Has anyone else noticed that the front page of this "mountain biking forum" has two threads about bikes that have more responses than a thread with pictures of cats and a thread about Fawlty Towers, not to mention Wordle, Airfix, and Brexit.
This thread was always going to turn into amusing analysis of what constitutes normal behaviour in a cat. My cat loves mango, banana and melon. I'm not sure that's normal. Or is it? Maybe in south America.
I did read a study ages ago that said that pets remain infantilised their whole lives rather than becoming normal adult animals. At first I thought this was a bad thing but now I'm older I'm not so sure.
Yup molgrips - thats why that behaviour is abnormal
Thanks for elaborating on my earlier 'why house cats' question. I get it. If you must keep cats I applaud this approach which means they don't crap in my garden or kill any wildlife.
There’s so much anthropomorphism going on in that Guardian article and in here. I’ve genuinely only posted this because I love the word anthropomorphic and all its tenses. Never normally get a chance to use them. So stop anthropomorphising.
Sounds like the kind of thing a cat would want to say.
In the OP - Instant comparison of children to pets! FFS!
I always feel desperately sorry for big, run around dogs like mine (GSPs) that don’t live in and get the freedom of the Forest for at least 2 hours a day. It’s the minimum they demand, amongst all my other dog servant tasks.
Of course dogs like sheep dogs that get to round stuff up all day outside probably feel desperately sorry for my poor pets.
I can’t believe a normal healthy cat is better off living it’s life inside though.
Of course each particular cat has its own needs. We’re not talking about your specific cat, Cougar, but cats in general.
And dogs, parrots, horses, fish, wolves, amphibians, rabbits, and people in a sci-fi novel...
I did read a study ages ago that said that pets remain infantilised their whole lives rather than becoming normal adult animals.
Seems conclusive.
If you've got a house cat, I do think a catio is a great idea. Ours love spending time in there, and there is plenty of space to chase each other, They spend ages on the various ledges watching the wildlife. We have one with cat flu, that is best kept away from other (non-vaccinated) cats, hence why he and the others are house/catio cats.
I can’t believe a normal healthy cat is better off living it’s life inside though.
Indoor cats live appreciably longer.
I'm sure there are some miserable indoor cats. I suspect a far far greater problem is dogs that are abandoned at home while owners go out to work all day. Now that really is a cruel and unusual way of life for a social animal.
I was thinking quality rather than quantity.
I do agree with you about dogs stuck home alone though.
You don't own cats. They own you.
I always feel desperately sorry for big, run around dogs like mine (GSPs) that don’t live in and get the freedom of the Forest for at least 2 hours a day. It’s the minimum they demand, amongst all my other dog servant tasks.
When the aliens invade and keep us all as pets they'll probably insist on making us exercise, because it's not natural for humans to be obese, but most of us would probably prefer to be slouched on the sofa watching Pointless.
