What I really dislike is how people treat cats like a super low-maintenance thing. But they aren’t, they’re animals and one should take care of them including keeping them stimulated with playtime and even walks with a leash.
It’s also bad how a lot of free-roaming cats tend to produce more kittens and having a stray cats that won’t find a home. Not to mention like you said, bad for other smaller animals around.
I cannot imagine a world in which my cat would go on a walk with a leash. Every time I’ve tried to put a collar or harness on her to let her see the backyard she’s just like, “Mother, why have you punished me so? Please, I beg of thee, remove this fetter and let me free into the house. I do not wish to enter this forsaken land!”
She actively does not want to go outside, but she very much wants to see inside every other apartment in the building.
getting cats used to harnesses and leashes is probably like getting them used to blowing a raspberry on their stomach. you gotta start when they’re a kitten, and you gotta be careful.
I started trying when she was a kitten, but maybe I didn’t start early enough because she was a returned rescue
Someone else adopted her for a few months but had to return her because their landlord decided to change his mind about allowing cats. She’s so sweet and affectionate, I can’t imagine anyone disliking her. Fuck that landlord.
What I really dislike is how people treat cats like a super low-maintenance thing. But they aren’t, they’re animals and one should take care of them including keeping them stimulated with playtime and even walks with a leash.
It’s also bad how a lot of free-roaming cats tend to produce more kittens and having a stray cats that won’t find a home. Not to mention like you said, bad for other smaller animals around.
I cannot imagine a world in which my cat would go on a walk with a leash. Every time I’ve tried to put a collar or harness on her to let her see the backyard she’s just like, “Mother, why have you punished me so? Please, I beg of thee, remove this fetter and let me free into the house. I do not wish to enter this forsaken land!”
She actively does not want to go outside, but she very much wants to see inside every other apartment in the building.
getting cats used to harnesses and leashes is probably like getting them used to blowing a raspberry on their stomach. you gotta start when they’re a kitten, and you gotta be careful.
I started trying when she was a kitten, but maybe I didn’t start early enough because she was a returned rescue
Someone else adopted her for a few months but had to return her because their landlord decided to change his mind about allowing cats. She’s so sweet and affectionate, I can’t imagine anyone disliking her. Fuck that landlord.