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Old 06-04-2010, 09:16 PM

-hugs Rose-


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Old 06-04-2010, 09:16 PM

I do feel sorry for many of the outdoor cats that I see.


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Old 06-04-2010, 09:17 PM

I think it depends on if the cat can find some shelter, a normal cat should get along fine with this arrangement.
But someone at my apartment had an outdoors cat and that got sickly from being left outdoors.
I would leave a box out with a blanket and sometimes let the poor cat in with me.
I think the cat eventually died due to the health problems from the cold weather.
I found this a cruel thing to do.

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Old 06-04-2010, 09:17 PM





Coco and Bear


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Old 06-04-2010, 09:17 PM

I feel terrible for my old stray kitty. I think he's dead now. He wasn't really mine, but I nursed him back to health every time someone shot him or he got injuries from fighting.
He's terrible looking because of what the outside life has done to him, I miss him. I wanted to get my own place so I could keep him inside, but I don't have the money gathered up just yet.


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Old 06-04-2010, 09:18 PM

@Chikuma - It just depends. The fact that your cat lived a long life outdoors doesn't mean that's typical. Different regions have different hazards; when I lived in Washington state, our neighborhood had essentially a new set of cats every six months because of the coyotes. Here, cats virtually disappear during the harsh winters - I don't know what they do or where they go, and I've no idea how they survive. I assume if they have kittens, they don't make it unless they find somewhere unusually warm and protected.


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Old 06-04-2010, 09:18 PM

our outdoor cat will never make it living in the house.... she will not lean anything on how to live in the house. *hugs KA back* thanks, kitty deaths just hit me the hardist.


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Old 06-04-2010, 09:18 PM

Here in Austin, many outdoor cats fall prey to the coyotes.
That happened to a cat that some friends of mine had been feeding.


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Old 06-04-2010, 09:19 PM

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Coco and Bear
cute puppys


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Old 06-04-2010, 09:20 PM

OKAY OKAY I think we have to agree to disagree. Nothing you say is going to change my mind or make feel all sympathetic to cats who live outside. There are good stories and there are bad stories. Yes, not all cats should be outdoor cats but not all outdoor cats are living miserable lives.

*sigh* So what did everybody do today. I went to work.


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Old 06-04-2010, 09:20 PM

I bathed my doggy and took care of my baby brother. other than that, nothing.


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Old 06-04-2010, 09:21 PM

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cute puppys
They are much older than that now. ^_^ I'll have to get some up dated pictures of them.


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Old 06-04-2010, 09:22 PM

I call dogs puppys no matter what age.

Chikuma will you agree that if you have a black cat you need to keep it indoors if you can around halloween?


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Old 06-04-2010, 09:22 PM

I might read later. Got a good book I'm finishing by Mercedes Lackey


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Old 06-04-2010, 09:22 PM

When I lived on the farm, Chikuma, we had barn cats.
That was in North Dakota, with very bitterly cold winters.
They were outdoor cats who had their little places in the hay in the barn.

They were happy, and they did very well. My uncle refused to allow them in the house, and he also discouraged us from feeding them. He thought if we fed them, then they would not catch the mice and gophers in the barns and fields.

Oh, Chikuma! I LOVE Mercedes Lackey!
Which book are you reading?


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Old 06-04-2010, 09:22 PM

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I might read later. Got a good book I'm finishing by Mercedes Lackey
which one?


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Old 06-04-2010, 09:23 PM

Oh, I love Mercedes Lackey. =D I like what she did with her elemental series. =D

Today I unpacked things and glorified in the fact that I no longer have a roommate.


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Old 06-04-2010, 09:23 PM

Hey Guivre! -waves-


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Old 06-04-2010, 09:24 PM

Lackey is a great writer and her husband is quite funny.


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Old 06-04-2010, 09:24 PM

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I call dogs puppys no matter what age.

Chikuma will you agree that if you have a black cat you need to keep it indoors if you can around halloween?
No. I'm assuming you are asking this because there are problems where you live of people hurting black cats near/during Halloween. That may be a problem in certain areas but not here. If it was a problem here then I would do my best to have it inside and safe.


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Old 06-04-2010, 09:26 PM

I wish I could sabotage.


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Old 06-04-2010, 09:26 PM

I'm finishing Storm Breaking. I've already read all the other books dealing with Vlademar and this is the very last one. ^-^


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Old 06-04-2010, 09:26 PM

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No. I'm assuming you are asking this because there are problems where you live of people hurting black cats near/during Halloween. That may be a problem in certain areas but not here. If it was a problem here then I would do my best to have it inside and safe.
actually it is a world problem. in the country's that do celebrate Halloween the black cat has gotten such a bad name that they are tortured and harmed around Halloween. it is not just in the US that this problem has been noticed. it is one of those dark secrets that no one really wants to know.


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Old 06-04-2010, 09:27 PM

*sigh* Can we just drop it Gypsea Rose


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Old 06-04-2010, 09:27 PM

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I'm finishing Storm Breaking. I've already read all the other books dealing with Vlademar and this is the very last one. ^-^
have you read her newest one Foundation?


 


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