Cats thread (& other pets)

[SisterNightroad]

Poor neighbor, I hope it's nothing serious...
How is the cat?

[Macfanforever]

Originally Posted by SisterNightroad

Poor neighbor, I hope it's nothing serious...
How is the cat?

The cat is OK but the neighbor has dementia and had to go into a home for he can get takin care of.He is 87 years old.

My father had a light case of dementia before I lost him with prostrate cancer at 79 in 2012.

The cat is about 6 or 7 years old according to my neighbors son.Not many people want to adopt older cats but this one is very friendly with people and me included.Also shes an outside cat and stays put in the area.

I got a stray cat that hangs out here at times.So she is probably friends with him or her.The stray has issues being afraid of people and probably was like that since it was a kitten or it got abuse.

Since I have a brook in the back yard .I dont mind having cats around.They keep the mice and water rats out of my yard,Shed and house.Only one problem .They will go after the birds too as I found feathers on the lawn a month ago.

[SisterNightroad]

I understand, my grandmother is 81 and has Alzheimer.

Yeah, no one wants to adopt an already adult animal, I'm fighting with my father about taking another dog from a shelter. Basically since my dog has died of old age a few months ago he says that taking a dog from a shelter means that He or she will die soon all over again. I'm not ready to take another dog but I won't give up the idea of taking him from a shelter, it's morally the right thing and there are a lot of advantages.

By the way 6/7 years old is still pretty young for a cat, it's like a man in his 40s. Living outside means he will live at least for 10 years more.
Stray cats are always reluctant but if you leave a bit of food for him/her too might become a bit less wary,. But if it has really been abused he/she is probably traumatized and could become aggressive.

I loved my cats also for keeping my garden free of rats and snakes too but there's no way to keep them away from birds, they're the most difficult and then interesting preys. But for that they're also the first target to be abandoned, an old and heavier cat can't keep up.