Seriously a dislike? For what letting my cat out side or for my cat being a cat?
Probably for letting it outside. People get really upset about that. I actually lost a friend over the fact that I wouldn’t keep my cat indoors. And he’s literally a ‘barn cat’, the shelter determined he wouldn’t make a good indoor cat and as such was adopted to be an outdoor cat. He lives his days out on my property where he is safe and cared for. And outside... But I’m apparently supposed to be some kind of cat whisperer and tame him?
he does kill everything else though. Mostly rodents and rabbits.
Ah, I see. Actually that was me attempting to bring the topic back to Tarantulas. When I got my cat she was already 2 and an outside cat so I thought it cruel to suddenly start keeping her inside.Probably for letting it outside. People get really upset about that. I actually lost a friend over the fact that I wouldn’t keep my cat indoors. And he’s literally a ‘barn cat’, the shelter determined he wouldn’t make a good indoor cat and as such was adopted to be an outdoor cat. He lives his days out on my property where he is safe and cared for. And outside... But I’m apparently supposed to be some kind of cat whisperer and tame him?
Btw he’s never killed birds. He’s a big boy and isn’t agile enough
My dog slammed into a shelf and flipped over my African dwarf frog tank. I found her hopping around on the carpet looking for water to live. Luckily, I found her and she is still alive.
My cat has killed two lizards when he escaped outside and that was five minutes of him being out there, now imagine if he was out there for a day or more. Now he is trained to hop on the patio table and chill and follow me when I go back inside.
In my state Eastern cottontails were actually introduced in the 1930s and are not native to my area, which is what my cat catches. They are in pretty large numbers, he’s only able to take down young ones.
I get it but in my town, people try to feed the cats and try not to let them take over. One of my cats is a baby from a feral or barn cat. I try not to judge people but if you left a cat outside in my area, the cat would only kill native animals and get eaten by coyotes. And the only invasive in my area are a couple sparrows and a couple mice and the cats don’t even get them. I agree.
I have a tub of dubias I keep on the floor but when I pull the tub of them or crickets out, my cats start slapping the side and push the tub five feet from where I had it. No need for feather or laser pointers, cats get entertained from feeders in a tub. The roaches don’t seem to mind, they just keep eating and go hiding. I have to close my door to do anything with inverts or small geckos because my cats are interested. They don’t want to hunt them, they’re more interested in what they are.
I'm sure you gathered what I was alluding to though. As a dog owner you wouldn't put your tarantula enclosures on the floor or on a low shelf where the dog could actually reach.
You have provided all the answers, I just placed them in Red and Bold to make them clear.
Whaaaat? No!
I'm particularly interested in how the cats are supposedly an invasive species in Europe where they've been present for at least 4000 years. Possilby even 7k years (I recall a case of cat burial found somewhere that was that old).Whaaaat? No!
I do agree about the sterilization part, but cats deserves to be free and go outside if there's the chance for that. Almost everyone here in Italy do that since forever, with even butchers throwing occasionally meat to them.
One of mine (your average bulky, big headed male cat) is loved by the entire neighborhood and he spend in Spring/Summer a good 10/15 days always outside
He's currently outside (with his sister) at the moment (22:47 here).
A cat forced at home 24/7 it's like a biker without anymore his Harley
Probably this is also why I've never had a "Cat/T's" incident since decades of keeping both.
Yep, indeed. If you live nearby high trafficked roads (thankfully, I live in downtown but it's like living in the country... hard to explain to everyone but you are European so you know the kind of older architecture we have here in Lombardy and nearby Switzerland, France with those old house with huge gardens etc) cats outside are a nope, too risky. Plus, where I live is "ZTL", meaning only residents, those for work (couriers etc) or electrical cars can enter. The rest, bike or foot.
And Don Vito 'The Godfather' as well