considering a cat

munch hard one

omg geetika, i forgot! i'll keep that in mind but i want a boy cat (they aren't born yet, my friends have a pregnant stray that showed up on their porch)

they probably will have feline aids

geetiko

sana butt

lil boner

Mr. Fuzzy-Wuzzy Monsterous Cat Dong

My Pussy Penis is Unstoppable

Anal Gland Spectacular

Puppy

lunabear

fartman

Death Machine

The Purrfect Weapon

Jeff Speakman

Commander Fuzzyface

Whisker 'Pon A Star

Uncle Shavedlongcock

Trig

Geoffery

stickers

stickers!

Light Crust Doughboys - Pussy Pussy Pussy

stickers is a perfect cat name

yeah stickers is pretty great

stickers is good!

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i like uncle shavedlongcock but it's a little long, and shaved

i like you too harbl!

aw <3

maybe he should have a name like gerard, or harold, or gerald, or ronald

chairman meow

or Coltrane

i will never own a cat but i always thought coltrane was a good name for a certain kind of cat

maybe he should have a name like gerard, or harold, or gerald, or ronald

kind of a mouthful, no?

kinda rolls off the tongue in a way tho

thbppht

no pick one name only

* gerard
* harold
* gerald
* ronald

oh i suck at making lists :(

• i choose

• gerald

gerald is a great cat name, i think. i think the "i are serious cat" cat's name is probably gerald

http://www.jasonfinley.com/SeriousCat.jpg

definite gerald

NOT a good human name though

my late step-grandfather was named gerald

he wrote books and was a professor and then he died

it's ok for old/dead people

many if not most of his books were self-published

he sounds cool i will keep gerald on the short list

geraldo

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990CE6D61231F932A0575BC0A963958260

he mostly went by gerry

* harold

my cat has got in the habit of licking the holes in my laundry basket. she does it every morning as im getting dressed. idk bcuz theres detergent residue and thats somehow appealing? she p much stops once im dressed and doesnt do it any other time

Is it ok to euthanize an older cat that isn't in particularly bad health, if the only problem is that none of us like it much?

i don't think so

Only if I can do the same with old relatives I don't like.

cat was acting weird when i got up today -- pretty sure it's because the filter in the litterbox lid had fallen into the litter, and he was scared of it, and was therefore holding in his poops

what a little dork <3

is it unreasonable to leave a single cat alone -- with plenty of food and water and a large, clean litterbox -- from friday afternoon to monday morning?

no. it took me a while to do this with my cat but i have left her a couple times for that duration. she was fine, if a little too exuberant to see me when i got home. she probably likes it better than say, taking a long car ride and hiding from my parents' cats for two days then driving back. or being boarded.

i get into a lot of disputations regarding this sort of thing whenever i express it publicly but an indoor cat should have some contact each day in my opinion.

I do this, and she yells at me when I get back, but is fine.

i have a particularly bad cat and so this isn't even an option for me. he would definitely go outside of his litterbox if it weren't scooped for a day. when i go out of town and have someone come in the morning and evening to feed him he still is all disheveled (from not grooming himself) and freaked out when i get back

i do not think i would do it any longer than 2 days. mayyyybe 3. it also depends on your cat's personality. mine is extremely shy and solitary. i know that leaving her makes her less anxious than any alternatives, and i don't go away often. we communicate about it, silently.

i mean yeah other options you mention are bad too

it definitely depends on the cat. I would never do 3 days, but 48-ish hours isn't out of the question. My cat still sometimes hides from his sitter, even though it's the same person who's been sitting for us for 5 years now, and leaving him alone would be better than sending a stranger into the apt.

yeah my cat is scared of sitters unless he knows them well and he hardly knows anyone that well. my ex is going to look in on him next time i go out of town which is probably weird for my gf. but it's 5 days

having a cat is just bad basically is my conclusion

yeah when i was away for 10 days i had someone come in every other day, but my regular sitter is unavailable this weekend and it kinda seems ~on the edge~ of what's reasonable

and i wouldn't have done it with my previous cat, but this one is pretty independent

I advise buying and mounting a cheap webcam so you can admire its independence in real time. Some of them have a little speaker that lets you speak in a disembodied voice to your bewildered animal.

Oof, I'd not generally be pro leaving a cat alone for so long, but if it's absolutely necessary then they will be fine. Could you get an autofeeder? I can imagine some cats just eating all the food in one day and then being pitifully hungry, so might be an idea - I've never used one, though, so don't know how reliable they are. Alby doesn't much like to socialise with people who aren't me so there's not much point in asking people to play/sit in with him, so I just get someone to do a brief feed and check-in. Actually, last time I was away for a weekend he accidentally got locked out, and he was perfectly alright, they're hardy little buggers really.

Also leaving for a weekend almost certainly better than a boarding kennel or forcing a cat to travel, harbl otm on that front. I don't think I've ever met a cat who would enjoy boarding, but I guess some must be okay with it?

i get into a lot of disputations regarding this sort of thing whenever i express it publicly but an indoor cat should have some contact each day in my opinion.

― findom haddie (jim in vancouver)

I mean, I very much do agree with this generally, but I'm thinking in extenuating circumstances/as a one off, it'll be okay.

need for autofeeder depends on cat's habits, too. i just leave my little girl an extra bowl of food and there has been some left each time.

xp yeah i can't imagine a cat that enjoys boarding! i'd be afraid of such a cat.

i ended up booking someone to come in sat/sun -- it's worth it just not to worry about it

when i go out of town and have someone come in the morning and evening to feed him he still is all disheveled (from not grooming himself) and freaked out when i get back

Uggh this. My cat is fine for a couple days, but whenever we go out of town for a week or two there's just no solution. She hides from whoever comes to feed her, then lives in a state of constant anxiety. One time she made it out of the bedroom and hid upstairs without eating for days, as far as I could tell. I feel really guilty about it, but I guess not guilty enough to spend 5-6 years without leaving the country? So yes "having a cat is bad".

aww :(

i feel bad leaving our guys but they’re pretty resilient. we have someone come twice a day and when we come back they’re up on our laps/couch/bed almost instantly.