Re: Re: Re: ridecamp-d Digest V99 #1370

["Kim Lemons" <klemons@wah.nu>]

I've had my barn cat 'RAT' for over ten years.  She's been strictly outdoors
on our farm.  We've probably invested in no more than 20 pounds of catfood
in those ten years.  We had no problem with mice or rats on our farm, or
moles for that matter.  I once saw her jump 4 feet in the air and catch a
giant green dragonfly for a mid day snack.  She's always been perfectly
healthy and has never had fleas, ticks, etc.
   We sold our farm and moved to 5 acres in Colorado and moved her inside
because of the harsh winters  in the mountains and six months later found
out she had cancer.  I'm glad she had her ten years in the outdoors doing
what she did naturally.
   Keep a cat indoors... Nah!!
   --Kim   @ Coal Creek Canyon, CO


-----Original Message-----
From: BE <betndez@budget.net>
To: MBlanchrd@aol.com <MBlanchrd@aol.com>
Cc: Ridecamp <ridecamp@endurance.net>
Date: Wednesday, November 17, 1999 7:38 PM
Subject: RC: Re: Re: ridecamp-d Digest V99 #1370


>Oh, come on!  Always keeping a cat in the house is like always keeping a
>horse in a stall.  And did the owner say the cat wasn't neutered?  Some of
>us depend upon our feline friends (neutered) to live in our barns and keep
>them rodent free.
>
>Betty
>So. Oregon
>
>From: MBlanchrd@aol.com To: ridecamp@endurance.net
>
>>I know this isn't ridecamp related but..if your cat was is so precious to
>>you, why are you allowing him to roam outside? The average lifespan of a
>cat
>>that's allowed to roam the neighborhood is two years. While they're out
>>there, they're not just washing their paws and climbing trees....they
>>defecating in your neighbor's garden and flower beds, killing song birds,
>and
>>probably breeding new litters of kittens, something we don't need. Owning
>an
>>animal of any sort entails responsibility for that animal's natural
>actions.
>>You are, ultimately, responsible for your cat's wounds...if he hadn't been
>>wandering outside, he wouldn't have gotten shot.
>>If you truly love your cat ALWAYS KEEP HIM INDOORS.
>> OK, flame away...got my asbestos on!!!!
>>
>>Michelle and Vociferous Wren, the indoors only Siamese
>>
>
>
>
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