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In September we thought we should get another cat. This time we wanted a kitten. We found a place that was adopting out kittens nearby and they had a huge selection to choose from. I decided to go over one day when the kids were in school. I had my heart set on finding a little black long haired kitten that would remind me of Salem.
The place had maybe 30-40 cats and most of them kittens that had been abandoned or dropped off by previous owners. There was even a litter of long haired black kittens. The lady who ran the place told me I could make myself at home and take my time picking out my pet. I sat down in the middle of the floor and started playing with them. Talk about cuteness overload!
Out of nowhere this little gray kitten jumped up on my lap and curled into a ball. I thought he was sweet and started petting him while reaching to pick up a black kitty. Another fluffy white and beige kitten came over to sit on my lap too. The gray kitten clawed at her and tried to bite her. She fell off my lap and sat next to me looking up at me with big blue eyes. I picked the gray kitty up off of my lap to let him know that wasn't nice and picked up the little fluffy.
Meesha just after I brought him home.
But the kitten climbed right back up. I smiled and told him he was a cute kitty, put him down again and stood up. I walked over to a group of sleeping kittens. But the little gray kitten persisted. He jumped onto my leg and started climbing up my pants. I picked him up and sat him on a bench. He jumped from the bench as I was walking away and started climbing up my shirt.
This went on for a while before I finally resigned to the fact that I would have to carry him around if I was going to look at any of the other kittens. The kitten was completely content in my arms. He even let me cradle him like a baby. He just wanted me to carry him. And his purr is loud! So I knew he was content.
I tried a few more times to sit with the other kittens and cats while holding him. Everytime I gave another cat attention this little gray kitten would turn into a ninja attack kitty fighting off any kitten or cat that would even dare to come over for attention or sit in my lap. He didn't care how big they were either. A cat that must have weighed around 20 lbs came over for affection and Meesha bit him on the back!
The lady asked me what kind of cat I was looking for. I said "A black fluffy one. But I think this one just adopted me." That's how I became Meesha's pet.
The lady at the kitty shelter also told me the story of my new kitten. Meesha was found swimming in a local lake where someone had abandoned a litter of kittens. His siblings did not survive. A woman rescued him and brought him to this shelter where they took care of him until he could find a new home.
The domestic cat is probably a significant predator of birds. UK assessments indicate that they may be accountable for an estimated 64.8 million bird deaths each year.[133] Certain species appear more susceptible than others; for example, 30% of house sparrow mortality is linked to the domestic cat.[182] In the recovery of ringed robins (Erithacus rubecula) and dunnocks (Prunella modularis), it was also concluded that 31% of deaths were a result of cat predation.[183] The presence of larger carnivores such as coyotes which prey on cats and other small predators reduces the effect of predation by cats and other small predators such as opossums and raccoons on bird numbers and variety.[184] The proposal that cat populations will increase when the numbers of these top predators decline is called the mesopredator release hypothesis. However a new study suggests that cats are a much greater menace that previously thought and that feral cats kill several billion birds each year in the United States.
Domestic cats, especially young kittens, are known for their love of play. This behavior mimics hunting and is important in helping kittens learn to stalk, capture, and kill prey.[148] Cats will also engage in play fighting, with each other and with humans. This behavior may be a way for cats to practice the skills needed for real combat, and might also reduce any fear they associate with launching attacks on other animals.[149]
Owing to the close similarity between play and hunting, cats prefer to play with objects that resemble prey, such as small furry toys that move rapidly, but rapidly lose interest (they become habituated) in a toy they have played with before.[150] Cats also tend to play with toys more when they are hungry.[151] String is often used as a toy, but if it is eaten it can become caught at the base of the cat's tongue and then move into the intestines, a medical emergency which can cause serious illness, even death.[152] Owing to the risks posed by cats eating string, it is sometimes replaced with a laser pointer's dot, which cats may chase.[153] While concerns have been raised about the safety of these lasers, John Marshall, an ophthalmologist at St Thomas' Hospital, has stated that it would be "virtually impossible" to blind a cat with a laser pointer.
funny cat imagesTuesday evening's visit, soon after arriving at my traditional bivouac therefor in form of the Midway Motel on Snelling Avenue in St. Paul, saw me taking supper at a fish-and-chips shop in the Food Building in form and fashion of crab cakes, chips--and a large Diet Coke (pre-diabeetus, you know). And given the diminished crowds from the heat, the atmospherics across the State Fairgrounds, while not eerie, proved rather enchanting when viewed from the SkyGlider's perspective (by way of the 4-H Building and the Arts Centre, two favourites of the fair's gopher mascots, Fairchild and Fairborne; in the former instance, celiac disease seemed to be the hot topic of the moment for 4-H exhibitors, with at least five such thus devoted--including one involving an attempt to make gluten-free English muffins "from scratch.")Cats are common pets in Europe and North America, and their worldwide population exceeds 500 million.[9] Although cat guardianship has commonly been associated with women,[196] a 2007 Gallup poll reported that men and women were equally likely to own a cat.[197]
According to the Humane Society of the United States, as well as being kept as pets, cats are also used in the international fur trade,[198] for making coats, gloves, hats, shoes, blankets and stuffed toys. About 24 cats are needed to make a cat fur coat.[199] This use has now been outlawed in several countries, including the United States, Australia and the European Union.[200] However, some cat furs are still made into blankets in Switzerland as folk remedies that are believed to help rheumatism.
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