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I've been a cat person for decades and I honestly don't remember ever hearing of a cat exercise wheel 
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Jul 14, 2021 19:14
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Captain Hygiene posted:I've been a cat person for decades and I honestly don't remember ever hearing of a cat exercise wheel https://onefastcat.com/ It's a pretty clever idea for highly energetic cats, in theory. I've heard Bengal owners swear by them. We thought ours might burn some calories if they took to it. Real life results... vary.
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Jul 14, 2021 19:15
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Lemniscate Blue posted:https://onefastcat.com/ Huh, interesting. Yeah, I imagine some cats would really go for it but it does seem very hit or miss.
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Jul 14, 2021 19:18
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Frank Frank posted:gently caress cats* 
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Jul 14, 2021 19:19
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My brain always reads this in Tommy Wiseau's voice, and it makes me laugh every time
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Jul 14, 2021 19:23
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e: a bad idea
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Jul 14, 2021 19:24
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 My old guy wont stop lickin hid god dawm beans. He's a ball lickin machine
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Jul 14, 2021 19:25
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Captain Hygiene posted:My brain always reads this in Tommy Wiseau's voice, and it makes me laugh every time i did naaaht
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Jul 14, 2021 19:26
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e: Post was deleted so will respect poster and delete my own responseInexplicable Humblebrag posted:i did naaaht Oh hai Mark! Josef bugman has a new favorite as of 20:42 on Jul 14, 2021 |
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Jul 14, 2021 19:28
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Lemniscate Blue posted:Meanwhile here's the one who caught a mouse despite having no otherwise discernable prey, play, or food pursuit drive. She doesn't even like catnip. We eventually had to give up on figuring out how to get either of them to run on the exercise wheel we thought we were being so clever buying them. Cats are weird in that they can be five pounds overweight and never do anything more strenuous than pooping, but if a little bird accidentally flies into the house the cat will find the power to jump 20 loving feet and take it down. It was really impressive.
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Jul 14, 2021 19:34
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lifg posted:Cats are weird in that they can be five pounds overweight and never do anything more strenuous than pooping, but if a little bird accidentally flies into the house the cat will find the power to jump 20 loving feet and take it down. They operate on Hulk rules, they can funnel mass and muscle power between dimensions in times of great need
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Jul 14, 2021 20:17
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MarcusSA posted:These are my idiots that can barely catch a spider I have watched mine recoil when the ant he was stalking turned around and came right for him The little shits record is like 0 kills. Although he did find a mummified squirrel once when I still loved at my dad's and brought it to me. I have no idea where it came from and the dudes never been outside 
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Jul 14, 2021 20:20
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Len posted:I have watched mine recoil when the ant he was stalking turned around and came right for him i'm sorry to hear that. i wish one day you can learn to love at your father's house again.
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Jul 14, 2021 20:23
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lifg posted:Cats are weird in that they can be five pounds overweight and never do anything more strenuous than pooping, but if a little bird accidentally flies into the house the cat will find the power to jump 20 loving feet and take it down. just a reminder that they can take you down any time, any place
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Jul 14, 2021 20:24
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MarcusSA posted:These are my idiots that can barely catch a spider Gustavo is scared of ceiling fans because i guess he was bullied by songbirds
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Jul 14, 2021 21:05
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Inexplicable Humblebrag posted:how much should you tip your cat? it's not very well known, but there's a mathematical rule that 0.999999..... = cat
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Jul 14, 2021 21:19
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Nuns with Guns posted:Still laughing at the idea of raccoons being the ascendant heir to the apex mini predator niche feral cats occupy in the United States. why do people treat exactly the wrong statements as out there? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesopredator_release_hypothesis also housecats are 'considered' an apex predator... by someone very loud. if you're worried your cat may get eaten, it isn't one, its actually another mesopredator otoh the species that do prey on raccoons are not generally present in an urban environment (except sometimes coyotes), making them an apex predator in the ecosystem Hodgepodge has a new favorite as of 21:42 on Jul 14, 2021 |
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Jul 14, 2021 21:34
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Hodgepodge posted:why do people treat exactly the wrong statements as out there? If cats were bigger they would be apex predators. For my evidence, I present all the feline apex predators that are fundamentally just cats but bigger. Like that tweet says, It must be so frustrating to be a cat and realize you have the perfect setup to be death incarnate but you're like 150 pounds too light.
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Jul 14, 2021 21:48
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Cats and raccoons are pretty friendly with each other, or at least indifferent to each other, as they both are with opossums and skunks. You could see them all hanging out and being cool together wherever animals are fed.
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Jul 14, 2021 21:51
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christmas boots posted:If cats were bigger they would be apex predators. For my evidence, I present all the feline apex predators that are fundamentally just cats but bigger. it turns out that there's a reason for this: adapting to become a proper apex predator makes you vulnerable as all hell and you go extinct faster than your smaller mesopredator cousins. this has lead to saber tooth cats evolving and going extinct repeatedly https://qr.ae/pGMH7w
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Jul 14, 2021 21:53
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You know that idea actually makes a lot of sense to me, I guess I just never thought about the tradeoffs like that.
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Jul 14, 2021 21:56
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christmas boots posted:If cats were bigger they would be apex predators. For my evidence, I present all the feline apex predators that are fundamentally just cats but bigger. I love that all types of cat behave exactly the same. Tigers do all the same bullshit a house cat does.
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Jul 14, 2021 21:57
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Grand Fromage posted:I love that all types of cat behave exactly the same. Tigers do all the same bullshit a house cat does. luv 2 be screamed at by bengal tigers until I give them kibble
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Jul 14, 2021 21:59
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A Pack of Kobolds posted:luv 2 be screamed at by bengal tigers until I give them kibble You joke but https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5-C6oQRAe8
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Jul 14, 2021 22:01
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Hodgepodge posted:why do people treat exactly the wrong statements as out there? I think they laughed at "cats will just be replaced by raccoons" because raccoons do not, and would not, kill billions of songbirds every year just for fun (as was the original root of this conversation). Your arguments re: raccoons as apex predators and the effect of feral cats in New Zealand are a little afield from the original quarrel of "feral cats are a huge problem in the United States". LITERALLY A BIRD has a new favorite as of 22:07 on Jul 14, 2021 |
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Jul 14, 2021 22:03
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LITERALLY A BIRD posted:I think they laughed at "cats will be replaced by raccoons" because raccoons do not, and would not, kill billions of songbirds every year just for fun (as was the original root of this conversation). Your arguments re: raccoons as mesopredators and the effect of feral cats in New Zealand are a little afield from the original quarrel of "feral cats are a huge problem in the United States". i sort of object to the idea that they do it for fun, some of the little actual evidence produced by studies as a result of all of this seems to indicate to me that they do it a) to satisfy an instinct that is not (but may be) satisfied in the home environment, and b) because people are feeding them lovely food (no goon actively participating in this conversation is not aware of the lovely pet food problem): quote:Researchers tested two existing methods thought to potentially inhibit predation by offering a “warning” to potential prey. https://www.psychologytoday.com/ca/blog/all-dogs-go-heaven/202102/object-play-and-high-protein-food-reduce-predation-cats the lesson is that.. making your cat do a dumb puzzle to get its food will lead to it taking out its aggression on local animals e: that sort of misses the point that most of the concrete concern is feral cats, and what you do with your pet is probably going to have a varying impact depending on if there are vulnerable species in your area, but will not actually solve the problem at all (except insofar as you might contribute to the feral cat situation, but people here are spaying/neutering and not abandoning their pets). Hodgepodge has a new favorite as of 22:15 on Jul 14, 2021 |
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Jul 14, 2021 22:07
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This is a really weird meltdown.
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Jul 14, 2021 22:12
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Hodgepodge posted:it turns out that there's a reason for this: adapting to become a proper apex predator makes you vulnerable as all hell and you go extinct faster than your smaller mesopredator cousins. this has lead to saber tooth cats evolving and going extinct repeatedly Dumbasses, should've tried evolving into crabs instead
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Jul 14, 2021 22:13
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packetmantis posted:This is a really weird meltdown.
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Jul 14, 2021 22:16
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packetmantis posted:This is a really weird meltdown. separately, when did a meltdown become when someone doesn't agree with some consensus and talks about it, instead of say flipping out and acting crazy?
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Jul 14, 2021 22:17
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It's just a cat, let it enjoy fresh air for a while.
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Jul 14, 2021 22:17
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When we started getting more of the later than the former I believe.
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Jul 14, 2021 22:19
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I can't believe there's someone melting down about how cats totally don't kill huge numbers of birds you guys. In apology for even commenting on that derail, here's some very big cats playing with boxes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J11uu8L8FTY
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Jul 14, 2021 22:21
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I genuinely love it when a thread derail takes up multiple pages and I skip ahead assuming it will be over soon and it's still going on days later.
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Jul 14, 2021 22:22
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I use a puzzle feeder with my cat so that if I'm ever trapped in a series of plastic tubes, my cat can
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Jul 14, 2021 22:24
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Paladinus posted:It's just a cat, let it enjoy fresh air for a while. an good example 
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Jul 14, 2021 22:25
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Hodgepodge posted:i sort of object to the idea that they do it for fun, some of the little actual evidence produced by studies as a result of all of this seems to indicate to me that they do it a) to satisfy an instinct that is not (but may be) satisfied in the home environment, and b) because people are feeding them lovely food (no goon actively participating in this conversation is not aware of the lovely pet food problem): I'd argue that the study you quoted showing reduced predation when the cat is given more adequate stimulation at home does point towards some cats hunting birds "for fun". But obviously I have lots of thoughts and words about outside cats inside of me and frankly I am quite pleased with myself for participating as little in this conversation as I have so shut up Bird get out of here!!! lmbo
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Jul 14, 2021 22:29
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I was given this avatar, I am not affiliated with cats in any official capacity.
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Paladinus posted:I was given this avatar, I am not affiliated with cats in any official capacity. That sounds like the sort of thing a cat might say.
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