• 𝓔𝓶𝓶𝓲𝓮English
    16•4 months ago

    I can’t tell if I hate cats or love cats but they are never neutral. In fact there is a wild one in my house right now

    I don’t even know why is he in my house or how it happened but at this point I think we tolerate each other pretty good. He gets the hose sometimes, I get his piss hose on the floor sometimes. He gets the snacks, I get the purr and fluffiness. I guess I can live with this chaotic balance.

    I guess for someone who likes to control things cats could be a nightmare as they will never be some obedient pets but that may tell more about the owner than the cat.

    Kinda sucks that my floor and sofa is ruined tho, it’s like a mini tiger, wildlife in your house. I guess this is the pleasures of completely feral cats. It’s possible that with this experience I could take on some caracal or serval. Of course I am not crazy nor I approve to do this but I have a glimpse of what mindset and work it would take

    The Cat is also a menace that cannot stand sight of any other cat and goes straight for the throat. Little fluffy psycho, quite lovely

    • @jpreston2005@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7•4 months ago

      I love cats, but I also love my plants, and despise the odor of a used litter box. Therefore, I cannot have cats. It sucks.

      • LousyCornMuffinsEnglish
        4•4 months ago

        So we got that expensive robot litter box and you can’t smell it unless you’re emptying it. It has made cat care so much easier.

    • LemminaryEnglish
      7•4 months ago

      will never be some obedient pet

      I find it odd that people think that. Mine are all incredibly well-behaved. I mean, I invested time in training them but it wasn’t anything out of the ordinary. I think the secret is being consistent and correcting the behavior as it’s happening. They’re smart enough to know when they’re doing something wrong. Oh, they know! Lol

    • JackbyDevEnglish
      4•4 months ago

      Might be obvious, but have you ruled out infection? Sometimes cats pee in places they shouldn’t if they have a UTI.

  • @PotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
    43•4 months ago

    DO NOT feed strangers cats. Water is fine. If you feed it, at best you’re fucking up its diet, at worst you’re basically abducting the cat.

    • @Steve@startrek.websiteEnglish
      10•4 months ago

      Back when my cat was alive I got occasional reports that he would enter various other houses nearby and meow by the fridge until he was given a cold cut.

        • Red Army Dog CooperEnglish
          -3•4 months ago

          As someone who is stauncly pro dog … and weary of cats… I feel like I need to take a side in this debate

          • JackbyDevEnglish
            3•4 months ago

            Then say something. I have a cat and a dog. They’re both amazing. They are both loving and loyal. They play together so well. My dog needs to chase my cat to get hyped to eat, my cat knows and plays along. My cat lets me know when the dog is on the porch and wants back in. My dog cobs my cat.

            Cats and dogs are both fucking amazing. Insisting one is better than the other is foolish. We are blessed to have such amazing creatures in our lives.

            • @Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
              2•4 months ago

              i stick to the adage that dogs are extroverts and cats are introverts, dogs just inherently love you but they can also get kind of exhausting, while cats require you to earn their trust and will in turn show their affection by curiously always being in the same room as you…

              • JackbyDevEnglish
                1•4 months ago

                Nope. My cat loves people and will always come socialize when we have company.

    • AtaraxiaEnglish
      5•4 months ago

      We have many strays we are trying to rescue amd until then they get fed and if some rando is letting their cat out to eat whatever the heck then find (and steal my food) on my property that’s the cat’s owner being the asshole. I’m trying to help needy cats and I can’t even oht traps down to get them medical attention because I could end up catching some irresponsible person’s cat.

      • LousyCornMuffinsEnglish
        1•4 months ago

        We have an asshole stray in our neighborhood, but she’s smart enough she’s figured out traps. One of these days we’ll get her.

  • @ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
    41•4 months ago

    I have one cat and a doggy door so it can go in and out as it pleases. A stray cat figured out it could use the doggy door.

    I have two cats.

  • @the_q@lemm.eeEnglish
    42•4 months ago

    Further proof that if you’re cute enough you can get anything you want.

  • @frezik@midwest.socialEnglish
    15•4 months ago

    Did they model their meows, or did they have a trait that happened to work in a new environment and then pass it on?

  • @MystikIncarnate@lemmy.caEnglish
    5•4 months ago

    I’ve been witness to the great cat distribution system.

    Our current cat has moved house with us twice. The first house at lived at, we were on the ground floor of the place and this furball just waltzed in and took over. Much to the dismay of the cat we already had.

    The preexisting cat was similar. She would hang out at a bus stop that my SO would frequent to get to work, didn’t take long before she followed my SO home. She was a shit, but she was cute enough to get away with it. Rest in peace Zora.

    Anyways, I would submit that the only reason we haven’t had more cats distributed to us is that we lived on the fifth floor of an apartment for a long while. We recently moved into a house so that might change.