Broader adoption of keeping cats safe at home would have large benefits for cat welfare, human health, local wildlife and even the economy. So, should cat owners be required to keep their pets contained to their property?

Broader adoption of keeping cats safe at home would have large benefits for cat welfare, human health, local wildlife and even the economy. So, should cat owners be required to keep their pets contained to their property?

The answer to the question is obviously “yes”.

  • @Maalus
    1•6 months ago

    You pity the animals I take care of, and yet they aren’t the ones ripping out their fur, having issues etc. Yes, I have a male cat that used to roam in the middle of the city and was half-feral when I got him. Had to work hard with him, but he never reached the point your brothers’ cat is at.

    It’s funny that you keep going back to the “entire wall is a cat tower” argument and focusing on how much money was spent. None of that matters if the cat isn’t engaged with enough, which is obvious is happening in your brothers case. You can’t throw money at an animal and expect it to suddenly be fine if you don’t do anything else with it.

    Your brother is a bad owner, plain and simple. Go ahead, insult me all you want, in the end it doesn’t change the facts.

    • @Dasus
      -1•6 months ago

      You’re not only stupid, you’re bad at reading.

      This is why I pity any animals you might own. Incredibly much.

      Bet your the type to give your cats a sip of wine or a piece of your garlic chicken. Just the type.

      The tail is getting better, not that you notice, because your literacy is on the same level as your knowledge of pet behaviour. :D

      The cat is being engaged with for hours on end, with more activities than you have ever given your overweight little darling.

      There is literally nothing you could ever do to make the transition easier, except prescription drugs, which aren’t necessary. The sprayable pheromones do help as well, and they’re rather expensive as well.

      I go over to catsit often just for just a normal workday. The cat isn’t left for even 8 hours. Well, not when it was even worse. As I’ve said, it’s getting better.

      So to repeat, no you haven’t owned an actual village cat. You’ve owned a cat who was allowed to occasionally go look outside. Some fat, neutered inside cat, which everyone who knows jack shit about cats knows is an entirely different animal than a wild tomcat with a large territory. Ofc that group doesn’t involve you. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

      Ours was the literal king of a town for the better part of a decade.

      The fact you pretend those are remotely the same is why I pity any animal or person you will ever interact with; You’re willfully ignorant. You can’t let go of having said something so childish as “it’s always the owner”.

      To pretending like you don’t understand the first thing about territories, pheromones and feline heat.

      If I were like you, I could now pretend that you actively have sex with your animals. Why? Well it’s obvious. I just say it’s obvious, and you can’t provide me with 247 films showing you haven’t raped your pets, so thus you can’t prove I’m wrong, thus I’m right and you’re a dirty rapist.

      That’s exactly the same as you pretending we aren’t giving the cat the stimuli it needs.

      You’re an animal rapist, plain and simple.

      “Cats can’t get stressed by environmental factors” - Your entire argument

      pathetic