Hi all

I was reading Kelly's email about her wonderful friend who needed some
purrs and it got me thinking about something which I am sure everyone
has encountered- "Cat lovers"

Now I don't mean the slaves gathered on this list but people who make
that claim and then come out with things that make you stare at them
and wonder how the Hell could they claim to love cats and yet they
still say they are cat lovers.

Take my co-worker (PLEASE!) I am sure I have mentioned somewhere on
this list that the guy is strange....Well when he first started here
he claimed to have grown up with cats and really liked them. The
reason he grew up with cats was  " the cat just kept getting pregnant
and mum sold the kittens to good homes." At one point the house
contained about 15 kittens under 6 months. Why didn't they get her
spayed. She must have been continously either pregnant and/or nursing.
Apparently she died aged about 4 after about 10 or so litters. The
poor cat must have died of exhaustion.

Okay that was his mum's fault, he was only a kid but he's worrying me
now.(To the point where any advice about what I can do under UK law
would be appreciated) Basically he is spending a fortune on having his
car done up and he's worried about "Stamford" (The cat that seems to
have sort of adopted where I work) will sit on it and ruin the
paintwork. He even said that he would have to bring his airgun in
(And this guy is scary enough to make me think he would do it, he
vastly prefers cars to people) so I sent him the information from
Skippy that pointed out that a cat's claw can damage car finishes only
if the finish is a mess anyway. "Oh well" he dismissed, "All the same
if I see that cat get it's claws out on my car I'll take a pair of
pliers and take its nails out, that'll solve the problem"

And he still says he's a cat lover!

The other one was someone I worked with ages ago, she had 3 cats with
pedigrees as long as your arm and talked knowledgeably about cats so I
thought she was okay but there's just a couple of incidents that left
me thinking about what she meant when she said "I am a cat lover"

The first was one day when we were looking at a book on pedigree cats
and I saw my first Maine Coon. "Lovely" was my verdict.

She told me that although at the time, they weren't recognised to show
in the UK, she could put me in touch with a breeder and get me a
kitten for about £500.

"Hmm" says me, "I already have two cats who might have something to
say on the matter"

She shrugged, "They don't count they're only mongrels, you can just
dump them."

A few months later she was complaining because she wanted a Devon Rex
and her parents had drawn the line at 3 cats.

"Ahh well" she finally concluded "My Siamese is nearly 14, he won't be
around much longer and then I can have the Devon Rex."

And yet she'd probably still say she was a cat lover.....

Anyone else run into these "cat lovers"

Lesley

Slave to the Fabulous Furballs