Arlo and Janis by Jimmy Johnson for December 28, 2016

Facebook ratted the cat out.

It’s wrong if other people are getting Facebook ‘likes’ posting cute photos of YOUR cat!

Those little boogers…I knew it!

My kids did this too….

My next door neighbor’s cat would do that. He had his own special place on my back deck and my lap when I was out there reading. Sadly, he recently died and was buried with a small memorial on the side of their home where I can see it. I miss the little guy. RIP Teddy Bear.

This would not happen if you keep your cat indoors. They really do not need to go outside. They will kill any bird that they can catch and they have reduced a lot of species to endangered numbers.

If Luddie had a collar he couldn’t pull that con.

And that’s why now you can buy a tracking device which works on your smart phone.

A friend down in California was surprised when “her” cat showed up with a new collar and tags.

I had a cat that did this, and I had no idea! Finally the 2nd family figured out who the 1st family was and asked us if we still loved and wanted him. I had no idea where he went when I let him out at 6:30 every morning! :)

You should never let house pets out. You greatly increase the chances of dying or getting infected.

I just bought a little sign I plan to put up on the INSIDE of my front door. It reads “Don’t let the cat out, no matter WHAT it tells you.” My kitties are indoor only to keep them and the birds and squirrels they love to watch safe.

We live out in the country on enough acres that this seldom happens. 10 years ago a young one showed up at the bird feeder eating – birdseed, not birds. Typed one-handed with her on my lap.

I didn’t know cats had Facebook.

My Burmese/Siamese cat Simon adopted a neighbor who was an airline pilot from Kansas who grew up hating barn cats. However, Simon won him over but Simon about when I was coming home and he was always there to greet me.

It is possible to safely allow your cats outside, but it’s a LOT of work and a significant expense. The easiest and most economical solution is, once they are well bonded to you, take them outside with you, and back in with you. They are also like children: you have to make both your home and your yard safe for them. And whether or not your cats go out, they should be micro-chipped.

A neighbor’s cat used to come to my house and take a nap with me when I got home from work at 4:30. Then he would go home. The neighbors knew about it and were fine with that. Part time pets are like grandkids, you get to enjoy them without all the responsibility. .

First of all, let’s just assume the cat’s are in charge and work it out from there…..

Ferrel cats are the ones giving house cats a bad name…Most house cats might get lucky every once in a while, and score a birdie, but it’s just a game with them…Ferrel cats are hungry and very serious….Cats are especially important this time of year….All kinds of rodents want to come inside of my nice warm house………Not on their watch….(Always have two, they need a buddy that isn’t a human…..Humans feed you and cuddle, but they’re just weird….Having another cat to commiserate with is good therapy for all)……Meow! =^..^=

One of my cats would go over every morning and have breakfast with the veterinarian across the street. This went on for years before I knew about it!

I stopped letting my cats go outside after one came home to die after some cretin shot her with a pellet gun. That happened 30 years ago.

sfreader1 said,

“This would not happen if you keep your cat indoors.”

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I certainly don’t want 10 cats in the house (or however many have wandered up to steal food from Patsy’s possum).

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In the way of balance, a couple of hawks have been casting hungry eyes toward the ten, don’t understand why the coyotes have been ignoring them unless they’re keeping them in reserve for hard times ahead.

Look,if you want to keep your cat indoors,by all means do so! It will live longer than mine,won’t get infections from fights,and will die of boredom at the ripe old age of20 or22.Mine was a rescue cat ,already accustomed to being outdoors,and howled when I tried to keep him inside. I had him neutered pronto,but that didn’t stop him from wanting to be outside every night.Over the years he’s been lost,beat up,run over by a car,developed diabetes, but out he goes every night because he loves to hunt.I wouldn’t think of keeping him inside against his will. And who wants another bubonic plague?By the way,it’s the proliferation of high rise buildings with glass sides that is decimating the songbird population,not cats!

We have the sweetest little boy bunny (yes, bunnies are referred to as “boys” and “girls”) who is, like our four other bunnies, an indoor bunny. Outdoor bunnies live about three years. Indoor bunnies live about ten. They require a lot of care and personal interaction. We’ve loved every one of them. The one we have now enjoys looking out the window at our son and daughter-in-laws 130 pound Anatolian dog with big adoring eyes. The big dog looks back with other ideas. One more reason Oreo is an indoor bunny. Friends from afar (in his imagination!).

Cats were once treated as Gods and they have not forgotten that.

JastMe

Rodents in the US are the prime diet of: hawks (particularly harriers – we haven’t had a cotton rat problem since idiots stopped shooting them), owls, skunks, raccoons, snakes (the mid-size constrictors, particularly), coyotes. Except for the coyote, I have seen all from my house, closer to downtown than to the nearest city limits.

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Alpha omega

You are right. Not just glass-box buildings, but tall buildings have been the leading cause of bird deaths since the skyscraper was invented almost a century and half ago. Latest figures show about seven million killed per year. Cats are second with one and a half million. Incidentally, windmills of all types destroy less than a thousand, for last place – another fossil fuel industry lie exposed.

I have had upwards of 7 cats over my lifetime…all of them have gone outside for at least a short time most days….I can’t remember any of them ever killing a bird. One of them brought home a bird still flapping in her mouth…I yelled at her to let it go…she took it back outside, let it go and it flew away unharmed. My feral cat catches moles, voles, baby rabbits etc., plays with them, then lets them go…even the little rabbits hop away unharmed. If they are well fed, they don’t need to hunt for food…entertainment maybe, but not food.

We discovered this once when we had someone call us. Seems our cat spent most of the day at an elderly neighbor’s house, inside sleeping on their couch, etc. They wanted to know if we really wanted him or not. We assured them that we do, but we’re gone all day, so it went on this way for a long time. Evenings and nights at our house, daytime at their house. L