Discussion on Cats, Moggies and Felines in general [with Pictures]

[Buzzard]

Re: The totally cat thread

Of course! I think there's a market! I wonder if the word "Tatt" is trademarked.

What about a Tattoo parlour called "Show us your Tatts" ?

 

[serfty]

Re: The totally cat thread

What about a Tattoo parlour called "Show your Tatts" ?

As distinct from show your "bolly(s)"?

Or Show your "Verve"?

 

[medhead]

Re: The totally off-topic thread

Hope the talk of cats falls flat.My view on cats is that held by the founder of this place-
Warrawong Sanctuary - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Shame on Adelaide zoo for closing it.

The enviro department where I used to work, Set up an area on the worksite that they fenced, eradicated the feral animals and reintroduced bettongs and such animals. They had a picture of a cat they shot that had an amazing amount of native wildlife still whole it its gut. Like 14 lizards, 5 whatever's, remains of birds. You might have liked it.

Our cat has stopped taking out the birds around our place. The first few years with us the birds were no longer nesting in our roof. They're back and there are 2 pigeons that eat the cats' food while she watches. But she does love to attack the kids' Angelina ballerina toys.

 

[Buzzard]

A creek runs through our rear yard so we get ducks on the lawn. Munn the cat just watches them.
I have even seen ducklings gang up on her to get to her dry food. What a sook of a cat, even the mice arn't scared.

 

[whatmeworry]

The power of the purr.
The Power of the Purr | The Lost Dogs Home

 

[JessicaTam]

Purrfect, there is now a cat thread.

 

[TheEmu]

Re: The totally cat thread

.. and how about the butterfly avatar pic? :mrgreen:

Lol. I wanted to "be a butterfly when I grow up". It's the same one I have a tattoo of.

I'm not much for tatts, blackcat20 (to each their own), but the Ulysses is the most magnificent butterfly!
We fortunately have a couple of doughwoods as well as bush lemon and grapefruit trees in our yard, all of which the Ulysses likes to lay her eggs on, so we are often treated to the sight of them fluttering about. They can fly quite high, well out of reach of our marauding pet chickens. We also see a few Cairns Birdwing butterflies every year - they are huge: 6 to 7 inches: quite beautiful.

 

[TheEmu]

Re: The totally off-topic thread

The enviro department where I used to work, Set up an area on the worksite that they fenced, eradicated the feral animals and reintroduced bettongs and such animals. They had a picture of a cat they shot that had an amazing amount of native wildlife still whole it its gut. Like 14 lizards, 5 whatever's, remains of birds. You might have liked it.

Our cat has stopped taking out the birds around our place. The first few years with us the birds were no longer nesting in our roof. They're back and there are 2 pigeons that eat the cats' food while she watches. But she does love to attack the kids' Angelina ballerina toys.

The biggest threat to the native birds in our neighbourhood seems to be the Indian mynahs rather than cats. There are a few wandering cats but most owners are responsible and the owners of the repeat offenders (trepassing in chicken country) may (or may not) have got theirs back from the pound. One of my neighbours got hold of a couple of traps and after only a few weeks of sustained mynahbird-trapping, it was amazing to see the number of locals come back into our gardens.

 

[blackcat20]

Re: The totally cat thread

I'm not much for tatts, blackcat20 (to each their own), but the Ulysses is the most magnificent butterfly!
We fortunately have a couple of doughwoods as well as bush lemon and grapefruit trees in our yard, all of which the Ulysses likes to lay her eggs on, so we are often treated to the sight of them fluttering about. They can fly quite high, well out of reach of our marauding pet chickens. We also see a few Cairns Birdwing butterflies every year - they are huge: 6 to 7 inches: quite beautiful.

I know they aren't to everyone's taste, and most people I meet are usually surprised that I've got one. But it's such a beautiful butterfly, it was just perfect for me. I have a framed one at home too.

 

[drron]

Re: The totally off-topic thread

The biggest threat to the native birds in our neighbourhood seems to be the Indian mynahs rather than cats. There are a few wandering cats but most owners are responsible and the owners of the repeat offenders (trepassing in chicken country) may (or may not) have got theirs back from the pound. One of my neighbours got hold of a couple of traps and after only a few weeks of sustained mynahbird-trapping, it was amazing to see the number of locals come back into our gardens.

I'm sorry but even good cats with bells or other contraptions fitted are a menace to native birds.I have a series of photos of the little darling cat next door whose owners thought wouldn't be capable of killing anything over several years killing the offspring of the doves that used to nest in our garden.

Just a couple of references on the damage that cats do-
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http://www.australianwildlife.org/images/file/WILD322361_Wildlife Matters_Summer 2012_13 SP.pdf

But I commend those on here who do not let their cats out on their own but supervise them.Especially keeping them inside at night.

 

[mannej]

Re: The totally off-topic thread

Best household purchase i've made i'd have to say.

No question!

 

[shellthom]

Re: The totally off-topic thread

So... does anyone else walk their inside cats on a harness and lead outside?
Or is that just me?

I'm sorry but even good cats with bells or other contraptions fitted are a menace to native birds.I have a series of photos of the little darling cat next door whose owners thought wouldn't be capable of killing anything over several years killing the offspring of the doves that used to nest in our garden.

Just a couple of references on the damage that cats do-
Cookies must be enabled. | The Australian

http://www.australianwildlife.org/images/file/WILD322361_Wildlife Matters_Summer 2012_13 SP.pdf

But I commend those on here who do not let their cats out on their own but supervise them.Especially keeping them inside at night.

I have much the same belief as you. But I have come to accept it is much less the cats fault than the owners...
I don't like outdoor cats, if I had a yard I don't want a cat wandering into it. If I wanted a cat I would have one. My partner only had outdoor cats before and it was free to roam the neighbourhood and they thought they were great owners because they would take it to the vet when it was injured in street fights - they had more than one cat die of this (the others died of cancer) hmmm I don't agree that what they had was good pet ownership. A lot of "cat" people are like this, but would never think to let their dog out??
I have this debate with my partner often and he is always completely offended when I say its not right.

I have a cat now because I wasn't going to keep a dog in an apartment. Even if it was a dog that was happy to be so, the chances of it barking and annoying other people who don't own or want that pet is high - so why burden them with it. This is how I feel, so this is why I still say I am a dog person and not a cat person as I think most cat people would expect me to say its ok for cats to do as they please outside.

Our cat is afraid of the outside. She does run into the foyer and up and down the stairs sometimes and we have taken her to the roof on her more adventurous days but she's never left alone because I don't want her to do bad things and because shes heaps scared and wouldn't like it anyway.

PS you should all meet my cat

 

[k_sheep]

Re: The totally off-topic thread

I'm sorry but even good cats with bells or other contraptions fitted are a menace to native birds.I have a series of photos of the little darling cat next door whose owners thought wouldn't be capable of killing anything over several years killing the offspring of the doves that used to nest in our garden.

Just a couple of references on the damage that cats do-
Cookies must be enabled. | The Australian

http://www.australianwildlife.org/images/file/WILD322361_Wildlife Matters_Summer 2012_13 SP.pdf

But I commend those on here who do not let their cats out on their own but supervise them.Especially keeping them inside at night.

Our cats are 99% indoor (well, one is 100% indoor and the other about 98% so I'll average it - the older one comes out with us on weekends when we're gardening, younger one we've tried but he can't reliably stay with us so inside he stays). No point having them out killing things ... they're perfectly welcome to have the asian geckos inside though!

We have large colonies of native skinks and geckos, good variety of native birds (sadly quite a few noisy/indian mynahs though), even a bandicoot den in our 600m2 block! So I think we're doing alright, in spite of the cats

 

[medhead]

Re: The totally off-topic thread

I thought the Indian myners (whatever the proper spelling) we actually natives. Or perhaps there is actually a native species that gets confused.

I'm sorry but even good cats with bells or other contraptions fitted are a menace to native birds.I have a series of photos of the little darling cat next door whose owners thought wouldn't be capable of killing anything over several years killing the offspring of the doves that used to nest in our garden.

Just a couple of references on the damage that cats do-
Cookies must be enabled. | The Australian

http://www.australianwildlife.org/images/file/WILD322361_Wildlife Matters_Summer 2012_13 SP.pdf

But I commend those on here who do not let their cats out on their own but supervise them.Especially keeping them inside at night.

Doves are the birds that inhabit our back yard. There is a pair of them that nest somewhere nearby and always come in and get the cat's food. We used to think she was waiting for them to fatten up, but they've been around for years. Seen her reaction so many times that we even think she might be scared of the birds.

However we did have to convince her to leave a lizard alone.

 

[shellthom]

Re: The totally off-topic thread

I thought the Indian myners (whatever the proper spelling) we actually natives. Or perhaps there is actually a native species that gets confused.

Indentifying Mynas

theres indian Myna - super destructive - and australian native Noisy Miner birds.. and I think thats where the confusion lies!

 

[medhead]

Re: The totally off-topic thread

Indentifying Mynas

theres indian Myna - super destructive - and australian native Noisy Miner birds.. and I think thats where the confusion lies!

Ah. Thanks!

An example of my memory failing.

 

[shellthom]

Re: The totally off-topic thread

Ah. Thanks!

An example of my memory failing.

Hahaha it was more so an example of my ignorance. I googled it, I had NO idea that there was a native Miner bird... maybe thats why my nan says Mineeeerr birds and MYnA - A - A - A birds to me sometimes. I just thought she was loopy.

 

[straitman]

With all the cat lovers here I'm guessing that this is not really the right thread to say what I think of cats :!: :evil:

 

[The Rok]

With all the cat lovers here I'm guessing that this is not really the right thread to say what I think of cats :!: :evil:

You and me both.

 

[flyingfan]

With all the cat lovers here I'm guessing that this is not really the right thread to say what I think of cats :!: :evil:

That would be like throwing the cat amongst the pigeons.