• Vespair@lemmy.zip
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    47 minutes ago

    Every single day I see something from a pet owner that reaffirms how happy I am to not have pets.

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    Nine pounds apparently is around 4kg, that’s well within the normal weight range for a cat, why are you calling beans out for it?

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      9 minutes ago

      I think the point was that a 9lb cat doesn’t need 2-3lbs of food. Beans is choosing not to share.

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    Our Cleo once grabbed a whole KFC drumstick, and managed to swallow it whole. That was one expensive evening at Kitty ER.

    She also frickin LOVES Parmesan cheese. I caught her getting into a large cabinet, and in the back she had a stash of those little packets, like you get at a pizzeria.

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      No. Eyes don’t match. So the whole movie monster fails. The terror of cat’s eyes (specifically in the dark, when you can’t determine size and distance of the cat) is hard coded into our brains. An evolutionary thing as “cats” for most of the time used to be on the upper end of the food chain and your chances of reproduction massively raised if you were the first one to spot the cat - and run for your live. Just look at the typical cartoon panel symbolizing the dark and dangerous unknown, a dark place with cat’s eyes looking out. You’ll be subtily terrified - if the shape and proportions match the “cat” scheme.

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    You will want thick gloves, a thick towel, and a container with lid to insert the cat into. Beans is not declawed, and knows you will struggle to maneuver under the bed. You may need a spray bottle of water as well.

    Good luck.

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    I cooked a lobster tail once, and our big alpha tomcat decided that he was just going to take it from me, right off my plate. I was more than willing to share, but he had other plans.

    He had NEVER tried to steal anything before, he just really couldn’t resist the smell of that lobster.

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    Beans would learn about the spray bottle that day. He would growl and be wet at the same time. Sad thing he knew he was not getting any of this without taking action so he took his chances. You may chastise him but he has already won

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    Beans is in charge around here.

    Beans decides what the humans do and when.

    Beans makes the humans ask permission to eat, sleep, exit and enter the house, and go to the toilet.

    Sometimes Beans says no.