One of my cats did the roof bit. No way I could get him down , told him so, and walked away. In a few minutes he was eating from his food dish. Idid love up on him and that was the last time I worried about him.
it’s a given that most times if a cat can get up, it can itself get down. As for shooting them, anyone who does so is someone with whom I’d rather not associate or be associated. As far as the difference about being hunted and hunting prey, I agree. I have no issue with them hunting because most of their prey is either rodents or ‘trash’ birds like starlings.
However, I and mine put a great deal of ourselves and our resources into having a pet. We pay for adopting each one from a rescue operation, again for a standard vetting exam, again for full shots, again for neutering, and then for food, toys, and annual vet exams and any needed medication, and of course again for vetting if they are injured, sick, or infected/infested in some way. Then, finally, for having them put down when they become too old, sick, or injured and are suffering. In addition, we pay in time devoted to playing with them, caring for them and about them, etc. They become family members.
I have had dogs, cats, horses (including costs for riding lessons and equipment), mice and other rodents, and a few reptiles, as have my kids and grandchild. All of them were well-cared-for. The most expensive were one of the horses (11 years of normal costs plus double vetting and medication for both failed pituitary and thyroid) and one of the cats, a Manx that had a huge kidney stone and then was caught and injured by a coyote (torn left hamstring from struggling to get loose). She was my $4000 kitty). One of my dogs was hit by a car and would (in 1956) have cost us more than $3000 to salvage, but the vet was a family friend and wrote off all his fees and expenses as being a learning experience for himself in salvaging a dog with both front legs broken. He did a marvelous job, and my pup recovered to run again on all four legs.
What I didn’t mention was that he had an assistant. My family general practitioner was on residency at the local county hospital, studying for his surgical certification. He assisted the vet in this operation, to learn how to resection major scapula breaks with missing bone and how to do microsurgery on a shattered tibia and fibula. His evaluation was that he learned more in that one set of operations than he might have learned in months of medical school.
momofalex7 about 4 years ago
We had feral cats we fed that spent most of the day on our garage roof. They never had a problem getting down.
stairsteppublishing about 4 years ago
One of my cats did the roof bit. No way I could get him down , told him so, and walked away. In a few minutes he was eating from his food dish. Idid love up on him and that was the last time I worried about him.
mjb515 about 4 years ago
Damsel in distress.
jagedlo about 4 years ago
Better be glad that you and your pals have someone to rescue you, Peekaboo!
InvertedCow about 4 years ago
A garden hose and a well aimed spray will ensure they learn to get back down.
An empty belly is a good motivator as well
Tentoes about 4 years ago
They like high places, and they can get down on their own.
Harvey Bug about 4 years ago
No one has found a cat skeleton in a tree or on a roof.
hagarthehorrible about 4 years ago
Felines have a constant urge for attention.
SrTechWriter about 4 years ago
it’s a given that most times if a cat can get up, it can itself get down. As for shooting them, anyone who does so is someone with whom I’d rather not associate or be associated. As far as the difference about being hunted and hunting prey, I agree. I have no issue with them hunting because most of their prey is either rodents or ‘trash’ birds like starlings.
However, I and mine put a great deal of ourselves and our resources into having a pet. We pay for adopting each one from a rescue operation, again for a standard vetting exam, again for full shots, again for neutering, and then for food, toys, and annual vet exams and any needed medication, and of course again for vetting if they are injured, sick, or infected/infested in some way. Then, finally, for having them put down when they become too old, sick, or injured and are suffering. In addition, we pay in time devoted to playing with them, caring for them and about them, etc. They become family members.
I have had dogs, cats, horses (including costs for riding lessons and equipment), mice and other rodents, and a few reptiles, as have my kids and grandchild. All of them were well-cared-for. The most expensive were one of the horses (11 years of normal costs plus double vetting and medication for both failed pituitary and thyroid) and one of the cats, a Manx that had a huge kidney stone and then was caught and injured by a coyote (torn left hamstring from struggling to get loose). She was my $4000 kitty). One of my dogs was hit by a car and would (in 1956) have cost us more than $3000 to salvage, but the vet was a family friend and wrote off all his fees and expenses as being a learning experience for himself in salvaging a dog with both front legs broken. He did a marvelous job, and my pup recovered to run again on all four legs.
SrTechWriter about 4 years ago
What I didn’t mention was that he had an assistant. My family general practitioner was on residency at the local county hospital, studying for his surgical certification. He assisted the vet in this operation, to learn how to resection major scapula breaks with missing bone and how to do microsurgery on a shattered tibia and fibula. His evaluation was that he learned more in that one set of operations than he might have learned in months of medical school.