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Cat Forum / General Topics / March 2006Kitten Month!
Good news! June is coming! For all of you who don't know, June is kitten month and the best time of the year to get a new kitten. Why? - Most cats are born in March and April so they are ready to leave their mothers in June. - June is the beggining of Summer so, if you are a student, you will be able to stay home with your kitten and train it during it's first few months! - In June the weather is nice and the outdoors are safe for training indoor/outdoor cats. - If you get a two month old kitten in June it will officially be six months (the age it is generally independant and phisically able to handle challenges) in September, right before winter, which can be a difficult time for outdoor kitties. So why tell you in March? Now is when most kittens are being born. I suggest you talk to a friend, neighbor, or shelter with a pregnant cat or an infant litter so you can reserve a kitten to take home when it comes to the proper age. Don't wait!!! If you don't get a kitten from May-July you may not get one this year! This is the on-season for kitty hunters (shoppers, that is) so get out there! Does anyone out there find this as offensive as I do?? Guess it is because I feel this should be the time of year we are all preaching to neuter the cats, not encouraging them to breed. and what happens to those poor kittens who don't have the choice to be born in June. Should they just suffer on the streets and die? And who says a cat should be trained to go outdoors. If you have to TRAIN them to do it, doesn't it sound unnatural? All six of my cats stay in side, and are perfectly happy with it. Outdoor cats run into so many more dangers. Oh yes, you'll get those people who say that a cat should roam free.. these are the people who probably believe a cat is only supposed to live 10 years, and are shocked to find cats older than that. > Good news! June is coming! For all of you who don't know, June is > kitten month and the best time of the year to get a new kitten. Why? [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > one this year! This is the on-season for kitty hunters (shoppers, that > is) so get out there! >>Good news! June is coming! For all of you who don't know, June is >>kitten month and the best time of the year to get a new kitten. Why? >>- Most cats are born in March and April so they are ready to leave >>their mothers in June. <snip> >Does anyone out there find this as offensive as I do?? >Guess it is because I feel this should be the time of year we are all >preaching to neuter the cats, not encouraging them to breed. >and what happens to those poor kittens who don't have the choice to be born >in June. Should they just suffer on the streets and die? Top posting corrected. Take a pill, a big pill. Nothing bad is being encouraged. >Does anyone out there find this as offensive as I do?? No. I find it curious that March is when kitttens are born. Why March? >Guess it is because I feel this should be the time of year we are all >preaching to neuter the cats, not encouraging them to breed. But the fact remains alot aren't neutered and there are millions of homeless cats. And some of those are kittens. >Does anyone out there find this as offensive as I do?? > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] >free.. these are the people who probably believe a cat is only supposed to >live 10 years, and are shocked to find cats older than that. What planet are you on? I am one who believes that cats should be cats . Strangely I do not think that cats only live to 10 years........ I resent the arrogance of that statement. Do you KNOW they're perfectly happy to stay inside? Would you be happy to kept confined? There are people with knives, guns and some even have cars, so should you be kept indoors so you 'don't run into any dangers'? Before you start crying that I just don't care - All have been micro chipped, neutered, given their annual injections, are/have been rescued cats, we do what we can..... and that includes letting them be cats. It IS a dangerous world out there - but fun or at least interesting if your allowed into it. Some cats are just to nervous to go outside, particularly if they have been mistreated. Our Katie was like that, she wouldn't even leave the room she first left her basket in for a week - but after 2 months of gentle coaxing she ventured outside. Now nine years later she's the last in at night and first out in the morning. Of course we worry when she's been gone a long time, but is it worth keeping her inside and spoiling her obvious enjoyment just to save us from worry? No it isn't. http://www.black-cat-gfx.co.uk/ "A cat is only technically an animal, being divine" - Robert Lynd > What planet are you on? > I am one who believes that cats should be cats . Strangely I do not [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > spoiling her obvious enjoyment just to save us from worry? No it > isn't. Don't come crying to us when your cat gets run over and killed. You've obviously never had to endure that heartbreak. >Do you KNOW they're perfectly happy to stay inside? Would you be happy >to kept confined? There are people with knives, guns and some even >have cars, so should you be kept indoors so you 'don't run into any >dangers'? If the cat was never let out before, he is perfectly content to stay indoors because he doesn't know any better! He doesn't know anything about the outdoors, so has no desire to go out. >Before you start crying that I just don't care - All have been micro >chipped, neutered, given their annual injections, are/have been >rescued cats, we do what we can..... and that includes letting them be >cats. Did you also train them to look both ways before crossing the street, to run as fast as they can when a dog or dogs are chasing them, not to eat the poisoned piece of food that the angry neighbour has put in his yard to get rid of them, not to go up the psycho cat hating mutilator who loves to hurt animals, not to fight with other cats (yes, they've been vaccinated, but did you know that they don't offer 100% protection - your cat can still get diseases from other cats even with the vaccines), to stay away from wild animals who may have distemper (raccoons) or rabies, to not eat the birds that may have bird flu? >It IS a dangerous world out there - but fun or at least interesting if >your allowed into it. Yea, when I see all the dead cats on the side of the road, I think when they were laying there in pain and dying, I bet they didn't think that it was fun or interesting. Maybe the UK is safe for cats (although I'm pretty sure you have cars and wildlife there last time I checked!) but it isn't like that all over the world. Professor - Wrong - I have had a cat killed on the road - and yes it did break my heart, but no where near as much as it does seeing anything caged. For no matter how large your house/apartment/trailer that is how it must appear to an animal who's range naturally covers at least one mile NanCe - The last time I looked the UK was rabies and bird flu free and we didn't have raccoons, At least those cats that you see died knowing what it felt like to be a cat. I suppose you approve of battery chickens as well. Giving oneself a clear conscience at the cost of anything's freedom is IMO just not worth it. http://www.black-cat-gfx.co.uk/ "A cat is only technically an animal, being divine" - Robert Lynd A cat who has never set foot outdoors knows nothing else. There is a lot that can happen to your cat outdoors, most of it bad. If you have endured having a cat killed on the road and yet still allow your cat to roam the streets then you are a bit thick and your cats deserve better. > Professor - Wrong - I have had a cat killed on the road - and yes it > did break my heart, but no where near as much as it does seeing [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > "A cat is only technically an animal, > being divine" - Robert Lynd >A cat who has never set foot outdoors knows nothing else. There is a lot >that can happen to your cat outdoors, most of it bad. If you have endured >having a cat killed on the road and yet still allow your cat to roam the >streets then you are a bit thick and your cats deserve better. Oh dear Professor (?), the arrogance of your chosen 'nym' is showing - You have absolutely no idea of the level of my IQ, I maybe in the top two percenlile orI may be in the bottom two. All I know about you (apart from the fact you are obviously not a 'Professor', who would not need to resort to personal insults), is that you cannot know the level or subject of my education. I do know that in seeking to protect an animal, just in case you are emotionally hurt by reason of it being injured, is pure selfishness. Cats have only started the domestication process sometime in the last 3-5 0000 years, this is nowhere near long enough for them to lose their wild instincts totally. Because they are, on the whole, intelligent animals, when 'outside' becomes uncomfortable for them, the large majority return to a known safe place. I suggest you leave cats and start sharing your life with a dog, after 75-125 000 years they are much easier to be anthropomorphic about http://www.black-cat-gfx.co.uk/ "A cat is only technically an animal, being divine" - Robert Lynd
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