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It's interesting how many people so far have been raised around cats and it came "naturally" yet some weren't but it happened anyway. Really cool =)
I just remember seeing litters of sickly, sad, unhealthy looking kittens that needed their eyes wiped and their butts wiped and bottle fed and having one of my parents stubbornly insisting that SOMEONE needed to take care of them...so we did.
All kittens are cute, but kittens that have matted eyes, pot bellies, urine scalding and poo stuck to their rear ends maybe aren't as cute as the fluffy, well taken care of guys. But I also remember these matted, pot bellied pee-scalded ones grew into really gorgeous cats.
I also think part of it is my own stubbornness and defiance when dog people talk about cats like they're "self sufficient" wild animals or (worse), vermin. You can't believe how many dog people (serious dog folks, not pet owners) that spend 5 digits a year on their dogs sneer if I have mentioned spending over 1K to save a sick cat. It's ridiculous.
I guess, in a way, my kitty-love thing started when I was a newborn, grew because they needed me to grow, and blew up as a middle finger to cat-haters or those who treat them like they aren't "as good" as dogs.
I just remember seeing litters of sickly, sad, unhealthy looking kittens that needed their eyes wiped and their butts wiped and bottle fed and having one of my parents stubbornly insisting that SOMEONE needed to take care of them...so we did.
All kittens are cute, but kittens that have matted eyes, pot bellies, urine scalding and poo stuck to their rear ends maybe aren't as cute as the fluffy, well taken care of guys. But I also remember these matted, pot bellied pee-scalded ones grew into really gorgeous cats.
I also think part of it is my own stubbornness and defiance when dog people talk about cats like they're "self sufficient" wild animals or (worse), vermin. You can't believe how many dog people (serious dog folks, not pet owners) that spend 5 digits a year on their dogs sneer if I have mentioned spending over 1K to save a sick cat. It's ridiculous.
I guess, in a way, my kitty-love thing started when I was a newborn, grew because they needed me to grow, and blew up as a middle finger to cat-haters or those who treat them like they aren't "as good" as dogs.