Calling all animal lovers

Greeting, everyone.

Since of my move to North Carolina, I find myself wrapping around with four new cats in my life now. They looked so adorable and like to being so playful. Though I already got one house cat, the reason why I'm keeping him inside of our house, because I'm afraid that they might going to bite him and ending up carrying with feline disease.

First three cats was born in June of 2008. Their names are Mittens, Goldie, Rovin. Lastly, this injured cat showed up nowhere, my grandma seemed like that that cat is not her's, she swears that injured cat has to ran away from somewhere else. The forbidden thoughts has crossed her mind. She informed me that she felt that it's time for her to go, that she hate to see her in so much pain that she has to walked up. So I decided to forbids this injured cat from going to see the vet, because they'll just going to put her to sleep for good. That crush my heart to thinking about that.

For weeks now, I've been wrestled with long list of names to give this injured cat. I'm thinking about name her "Oceano", because she's very beautiful creature that I've ever seen in my life. Describe of this cat: she has this very bright gold with black/brown on that soft fur.

Oceano - that name mean being beautiful for all eternally. Do you think Oceano is fit name of this injured cat to have it? She deserves that name and I really want to keep her as my third cat, because Rovin is my second cat. Bryan is house cat and last time he been going outside was more than nine years ago. He was so fearless cat and very careless of where is he going.

To letting you know that Bryan was nearly taken away from me for no reason. I has to fight with DDD and social worker of mine for over two years. They won't let me to have second cat in my house back in New Jersey. They think that one cat is good enough and went after me to ensure that Bryan is getting shots. They kept on to bugging me all the months long. That's why I has to move down here in North Carolina in order to rebuilt my life once again.

Now - question I require to ask of you: What should I do about this injured cat? How can I convince my grandma that I really want to keep her as my third cat? I'm very worried that we may leave her down here very alone once we take all of our cats with us to live in Greensboro, North Carolina. 'Course, I really want to fix her up very good..I don't have cash to pay all of this medical care for this injured cat. Do you think that it's the best choice to cut her leg off? I need your wisdom on this situation..

I really love this injured cat so much and she was so very, very excited to play with my house cat, but I forbids them to be together. I'm still afraid that she may have feline disease. 'Course..my second cat, Rovin, he loved her very much. Rovin play with her more than often that I can count them. More like being mother to me as I watch them cuddle up each other..I don't want to feel so bad to tear them apart.

I want to tell you about this second cat of mine, Rovin.

Rovin- this name meaning of being Top. Like you're the leader of the bands. Due to because of that he got very fuzzy fur and acts like dog! He's very smart and like to have humans to keep him company, but I have problem..no matter what I tried to do to lift him up to pet him..he doesn't want to play with me. I was worried that he may place his claws on my face..don't wanna to lose my eyes for that! What can I do to let him know that it's me? What trick can I use on him, so he can let me pet him while being lift up?

I know that I have lots of questions for you to answer, but I will try my best to short my questions...

Also I want to add up, I was very upset with this dog food that I just found out after I move here. I ask my grandma why do my aunt feed them for this dog food? She told me that it's just FOOD!! I explained to her that those cats CANNOT have those dog food, period! Was so angry with them for feeding this, because I read the article that it can lead them on to be blind sometime later on in their lives. That's how my dear friend back in New Jersey informed me all of this information. So from now on, I banned my family from feeding this dog food. Thus far, I've begun to feed them very healthy that will ensures that they will live for long time to come. I want them to keep me a company for 20 to 30 years.

I really love those cats so much.

Now, lastly, I want to ask you..I have decided to renamed this cats. I want to renamed Goldie to be Nathan and Mitten to be Roary, because it's very fitted names for them to have it. I have observed their personality. So..what do you think?

Anyways, I hope you express your wisdom on all of this.

 

Sonny! LOL

Prime Boss,
As a fellow animal lover I know it's emotionally difficult to think about an animal being euthanized. However, sometimes it is less cruel to have an animal put to sleep than to allow it to live and suffer. A vet would be able to tell you which is more humane (working to fix the injury/sickness or euthanizing) for the individual animal.

You are right that a long term diet of dog food will not provide the taurine that is essential for kitty eye health. They need cat food. The food should have a meat listed as the first ingredient and not corn or a meat by-product or meal.

You clearly have a big heart for animals. :heart:

 

lol. yes. very much so. Seriously. Cat questions.. ? What has the world become?

 

The guy is deaf and I'm guessing cats are his close companions.

I like cats, I'd never have another one though.

 

On renaming animals:

I once read that if you intend to change the name of an animal, it helps to add the new name to the end of the old name. Like "SweetumsTiger".

Then after several days of calling them "SweetumsTiger" you start to over-emphasize the new name and under-emphasize the old. Like"SweetumsTiger".

Eventually, drop the "Sweetums". 'Cause you know he hated that shit anyway.

 

I love animals. Especially cats. My mother used to breed Siamese cats when I was a kid, and I've had cats most of my life.

That being said:

1. Cats don't care what you call them. If you don't like their name, just change it. It might take the cats a few days to get used to it, but then they'll respond to their new name and forget the old one.

2. If the cat's so injured you don't want to take it to a vet because he/she will want to put it to sleep, you probably should put it to sleep. Keeping an injured animal alive (especially without taking it to the vet for treatment) is NOT being an animal lover. If anything it's the complete opposite- it's animal cruelty. If the cat's injured it needs medical care!!! And if the vet says you should euthanize it, then that's the only right thing to do.

Regarding the feeding you are absolutely right. Cat's should not have dog food. Dogs have a different digestive system than cats, and even in the wild they'll actually eat (and digest) a not insignificant amount of greens. Cat's however can not digest plant food. (They will eat some grass, but only because it makes it easier for them to throw up their hair balls, they do not digest it). So contrary to what many people believe, cats and dogs are physiologically very different animals. Hence dog food is made for dogs, and cat food is made for cats. And dog food has quite a lot of vegetables in it (read on the back of the box and check it out yourself). The result is that a cat that eats a lot of dog food will not get all the vitamins, minerals and proteins it need, and yes: in time it might even go blind. Inexpensive cat food might also contain some vegetables/corn btw- that's why it's inexpensive: Grain is cheaper than meat. However it's not nearly as much greens in it as there is in dog food, so it's still a much better choice. If you really want your cat to be 30 though, you should invest in the more expensive foods, like Iams. They're a bit pricy, but remember: larger bags are cheaper than smaller ones, and it might save you some vet bills later.

 

Tja ...
Hur är det ?
Jag har inte se dig utstationering här för en vit, vi måste prata om det där.
förlåt för min dåliga svenska.

 

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Vad duktig du är, Maghalil!
Jättekult at se dej skriva svenska.

 

haha! Funny.

 

Hej Ronja ,

Ja försöker , min svenska är inte så bra

 

:smt042 :smt081 :smt043

 

I only like Pussy Cats

 

Is it wrong to say that I miss nc's ridiculous posts and threads?

 

Thank you for this informative post...I was never a cat person but 3 years ago I rescued a white cat dumped in a box at a subway station....He comes and goes as he pleases in my wooded back yard, and I feed and shelter him.

Last year, a lil black cat would watch me through my window and sneak in to eat my other cat's food and run away if I caught her in my kitchen.

Eventually she felt safe to hang around for good, but at a distance as I had a little dog who got top priority attention. When she died in Dec, the black cat has permanently come indoors and snuggled into my life with a vengeance.

This past week, I've been forced to keep the white cat inside 24/7 due to an infection and he needs his meds twice a day, so in the interim with both of them indoors, I have come to see the complex yet rewarding world of cats. I have taken a crash course in correct litter-boxing, to feeding them moistured food, to kidney & urinary-tract warnings- so many details to raising them - that I have concluded they are far from my original assumption of a "set it and forget it" species and are in fact much more demanding to care for than dogs.

 

LOL Cats aren't more demanding than dogs, they're far less demanding (the need for training and the majority of exercise and socialisation isn't there, like it is with dogs)....unless you want to get into training them (which is fun, but slightly more frustrating than dogs). Plus, they're solitary creatures who attach themselves to their territory, not people, so don't have the social needs that dogs do.
Not that they don't like us, of course, they often do...but to say they're more demanding than a highly social animal that needs a life long commitment to training and socialisation, as well as companionship, is a bit silly.