This damn cat - Page 2

Ercoledi · 10-05-2008, 8:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Haggis McSpud

I wouldn't suggest trying to domesticate a wild cat, even if you do successfully get it to trust you enough to enter the house, it will never be docile and cuddly like normal cats are. Wild cats are incredibly hard to house train, and can be pretty bad tempered to the point where you might have to keep young children away from it in case they agitate it. Maybe it would be better to just continue to feed it and to let it come and go as it pleases instead of adopting it into an environment it may not be comfortable in.

Also it probably has cat-AIDS.

Haggis McSpud · 10-05-2008, 8:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Ercoledi

Also it probably has cat-AIDS.

I wonder where it got that, HMMM Ercoledi?!

elscrago · 10-05-2008, 8:36 AM

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Originally Posted by adamezra

Just throw a pokeball.

You need to weaken at first. First we take into account that it is a cat so that is closest to a Meowth, a normal-type Pokemon. In order to defeat a normal-type Pokemon we need a fighting-type. Since Pokemon do not actually exist anywhere on this planet we use the closest thing we can find to a fighting-type Pokemon. I have in my possession a very talented fighting animal. I call him Dog.

Hope this helps with the domestication of your feral cat.

elscrago · 10-05-2008, 8:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Haggis McSpud

Really? Because I once pushed my cat out of a window on the second story by accident and it was fine!

Yes! It might have something to do with the fact that its legs where tied up though. Who knows?

Hawke · 10-05-2008, 8:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Haggis McSpud

I wouldn't suggest trying to domesticate a wild cat, even if you do successfully get it to trust you enough to enter the house, it will never be docile and cuddly like normal cats are. Wild cats are incredibly hard to house train, and can be pretty bad tempered to the point where you might have to keep young children away from it in case they agitate it. Maybe it would be better to just continue to feed it and to let it come and go as it pleases instead of adopting it into an environment it may not be comfortable in.

Actually when I moved in to my house like 10 years ago, there was an outdoor cat already 'living' at the house. The previous owners ended up 'adopting' by doing the same thing we're doing right now. When they moved out for some reason they just didn't want the cat, so it became ours. While it stayed outside for the most part it came in our house during the winter whenever it was cold and stayed in our garage for a long time. It was also very friendly.

Haggis McSpud · 10-05-2008, 8:42 AM

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Originally Posted by elscrago

Yes! It might have something to do with the fact that its legs where tied up though. Who knows?

Jeez, what the hell do you do with your pets?

Ercoledi · 10-05-2008, 8:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Haggis McSpud

I wonder where it got that, HMMM Ercoledi?!

I regret nothing.

That damn cat.

elscrago · 10-05-2008, 8:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Haggis McSpud

Jeez, what the hell do you do with your pets?

I said it was my sister

Haggis McSpud · 10-05-2008, 8:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Hawke

Actually when I moved in to my house like 10 years ago, there was an outdoor cat already 'living' at the house. The previous owners ended up 'adopting' by doing the same thing we're doing right now. When they moved out for some reason they just didn't want the cat, so it became ours. While it stayed outside for the most part it came in our house during the winter whenever it was cold and stayed in our garage for a long time. It was also very friendly.

Hmm, I'm just speaking of my own personal experiences with a stray cat we found in the countryside and brought home because it was nearly starving to death. It was a cute wee thing, but i would turn on you pretty quickly, one day I walked into the living room and it flew out from behind the sofa and attacked my feet. Plus we had several incidents of it trying to climb up the chimney and, on one occasion, the Christmas tree. We kept it for about a year and never managed to house train it.
I think it may be different with you though, since you're actually taking the time to gain it's trust, whereas we just picked it up and brought it home.

gustav7 · 10-05-2008, 9:15 AM

The answer is simple, just do what Crocadile Dundee did to tame the lion.
JEDI MIND TRICK!

miimii · 10-05-2008, 9:18 AM

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Originally Posted by gustav7

The answer is simple, just do what Crocadile Dundee did to tame the lion.
JEDI MIND TRICK!

What? That was lame, untrue and not funny. Also please stop the animal cruelty jokes, I am going to cry.

Also just try the putting-the-food-closer method.

gustav7 · 10-05-2008, 9:22 AM

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Originally Posted by miimii

What? That was lame, untrue and not funny. Also please stop the animal cruelty jokes, I am going to cry.

Also hust try the putting-the-food-closer method.

I find your lack of sense of humour disturbing

Cristo · 10-05-2008, 9:28 AM

Oh Christ I want Beef brought back.

Hawke · 10-05-2008, 9:56 AM

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Originally Posted by gustav7

I find your lack of sense of humour disturbing

"laughing my ass off"

adamezra · 10-05-2008, 9:59 AM

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Originally Posted by elscrago

You need to weaken at first. First we take into account that it is a cat so that is closest to a Meowth, a normal-type Pokemon. In order to defeat a normal-type Pokemon we need a fighting-type. Since Pokemon do not actually exist anywhere on this planet we use the closest thing we can find to a fighting-type Pokemon. I have in my possession a very talented fighting animal. I call him Dog.

Hope this helps with the domestication of your feral cat.

Well obviously throwing a masterball would make things much easier.
But to get that ball he must first beat the Pokemon League so im not sure if thats actually easier.
And if he tries to weaken it by fighting it it will just use "run".

Chaplin · 10-05-2008, 10:01 AM

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Originally Posted by adamezra

Well obviously throwing a masterball would make things much easier.
But to get that ball he must first beat the Pokemon League so im not sure if thats actually easier.
And if he tries to weaken it by fighting it it will just use "run".

If you knew anything about Pokemon, you'd know you wouldn't waste a master-ball on a cat.

nerdykid_1324 · 10-05-2008, 10:05 AM

My mentally inept uncle threw the family cat in a sink when my mother was 15 because 'kitty have wash'.

So in conclusion, cats cannot survive a fall down the stairs, or a swim in the sink

Ercoledi · 10-05-2008, 10:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Chaplin

If you knew anything about Pokemon, you'd know you wouldn't waste a master-ball on a cat.

Unless you can talk to the old guy in Viridian and then fly to Cinnibar Island.

adamezra · 10-05-2008, 10:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Chaplin

If you knew anything about Pokemon, you'd know you wouldn't waste a master-ball on a cat.

But theres no other way.

Chaplin · 10-05-2008, 10:30 AM

Safari Balls. Duh.

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lehmann14l · 10-05-2008, 11:32 AM

Once watched my neighbor tie a 50 foot rope to the door of a cat carrier, put a can of tuna in the back of the carrier, watched cat go in and wham pulled the door closed. That was the loudest scream I've ever heard.

adamezra · 10-05-2008, 12:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Chaplin

Safari Balls. Duh.

We all know those damn Safari Balls are shit.

Ercoledi · 10-05-2008, 12:29 PM

Actually, I just remembered that we were in a similar situation, except the cat wanted milk. Every so often, I can't remember how frequently, it would turn up for milk.

Even if it doesn't grow an attachment to you, it's grown an attachment to your food. Congratulations, you're a stray's bitch.

Chaplin · 10-05-2008, 12:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Ercoledi

Congratulations, you're a stray's bitch.

Not necessarily. If the cat wants your milk, doesn't that mean the cats your bitch?

Ercoledi · 10-05-2008, 12:39 PM

Well, it depends whether you actually give it to them or not.

potolife · 10-05-2008, 3:10 PM

The longer you feed it, the more it will get used to you. Everyone knows cats love food. Just give it time.

And what someone said about it being difficult to house train wild cats isn't true. Cats learn from birth to cover up their excrement and urine, so the litter box is natural to them.

Haggis McSpud · 10-05-2008, 3:12 PM

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Originally Posted by potolife

The longer you feed it, the more it will get used to you. Everyone knows cats love food. Just give it time.

And what someone said about it being difficult to house train wild cats isn't true. Cats learn from birth to cover up their excrement and urine, so the litter box is natural to them.

Well my cat just fucking hated us then

Because it pissed on my brother while he was sleeping.

potolife · 10-05-2008, 3:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Haggis McSpud

Well my cat just fucking hated us then

Because it pissed on my brother while he was sleeping.

Are you sure it wasn't spraying? Otherwise, cats do occasionally go outside of the litter box, most of the time when they're sick or if there's been a drastic change. Sometimes if they're scared, too. On a day to day basis, though, a cat should naturally use its litter box.

Haggis McSpud · 10-05-2008, 3:22 PM

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Originally Posted by potolife

Are you sure it wasn't spraying? Otherwise, cats do occasionally go outside of the litter box, most of the time when they're sick or if there's been a drastic change. Sometimes if they're scared, too. On a day to day basis, though, a cat should naturally use its litter box.

I'm aware of that, but he did this about 6 months after moving in with us, and there hadn't been much change around the house. Personally I think he just hated my brother.

retard · 10-05-2008, 3:22 PM

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Originally Posted by adamezra

We all know those damn Safari Balls are shit.

30 Safari balls for £500 and you get to keep all the "stray animals" you catch.

tahts pretty dam good i think

Godly · 10-05-2008, 6:40 PM

Don't let him get too used to you guys, cause if he ever comes into your house, you're sure as hell gonna get flea's if he has any.

So make sure he doesn't have flea's before you try making him your pet. But if you really want to domesticate him, then pretty much just keep feeding him, and make sure you bring the food closer and closer to your house/you when ever you're feeding him. Slowly he'll get used to humans and he'll learn to love you. But chances are he will always be somewhat scared of humans, or at least won't become fully domesticated.

GgNoRe · 10-05-2008, 9:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Hawke

Anyway we're trying to trick it into letting us "own" it.

Problem solved.

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elscrago · 10-06-2008, 9:21 AM

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Originally Posted by retard

30 Safari balls for £500 and you get to keep all the "stray animals" you catch.

tahts pretty dam good i think

But you can't take Safari balls out of the Safari Zone! Besides, you could probably use an Abra that has the ability to stop Pokemon from running.

junglebunny · 10-06-2008, 10:38 AM

Get a dog you faggot

Cristo · 10-06-2008, 10:45 AM

Get a cat-dog.

Tyler_Legrand · 10-06-2008, 10:47 AM

That looks shopped.

retard · 10-06-2008, 10:51 AM

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Originally Posted by elscrago

But you can't take Safari balls out of the Safari Zone! Besides, you could probably use an Abra that has the ability to stop Pokemon from running.

I feel that i have wasted my life on pokemon.

Skunk45 · 10-06-2008, 2:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Haggis McSpud

I wouldn't suggest trying to domesticate a wild cat, even if you do successfully get it to trust you enough to enter the house, it will never be docile and cuddly like normal cats are. Wild cats are incredibly hard to house train, and can be pretty bad tempered to the point where you might have to keep young children away from it in case they agitate it. Maybe it would be better to just continue to feed it and to let it come and go as it pleases instead of adopting it into an environment it may not be comfortable in.

Actually, my cat we have had for 13 years was very wild when we got him, to the point where we couldn't touch him. Now he is the laziest little lap cat ever. We have had our fair share and he is by far the best cat we have ever had. No question.

Ercoledi · 10-06-2008, 3:05 PM

It might be because he is both old and dying. They tend to be rather docile, lazy and a drain on working society.