Emmetts Dairy
Loving the herd life
Its pretty bad when the chickens become better mousers than the cats???Calliopia said:
Darn cats!!!
Cat and Mouse!!!
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Beekissed
Herd Master
I had a lady tell me today that I was cruel for letting my cats hunt for wild game because they may get a disease that way that could possibly kill them.
Said a friend of hers in Newport News had to pay over a $1000 to get her kitty well after just such an incident. Said her cat is like a baby to her and she would NEVER let it eat a mouse!!!!
I think I said some things she didn't like......
Said a friend of hers in Newport News had to pay over a $1000 to get her kitty well after just such an incident. Said her cat is like a baby to her and she would NEVER let it eat a mouse!!!!
I think I said some things she didn't like......
freemotion
Self Sufficient Queen
Remember the story of my dog and the rat and the chicks? Me dancing around my suburban backyard in a skirt, waving my arms and yelling to my dog, "KILL IT! KILL IT!! KILL IT!!!!! GOOD DOG!"
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warthog
Overrun with beasties
Beekissed said:I had a lady tell me today that I was cruel for letting my cats hunt for wild game because they may get a disease that way that could possibly kill them.
Said a friend of hers in Newport News had to pay over a $1000 to get her kitty well after just such an incident. Said her cat is like a baby to her and she would NEVER let it eat a mouse!!!!
I think I said some things she didn't like......
I'm sure she'll get over it. Poor cat.
Yesterday, I noticed one of mine that looked like he was trying to get to the back of the sofa. So I walked over to pull it out for him, thinking perhaps there was a spider about or something.
No, there he was in the corner with a gecko (sp) in his mouth all I could see was the back legs and tail as he crunched and swallowed.
Beekissed
Herd Master
This lady actually slaps her cat in the head when he catches something..then takes it away. Poor cat, indeed!
A gecko? Now that would certainly add variety to a cat's diet!
A gecko? Now that would certainly add variety to a cat's diet!
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warthog
Overrun with beasties
Ah poor cat, I just wish it was big enough to slap her back. I think I would.
The poor thing is only following it's natural instincts. I know a lot of people get upset about cats hunting, but that's what cats do, if it's something that offends you, then don't have cats.
I don't know, maybe my thought processes are just too simplistic.
The poor thing is only following it's natural instincts. I know a lot of people get upset about cats hunting, but that's what cats do, if it's something that offends you, then don't have cats.
I don't know, maybe my thought processes are just too simplistic.
Beekissed
Herd Master
Nope...its called common sense...which isn't so common anymore.
Cats are fantastically designed to hunt their natural prey, they are also wonderful nocturnal predators....I feel so sorry for the cats that have to stay inside all the time. What an abbreviated lifestyle for them!
To stalk, catch, eat their own prey, to slide through the fields and woods as the shadows they are, to scratch a tree, climb a tree, nap on a sunny haystack....all of these things are such integral parts of being a cat that I can't imagine not letting my cats live it.
Same with dogs....pretty much a good part of their whole world is based on scenting conditions and what they smell from their environment. How in the world can they do this in a contained environment?
Sure, they will live and seemingly live well, but the enriched life of a true outside dog won't be an option. They will not be scenting the air on a crisp winter night, bounding out of their house at the least disturbance of their territory and leaping together in sheer joy, silhoutted in the dawn light over a blanket of pristine new snow.
I could never take that from my dogs, no matter how much I want them to live inside with me and to live a long life....what is a long life if it has no true living in it?
Life in a cage, no matter how warm, fluffy and comfortable, is still life in a cage.
Not popular opinions in today's world but they are mine and I stand fast to them.
Cats are fantastically designed to hunt their natural prey, they are also wonderful nocturnal predators....I feel so sorry for the cats that have to stay inside all the time. What an abbreviated lifestyle for them!
To stalk, catch, eat their own prey, to slide through the fields and woods as the shadows they are, to scratch a tree, climb a tree, nap on a sunny haystack....all of these things are such integral parts of being a cat that I can't imagine not letting my cats live it.
Same with dogs....pretty much a good part of their whole world is based on scenting conditions and what they smell from their environment. How in the world can they do this in a contained environment?
Sure, they will live and seemingly live well, but the enriched life of a true outside dog won't be an option. They will not be scenting the air on a crisp winter night, bounding out of their house at the least disturbance of their territory and leaping together in sheer joy, silhoutted in the dawn light over a blanket of pristine new snow.
I could never take that from my dogs, no matter how much I want them to live inside with me and to live a long life....what is a long life if it has no true living in it?
Life in a cage, no matter how warm, fluffy and comfortable, is still life in a cage.
Not popular opinions in today's world but they are mine and I stand fast to them.
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warthog
Overrun with beasties
Beekissed, so true. I agree totally. 
I think I may have mentioned this before, one of our dogs we got from the neighbours of friends, who were going to have him put down because he started having seizures. We said to our friends don't let them do this, ring us we will come and get him.
He his a four year old German Shepherd X, all it takes is one pill a day, a cost of 12 bucks a month, how can you put a dog down for that.
Anyhow he now lives in 28 acres of bush with two other dogs, they all get along and he thoroughly enjoys it, hunting and chasing to his heart content.
Yes he will from time to time still have the odd seizure, and either that, his medication or both with shorten his life, but he can have a good life for a long time.
I think I may have mentioned this before, one of our dogs we got from the neighbours of friends, who were going to have him put down because he started having seizures. We said to our friends don't let them do this, ring us we will come and get him.
He his a four year old German Shepherd X, all it takes is one pill a day, a cost of 12 bucks a month, how can you put a dog down for that.
Anyhow he now lives in 28 acres of bush with two other dogs, they all get along and he thoroughly enjoys it, hunting and chasing to his heart content.
Yes he will from time to time still have the odd seizure, and either that, his medication or both with shorten his life, but he can have a good life for a long time.
Emmetts Dairy
Loving the herd life
Not simplistic at all!!! I wish more people would think this way!! They are complicating things when they try to make a cat a human.???..Poor cat..That just seems against the laws of nature...warthog said:Ah poor cat, I just wish it was big enough to slap her back. I think I would.
The poor thing is only following it's natural instincts. I know a lot of people get upset about cats hunting, but that's what cats do, if it's something that offends you, then don't have cats.
My guys are here..1st cuz I love them...but they gots jobs..I dont want mice, rats, snakes or any other things running around my feed bins or chicken houses or barn...so they take care of business for us...
Cant live on this farm without working!!!
