Lovetone
28-06-2009, 11:09 PM
This was posted on another forum i read (not a cat forum)
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Right, as we're moving to the country, there's a few things I need to prepare for, and one of them is critters.
Front lawn is moles, and we are near the banks of the Usk, so there'll be water rats, et al.
I've got two solutions, both of which will be fine, and one of which may well be a solution for the other. Firstly, I'm getting a nice big gun, so's I can shoot the moles and rats. And escaped paedos from the local open prison. Secondly, I fancy a cat or two, most specifically for the rats.
Now, I got a cat about a decade ago, Dave he was called, nice cat. He's either dead or with my ex's parents in Coventry nowadays. Seem to remember him and his brother cost us fourty quid from the cats found in bags in the river shop in Coventry, then there was an injection or something. How much is a cat today? How do I get a free one?
Also, I'm aware cats are basically fudge, genetically speaking, wiht cat lukemia being an almost certainty. I've no desire to spend a lot of money on vets bills for a cat, as they are basically feral things, this will be a farmhouse cat as it were. If it gets ill and is in pain, I'll happily pay for it to be put down, but I'm told you can get non-pedigree cats, or 'proper moggys' which won't just get all fudge up. What gives? We'll be there for a year and then may have to move to where cats are not allowed... how easy is it to re-home a cat these days? I don't want to have to use the gun on them.
Finally, there's cats next door, I've clocked them already, and I've no desire to have them on my land - how long does it take a cat or cats to establish themselves on your property if it is 'occupied territory'?
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made me so angry
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Right, as we're moving to the country, there's a few things I need to prepare for, and one of them is critters.
Front lawn is moles, and we are near the banks of the Usk, so there'll be water rats, et al.
I've got two solutions, both of which will be fine, and one of which may well be a solution for the other. Firstly, I'm getting a nice big gun, so's I can shoot the moles and rats. And escaped paedos from the local open prison. Secondly, I fancy a cat or two, most specifically for the rats.
Now, I got a cat about a decade ago, Dave he was called, nice cat. He's either dead or with my ex's parents in Coventry nowadays. Seem to remember him and his brother cost us fourty quid from the cats found in bags in the river shop in Coventry, then there was an injection or something. How much is a cat today? How do I get a free one?
Also, I'm aware cats are basically fudge, genetically speaking, wiht cat lukemia being an almost certainty. I've no desire to spend a lot of money on vets bills for a cat, as they are basically feral things, this will be a farmhouse cat as it were. If it gets ill and is in pain, I'll happily pay for it to be put down, but I'm told you can get non-pedigree cats, or 'proper moggys' which won't just get all fudge up. What gives? We'll be there for a year and then may have to move to where cats are not allowed... how easy is it to re-home a cat these days? I don't want to have to use the gun on them.
Finally, there's cats next door, I've clocked them already, and I've no desire to have them on my land - how long does it take a cat or cats to establish themselves on your property if it is 'occupied territory'?
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made me so angry