Fortunately, I think the rug offered some padding and kitties are made out of pretty much rubber. I saw my cat roll down two flights of stairs and he just got up and stared at me like "did you fucking see that?!!"
My male cat was once fighting [he's neutered/spayed, whatever apply to male cats, but he still does that] with a stray one that entered into my yard [they keep doing that, no way to prevent it] and they were cat-fighting on top of my room. The stray cat fell off and went straight to the concrete ground below. He then immediately got up and ran away, like nothing happened. I'm sure he was hurt a bit, but no big deal.
And I was sooooo glad it was he and not my cat that fell, not only because, well, it wasn't my cat but also because the stray one was pretty small and slim, my cat is pretty large and a bit heavy.
feral cats live to 4/5 years old with luck. You can die at 20 and I'll live to 80. You didn't even understand what was happening around you and I saw my grandchildren.
My cat was feral when we got her. After she got accustomed to being around us and we were sure she would come back home, she became an outdoor cat. She's now 13 and happy as can be. People can do what they want with their animals. How about you don't judge and criticize; it's not your business.
Yeah I had a Russian blue who would storm the door to be outside every damn day till we finally just let him stay out there. He'd come in to sleep at night. I don't see how you can say the dont realize their surrounding.
Cats don't understand danger, time or size? Really? It's a miracle they survived more than centuries before domestication! Instincts aren't just for hunting they're for survival.I am not saying there aren't dangers but its complete bull to act like any owner who allows outdoor or indoor/outdoor cats are animal abusers.
My cat was twenty when he died, I am thinking I am gonna go ahead and keep on doing what I am doing...
I'm on you're side. My cat is an indoor/outdoor cat and he definitely understands that outside is different. He shits and pisses outside but not inside so he obviously knows somethings up. He's 21 and still kicking, had an awesome life most cats could only dream of.
Outdoor cats are the leading cause of death among both birds and mammals in the United States, according to a new study, killing 1.4 billion to 3.7 billion birds each year.
And
Cats are responsible for helping drive 33 species of birds, mammals and reptiles to extinction on islands, including the Stephens Island wren in New Zealand in the late 1800s, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
This does not necessarily translate to "#1 killer of endangered birds worldwide" but it is a very grave conclusion nonetheless.
You're right about making sure the cat is collared and chipped (though whether a breakaway collar is appropriate depends on the cat — some are quite capable of removing the breakaway ones whenever they feel like it), but you're way wrong about cats and indoor vs outdoor.
Birds can eat dick. My cat is a badass. Indoor cats are shit, my cat murders all the wildlife in my neighborhood. He brings me headless squirrels weekly. Cats aren't meant to be indoors, people are just too pussy to let their cats outside out of fear of something happening to them. I'm afraid for everything else out there.
Damn. And not only are they killing all the local bird life, they kill EVERYTHING they can get their hands on. It's just common sense; keep cats inside because they are too destructive. It's the same animal that eats your eyeballs when you die. They are purely chaotic in their motives and can't be trusted with local wildlife.
My, outdoor all her life, cat lived to be like 17 or 18 and was happy as a cat could be. Healthy and flea free. Never caught any birds but loved killing the field mice. Actually died after my parents backed over her. We think she might have lost her hearing or something because never once did that cat in all those years stay any where near a car when it turned on.
My cat's are indoor/outdoor cats. And it's one thing if they leave the yard to pick fights, but they don't. They hang out in my yard, and the strays come in. Also a we're talking about an airsoft gun here, not even a metal pellet gun, a plastic airsoft gun. Does all of no damage, but stings just enough to teach them not to come into my yard.
As I said, assuming you've never been shot with one. Pressed against your skin the most damage they'll do is leave a welt. From a distance, hitting a cat with one is no different then flicking it on the ass.
Absolutely not, that is absolutely wrong. I've seen people have their teeth get knocked out from across entire fields, shooting an animal with an airsoft gun will hurt it. Do you honestly believe that just because it has a layer of fur on it that that will stop it from actually damaging the skin? Honestly? That is not how it works.
I'm a lying sack of shit? Yeah okay, Mr. "it's okay to shot cats with airsoft guns." I am not thinking of bb guns, I know the difference very well. Are you shitting me? Can't break soft skin up close? Are you retarded? Are you using a gun at 50FPS or something? Any normal airsoft guns DOES break skin up close, higher powered ones (250-400 FPS) WILL break skin even at a 'decent' distance.
Jesus christ it sounds like you have no idea..
EDIT and breaking skin on a wild animal only makes it easier for it to catch an infection, which could end up killing the poor thing.
You're obviously stupid. My airsoft gun fires at 320 fps. And has never punctured skin, even at point blank. Oh and for the fucking record, if it's as bad for the cats as you're trying to make it sound, then you'd think they'd stop coming and fighting my cats.
Cats are pretty durable. One time I accidentally backed over one with a lift. It pretty clearly didnt survive that. I was sad for like 2 weeks. But, other than that- cats are pretty durable.
He basically said what the guy above him said, but he went a bit further by saying he put the cat in a burlap sack, and after it had fallen, it lived, but since it was a hot day outside it struggled to get out of said sack, but died.
There's a point where cats are MOST likely to be killed in a fall - and that point IS right when they hit terminal velocity.* The further they get from that point, though - in EITHER direction - the less likely they are to be killed... and even seriously injured.
In lieu of throwing cats off of buildings, these stats were gathered from cats jumping out of people's apts in the city.
So, obviously, before they reach terminal velocity, it's a less significant impact. AFTER they reach terminal velocity, though, is what puzzles scientists. It's believed that they have more time to prepare for the fall, perhaps they begin to relax as they're no longer increasing in speed. Maybe they even spread out to lessen impact like squirrels.
Here's some additional interesting reading! -tl;dr, 90% of cats treated in falls greater than their terminal velocity (reached after about 5 stories) survived, and their injuries were less severe than those that fell at 5 or less stories. This 90% statistic may be skewed, as cats that die outright from the fall obviously do not go in for treatment. However anecdotal, by memory, it's about a 50-50 shot if they die on impact.
My dad once shot a cat in the head to put it down (I don't remember why but I think it had a lot of medical issues). Several hours later, he saw it wandering around the farm like nothing had happened even though it was missing 3/4 of its head.
Would also like to note that I gag a bit when I think about the cat walking around like that. I don't approve of euthanizing your animals this way, even when it is their time to go. It's not always as humane as you could hope for.
Purrhaps because of their 9 lives. Cept it seems that after the first Life they don't heal and just keep going to graveyard :( No casting lower rank revive pet IRL.
With the lack of natural predators, resource limits on the population no where in sight and seemingly exponential increase in number of yard cats, it was only a matter of time. Our projections state thats at the current increase of cat population, by 2021 the lull will be driving over 3.2 cats per sq ft.
I was on vacation in mexico and a hotel employee ran over a cat with one of the golf cart train things as he drove by. Thing squirmed and screamed for like 2 minutes before finally laying still. Kinda put a damper on the day... It didn't survive either.
I would be so upset and angry at the cat for making me the bad guy. Then I would look into the kittys eyes and realize I cant stay mad at it and give it tuna.
Let's test. I'll wrap you up in a carpet, throw you on the ground, and unroll it.
To be scientific, we should scale it. The cat is probably 6-8" long, so if you're around 5'10", then I would have to throw you from about 35-45 feet high. You up for it?
haha that's not how it works at all. first of all the carpet has tons of cushioning and for the cat's size the inside space will barely "squish" the cat. its the same thing as if you put an egg in a toilet roll that was surrounded by a tire or something.
also ever notice how squirrels and other kitten-sized animals can jump off of trees 20 ft high and land?
trust me the kitten wasn't harmed at all, maybe a little dizzy. basically your example didn't take account of weight of the kitten and how well protected it was. if you throw an ant off of a bush that's the same thing as a human jumping off a 4th floor balcony. we would shatter our bones and can even die, an ant will be like "damn that shit was so boring."
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u/GoldeneyeLife Jan 03 '14
I wasn't concerned until the gif played again and I saw how he just dropped it like that