To those giving helpful suggestions to Sliver about finding a cat...please don't. He really, really should be kept away from them.
Why Sliver should be banned from cat ownership for life (from
http://forum.calgarypuck.com/showthread.php?t=141445 ):
Exhibit A: Has had three cats that he had given away for no particular reason already. One of them was traded for a hibachi!
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Originally Posted by Sliver
First, I had a cat that I got tired of after a few years so I traded it to a family friend for a hibachi. Second, I had a cat that was driving me nuts with its caterwauling, so I told a soft-hearted friend of mine that I was going to put the cat down if nobody took it. She took it. Finally, I had a cat that I got tired of because he was getting fat, not cute anymore and just sort of annoying so I gave him to a friend of a friend.
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Exhibit B: He gets tired of them once they are no longer kittens. Of course he blames both luck and the cat for this.
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Originally Posted by Sliver
The problem is I've just been unlucky with pets. Sometimes cats grow up to be pretty cool. Mine always seem to be duds after the kitten phase.
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Exhibit C: He wanted to keep a cat on a leash in a garage.
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Originally Posted by Sliver
We don't want an animal in our home (we're pretty clean people), but we were going to get one and let it live in the garage - almost like a farm/barn cat. It's a heated garage so it would be comfortable. Where the plan fell apart is we'd have to leash it to one of the shelves during the day so when we came back at night it wouldn't run out the big door when the cars returned home. Obviously that would be a pretty lame life for the cat and potentially risky with the leash, so we abandoned the plan. But as for just spit balling the thought of it, we were pretty excited for an hour or two.
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Exhibit D: He has had three cats and apparently they all were "duds" but he sees that cats (rather than himself) as the problem.
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Originally Posted by Sliver
And sometimes good pet owners have bad pets. This is basic stuff. And undeniable.
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Exhibit E: He still likes the idea of a "garage cat" (not a thing).
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Originally Posted by Sliver
Meh, my aunt and uncle have what I would call a garage cat. I still like the idea TBH, but the escape attempts would drive me nuts.
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Exhibit F: He has no interest in understanding either the physical or emotional reasons that a cat might be having issues.
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Originally Posted by Sliver
Okay. I guess I just wouldn't be interested in psychoanalyzing my cat while it shat and pissed all over my house. If you would, fair enough.
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The shocking amount of ignorance that you show when you talk about cats (or pretty much anything else) is pretty damning evidence that you should not be having a cat anywhere near your house.
Society needs less people like Sliver owning cats and more responsible pet owners.