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He also picks fights with neighbour cats and dogs and loses every time, costing me a fortune in vet bills. I love him.

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[–] [email protected] 159 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Stop letting your cat outside.

[–] [email protected] 146 points 6 months ago (1 children)

If your cat is attacking neighbor animals you should not let it outside anymore. Culling wildlife is problematic but "their nature". But a pet that actively attacks other people's pets is just a menace and will only end in heartache and legal issues.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago

It's "their nature" but they are not part of nature (unless you live in like Turkey or something where they're from).

[–] [email protected] 61 points 6 months ago (3 children)

So if I run your cat over in the street, you would have no problem with it? Because you sure seem okay with letting your captive predator out to do the same to your entire neighborhood.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 months ago

I like to hear the howl of the coyotes and the hoot of the great horned owl nearby at night. We have no issues with cats roaming the neighborhood.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

He has a cat door, he comes and goes as he wants. If you run him over, he’s run over. That’s the reality of outdoor cats.

He never killed any of the animals he brought inside. If he suddenly starts killing stuff, I’ll probably reconsider.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 months ago (1 children)

You don't know what they have or haven't killed.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

But what if his cat runs Arch Linux btw?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Cats being predators are meant to kill things. If this causes a problem in your area, it's a sign cats weren't meant to be in that area and you should probably stop buying them and domesticate some native wildlife instead.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 6 months ago

Maybe he wants a friend not food.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 6 months ago

This is such an image.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 6 months ago

He's just bringing you toys to practice your hunting skills!

[–] [email protected] 14 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Let that poor mouse go. He has stories to tell his friends.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

He was in the bowl for less than a minute, then let out in the garden while the cat was locked inside for a while.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

You're absolutely right.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 6 months ago

Our cat brought a live bat into the house once and then just let it go. The dogs were all over it, but thankfully didn't kill or injure it. I let it crawl along the wall to the front door, then it climbed up the screen door. I opened the screen and closed the front door. We checked back a half hour later and it was gone, so I guess it was okay, and flew away. That was a crazy experience.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 months ago

Tom and Jerry

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago

To the mouse: "We have ways of making you talk."

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago

Officer Cat is about to start interrogating that mouse.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago

They friends not food

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

Cat: "What are you doing with the food?"

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

The clip out of the top of the ear is done by animal control upon request after being neutered.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

Yeah, no. That’s not a thing where I live. It happened 5 years after he was neutered and came with other scratches and bite marks as well.