Should I adopt a kitty?

Should I adopt the kitty?

  • Yes, adopt that pussy

    Votes: 9 45.0%

  • No, drown that pussy in a bathtub

    Votes: 7 35.0%

  • Adopt all the pussies so you have a viable food source for the apocalypse

    Votes: 4 20.0%
  • Total voters
    20
neosapien

neosapien

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Here's the deal... my mom's 2 cats escaped and came back knocked up. They both had several kittens several weeks ago. My mom wants me to take one of the kittens. I don't really want a kitten but feel bad because I have no idea what my mom is gonna do with 9 kittens. My house is converted into 3 separate apartments. My mom says just to leave the kitten on the first floor, which is my workshop, office and op, to roam around and catch mice and bugs. I kind of feel that would be neglectful beings it isn't a main living area but my mom says the kitten couldn't give a fuck less and will gladly roam the domain independently. So what do you think? Should I adopt the kitten? Is it neglectful to leave it down there by it's lonesome?
 
shrxhky420

shrxhky420

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Go to the grocery store with all the kitties and give them away. Go to your local pet clinic and have the momas fixed ASAP. Easy peasy. Oh and don't neglect any kitty its not nice. Stay high.
 
420God

420God

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Having a new baby I would wait. Cats are dirty animals and might get the newborn sick. They also like to lay on babies faces for warmth causing them to suffocate.
 
neosapien

neosapien

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shrxhky420 said:
Go to the grocery store with all the kitties and give them away. Go to your local pet clinic and have the momas fixed ASAP. Easy peasy. Oh and don't neglect any kitty its not nice. Stay high.
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Good idea.

420God said:
Having a new baby I would wait. Cats are dirty animals and might get the newborn sick. They also like to lay on babies faces for warmth causing them to suffocate.
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Fo' sure. The kitten and the baby would be in totally different apartments. But still thanks for the heads up. I remember the doctor saying there's something in the feces that makes momma and baby sick.
 
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KukoKush

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Every time you're home, you MUST show affection to the kitten. You can keep the kitten downstairs but the whole relationship with the cat starts with in the kitten phase. I cannot stress this enough, you MUST give it attention. Buy the kitten some hunting toys like some toy mice and a "carrot-on-a-stick" (its like a fuzzy string at the end of a pole [like the gymnast ribbons]). At least an hour a day. If you don't show love then the cat could potentially grow up not knowing you and attacking you when you enter its "territory".

I've been around cats all my life (21 years now). There has never been a year I've lived without having a cat in the house. Here's an anecdote for you:

My Great Grandmother has owned her cat for 10 years now. Once a week, She would go downstairs to feed, bathe, and give the cat water. No love, just business. When I had to move to the basement 6 years later, the cat (her name is katharine) (kathy for short), did not like me in the basement. She would hiss and swat at me every chance she got. I looked online how to befriend her cuz I did not want to live like that. It took me 2 years to get her to accept me and another 2 to get her to love me. Now she doesn't want to be separated from me. Serious separation anxiety.


TL;DR Get it, show it tons of love while still a kitten and you will have the best independent kitty
 
420God

420God

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If you're down in the lower level often enough then I don't think it'd be that bad to have a cat then.

I'm not a fan of cats being indoors because of the smell.
 
neosapien

neosapien

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KukoKush said:
Every time you're home, you MUST show affection to the kitten. You can keep the kitten downstairs but the whole relationship with the cat starts with in the kitten phase. I cannot stress this enough, you MUST give it attention. Buy the kitten some hunting toys like some toy mice and a "carrot-on-a-stick" (its like a fuzzy string at the end of a pole [like the gymnast ribbons]). At least an hour a day. If you don't show love then the cat could potentially grow up not knowing you and attacking you when you enter its "territory".

I've been around cats all my life (21 years now). There has never been a year I've lived without having a cat in the house. Here's an anecdote for you:

My Great Grandmother has owned her cat for 10 years now. Once a week, She would go downstairs to feed, bathe, and give the cat water. No love, just business. When I had to move to the basement 6 years later, the cat (her name is katharine) (kathy for short), did not like me in the basement. She would hiss and swat at me every chance she got. I looked online how to befriend her cuz I did not want to live like that. It took me 2 years to get her to accept me and another 2 to get her to love me. Now she doesn't want to be separated from me. Serious separation anxiety.


TL;DR Get it, show it tons of love while still a kitten and you will have the best independent kitty
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Thanks Dr. Phil. Naw I'm just playing. Thanks for sharing bro.


420God said:
If you're down in the lower level often enough then I don't think it'd be that bad to have a cat then.

I'm not a fan of cats being indoors because of the smell.
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Yeah that's the other option. My parents have had indoor cats for as long as I can remember. Never outdoor. I can make it an outside cat. There are alot of outside cats in my neck of the woods, so if I did that it'd be in my best interest to fix it first. Decisions decisions.
 
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KukoKush

Active Member
Lol sorry, i just love cats. :D

and an outdoor cat would be awesome. But be careful, cats seem to get dirty as fast as dogs when they are outside. Dont want all those bugs in your op

Edit: LMFAO i just thought about growing catnip for my cats. i wanna get them high too :D
 
hotrodharley

hotrodharley

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420God said:
Having a new baby I would wait. Cats are dirty animals and might get the newborn sick. They also like to lay on babies faces for warmth causing them to suffocate.
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Oh good God that is all bullshit.

However, they do smell a place up and use your plants a cat box. Suffocate babies? Post some cases or save your protests about me calling that stupid.
 
420God

420God

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hotrodharley said:
Oh good God that is all bullshit.

However, they do smell a place up and use your plants a cat box. Suffocate babies? Post some cases or save your protests about me calling that stupid.
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~~~> http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB081EF73E5515738DDDA10894D9415B8485F0D3

~~~> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1379196/Sleeping-cat-suffocates-baby.html

~~~> http://www.cat-world.com.au/cat-myths Cats smother babies "While extremely rare it can happen."
 
method2mymadness

method2mymadness

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420God said:
Having a new baby I would wait. Cats are dirty animals and might get the newborn sick. They also like to lay on babies faces for warmth causing them to suffocate.
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I think its they lay on them cause of the smell of breast milk and or formula isn't it or both?
 
hotrodharley

hotrodharley

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420God said:
~~~> http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB081EF73E5515738DDDA10894D9415B8485F0D3

~~~> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1379196/Sleeping-cat-suffocates-baby.html

~~~> http://www.cat-world.com.au/cat-myths Cats smother babies "While extremely rare it can happen."
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"Janet Kipling, RSPCA South West regional spokesman, said: "This sort of tragedy is extremely rare. Cats do try to curl up with anything that is warm. A cat would cover up most of a sleeping baby. You can buy cat nets to go over a cot or a carrycot. We would also urge parents to keep the cat out of the room."

From your link. Been in medicine almost 34 years, ER for 17 of it. In huge ERs. Denver, ABQ, Phoenix - never saw or had a case in any of those ERs. It's fallacy. More kids die of self-suffocation by unknowing parents placing them on their tummies. Many more.
 
420God

420God

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hotrodharley said:
"Janet Kipling, RSPCA South West regional spokesman, said: "This sort of tragedy is extremely rare. Cats do try to curl up with anything that is warm. A cat would cover up most of a sleeping baby. You can buy cat nets to go over a cot or a carrycot. We would also urge parents to keep the cat out of the room."

From your link. Been in medicine almost 34 years, ER for 17 of it. In huge ERs. Denver, ABQ, Phoenix - never saw or had a case in any of those ERs. It's fallacy. More kids die of self-suffocation by unknowing parents placing them on their tummies. Many more.
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If there's a chance, why would a parent take it? Not here to argue.
 
hotrodharley

hotrodharley

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BTW, the CDC recommends a cat as the only safe way to keep your home free of rodents carrying hantavirus. FYI. Hantavirus has already killed quite a few this year. I am a parent. Raised on a ranch with cats all over. If not the mice would eat a years grain for the horses in less than 2 months and foul the rest.
 
neosapien

neosapien

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Doing a quick google search I found a couple unfortunate incidents. It does appear to be extremely rare and would probably never happen to me. But that's probably what those unfortunate parents thought as well. As 420god said, why risk it....
 
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