Will catty comments be banned or welcomed? Looking for a new thread as I have now bowed out (relatively graciously I hope) from a rather more contentious one. Risking stirring - I don't really like cats and I understand they outgrow the fluffy kitten stage.
I'm sorry about that, Galen. I really like kittens and cats, fluffy or otherwise. I can't think of many creatures I don't like except for mosquitoes and cockroaches.
I've been mew-sing over this because I love cats. Rosie was a beauty from the cat protection league. When I first met DH he hated cats but Rosie and I came as a package. She became his best friend and DH wept buckets when she died from diabetes complications. No more cats though, he said there'd never be another Rosie.
We said the same Coolgran65 when we lost Cleo who was a feral kitten we tamed and loved and had for nearly 20 years. BUT.... we have just adopted two little rescued pusscats and they have brought joy and love with them. New names are Tinka and Belle and they are so funny and so sweet and it feels like home again with purry friends in it.
I am sorry for people who don't like cats - the most elegant and interesting pets you can have though anyone allergic to them is excused! Apparently your blood pressure drops when you stroke your cat, or so I am told!
I'm allergic to cats too; if I stroke one my hands get itchy and my eczema plays up. However, we have several who consider that they own the garden and that's fine with us, as they should keep the mice and rabbits down, and they don't seem to cause any damage to the flower beds (not that anything much survived the snails/slugs last year - could a cat be trained to eat snails and slugs, do you suppose? )
A lot of animals look on eye contact as a sign of aggression. So cat lovers will look at a cat and make cooing noises whereas someone who doesn't like them ignores them and the cat immediately thinks 'friend'.....
An interesting question Mishap and one I have often pondered over. Any answer to this question whether read in a book or told to you by someone is unfortunately impossible to prove
I do love fluffy kittens, grown cats and big cats especially snow leopards. I'll still talk to you though Galen
I read/ saw somewhere that when you meet a bear, you should lie down and play dead. Not sure if it would work with a cat. Even less sure it would work with a bear
There is a video on FB of a lady with her cat doing an agility course, like those you would expect to see a dog doing. Unless it's fake (don't see how) it's amazing. I would have said it was impossible if I hadn't seen it.