter.Dad could pet touch and cuddle it since year one. If I tried it became a razor beast.Waiting two decades made it feel special.
I put my cat down on friday, and my soul is ripped apart. I'm going to have a few other people know he existed.
Stupid file sizes. I dont want to spend time cropping these.
Ever see a cat choose a bought bed over a cardboard box?
Just a perfect cat. Affectionate, talkative but just below the level of maddening, explorative, chill.I was there for him every single day of his 17 year life, except maybe 100 days total.
Goodbye, Polo. I hope Marco was nice and welcoming to you on the other side.
>>5123570These are really great anon, thanks for sharing. He seems to have done all of the cat things very well
>>5121111have you ever tried purring like a cat? it's not impossible for a human, and it's very calming actually, I can see why they do it all the time.it's a lot harder on the exhale than the inhale though, but with some practice you can get continuous purring just like a cat.
How can cats sleep in the sun without overheating?
>>5123705warm blooded body temp falls when sleep
I feed my cats a combo of dried kibble mixed with raw mince beef and wet sachet food with the odd cooked chicken breast here and there. As long as they are not overweight is that an alright feed for them?
>>5121111I need advice /an/my roommate has a young female cat, about 1-2 years old. it has clearly imprinted on her, and will sleep on her bed, her chair, or climb up onto her shoulders and sleep there when she's sitting in the chair.i should mention that this cat has the most minor recurring issue of one of her tear ducts getting a little gunky (it's not an infection, it's probably structural or just a quirk), and the cat doesn't do a good job of cleaning it. my roomie often asks me to help out w/ it (idk why she doesn't do it herself, but she says i'm good at it, and i'm happy to help since i like cats and it clearly can't help it).however, the cat cannot stand to be in the same room as me and usually tries to avoid me, despite the fact that i am usually the one to feed it, and very delicately mind you, clean its face with a lukewarm damp cloth. cleaning its face when it gets eye boogers has become more and more difficult over time, as the only time i can approach is when i put food in her dish, leave the room, then come back in.the method i've been using is to approach the cat just after she's done eating, lightly but firmly get a hold of the scruff of her neck (this is how i was taught to immobilize a cat without hurting them, and from what ive read this is how you're supposed to do it), and then very lightly brush the cat's cheek and tearduct area with a lukewarm cloth until the gunk is cleared away. i then lighten my grip on the scruff of her neck, give her a few massaging pets there because it couldn't have been that comfortable, then let her go.i cannot do this anymore though, as the cat flips out now and scratches me if i try and immobilize her to clean her face.i should mention i own two male cats who are completely chill, and who have no issue being picked up, cleaned, or even pet on their bellies or paws. i should mention the problem cat doesn't interact with my cats unless she's trying to steal their food.what do? how do i gain cat trust?
>>5123898I'd skip the raw mince beef imo unless you really trust the butcher. If it's grocery store mince then I'd stop doing it altogether. You don't know how good their quality control is, or how long it was ground before being packaged -- grinding meat exposes more of its surface area to bacteria. The risk of it negatively impacting your cat's health is slim, but not none. I'm probably being paranoid though, but I thought I'd play devil's advocat.
I was playing with my cat in the backyard and somehow the neighbor's cat got into our yard. For a while they were just following one another around and growling a little, and after like forty minutes the neighbor cat raised a paw and I chased him offIs that normal? Are they enemies now or is this how gets to know each other?
>>5124017Here's themIt was a meeting of the minds
i play-bite my cat back when he play-bites me
>>5124023same
>>5124017probably fine, you can tell a lot by body language and how close they are together
>>5124029They were like three feet apart the entire time with some occasional growling and hissing
>>5124030nta but that's the usual territory / turf dispute situation for kots. it's too soon to tell, but if there was hissing and growling going on the whole time, that's not too promising of a first impression. maybe time will tell and they'll become more amicable. there not being any physical violence is a good sign in that regard.
Any advice for a cat pissing indoors out of his box?He's neutered Has constant access to fresh litter that he'll useI'm very certain he doesn't have a UTI as he's not showing any sign of distress, constantly cleaning his crotch or straining/meowing while peeing.9 times out of 10 he uses his litter box just fine, but that 1/10 he'll piss either in front of the living room window or on my bed where we sleep together most nights. He's never peed there while we sleep.He's indoor only and lives a very stress-free lifestyle, constantly access to his needs and I'm a quiet person so there's no loud noises, surprises/startling or anythingOnly thing I can guess is a stray(?) cat occasionally drops by that he hates and he's marking territory. That's a hard thing to deal with though as I've contacted our local council and they offered cat traps but it's not a regular visitor and I mentally don't like the idea of them hauling off what could be someone's pet even if they're an irresponsible owner.
>>5124290piss in his litter box
Exhausted after his walk.He greed know no bounds.
>>5124363Its not a long walk, but the cat was born with swimmers legs and has a funny walk, I have to carry him part of the way.
introduced 2 older cats into my 3 floor house after inheriting them. didn't want them.my actual cat is terrified of both of them. kept them in their own rooms for a bit but one managed to escape and has taken over the basement. i'm so exhausted. my poor cat is so stressed.
>>5124363that seems like a lot of kibble; your cat doesn't over-eat and then barf on the carpet?mine have done so their whole lives unless i limit their portions; you'd think they'd learn after the first few times not to
cat got diagnosed with kidney diseaseim doing my best to keep her alive paying $4 a can for this fucking food but on top of all of this, she's being picky and just won't eat the same food twice in a row and wants diversityapparently cats would rather STARVE TO FUCKING DEATH THAN JUST EAT FOODholy fuck and on top of that I got 2 other cats one of them literal down syndrome retardthe other bullies the old kidney disease girl and just won't let her live stress freeI just want to dieliterally biggest mistake of my life was allowing my retarded family to get more than one cat
Catfriends, I need your experiences with cats and blankets. They really do not enjoy being covered up the way a dog does, huh.
Any anon here have experience with cats and feline asthma/hyper sensitivity? I have found out through bloodtesting my cat has it and is allergic to humans, so I am going to need to give him steroids soon.>>5124580Depends on the cat. I have two and one is not fussed about blankets at all, but the other will not allow you to pet him unless he is wrapped in a blanket. Fuss his neck or chin? Nope. Fuss his neck or chin while he surrounded by a fur blanket? Yes. You can even wrap him up like a baby and carry him around and he absolutely loves it, and when he goes up to you for a catnap on your lap he will wait for you to put a blanket on your legs or otherwise he will stroll off to find a blanket himself to sleep in without you.
>>5124554my cats have always had infinite food, so they never overeat
>>5124636Biblical levels of gluttony after today's walk
>>5124657cute sinner
>>5121773same, there is this horrific video of a cat with half of its mouth missing, so the full tongue is always sticking out. Obviously the sick fuck pet owner who records this shit does it for JewTube money. There is nothing cute, funny or empathetic about keeping something alive in this condition. I would have put that poor thing down too.
>>5123441He exists beyond our scope of understanding
>>5124657>sudoku book>handheld electronic dictionary>whiteout toolis this a picture from 2026 or 2002?
>>5124714my mother is 70
Look at this dumb blob
all kots are good kotsthere are no bad kotsall kots go to heaven
>>5124842>>5124816
I may require an opinion, my cat is 6 years old, she has, for the past year, been shitting all over the house. She has a sister so initially I tried to get two different sandboxes but it has not worked in the slightest. I didn't notice anything really all that concerning but today she went into my lap and her butt was all filled with shit. She didn't clean herself so I dragged her to the bathroom to see and clean it, her fur has also become dirtier in the lower half specifically, I was wondering if this could be a real issue and if it's worth calling a vet over, she is impossible to handle when I bring her to a clinic.
>>5124961The recommended number of litter boxes is x+1 where x is the number of cats you have. Ideally you can keep at least one box in a different part of the house than the others. Some cats are just dump and need to have their butts wiped every month or two. They make pet wet wipes for that purpose so you don't have to give them a full bath and remove their protective oils. It's also worth keeping in mind some cats poop and vomit in random places as a stress sign.
My orange kitty stopped eating about a week ago. Emergency vet and overnight stay and three hours of driving.Nothing to be done.Just making him comfortable until he goes or we put him down. He’s not suffering that I can tell just not eating and kidneys shutting down. Really fucking sucks bros.When I got together with my wife I put in a garden and he started showing up to catch mice, birds, and rabbits. Best cat I’ve ever ever had. He’d follow us and our six year old on walks like a guard dog. If the indoor cat got out he would heard it back to the house. I’m really going to miss my buddy.
>>5124816So fluffy! Do they like cuddles?
>>5125152I'm sorry to hear that anon, he sounds like a wonderful kot who has more than earned his spot in kot heaven
>>5125259Thanks anon. He’s a lot perkier today so the wife is happy. I’m just keeping my mouth shut and bracing for the next part.Really really fucking sucks.
>>5122019That cabinet is clearly cushioned. Probably for that exact reason.>>5123556>>5123557>>5123570I see him.
>>5123568He looks like he was a good boy. >>5125152I’m in the same boat.Bro hugs.
I got my catsket done for the good boi. He’s probably not got much longer.>>5125152Probably going to add handles, sand and stain it in a couple hours after the kid goes to bed.
>>5125247Rarely. She and her sister are very skittish. My running theory is that my dad fried her brain with catnip as a kitten and now the only exercise she gets is running away from people.
>>5121750This Elvis is definitely all shook up.
>>5123441
>>5125882o7
>>5126000He finally passed about an hour ago.Devastated.
>>5126064take comfort that he's now at peace, and that he had a good life with a loving family
>leave food out for local long haired stray cat>get her spayed eventually>she keeps visiting for a couple of years>even let her stay inside overnight a few times>sometimes run into her and she follows me back home when I go for a walk>never saw her again around a couple weeks agoI don't know what happened to her but she was one of the best cats I knew. I hope she found somewhere else to find food and shelter.
>>5126139I’m sorry anon, but the answer for “why did my outdoor car disappear” is usually a bad one. You should have kept her inside once she stayed overnight.
>>5126064Sympathies, anon. It's the price we pay to give them the best life.Did your orange kitty have a name?
>>5126142My house wasn't the only house she went to get food and shelter from, but you're probably right. Even though she's likely gone, I'm glad I got her to trust me and spend so much time with me.
>>5126147Agent orange… because he drove all the vets crazy.
I need some help finding a specific cat pic.I think I saw it on this board.It was a black cat that shook it’s head up and down so fast the camera blurred and it looks like the cat has six pairs of blurry eyes on top of each other and not as a head spin shake.Here’s one of my favorite cat pics because I love the angle and facial expression.
The cat my wife has had since she was a young child, that was a freshly weened kitten when my wife got her, is scheduled for being put to sleep in home this afternoon. The poor old cat is 26 years old currently, has advanced kidney disease, bladder cancer, eye cancer + glaucoma in the left eye and bad eyesight in the right eye, arthritis, thyroid issues, a heart murmur, has lost 1/3 of her body weight in the last 4 months, has high blood pressure causing the occasional seizure, hasn't been able to walk straight or jump well since her first seizure, hasn't been able to make it to the litterbox in time for a bit over a month now, and in the last week has developed a bad cough that gets worse if she doesn't take two or three breaks when moving from her chair to her food/water or litterbox. Despite all this she still has been eating her regular cat food, drinking water, and purring happily when given attention and affection, but it feels like the right thing to do to help ease her suffering before it gets to a point where it's overwhelming and where she loses that last bit of quality of life that she has been able to hold on to. We've of course been taking her to the vet, where they always remark on how old she is and how well she's done holding on this long, and have kept up with medications and treatments to try to help with all of her troubles and to keep her quality of life up. I still feel bad since she's been such a good friend to my wife for 26 years, even if I know trying to force the poor old thing to hold on for our sakes would be terribly unfair to the cat. We decided on doing an in-home thing for putting her to sleep when the day finally came, since we figured that she would be happiest in the chair she claimed as soon as we bought it sitting on her blanket and the heat pad we got to help her arthritis pains, but now that the day has come for it I can't help but worry it that it might be harder this way. I just hope we've done right by her.
>>5126330There is no easy way to do it and itll be horrible and heart rending no matter what.
>>5126332Yeah, it's the way it always is and it never gets easier. I went thru similar with my dog when I was in high school. My wife was up until 4am last night crying and feeling bad about not being able to stay happy and positive until after it's done. We've at least been able to give the poor old cat lots of treats and a good last weekend, even gave her a whole rotisserie chicken to eat at yesterday since even in her old age she would try to pull the trashcan down to get at any scraps of one whenever we'd have one as part of dinner, so hopefully the good memories will be the main part that sticks around after.
>>5123570witnessed
>>5126334Post some pics of puss puss.We buried our orange kitty yesterday. Put some flowers, a drawing the kid made, and a cat toy in with him. Gut wrenching anon. I’m sorry for your loss.
>>5126345Here's one from a few months back, she had gotten too warm from the heat pad in her chair and moved over to my footstool to sleep and cool off.
>>5122302Spider plants are pretty resilient, easy, and are safe for cats
>>5126352Rest east kitty kitty.
>>5126361>Spider plantsThanks for the recommendation
>>5126330The appointment went about as well as it could go, she didn't have any distress or discomfort during the process. It was still rough, but knowing it was as gentle as it was for her makes it easier. She was able to fall asleep on the pain and anxiety medicines they gave her so she got to go really gentle. My wife gave her one of those churu tubes as she was falling asleep on the pain meds, she had the willpower to stay awake long enough to get the last bit of the treat eaten which is a nice memory, my wife also got to stay with and keep petting her childhood cat until the end which was good. So I suppose if anyone else ends up needing to go thru the same sort of thing I would recommend doing an at home if you can handle it.
>>5126399High quality fur Very nice
>>5126463Home is the way to go. I wouldn’t want to die in some sterile hospital and we got to take him outside and say goodbye. May you live long enough to see your enemies vanquished.
Check out this cat.
How many cats do you guys have? I have 2 young cats at the moment but recently I have been presented with the oppertunity to get a third kitten and I am worried that I am becoming a mad cat man or something. I have the selfmade excuse to myself that cats are low maintenance compared to something like having dogs or birds so having 3 is not that bad of something to manage, but is that just cope?
>>5126064I'm sorry for your loss anon
>>5127105Thanks fella.It doesn’t make any sense but it’s a lot quieter now… he didn’t meow much but it’s still too quiet.
>>5127108I know that feeling man, I remember when my boy went. I wish there was something I could say to take away the pain. Just remember to be proud of yourself for giving him a good life
The cat managed to open the mosquito nets around the windows and ran away He is a neutered male, around 4 years old, spent all his life indoors All of the people I know say that he will return, but I'm on a very tight schedule and may not be able to get him in time Anyone had any experience with a runaway cat? How long did it take to return?
>>5127131
It is amazing how useless this thread is beyond "RIP Mr Whiskers" pity replies
>>5127131You are looking for him, right? especially for a dumb indoor cat I wouldn't expect him to return on his own
>>5127146Super constructive, on topic, and helpful post anon. Why’re you such a seething butthole?
>>5127146Only a happy person would post something this well adjusted...
>>5127150I managed to locate him, he is in the next yard over, however the location is incredibly dilapidated and unkempt, I will have to break in with gardening equipment to look further into that yard Cat wasn't interested in returning to me, but at least I know roughly where he isFor a dumb indoor cat, he quite nimbly managed to run away in that yard
Anyone do leash walks and day trips/hikes with their cats? Fairly sure it's just a social media phenomenon that filters the successes to the top but I'm trying to see if mine is built for it. Cat acts like how a cat should ie look for immediate hiding places
>>5127174I did, but I agree for most cats it's just standing there while they hide under a bush.It's a while before they are comfortable enough to explore and walk around, and even then it's more area sweeping than truly walking anywhere.It also helped that I had a cat that liked being near me, so naturally wanted to follow if I started walking away.
>>5127175Cool, I'll probably give walk training another couple months to see if it sticks. Did you have to do some shoulder jump training in case of dogs/undesirable scenarios or you just pick em up and stick in a back pack? How's their prey drive? Mine definitely thirsts for blood
>>5127176>shoulder jump trainingI didnt, but that sounds like a good idea if they are easy to train. I depended on retractable, locking leash and how well my cats handled being picked up and carried by me.>How's their prey drive?Very low. Neither were big on hunting, though Polo caught a mouse once.
Fellas, I brought in a friendly kot from outside. She has fleas. I let her run about the whole house without knowing. I have carpets. How fucked am I?
>>5127184Spend the next few days vacuuming best you can, and empty the canister in and outside bin, or replace the bag each time.Use bonding time to groom/flea comb your pet cats if you have any.
>>5127173Found the little devil, gave him a bath Didn't find fleas or ticks, no injuries from the local strays either
>>5127184in addition to vacuuming your carpets, next time you see that kot, give her a bath if you cani might suggest to apply some anti-flea medication to the back of her neck (that's the one place fleas like to congregate since cats physically can't groom there by themselves), BUT do keep in mind that if that cat is social with other cats that help groom them, and the other cat grooms the part your applied the flea medication to, that other cat will get dangerously ill from the flea poison.>>5127187glad to hear your butthead made it home safe and sound
some good news for cats with kidney disease https://phys.org/news/2026-04-japan-startup-cat-kidney-disease.html
Why are housecats so hydrophobic when big cats of all kinds love water? Is it purely cultural or is there a biological component? Because you do sometimes see regular cats who enjoy swimming
>>5127283I bet it has to do with thermal regulation. Easier to maintain a core temp when you are larger, even if the water soaks through your fur.
>>5127286nta but I also wonder if it has something to do with fur length -- i wonder specifically if there's any correlation
I never thought I'd see the day. I always figured that people had enough commonsense to "let nature happen" and not try to anthropomorphize animals with human rules and expectations. Like, as much as you might hate to see it, if you saw a bear pin down a deer and the deer was screaming for its life as the bear bites at the deer's neck, you'd have no right intervening. The bear needs to eat. The bear isn't being evil, it's just following its instincts.Here is what's pissing me off today. This cat channel is showing a male cat trying to mate with what looks to be a 1 year old female cat and the guy is actually kicking the cat away and the commenters are calling the male cat a pedophile and threatening violence against the cat. The male cat isn't being evil, he's just following his instincts. I've never witnessed people doing this before. Is this common behavior? If you have a pet cat or dog and it starts mounting a younger cat/dog, would you scold your pet for trying to mate with a younger animal? Would you beat your pet or have the pet neutered out of spite for "being a pedo"? I'm scared for the animals being abused because human expectations are being expected of them.
RIP, based cattos
>>5127583>I've never witnessed people doing this before. Is this common behavior?I've never seen anyone in person go as far as these morons did, but the general discourse around animals is completely filled with those kinds of retarded arguments, both ways, its entirely self-justification of status quo/griefing. Cats should ask for consent before mating, but we aren't expected to respect a cat's agency over their own body in any shape or form whatsoever. Everything we do is always "for their own good, because they don't know better", but their own good somehow always ends up being whatever is easiest on us/fits the most with our own understanding of what is good. A one-year old female cat has gone through at least 3 heat cycles, possibly more, and could be expected to have had at least one litter. Cat sexual intercourse isn't something graceful, and doesn't seem very fun for the female, but remaining in heat for another week has to be stressful as well. Now I say this but the first time I walked into the house and saw by newest 4 months old kitten holding down my 3 years old cat and mounting her I did shout angrily(/proudly) at him to stop raping his sister.
>>5127583Yes anon. All pet cats should be neutered. Their species reproduces via painful rape and they reproduce almost as fast as rodents while doing it. Shelters are literally overflowing and bleeding heart childless women are maintaining uncontained feral cat colonies to try and fail to cope with severe cat overpopulation.The felis sylvestris lybica cat evolved under constant selection pressure from giant eagles, numerous jackals and wolves, street dogs, and even bigger and meaner cats. As cute as they can be their reproductive instincts clearly don’t have a place outside of a hostile desert environment where most of them die before turning 1. If we just let them breed here they cause bird/lizard/frog/snake extinctions and help fuel coyote overpopulation just so some cate can “naturally” rape each other and shit out doomed souls a few months later. It is healthy and ideal for common people to be opposed to unneeded feline reproduction.
>>5127587Pets arent natural. The moment you have a pet, it stops being about what's natural for the species. If you want that, then dont have them as a pet.One of the things we severely change between a natural animal and a pet is their access/ability to sex.
>>5127592Unnatural doesn't have to be hypocritical. Contrary to you, I don't think society or human life stands in opposition to nature, only the way we do it. You can certainly choose to view the way you interact with your animals as ownership, I'd argue it's a nearly blasphemous waste of one of the greatest aspect that living offers us. The animals we typically view as pets are intelligent enough to build a relationship with us that goes well beyond the pure imposition of our will and their confinement to our dwellings.
>>5127603Counterpoint: a cat is less intelligent than an animal that only needs to live in a womans purse and sniff stuff occasionally, does great if neutered and kept inside, and is extremely destructive if loosed on the environment by an anthropomorphizing pseudo-philosopher who thinks enough passionate metaphysical babbling can override actual reality with whatever moral conclusions he comes to whilst on his soapbox. You are dismissed.
>>5127603>Unnatural doesn't have to be hypocritical.That was my point. It isnt hypocritical for a pet owner to make such decisions, and whether it is natural is not the metric.The metric is whether it is harmful. And denying a male cat the ability to mount and fuck does not harm them. It might stop some harm to the female, but there can be cases made for females in heat needing more than enforced separation. but that's why you should spay and neuter your pets so they dont go into heat.>only the way we do itthat...would be society.>You can certainly choose to view the way you interact with your animals as ownershipThat's called a pet, yes.> a relationship with us That's fine. you can have relationships with animals that are or are not pets.> pure imposition of our willDisagree. you can choose not to enact that control, but "pet" very much requires that imposition of will.If you dont own it, it isnt a pet.> their confinement to our dwellings.confinement is a choice pet owners can make.
>>5123568RIP Polo. It's good that you got lots of pictures to remember him by, looks like he had a great life under your care.
>>5127611>can makehave tothere is no true law but that which doesnt go away if you escape the police and renounce all beliefsand that is what natural actually means. not the order we have chosen as un-human, pure and un-corrupted, as fools take from the myths of the book of bereshit and the stories of enkidu - but the order we can’t argue with, or even argue about, and can only discover or remain in ignorance of. that unstoppable ruthlessnessthe law of the coyote
Coyotes make for good target practice desu
>>5127611>And denying a male cat the ability to mount and fuck does not harm them.Destroying the reproductive capabilities of any living being is harm, it is the very definition of degeneration in ontology. Living beings must reproduce, every living being since the primogenitor has lived according to that rule.You can harm something in order to bring about a greater good. The `greater good` with pets is ease of management from our point-of-view, not their own personal well-being. You pretending rape applies to cats means there is a moral value to their agency. If so, then by our moral standards unilaterally imposing our will on their body is also a violation of consent. I`m not arguing against your position (although it is retarded), I`m arguing against the lack of consistency in it. Either you rape the cat, or the cat rapes another cat. For some reason you think you doing it to the one you`ve chosen to befriend is better.
>>5123570Thanks for sharing! Lovely Polo RIP
>>5127649None of what you said has any meaningful relationship to reality. Just because you can create a linguistic construct to validate your emotionally driven decisions does not mean they are functional.
>>5127649You sound happy and well adjusted.
>>5127649any time someone says there’s a lack of consistency they mean according to their own horseshit “objective” morals (per what sounds like it makes the most sense in english without referencing anything religious)interestingly you people can never answer why be good>inb4 because otherwise any moral behavior and any punishment for immoral behavior is illogical!that does not matter worth a fuck. illogical always comes with according-to-me. you have no hard proof of good, no working definition, just bullshit about noble duties and harmony that sounds like captain picard screaming at Q.
>>5127669Mood.
We picked up a cat about a year ago. When I moved him to the apartment it was hard to teach him to go to the litter, but by the end of winter he managed to accostume. When the spring came, he started pissing everywhere BUT the litter. Not even marking with little puddles but straight up pissing. By now he also started to shit outside of litter, maybe because he's afraid of toilet room but he ignores the second litter in the living room. He either pisses ont eh periphery of the apartment with the "outside" (entrance door, windows, balcony) or in the corners. Vet said straight up that the only solution is castration. Is there anything I can do as an alternative to ball-chopping?
>>5127873Yes neutering is the best option. He won't miss his balls, he will be fine. Get an enzyme cleaner and thoroughly clean everywhere he pissed.
she no likey showers
>>5127933very nice
I recently got a new stray who is very sweet and sociable. My old cat doesn't want anything to do with him and she's naturally very skittish. She hides ontop of cabinets and growls/hisses when he's nearby. I've kept him in a separate room, I feed both of them by the closed door so she associates his scent with food / good thoughts. Its been a month, how much longer will this take so he can be out and about?
Do you ever rub a cat's belly? I don't think it's worth the gamble. I'll meet an affectionate outside cat, cat will rub against me, happily receive a bunch of pets, and then roll onto its back with its body against my foot practically begging to get a belly rub, but I never take the bait because cats get real frisky in this position. I have plenty of experience where my own cats would latch onto my hand, bite, and rabbit kick me when I try touching their tummy.
>>5126253i think i know which one are you looking for, but i didnt found it, so take this one instead
