is 9 pounds
was 9 pounds.
is 9 pounds
was 9 pounds.
same vibe

Even the cats are splurging on rotiserie chickens in this economy?!
Our Cleo once grabbed a whole KFC drumstick, and managed to swallow it whole. That was one expensive evening at Kitty ER.
She also frickin LOVES Parmesan cheese. I caught her getting into a large cabinet, and in the back she had a stash of those little packets, like you get at a pizzeria.

Beans would learn about the spray bottle that day. He would growl and be wet at the same time. Sad thing he knew he was not getting any of this without taking action so he took his chances. You may chastise him but he has already won
You will want thick gloves, a thick towel, and a container with lid to insert the cat into. Beans is not declawed, and knows you will struggle to maneuver under the bed. You may need a spray bottle of water as well.
Good luck.
Fuck it, I'm getting another chicken.
declawed
I haven't yet had my fingertips snipped off either. Lovely euphemism for "mutilation of extremities".
Me, looking up what declawing actually does: wtf that's not declawing, that's amputation!
Reading further: "can lead to behavioural issues" no shit, you don't say...
Do you just go around looking to be offended?
In this instance I agree with his point though. I don't see you walking around without fingertips.
On a whole I don't support any sort of unnecessary bodily modification, declawing, tail bobbing, circumcisions, or whatever.
What bothers me is when people find it necessary to interject some unneeded drivel because of some passing word that's a perfectly well accepted term.
You literally just contradicted yourself in two sentences.
You claim you don't support inhumane practices, but then you call it "unnecessary drivel" when someone speaks out against them? And then you try to normalize those inhumane practices as simply "perfectly well accepted terms"?
They're not just words, those words have meanings, and the meaning of this one is atrocious.
Ok, but no one said anything about declawing their cat. No one suggested that declawing cats wasn't harmful to them. What exactly is the point of getting pissy with someone for using the correct term for a thing?
The top-level comment literally said "because the cat isn't declawed" not "because cats have claws."
It subtly insinuates that cats being declawed is the norm and that cats with claws are a deviation from that norm, when the reality is that cats with claws are the norm and that cats being declawed is the deviation. Not only that, but it's also harmful and atrocious to force that deviation upon them.
The top-level comment was an attempt to normalize the mutilation of pets, and the next person's response was completely appropriate and called for.
It subtly insinuates that cats being declawed is the norm and that cats with claws are a deviation from that norm
No, it doesn't. Declawing was a common thing to do and it's still legal in most places. It's not that unusual to find rescue cats that have been declawed.
it’s also harmful and atrocious to force that deviation upon them.
Yes, for the 10th time in this thread, literally no one here has suggested otherwise.
The top-level comment was an attempt to normalize the mutilation of pets
Not it's not, it was an observation of the absence of a still relatively commonly seen occurrence. If they really cared cats, then a simple correction would have sufficed, rather than bringing attention to themselves with passive aggressive shittiness.
Declawing was a common thing to do and it's still legal in most places.
Exactly, all the more reason to call it out when you see language that normalizes it.
literally no one here has suggested otherwise.
If you agree that it's bad, then get with the effing program instead of focusing your ire on the people who are actually calling it out!
it was an observation of the absence of a still relatively commonly seen occurrence.
Again, a sane person would say "cats have claws," not "that cat hasn't been declawed." See the difference?
If they really cared cats, then a simple correction would have sufficed
Oh, you want to question whether someone really cares about cats? Someone who actually called out language that was attempting to normalize declawing, while you're the one rushing to defend that language? I don't think so.
rather than bringing attention to themselves with passive aggressive shittiness
You're the one doing that by arguing on the same side as the rhe people saying things like "do you go around looking for reasons to be offended" and "some people make impotent rage their identity."
If it's a euphemism then it's not the correct term; mutilation is correct.
It is the currently used term, perhaps but it’s certainly not the correct one.
It's not unneeded. A lot of people don't understand what declawing actually is or haven't put thought into the harm it causes. They just think it's a harmless way to protect their furniture.
You think a lot of people on Lemmy don't understand that declawing harms cats?
I don't know what everyone on lemmy knows or not.
If one wants to be an 'aktually' arse then take note that 'declawing' is actually a much more precise term than 'mutilation of extremities' which could perfectly well mean putting their tail in a wood chipper and be technically correct
Are you literally being the arse you wish to see in the world?
Also, no, that's a really shitty take. "Mutilation" doesn't have to refer to the most extreme examples in every case. Amputating the tips of their digits is mutilation, and just because you can think of a more extreme example of mutilation doesn't change that fact.
Really? You have no grasp on the general demographic and ideological leaning of this platform and how that might be an indicator?
No, I'm just a guy who doesn't hate cats.
Fuck you. Clipping animals to make them more human friendly is atrocious.
They answered yes while creating a reason to be offended for having to answer yes.
Can't make this shit up. Impotent rage is some people's identity.
I'll give you £9 for Beans.
Nine pounds apparently is around 4kg, that's well within the normal weight range for a cat, why are you calling beans out for it?
I think the point was that a 9lb cat doesn't need 2-3lbs of food. Beans is choosing not to share.
i think the point is that Beans has chosen to dedicate their entire weight to violence. they all know they outweigh Beans and shouldn't be afraid, but Beans has made Beans into the world's most dangerious teeny tiny little itty bitty kitty terrorist
Beans hunted that bird and took it back to her lair let beans have her feast! 😤😤
I cooked a lobster tail once, and our big alpha tomcat decided that he was just going to take it from me, right off my plate. I was more than willing to share, but he had other plans.
He had NEVER tried to steal anything before, he just really couldn't resist the smell of that lobster.
I had a cat that was like that with tuna. He never begged for any other food but he'd try to get that if you had it on your plate. It got to the point where he wouldn't even bother me while I was making the food, he would just go and wait on the desk where I ate. He never sat there otherwise so he was planning that shit out lol. He also once stole an entire McDonald's cheeseburger, wrapper, and all and hid under the bed with it like Beans when he was a very young kitten. That thing was bigger than him.
Whenever I make tuna, I squeeze all the juice on a plate, with a few chunks of tuna. They slurp that up quick, and that satisfies them.
You have to keep an eye on them though, and make sure the one big one doesn't get it all. Everybody gets a few licks of the tuna juice.
So what kind of violin did you make from him?
My dog resource guards. I don't know if I'm supposed to do this but when she gets in that mood I feel it is important that she not "win". I'm thinking this would reinforce that behavior.
I get bit a lot.
You should swap out the thing she has with something else of value. Treats, licky mat, toy, another piece of meat, whatever. This gets her used to something being taken off her and it not being a bad thing. Eventually the swap is just for praise or a pat, but for really valuable things you may still need something more valuable.
Every single day I see something from a pet owner that reaffirms how happy I am to not have pets.
How do you feel about children?
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