I’ve started the cats on a diet (gotta get rid of those small saggy bellies), & this has resulted in Pangur shadowing me for the last 2 hours, screaming & biting whatever body part I leave accessible
no more ankle-biting!
Pangur, why
y’all losing your minds in the comments/reblogs over Pangur’s diet are gonna have to find someone else following the medical advice of a professional to threaten via anon, because, like a butterfly emerging from the chrysalis that was her over-plump cat bod, she has transformed!
sorry folks, PETA didn’t come in time! my cat’s now a healthy weight for her breed! choke!
This post of yours really highlights how much of the “food equals love” mindset so prevalent in grandmas or aunties extends not only to human family but to pets, and contributed to animals being overweight so often.
Except instead of the genuine love and concern you get from gramma Carol who worries you don’t eat enough, it’s some random ass fucking lunatic stranger who insists you’re torturing your pet to death by not feeding it as much as it wants exactly when it wants it because they have no sense of portion control or hyperbole.
Why you shouldn’t put goldfish in a bowl – WTF fun facts
By the way, bettas are the same. It’s a myth that they live in puddles. Wild bettas live in rice patties that look like this:
And you know how males fight in captivity? Yeah see, in the wild, each male betta has a territory of roughly one square meter [X]. That’s over 260 gallons of water per betta! Of course they’ll fight in a tiny 1 gallon tank! (The myth about puddles exists because, in the dry season, a betta may get trapped in a puddle, and it is equipped to survive that, but only for a short period of time). Also, notice how much is growing in that water – bettas need a lot of places to hide in and rest on, not just a single bamboo shoot in the center of a vase! They will get stressed and even more aggressive without the hides.
Fish are animals just like your other pets. Do your research before buying and treat them appropriately. If you can’t afford a proper betta or goldfish set up (at LEAST 5 gallons for a betta with a heater and hides, at LEAST 20 gallons for a goldfish with a strong filtering system and NO GRAVEL, and I recommend adding at least 10 gallons to those minimums for healthy and happy fish), don’t get one. They are living things, not decor pieces.
Here is more information on how to properly care for: Goldfish: 1234 Bettas: 123
I live in
Australia, were pretty much 98% of cat owners seem to have outdoor cats, and
then we all equally complain about our fading endangered wildlife and
overpopulated strays. Granted, I grew up in a family that pretty much got a cat
for funsies and then just let it roam and come inside for food and a cuddle. As
I’ve gotten older I’ve definitely given an ear to people who talk about the
wildlife and how dangerous it is for cats but have never been able to fully comprehend
what they mean.
I think after
you work in a general/emergency vet clinic it quickly changes your once-unsure
opinion on outdoor cats, and I confidently say I will never, NEVER have a
roaming cat again.
My first night
working I had some poor owners walking in balling while holding their dying cat
after being hit by a car. I’d never seen a HBC (hit by car), and it is one of
the most terrible things I tell you.
The amount of
times I have “stray HBC cats” rushed in by a founder only for me scan them and
rush them down to the hospital only to get their owner on the phone saying “but
I only just saw her 20 minutes ago”.
Every week now:
Horrific
motor vehicle accidents
Lost
‘strays’ being bought in after an accident and there’s only so much you can do
as you can’t reach their owners
Countless
phone calls asking if their lost cat has come through
Unchipped
wandering cats that now have no home (happens to dogs too, please microchip)
Terrible
dog attacks
Snake
bites
Poisonings
Respiratory
infections
Mysterious
broken limbs
Cat
fight infections and wounds
Cat
fight abscesses
FIV
FeLV
FIP
(arguably indoor cats get these too, but it feels more common in outdoor
animals)
HUGE
worm loads
Very sick cats that their owners didn’t notice before because
they toilet and vomit outside (out of view)
Generally the 16-22 year old cats I see are all pretty much indoor kitties
(injured wildlife) Regardless of how you feed them, they will hunt the wildlife
Not only it is
an epidemic to our slowly-wiltering wildlife population but your cat is not
better off anyway. I will never have
an outdoor cat again, and I don’t really know why I hadn’t realized this sooner
(I lost one of my cats HBC and my other two just never came home one day, I’ve
never had a cat past the age of 7, I loved them so much, but was too young and
it never crossed my mind that it was dangerous for them).
For some reason
no-one ever complains about apartment cats and that we have to keep our dogs
contained, but as soon as we do it for cats it’s “cruel”.
“Cats are
easier than dogs”, damn well they can be, but that doesn’t mean you feed,
cuddle and forget about them. Clean the litter tray, play with them, build a
cat run, get them cat trees and shelves they can climb on, get slow feeders
they have to hunt for, give them a window ledge to hang out on, teach them
walks are fun, love them, cuddle them, they’ll be around longer if you do.
People will
scoff and call you silly and that it’s too hard, because we’re stuck in this
backwards lazy notion that that is “owning a cat” and have never given it
another thought, we need to change it.
I hope every “but my cat is an outdoor cat and does fine” person who waltzes onto this blog to tell us so sees this
This is potentially life saving information everyone should know.
No you guys this post helped me find my cat. He was missing for almost a month and I’ve had him for over 12 years. After seeing this I put his favorite blanket he always slept on outside hoping he would smell mine or his scent and he was back the next fucking day asleep on it.
When my cat got out, we called and called for him, and then, later that night, I remembered similar advice to this, and so put his little scratching pad, which he adores, on the front porch. Not even half an hour later, I heard a thump, opened the door, and there was his big butt, meowing at me.
Important and vital
I don’t care that I reblogged this today I’m reblogging it again
awwwww babies ;_; i hope everyone’s pets come home safe.
PiraticOctopus 