I was on a different message board and this guy comes along with this thread:
"I have a persian cat about a year old, he was not castrated. He is allowed to roam freely where ever he wants but up until now he was kind of reluctant to wander out of our yard, now suddenly he dissappeared for an entire day, the last time he was spotted was when our cleaning-lady fed him yesterday morning, and I'm worried sick :\\.
Now, I've heard that uncastrated male cats are likely to occasionally dissapear during mating season for a few days while looking for females in hear, so my questions are:
*Is there even such a thing as a cat mating season? or can females be in heat any time of year? (Since if there is a mating season, it's propably not in the middle of winter, which would make things rather more peculiar)
*I once heard that persian cats are reluctant to mate with any other breed of cat, is there any truth to this rumor?"
Of course EVERYONE freaked out on the guy and said "What are you crazy?? Get that cat fixed!!!" And "Didn't you ever listen to Bob Barker at the end of the price is right?!?!"
So he says:
"Well, Actually apparently he never left the yard, my parents just now reported to me that yesterday he fell off the balcony and today we found him hiding and a shrubbery, it's seems as though he's feeling fine now as he's eating, just as a precaution we're going to leave him inside the house for a short while.
Also, this is Kochav Yair, Israel, all cats roam freely here, they're even quite well fed. Semi-rural towns in the middle of nowhere usually spawn different pet habitats."
So of course we all say it doesn't matter you twit, it doesn't matter *WHERE* you are!
And he says:
"Cause we all know all cats need to be neutered... Bull :censor::censor::censor::censor:, what do I care if he impregnates a female cat? The female cat's owners will deal with that, as if they didn't want kittens they should have neutered her, Not to mention that eventually he DIDN'T roam around the neighbourhood rather lay stunned under a shrub.
In short: shut up fools, I'm not going to neuter my cat as there is no reason to.
Or in other words: I am not interested in your silly little preachings and I'm closing this thread, My cat is fine and none of you were even able to answer my questions in the first place, thus this thread is decreed pointless."
Which leaves me and the others to sit here and seethe.
"I have a persian cat about a year old, he was not castrated. He is allowed to roam freely where ever he wants but up until now he was kind of reluctant to wander out of our yard, now suddenly he dissappeared for an entire day, the last time he was spotted was when our cleaning-lady fed him yesterday morning, and I'm worried sick :\\.
Now, I've heard that uncastrated male cats are likely to occasionally dissapear during mating season for a few days while looking for females in hear, so my questions are:
*Is there even such a thing as a cat mating season? or can females be in heat any time of year? (Since if there is a mating season, it's propably not in the middle of winter, which would make things rather more peculiar)
*I once heard that persian cats are reluctant to mate with any other breed of cat, is there any truth to this rumor?"
Of course EVERYONE freaked out on the guy and said "What are you crazy?? Get that cat fixed!!!" And "Didn't you ever listen to Bob Barker at the end of the price is right?!?!"
So he says:
"Well, Actually apparently he never left the yard, my parents just now reported to me that yesterday he fell off the balcony and today we found him hiding and a shrubbery, it's seems as though he's feeling fine now as he's eating, just as a precaution we're going to leave him inside the house for a short while.
Also, this is Kochav Yair, Israel, all cats roam freely here, they're even quite well fed. Semi-rural towns in the middle of nowhere usually spawn different pet habitats."
So of course we all say it doesn't matter you twit, it doesn't matter *WHERE* you are!
And he says:
"Cause we all know all cats need to be neutered... Bull :censor::censor::censor::censor:, what do I care if he impregnates a female cat? The female cat's owners will deal with that, as if they didn't want kittens they should have neutered her, Not to mention that eventually he DIDN'T roam around the neighbourhood rather lay stunned under a shrub.
In short: shut up fools, I'm not going to neuter my cat as there is no reason to.
Or in other words: I am not interested in your silly little preachings and I'm closing this thread, My cat is fine and none of you were even able to answer my questions in the first place, thus this thread is decreed pointless."
Which leaves me and the others to sit here and seethe.