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Did you know the cats outside are free? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 month ago by SkyezOpen@lemmy.world to c/cat@lemmy.world

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You can just lure them inside with wet food!

We saw this absolutely SCRUNGLY little thing with a paw on our back door, but she bolted when she saw us. I lured her out of hiding with some wet food and a bowl, giving her small amounts at a time and gradually moving it closer to our back porch. She was entirely too young and hungry to be outside (she ate 2 whole cans of wet food at once. Even our fattest of cats are satisfied with one), so we made a plan to trap her. The trap turned out to not be necessary as she got bold after a week and let me sit with her and even pet her a bit! She did get startled and slash me up a little bit (rabies shots are ASS) but she is a sweetheart. Since she kept coming to the door we decided to quarantine our other cats and open it and lure her in with food. It eventually worked and we have her quarantined in the bathroom for now. Sadly we already have 5 cats and their politics are already complicated enough, but we found her a forever home with someone who will spoil her rotten.

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[-] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 94 points 1 month ago

Bonus Pic after a few days in the bathroom. It's crazy how much more comfortable she looks, and she's absolutely gorgeous.

[-] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 month ago

Gorgeous? Oh, she knows.

[-] psx_crab@lemmy.zip 56 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

My 4 cats are all free*, i didn't pick them, they pick me.

* there's no initial payment needed, but spaying, vaccination, foods, litter, and medical fees are all not free, so please consider that when adopt one if you live with someone.

[-] recursive_recursion@lemmy.ca 58 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Welcome to the club😺

Sarah Anderson's Comic: Adopting a dog vs Adopting a cat. Owner involved in a 4 step process for Pupper❤️. Cat: "Aight where we dropping?" Human: Exists, Instantneous later Cat: crashes through ceiling🤘

[-] psx_crab@lemmy.zip 10 points 1 month ago

Real. I would've walked out empty-handed and achieving nothing if i were to adopt one from shelter, my choice paralysis will hold me back so much.

[-] Noodle07@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

My last cat jumped on me when I entered the shelter, easy pick

[-] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 month ago

Being found by a dog via that method isn't far off, then. I volunteered at a local "no kill" shelter for emotional shoring up after a messy split that tanked a growing venture (FYI [I found out weeks into the term] : they don't, but the sites they ship them to most certainly do), and came home with one who'd end up being my fuzzy rock, my guardian shadow, my everything for 14 incredible years. You are missed, my faithful samurai hound, and I hope you have all the deer you can race. 💙

[-] proudblond@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago

Though we got her from a shelter, one of ours definitely picked us. We were cuddling a different kitten who looked extremely similar, and she was making a huge racket from her kennel. There was a post-it note on it that said “HOLD” so we assumed someone was coming back for her, but since she was yowling so much, we asked what it meant. The staff didn’t know; one of them went to find out, came back and tore the post-it note off the kennel. So of course we asked if we could hold her. She snuggled up to me and licked my chest immediately. So of course we adopted both of them. Funny enough, she is now 99% my husband’s cat.

[-] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 month ago

They can sense the weakest link. She has her attendant, and you were allowed to live. Pray she doesn't alter it further.

[-] blackjam_alex@lemmy.world 29 points 1 month ago

My two cats just appeared out of nowhere one day.

The Cat Distribution System works in mysterious ways.

[-] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 month ago

The Cat Distribution System

That's just assholes intentionally neglecting to spay or neuter their pets. It's something we should feel terrible about

[-] bright_side_@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago

I feel like this is something between a woosh and an overreaction. 😅

[-] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

Eh, it's a bit of an overreaction, but I hate people being cutesy over something that's really pretty terrible for the animals

[-] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 1 month ago

Maybe it's more like recycling, though? 🤷🏽‍♂️

[-] TheBat@lemmy.world 21 points 1 month ago

Sadly we already have 5 cats and their politics are already complicated enough,

Show us the council at once!

[-] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 46 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

My girls. One is an absolute slut for attention and will immediately love anyone who pets her. The other is a territorial bitch who takes weeks to warm up to new people (but is an absolute baby to us). Both rehomes.

Brain damage cat. Found half dead outside and nursed back to health. Very stupid and very happy.

Meatball cat. Found on highway. Likes food and biting feet. Does not mind being sat on.

Majestic floof. Found outside with her sister after their mom got hit by a car. Sadly her sister passed earlier this year at 14.

Politics short version: floof does not like meatball, calicos and meatball take turns starting shit with each other (currently a tentative truce), stupid cat loves everyone. Mean calico used to start shit with regal floof but she is and has always been top cat.

[-] TheBat@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

They're all cute🥰

[-] bright_side_@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Nice write up, thoroughly enjoyed it 😄 Looking forward to season 2 🌞

[-] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Oh this is a season 3 synopsis, but I can give a bit more history. The 2 calicos lived here, then the 4 foundlings moved in about 2 years ago. We kept them segregated by floors for a few months, then chose ambassador cats. Originally, meatball and nice calico were getting along, then something happened and they HATED each other. Stupid cat became the next ambassador. She doesn't pick up social cues and got hissed at a lot, but they quickly realized she was dumb and harmless so she was accepted pretty quickly. The 2 floofs stayed in the basement. Bitch calico took exception to this and regularly went down to terrorize them and got promptly BTFOd by regal floof, who is a very patient cat but can lay down the fucking law. Meatball occasionally bullies nice calico but bitch calico immediately runs to protect her adopted sister. At some point a piss war erupted between bitch calico and meatball. Thankfully the floor was mostly safe but any couch or clothes on or near the floor were ground zero. We rearranged boxes and got an automatic one and tossed a couch and have since been relatively piss free. At some point the floofs moved their home base to the living room and took a mounted box and the back of the couch as their hangouts, but since her sister passed, regal floof migrates between the couch and basement.

Also, I call her bitch cat (daily, to her little bitch face), but she really is a sweetheart when she's comfortable. We almost swear she can understand English. She also plays nurse. If you're sick she will cuddle you all day, and she often recognizes when my girlfriend is about to have a panic attack and relentlessly headbutts her.

[-] LunarLoony@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 month ago

This is the best reality show

[-] bright_side_@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

I feel so invested now 😅 Hope they are all happy and you are able to enjoy your time with them more than they annoy you from time to time. I like them all ☀️

[-] 200ok@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Someone make this ~~show~~ channel immediately!

[-] iamanurd@midwest.social 3 points 1 month ago

lol, I love stupid cat!!

[-] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Truly the most pure and innocent cat. Obviously she can't see very well, but with a jingle toy she is actually the fastest and deadliest hunter in the house.

[-] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Do you have "children's" books about them? Asking for a friend's, um, kids.

[-] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Such a pretty little gremlin 😍

Family had a former feral dumpster gremlin that was real aggressive at first - turned out a really badly broken tooth was the cause. Once the pain from that was gone, quite the sweet cat

[-] Kolanaki@pawb.social 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

There were 4 strays kittens living on my patio after the resident stray momma gave birth out there a few months ago.

People have taken all but 1 since they've gotten old enough to start venturing out on their own. But they did leave me the fuzziest one.

[-] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

The humans & their dwellings (food included) are free.
Cats can freely choose them & take over.

[-] bright_side_@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

Just want to leave you with appreciation from a stranger in regards of your effort in making sure she's OK and taken care of in the future. ❤️

[-] Landless2029@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

Did you know the hoomans have wet food and warms?

[-] DrunkAnRoot@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 month ago

i got like 6 from this 100% recomend to use before its patched

[-] LordWiggle@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Looks like my cat. Is she as much a drama queen as mine?

[-] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

As she has gotten more comfortable, she will SCREM for attention. Also your cat kind of looks like my bitch kitty! Same judgemental face.

[-] LordWiggle@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Yeah, she wanted food (way too early). I didn't respond to her screaming, so she thought: maybe I will get his attention when I lay down right in front of his mouse and keyboard, as that dumb hooman only has his attention there.

"So you see me now, hooman? I REQUIRE FOOD! OBEY ME SLAVE!".....

"Pleeeeeaaase? Look at how sweat I am" (puss in boots eyes and purring)

"NOOOOOOW"

"I'm not angry, I'm just deeply disappointed."

And this in loops, while constantly pushing her ass in my face and pressing completely newly discovered key combination shortcuts even computer scientists never heard of. (unable to undo)

[-] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 4 points 1 month ago

The human assignment system is working

[-] promitheas@programming.dev 1 points 1 month ago

Ive read the comments, and I love you as a human so much for helping the kitties (and the way you talk about them is hilarious)!

[-] x00z@lemmy.world -1 points 1 month ago

quarantined in the bathroom

What does this mean?

Just let her go outside again and eventually she'll always be with you. No need to force her to be inside.

[-] garbagebagel@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Cat deaths by cause 2017 Outdoor cats (house pets as well as feral cats) are by far the largest cause of human-related mortality in North American birds. Link

Not to mention the average lifespan of an indoor cat is 3x longer than that of an outdoor cat.

Free roaming outdoor cats are more likely to be hit by cars, have health complications, be attacked by wildlife, or be harmed by humans.

Don't let your cats free roam outside. Domestic cats are pets and they deserve love and warmth and safe playtime.

[-] x00z@lemmy.world -1 points 1 month ago

Most people on this cats community are extremely selfish.

Cats are outdoor animals. That's just a fact.

And I'm sure you give no fucks about the birds or other animals, or are you vegan like me?

[-] TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz -1 points 1 month ago

outdoor animals

All animals can live outdoors. Doesn't mean we should be releasing more predators for no reason

[-] x00z@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Awful argument.

[-] TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz -1 points 1 month ago

No. No. YOU have an awful argument.

[-] x00z@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Keeping animals inside is cruel. Animals should be free, or at least be able to go outside a LOT, especially cats.

Anything else is just your selfish control over another living being. You don't deserve that. And using the predator argument is stupid because you don't give a fuck about the birds and mice. You just use that argument to justify your ownership and control over the cat. The truth is you'd rather keep it inside than giving it the chance to run the fuck away from you. If you care about not having "another predator" outside, go vegan and save the hundreds or even thousands that were raised in cages and murdered for your enjoyment. Because that's what I'm doing.

Plus, a cat that hunts for enjoyment is a product of the bad parenting of their human guardians. It's a lot more common in cats that are neglected and almost non existent in cats that are cared for a lot. It's a difference of weekly vs every few years.

If you are scared about your cat being ran over by a car, you shouldn't be having a cat because it implies you live in an area that is too dangerous for them anyways.

Don't imprison your cat. It's awful. Stop being selfish and respect the animals by allowing them to be free.