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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums(Quiz): Do You Own A Cat Or Does Your Cat Own You?
Source: Buzzfeed
Have you accepted your place in the universe as a lowly, can-opening human?
You need to brush your teeth and you see this. What do you do?
You get out of bed and find one of these. What do you do?
How often do you wash your cat?
Read more: http://www.buzzfeed.com/maritsapatrinos/be-real-your-cat-owns-you#.krJGzz7xQ
niyad
(113,293 posts)Ichigo Kurosaki
(167 posts)use another sink.
I always pet my cat after finding a dead mouse, mole etc.
I'm not brave or dumb enough to wash my cat.
840high
(17,196 posts)TexasTowelie
(112,165 posts)Although they don't like the baths they usually do settle down as I pick off the fleas and lather them up for a shampoo. After they are finished they also get a nice towel massage to dry them off and their fur brush. It's like going to a kitteh salon!
Logical
(22,457 posts)Warpy
(111,255 posts)Once, when I'd had to decamp to Florida for a few months and she hid among chemicals I didn't want her to lick off her fur and maybe three times after she stopped grooming at the age of 21 and her fur started to spike up, making her look like Sid Vicious. She was a peach and as along as I kept her front paws and face dry, didn't object.
Other than that, I've always considered claims of ownership to be dubious. It's more like a mutually agreed upon living arrangement, symbiosis at its best.
As for the gift of a dead varmint, of course you say "good kitty!" THEN you bin it.
Throckmorton
(3,579 posts)Sporky, Binger, and Cheddar.
Vinca
(50,269 posts)Peeper and Rosie told me to write that.
dembotoz
(16,802 posts)jewel allows me the use of a pun on occasion