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Going tomorrow to see a feline... Date: March 29, 2014 09:39PM |
... thinking about adopting. I've thought about it before, but not sure how he/she'd get along with the hamsters.
If adopting, are there some particular things I ought to look out for, ask about, be careful about, etc. ... ?
TiA
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If adopting, are there some particular things I ought to look out for, ask about, be careful about, etc. ... ?
TiA
Freya says, 'Hello from NOLA, baby!' (Laissez bon temps rouler!)
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Re: Going tomorrow to see a feline... Date: March 29, 2014 09:44PM |
The cat may or may not like the hamsters. Depends on what kind of dipping sauce they come with.
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Re: Going tomorrow to see a feline... Date: March 29, 2014 09:53PM |
Get the pussy a good disguise.
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Re: Going tomorrow to see a feline... Date: March 29, 2014 09:58PM |
No possibility that the kitty would not see the hamsters, but since they're all in aquariums in racks, there's virtually no way the cat could get to them. That doesn't mean s/he couldn't see them and think wishfully of dining, though. 
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Re: Going tomorrow to see a feline... Date: March 29, 2014 10:15PM |
I think you'll be OK adopting from the Humane Society or a kitty rescue outfit. Those cats are inspected and vaccinated. I'd probably go for a kitten, but I've seen lots of really adorable adult cats a year or older. With the older cats you will want to find out as much as you can about behavior and temperament.
Good luck!
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Re: Going tomorrow to see a feline... Date: March 29, 2014 11:29PM |
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Declaw right away.
And when you have kids, chop off their fingertips...
( thats a counter opinion on declawing..)
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Re: Going tomorrow to see a feline... Date: March 29, 2014 11:59PM |
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Speedy
Declaw right away.
ABSOLUTELY NOT!
Never declaw cats. If you want to keep your furniture etc. pristine, you cannot have a cat.
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Re: Going tomorrow to see a feline... Date: March 30, 2014 01:25AM |
Ugh. Let's not get into the declaw/don't declaw debate.
This is a local person, not a shelter, wanting to adopt out. He claims it's because the cat is being attacked by his other cat (he adopted the cat he wants to give away from one of the local pet stores, and claims to have all the accompanying paperwork). Said kitty is in good health according to him, other than being skittish from having been attacked by the other cat.
As for the hamsters, it's probably true that a cat could get in there if really motivated to do so-- it's just that to do so, said cat would probably have to bring down an entire arrangement of shelving. If that happened, said kitty would be gone... that'd be a level of destructiveness I don't think I could tolerate. So it really depends on the cat-- some are just uninterested, others are feline agents of Satan.
Freya says, 'Hello from NOLA, baby!' (Laissez bon temps rouler!)
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/30/2014 01:25AM by PeterB.
This is a local person, not a shelter, wanting to adopt out. He claims it's because the cat is being attacked by his other cat (he adopted the cat he wants to give away from one of the local pet stores, and claims to have all the accompanying paperwork). Said kitty is in good health according to him, other than being skittish from having been attacked by the other cat.
As for the hamsters, it's probably true that a cat could get in there if really motivated to do so-- it's just that to do so, said cat would probably have to bring down an entire arrangement of shelving. If that happened, said kitty would be gone... that'd be a level of destructiveness I don't think I could tolerate. So it really depends on the cat-- some are just uninterested, others are feline agents of Satan.
Freya says, 'Hello from NOLA, baby!' (Laissez bon temps rouler!)
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/30/2014 01:25AM by PeterB.
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Re: Going tomorrow to see a feline... Date: March 30, 2014 08:33AM |
Yeah, there's always this:
... sometimes they treat them as little kittens, rather than hamsters...
Freya says, 'Hello from NOLA, baby!' (Laissez bon temps rouler!)
... sometimes they treat them as little kittens, rather than hamsters...
Freya says, 'Hello from NOLA, baby!' (Laissez bon temps rouler!)
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Re: Going tomorrow to see a feline... Date: March 30, 2014 10:11AM |
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PeterB
Ugh. Let's not get into the declaw/don't declaw debate.
This is a local person, not a shelter, wanting to adopt out. He claims it's because the cat is being attacked by his other cat (he adopted the cat he wants to give away from one of the local pet stores, and claims to have all the accompanying paperwork). Said kitty is in good health according to him, other than being skittish from having been attacked by the other cat.
As for the hamsters, it's probably true that a cat could get in there if really motivated to do so-- it's just that to do so, said cat would probably have to bring down an entire arrangement of shelving. If that happened, said kitty would be gone... that'd be a level of destructiveness I don't think I could tolerate. So it really depends on the cat-- some are just uninterested, others are feline agents of Satan.
Just do be careful that your shelving system is well anchored and balanced. Cats love high places, and a cliffside populated by small critters will be all the more interesting even if the cat is not specifically looking to eat them. Evaluate whether your structure can withstand both climbing by the cat, and a spring-loaded launch when the cat decides to jump from the top to an adjacent piece of furniture.
Also, providing an easily climbed "cat tree" might satisfy the cat's interest in heights enough to distract it from the hamster-cliff. Whenever the cat tries to climb the shelves, you can displace it to the cat tree.
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 03/30/2014 10:15AM by Janit.
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Re: Going tomorrow to see a feline... Date: March 30, 2014 12:19PM |
I adopted a cat that was already declawed. It is the only cat I've ever owned which had litter box issues, and that's not uncommon with declawed cats. He's skittish and easily frightened, which I attribute to knowing that he has lost half his ability to fight back. Some of them bite, as well, since they don't have their claws to use as warning/protection. I would much rather figure out how to protect my furniture than figure out how to clean up urine and poop and bite marks, which are all possibilities when you mutilate a cat like that. I will think twice before adopting another declawed cat, although this one is so sweet and smart that it's been worth the bother to me (however, I doubt someone who thinks it's okay to declaw would have had my patience). Anyhow, I committed to take him so I have made it work for both of us.
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Re: Going tomorrow to see a feline... Date: March 30, 2014 04:00PM |
Some of the more civilized countries of the world , those that extend the basics of living rights to animals have made declawing illegal for being the inhumane and barbaric mutilation that the practice is.
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Re: Going tomorrow to see a feline... Date: March 30, 2014 04:01PM |
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,,, there's virtually no way the cat could get to them.
hehehehehe
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Re: Going tomorrow to see a feline... Date: March 30, 2014 04:04PM |
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Speedy
Declaw right away.
ABSOLUTELY NOT!
Never declaw cats. If you want to keep your furniture etc. pristine, you cannot have a cat.
I retract my suggestion. My apologies to all the cat people. I just hate getting scratched when I stuff a cat in a burlap sack containing a brick.
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Re: Going tomorrow to see a feline... Date: March 30, 2014 06:27PM |
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I hope you and the kitty liked each other!
There was the rub. Said kitty seemed to like me, but I wasn't crazy about her. She was a bit too aggressively friendly for my tastes... almost like a dog. I tend to like sweeter, gentler cats.
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Re: Going tomorrow to see a feline... Date: March 30, 2014 06:57PM |
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A-Polly
I hope you and the kitty liked each other!
There was the rub. Said kitty seemed to like me, but I wasn't crazy about her. She was a bit too aggressively friendly for my tastes... almost like a dog. I tend to like sweeter, gentler cats.
Keep looking then! You'll find one. I'm sure this is totally anecdotal, but I've found that boy cats tend to be a little less "idjity" than girls.
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Re: Going tomorrow to see a feline... Date: March 30, 2014 09:10PM |
i've lived with cats and birds in the same house - just like anything you'd eat, if the food sits out too long they're no longer interested. ;)
I would be concerned about a clever cat going to surprising lengths to get that the hamsters. then again, a lot of cats wouldn't care. (why would i eat that? it sound NOTHING like a can of tuna!)
you might take a photo of your hamster setup to field advice on making it cat proof. my cat can open certain varieties of childproof locks so i consider myself an expert in this field of battle.
after a lifetime of living with cats i still learned a lot from this book - [www.amazon.com]
final note - i think its really cool when people adopt older cats. they need love too. a kitten's personality will change before they become an adult. there's some training that can be easier when they're young but otherwise behaviors that have become set that are problems are definitely outliers.
POST PICS WHEN YOU BRING HIM HOME.
I would be concerned about a clever cat going to surprising lengths to get that the hamsters. then again, a lot of cats wouldn't care. (why would i eat that? it sound NOTHING like a can of tuna!)
you might take a photo of your hamster setup to field advice on making it cat proof. my cat can open certain varieties of childproof locks so i consider myself an expert in this field of battle.
after a lifetime of living with cats i still learned a lot from this book - [www.amazon.com]
final note - i think its really cool when people adopt older cats. they need love too. a kitten's personality will change before they become an adult. there's some training that can be easier when they're young but otherwise behaviors that have become set that are problems are definitely outliers.
POST PICS WHEN YOU BRING HIM HOME.
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Re: Going tomorrow to see a feline... Date: March 30, 2014 09:55PM |
maybe you should be looking for russian pussy
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Re: Going tomorrow to see a feline... Date: March 30, 2014 10:14PM |
Why do some people always want to chime in with that kind of vicious nonsense?
I oft wonder this myself.
It happens on many levels and on various topics.
At the very least I see it as Man's inhumanity to Man being extended to all God's creatures. And even if the brick and burlap remark was meant as a joke, to what end? It's a matter of levels.
It's certainly goes beyond someone not being a cat-person or a dog-person.
If I had to guess, the aberration is testosterone-based psychological dysfunction for the most part, resulting in taking umbrage to a smaller creature's independence.
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I oft wonder this myself.
It happens on many levels and on various topics.
At the very least I see it as Man's inhumanity to Man being extended to all God's creatures. And even if the brick and burlap remark was meant as a joke, to what end? It's a matter of levels.
It's certainly goes beyond someone not being a cat-person or a dog-person.
If I had to guess, the aberration is testosterone-based psychological dysfunction for the most part, resulting in taking umbrage to a smaller creature's independence.
I am that Masked Man.
All you can do, is all you can do.
There’s trouble — it's time to play the sound of my people.
Your boos mean nothing to me, I've seen what you cheer for.
Insisting on your rights without acknowledging your responsibilities isn’t freedom, it’s adolescence.
I've been to the edge of the map, and there be monsters.
We are a government of laws, not men.
Everybody counts or nobody counts.
When a good man is hurt,
all who would be called good
must suffer with him.
You and I have memories longer than the road that stretches out ahead.
There is no safety for honest men except
by believing all possible evil of evil men.
We don’t do focus groups. They just ensure that you don’t offend anyone, and produce bland inoffensive products. —Sir Jonathan Ive
An armed society is a polite society.
And hope is a lousy defense.
You make me pull, I'll put you down.
I *love* SIGs. It's Glocks I hate.
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Re: Going tomorrow to see a feline... Date: March 30, 2014 10:59PM |
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Might be the uselessness of most cats, especially compared to dogs. Or it might have to do with the large number of feral cats and the damage they do.
Or, more likely, it has to with you just being a jerk.
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