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Thinking of getting a cat.

  • 10-10-2011 12:05am
    #1
    Super-Rush
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,473 ✭✭✭✭


    I've recently moved house and decided to get myself a cat. I have always had pets, both cats and dogs, but where i live now has me wondering is this a good idea. Although i'm living in the countryside, i live right beside a very busy main road.

    As the cat would be spending most of its time outdoors, i'm wondering if its too much of a risk. I've always had either cats or dogs as pets from a young age and i don't have the room for a dog at the moment.

    Any thoughts?


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  • #2
    Mo60
    Closed Accounts Posts: 485 ✭✭Mo60


    Although I believe in letting a cat live outdoors, I think it would be too much of a risk if you live near a busy road. Unless you could contain it in the garden, I do not think it would survive long before being killed on the road.


  • #3
    Justask
    Registered Users Posts: 1,391 ✭✭✭Justask


    Cat s are a lot more clever then we give them credit for. I live beside a busy (ish) road and like your self I was worried sick when I moved here (I had the cat before I moved)
    A friend gave me a tip of getting a reflective collar, It will maybe make drives more aware of him/her if they are road side. My cat is safe as houses so far.


  • #4
    Hal Emmerich
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,078 ✭✭✭Hal Emmerich


    The last Cat I had just showed up in my Kitchen one day, strolled in the back door, I fed him anyway and hoped he'd bugger off but he stayed around so I kept feeding him.

    He guilted me into it sitting on the Windowsill looking in at me:rolleyes:.

    This went on for 3 months untill a Car hit him one day so I had to bring him to the Vet, X-Rays, Overnight stays, drips and €500 later I brought him "home" and he was grand, not a loss, a few weeks passed AND THEN HE JUST DISAPPEARED NEVER TO BE SEEN AGAIN!:eek::mad:

    I hate Cats.


  • #5
    Hal Emmerich
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,078 ✭✭✭Hal Emmerich


    Get a Jack Russell.


  • #6
    DonnchaMc
    Registered Users Posts: 89 ✭✭DonnchaMc


    Hal Emmerich wrote: »
    This went on for 3 months untill a Car hit him one day so I had to bring him to the Vet, X-Rays, Overnight stays, drips and €500 later I brought him "home" and he was grand, not a loss, a few weeks passed AND THEN HE JUST DISAPPEARED NEVER TO BE SEEN AGAIN!:eek::mad:

    I hate Cats.


    OUCH


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  • #7
    imokyrok
    Registered Users Posts: 521 ✭✭✭imokyrok


    How about a big floppy rabbit if your garden is properly walled in? They can be house trained and are cuddly. If I wasn't able to have dogs or cats that's what I'd go for.


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