Cats, anyone understand them?
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I'm not a cat lover or hater. They and I have passed each other by with no incident, beyond them s
tting in my seed beds and hiding the odd dead mole (they stink!) around my property. I shout at them , they ignore me, fair enough.
A neighbour has recently got a new cat. Small, young and strange. It has adopted me, more probably stalking, I suspect. Every time I turn round its there, hiding in a hedge, behind the toilet and even appeared in my car 15 minutes into my journey.
ON the plus side, it appears to be extremely violent towards other cats, beating up others 4 times its size, and chasing them out my garden. This has reduced the crapping in the garden.
The downside is everywhere. Wash the car, it attacks the hose, hides in the car, garage, kitchen, lurking. I've tried reasoning with it, and the owners claim its just mad.
Is this normal?
tting in my seed beds and hiding the odd dead mole (they stink!) around my property. I shout at them , they ignore me, fair enough.A neighbour has recently got a new cat. Small, young and strange. It has adopted me, more probably stalking, I suspect. Every time I turn round its there, hiding in a hedge, behind the toilet and even appeared in my car 15 minutes into my journey.
ON the plus side, it appears to be extremely violent towards other cats, beating up others 4 times its size, and chasing them out my garden. This has reduced the crapping in the garden.
The downside is everywhere. Wash the car, it attacks the hose, hides in the car, garage, kitchen, lurking. I've tried reasoning with it, and the owners claim its just mad.
Is this normal?
pilchardthecat said:
For additional entertainment, give it some drugs
do that. definitely do that.also, watch this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bETCusT5kNM
From what I understand of cats (but having never had one kind of makes me a voyeur in the world of pussy), I can but observe that cats are possessed of some latent perversion in selecting those of us with a) cat alergies b) prefer not to be covered in fuzzbucket mange.
In answer to your question, I have had the pleasure of meeting a cat psychologist before. For a little fee of £60, she will observe your cat and tell you what they might be lacking / needing in their lives. What she had to say both about cats and her understanding of cats made me conclude rather assuredly, that I was definately not a cat person. I don't normally believe in crazy by association, but in this case I really didn't want to take the chance.
In answer to your question, I have had the pleasure of meeting a cat psychologist before. For a little fee of £60, she will observe your cat and tell you what they might be lacking / needing in their lives. What she had to say both about cats and her understanding of cats made me conclude rather assuredly, that I was definately not a cat person. I don't normally believe in crazy by association, but in this case I really didn't want to take the chance.
drivin_me_nuts said:
...cats are possessed of some latent perversion in selecting those of us with a) cat alergies b) prefer not to be covered in fuzzbucket mange....
Very simple explanation for that one; people who aren't keen on cats/don't want to be pestered by them will tend to look away. People who like cats tend to look at them. Looking away/down/closing eyes means "you're the boss, i'm your bh" in cat speak. You are subjugating yourself in the pride heirarchy. Staring is an aggressive signal.
Jasandjules said:
Sounds like a kitten and it likes you.
Give it some attention, lactose free milk etc and become a happier person as you get to watch it be a f***ng lunatic. Also, get a cat toy for it, that's great fun to watch too.
Issue with doing that is it might adopt you full time then you and your neighbour wont be happy.Give it some attention, lactose free milk etc and become a happier person as you get to watch it be a f***ng lunatic. Also, get a cat toy for it, that's great fun to watch too.
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