Cats are poisonous animals

I love my cat, but yeah, there are health risk related to the presence of animals we tend to forget. Toxoplasmosis can be quite nasty, cleaning a litter box require some vigilance.

 

Don't use peroxide. All it does is kill healthy tissue and slow down the healing process.

 

They poop and pee in your house. They spray chemicals in your house. They lick their own rectums. They shed everywhere. They attract fleas, ticks, and other bugs. They are generally filthy creatures. Having one INSIDE seems ridiculous.

That being said, I will certainly have to get my daughter one someday. But it will live among the trees outdoors. It will poop out there. It will pee out there. It will shed out there. It will spray out there. And it will eat mice...... out there.

 

It's worth getting a checkup on any deep puncture wound, you simply won't be able to clean it properly at home, at least not with ease.

 

Cat Scratch Fever

 

My cats are awesome. And super clean. They mostly stay indoors. We let the older one out and he'll stay gone for most of the day before coming in at night. They use a litter box and neither of them spray. Theyre the sweetest things, the little one wakes me up nuzzling my face and purring.

 

I don't like cats. It's bad enough I have to live with myself, much less an animal that, when it sees you sleeping is wondering if you are dead, and which part of you to eat first if you are dead.

 

Now thats funny

 

+1

 

That's why I got a pooch. For some reason cats do not get get along with me. But pooches normally do.

 

Well, Im sure he's not in his house licking his own [del]rectum[/del] anus.

 

They don't wait until you're asleep- they're plotting against you all the time.
On topic, I'm glad you're alright, Joe.

 

That's certainly a "glass half empty" view of them...

The "glass half full" version is that cats are, in fact, among the cleanest mammals one could possibly keep as pets - precisely because they do clean & groom themselves. Continually.

Cats are actually considerably cleaner than a lot of people. My two (exclusively indoor) cats are probably the nicest all-around pets I've ever had. And I've had lots of pets!

MM

 

Thanks for the heads up. As the owner of two (2) cats, I will file this information away for future reference - in hopes it will never be necessary to act upon it. (Kudos to your wife for having a clue.)

On the topic of trimming claws, however, I can report that I've been regularly trimming the claws of Rufus & Chi-Chi since they were kittens. They're now approaching 10 years old, and there have been no unfortunate "incidents" yet. Not one.

The keys are to: 1) do it regularly; 2) snip just a bit at a time, no more than the last 25% of the length of the claw - not even close to the "quick", and; 3) take your time to do it right - no rush jobs.

I usually trim their claws at the same time as I brush their coats - and they love being brushed. So they've learned to positively associate claw-trimming time with brushing. I also usually give them treats after we're finished, so there's more positive reinforcement.

Believe me, it makes a difference...

MM

 

Not one cat scratch fever reference... I am disappointed.

Cats are pretty great.

Edit- I stand corrected.