foxytaur (imported) wrote: Fri Jun 03, 2011 5:44 pm I get ticked when people naturally assume cats or dogs cause allergens.

It's really the by product of protein coatings on their fur.Much like peanuts have in their outer layer shell.Except its much more complex and targets specific individuals.

I guess that makes the def. of cause, debatable.

I just do not trust or like anyone who dislikes cats for any reason, oops cause. They are usually selfish sorts.

Moi

True, its not the cat but the cat dander and fur that bothers me.

River

Shave your pussy then.

foxytaur (imported) wrote: Fri Jun 03, 2011 3:48 pm You know I don't know.My buds cat chases lasers all the time.Something about conventional necessity or it's wild predator instincts kick in to try and catch its prey.Lazers somehow trigger this predatory response.

I bought my first laser pointer in 1995, when the cat who owned me was 18 years-old. He just loved playing with the laser dot. He never got tired of it.

The next cat who owned me, would play with the dot for a few seconds. As soon as he realized that there was nothing really there, he lost interest.

The cat who owns me now, will play with the laser dot fairly frequently but he will get tired of it so I have to put the laser pointer away for a few weeks. Then he will play with it again. Right now, his favorite toy is string. I have a long piece of nylon mason's twine I attach to my clothes. He loves chasing it while I do housework.

foxytaur (imported) wrote: Thu Jun 02, 2011 1:45 pm A breed Racoon would be awesome.They have an awesome metabolism and can eat anything.steak,pies,cookies,doritos etc...

Easy to monitor their bellies as they're naturally adaptable to a very high fatty caloric intake diet.

I'd call my pet raccoon "bert" from the 80's cartoon show "the raccoon's"

I lived on close terms with raccoons for a considerable time. They are fascinating animals but I have no desire to have one as a pet. When I was another sex and married, I lived for 16 years on a houseboat on Lake Union in the center of downtown Seattle. The houseboats on our dock were old style, built on log floats close to a hundred years old. We had a family of raccoons living on the logs directly under the floorboards of our living room. They could be very noisy. Raccoon sex is even louder than cat sex. As every boat on the dock had at least one cat, and all had windows or doors or cat doors, the raccoons, (and there were several other boats occupied by raccoons) felt free to wonder in and help themselves. On several occasions I tripped over one getting up in the night to pee. One year a mama raccoon and three babies sort of decided that we were the raccoon equivalent of TV, At night we would look up and see the four of then sitting at the sliding glass door to the back deck watching us. As there was cat food on the deck, they weren't begging. Just watching. The cats, raccoons and rats all seemed to get along fine for at least a dozen years, but one year we had a vicious one that killed a couple of pet cats on the dock. That one had to be trapped and dealt with. Most years we had Canadian geese establish nests in the planters on our decks. The raccoons would not tangle with a full grown goose, but if both parents left the nest at the same time the raccoons would zip in and eat the eggs or kill the goslings I saw some violent clashes between the geese returning to the nest and the raccoons eating there.

Interesting but definitely wild animals.

Transward

Cats are monsters who get free food, housing, medical care, petting and playing with by tricking humans into loving them. I am VERY easily tricked by soft fur and a loud purr.

punkypink (imported) wrote: Tue May 31, 2011 5:44 am http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=

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Go figure, Fred penner hehe

Cats, cats... Pallas cat, thats the power

punkypink (imported) wrote: Tue May 31, 2011 5:44 am http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=

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Unfortunately endagered and untameable....

Interesting Cat, thanks I had never seen one.

River

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I really don't know of any luck "breeding" a wild cat into a friendly one.

There have been attempts but, regardless of how friendly the feline may seem, they can "turn" just like that! Luckily, "our" cats do that minimally.

I always try to establish how far I can push my luck before the cat turns. When it does I know the limit but, also act out <hurt> <whimper> <lick the area> and show blood if bleeding. All have adjusted bite and claw pressure to my skin's tolerance. Usually.

Moi

hable felis?