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dixieandherbabies · 7 months ago

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Our old man, Carter has been losing weight for the last few months, and the veterinarian says that it’s the beginning of his kidneys starting to fail.

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petnews2day · 2 years ago

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Readers reply: should I let my cat outside? | Cats

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Readers reply: should I let my cat outside? | Cats

Should I let my cat outside? Apparently she’s in danger – and is a danger herself. Alicia Burton, Shrewsbury

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Outside cats kill songbirds and small mammals. They use neighbours’ flower beds and children’s sandboxes for litter boxes and spread disease. Cats should be kept inside. PennsylvaniaModerate

Where I live your cat might get eaten by a coyote, so no. Also they are terrible on birdlife. If you must, create a nice catio for outdoor fun. I think cats that have never been indoor/outdoor do OK indoors-only, but it is hard to change from being in and out to in-only. martimart

Cats are outdoor creatures – if you can’t allow them outside, for whatever reason (and there may be good reasons not to in some locations), you shouldn’t have a cat. To keep a cat inside-only means you have put your desires ahead of his/hers. I don’t have a dog because I can’t give one what it needs – the same applies; it’s selfish and cruel. It’s not unlike people who declaw (anyone who does so should have the same done to them) – if you don’t accept the risk of damage to furniture etc, don’t have a cat. We’ve always had a cat flap and so know that the cat chooses to live with us – she could leave at any time but doesn’t. I am not sure it’s healthy to keep an animal trapped with you against their will. bobbitygobitty

My cat was a rescued feral kitten, he barely survived starvation on a Miami street before I saved him. He adores my screened-in porches and lanais, where he can be “safely” outside without actually being outside. I’ve left my front door open by accident and he cringes away from it. He knows what is out there. He sees them (the wild animals) from his screened porch and he wants nothing to do with the outside world. Slinger

People tend to have very emotional responses to questions regarding pets, so this particular debate tends to get quite heated quite fast. My view in general is that it just seems odd we have this weird exception where cats are concerned. If I chose to keep a dog or some other animal and I let it roam around other peoples’ gardens unsupervised doing its business on the lawn they would be rightfully angry with me. But if it’s a cat it’s fine for some reason.

My preference in general is for people to keep their pets on their own property, or otherwise under control (eg, on a lead when out of the house), but where cats are concerned free-ranging has been the norm for so long that it would be hard to put that genie back in the bottle (or that cat back in the bag).

It seems undeniably bad for the cats (we had several that were killed on the roads when I was growing up), and bad for wildlife. Even ignoring the death toll on small mammals and birds, inter-breeding with free-ranging housecats has all but wiped out Scottish wildcats as a separate species. Pode

If you are worried about whether they’ll be OK being indoor-only cats, don’t worry. There are about 75m of them in North America. The vast majority are just fine. In many cities in Canada and the US it’s against bylaws to let cats free roam. If you have space, a catio is the perfect solution. KimberlyCoast

Once I got a couple of chickens (free to roam). Then I got rats. Then I got a cat. Now I no longer have rats. She hunts all night, sleeps all day. She seems to need to touch base with me once a day, but apart from that is doing her own thing. I put that down to me allowing her to fully pursue her instincts, so I am mostly OK with the small mammals she brings in. The bat was like something out of Hammer horror film, though. How a cat catches a bat remains a mystery. lcj4949d

Like everything, it depends. If you live in a high-traffic area, there is an increased risk she could be injured. If you live close to a nature reserve there is an increased risk she could snack on an endangered or protected species. If you live in a quiet-ish neighbourhood and she has a bell on her collar, you’re probably OK. Stroppimare

I’ve shared space with cats and they were all outdoor cats, to be fair I never thought of keeping them in. Sure there are dangers out there, but I feel they have a life much more in tune with their natural instincts being outdoors roaming about, doing their thing. I wouldn’t have a cat and keep them in, I’d feel cruel keeping an animal just for my own selfish pleasure if it couldn’t live as it wanted. As I’m away a lot I don’t have a cat now, however the local neighbourhood has a few cats bouncing around. They mainly seem to laze about, occasionally shagging and fighting with each other. Nice life for them. Liverpooldave

I adore my cat and would never let him outside for the simple reason that it’s an ugly and dangerous world. If I let him outside, he could get hit by a car, he might be injured by some unpleasant and unstable person or he might be kidnapped and I’d never see him again. At home he has his big lovely cat bed to relax on, loads of toys and access to fresh food and water. I think if you truly love your cat you won’t put them outside. Hyufcdtb

I am pretty sure that even if he was capable of making a rational, risk-based decision, my cat would still choose to go outside. The world is dangerous for humans too, but we don’t sit at home scared to go out. whatwasigoingtosay

If possible, harness train. A cat who has a strong urge to go outside will more than likely tolerate having a harness as they’ll start to associate the harness with outdoor access. Keeps them safe while enabling them a bit of freedom. I adopted my cat when she was about six months and harness trained her a few months later. Hilarious floor flops at the first attempt, but the desire to be outdoors over-rode her initial resistance to the harness and now she comes running when I jingle the harness for her. I will likely draw the line at pushing her around in a stroller – witnessed someone in my neighbourhood doing this with their cat last week. The human looked ridiculous, but I must say that the cat looked quite content and imperious. Jammygal

Do not harness train your cat! Cats are flight animals and harnesses impede their ability to run off when they’re stressed or feel a sense of danger. It will have a negative impact on their overall welfare and severely impacts natural behaviours. Please do proper research on cat behaviour. If you want to let your cat outside you should actively play with it for at least 15 minutes a day and feed it a high protein/ real-meat-rich diet – this has been proven to decrease the amount of wildlife cats prey on. Additionally, do not let them out at dusk or dawn but just during the day. GoblinBombardment

This reminds me of one of the Inspector Morse episodes, Who Killed Harry Field? The titular Harry being an artist (and murder victim) with a sideline in concocting bogus coats of arms complete with Latin mottos for the credulous. Here goes …

Morse: “Felix noctu exponendus” [Laughs]. Lewis: lt’s the way you tell them, sir. Morse: lt’s translated for the Pfeiffers of Chicago as “Happy the man daring to go out into the darkness.” Lewis: What’s it really mean? Morse: “At night, put the cat out.” Mobilepope

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icedteaandoldlace · 2 years ago

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Do you have any Domestic Kamisco hc's maybe of their apartment?

Their Central City apartment is the same one Cisco had in seasons 3 and 4 (I paused scenes there obsessively to get the layout while working on a Barrisco roommates fic and determined that it is the same set, just rearranged in season 6). Kamilla moved in sometime between 6x01 and 6x05, partially because her apartment was small and cramped, partially because Iris pays better than The Liquid Kitty and/or because living together and splitting rent was just a smarter move than living separately, and partially of course because they just wanted to see more of each other in their day to day lives.

They both cook (and both clean), and have minimal issues with sharing a living space because this ain't their first rodeo (even though it is their first time living with a romantic partner). They enjoy making food for each other, but sometimes they cook together, and when they do, they play music and dance around in the kitchen.

Kamilla of course is the aficionado when it comes to mixing alcoholic beverages, and Cisco is when it comes to coffee (though they usually just go to Jitters for that). When Cisco gets it in his head to work on a better version of Barry's "bachelor party elixir," he consults Kamilla on how to make it taste better. He has to just trust her judgment, 'cause it's too strong for a non-speedster to taste test.

Kamilla is the designated bug squasher for harmful/creepy bugs, and the trap-and-release expert for good bugs like bees and non-venomous spiders, while Cisco handles getting the bigger pests out (geckos, tree frogs, a bird one time, etc.) when they have them.

In Star City, they have an actual house, a little near the outskirts of town so things are quieter and a bit more private. Cisco moved in first, naturally, but he didn't start unpacking (except for the everyday basics) until Kamilla finished up with her gallery showing in Miami and joined him there, then they both unpacked and decorated the place together. There are several framed photos throughout the house, lots of which were taken by Kamilla, but also old family pictures and the O.G. Team Flash photo Cisco used to keep in his workshop, plus a framed Citizen article or two, and of course the meme. There's also a place for Cisco's movie posters and a shelf for his model spaceships and whatnot, and for their joint collection of comic books.

When Caitlin gets to the acceptance stage in grieving Frost, she gives one of her abstract pieces to Kamilla, since she is the reason Frost got into art in the first place. They keep it on display in their living room.

Cisco functions on slightly less sleep than Kamilla. He's almost always the first one to wake up in the morning, even though Kamilla is usually the first to fall asleep. They get up at the same time, though (unless one of them decides to surprise the other by making breakfast), so the very first part of Cisco's day is spent lying in bed and just enjoying being there with Kamilla while he waits for her to wake up, too. This morning routine gets cut short when they get their cat, who starts nagging them for breakfast the moment it realizes Cisco is awake, and Kamilla frequently wakes up to their cat sniffing her face and nudging her with its paw.

They 100% have a catio and some other minor structures added inside the house to accommodate (spoil) their cat.

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its-lifestyle · 5 years ago

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In their new outdoor living room, Coco and Rosie have lounging areas, exercise equipment, fragrant plants, tasteful lighting accents and a water fountain. The three-season sanctuary is connected to the main house with a stylish elevated breezeway. Coco and Rosie think they’re worth it. After all, they’re cats.

The outside hangout for the two middle-aged Animal Humane Society adoptees was created by Suzy Kronfeld and her husband, David Baum.

They used to let their cats roam outside, but the Edina, Minnesota, couple became increasingly worried about them being injured by cars or coyotes – or that they would harm other wildlife.

When Coco insisted on being let out, the couple would follow her to make sure she didn’t get into trouble. “I wanted the cats to be safe. I wanted the birds to be safe. I wanted Coco to enjoy nature,” Kronfeld said. “She really loves to be outdoors.”

Then Kronfeld read about cat patios, better known as catios.

In recent years, DIY cat owners, pet companies and cat-friendly contractors have begun creating screened enclosures – which range in price from less than US$50 to US$30,000 (RM210-RM126,000) – that keep cats safe while letting them enjoy fresh air, sunshine, and the sights, sounds and smells of nature.

Kate Benjamin, founder of Hauspanther.com and co-author of Catification, a book about cat-centric interior design, said catios started to become a thing about 10 years ago. They’ve become so much a part of the cat culture that some US cities (Portland Oregon; Seattle; and Austin, Texas) have catio tours.

They’ve even become a niche in the home improvement industry, with contractors specialising in costly catios and designers turning out catio kits.

There’s plenty of space for Coco in her special enclosure.

A catio can be as simple as a wire-mesh box attached outside a window. It can also be a screened-in apartment balcony, or a custom-designed, room-sized deck fenced in and outfitted for felines.

That’s what Kronfeld and Baum opted to build for their cats this summer. The wood-framed screened enclosure in their backyard measures about 10ft by 13ft (3m x 4m) and about 9ft (2.7m) high.

Inside are elevated lounging and observation platforms, hiding places, cat-friendly plants, a large red pine branch for climbing, and a sisal-wrapped pole for scratching. There’s some human furniture there too, as well as a potting bench.

The cats get to their catio by going through a pet door installed in a window of the house and then walking along an enclosed, elevated catwalk – a sort of kitty-sized skyway – that extends about 30ft (9m), rising over a trellis, wrapping around the garage and connecting to the catio.

Access hatches are built into the walkway, in case a human needs to reach in to help out a cat.

Wind in the whiskers

David Kronfeld watches as Coco makes her way through her very own purpose-built room.

The couple hired general contractor John Denn, owner of the Home Team, for the job this summer – even though he admitted he’d never heard of a catio before. He said the project was similar to building a screened-in porch, except with some feline-oriented features.

“My wife helped with some of the design,” he said. He estimated the project took more than 100 hours of labour. “It’s very custom.” But Denn said the project went so well that he is looking forward to building more catios. “It’s definitely something I will offer to my customers,” he said.

Across the US, specialty companies have already sprung up to cater to customers seeking outdoor cat spaces. Robert Johnston used to build animal enclosures for businesses like veterinary clinics and pet-boarding companies. But now he calls himself Catio BoB, working full-time building catios at homes with options like external litter boxes and elevated “skyboxes”.

Johnston is based in the Atlanta area, but he’s getting calls from New York City and Miami asking him to do jobs costing thousands of dollars. “There’s a whole big demographic I can fill,” he said.

“The catio is more involved than knocking out a birdhouse in your garage,” said David Murphy, an Austin, Texas, woodworker who has built more than 150 catios as The Cat Carpenter, a business he started about five years ago after he got laid off from his previous job as an accountant.

“People who build things usually aren’t cat people. And people who like cats typically don’t know which end of the hammer to hold.”

“My goal is to make sure the catio complements the home and garden, so that the home supports and serves all members, including the fur family,” said Cynthia Chomos, a catio designer, feng shui consultant and founder of Catio Spaces, a Seattle-area company that builds custom catios and sells DIY plans.

“An outdoor catio allows a cat to enjoy the wind in his whiskers and be safe,” Chomos said, in settings ranging from skyscrapers to houseboats. “They can go anywhere from a couple hundred dollars to something very, very elaborate,” she said.

Chomos said she designed one catio project that cost more than US$30,000 (RM126,000).

“I’ve seen some that are insane, huge, bigger than my entire condo,” said Hauspanther.com’s Benjamin, who installed a US$5,000 (RM21,000) catio at her home in Phoenix, Arizona. “I do not think this is a fad. I think it is a growing trend.”

Mental stimulation

Coco’s room is connected to the back of the garage and linked to the main house via a stylish breezeway.

According to Johnston, customers consider money spent on a catio well spent, because it can prevent expensive vet bills for a cat injured while roaming outside.

Dr Lindsay Merkel, chief of small animal internal medicine and associate professor at the University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine, said cats that run free are in danger of everything, from cars to catching a fatal disease spread by preying on diseased rabbits to picking up something from other cats.

But cats that are kept in the house need mental stimulation. Merkel said a catio can be a safe way to keep a house cat entertained. “I’m actually trying to talk my husband into building a catio,” Merkel said.

Laura Moss is editor-in-chief and co-founder of AdventureCats.org, a website devoted to promoting safe outdoor experiences for cats. She endorses catios, along with walks on harnesses, expeditions in backpacks or trips in strollers for felines.

Kronfeld said her cats have been in their catio for about a month. Coco uses it the most, often coming out in the morning to lounge in the sun and then visiting again in the evening.

Kronfeld and Baum expect the patio to be a three-season attraction for the cats, but Kronfeld said she’ll allow the cats to go out in the winter if they choose. “If Coco wants to come out, I’ll come out with her,” Kronfeld said. “Right, Coco?” – Tribune News Service/Star Tribune (Minneapolis)/Richard Chin

Rosie and Coco in their comfy and safe catio.

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dixieandherbabies · 2 months ago

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