[alt text: a two panel comic. In the first panel, a doctor is talking to a patient, and the patient is holding her head. The doctor is saying, “Does it hurt?”, and the woman is replying, “Yes…”. In the second panel, the doctor is replying, “Keep your cat inside or I’ll punch you again”. ]

  • @ShinkanTrain@lemmy.mlEnglish
    4•1 day ago

    You say that like it’s an option as if this dumbass creature that lives here would survive two hours in the streets

  • @HiddenLayer555@lemmy.mlEnglish
    25•2 days ago

    Reminder if you have an outdoor cat that you feed in your house, you are subsidizing it killing birds. Outdoor cats who are fed at home don’t usually eat the birds they catch since they have a more reliable source of food at home, so they kill almost as many birds as a feral cat with no other food source but don’t eat any of them and just leave them to die once they they’re not fun to chase anymore. So outdoor cats killing birds is not “nature,” they’re an invasive species being fed farm-raised invasive species by the most widespread invasive species of all so they can go out and kill native birds that they won’t eat.

  • Feydaikin
    -1•2 days ago

    If you live in an area with wild predators that could pose a threat to small outdoor pets, maybe don’t get a cat.

    It’s the same with the whole de-clawing thing. If you don’t care for sharp teeth and claws, don’t get a cat or ferret or any kind of carvivore.

    • coyotino [he/him]OPEnglish
      11•1 day ago

      Cars shouldn’t be outdoor pets. They are an invasive species in most parts of the world, and devestate local wildlife. Keep them inside.

          • Feydaikin
            -7•1 day ago

            Nah. You know exactly what I mean. I don’t know why you want to be hardheaded about it.

            • coyotino [he/him]OPEnglish
              4•1 day ago

              sorry for having a moral backbone ig. i have two cats that are traumatized from living outdoors. When the front door is open, they don’t try to bolt, they stay put because they know they have it good. The outdoors is not good for domesticated cats, and domesticated cats are not good for local wildlife. There’s zero reason to send them outdoors, unless you like inflicting harm on animals. I am very passionate about this, and it makes me very sad that people dump their babies outdoors because they don’t want to spend the time and effort to provide them with enrichment.

              • Feydaikin
                0•1 day ago

                That reads like you’re another person that probably shouldn’t have a cat.