Who Owns Cats?

1 - They stink up a house. I don't care what new fancy litter you use or what mechanical litter box you bought the odor will always be there. To this day when I go home to visit mom she thinks her "new" litter will fool me - nope still stinks! And this is in a house that is otherwise spotless almost to an obsessive degree.

I have 4 cats and people say to me all the time I didn't know you had cats till I seen them. Our littler boxes are scooped 3 times every day as well. Plus baking soda in them really cuts down on the smell.

#2 - They have zero practical purpose. Dogs are good for hunting and security - what are cat's good for, besides MAYBE catching an occasional rodent. I think I can count on one hand the number of rodents my mom's caught in the 18 years I lived there. A rat trap would have been a much wiser investment!

I think the problem here is you might be a slob. If you have rodent problems. Just saying. I have lots of things that don't server a vital NEEDED purpose. But I like them and they all make me happy.

#4 - A grown man with a pet cat is just funny IMO. My neighbor, a big burly dude, can be seen outside singing the "Here kitty kitty" song about once a week - it is great comedy, but kind of sad at the same time!!

Some men don't need to prove they are a man we know we are. I would like you to know that more men own cats than women. Just saying. Plus a cat owner on average spend $219 on a vet visit where dog owners spend $284. There are currently approx 74 million dos and 84 million cats owned in the USA.

If you don't spend/waste your hard earned money de-clawing them they will destroy the furniture that you spent your hard earned money on - LOSE-LOSE situation.

I have 4 cats Not a single one claws at the furniture. You need to train them. When mine started a quick squirt with water and a touch of cider vinegar put an end to it.

Declawing is so inhumane I will have gone off on people who want it done. Imagine taking a pair of linemen pliers and cutting your fingers and toes off at the first joint. Now go try to function like that living in consent pain for the rest of your life. I was a 91Tango in the Army at the time it was an Animal Care Specialist. I filmed the doc doing a declaw on a cat. Anytime someone wanted to do it I popped that video in the DVD player and made them watch it. Never had someone still want to do it after seeing what goes on.

Cropping ears and docking tails rank right there with declawing cats. There is no reason for it. If your dog was supposed to have a short tail or perk ears they would have been made that way. I think all three things should be OUTLAWED myself.

There are plenty of products out there to help with cats claws.

http://www.softpaws.com/

http://www.petco.com/N_23_146/Cat-Scratchers.aspx

This goes with the last item. You get the scratching post then spray some of this on it and they will be scratching all over it and nothing else.
http://www.drsfostersmith.com/produc...40&cagpspn=pla

[Mr_Shamrock]

Originally Posted by cpttango30

I have 4 cats and people say to me all the time I didn't know you had cats till I seen them. Our littler boxes are scooped 3 times every day as well. Plus baking soda in them really cuts down on the smell.



I think the problem here is you might be a slob. If you have rodent problems. Just saying. I have lots of things that don't server a vital NEEDED purpose. But I like them and they all make me happy.



Some men don't need to prove they are a man we know we are. I would like you to know that more men own cats than women. Just saying. Plus a cat owner on average spend $219 on a vet visit where dog owners spend $284. There are currently approx 74 million dos and 84 million cats owned in the USA.



I have 4 cats Not a single one claws at the furniture. You need to train them. When mine started a quick squirt with water and a touch of cider vinegar put an end to it.

Declawing is so inhumane I will have gone off on people who want it done. Imagine taking a pair of linemen pliers and cutting your fingers and toes off at the first joint. Now go try to function like that living in consent pain for the rest of your life. I was a 91Tango in the Army at the time it was an Animal Care Specialist. I filmed the doc doing a declaw on a cat. Anytime someone wanted to do it I popped that video in the DVD player and made them watch it. Never had someone still want to do it after seeing what goes on.

Cropping ears and docking tails rank right there with declawing cats. There is no reason for it. If your dog was supposed to have a short tail or perk ears they would have been made that way. I think all three things should be OUTLAWED myself.

There are plenty of products out there to help with cats claws.

http://www.softpaws.com/

http://www.petco.com/N_23_146/Cat-Scratchers.aspx

This goes with the last item. You get the scratching post then spray some of this on it and they will be scratching all over it and nothing else.
http://www.drsfostersmith.com/produc...40&cagpspn=pla

LOL you are quite the cat person I see. All I can say about the "Slob" comment is you are welcome to visit my house at any time and I am sure the word slob will be the last thing that comes to mind. Anyway, personal attacks aside, we all have opinions and this has been my personal experience with cats. In my previous line of work I was inside a lot of strangers homes and I immediately could tell the cat owners from the non cat owners as soon as I stepped in the house. I think the owners get immune to it after a while. Bottom line is there isn't a way to take a crap in a plastic tray and leave it in your house without some sort of odor coming from it. And there usually were the signs - scratches on this or that. You say you never had a cat scratch your furniture, but then you immediately tell how you remedied your cat scratching issue - well which is it? Plus I can think of a million other things I would rather do than play security guard with a vinegar filled squirt gun - then your house would smell like vinegar along with the other foul smells. I also like how the baking soda "cuts down on the smell" = there still is some smell left.

No I don't need to go out and buy a cat to prove I am confident in my manhood.

If you have a rattlesnake issue and cats are able to relieve that issue than you have a legitimate need for an OUTSIDE cat I will give you that, but just like the items you listed to cure cat's issues there are other ways to cure a snake issue.

Again this is a place where we voice our personal opinions on obviously all kinds of different topics (even though I didn't think cats would be one) and this is my personal opinion. If yours varies than that's OK. Enjoy your cat's brother.

[Double D]

Everyone has the option to love whatever animal they choose. I dont like cats. I dont think they can be compared to a dog in any way, shape or form when it comes to a pet. But, thats me. Thats why I dont have one. The last time I had one in the house, it was when my wife and I met and she had a cat. I watched that cat pee on the stove. The door jambs in her house were scratched up and so were her furniture legs. When we got married, I threw the cat out. No animal gets on my counter or my table or stove and certainly wont get away with peeing on any of them. If there is any way for that cat to get underneath of your house, it will. It will tear up the insulation, the duct work and many other things. They will hang on your screens on your windows trying to get in the house scratching up your screens. I know, I have had it happen. No cats for me. And they do stink. You may be able to cover it up by working at it constantly, but they do stink. And they will scratch the daylights out of you if they get the slightest bit scared. But, you guys can go right ahead and have at it.

[fuzebox40]

I have a cat. Who wants it? Come get it!

yep cats can't do anything like a dog right?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5dIB2oF6sQ

[Double D]

Originally Posted by cpttango30

yep cats can't do anything like a dog right?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5dIB2oF6sQ

I will stick to my comment. There is no comparison. Dogs are so far superior its not even close. Dogs are closer to human than most humans.

[fuzebox40]

Yep, and just like humans all they need is a couple good beatings to get their head strait!

[ozo]

I see in the video...it took a Border Collie to be able
to compete with a cat......
Luv it.....

[JLA]

I like cats. They are delicious. And I personally think that cat carrier is awesome!

[ozo]

Two day old kittens, deep fried, in a tortilla,
with cheese and lettuce and tomato.......yum.
I like cats, no, I love mine.....
I love them so much, I build them a new home every 5 yrs
or so.......
and the smell they cause on my home just keeps everyone from bothering me.

[JLA]

I miss frank. But at least i got revenge on the dogs that killed him..

[gun runner]

Had to get back in the ring again I want to see you and your ugly dog take one of these on. NO firearms, NO knifes and not even a firecracker or rock. Think about it. Id love to see the end results Oh not fair?, call it mother nature!

[JLA]

Nah. .458 Lott between the eyes and im eatn Cape buffalo steak for dinner and feeding Winchester the grissel. Now if my Lab weighed 1000 pounds and was 11 feet long then it would be a fair fight and I wouldnt have to blow lamberts brains out with my lott.

[Double D]

Originally Posted by ozo

I see in the video...it took a Border Collie to be able
to compete with a cat......
Luv it.....

I dont see the use in teaching animals all that nonsense anyhow. Sure, they can learn it but what does it prove? They just need to be themselves. They are awesome enough.

[gun runner]

Oh yeah I think the idiot president we have now will love the end result of the fight because he loves dog right?

[TheGunClinger]

I have posted my feelings before about cats and I will post it again. For you cat lovers, this is in jest. Dont get your panties bunched up.
I have mixed emotions about cats.... Cant decide if I like them better as bait, or as targets. OK, whoa there! I said in jest.
Oh... Gunrunner... Your fixation with owning a big cat that will one day eat you is weird. Just sayin.

[JLA]

I wonder if cat fixation is in compensation for something else entirely??

[TheGunClinger]

Heh!

[north tex]

Who owns cats..... ALL my neighbors. All I get is there feces in my yard, flower gardens, plant pots, and decorative gravel. Plus I get all their tracks all over my pick-up plus their urine sprayed on the back window of my PU when they spend the night on the bed cover. They crawl through my garage if I happen to leave the door open.
Generally I liked cats when I had one of my own. He was strictly an indoor cat and not allowed to wander the streets. I'm beginning to hate the neighbors cats. It's getting so they run if they see me now.... and I do encourage that response.
And no it doesn't do any good to complain to the city or county. They say I have to catch them and transport them 18 miles to the county pound. Besides... the police chief's cat is one of the offenders.

[JLA]

Im fairly sure cats are the reason they invented the .410 shotgun. There was a huge stray tom living in my dumpster a while back. damn thing kept spraying my truck doors and back windows just like North Tex describes above. I say kept, as in past tense, because I shot him with a .410 and buried him in the flower garden. Worms ate good and my truck stopped getting sprayed. Win win for everyone.

[TheGunClinger]

Originally Posted by cpttango30

yep cats can't do anything like a dog right?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5dIB2oF6sQ

Ok. Dog won. Cat just put out the bare minimum effort to get a treat. Dog looked and acted very enthusiastic when performing the same tricks for a treat. Cat acted like ho hum...Ok give me stuff. Dog acted like Wowzers!! I get to do a job and get paid for it and that damn cat just did the minimum for the same treat I got. WTH! I did the job much better than the cat but the damn cat got the same treat...WTH! Damn cat must be a Democat. Spread the wealth my tail waggin butt! Just musing.

[JLA]

sounds strikingly similar to affirmative action eh Gunclinger??

[jack404]

this is what we are dealing with here

these will kill 5-6 largish animals a day to feed themselves and maybe 10-20 when they have a litter

and they are reverting back to their wild state

[JLA]

Ive read about yalls feral cat problem Jack. The thing that fascinates me is how large they become in the wild. Normal housecats, just takes a few generations to become a blood thirsty wild beast again. Not that different from wild pigs, only transgression isnt near as fast with cats.

[ampaterry]

We have one house cat - lives inside all the time, meows at the door when she needs to do her business, which she always does outside. Never had a litterbox in the house, we just trained her like we did the dogs.

We have one inside/outside cat - lives inside in a crate at night, goes outside during the daytime.

We have three outside cats - never come in the house, live outside 24/7.

We feed all the cats, of course, and the outside ones and the outside/inside one occasionally will kill a mole or mouse. We have taught them all to leave the birds alone, and they do.

I love them all - but the whole bunch cannot compare to my dog.